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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMitchell’s men sling it out with Samoa in Singapore quarters
ENGLAND topped Pool B on the first day of the Singapore Sevens with victories over Kenya, USA and France. They will...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow Negri climbed from BUCS league to the Six Nations
Back row tyro Seb Negri tells Brendan Gallagher the benefits of a more scenic route to Test rugby High on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNehe Milner-Skudder returns for Canes ahead of All Black series against France
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Nehe Milner-Skudder is set to return for the Hurricanes in their upcoming fixture against the...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Yes, I’d let Brad Shields face the Boks, Eddie needs him!
Jeremy Guscott argues the Hurricanes flanker is the right man at the right time for England ahead of the tour to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYes, I’d let Shields face the Boks, Eddie needs him!
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Quality backrower: Brad Shields playing for the Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images ”There are a lot of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSharks bid £750k for Folau signature
SALE SHARKS have launched a sensational bid of £750,000 a year to lure Wallabies fullback Israel Folau to the North West....
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIs the next global rugby power from Asia?
Photo (Getty Images) By Jake Jones In the latest episode of CNN World Rugby, the programme looks into the growth of...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau escapes sanction by ARU for comments about gay community
Australia and Waratahs star Folau calls out ARU chief executive Raelene Castle for 'misrepresenting' his position on homosexuality
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCoaching duo quit England for American foreign Legion
By GRAHAM JENKINS TWO young English coaches are hoping the United States truly is the land of opportunity as they carve...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJaguares bare teeth to shock the Rebels
By SAM JACKSON Masterclass: Beauden Barrett starred for Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images THREE second-half tries inspired the Jaguares to a comefrom-...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGosper predicts rugby boom in America
Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper believes this year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco could ignite interest in the sport...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRomanian failings just a bad joke, or worse?
NICK CAIN The Romania-Spain-Belgium World Cup qualifying scandal has forced the ostriches who thought the match-fixing could never happen in rugby...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoBailey turning women into world beaters in double quick time
Women’s Sevens TEAM England women’s Sevens coach James Bailey knows his side must overcome “super high competition” if they are to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoChiefs keep momentum with penalty try winner
By SAM JACKSON Flyer: Lions wing Madosh Tambwe celebrates his hat-trick PICTURE: Getty Images THE Chiefs stretched their winning run to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDeveloping strength in depth key to Wales’ World Cup chances
By STEFFAN THOMAS Optimistic: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN Wyn Jones has urged Wales to keep blooding youngsters on both this summer’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNorthampton Saints scrum-half Nic Groom heads back to Super Rugby
'The time has come for me to return to South Africa' says Springbok-jersey chasing Saint
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoIt’s good England lost in Six Nations says Billy!
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA BILLY Vunipola has surprisingly claimed that England’s Six Nations nightmare is a “good thing which will...
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Features
/ 8 years agoUnfortunately the spiralling Spanish debacle is no joke
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Shocker: Ref Vlad Iordăchescu TODAY is April...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIreland internationals Jackson and Olding acquitted in rape trial
Nine-week trial concludes in Belfast after verdicts returned by jury
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoStranger and stranger, this tale of Spanish defeat
Controversy: Belgium beat Spain ONE of the saddest aspects of events in Brussels last Sunday when Belgium beat Spain 18-10 in...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHowells sticks by decision to quit Romania
By ROB COLE NEWS EXTRA LYNN Howells won’t be reconsidering his position as Romanian coach even after the Oaks squeezed into...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEddie paid for obsession with fitness says Cueto
By GARY FITZGERALD Critical: Mark Cueto MARK Cueto insists England’s Six Nations “disaster” is down to the head coach’s obsession to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSix Nations will have no bearing on World Cup insists Kidney
FORMER Ireland head coach Declan Kidney believes Eddie Jones’ England will come roaring back from their Six Nations disaster after dismissing...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWhy defeat by France was biggest blow of all
NICK CAIN Upper hand: France celebrate victory over England PICTURE: Getty Images THERE has been too much of a shoulder-shrug about...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTough road to success
HOW’S this for an itinerary to help England get their shape back. Three away Tests in South Africa, then an Autumn...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRory Best and Rob Kearney extend IRFU contracts
Grand Slam winners sign new deals with Ulster and Leinster
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoBrunel confident French on upward curve
Frustrated: Brunel FRANCE coach Jacques Brunel was frustrated after his team lost 14-13 to Wales in their last Six Nations game,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSlow down Eddie and do job you are paid for
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRomania boss Howells blasts RWC qualification imbalance
By JON NEWCOMBE LYNN HOWELLS has called for European qualification for the Rugby World Cup to be run over one year...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMullvihill offered top job at Cardiff Blues
CARDIFF BLUES have offered Australian John Mullvihill the chance to replace Danny Wilson who is moving to Dai Young’s Wasps at...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudy of Einstein could fix Eddie’s breakdown woes!
Halted: England’s Chris Robshaw goes down in the tackle against France PICTURE: Getty Images Isn’t it strange how every time the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years ago‘Sick man’ Willemse inspires Stormers to banish the Blues
By SAM JACKSON STORMERS bounced back from a winless tour of Australasia with victory over the Blues to move second in...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIreland hardly hit top gear and they’re only going to get better
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT World class: Conor Murray People have short memories, even your correspondent! Two months ago at the annual Rugby...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoLock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Seb Negri for Italy
Brendan Gallagher suggests how Italy can transform themselves in time for the Japan Rugby World Cup
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn Jones commits to Wales and Ospreys with new deal
Ospreys second row commits to region with Japan World Cup on the horizon
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHarlequins centre Jamie Roberts to join Premiership rivals Bath
Roberts moves to the Rec after Tapuai's switch to the Stoop was confirmed last week
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe world’s highest paid rugby players
When talking about well paid athletes, people usually focus on Premier League footballers or American sports stars with hundred million dollar...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFaletau: It’s time to showcase our skills
ALEX BYWATER finds the new Wales captain wants team to prove how exciting they can be Key men: Gareth Anscombe and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Negri
Questions: Conor O’Shea Strong man: Sergio Parisse PICTURE: Getty Images Italy captain Sergio Parisse, who makes his 64th Six Nations start...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoGeorgia turn on power to close in on the title again
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up GEORGIA took a massive step towards reclaiming the Rugby Europe Championship trophy with a scrappy 29-9...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFun Bus gets set to roll out one more time
■ By MATTHEW EMERY Rival: Mike Ross Marathon man: Jason Leonard, ‘The Fun Bus’, on his way to his record 114...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: French team is so poor England can recover pride
Jeremy Guscott says England should win in Paris but selection issues ahead of next year's World Cup are clear for Eddie...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAll Black duo set to join the Saints
NORTHAMPTON Saints are keen on former All Blacks Jeremy Thrush and Ben Franks who played under new director of rugby Chris...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales urged to retain coaching talent
By ALEX BYWATER WARREN Gatland has advised the Welsh Rugby Union to ensure the experience of his coaching staff isn’t lost...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCane’s young Chiefs show fighting spirit
INJURY-HIT Chiefs survived raid after raid from a fast-finishing Blues to win 27-21 in Auckland. ■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Eye for the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoMighty Oaks maintain the pressure on leaders Spain
ROMANIA kept alive their slim hopes of automatically qualifying for the 2019 World Cup after a less-than-impressive 25-15 win over Russia...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFrench team is so poor England can recover pride
JEREMY GUSCOTT Attacking edge: Anthony Watson could replace Mike Brown THE Six Nations is important, but to become the best team...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTrue rugby fans have no cause to hate English
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Back in the early Nineties, the RFU would hold a monthly Monday Press...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBakewell’s challenge to create new pack legacy at Leicester Tigers
The Kiwi forwards coach on leaving Bristol for Welford Road and the new generation he wants to foster
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoRassie rallies foreign legion to revive Boks
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK GIVEN South Africa’s ropey results since the last World Cup, including a record...
International Rugby
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