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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLa Rochelle locked on Kyle
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER European Champions La Rochelle are locked in talks trying to agree on a deal with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs in a rush to land Vermeulen
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER Chiefs are busy trying to sort out an emergency visa that will allow back...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWade seals Racing deal
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 are this week set to announce that they have signed former England wing...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Nick Auterac
Nick Auterac, the Edinburgh prop and former Saracens, Bath, Harlequins and Northampton player, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If Premiership owners had made the same mistakes in the multi-million pound enterprises...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTime for England to get act together
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK We are a year out from the 2023 World Cup – and three...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins too smart for battling Falcons
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Newcastle ........31pts Tries: McGuigan 12, 58; Radwan 30, Earle 39, Mulipola 65 Conversions: Connon 40, 60, 66 Harlequins...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoThat feels like an important win, says a relieved Matson
Quins coach Tabai Matson was relieved to get an opening win under his belt. He said: “It might be the first...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGenge the hero with homecoming double
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................31pts Tries: Genge 1, 72; Bradbury 27, Morahan 35, Capon 78 Conversions: Sheedy 3, MacGinty 73, 78...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoObano injury is ‘pretty serious’
Johaan van Graan confirmed that Beno Obano had sustained a “pretty serious” knee injury. “We will see how things go over...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘Old man’ Dan calls on Wasps kids to step up
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Gloucester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Dan Robson is embracing his “old man” status at the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTuilagi returns with Beaumont on bench
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium Manu Tuilagi and Josh Beaumont have been...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoChaos theory can lead us to the high ground
CHRIS HEWETT They were all present for the Premiership launch at Twickenham, but they were not all correct. In a tell-tale photograph,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoThe eyes have it for warrior Etzebeth
CHRIS HEWETT Stanley Kubrick would have loved him. Eben Etzebeth, that is. If the great movie director were still with us,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoU20 success will help our senior team, says Lamaro
Michele Lamaro insists Italy’s success at U20s level can breathe new life into the Azzurri’s senior side and make them more...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDon’t waste golden generation – Watson
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ambition: Hamish Watson in action against England PICTURE: Getty Images Hamish Watson insists Scotland must start delivering results...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEdinburgh collapse at the death to late penalty try
Benetton ..............29 Edinburgh ............26 A late penalty try from hosts Benetton concluded Edinburgh’s disappointing pre-season with another defeat after last week’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for WRU and the clubs to sort this mess out
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The United Rugby Championship kicks off this coming weekend and I sincerely hope the campaigns...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSchwarz’s late score wins battle for Pirates
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ............21pts Tries: Wedlake 20, Sirker 47, Schwarz 75 Conversions: Robson 20, 47, 75 Richmond ..........14pts Tries:...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoNottingham dominant as Scottish go off script
By DAVID CHALLIS L Scottish ..........10pts Tries: Ferdinand 4, Wallis 75 Nottingham ......31pts Tries: Richardson 15, Williams 29, Thacker 43, Ramage...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoConfident Ealing win a game of patience
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing Trailfinders ....29pts Tries: Willis 20, Smid 48, Metcalf 56, Tizzano 80 Conversions: Willis 48, 56, 80 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAmpthill caught out as Jersey get off to a flier
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............21pts Tries: Stonham 33, Ma’asi-White 48, Dan 64 Conversions: Hardwick 34, 49, 65 Jersey ................36pts Tries: Woollett...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy have a lot to learn as Hartpury get in the swing
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................22pts Tries: Bibby 18, Jones 26, Darlington 42, Caine, 79 Conversions: Jones 42 Hartpury............33pts Tries: Benz Solomon...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBonus for Coventry as indiscipline costs Blues
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........26pts Tries: Poole 31, 45, Penalty 40, Ma’asi 64 Conversions: Pellegrini 31, 45, 64 Bedford Blues ..18pts...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoEngland should start with strongest team v Wales
ROCKY CLARK WORLD CUP WINNER Star turns: Openside Sadia Kabeya, left, and winger Claudia MacDonald, right, both enjoyed good games in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHow Chris defied the medics to play again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Stanislau Czekaj survived the Second World War in Poland against brutal odds, from...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoI’m glad to tell you all that Tony is alive and well
PETER JACKSON MARK Twain was in London on a speaking tour in 1897, fending off rumours of a serious illness, when...
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Features
/ 3 years agoNo certainties in the race for glory in Paris
If the attraction of a sport is measured in terms of unpredictability, international rugby has never been as compelling. Ever since...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoVenables kicks on to keep Leeds in the hunt
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CHARLIE Venables balances his job as a strength and conditioning coach at Leeds Rhinos alongside his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘False start at Gloucester took me on scenic route’ – My Life in Rugby with Guy Thompson
The former Wasps, Leicester, Jersey and Ealing back rower talks about his life in the game I think I am right...














