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/ 4 years agoHogg out to prove Scots are among world elite
Challenge: Stuart Hogg CAPTAIN Stuart Hogg wants Scotland to prove they belong among Test rugby’s elite by beating Australia at Murrayfield...
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/ 4 years agoEngland ready for fierce Kiwi backlash
ENGLAND expect a fierce backlash from the Black Ferns today after last Sunday’s record 43-12 win in Exeter. Head coach Simon...
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/ 4 years agoFar East life rekindles Freddie’s rugby fire
By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER his career hit an all-time low at Bath, Freddie Burns says playing in Japan’s Second Division helped...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights hit six after Holden’s fast start
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........37pts Tries: Holden 2, Spittle 10, Margetts 24, Best 45, Dolly 70, Evans 80 Conversions: Olver 24,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoReds pack power hooker Harris over for hat-trick
By TOM INNES Jersey ..............32pts Tries: Harris 22, 39, 54; Barnes 41, Owen 70 Conversions: Leeming 41, 54 Penalties: Leeming 56...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRelief for Winter as young guns show their fire
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........35pts Tries: Stevenson 12, James 23, 46; Mitchell 52 Conversions: Mitchell 12, 23, 46 Penalties: Mitchell 4,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBlues find rhythm but Trailfinders steam on
By MIKE SMITH Bedford ..............14pts Tries: Adamson 47, Garside 76 Conversions: Maisey 48, 77 Ealing ................50pts Tries: Gordon 3, 35; Johston...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExiles show their fighting spirit but fall just short
By TOM SANSOM L Scottish..........17pts Tries: Nutton 21, Tuilagi 57, Ferdinand 63 Conversions: Nutton 57 C Pirates............19pts Tries: Sirker 31, 67,...
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/ 4 years agoBenjamin hones his hooking skills at Pirates
NEWS EXTRA By MIKE SINCLAIR JAMES Benjamin is the latest back row convert to enrol at the Cornish Pirates finishing school...
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/ 4 years agoStourbridge are setting the pace despite slashing playing budget
By WARREN MUGGLETON AMONG teams battling at the top of National 2 North are Stourbridge – whose players have made an...
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/ 4 years agoFaletau switch confirmed
CARDIFF have confirmed Wales No.8 Taulupe Faletau will join the region at the end of the 2021-22 season from Bath. The...
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/ 4 years agoSurgery for Robson
WASPS scrum-half Dan Robson will be out for up to 12 weeks after suffering a tear to his groin during last...
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/ 4 years agoHarrison’s holiday job is now his life’s work
By PAUL REES Ten years a Saint: Teimana Harrison PICTURES: Getty Images WHEN Teimana Harrison arrived in England, he thought it...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NICK SCHONERT, THE SALE AND FORMER WORCESTER, SHARKS AND GRIQUAS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Features
/ 4 years agoEligibility rules are area fraught with difficulty
COLIN BOAG There are some issues in rugby that fall into the ‘just too difficult’ category, and player eligibility is somewhere near...
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/ 4 years agoFrustrating selection
BEMUSED by Eddie Jones’ selection for the Tonga match in key positions that needed fresh blood. Why pick Tom Curry, one...
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/ 4 years agoTen law changes to make game safer and more attractive
WITH past concussion injuries leading to law suits and even on field deaths, World Rugby faces an existential threat and major...
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/ 4 years agoPoor refereeing didn’t help Wales
BEAUDEN Barrett is a fine player, but so could a number of lesser skilled players be if given the scope that...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSpringbok clash will be preview of RWC 2023
THE best is saved until the end this month. The final weekend of the autumn series sees a repeat of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKerevi’s a big loss, but what we all want to see is Marcus set free
PAUL REES TALKS TO TV PUNDIT DAVID FLATMAN ABOUT ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA David Flatman believes the absence of Semu Kerevi will...
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/ 4 years agoTalented Ford ‘overshadowed by Owen Farrell’
By PAUL REES SIR ALEX Ferguson’s success at Manchester United was based partly on the manager’s knowing when it was time...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoI’d love to play for Samoa says Toomaga-Allen
JEFFERY Toomaga-Allen won a solitary cap for New Zealand nine years ago, coming on as a second-half replacement against Japan, but...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMatson brings the Wayne Smith tackle technique to Quins
By JON NEWCOMBE Working on defence: Tabai Matson FOR all their attacking credentials, defence remains a massive focus at Harlequins as...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury-ravaged Wasps must stop turnovers
Paul Rees talks to Wasps boss Lee Blackett about his gameplan for Quins PREVIEW… Wasps v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, CBS...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWhy send minnows cruising for a bruising?
CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoFlankers see world from other angles
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...
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/ 4 years agoBoyd: We had five props on bench
SAINTS director of rugby Chris Boyd cut a forlorn figure after their second successive big defeat. He said: “It proved a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMagic MacGinty helps Sharks find their edge
By LUKE JARMYN Sale ....................30pts Tries: Van der Merwe 9, Yarde 41, Ross 80 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 42, 80+1 Penalties: MacGinty...
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/ 4 years agoLondon Scottish set to head north for Super 8
By SAM JACKSON LONDON Scottish hope to join an expanded Super 6 tournament in Scotland next season while remaining at their...
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/ 4 years agoMcCall: It’s such a harsh lesson
MARK McCall laid it on the line to his stunned Sarries stars after seeing a 14-man Irish outfit produce a phoenix-like...














