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/ 6 years agoLockdown has got me ready for another year of captaincy
Q & A KEN OWENS ON THE RECORD Standout moments: Wales clinch the 2019 Grand Slam. Scarlets beat La Rochelle at...
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/ 6 years agoScrum time shambles
HARLEQUINS-Sale lasted for 97 minutes 32 seconds, including drink breaks. It also included depressing evidence of how long it takes to...
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/ 6 years agoThe Gnoll takes gold for heroes
WHITCHURCHHigh School has been duly lauded for setting three old boys on the road to the top of their chosen sport...
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/ 6 years agoChampion Bill showed Jacklin how it was done
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Tony Jacklin wins US Open. Bill Shankland Of all the international rugby players...
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/ 6 years agoUlster go through as Glasgow tumble
Preview Connacht v Ulster Today, Kick-off 4.30pm FLY-HALF Billy Burns will captain Ulster on their return to PRO14 action with regular...
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/ 6 years agoSecond-half shutout puts Edinburgh in semi-finals
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow …………………………………15pts Tries: P Horne 20, Hastings 37 Conversions: Hastings 20 Penalties: Hastings 16 Edinburgh ……………………………30pts Tries: Groom...
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/ 6 years agoTipuric determined to get Booth’s reign off to a flyer
By ROB COLE Return: Rhys Webb PREVIEW… Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 2.15pm, Liberty Stadium RHYS Webb will return to Ospreys...
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/ 6 years agoWilliams stars for Scarlets on debut
By ROB COLE Scarlets…………………………………32pts Tries: Kennedy 4, Evans 22, 43, Lousi 49, McNicholl 56 Conversions: Halfpenny 23, 50 Penalties: Halfpenny 32...
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/ 6 years agoHanrahan misses kick to grab draw in 50pt thriller
By JOHN FALLON Leinster…………………………27pts Tries: Healy 20, Ringrose 40, Lowe 51 Conversions: Sexton 22, 40, 52 Penalties: Sexton 32, Byrne 70...
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/ 6 years agoZebre spoil the send-off for Zanni
Benetton……………13 Zebre ………………………17 ZEBRE secured the bragging rights in Italy by claiming a shock 17-13 win on Benetton’s patch. It was...
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/ 6 years agoJamie should be back in time to tweak the Bears’ tail
WHAT a shame the first weekend of rugby in Wales since lockdown didn’t feature the return to action of Jamie Roberts....
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/ 6 years ago‘Tips’ is key to getting Ospreys back on top
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Fearless: Ospreys skipper Justin Tipuric PICTURE: Getty Images I’ll be at the Liberty Stadium today...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoDay the towering red army tasted epic defeat
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoClarey calls for return of students’ stepping stone
By NEALE HARVEY Progress: Alec Clarey SARACENS prop Alec Clarey believes the RFU must find a way of resuscitating the England...
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/ 6 years agoBrilliant Logie was the forerunner of modern Sevens
Top talent: Laughland FIJI might be the Sevens kings but it’s worth remembering that Scotland invented the game and, it is...
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/ 6 years agoI remember the magic of those midweek matches
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Floodlit fun: Midweek Pooler and Cardiff clashes were...
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/ 6 years agoO’Connor sparks Reds as Brumbies go top
SUPERRUGBY By SAM JACKSON THE Brumbies regained top spot in Super Rugby AU with a convincing 38-11 victory over the Waratahs...
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/ 6 years agoSevens star Miotti eyes move to Prem
Interest: Miotti FORMER Argentina Sevens fly-half Domingo Miotti is looking at a move to the Premiership after he was told to...
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/ 6 years agoWillis says No to Ulster as he waits for Eddie
England ambitions: Jack Willis JACK WILLIS rejected a move to Ulster this summer because he wants to force his way into...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s not all over yet for Bath and Pollard
SPRINGBOK fly-half Hendre Pollard is still weighing up his future with Top 14 outfit Montpellier and is refusing to rule out...
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/ 6 years agoQuins in search to replace Clifford
Retired: Jack Clifford HARLEQUINS have started the search to replace Jack Clifford following the announcement that the England international back row...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s time for changes,Eddie
NICK CAIN STICKS HIS NECK OUT AND PICKS HIS ENGLAND TEAM FOR THE 2023 WORLD CUP Ben Spencer, , Joe Simmonds...
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/ 6 years agoPlaying the system
THE rewriting of rugby language continues apace, with Bristol’s bench-warmers now cast as “system players”. Will Pat Lam’s seat in the...
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/ 6 years agoPlayers must act as they see fit on racism
ANTHONY Watson was bang on the money in arguing that pre-match responses to the Black Lives Matter movement should be a...
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/ 6 years agoKiwis make our game look utterly pedestrian
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The Sale coach and former hooker Steve Diamond, honorary life member of the Front Row Union, thinks...
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/ 6 years agoSolomons: That first 40 gives us hope
WARRIORS have suffered two losses since the restart, making it eight in a row overall, and Alan Solomons hopes his team...
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/ 6 years agoBlackett: Leadership is key in Wasps challenge
By GARY ZITZGERALD Debut delight: Alfie Barbeary celebrates with James Gaskell after scoring for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images CONFIDENCE, belief and...
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/ 6 years agoCrean heads the Sarries young bloods praised by McCall
Debut: Sam Crean MARK McCall had mixed feelings about the victory over Harlequins but the Saracens director of rugby was delighted...
