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/ 3 weeks agoToulouse are hit by huge fine
TOULOUSE, who beat Montpellier in last weekend’s Top 14 final to clinch their fourth successive league title, have been fined €2.47...
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/ 3 weeks agoTough draw for Bath and Northampton in Champions Cup
Prem champions Northampton and last year’s winners Bath have been drawn in the same tough Champions Cup pool for next season...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoCadan Murley: I had to fight my way back into England squad
Cadan Murley fought his way on to England’s current tour and believes Harlequins’ struggles last season helped him secure a place...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoAlex Goode backs Saracens wing Noah Caluori for England success
Alex Goode applauded England’s decision not to rush Noah Caluori into action but is hoping to see the Saracen spread his...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoNations Champ ‘worth £1billion’
■By SAM JACKSON TOM Harrison, chief executive of Six Nations Rugby, is confident the Nations Championship will become a $1 billion...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoSouth Africa 45-21 England: Steve Borthwick under mounting pressure after Springboks run riot
Steve Borthwick’s reign as England coach is teetering on the brink after they crashed to a seven tries to three defeat...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: England’s headless chickens end up getting roasted
It was England’s first match since the review at the end of the Six Nations that pledged change without specifying what...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: Test matches are the lifeblood of the game
Jeremy Guscott argues international rugby must remain the sport’s priority, defending the expanded Test schedule and the financial reality behind it.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoNew Zealand 34-32 France: The French battle hard but Cam Roigard keeps All Blacks in the clear
Will Jordan and Cam Roigard both scored twice as New Zealand opened the inaugural Nations Championship with a thrilling victory over...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoArgentina 38-47 Scotland: Hutchinson leads the Scottish hit squad
Scotland registered a record victory in Argentina with a seven-try demolition powered by the impressive Rory Hutchinson.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoAustralia 31-33 Ireland: Sam Prendergast seals Irish comeback
Ireland launched their Nations Championship campaign with a dramatic victory over Australia in Sydney after Thomas Clarkson’s late try and Sam...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 weeks agoJapan 27-10 Italy: Japan have too much in reserve despite Eddie Jones absence
Japan saw off Italy in Tokyo despite head coach Eddie Jones being absent through suspension.
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/ 3 weeks agoTaste of winning is good, says Lake
AFTER a long losing run, it was Wales’ third consecutive win, following on from victories over Italy and the Barbarians, a...
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/ 3 weeks agoCLOSE-UP
SEMI RADRADRA Fiji centre EDDIE JAMES Wales centre Radradra was beginning to show glimpses of his Bristol best with sleight of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoFiji 24-39 Wales: Jac Morgan’s double is enough to quell the Fijians
Jac Morgan scored two tries as Wales began their Nations Championship campaign on a bizarre afternoon at the Cardiff City Stadium.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoNick Cain: Excluding the Willis brothers is costing England
Nick Cain explores how England are harming themselves by excluding Jack and Tom Willis, urging the RFU to scrap its overseas...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 weeks agoNick Cain: Nations Championship gets off to a humdinger of a start
The Nations Championship naysayers – and there is an army of them – should take a look at the competition’s inaugural...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher watches six Nations Championship Tests in one day – here’s what happened
Brendan Gallagher settled down to watch six Nations Championship Test matches in a row. How did he find it? And did...
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Features
/ 3 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Louis Bielle-Biarrey leading a race to hit a century
Peter Jackson sees the French flyer reach 92 tries in his career so far as he takes a break ahead of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 weeks agoChris Hewett: Champions Cup revamp sounds good to me
The most predictable story of the week concerned yet another revamp of the much-maligned, used-and-abused Champions Cup, which was once the...
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Features
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: Top 14 shows us how it’s done
Paul Rees looks back on Toulouse’s victory over Montpellier in the Top 14 final – and what it can teach the...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoPWR Final review: ‘I’ve felt so loved’ – Marlie Packer’s emotional Saracens farewell
Marlie Packer admits she was overwhelmed by the affection shown to her during an emotional farewell week after signing off her...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoDREAMTEAM
TEX CAVUBATI, THE FORMER FIJI, HARLEQUINS, OSPREYS, WORCESTER, NEWCASTLE, PER-PIGNAN & BLACKHEATH LOCK, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Letters
/ 3 weeks agoMighty Marlie did it again for Sarries
MARLIE Packer was at her formidable best on Sunday in the PWR final. In her 121st and final appearance for Saracens...
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/ 3 weeks agoMove semi-finals up north to help promote our sport
THE letter from Simon Marlow-Ridley and Peter Jackson’s column last week certainly made interesting reading on the subject of the Prem...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoWord of caution on expansion of PWR
WITH talk of expanding the number of teams in the PWR and the high level of overseas players already in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: The time when Eddie Jones was on fire
Brendan Gallagher looks back on England’s historic 2016 series win in Australia, Eddie Jones’ finest hour and the decisions that shaped...
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/ 3 weeks agoToulouse show that loyalty brings its own rewards
YOU could write a book about what makes Toulouse great and one day I might do exactly that ... but one...
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/ 3 weeks agoIreland’s win was down to Goose
FORMER Ireland coach Philip Doyle, who died last week aged 61, was responsible for masterminding the biggest upset result in the...
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/ 3 weeks agoGiliomee keeps Baby Boks on the title course
By SAM JACKSON On the attack: South Africa’s Aka Boqwana POOL A DEFENDING champions South Africa secured a bonus-point victory over...
















