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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoFree-flowing Fisher put an emphasis on speed
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools JOHN Fisher School might have been founded as recently as 1929...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRight wing’s king for Kiwis
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I WAS struck by an interesting tweet this week from respected New Zealand rugby journo Jim Keyes...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLee was the heart and soul of Sevenoaks rugby
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A BELATED hat tip and farewell to an old rugby colleague – Lee Adamson – from Reigate...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSix Nations’ treatment of Spain blights game
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE has been much debate this week about...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMcCarthy pumped for wrestle with Lions
Daniel Gallan talks to Bedford captain Seán McCarthy ahead of today’s Sarries clash Like so many of us, Seán McCarthy had...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bath boys primed for Championhip debuts for Coventry
COVENTRY have added two more promising players from the Premiership ahead of today’s match against Ampthill. Director of rugby Rowland Winter...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: McCall brings in heavies to avoid more slip-ups
MARK McCall has named a side with almost 400 Test caps admitting Saracens cannot afford another slipup if they are to...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJersey 10-22 Doncaster: Knights weather the early storm to ride for victory
Steve Boden's men keep up their strong start to the Championship season, but he saw some faults in their win over...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCornish Pirates 10-38 Ealing: Six-hitting Trailfinders get ready for Sarries
Sin bins to Tom Duncan and Shae Tucker open up room for Trailfinders to score two tries in bonus point win
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHartpury 15-13 Nottingham: Max is the hero for Hartpury with last-play winner
Nottingham let their lead slip in the final minute as first win of the season eludes Midlanders at the Alpas Arena
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins get away with letting Europe down again | Peter Jackson
HARLEQUINS’ Champions Cup went belly-up from the start, a pointless sortie to Thomond Park yielding little more than three yellow cards,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTeam Wales casts long shadow over regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The newly-enthroned international champions of Europe are having to spend the weekend on their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoCullen in his pomp was poetry in motion
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoIsrael Folau row looks set for re-run in Tonga | Chris Hewett
Folau's journey into cyberspace should inhibit any return to Test rugby, after recent comments by Tonga's head coach that he would...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoGourdon proves big is not the best policy | Chris Hewett
Rugby's struggles with David and Goliath statures for forwards can often by a headscratcher, writes Chris Hewett
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoItaly 3-67 England: Nine-try England book date in final
Italy played their best rugby in years in a first half which England still managed to score two tries in, before...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales 0-45 Ireland: Woeful Wales ship seven in Arms Park demolition job
Wales overwhelmed by Ireland to suffer second-successive heavy defeat in the Six Nations
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLess can be more for rugby insists Hogan
Should seismic reform to place in the Premiership? A reduction in the number of games would be a good start, says...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEvaluating how ready the Springboks are for the Lions
NICK CAIN EVALUATES THE SPRINGBOKS PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING LIONS SERIES WHEN Faf de Klerk was buried by a brutal Jake Ball...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoLong-serving Henry Trinder to leave Gloucester
LONG-SERVING Gloucester centre Henry Trinder has left Kingsholm to kick-start his career with French club Vannes on a deal until the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale miss out in pursuit of Nick Schonert from Premiership rivals Worcester
SALE SHARKS are believed to have failed in a bid to land Worcester Warriors tighthead Nick Schonert on a deal for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoThomas looks to France
ON THE BLIND SIDE Move: Henry Thomas HENRY THOMAS, the former England international tighthead, looks set to leave Bath to move...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaracens gather all their on-loan stars back in the fold
Saracens head coach Mark McCall reveals the likelihood of having Nick Isiekwe and Ben Earl back at the club next season
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJeremy Jordaan may quit Agen for Newcastle Falcons
Dean Richards offers South African lock way out of Top 14 basement boys Agen
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps coach Martin Gleeson free for England call-up
What would Gleeson's appointment mean for current England attack coach Simon Amor?
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Saracens and Red Roses legend Rocky Clark
The veteran prop offers her three biggest pet peeves from the rugby world and beyond
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBrentford base will attract new recruits to London Irish says Les Kiss
The club's new groundshare with Brentford FC shows the Exiles are going places with its ability to attract players to help...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPhipps: Premiership is like big game of chess
Nick Phipps admits to being proven wrong about the misconceptions Down Under has of the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRegions should not suffer for their service to country | Shane Williams
WALES’ four regions were conspicuous by their absence in Europe this weekend. To not even have one of our professional sides...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBenetton denied in the final frantic moments
Montpellier....31 Benetton ........25 A TREMENDOUS defensive effort in the closing minutes saw Montpellier book their place in the semi-finals after back...


















