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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoDIVISION 3 PREVIEW…
Sussex v Oxfordshire Today. Kick-off 10am By NICK VERDIER HARLEQUINS star Ross Chisholm hopes he can gives something back to Sussex...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLions must beware getting on wrong side of ref
WHAT was evident from the high-tempo Chiefs v Crusaders clash played in Suva, Fiji, last weekend was that forward passes in...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTRANSFER WRAP
SCOTLAND wing Sean Maitland has signed a contract extension with Saracens until at least 2020. Sarries will have to do without...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCockerill faces his old rivals in the final
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Richard Cockerill, Nick Abendanon and David Strettle, rivals for so long in different colours in their homeland,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoBotham can’t wait for crack at Aussies
SIR Ian Botham produced some of his most famous cricketing displays against Australia. Now, the former all-rounder’s grandson Jim is hoping...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoPool B
INJURIES have robbed Ireland of a number of players but Peter Malone is still hoping his side can rise to the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoEarl puts injury time to good use with life as gym monkey
By NICK VERDIER IT MIGHT not have felt like it at the time but Ben Earl reckons the knee injury that...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoVass: Loss of Premiership stars no obstacle
By NEALE HARVEY MONTPELLIER-bound England U20s attack coach Ian Vass is convinced his side can overcome the loss of five key...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoPool C
BRUISES will be on the menu in this pool with big-hitters South Africa, Argentina, France and hosts Georgia battling it out....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoPlaymaking options will bring new dimension to our attack
THEO BROPHY-CLEWS England fly-half Our attack is based on using the whole width of the pitch and making sure we attack...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSopoaga in box seat as Highlanders extend run
By NICK VERDIER THE HIGHLANDERS recorded their ninth consecutive victory of the season to keep momentum building in the pursuit of...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoIrish in for Armitage brothers?
LONDON IRISH were still celebrating their return to the Premiership when rumours of the Armitage brothers returning to the club reached...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSteenson: I said a prayer to my dad over kick
By NEALE HARVEY GARETH Steenson revealed he offered a prayer to his late father before kicking the vital conversion. Steenson’s heroics...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoJones calls for football style coaches’ union
BY NEIL FISSLER ENGLAND boss Eddie Jones believes that rugby coaches need a trade union to look after their interests after...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoExeter prove patience can be greatest virtue
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT It was Leo Tolstoy – who doesn’t offer appear on the sports pages – who once remarked that...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoTigers battle to keep hold of Betham
LEICESTER Tigers’ former Wallaby international Peter Betham appears to be at the centre of a tug of war between Exeter and...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoExeter live the dream and rugby’s the winner
Wasps 20pts Tries: Gopperth 41, Daly 44 Conversions: Gopperth 41, 45 Penalties: Gopperth 18, 54 Exeter 23pts - After Extra Time...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHow Wasps have fared since the club moved to Coventry
In 1999, professional rugby union outfit Wasps RFC changed their name to London Wasps to differentiate themselves from amateur side Wasps...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve
There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Saracens are great but can they keep going?
Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in last week’s Champions Cup final. They have made history and written the...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoHarry hoping to follow dad’s lead in Argentina
Harry Mallinder is hoping for another summer where he feels on top of the world after what he admits has been...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain’s Premiership of the Year
Saracens‘ exceptional European Cup double explains why they have almost half the starting line-up in my 2016-17 Team of the Season....
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: We need Bomb back coaching OUR props
I’ve always had a lot of time for Adam Jones, but he didn’t strike me as a potential coach, not initially...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBlackadder takes swipe at below-par Bath stars
Bath rugby director Todd Blackadder has put his star players on notice after admitting standards of professionalism had fallen below his...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Premiership final promises to be an absolute cracker
So after 22 rounds and two pulsating skin-of-your- teeth semis Wasps will play Exeter in the Aviva Premiership Final in a...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Ritchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
Ian Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU‘s chief executive this summer after...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions should copy Crusaders’ blueprint to restrict Barrett’s influence
Beauden Barrett has a skill-set that would be the envy of a lot of world-class players, but last weekend playing for...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoI can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford
George Ford is focused on another successful summer in white before returning to former club Leicester determined to win some silverware...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoGenge eyes overtime as stars near game limit
Leicester prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile for England in Argentina despite the likelihood of him busting...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoEngland kick off against Italy in 2018
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND will begin their quest to win a third consecutive Six Nations title in Italy on Sunday, February 4....
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoSuper Sam on form in Glos rout
By TONY FIELDING Gloucs 56 Surrey 12 SAM Goatley scored a hat-trick as Gloucestershire ended their Bill Beaumont Cup on a...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoFrench firepower proves too much for Blues
Stade Fr 46 Cardiff Blues 21 CARDIFF Blues will play in the Challenge Cup for the third consecutive season after defeat...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Lions team on agenda
A WOMEN’S version of the British and Irish Lions could be launched some time after 2019, according to Lions chief operating...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBucks denied top spot by Oxford walkover
Division Three Round-up By TRP REPORTER A LAST-MINUTE try for Buckinghamshire fly-half Alex Shearer earned them a narrow 22-17 victory over...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoConnacht feel force of bonecrusher Courtney
By NEALE HARVEY Northampton 21pts Tries: Mallinder 2 Groom 60 Conversions: Mallinder 2 Penalties: Mallinder 16, 25, 71 Connacht 15pts Tries:...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCopy Crusaders’ blueprint to restrict Barrett’s influence
Shut-out: Crusaders defenders swarm around Beauden Barrett PICTURE: Getty Images BEAUDEN Barrett has a skill-set that would be the envy of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER 2 FINAL:Neath 14 Newport 32
By ROB COLE GERAINT O’Driscoll stepped in to fill the Newport No.10 jersey and guided the Black & Ambers to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER I FINAL PREVIEW… Aberavon v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 2pm
THERE will be a new name on the Premiership trophy today as the two most consistent sides in the Premiership this...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCHAMP PLAY-OFF PREVIEW… Trebanos v Kidwely Thursday May 25
TREBANOS will be hoping to give their youth team coach Justin Tipuric a pre-Lions tour boost by backing up their firstleg...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNext week’s final promises to be an absolute cracker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Go forward: Thomas Waldrom and Guy Thompson, celebrating with Thomas Young, got their teams on the front foot...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSlade missile sets up smash and grab raid
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter 18pts Tries: Nowell 43, S Simmonds 79 Conversions: Steenson 43 Penalties: Steenson 26, 30 Saracens 16pts Tries:...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoCrusaders in the clear for a home semi-final
By NICK VERDIER THE Crusaders maintained their perfect record with a 31-24 win over the Chiefs in Suva on Friday to...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCall proud of his tired troops
MARK McCall admitted Saracens were ‘hanging on and looking tired’ after their European exertions. The Sarries director of rugby said: “What...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury’s history boys take top billing after finishing the term with honours
Star quality: Hartpury College’s former Italy U20 back row Jake Polledri HARTPURY College became the first team in history to win...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoRitchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
IAN Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU’s chief executive this summer after...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoHants all set for a thrilling final with Leicester
Division Two Round-up By TRP REPORTER HAMPSHIREand Leicestershire will face off at Twickenham for the County Championship Plate next Sunday after...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSchmidt brings in new faces
NEWS EXTRA JOE Schmidt has included eight uncapped players in his Ireland squad for the three-Test tour of the USA and...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSo sweet for Wasps as Bassett lands the final thrust
From NICK CAIN at Ricoh Arena Wasps 21pts Tries: Beale 7, Bassett 77 Conversions: Gopperth 8 Penalties: Gopperth 2, 23, 39...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCounties’ June tours set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBrilliant Bingham off to Twickenham
By JAMIE RUSSELL Cheshire 5 Lancashire 29 IT WAS Lancashire’s day as a bonus-point victory over a young Cheshire side secured...
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