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/ 8 years agoVernon brings Test pedigree to Exiles
By NEALE HARVEY MARQUEE signing Richie Vernon is ready to spearhead London Scottish’s charge for a top six Championship place after...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGold’s Eagles have found wind beneath their wings at long last
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Dan Lyle about the changing landscape of rugby in America OVER the years we have heard so...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStadium green light renews Pirates hope
By NEALE HARVEY Coaching role: Pirates back rower Chris Morgan CORNISH Pirates are in a ‘strong place’ to challenge for the...
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/ 8 years agoBoks aside, rugby in Africa has just gone backwards
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points HEAVEN knows it’s a difficult enough job growing...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFormer skipper Strauss calls time at Bulls
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA FORMER South Africa hooker Adriaan Strauss will retire from all forms of professional rugby at the...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoBarnes column: The golden generation give hope to Bernard Laporte
David Barnes reacts to Les Bleus Under-20 World Championship victory on home soil
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStephen Myler relishing new challenge at London Irish
After the release of the GK IPA Championship fixtures last week, Exiles fly-half Stephen Myler talked to Neale Harvey
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Features
/ 8 years agoAcid test awaits against All Blacks
NICK CAIN sits down with former Springboks captain Gary Teichmann – a hero in South Africa and Newport… Cornerstone: Tenda Mtawarira...
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/ 8 years agoRugby can learn from the World Cup VAR
Getting it right: Neymar’s penalty decision against Costa Rica was overturned by VAR Like everyone else I’ve been glued to the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShackles are off for Gold’s Scots slayers
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Gary Gold about the challenge of building on last week’s historic win US EAGLES head coach Gary...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAll eyes on America now but ‘shock’ Bath axe still grates
UNCEREMONIOUSLY dumped by Bath in December 2013, Gary Gold has successfully rebuilt his career and is now in a position to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoVisionary Francis gets recognition at long last
OF all the players ostracised by the WRU for ‘going north,’ a powerful case can be made to show that nobody...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LONDON IRISH FLANKER JACK COOKE When sifting through the debris of last season’s relegation, Declan Kidney, London Irish’s new director of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoO’Brien try saves Irish from the drop
ELEVENTH PLACE PLAYOFF Ireland …39 Japan …33 TOMMY O’Brien proved Ireland’s match-winner with a try three minutes from time to ensure...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoEngland fall short as power pack sees France become history boys
By SAM JACKSON World-beaters: France celeberate victory over England FINAL France …33pts England …25pts Tries: Woki, Seguret Conversions: Carbonel Penalties: Carbonel...
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/ 8 years agoIbitoye can lead Quins’ revival – Sloan
Exceptional: Quins wing Gabriel Ibitoye JET-HEELED England U20s wing Gabriel Ibitoye must be granted full rein to spearhead a Harlequins revival,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJobless Germans in World Cup mix despite season of turmoil
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Germany coach Mauritz Botha ahead of the RQC qualifier with Samoa Germany coach: Mauritz Botha Tough qualifying:...
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/ 8 years agoCodling in line to replace Rowntree at Quins
By JON NEWCOMBE HARLEQUINS have made a move for Alex Codling as Graham Rowntree’s replacement in a bid to revive their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe golden generation give hope to Laporte
Prodigy: Jordan Joseph was best player of the Junior World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images French rugby boss Bernard Laporte has glimpsed...
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/ 8 years agoMyler relishing new challenge with Irish
By NEALE HARVEY Star signing: Stephen Myler has joined London Irish after 11 years at Nothampton PICTURE: Getty Images LONDON Irish...
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/ 8 years agoAmbitous Coventry step up their push for Premiership
By NEALE HARVEY Big plans: Jon Sharp COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp insists there are ‘no limits’ to the club’s ambition after...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE BAY OF PLENTY, CHIEFS, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL LOCK MARK SORENSON Iwas different to the norm in New Zealand because...
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/ 8 years agoLam can back up big talk – Muldoon
By NEALE HARVEY Defence guru: John Muldoon in action for Connacht PICTURE: Getty Images THOSE daring to write-off Bristol’s chances of...
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/ 8 years agoJenkinson relishing 40th campaign at Titans
By JON NEWCOMBE WHEN Rotherham kick off their first season at level three for nearly two decades at home to Old...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoKiwis have no answer to French forward dominance
By SAM JACKSON France..............16 New Zealand....7 FRANCE booked their place in a first ever World Rugby U20 Championship final with a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
EXETER CHIEFS LOOSEHEAD PROP JAMES KENNY It’s been a stellar year for James Kenny. From getting his first taste of men’s...
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/ 8 years agoCounties enjoy a clean sweep
By JON NEWCOMBE Done it: England Counties celebrate their stunning undefeated tour of Romania JAMES Shanahan has hailed the recent England...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoPumas well and truly tamed by Gat’s lads
From ALEX BYWATER in Santa Fe Full stretch: Hallam Amos scores Wales’ second try PICTURES: Huw Evans WALES secured their first...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSteve Boden banking on that Yorkshire grit
“There are a lot of teams out there spending a lot of money and, for one of the first times in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGraham Rowntree leaves Harlequins after two seasons
The British & Irish Lions coach is stepping down due to personal reasons, Harlequins confirm
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Surely Bok reserves don’t merit cap status
By Peter Jackson Charlie Faulkner will never forget his international debut, how he stood toe-to-toe against the All Blacks and slugged...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNo-brainer for Davies to sign on with Boyd at Saints
TRANSFER WRAP NORTHAMPTON Saints have bolstered their ranks at scrum-half by snapping up former Wasps and Dragons player Charlie Davies. The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBoden banking on that Yorkshire grit
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Steve Boden about stepping up to the head coach role at Carnegie Making his point: Carnegie head...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSurely Bok reserves don’t merit cap status
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Made to wait for his cap: Wales prop Charlie Faulkner PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWalker’s positivity inspired Coventry
HARRY WALKER, England’s oldest surviving international, passed away earlier this week aged 103 but hopefully his ‘can do’ spirit will continue...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEW ZEALAND, ENGLAND AND HARLEQUINS CENTRE JAMIE SALMON Three years after being rejected by Kent at an U19 trial...
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/ 8 years agoProp star Du Plessis has lofty ambition post rugby
By NEALE HARVEY Mentor: Petrus du Plessis PETRUS du Plessis has ambitions to fly high as a commercial pilot. First, however,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JAMES SCOTT WORCESTER & ENGLAND U20S LOCK James Scott might have been a footballer and could have been a top basketball...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPolota-Nau takes summer break to repay Tigers and deliver play-off shot in 2019
The Leicester hooker wants to take a run at next year's World Cup but only after taking Leicester to the Premiership...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNew-look Wales bid to emulate success of ‘99
ALEX BYWATER talks to the Welsh coaching duo hoping for more glory days in Argentina History boys: Chris Wyatt scores for...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTatafa takes summer break to repay Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY World Cup ambition: Tatafa Polot-Nau PICTURES: Getty Images Coach: Michael Cheika AUSTRALIA hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has revealed why...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBordeaux job just too good to turn down
By NEALE HARVEY Coaching role: Luke Narraway in action for Coventry PICTURE: Nick Meredith FORMER England No.8 Luke Narraway says the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoOlowofela’s early double sets England on their way
By SAM JACKSON England U20s ….39pts Tries: Olowofela 7, 36: Walker 16, 45, Smith 79 Conversions: Grayson 8, 17, 46; Smith...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales seek upset against favourites
WALES Under-20 head coach Geraint Lewis has told his charg es they can’t rest on their laurels after their 26-21 win...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoGreedy Lancashire make it nine wins under Nelson
DIVISION 1 Lancashire 32 - 16 Hertfordshire By SAM JACKSON Done it again: Lancashire captain Adam Lewis lifts the trophy FLY-HALF...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWoolmore ready for top flight after Jersey blooding
HUNGRY prop Jake Woolmore insists Bristol’s collection of Championship recruits will prove their critics wrong in next season’s Premiership. While Charles...
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/ 8 years agoLoyal Ojo signs up for Irish fightback
By SAM JACKSON Staying: Scott Steele LONDON Irish’s record try-scorer Topsy Ojo has signed a contract extension with the club, and...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoBarbarians put the brakes on a few England careers
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Poor preparation: England were humbled by the Barbarians last weekend PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJenkins knows performance must be ‘outstanding’
By ROB COLE ELLIS Jenkins will use elements of the captaincy style of three of Wales’ greatest players on next month’s...
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