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Champions Cup
/ 2 weeks agoStormers 39-26 Leicester Tigers: Geoff Parling’s visiting side put up a fight
Leicester Tigers look destined for the Challenge Cup, but a much-changed side made the Stormers battle for victory to the very...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoJosh Barton: Coventry are raring to go after break
Coventry scrum-half Josh Barton believes the mid-season break arrived at just the right time as his side target a sixth consecutive...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoGeorge McGuigan extends his Newcastle Red Bulls deal
Hooker George McGuigan has signed a contract extension at Newcastle Red Bulls.
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Champions Cup
/ 2 weeks agoBring on Bordeaux-Begles monsters – Bristol Bears back rower Fitz Harding
Bristol Bears were the talk of the Champions Cup last weekend after sticking 61 points on the Bulls at altitude in...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoEastmond keen to make his mark as a coach
■By ROSS HEPPENSTALL KYLE Eastmond says the lessons he learned in rugby union will hold him in good stead as he...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoEdoardo Todaro is quick to find his feet at Northampton Saints
Edoardo Todaro was not on many one-to-watch lists at the start of the season, but five months in, the 19-year-old has...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: It’s time for Bristol Bears to stand up and deliver
When you’re shipping 49 points, as Bristol Bears did against the Bulls in Pretoria last weekend in the European Cup, you’ve...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoEight-try Sharks get back in the mood to leave Clermont on the floor
■ By SAM JACKSON Sharks ...............50pts Tries: Fassi 2, 65; Hendrikse 17, Koch 45, Sobahle 50, Masuku 73, Buthelezi 79, Julius...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoHeartbreak for Munster as Castres take their chances
By BEN JAYCOCK Tries: Casey 17, 34; Abrahams 46, Edogbo 59, 78 Conversions: Crowley 18, 79 Munster ............29pts Castres ..............31pts Tries:...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoNick Cain: Scott ‘Razor’ Robertson fails to produce a cutting-edge strategy
Scott Robertson’s ‘windmill’ spin breakdancing celebrations were shelved during his tenure as All Blacks head coach.
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoBordeaux beef wins the day
NO scrum, no-win! That was the message rammed home at the Stade Chaban-Delmas as European champions Bordeaux-Begles brought last season’s runners-up,...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoWeak Edinburgh don’t deserve their place
IF Edinburgh fail to qualify for the last-16 in the European Cup, good riddance. By putting out a severely weakened team...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 weeks agoChris Hewett: Junior Kpoku on course to power up Red Roses
On the basis that Junior Kpoku is 6ft 8ins and 120kgs, his opponents must be dreading the day they run into...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoNow the All Blacks need to crack on
THERE is something of the Clive Woodward about Scott Robertson, whose coaching career at international level has just disappeared off a...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoBulls put in a late run to keep out battling Pau
■By BEN JAYCOCK Pau ..................... 24pts Tries: Delhommel 10, 41; Maximin 33 Conversions: Mondinat 11; Souverbie 34, 42 Penalty: Souverbie 49...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Blizzard of points is obscuring the view
The Champions Cup, a misnomer if ever there was one, gorged itself last weekend on a feast of tries: 107 at...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 weeks agoA frozen farce with no hint of an apology
THE credibility of European Professional Club Rugby Ltd took another bashing last weekend over a botched attempt to stage the Cheetahs-Ulster...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks agoBaxter sets sights on a home draw in last 16
■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Exeter Cardiff Chiefs v Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park EXETER Chiefs head into today’s final pool...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks agoMontpellier claim top spot as Ospreys comeback falls short
■ By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys .............26pts Tries: Watkin 11, Lloyd 40, 52; Moriarty 58 Conversions: Walsh 12, 41, 53 Montpellier .....31pts...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks agoStade go close but Ulster hold on
■ By JIM STEVENS Ulster ................26 Stade .................19 RELIEF poured out of Ravenhill at full-time after the hosts’ 26-0 half-time lead,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks ago11-try Connacht secure home tie
Connacht .......75 Montauban ...14 ■ By MARK WILLIAMS CONNACHT produced a ruthless display to book a home tie in the last...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks agoPREVIEW…Lyon v Benetton
Today. Kick-off 1pm, Matmut Stadium de Gerland LAST season’s finalists Lyon face a do or die clash against pool leaders Benetton...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks agoPREVIEW…Racing v Cheetahs
Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, La Defense Arena ONLY pride is at stake in this matchup with both Racing 92 and Cheetahs out...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 weeks agoPerpignan through but Lions are sent packing
Round-up ■ By SAM JACKSON A DRAMATIC Challenge Cup clash at Stade Aimé Giral ended all square as Perpignan and the...
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Letters
/ 2 weeks agoNick Cain’s column should be hung in Sweeney’s office
NICK Cain’s column last week should be cut out, framed and hung on the wall of Bill Sweeney’s office as it...
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Letters
/ 2 weeks agoWorrying direction of travel
A SUCCESSFUL enterprise is usually built on firm foundations. I wish that I could see this in rugby union with a...
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Letters
/ 2 weeks agoClassy Chinnor stun Bedford
The Champ ■ By WILLIAM BULL Chinnor ..............27pts Tries: Smith 15, Rukhadze 22, Hanks 58 Conversions: Chamberlain 16, 23, 59 Penalties:...
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Letters
/ 2 weeks agoReduce numbers to raise standard
THE European Cup still throws up some fantastic matches – Bulls against Bristol last week was crazy – but too many...
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Letters
/ 2 weeks agoDREAM TEAM
JACOB ATKINS, FORMER LONDON IRISH AND ROVIGO CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH TAILORED NOT FOR PACKED STADIUMS,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: European Champions Cup is still in dire need of an overhaul
The European Champions Cup which, after this weekend, goes back into hibernation for the best part of three months, remains in...
