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Features
/ 5 years agoFrankly, I’ve got to improve
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NORTHAMPTON’S STAR ALL BLACKS PROP OWEN FRANKS Brains trust: Chris Boyd discusses tactics with coach Sam Vesty...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPerenara’s word perfect
TJ Perenara is not the first scrum-half to have plenty to say for himself. It’s part of the job description. But...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCalling Toby…are you really at Ospreys?
TOBY Booth is one of the most talented coaches around. No less a figure than Brian Ashton recognised this more than...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNerdvana is far from providing a paradise
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Professional rugby is fast becoming a game of gadgets and gizmos: a bewildering array of cutting- edge...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMore leagues with fewer clubs is RFU plan for future
JOHNInverdale, chairman of the National Clubs Association, yesterday welcomed the RFU’s plan for a shake-up of the National Leagues. The proposals,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoStars on display for ding-dong battle
NORTHAMPTON have named a side full of big name internationals as they look to cement their position in the top four....
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBrad’s fighting the sound of silence
■ By NEALE HARVEY BRAD Shields knows he faces a battle to restate his England credentials after admitting he has had...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoKiss: We had our chances but fell off the pace and suffered
Hungry: Charlie Ewels LES Kiss admitted his Irish side were lacking a little sharpness and physicality as the Exiles spluttered to...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBrilliant Ben gets his Rec life off to a great start
■ By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer showed his international class as he took less than five minutes to create a big...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNew boss thrilled by brilliance of Cips
GLOUCESTER’S new head coach George Skivington was delighted with a win on the Premiership’s resumption. He said: “It wasn’t the ideal...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWarriors brushed aside after Nanai’s early red
■ By ROGER PANTING MELANI Nanai’s red card ruined Jonny May’s comeback and any chance Worcester had of returning from lockdown...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBattered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light
DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPenalty count is worry for Lam
SCOTLAND international Sean Maitland described playing in an empty stadium as “weird”. The Saracens full-back admitted: “It’s going to take a...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLate penalty try keeps Bears on the title trail
By MIKE SINCLAIR Last gasp: Bristol celebrate their penalty try in the dying minutes PICTURES:Getty Images On the run: Ben Earl...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoLancaster ‘perfect’ coach for the Lions
■By NEALE HARVEY STUART Lancaster would be a “perfect” choice to join Warren Gatland’s Lions’ coaching team in South Africa next...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoFlyer Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
■By PETER JACKSON REGAN Grace, the Welsh flyer whose amazing hat-trick for St Helens has been acclaimed as the greatest in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWallabies combination can unlock Exiles potential, says Sekope Kepu
Veteran prop Sekope Kepu believes the acquisition of Australia teammate Rob Simmons can take London Irish forward
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester signing Matt Scott feels no pressure to replace Tuilagi void
Left in limbo by Edinburgh last Christmas, ex-Gloucester centre Scott has managed to turn uncertainty into a second stint in the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership club in salary cap probe, source tells TRP
Neil Fissler reports on a new potential salary cap breach looming over the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14
Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday's edition of TRP...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye
Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails
Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoNZ Rugby suffers new financial blow as Covid clouds hang over North v South game
On September 5th the North vs South match at Eden Park will be held without spectators unless entirely cancelled. If the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Workload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
Super Rugby Aotearoa format gives an idea of Northern Hemisphere rugby's fast and furious calendar structure, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: The invisible stars are letting down PRO14
The stars of the Six Nations are often left absent in their PRO14 campaigns, writes Peter Jackson
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoSam Vesty can help Saints starlet Fraser Dingwall maintain England bid
Dingwall, 21, earned a shock call-up to Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad in January
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Featured
/ 5 years agoNo honeymoon period for Skivington and Borthwick
Jon Newcombe assesses the betting market's view of how George Skivington and Steve Borthwick are expected to start off
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Features
/ 5 years agoWhy won’t Eddie pick Alex Dombrandt? It’s a mystery to Winterbottom
England and Harlequins great Peter Winterbottom deliberates why Dombrandt is being overlooked by the England head coach
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAttwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special
The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival 'the best player he has ever seen'














