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Features
/ 3 years agoTown hall looking to find buyer for Beziers
FALLEN French rugby giant Beziers – subject of a protracted takeover tale two years ago – is still officially on the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for northern success in the World Cup – Dallaglio
By GARY FITZGERALD Lawrence Dallaglio is convinced a Northern Hemisphere team can reign supreme in France next year and that the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoGreenwood points finger at academies
WILL Greenwood claims Eddie Jones is wrong to blame a “closeted” private education culture for a lack of backbone and resolve...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRennie rings changes as O’Connor comes in
Test match veteran James O’Connor features in a much-changed Australian line-up as they prepare for their second match against Argentina in...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoExperienced Imhoff in as Pumas re-shuffle backline
Experienced winger Juan Imhoff is one of four players to come in for Argentina, as they look to bounce back from...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoFoster makes four changes for must-win game against Springboks
Ian Foster has made four changes to his All Black starting XV, as he prepares his team for a match which...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘University of Worcester Warriors’ announced as new club name for 2022/23 season
Worcester Warriors Women have become the third club in the Allianz Premier 15s to form a partnership with a university, with...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoIRFU follows RFU into ban on transgender women
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have become the latest governing body to ban transgender women from playing women’s rugby at...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoDMP Durham Sharks’ Crowdfunder passes halfway mark
Darlington Mowden Park Durham Sharks‘ (DMP Sharks) Crowdfunder has passed 50% of its target, as their bid to stay in the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Twenty-Six with James Horwill
For the first time ever on The Rugby Paper Podcast, a full house! Host Oliver Little is joined by columnists Nick...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa make five changes for second match against All Blacks
South Africa have changed a third of their starting team for this Saturday’s second match up against New Zealand, as they...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoCharlie Matthews returns to increase Quins’ lock options
Harlequins have looked to a former player to fill in one of their gaps at second row, as Charlie Matthews returns...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNow WRU lists brain warnings to players
By PETER JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union has issued its 51,229 registered players a health warning over the dangers of concussion...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGloucester set to win race for Mercer
By NEIL FISSLER Gloucester are poised to win the race to land Zach Mercer on a four-year contract when his deal...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHaag makes coaching return with Team USA
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Former England U20 boss and Bath lock Martin Haag has made a return to frontline coaching as...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoFalcons preparing to relive the glory days
By PAUL REES The Premiership celebrates its 25th birthday later this month and the inaugural champions, Newcastle, are so determined to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoShortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out
By BEN JAYCOCK Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaracens swoop as Flynn returns to top flight
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE James Flynn is the latest Jersey Reds player to be snapped up by a Premiership club with...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoLoader out to put his injury woe behind him
By BEN JAYCOCK Ben Loader is hoping to put last season’s injury-ridden season behind him and help London Irish make a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWilliams: Some people may think I’m crazy but switch to Scarlets feels right
By STEFFAN THOMAS Gareth Williams is comfortable he has made the right decision leaving the Wales coaching team and is confident...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoMarines help O’Loughlin get in shape for Exeter
By PAUL REES When Rory O’Loughlin met Exeter’s director of rugby Rob Baxter earlier this year to discuss moving from Leinster...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoWe need bigger squads to reduce playing time
COLIN BOAG I’d really like my grandkids to be able to play and watch rugby, but I’m far from sure that...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Alex Woolford
Alex Woolford, The Bedford Blues and former Northampton, Moseley, London Welsh & Coventry second row, chooses the best XV he has...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoJack’s authority shows he’s the lad for England
KYRAN BRACKEN FORMER ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF It's interesting that, in England, scrum-half has traditionally been considered less influential tactically than fly-half, with...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHooper: My mindset’s not right to play
By Ben Jaycock Brave: Australia captain Michael Hooper Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has returned to Australia from Argentina for personal reasons,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCaptain Cane: We need to fix our work at the breakdown
Having lost five out of their last six games, the All Blacks are under immense pressure and captain Sam Cane says...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoAll Black misery keeps on mounting
By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa ....26pts Tries: Arendse 8, Le Roux 80 Conversions: Pollard 10, 82 Penalties: Pollard 22, 51, 73...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoWallabies fight back to secure bonus point victory
By SAM JACKSON Argentina ........26pts Tries: Matera 6, Gonzalez 55 Conversions: Boffelli 7, 58 Penalties: Boffelli 12, 16, 22, 42 Australia...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIRFU to offer 43 pro contracts to women
RUGBY SHORTS The Irish Rugby Football Union have confirmed it will offer 43 professional contracts to women’s players in the country’s...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRed Roses cashing in on success of Lionesses
RUGBY SHORTS TICKET sales have been boosted this week for England’s two September women’s internationals following the Lionesses’ triumphant Euro 2022...














