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/ 5 years agoScarlets scrap for big away day win after Jones’ late red
■By ALEX BYWATER THIS was far from pretty from the Scarlets - in fact it was downright ugly - but the...
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/ 5 years agoRyan challenges fledglings to silence Coetzee
■By ROB COLE THE DRAGONS may not have Welsh internationals Ross Moriarty or Aaron Wainwright with which to try to blunt...
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/ 5 years agoReuben’s try rouses Ospreys recovery
■By ROGER PANTING STEPHEN Myler kicked 13 points to complete a remarkable turnaround and earn Ospreys only their second win in...
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/ 5 years agoSensational Sheehan steals show on debut
■ By JOHN FALLON IRELAND flanker Dan Leavy returned from a knee injury for his first action in 19 months but...
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/ 5 years agoCockerill banking on home comforts
Preview Edinburgh v Connacht Today, Kick-off 7.35pm EDINBURGH’S rocky start to the season will not be helped by 17 players being...
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/ 5 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 5 years agoRichmond step in to help local kids
IN response to the government’s decision to not extend free meals for children during school holidays, Richmond Rugby will supply local...
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/ 5 years agoRobshaw voices remorse
FORMER England captain Chris Robshaw is among the Barbarians players who have apologised for breaking Covid rules which resulted in the...
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/ 5 years agoDon’t ring-fence,wewant more fairytales – Bracken
By GARY FITZGERALD Plea: Kyran Bracken KYRAN Bracken hopes football’s latest moves to set up a lucrative new European Super League...
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/ 5 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 5 years agoTV times no fun in the night
TELEVISION rules the sporting world, but that world is a better place when big rugby games are played in daylight. Who...
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/ 5 years agoSorry Ben, life with the Lions is not what it was
BEN Calveley, the managing director of the British and Irish Lions, believes rugby’s greatest touring side is “going from strength to...
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/ 5 years agoMange tout! Del Boy should become a ref!
If the people at World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, want to make themselves useful for once - a change is...
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/ 5 years agoKurt cops four-year ban
LYDNEY flanker Kurt Brown has been banned from all sport for four years from until March 12, 2024. Brown, who captained...
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/ 5 years agoIrish add Moldovan muscle
MOLDOVA international lock Andrei Mahu is to join London Irish from Russian side Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk. Mahu, 29, will arrive for...
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/ 5 years agoFab four agree contracts
GLOUCESTER have re-signed four of their highly prized Academy graduates ahead of the new season. Back-row Jack Clement, 19, scrum-half Stephen...
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/ 5 years agoI ended with a screwed-up body and a world of pain
NEALE HARVEY talks to former Chiefs front row Neil Clark about his post-rugby trauma Former Exeter hooker Neil Clark has shone...
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/ 5 years agoStraying Baabaas prove they’re still amateurs
THERE is a line in the traditional Barbarians club drinking song that goes, “there’s a way we have in the Baabaas,...
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/ 5 years agoEngland need tries – lots of them – to be champions but expect Eddie to play safe
Warning: Charles Ollivon breaks through the England defence to score France’s third try PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND have not been good...
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/ 5 years agoScotland is a must-win after Welsh mediocrity
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS 99 not out: George North will bring his ton up against Scotland. Inset below, Louis...
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/ 5 years agoClubs fear hospitality screenings could be banned
CASH-strapped clubs could be set for another financial body blow if they are forced to cancel indoor screenings by the government....
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/ 5 years agoMayor hands chips to hungry kids
FORMER Sale Sharks, Northampton Saints and Wasps centre Chris Mayor, right, has thrown his weight behind a campaign to offer children...
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/ 5 years agoRapava-Ruskin is on the radar at Racing 92
Channel-hopper? Val Rapava-Ruskin is wanted in France GLOUCESTER loosehead Val Rapava-Ruskin could be set to swap the West Country for France...
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/ 5 years agoIrish search for lineout guru
Talks: Declan Kidney LONDON IRISH are set to step up their search for a new lineout coach to join them in...
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/ 5 years agoTigers court fight doomed says lawyer
SPORTS lawyer Richard Cramer believes it will be difficult for Leicester Tigers to win their court case against a group of...
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/ 5 years agoNo Baabaas repeat for pampered England
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler RFU partner Red Bull have installed a state of the...
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/ 5 years agoVeteran Peat lays foundation for victory
Ireland Women.21 Italy Women …….7 IRELAND moved up to second in the women’s Six Nations table with a hardfought win in...
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/ 5 years agoFive points in Paris and Irish are champs
By DECLAN ROONEY Ireland………………….50pts Tries: Stander 8, Keenan 30, 36; Connors 61, Sexton 65, Aki 69, Heffernan 79 Conversions: Sexton 9,...
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/ 5 years agoRussell returns as Scots warm up
By BRYN PALMER Scotland………………48pts Tries: Graham 2, 75, Brown 27, 50, Watson 32, McInally 61, van der Merwe 70, Kinghorn 79...














