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/ 3 years agoLam: 11-team Premiership works well
By PAUL REES Bristol boss: Pat Lam PAT Lam wants to see the Premiership remain an 11-club tournament amid calls for...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years ago‘I’m blessed to have spent my career at Exeter’
Paul Rees talks to big Dave Ewers, a crowd favourite at Sandy Park, about leaving Zimbabwe and making a life for...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoClamp down on law breaking at lineout
FURTHER to John Edwards’ letter last week on rugby as a spectacle, I would add that nowadays virtually every lineout is...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoDuckham loved by all
IT WAS so sad to hear of the passing of England wing David Duckham. Who can forget the images of him...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoForshaw exit is big hit
MIKE Forshaw’s departure to the Wales set-up is a huge loss to Sale – and a major coup for Warren Gatland....
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Letters
/ 3 years agoGame needs fair, consistent rulings
Crunch: Owen Farrell tackles Jack Clement ■ So there we are then – Owen Farrell belatedly receives his (lenient) punishment and...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoFunding priority must be for grassroots
THE desire of Championship clubs for a reinstatement of their £288k annual central funding, as reported in last week’s TRP, is...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jake Armstrong
The Doncaster Knights and former Leeds, Bristol and Jersey prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTime right for Evans to fire up England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Nick Evans is a good appointment as England attack coach, and good luck to...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoClassy Leinster put Gloucester to sword
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........................14pts Tries: Penalty 25, 64 Leinster............................. 49pts Tries: Larmour 4, Ala’alatoa 11, Osborne 27, Doris 40, Keenan...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoOsborne starting to show his worth
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen hailed the performance of young centre, Jamie Osborne, who is destined to be a star of...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWiese red puts Sale on the back foot
By PAUL REES Sale ....................................... 5pts Tries: van der Merwe 12 Toulouse .......................... 27pts Tries: Meafou 69, Cramont 71 Conversions: Jaminet...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSharks facing big test in Ulster
Alex Sanderson said Sale would need to match the pride he expects from Ulster when they travel to Belfast next Saturday...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoMunster hold off Saints revival
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............................ 27pts Tries: Coombes 9, 29; O’Donoghue 20 Conversions: Carbery 10, 21, 30 Penalties: Carbery 2, 75...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLudlam: We have to bring higher intensity from the start
Northampton flanker Lewis Ludlam was proud of his side’s fightback after giving Munster a 24-0 headstart. “We probably felt the pressure...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU helps Farrell stay in England contention
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England were facing a fly-half fiasco this week when Owen Farrell went in...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoIt’s time Max made his return to No.10
The disciplinary convolutions surrounding Owen Farrell’s early return to match action against Scotland shines a spotlight on England’s chronic shortage of...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoA red for Slade but Chiefs in good shape
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Blue Bulls ......................... 39pts Tries: Louw 15, Kriel 24, Vermaak 36, Simelane 42 , 70; Grobbelaar 51 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHow soft is rugby, says hooker
EXETER Chiefs hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie criticised the decision to send off Henry Slade. “How soft is rugby,” he wrote on Twitter....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoReffell in charge as Tigers get to last 16
By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont........................... 29pts Tries: Delguy 23, Belleau 41, Fourcade 35, Jedrasiak 48 Conversions: Belleau 25, 37, 50 Penalties: Belleau...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPollard pleased to play his part
WORLD Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard was pleased to play his part with 14 points for Tigers. He said: “It’s always special...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSharks put the bite on Begles
By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks ............32 Bordeaux .......... 3 CELL C Sharks booked their place in the round of 16 with a...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoDaly shows his class as Saracens run riot
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens .......................... 48pts Tries: Lozowski 10, Daly 16, 18, 23; Riccioni 32, Christie 35, Earl 80 Conversions: Goode...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoGatland will want players on edge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Main man: Dan Biggar is in line to be captain PICTURES: Getty Images IT is...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBlair excited to face Castres
Preview Castres v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 1pm CO-CAPTAINS Grant Gilchrist and Jamie Ritchie return for Edinburgh’s Champions Cup match against Castres...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDombrandt glad to see Smith return
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Racing 92 v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, La Defense Arena ALEX Dombrandt expects the return of Marcus...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoChawatama: London Irish have the talent to overcome Stormers
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... London Irish v Stormers TO coin an often-used sporting phrase, Lovejoy Chawatama can talk the talk and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCuthbert helps Ospreys achieve stunning double
By SIMON ROBERTS Ospreys ............35pts Tries: Cuthbert 22 , 54; Tipuric 64, Morris 77 Conversions: C Evans 24, 55, 65 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPumas prop Sclavi breaks Ulster hearts at the death
By KEVIN FALLON La Rochelle ....... 7pts Tries: Sclavi 80 Conversions: Hastoy 80+2 Ulster .................. 3pts Penalties: Doak 63 SPRINGBOK No.8...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoHalfpenny’s boot proves the difference for Scarlets
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ........... 20pts Tries: Steff Evans 22, McNicholl 54 Conversions: Halfpenny 22, 54 Penalties: Halfpenny 10, 63 Cheetahs...
