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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBurns runs hot as Scots get lesson in finishing
London Scottish 22pts Tries: Atkinson 58, Fergusson 61, 79; Holland 80 Conversions: Lydon 79 Bedford Blues 41pts Tries: Adamson 5, 39;...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTime running out as Bristol let chance slip
By ROGER PANTING Bristol 14pts Tries: Crumpton 78 Penalties: Searle 11, 39, 53 Gloucester 32pts Tries: Sharples 13, Burns 56, Ludlow...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSuper Rugby? I’d rather watch European game, says Mitchell
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER All Blacks coach John Mitchell has bemoaned the demise of Super Rugby and has called on organisers...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBoyce determined to leave Carnegie a farewell present
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Yorkshire Carnegie v Richmond Today. Kick-off 3pm, Headingley HARLEQUINS-bound prop Lewis Boyce insists there is no panic...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoEurostars who can earn chance to make a late check-in for the Lions
Warren Gatland’s final selection may be swayed by stellar Euro showings says Brendan Gallagher Hooking hopeful: Saracen Jamie George Leinster Lions?...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoAmersham sunk as Juddians march on
National League 3 London & SE TONBRIDGE Juddians still hold pole position following a 28-7 win at home to Dorking. Michael...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGloucs’ effort satisfies boss Bell
IN HIS first match in charge of Gloucester, following the departure of Laurie Fisher, head coach Jonny Bell, said: “We showed...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickers
THE All Blacks have confirmed they will play the Barbarians and not England at Twickenham on November 4, as revealed by...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTimid Titans given 7-try thumping after Burnell’s exit
Rotherham 7pts Tries: Tresidder 19 Conversions: Ryan 19. Nottingham 46pts Tries: Thacker 24, Evans 40, Stevens 58, 63, Stephenson 69, Langley...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain – the RFU should call off their plan for autumn showdown
The England team rescued and brought back to rude health by Eddie Jones is in danger of being sold down the...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: fly-halves
The Six Nations provides Warren Gatland with the most exacting series of trials that any Lions chief selector could wish for....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Eddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen
As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Unthinkable demise of Stade Francais after Mad Max’s razzmatazz
When Max Guazzini bowed out six years ago, Stade Francais had good reason to feel as safe as the Central European...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWorcester rejuvenated after Gold makeover
Gary Gold has revealed he discovered a Worcester squad training poorly and unprepared for the physical intensity of the Premiership when...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Team of the Six Nations
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Sorry, France, but this was not in spirit of the game!
What an effort by Wales. What a sham by France! Some might call it cheating, others will say what happened with...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Europe’s finest being sold down the river
Welcome to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPremiership must take control of Championship
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward spiral unless Premiership Rugby are handed control of the league....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBeale determined to deliver the goods at Wasps before departing
Kurtley Beale reckons the addition of Springbok superstar Willie Le Roux to an already electrifying backline has given Wasps the extra...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Good riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment
It had to happen – and in fact you could argue it might have been better for England if France had...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: So, why did England give Ireland so much ball?
It was always going to be a tough ask to claim a second Grand Slam on the bounce in Dublin but...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBrian Ashton: Daly is a must for regular place on Eddie’s teamsheet
No man is indispensible but one member of the England backline is starting to prove as close to undroppable as any...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoDoor ajar for Kruis to play his way into Lions contention
Warren Gatland says it is not too late for George Kruis to force his way into Lions reckoning for this summer’s...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Fantastic culture created by Vern’
SCOTLAND captain John Barclay was lavish in his praise of departing coach Vern Cotter. “It is hard to put into words...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Rorke’s Drift again, but this time the Welsh heroics end badly
By PETER JACKSON Roar power: Referee Wayne Barnes awards a try to Damien Chouly, of France, deep in injury-time to level...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMunster to face Ealing
MUNSTER ‘A’ completed the lineup for the British & Irish Cup semi-final by overcoming provincial rivals Ulster ‘A’ 26-3 last Sunday....
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCards fall in favour of five-try Scotland
Scotland U20 38 Italy U20 17 DARCY Graham scored two tries as Scotland dominated an ill-disciplined Italian side to claim their...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Cheating’ French rile Howley in prop row
ROB HOWLEY believes France went against the spirit of rugby with the way they replaced prop Uini Atonio during the 20...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoDefensive shift earns Slam for Zach’s boys
By SAM JACKSON Ireland U20 10pts Try: Coombes 64 Conversion: Johnston 64 Penalty: Johnston 40 England U20 14pts Tries: Nay 18,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFrance overpower Wales in the generation game
A DOMINANT second-half in Montauban on Friday night helped France and their famous sons hit Wales for six in the last...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Grand for Scarratt as England sweep in
By SAM JACKSON Ireland W 7pts Try: Lyons 66 Conversion: Tyrrell 66 England W 34pts Tries: Wilson Hardy 16, Keates 53,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSkeldon holds nerve to earn Scots victory
Scotland W 14 Italy W 12 SCOTLAND claimed a second win in Six Nations for the first time since 2006 by...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoVictory in Vancouver cuts Blitzbokke lead
VANCOUVER WRAP By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND claimed their second tournament victory this season on the World Sevens circuit with victory over...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoWales denied despite Evans’ salvo
France W 39 Wales W 19 FRANCE made it three from three over Wales in this last weekend of the Six...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoHigh quality moments could not mask increasing shortage of classic matches
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the defining moments of the Six Nations and how the introduction of bonus points effected things...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThis Tiger is on your tail, Genge tells England rivals
Neale Harvey finds an impressive young Tiger in fighting mood ahead of the final Determined Leicester prop Ellis Genge has outlined...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoWages of sin don’t prove too costly for Trailfinders
By JEREMY INSON Ealing .59pts Tries: penalty 3, Lewis Jones 12, 31, Harries 22, Mantella 26, 48, Davies 71, Munro 79...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoThe Six Nations that was…
Player of the tournament: Owen Farrell. Last year’s winner Stuart Hogg again provided the moments that remain seared in the brain...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMauger excited at chance of revenge over in-form Chiefs
By JON NEWCOMBE LEICESTER will have to beat “the form team in Europe” if they want to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoSpain defy red mist to push Belgium to verge of drop
By JON NEWCOMBE RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP Spain playmaker: Brad Linklater SPAIN overcame Jesus Moreno’s 43rd-minute red card for a stamp to...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoJust topping from Topsy but Pirates fire warning
By NEALE HARVEY London Irish …39pts Tries: Ojo 7, 80, Paice 14, De Chaves 22, Ransom 25, 30, Lewington 28 Conversions:...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMy team of the tournament…
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAtkins: It’s Exeter’s chance to shine
By SAM JACKSON OLLIE Atkins believes he and his Exeter Chiefs teammates have been given the perfect stage on which to...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoYou traitor, fans yell at the Stade president
You are a traitor. You have been playing Monopoly with our club. The accusation, full of bitterness and disillusion, was the...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoHaining on high for Jersey to leave Titans grounded
By TOM INNES Jerseym…17pts Tries: Kerrod 45, Haining 72 Conversions: Sheedy 34, 72 Penalties: Sheedy 52 Rotherham …9pts Penalties: Millar 10,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEurope’s finest being sold down the river
WELCOME to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoUnthinkable demise after Mad Max’s razzmatazz
When Max Guazzini bowed out six years ago, Stade Francais had good reason to feel as safe as the Central European...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoStrettle try-double keeps Clermont marching on
CLERMONT, even though they, too, have endured traumatic ends to their seasons in recent years through unexpected failure, have returned to...
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English Championship
/ 9 years ago13-man Exiles snap their losing streak with early derby onslaught
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond …8pts Tries: Uren 72 Penalties: Kirby 17 L Scottish …19pts Tries: Stevenson 4, Lydon 8, Sheppard 19...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSurely the French capital can house two top teams?
THE troubled attempts to merge traditional archrivals Stade Francais and Racing 92 is fast developing into a farce that tarnishes the...
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