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/ 4 years agoWorcester play waiting game after Irish veto
By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond has branded as ridiculous the five-week wait Worcester face between their final two Premiership fixtures at...
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/ 4 years agoFit-again Miles keen to seize the moment
By JON NEWCOMBE BATH’s exciting back rower Miles Reid aims to be bigger and better than ever before having just returned...
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/ 4 years agoJudge decides on summer move to Sarries
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE SARACENS have signed experienced tighthead Christian Judge from Worcester. The Barnet-based club are losing World Cup winner...
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/ 4 years agoTV chiefs aiming to build on popularity upsurge
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE WOMEN’s rugby is set for another major boost with ITV planning for live coverage of all 26...
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/ 4 years agoCornwell has questions over Championship Cup integrity
By BEN JAYCOCK MARK Cornwell has been left wondering ‘what his side are doing here’ as he questions the integrity of...
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/ 4 years agoRadwan targets big finish Down Under
By BEN JAYCOCK Winging in: Adam Radwan celebrates a try for Newcastle PICTURES: Getty Images ADAM Radwan is determined to finish...
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/ 4 years agoTigers legend Youngs announces retirement
LEICESTER and former England hooker Tom Youngs has confirmed his retirement from rugby with immediate effect. The 35-year-old made 215 appearances...
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/ 4 years agoHolmes joins Ealing with more stars set to follow
By JON NEWCOMBE EALING Trailfinders are making some serious moves in the transfer market despite withdrawing their appeal against the decision...
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/ 4 years agoCipriani confirms Bath exit
FORMER England fly-half Danny Cipriani is to leave Bath at the end of the season to join an overseas club with...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoConnacht show size of crowds irrelevant
PREMIERSHIP Rugby decrees that Ealing and Doncaster – or any other ambitious Championship club – must meet certain conditions before being...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoFlow of subs can wreck momentum
WHAT gives with this constant shipping on of subs after 50-60 mins – seemingly because the clock says so, but totally...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoGrassroots are still lifeblood of this game
IN his letter last week Ross Reyburn slates the RFU for “deserting its role as guardian of ... the country’s huge...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPrivilege to watch those greats No.8s
ALONGSIDE Brendan Gallagher I was a rugby mad teenager at the 1974 England v Wales game. Like your first love affair...
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Features
/ 4 years agoInter-tier link-ups are the way ahead
COLIN BOAG Stardust: Duhan van der Merwe playing for Worcester in Premiership Cup PICTURE: Getty Images The confirmation of a ‘strategic...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoSaracens the favourites – if they finish in top two
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK NO-ONE should be surprised that Saracens are tucked in at second in the league...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAshton hat-trick puts him at top of the tree
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........56pts Tries: Ashton 4, 22, 27, B Youngs 36, Moroni 43, Steward 57, Wiese 67, Potter 74...
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/ 4 years agoChris Ashton: ‘Now I want to make it to 100’
CHRIS Ashton said he was relieved to set the Premiership’s try scoring record. His hat-trick took him on to 95 –...
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/ 4 years agoRampant Gloucester humiliate sorry Bath
By PAUL REES Gloucester........64pts Tries: Harris 12, Rees-Zammit 30, 35; Carreras 40, Morgan 41, Atkinson 47, Ludlow 59, Meehan 66, Ford-Robinson...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWe just couldn’t cope -Hatley
NEAL Hatley said he could not explain why Bath suffered one of the most humiliating afternoons in their history. “I do...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMalins the master as Saracens march on
By ROGER PANTING Worcester ........16pts Tries: Howe 78 Conversions: Searle 78 Penalties: Smith 13, 26, 38 Saracens ..........38pts Tries: Malins 4,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDiamond: We keep giving easy chances to good teams
WORCESTER boss Steve Diamond accepted that his side were outclassed. “As in previous games, we have managed to hand easy opportunities...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGrayson puts Saints in box seat for play-offs
By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton ..32pts Tries: Freeman 5, Ludlam 11, Furbank 25, Waller 37 Conversions: Grayson 6, 12, 38 Penalties: Grayson...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMatson: ‘Tough’ penalty cost us
HARLEQUINS’ senior coach Tabai Matson was disappointed to concede the late penalty that led to Saints snatching victory. “We were lucky...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSharks take honours in Battle of the North
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale ....................35pts Tries: Van der Merwe 17, 37; B Curry 43, Hammersley 52, Ashman 67 Conversions: Du Preez...
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Premiership
/ 4 years ago‘We can beat Racing in Paris’
ALEX Sanderson insists Sale can go to Paris and beat Racing on Sunday. The odds are stacked against the Sharks as...
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/ 4 years agoChampionship ‘serfs’ must unite for uprising
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HAVE the Championship clubs finally woken up and smelled the coffee? Have they...
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/ 4 years agoNo place in the game for abuse of officials
NICK CAIN THERE was a recent commentary that referees are over-protected and should not be immune from criticism, particularly by pro...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWasps in the way of Exiles triple bid
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium LONDON Irish are the only club still...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWe’ll have to be at our very best, says Blackett
Coach: Lee Blackett LEE Blackett says every match for the rest of the season is a knock-out one for Wasps who...
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/ 4 years agoBravo to WRU for giving grassroots day in the sun
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It has been open season on the Welsh Rugby Union recently, and quite rightly in...
