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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAce student Sam can be Wales No.10 says Turner
By STEFFAN THOMAS International potential: Sam Costelow SAM Costelow’s magical performance against England catapulted him into the headlines and his former...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAdvantage England in hung parliament
NICK CAIN ASSESSES THE SIX NATIONS ACTION AS THE TOURNAMENT GOES INTO QUARANTINE TE Coronavirus Championship, otherwise known as the 2020...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRedistribute funds to aid grassroots says Maynard
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Phil Maynard PREMIERSHIP Rugby must be made to share the pain of RFU funding cuts to protect...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhen Fran folded Paper, Slam was on
Brendan Gallagher looks back exactly 40 years to England’s great Grand Slam of 1980 Europe’s best: The 1980 England squad and,...
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Features
/ 6 years ago1980 GRAND SLAM HEROES…
15 Dusty Hare (Leicester) Took 11 Test seasons to accumulate 25 Test caps. The selectors said he was too slow –...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmazing to rub shoulders with such superstars
MATT CAIRNS Driving force: Matt Cairns in action for Saracens against Bath in 2007 PICTURE: Getty Images MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoClubs are counting the cost of Covid-19
JAMES HARRINGTON Money-spinner: Toulouse are scheduled to play Ulster in early April PICTURE: Getty Images FRENCH COLUMN In the end, the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMet make it five on the bounce with win at Neath
Championship & Division One round-up CROSS Keys moved into the top half of the Championship table with a 13-0 win at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNational One is becoming an attractive alternative
By NEALE HARVEY Driving standards: Adam Balding coaching Moseley BIRMINGHAM Moseley rugby director Adam Balding believes RFU funding cuts in the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
SEAN SCANLON, NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER MUNSTER, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER AND IRELAND U20s FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCommunity clubs must speak up to instigate change
AS the concerted campaign against funding cuts for Championship clubs has shown, the RFU are sensitive to outside pressures. There are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoReferee Tempest is setting a great example
MARLON ZOGLOWEK TO THE letter published last week from junior referee Nick Loone, highlighting discrepancies in law enforcement, can I add...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths could be the man to save Tier 2
ED Griffiths could be making a comeback as a troubleshooter for the Championship, with the aim of securing finance for the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoPools panel may decide final league positions
By NEALE HARVEY Huge cost: Alistair Bow SOCCER-STYLE ‘pools panels’ could be convened to determine National League promotion and relegation issues...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Vunipolas are wanted by Super Rugby
Going Down Under? Billy Vunipola and, inset, Mako SARACENS brothers Billy and Mako Vunipola are attracting interest from Super Rugby sides...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales versus Scotland called off four hours after WRU said match would be played
WRU perform U-turn and decide to call Six Nations clash with Scotland off
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs centre Sam Hill to join Sale Sharks next season
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond has found his replacement for Cameron Redpath
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 suspended indefinitely in response to coronavirus pandemic
The PRO14 final was set to be played at the Cardiff City Stadium on June 20
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish set to tie down star Ben Loader, but Porecki to leave
A player who was garnering interest from Premiership rivals
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales v Scotland: WillGriff John and Rhys Webb to start for hosts
Wayne Pivac and Gregor Townsend offer their thoughts ahead of the final round of the Six Nations for Wales and Scotland
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Union chief blasts Six Nations refusal to accept another joint TV rights bid by BBC and ITV
David Moffett says the Six Nations being taken off free-to-air TV defies logic
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens and Wales centre Nick Tompkins nears loan move agreement
Nick Tompkins won't be playing in the Championship next season with Saracens
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: England’s win over Wales leaves regret over Paris
Jeremy Guscott's reaction to England claiming the Triple Crown in beating Wales
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester announce signing of Saracens hooker Jack Singleton
The England international will move to Kingsholm on loan next season
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSix Nations Tournament 2020 – Main Talking Points from an Unusual Tournament
The 2020 edition of the Six Nations Tournament is anything but predictable. Besides the amazing results registered on the field, the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoMoffett: Six Nations TV storm is ridiculous
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations Council came under renewed fire yesterday over their decision to prohibit joint bids for live...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoHastings can ease the noisy Russell debate
Brendan Gallagher looks at the key areas where Scotland can halt the French Grand Slam march WHAT with post World Cup...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSIX OF THE BEST AULD ALLIANCE ENCOUNTERS AT MURRAYFIELD
Classic: Scotland’s Jim Calder dives over to score in 1984 1984 Scotland 21 France 12 A classic Grand Slam decider on...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThere’s not enough cash for a Tier Two
COLIN BOAG Honesty: Christophe Ridley refereeing Quins v Exeter Every so often you hear people praising New Zealand’s rugby model, and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSharks lose the chance of signing Bok Koch
Staying: Vincent Koch SARACENS appear to have won their tug of war with Sale Sharks and the Scarlets to keep South...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLoader closes on a new deal with the Exiles
Breakthrough season: Ben Loader LONDON Irish are set for a major boost with highly-rated winger Ben Loader close to agreeing a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAustralian ace Reid signs at Kingsholm
EALING Trailfinders flanker Jordy Reid is the latest Championship star to step up into the Premiership after signing for Gloucester. The...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBlues are favourites to sign Saracens ace Tompkins
By STEFFAN THOMAS & ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues have emerged as the leading contenders to sign new Wales centre Nick Tompkins...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
ALEX PENNY, BEDFORD AND FORMER SALISBURY, BATH, HENLEY AND EALING PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... `...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoO’Brien backed to take Premiership by storm
By NEALE HARVEY Physical specimen: Ireland flanker Sean O’Brien is tipped to make a huge impression in England PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSix Nations TV sell-out brings rage on Twitter
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Lone Kiwi: Sean Maitland will face France today as an endangered species PICTURE:...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRegionalised leagues would strengthen the club game
MARK NELSON LANCASHIRE COUNTY COACH Change is in the air apparently, the structure of league rugby in the English club game...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFaingaa makes the ultimate donation
THERE was a time when a news story regarding a rugby player donating his brain, on the occasion of his death,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRemember Bill, Ashton honed his skills in National One
Lethal: Chris Ashton CHRIS Ashton often seemed to spend more time injured or pursuing his media ambitions during his time at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBargoed on the move at top of the table
Bargoed on the move at top of the table By CARL FIELD BARGOED moved to within five points of Pontypool at...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoIt just makes you regret that display in Paris
JEREMY GUSCOTT Impressive: Anthony Watson scored a superbly executed try ENGLAND have built on their performances week to week throughout this...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCourtney Lawes could challenge Jason Leonard’s record number of caps, says Day
Former Northampton Saints teammate Christian Day can see Lawes playing for England for four more years
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Six Nations to go behind paywall for £300m
How CVC acquiring a stake in the Six Nations might take the tournament behind a paywall
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoEnglish Rugby Union Slipping Into a Sorry State
It’s been a dramatic rugby season as always, with recent events on and off the pitch providing all sorts of talking...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn: Give Wayne a break, he’s not to blame
■By ALEX BYWATER Pressure: Wayne Pivac ALUN Wyn Jones has told the critics to lay off Wales head coach Wayne Pivac...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCourtney can top the lot for caps
■By NEALE HARVEY Indefatigable: Courtney Lawes in go-forward mood for England against Ireland PICTURE: Getty Images 84 caps: Johnson 85 caps:...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIn-form Met bag bumper triumph at home
Championship & Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD CARDIFF Met made it four straight wins to move up into third in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJarrod enjoying new voice in Wales camp
NEWS EXTRA ■By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES haven’t had the best of times in the Six Nations, but Jarrod Evans hopes his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
International Rugby
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International Rugby
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