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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWORCESTER
Director of Rugby: Gary Gold Captain: Donncha O’Callaghan Ground: Sixways Stadium Capacity: 11,499 There is a reluctance to write off a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoIt’s Saracens for me if they can avoid distractions
JEREMY GUSCOTT’S VERDICT The competitiveness of the Premiership is what gets me excited every year and this season is no different....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBATH
Head Coach: Todd Blackadder Captain: Matt Garvey Ground: Recreation Ground Capacity: 14,500 Bath are the Premiership’s great pretenders, having not won...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAgony of final loss will help us next time says Haskell
Nick Verdier talks to a Wasps player eager to help end the club’s trophy drought Lessons learned: James Haskell believes Wasps...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedford strength tells but Club show their spirit
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …21 Bedford…38 THE pace and physicality of the Championship side succeeded in the end as Bedford scored...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoReigning champions given a scare as Jarvis holds nerve
By CALLUM EVANS Merthyr.31 Cross Keys.29 TWO tries in the final five minutes grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat for...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCheekie chappie Jack set to learn
NEALE HARVEY looks at the tussle for the No.9 spot at Exeter Chiefs Big future: Jack Maunder clears the ball for...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoEven Luatua can’t save Lam’s return
By JOHN FALLON Connacht …24 Bristol …14 STEVEN Luatua made his Bristol debut, but not even the presence of the All...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedwas open season in fine style with five tries
By JAMES CANDY Pontypridd.27 Bedwas. 39 BEDWAS sent out a statement of intent to their league rivals after they overcame Pontypridd...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXETER
Director of Rugby: Rob Baxter Captain: Jack Yeandle Ground: Sandy Park Capacity: 12,600 Having won the crown for the first time...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCruse launches Wasps’ comeback
By JOE REES Wasps…40 Connacht …22 WASPS completed their pre-season with a victory over Connacht, but it took a rousing comeback...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWizards continue where they left off with try-scoring fun
By ROB COLE Aberavon. 40 Bridgend.15 ABERAVON scored more tries than any other team in the league last season, and they...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGLOUCESTER
Director of Rugby: David Humphreys Captain: Willi Heinz Ground: Kingsholm Capacity: 16,500 The arrival of tightheads Fraser Balmain and Gareth Denman...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWe’re ready now says Kennedy as Irish run riot over brave Richmond
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish supremo Nick Kennedy declared his promoted side ready for Premiership duty after a convincing victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWarren into Llandovery record books with a try
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery … 31 RGC 1404 … 10 LLANDOVERY began their campaign with a storming triumph over RGC 1404...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoHARLEQUINS
Under John Kingston there’s been tilting of the tactical axis at the Stoop, with more emphasis on the systematic and less...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWedlake injury overshadows Plymouth pluck
By MARTIN WOOLLATT Pirates …22 Plymouth …14 ALTHIOUGH it was a pre-season friendly, this first cross-Tamar derby since March 2015 brought...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoConbeer shows his skills as Llanelli back-three sparkle
By JAMES LLOYD Llanelli.24 Carmarthen Q.8 LLANELLI kicked off their season with a thumping victory over West Wales rivals Carmarthen Quins....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLEICESTER
Director of Rugby: Matt O’Connor Captain: Tom Youngs Ground: Welford Road Capacity: 25,800 Leicester have assembled one of the most potent...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHarries’ first try downs Falcons
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh …14 Newcastle …10 EDINBURGH posted a victory in their final preseason friendly before the PRO14 season begins,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowley the star as Neath swamp their old rivals
By SAM JACKSON Neath. 39 Swansea.16 A BLISTERING first-half got the season off to a flying start for these two rivals,...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoFrance find they are shut out by great white wall
SEMI-FINAL England…20 France…3 THE Red Roses put in huge defensive shift to beat France on Tuesday and book their place in...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLONDON IRISH
Director of Rugby: Nick Kennedy Captain: TBA Ground: Madejsk Stadium Capacity: 24,200 Brendan Venter’s coaching record is a warning that promoted...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHumberstone puts the boot in
Doncaster …35 Newcastle …26 DONCASTER ended preseason on a winning note, beating a youthful but competitive Newcastle Falcons side. On what...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBig try count is worry for Jackman
Dragons …16 Glasgow…40 ITlooks like a long season is ahead for new Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman after his side shipped...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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