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/ 3 years agoJones has faith in the silent treatment
By ADAM HATHAWAY EDDIE Jones is ready to give his squad the silent treatment when they fly to Jersey tomorrow for...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRussell left out as Ritchie takes charge
By BEN JAYCOCK FINN Russell is the surprise omission from Scotland’s autumn internationals squad, which also sees Stuart Hogg lose the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoStockdale back as Farrell calls up six
By BEN JAYCOCK ULSTER winger Jacob Stockdale has returned to the Ireland squad after a 15-month absence as head coach Andy...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoP share distribution would limit damage
NICK Cain suggests that other Premiership clubs would be ‘predatory’ and ‘rapacious’ if they took over the P shares of Worcester...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoStars must be on show
TWO Premiership teams unbeaten after six rounds scheduled by BT Sport on October 30, 2022 – how good that promises to...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTransparency essential
I READ with interest Jeremy Guscott’s article in last week’s edition, in particular his comment that, “As for the salary cap,...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoMy nine-point plan to rescue the game
SO the “old guard” merchants of gloom and doom or not appear to have been correct. Those who rued not professionalism...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoAll referees in the Prem apply laws correctly
I MUST take issue with Derek Gilbert’s assertion (letters 16/10/2022) that referees in the Premiership are abdicating in law and manufacturing...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Will Spencer
WILL SPENCER, THE BATH AND FORMER LONDON WELSH, WORCESTER & LEICESTER SECOND ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoNot in the squad but Slade is still my 13
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK There have been some striking statements made by Eddie Jones going into the Autumn...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGoode steps up to seal it for Saracens
By PAUL REES Exeter..................................20pts Tries: Penalty 38, Vermeulen 71 Conversions: Slade 72 Penalties: Slade 22, 74 Saracens........................... 22pts Tries: McFarland 24...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoDouble injury blow for England
England head coach Eddie Jones is counting the cost of the latest round of Premiership matches after Owen Farrell joined the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBath give faithful reason to celebrate
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath..................................... 27pts Tries: Reid 19, Dunn 36, Redpath 66 Conversions: Worboys 20, 37, 67 Penalties: Worboys 65, 73...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoThe city bleeds rugby-Graan
BATH’S Director of Rugby Johann van Graan was delighted with the result. He said: “I’m pretty ecstatic for the team, that’s...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHastings’ monster drop goal swings it
By BEN JAYCOCK London Irish...................... 21pts Tries: Creevy 2, Loader 26 Conversions: Jackson 4 Penalties: Jackson 15, 34, 49 Gloucester........................ 22pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKidney: It’s up to Eddie if he still takes Arundell to Jersey
LONDON Irish DoR Declan Kidney was disappointed to lose by such a fine margin. “You look how little the drop-goal went...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoDitch the skulduggery and dismantle the cartel
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The most critical element of any reorganisation of England’s professional club league structure...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoWaltzing Dempsey’s false step
NICK CAIN Crash ball: Jack Dempsey playing for Australia against Fiji at 2019 World Cup PICTURE : Getty Images The last...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson sets sights on pina colada time
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium With games against Saracens and Gloucester followed...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVeteran Care keen to extend his time at Harlequins
By PAUL REES HARLEQUINS are to hold talks with Danny Care about extending his career at the club which started 16...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy Ford mustn’t be forgotten by England
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The art of forgetting is as fundamental to rugby as the immeasurably finer art of goal-kicking in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhich side will you back in this inquisition?
CHRIS HEWETT The two organisations at the heart of what is left of the professional club structure in England – the Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRFU chief puts central contracts on the agenda
By PAUL REES CENTRAL contracts are on the agenda after the collapse of Worcester and Wasps and a Department of Culture,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years ago‘It’s been a privilege’ – Robshaw retires
ON THE BLINDSIDE FORMER England captain Chris Robshaw has announced his retirement. Flanker Robshaw, right, played over 300 games for Harlequins,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSuitors lining up to tempt McCallum
ON THE BLINDSIDE Scotland prop Murray McCallum is weighing up his next move after getting offers from clubs on either side...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFury sets his sights Morecambe
Former Worcester Warriors owners Colin Goldring and Jason Whittingham could be set to lose another sporting team after offering World heavyweight...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPrem clubs show interest in Rubiolo
ON THE BLINDSIDE Young Argentinean back row Pedro Rubiolo is attracting interest from Premiership clubs who are keen on signing him...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAgents are circling after Wasps demise
ON THE BLINDSIDE Wasps demise last week started a massive scramble for some of their best talent, just as it did...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAussies still in market for Eddie
ON THE BLINDSIDE Under fire: Rennie Eddie Jones is winning support Down Under to make a dramatic return to the Wallabies...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoNot sure if old guard will make World Cup
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WAYNE Pivac named his Wales squad to take on New Zealand, Argentina, Georgia and Australia...














