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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExeter enter the race for Wade
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Return: Christian Wade EXETER Chiefs have emerged as surprise contenders in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWarriors keen on Nakawara
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER WORCESTER are in the market for a new second row and Fiji star Leone Nakawara –...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEngland look to lure flyer Grace into code switch
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Hot property: St Helens winger Regan Grace ST Helens try-scoring machine Regan Grace is being lined...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRacing change mind on Eddie
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER RACING 92 are no longer considering a move for England coach Eddie Jones when his contract...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks could be in for a fight to buy AJ Bell
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER SALE Sharks’ bid to buy the AJ Bell Stadium, which has stalled in recent months, could...
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/ 4 years agoSimmons has faith Irish can bridge gap in consistency
By PAUL REES Test centurion: London Irish lock Rob Simmons ROB Simmons says consistency is the ingredient London Irish need if...
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/ 4 years agoPivac’s wrong on Jac, but I’m sure he’ll be back
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Ihave to confess I couldn’t believe it at first when I heard that Wayne Pivac...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGas, power and guts are key
PAUL REES HEARS ENGLAND COACH EDDIE JONES EXPLAIN WHAT HE EXPECTS TO SEE FROM HIS 36-MAN TRAINING SQUAD England’s team in...
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/ 4 years agoHosts breeze to 1872 Cup win
By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ......28 Glasgow ..........11 DOMINANT Edinburgh took the honours in a winner-takes-all derby against Glasgow Warriors in the...
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/ 4 years agoLuke’s late show is silver lining for the Ospreys
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ospreys ............31pts Tries: J Morgan 38, L Morgan 57, 79, Parry 78 Conversions: Anscombe 38, 58, 78, 80...
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/ 4 years agoStormers edge it but Peel hails his troops
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ..........21pts Tries: J Williams 7, Conbeer 71 Conversions: Costelow 8 Penalties: Costelow 4, 17, 28 Stormers ........26pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoOut-of-puff Dragons fail to find home comfort
By DELME PARFITT Dragons ..............11pts Tries: Dyer 25 Penalties: Reed 37, 40 Lions ..................21pts Tries: Van der Merwe 34, Venter...
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/ 4 years agoUlster survive shark attack
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ......................24 Sharks ....................21 ULSTER coach Dan McFarland was relieved his men survived a late barrage from the...
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/ 4 years agoLarmour shines bright
By KEVIN FALLON Leinster..................35 Munster ................25 A SECOND-STRING Leinster side who were already guaranteed top spot were still too strong for...
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/ 4 years ago‘Scrappy’ win sums up season
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..............22 Zebre ......................20 MAN of the match Cian Prendergast said the manner of Connacht’s win in their...
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/ 4 years agoAnguish as Cardiff crash to humiliating 10-try defeat
By JOSH EVANS Benetton ..........69pts Tries: L Cannone 13, Albornoz 16, 50; Lamaro 19, Braley 32, 55; Smith 68, 77; Ruzza...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling double up to sink gutsy Cov
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing..................19pts Tries: Gordon 62 Conversions: Shingler 63 Penalties: Shingler 5, 23, 55, Willis 73 Coventry ............13pts Tries: Barton...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChris Ashton: I’m never satisfied, I want a lot more!
Paul Rees talks to Chris Ashton about his insatiable desire to keep scoring tries Chris Ashton is at an age when...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRoko confirms end to 10-year stay at Bath
BATH confirmed winger Semesa Rokoduguni will leave the club at the end of the season after ten years at the club,...
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/ 4 years agoCleall returns to bolster Sarries
PREVIEW... Saracens v Harlequins Today, kick-off 2pm SARACENS head coach Alex Asturberry believes today’s semi-final is one of the biggest women’s...
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/ 4 years agoWest Country foes meet again
PREVIEW... Exeter v Bristol Today, kick-off 4:30pm JUST eight days on from their fierce contest at Sandy Park, Exeter and Bristol...
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/ 4 years agoBarrett drops in late to deny the Brumbies
By BEN JAYCOCK Winner: Blues star Beauden Barrett celebrates his late drop-goal BEAUDEN Barrett’s 81st minute drop-goal led the Blues to...
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/ 4 years agoWorcester edge dramatic final as Jackson misfires
After extra-time By BEN JAYCOCK London Irish ....25pts Tries: White 33 Conversions: Jackson 34 Penalties: Jackson 4, 28, 37, 48, 57,...
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/ 4 years agoHow RWC cooked up pig’s ear of a draw
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Towards the end of the World Cup draw, a celebrated chef stepped forward...
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/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle present a tougher test
PETER JACKSON LEO Cullen before last week’s semi-final against Toulouse in Dublin: “It doesn’t get any tougher.’’ Considering that the ex-champions...
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/ 4 years agoFly-half Billy left the kicks to others
PETER JACKSON BILLY Griffiths rolled off the assembly line at the Welsh fly-half factory in the mid-1950s whereupon he set about...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoChampionship XV of the season: ‘Buzz’ hits six to bow out in style
Now that the Championship season has run its course, Jon Newcombe canvassed the views of the league’s directors of rugby and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLOUIE HENNESSEY
YOUNG GUNS WALES U18 CENTRE Louie Hennessey has signed a contract with Bath to go alongside his studies at Bath University...
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/ 4 years agoI learned via the school of hard knocks
MY LIFE IN RUGBY IAN KENCH THE FORMER OXFORD UNIVERSITY, LOUGHBOROUGH, SALE, NOTTINGHAM AND ESHER LOCK WHEN Mike Brewer came in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDavis was England’s original man of steel
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Heavyweight: Mike Davis was a true powerhouse for...














