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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoURC ‘blown away’ by TV figures as SA join the party
By PAUL REES Chief: Martin Anayi The United Rugby Championship enjoyed record television audiences last season thanks to the inclusion of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLe Bourgeois out to keep going at Blues
By JON NEWCOMBE Determined: Michael Le Bourgeois in action for Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images MICHAEL Le Bourgeois hopes to be able...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDecision makers must put rugby first
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Pick a number, any number – 9, 14, 10, 12. This lottery of Welsh rugby...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoTo sign or not to sign… how 60-cap rule is splitting Wales
PAUL REES Tommy Reffell started last season looking to establish himself as a regular in title-winning Leicester’s back row and finished...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRight move to rest Marx, he’s crucial for World Cup
NEIL DE KOCK THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA AND SARACENS SCRUM-HALF Two rounds into the Rugby Championship and each team has won...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoExcellent Am is up there with South Africa’s best ever backs
It’s beyond me if Lukhanyo Am is not already touted as one of South Africa’s finest ever backline players. The centre...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWhen poor selection causes the problems
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST A bad moon had risen over Brisbane when England emerged from the Lang Park tunnel on an early...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRobinson gets lost in a maze of his own making
Chris Hewitt So the movers and shakers at the top end of professional rugby in New Zealand union are every bit...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland pair enjoy life on and off pitch
By BEN JAYCOCK Celiah Quansah and Meg Jones have a strong relationship on and off the pitch with the couple combining...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJones hat-trick helps Ireland fight back to see off Japan
Japan ..................22 Ireland ..................57 IRELAND recovered from a 15-point deficit to score nine tries in the first of two Tests against...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoFoley’s return smacks of Aussie desperation
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ever since Australia made him carry the can for their last World Cup,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSo sad to see Grav’s pride and joy is now a ghost club
Ray Gravell adored his “Rocky Mountain home in the west”, Mynyddygarreg in Carmarthenshire where he helped friends and neighbours create a...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHaving DMP in the league is vital for women’s game
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER On the eve of the Women’s Allianz Premier XVs fixtures announcement, the league postponed the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGloucester-Hartpury power up for challenge to break top four
Big signings for Gloucester-Hartpury: Alex Matthews, centre, with Sarah Beckett, left, Sam Monaghan, top, Siwan Lillicrap, bottom, and Laura Delgado, right...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoA rugby soap opera that has us hooked
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For a tournament that is meant to be...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoWhy Wade should have been a superstar
Christian Wade was great value on The Rugby Paper podcast earlier this week, the scorer of three of four of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDelight! The day our friends in the north enjoyed a final hurrah
MOMENTINTIME THE NORTH DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONS 1995 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO MATT GREENWOOD AND MARK NELSON DICKIE Jeeps’ priority in July 1976,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPoliceman who was called in to mark Lomu
GREG Anderton was about to embark on a career as a Blackpool policeman when he got an emergency phone call that...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJohnno’s in the zone! He’s going nowhere…
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 4 years agoArgentina show they can take on the best
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It's hard to believe that Argentina were at the top of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWhen St Ives was the pride of Cornwall
ST IVES have been part of the Cornish rugby scene since at least 1889, the official year of their founding, and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCLUB 0F THE WEEK
BY BRENDAN GALLA GHER ST IVES RUGBY Nickname: The Hakes Founded: 1889 Ground: Recreation Ground St Ives. Capacity 3,000 (275 seats)...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAfter dropping out of the league, Hakes are raring to go again
MORE recently there was an outstanding season in 2017-18 when the Hakes, under the coaching of Rob Elloway, won both the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Ealing Trailfinders utility back Gabe Jones
Ealing Trailfinders academy utility back Gabe Jones made his U20s debut for Scotland in the Summer Series earlier this year and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDozen new faces sign on at Ampthill
RUGBY SHORTS AMPTHILL have confirmed the signings of six forwards and six backs ahead of the 2022/23 Championship season. In the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMarine Hayler joins Pirates
ROYAL Marine back rower Jarrard Hayler has signed a one-year contract with Cornish Pirates. Hayler has captained the Navy against the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoProp McGrath lands at Reds
JERSEY Reds have signed Connacht prop Greg McGrath. The 25-year-old played seven times in the URC for last season and once...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChancellor to Harlequins
AUSTRALIA international Emily Chancellor has signed for Harlequins. The Waratahs flanker, who has nine caps, will join in November following the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFrom Moseley to a bar in Buenos Aires
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER MOSELEY & CORNISH PIRATES FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK OLLIE THOMAS MY route to rugby was different from the modern-day...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoTransfer market that never sleeps
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Accepted wisdom has it that the shortest period of time is the New York Second – helpfully...
