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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGreatest? No way, but Hartley had his moments
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones is not averse to stirring the pot, and he did so...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins limp to uninspiring victory over Mourners
By HUW S JONES Carmarthen Q 18 Neath …14 CARMARTHEN Quins finished the season on a low note at The Park,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoSussex & Essex produce fine fight backs
Division Three Round-up By JASON TAMS RENE Pavlides left it late to go over as Sussexproduced an outstanding comeback to down...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNZ are hypocrites in their fuss over Shields
IF there’s one rugby nation that England should not take any lectures from when it comes to adopting players from other...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEvans wins a thriller for RGC over the Black and Ambers
By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …43 Newport…36 RGC signed off in style with a thrilling victory over Newport, with Iolo Evans...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoAnscombe hits late winner to crown famous Blues recovery
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER CARDIFF Blues gave departing coach Danny Wilson the silverware his sterling efforts deserved in this pulsating Challenge Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrooks breaks Swans at the death for Drovers win
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Llandovery …28 A LATE Richard Brooks try saw Llandovery win an entertaining encounter against Swansea at...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoAckermann rues another lost final
FRUSTRATED Gloucester coach Johan Ackermann questioned why decisons were not always referred to the TMO following Garyn Smith’s somewhat controversial score...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPowell’s double helps Otters go second
Welsh round-up By CHRIS SMART NARBERTH secured second spot in the WRU National Championship with a 43-7 home victory over already...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStats show Goode and Gibson should be on the plane
I HAVE both a love and a healthy scepticism regarding statistics generally but the end of season Opta stats are always...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSurprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops
JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoVictories come at a cost to Jaguares
New skipper: Lezana THE Jaguares are beginning to bare their teeth after four consecutive road trip victories – two in Australia...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStop talking rubbish Eddie – just give Cips a fair crack
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points EDDIE Jones is famously good for a quote...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNo fireworks but Leinster willpower wins the day
By NICK CAIN Cutting through: Robbie Henshaw on the charge LEINSTER won their fourth European title, equalling Toulouse’s record haul, but...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLancaster: It means so much to all my family
CAPTAIN Isa Nacewa, crowned European player of the year in his final season with the province, booted the match-winning penalty in...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBonus win moves Albion up to third
By NICK BURT Plymouth A … 33 Loughborough … 19 IN the final match of the season Plymouth secured the bonus...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBrave Luctonians go down fighting
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians… 21 Sale … 22 LUCTONIANS suffered the agony of relegation despite a magnificent door- die effort against...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland struggle to repel the power of Boks driving lineout
By ROGER PANTING England…12 South Africa …26 Just short: England’s Ben White is halted before the line ENGLAND head coach Steve...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoPrice is just right as Hants continue fine start
Division Two Round-up By HENRY HOLLAND HAMPSHIRE made it two wins in a row in Pool Two with a comprehensive defeat...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens tighthead Vincent Koch desperate to play part in Boks resurgence under Rassie Erasmus
The prop reveals he has held discussions with new South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBumper crop of Tier Two are set to make the step up to Premiership
Bristol won't just be relying on the international stardust of Steven Luatua next season, actually they have an armoury of Championship...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season
Bristol dominate our XV, but there are some worthy mentions for other stars who were certainly in with a shout...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTEAMS: Champions Cup final squads released by Leinster and Racing 92
Leo Cullen names Leinster squad, as Pat Lambie is selected over Dan Carter by Racing
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Straight-talking Johan Ackermann has Gloucester on track
Nick Cain writes how Ackermann's arrival has been timed perfectly with the breakout seasons by Jake Polledri and Lewis Ludlow
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Paddy Jackson signed for Sale before the outcry
Neil Fissler reveals details of what Sale offered the fly-half, per sources
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEd Slater to captain Gloucester in Challenge Cup final clash with Cardiff
Rested players come back into the starting XV for Gloucester's trip to Bilbao
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names squad to tour South Africa that includes Brad Shields and Danny Cipriani
Seven uncapped players named for tour Eddie says is one of the 'most challenging' of his England tenure
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Rhys Thomas’ plight puts injury into perspective
By Peter Jackson Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: No need for gimmicks, just sort out the breakdown issues
Fix the breakdown and and sort the scrum and our game will be one hell of a spectacle
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLondon Irish seek to bounce back with Stephen Myler signing
33-year-old Premiership winner join Kidney and Kiss' mission at Exiles
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSharks CEO Gary Teichmann plays down following Southern Kings and Cheetahs to PRO14
Former Springbok wants to bring the challenge to New Zealand's dominance in Super Rugby rather than be lured by the money...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIreland coaches sign contract extensions
Ireland tour Australia in June and have locked down the futures of some of their coaching staff
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKyle Eastmond joins Cipriani and Haskell in leaving Wasps
Eastmond tops quartet not offered new deals by play-off contenders Wasps
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Featured
/ 8 years agoScotland select emerging players for summer tour of the Americas
Gregor Townsend rests seven first-teamers for June Tests
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord shows his form as Tigers come good
By COLIN NEWBOULT LEICESTER supporters may wonder where this performance has been for most of the campaign. Few teams have outplayed...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRecord haul from Danish debutant Cassius
■By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA NAMED after the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, Cassius Deschamps floored Estonia last week with...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: George was back to his best
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond insisted they will not be signing former Ulster duo Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding. “No,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpedding dumped by new French red tape
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Outcast: Scott Spedding is finding it impossible to sign for a new club PICTURE: Getty Images Top...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBanahan shows Bath what they’ll be missing
By ROB COLE Hero’s send-off: Matt Banahan is chaired from the pitch PICTURES: Getty Images WHAT a way to finish! Matt...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBlackadder’s Euro premonition comes true
TODD Blackadder was a relieved man after the game having secured a Champions Cup spot on the final day of the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEarly yellow card can’t derail Foden farewell
By NEALE HARVEY Fans’ favourite: Ben Foden scores on his last appearance for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Foden rolled back...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoInjury issues may scupper Gloucester’s bid for glory
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Anglo-Welsh finale of the Challenge Cup Decisions: Johan Ackermann As somebody once said...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDickens: Still a lot of belief at Saints
WITH two wins and a narrow loss at Wasps to finish the season, Saints interim coach Alan Dickens said: “Ninth is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoUgly ducklings’ springboard to bigger success
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Challenge Cup has been the launching pad for some big names Coming force: Harlequins triumph...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTigers opt for Samoan powerhouse
LEICESTER TIGERS are continuing to make changes to their squad for next season by signing Samoan international prop Nephi Leatigaga. Blindside...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoChinnor promoted in thrilling play-off
■By KEN VAUGHAN Going up: Chinnor celebrate at the end of the match PICTURES: Simon Cooper GEORGE Oliver’s lastgasp try secured...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoON THE BLING SIDE
Bath set to confirm Cokanasiga deal BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Bath-bound: Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga BATH are...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
RGC1404…13 Merthyr …20 MERTHYR are now just seven points away from successfully defending their Principality Premiership title after a tough victory...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoWarks back to winning ways at long last
■By HENRY HOLLAND Division Two Round-up WARWICKSHIRE failed to secure a victory in the Bill Beaumont County Championship last season but...
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