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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
LEWIS BARKER, THE CALDY AND FORMER MOLD, RGC AND MACCLESFIELD FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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/ 4 years agoRomance alive and kicking in France
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Hot news! Manchester City won the Premier League. Again. Didn’t see that one coming. And Bayern Munich...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond knows the principles of winning
CHRIS HEWETT AT a rough guess, the number of times Steve Diamond has been mistaken for Aristotle can be counted on...
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/ 4 years agoLong list of contenders but will the best man say yes?
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE RUNNERS AND RIDERS WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING OVER FROM EDDIE JONES If Eddie Jones takes...
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/ 4 years agoRuthless Saracens reign supreme again
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE Saracens ..........43pts Tries: Packer 7, 40; Fleetwood 22, Carson 42, Campbell 61, Corrigan 65 Conversions: Kelter 7, 22,...
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/ 4 years agoAitchison showed her class at No.10
SARACENS fly-half Holly Aitchison, who is usually found at centre but was at 10 for the injured Zoe Harrison, had a...
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/ 4 years agoTyro Chief Jenkins hungry for more after stellar debut season
By PAUL REES EXETER Chiefs may have failed to qualify for the Premiership play-offs for the first time in seven seasons,...
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/ 4 years ago‘Free-flowing’ top-flight can help fanbase grow
By PAUL REES SIMON Massie-Taylor believes the quality of rugby in the Premiership this season will tempt the millions whose rugby...
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/ 4 years agoFive Boks sides to play in Europe
THE Cheetahs have been invited to play in next season’s European Challenge Cup. It was confirmed this week that the four...
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/ 4 years agoFaf joins Eagles
SALE Sharks scrum-half Faf de Klerk’s move to Japanese side Yokohama Canon Eagles was confirmed this week. The 30-year-old South African...
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/ 4 years agoVan Graan’s time ends with five-try defeat in Ulster
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ......................36 Munster ..................17 JOHANN van Graan said this was a bitterly disappointing way to end his four...
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/ 4 years agoDreadful Warriors collapse in Dublin
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ............76pts Tries: Sheehan 15, 39; Larmour 19, 64, McCarthy 29, Doris 43, Ala’atoa 49, Gibson-Park 54, Ringrose...
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/ 4 years agoSmith gets drop on Sharks in injury time
Bulls ........................30 Sharks ....................27 CHRIS Smith scored an 84th minute match winning drop-goal to edge a thriller at Loftus and send...
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/ 4 years agoStormers prove too strong for Scots
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers ..............28 Edinburgh ............17 THE Stormers set up a home semi-final against Ulster with a victory over Edinburgh...
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/ 4 years agoRonan will be in hot demand after RWC
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The name of Ronan O’Gara is once again on the lips of rugby lovers across...
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/ 4 years agoDrovers return for former Wales centre Warren
By HUW S THOMAS Career change: Adam Warren PICTURE: Getty Images DRAGONS centre Adam Warren – brutally discarded at the last...
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/ 4 years agoWilliams shocked by MBE
FORMER Wales and Lions star Brynmor Williams says he is “blown away” at receiving an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours....
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/ 4 years agoWallabies will be no walkover says Deans
By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Australia head coach Robbie Deans believes England will be in for a stern test against a resurgent...
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/ 4 years agoKayaks revel in rewriting history
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Good value? Cheslin Kolbe has scored only four tries this season PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 4 years agoMarris crashes over at the death
By DAVID BALLHEIMER DIVISION 3 Berkshire ..........5 Oxfordshire ......7 OXFORDSHIRE snatched the Division Three final in the most exciting of ways...
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/ 4 years agoCornwall take centre stage at Twickenham
By BRIAN QUINN DIVISION 1 Cheshire............24pts Cornwall ..........37pts Champions: Cornwall celebrate with the Bill Beaumont Cup PICTURE: RFU TEAMS CHESHIRE: Barlow,...
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/ 4 years agoCarter stars as Somerset turn on the power
By NATHAN EDWARDS DIVISION 2 Somerset ..............36 Staffordshire........20 CHARLIE Carter’s Twickenham brace helped Somerset win the Division Two trophy. Somerset’s...
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/ 4 years agoEastern Counties edge thrilling final
By DAVID BALLHEIMER WOMEN’S DIVISION 2 Eastern Counties..26 Hampshire ..............19 EASTERN Counties won the Division 2 Cup courtesy of Sophia John’s...
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/ 4 years agoStefinotti stars with a hat-trick
WOMEN’S DIVISION 3 Cornwall ................36 Notts, L & D............17 By DAVID BALLHEIMER CORNWALL won the Division Three Cup with a six-try...
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/ 4 years agoSmart and Solly hat-tricks blow Berkshire away
By CIERAN EDWARDS WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 Berkshire ..........5pts Leicestershire..40pts Ecstatic: Leicestershire show of their Gill Burns trophy PICTURE: RFU SARAH Smart...
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/ 4 years agoGEORGE TAYLOR
YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL BEARS LOCK After enduring an injury-ridden first season at Bristol Bears, second row George Taylor has signed a...
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/ 4 years agoParkes: Wales can give the Boks a test
FORMER Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes believes Wayne Pivac’s side can hit top form on this summer’s tour of South Africa. Wales...
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/ 4 years agoI’ll always remember Dai’s helping hand
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER LEICESTER, WASPS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND CURRENT WASPS ATTACK COACH MATT EVERARD Breakthrough: Matt Everard in...
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/ 4 years agoWho’ll be next ace to ‘do a Niniashvili’?
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Is it me or is there suddenly a...
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/ 4 years agoEclectic mix make the Pumas a force to be reckoned with
IT is far from ideal that Argentina no longer have a Super Rugby team but I have always maintained the true...
