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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoBenefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts
By NICK VERDIER INVESTOR Simon Pennock will fly to Belfast on Tuesday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoBlack Ferns fed off our mistakes, says Wales captain Carys
Clear: Kiwi Selica Winiata on her way to score Round-up WALES showed signs of resilience against New Zealand in the opening...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJerry Edwards on…
ENGLAND’S STRUCTURE They just need consistency, and if I was the RFU I would concentrate on the Fifteens first. That’s the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTamara Taylor on…
BEATING NEW ZEALAND 29-21 IN ROTORUA That was really important. This has been quite a building season with girls coming back...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks back at 150 years of Wasps history
Wasps’ 150th anniversary season isn’t five minutes old and already they have one trophy in the Cabinet having retained their Premiership...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Scarlets can get Leigh back to his attacking best
Now the Guinness PRO14 is all sorted, I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead because I think there have been some...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoCatherine Spencer: These professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded England‘s biggest victory over Les Bleus, winning 31-0. We...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Saull – former Saracens, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie flanker
Running out first in front of an 80,000-plus world record crowd at Wembley to mark my 100th appearance for Saracens was...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScarlets can get Leigh back to attacking best
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND NOW the Guinness PRO14 is all sorted, I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead because...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHardmen have powered Wasps through 150 years of battle
BRENDANGALLAGHER plotsthe rise of Waspsfrom Hampsteadto Coventry over150 years WASPS’ 150thanniversaryseason isn’tfive minutesold and alreadythey have onetrophy in theCabinet having retained...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAll time Wasps XV?
Legends: Fraser Waters and Trevor LeotaTin hat time but here goes anyway.My criteria is threefold.Players will be considered purelyon their contribution...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoThese professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
CATHERINE SPENCER Ordinary people: England lift trophy in 2014 In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoMolloy takes charge after Ireland hit by Briggs withdrawal
New skipper: Claire Molloy Ireland CLAIRE Molloy will have the honour of leading Ireland at their home World Cup following the...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight as the leading points scorer and player of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher previews the Women’s World Cup
The memory of 2014 in France might still be fresh with us but women’s rugby has moved on apace and, a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Premiership ready for Crisp new season
The RFU has today announced Tyrrells as title partner for the new women’s domestic competition, with the official name of the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
Breaking through: Emily Scarratt takes on the Italians It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoReplace women’s contracts with individiual match fees
World cup captain: England No.8 Sarah Hunter, World Rugby’s player of the year for 2016 PICTURE: Getty Images As I prepare...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRFU: Players knew their contracts would end
IN relation to the article ‘World Cup stars left high and dry by RFU’ there are a number of points we...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFreestyle Wasps are cut above the rest
By NICK VERDIER Back-to-back: Wasps lift the Premiership Sevens trophy for the second year running PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS will once...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLivewire Randall presses case for first team action
PLATE ROUND-UP A BLISTERING start handed Gloucester a 22-12 win over Saracens to win the Plate at the Premiership Sevens in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRFU statement over Women’s contracts
The RFU has released the following statement through its director of professional rugby Nigel Meville following the news that most of...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoBE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST RUGBY AWARDS
Determined: Hartpury No 9 Jake Polledri on the march towards the Rosslyn Park try line in National 1 THE AWARDS This...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFiji reap the benefits of early RWC qualification
Brendan Gallagher rounds up the recent international action that has seen early qualifiers for RWC2019 Away from the excitement of the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFord off to pursue American Dream
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler New challenge: Mike Ford MIKE FORD could be in line to become the next...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoSpeedster Ibitoye confident champs can find top gear
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND are 80 minutes away from reaching yet another World Rugby U20 Championship final – but flying wing...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMallinder hits winner after Wood sees red
By NICK VERDIER NORTHAMPTON defied the odds to book their place in next season’s Champions Cup after fighting back from 22-16...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoBotham can’t wait for crack at Aussies
SIR Ian Botham produced some of his most famous cricketing displays against Australia. Now, the former all-rounder’s grandson Jim is hoping...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGray quits rugby for American adventure
ALEX Gray has decided to turn his back on Rugby Union to pursue a career in American Football after joining the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoScotland triumph in London’s grand finale
ENGLAND head coach Simon Amor says they will be a better side for the disappointment of losing to Scotland in the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRebels vote to break old guard’s resistance
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back 30 years at how the inaugural Rugby World Cup came to pass Inner circle: Wavell Wakefield It’s...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoOnly way to beat the All Blacks is all out attack – Robbie Fruean
As a proud Kiwi, Robbie Fruean would never bet against the All Blacks, but he reckons their downfall against the Lions...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoRugby Continues Seeing an Increase in Popularity Worldwide
AN increase in popularity was seen after the announcement of rugby getting a place in the 2016 Olympic Games, the first...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOnly way to beat the All Blacks is all out attack
By NICK VERDIER Targets: Robbie Fruean insists Fruean AS A proud Kiwi, Robbie Fruean would never bet against the All Blacks,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDickson mystified over Eddie’s decision to dump Robson
By NEALE HARVEY DAN ROBSON must show England boss Eddie Jones why he was wrong to leave him out of the...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoBig win over Blitzbokke makes up for early slip
SINGAPORE By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND saved their best until last with a stunning win over South Africa sending them to the...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoFiji earn first win as Amor’s lads crash
HONG KONG WRAP FIJI picked up their first trophy since the Rio Olympics by retaining their Hong Kong Sevens crown last...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MARCUS SMITH ENGLAND U18s FLY-HALF His season could not have gone much better so far, but Marcus Smith is not done...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCrossword
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS Across: 1 Hogg 3 Ojomoh, 7 Munster, 8 Earls, 9 Slack, 11 Black, 13 Butts, 15 Egerton, 16...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSaracens’ success made me sick… now it’s my turn
Neale Harvey talks to Dave Strettle about his quest to emulate his old Sarries mates PREVIEW… Clermont v Toulon Today. Kick-off...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTop schools peaking for nationals
SCHOOL SEVENS HAMPTON go into this week’s Rosslyn Park national Sevens tournament unbeaten after seeing off Beechen Cliff in the Surrey...
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Features
/ 9 years agoKvesic out to show he’s as able as Cane
MATT Kvesic provides a perfect case history of why English rugby, with its boombust results cycle, can never afford to be...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoKerr try rescues fifth-place points
Las Vegas wrap CHARLTON Kerr scored a dramatic stoppage-time try on his World Series debut to help England to fifth place...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFlood sees red to add to Tolouse nightmare
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN In normal times, you might expect former England star Toby Flood to be thrilled to bits about...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Max Coyle – Harlequins full-back
Concussion may have cut his U18s Premier-ship final appearance short but Max Coyle is determined to create long-lasting memories from his...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
Lichfield Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best club in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoJust how good is Stuart Hogg
Earlier in his career – and he’s still only 24 for heaven’s sake – the story that Stuart Hogg was distantly...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoDestroyer Hamish on mission at Twickenham
Hamish Watson felt he had a point to prove to Vern Cotter when he came off the bench to star against...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLichfield in shock as they miss out on Super league
By NICK VERDIER LICHFIELD Ladies director of rugby Becky Williams reckons the RFU have made a “mistake” in excluding the “best...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHogg-warts wizardry as Stuart casts his spells …
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the qualities of the Scotland full-back destined to be a Lion. Real pace: Stuart Hogg makes a...
International Rugby
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