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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe Bok who gave Meads his toughest challenge
THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath will need to step up for Tigers
Leinster …25 Bath …17 LEINSTER made it two from two against West Country opposition, backing up last week’s success over Gloucester...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWASPS
Director of Rugby: Dai Young Captain: Joe Launchbury Ground: Ricoh Arena Capacity: 32,600 Regular crowds of up to 25,000 at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBargoed. 20 Ebbw Vale. 24
By DARREN DAVIDSON LEWIS Dennett stepped off the Ebbw Vale replacements bench and became an instant hit as he kicked eight...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoNeck injury forces Will Fraser to retire
Will Fraser has announced his retirement from professional rugby after failing to recover from a neck injury. The Saracens openside has...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Benefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts
Investor Simon Pennock flew to Belfast yesterday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious new venture to give them...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoAmerican international signs for London Scottish
London Scottish have added international quality to their front-row after completing the signing of American tighthead Dino Waldren. Waldren has earned...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoHartley to Manu and Solomona – Follow code of conduct or pay the price!
England and Northampton captain Dylan Hartley tells NEALE HARVEY why Saints are targeting the Premiership play-offs and how he will never...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClass tells from Faf but Cockerill pleased his new boys ‘puggy-up’
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Edinburgh …20 Sale …24 EDINBURGH flashed glimpses of a possible reversal of fortunes but ultimately Richard Cockrill’s first...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry …57 Broadstreet…24
COVENTRY, fielding a largely development academy side, proved too strong for city neighbours Broadstreet, who were promoted back to National Two...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry …50 Sale FC …0
FULL-BACK James Stokes claimed a first half hattrick to set up an eight-try win over a Sale side that narrowly missed...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrits hits treble to steady Sarries ship
By MATT WRIGHT VETERAN hooker Schalk Brits grabbed a hat-trick as Saracens eventually showed their class against a dogged Bedford side...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoExiles exposed by Blues flier Summerhill
By LUKE JARMYN L Scottish…23 Cardiff Blues …34 A HAT-TRICK from wing Aled Summerhill set up this opening warm-up game victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoShelve the axes, players have a right to choose
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE NATIONAL dual contract system isn’t perfect, but without it Welsh rugby would be signficantly...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMartin’s right to be excited about his new product
I’VE ALREADY said in my column ahead of the new season that I’m hugely excited about the Guinness PRO14 kicking off....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHuge plus seeing our young lads triumph in South Africa
ANY WIN over a major rugby nation should be celebrated in Wales and that’s why I was delighted to see our...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWallabies smashed for six in first half blitzkrieg
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND dismissed Australia from their presence with a remarkable six-try first half burst in Sydney which left...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaints strike late to rescue victory in Scotland
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Glasgow …19 Northampton…14 TWO tries in the final five minutes clawed back victory for Northampton and spoiled Dave...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoYes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks
By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRISTIAN LOADER FORMER WALES, SWANSEA, PONTYPRIDD, ROTHERHAM AND BATH PROP Believe it or not, I started out as a full-back at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStar-studded Irish ready for step up
By ROB STEEL London Irish …29 Ealing …6 LONDON Irish got a big morale booster two weeks from the start of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGrayson junior states his case at Saints
By SAM JACKSON Northampton…32 Nottingham …21 NORTHAMPTONkicked off their busy two-game week with a win against Nottingham on Thursday at Franklin’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChampagne rugby from Exeter’s forgotton centre Campagnaro
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHeavy artillery rolls through to give Harrison armchair ride
By COLIN NEWBOULT Leicester …47 Treviso …12 THIS convincing seventry victory set an ideal benchmark for Matt O’Connor’s troops to build...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoRed Roses cash in as USA crushed by forward power
England …47 USA …26 A BLISTERINGstart helped England beat the USA and secure their place in the semi-finals of the Women’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWarriors muscled out by Moseley lock stars
By ROGER PANTING Moseley…24 Worcester …15 WORCESTER suffered an embarrassing defeat in the incessant rain at Billesley Common but Moseley’s victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoExeter class tells in the end as Pirates battle on
Exeter …47 C Pirates…15 AN OMINOUS opening of two scrum batterings led to Carl Rimmer crashing over in just the third...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoEmily taking pool lessons on board for French test
Semi-final Preview England v France By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND might have beaten France twice already this season but superstar centre Emily...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYarde ‘hurt’ by Eddie’s snub says Kingston
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins…47pts Jersey Reds…21pts JOHN Kingston admits Marland Yarde is “hurting” after being snubbed by Eddie Jones again for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe stars in first half before Scarlets bring on the heavy mob
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bristol…26 Scarlets …33 SCARLETS scored 21 unanswered points to inflict a second preseason defeat on Bristol. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoYes, England are into the last four but we’ve not been tested yet
Pack power: England No.8 Sarah Hunter on the charge CATHERINE SPENCER Former England captain It’s job done for England. We’re into...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLovobalavu power surge signals Wasps fightback
By JACK REES Ulster …15 Wasps …26 WASPS began their preseason showing great signs of resilience by coming back from behind...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTyro flier Radwan states case for Falcons
By JOE JONES Newcastle …59 Rotherham…14 NEWCASTLE continued their unbeaten pre-season run at Kingston Park yesterday going through the gears against...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales win pool finale but coach frustrated by slack approach
Game 3 round-up WALESscored four tries in the final half hour to beat Hong Kong 39-15 and break their duck in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Quest for Autumn success starts now
The Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. Its brilliant rugby, played in great conditions and it involves some...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Jones must show courage of convictions this autumn
There is that certain ‘something’ about the last remaining days before a new season that always brings a feeling of anticipation...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoGary Gold: Time now for Boks to unleash wonderkid
The wave towards the 2019 World Cup is gathering pace and while the wily old veterans will be in situ for...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Lack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
The Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Will All Blacks be fresh to go again?
New Zealand have lost only two of their 27 Rugby Championship matches to date – there was also a draw against...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top
Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoHow Henley helped make England Women great
Rochelle Clark and Tamara Taylor are seasoned world champions who will play a crucial role in the Red Roses’ bid to...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoCatherine Spencer: Stop judging us by the scorelines, men’s game had mismatches, too
In front of a not-so full crowd (arguably due to tournament format) England secured a fairly straightforward ten-try victory over Spain....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 8 years agoJeremy Guscott: Now it’s down to George to pull this show together
George Ford will feel a bit like the street magician ‘Dynamo’ when he looks at his Leicester backline options before selecting...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoWilliams plots route to Cardiff via Gloucester
Owen Williams believes his summer switch from Leicester to Gloucester will enhance his prospects of leapfrogging Dan Biggar and Sam Davies...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGive Manu new chance – O’Driscoll urges Jones
Brian O’Driscoll reckons “world-beater” Manu Tuilagi is too good to go on England‘s black list just yet. But the Irish legend...
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