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Features
/ 9 years agoNehe runs riot on Hurricanes return
By NICK VERDIER NEHE Milner-Skudder celebrated his longawaited return to Super Rugby yesterday with a brilliant hattrick to help the Hurricanes...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJosh Strauss to join Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks have announced the signing of Scottish International back rower Josh Strauss on a three-year deal. The South African born...
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Features
/ 10 years agoNothing very super about Super Rugby
COLIN BOAG The Super Rugby season has started and the SANZAR chief executive have come out slugging, claiming that this competition...
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Features
/ 10 years agoTeen star Reiko grabs a hat-trick
Super Rugby By NICK VERDIER KIWI teenage sensation Reiko Ioane propelled himself into All Blacks reckoning ahead of the Lions tour...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Start Te’o against Italy and utilise Daly from full-back
In an ideal world Eddie Jones would love to arrive at the 2019 World Cup in Japan with 38 players that...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoIt’s going to be stormy for Hurricanes says TJ
Nick Verdier assesses the upcoming season and the issues that will help determine the title The Hurricanes got the monkey off...
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Six Nations
/ 10 years agoWe’re improving, Huw warnsWelsh
Let’s hear it from the Jones boy! Scotland’s Huw Jones celebrates scoring a try against Australia in the autumn By GARY...
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Features
/ 10 years agoStart Te’o against Italy and utilise Daly from full-back
In n ideal world Eddie Jones would love to arrive at the 2019 World Cup in Japan with 38 players that...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Mike Delany – Newcastle fly-half
1. Sone Taumalolo – My old Chiefs mate brings fear into the opposition but he’s actually a gentle giant and a...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoFrance move off as Smith pens new deal
BEN SMITH will not be moving to France next season after he decided to pen a new deal to stay in...
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/ 10 years agoO’Connor thinking of a return to Oz
JAMES O’Connor is hoping to play in the 2019 World Cup and he has revealed he is already talking to teams...
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/ 10 years agoExeter’s Lewis in at Stoop as cover for Care
By ED HUTSON HARLEQUINS have this week confirmed the signing Dave Lewis from Exeter ahead of next season. As revealed in...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 2. 1980s Leicester and England fly-half appointed Pumas DoR in 2006 (8) 6. ___ Manoa, Eagles No.8 who left Saints...
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Features
/ 10 years agoWelsh lock Day is set to join Sarries
Three caps: Dominic Day playing for Wales ■ SALE Sharks’ tighthead prop Brian Mujati is joining the Ospreys, with immediate effect....
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Six Nations offers Boks a route to salvation
As the Six Nations gets underway there is an issue that should be uppermost in the minds of its council, and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHuw Jones to join Glasgow next season
Glasgow Warriors have signed Scotland international centre Huw Jones ahead of the 2017/18 season, subject to medical. Edinburgh-born Jones, who currently...
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Features
/ 10 years agoDragons wait on Henson decision
Waiting game: Gavin Henson GAVIN HENSON could be set to return to Wales after rejecting a lucrative offer to finish his...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoOaks continue to grow under Lynn’s guidance
Jon Newcombe looks ahead to next week’s kick-off in the Rugby Europe Championship WHILE Georgia have already qualified for the 2019...
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/ 10 years agoRodwell rises to occasion with try to fire England through unbeaten
WORLD 7S SYDNEY DAY ONE ENGLAND stunned South Africa in Sydney yesterday with a late try to set up a cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoDrug tests controversy puts France in turmoil
For Buddhists, the sacred lotus flower has long been a symbol of purity of the body and mind. For French rugby,...
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Six Nations
/ 10 years agoSix Nations offers Boks a route to salvation
AS the Six Nations gets underway there is an issue that should be uppermost in the minds of its council, and...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Evan Olmstead – Newcastle lock
Enjoyed the European fortnight? I’m not in the Challenge Cup squad so the past couple of weeks gave me a chance...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland announce squad for Six Nations
Eddie Jones has named the uncapped trio of Nathan Catt, Mike Williams and Alex Lozowski in his 34-man England squad for...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Warburton’s too good to be left in the cold for long
In hindsight, Sam Warburton might have seen the writing on the wall as well as everywhere else on the day of...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoTim Visser questions recruitment of ‘project players’
Support for World Rugby‘s review into the three-year eligibility ruling has come from an unlikely source – Scotland‘s adopted Dutchman, Tim...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s ten to watch in 2017
Ardie Savea, above: Outrageously gifted All Blacks flanker and younger brother of Julian. Combines at bit of Michael Jones and Jerry Collins....
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’s wishes and expectations for rugby in 2017
Rugby Union in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland has a host of reasons to be cheerful in 2017. At the apex...
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/ 10 years agoJones joins Wales coaching set up
Former Wales fly-half Stephen Jones will join tour head coach Robin McBryde for the two-Test summer tour to the Pacific Islands,...
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/ 10 years ago‘Pool of Death’ set to become a World Cup regular
The group-stage elimination of England in the 2015 Rugby World Cup came about, in part at least, as a result of...
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/ 10 years agoEngland announce 2017 autumn series
England have announced their opponents for the 2017 Old Mutual Wealth Series. First, an England XV will take on the Barbarians...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain selects his 2017 Lions squad based on the autumn Tests
This 2017 Lions squad is picked from Home Unions players who took part in the autumn series, and is based entirely...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCraig Joubert retires from refereeing 15s
Experienced Test referee Craig Joubert has announced his retirement from refereeing 15-a-side rugby to take up a role developing the next...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Andrew Fenby – Saracens wing
1. Pete Edwards – ‘The Meat’ is a late comer to the game, turning pro at 28 at the Scarlets. But...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHughes and Yarde to start for England against Wallabies
Nathan Hughes and Marland Yrade will start at Twickenham on Saturday as head coach Eddie Jones has made two changes to...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Mike Delany – Newcastle fly-half
What did you make of the Anglo-Welsh Cup over the past two weeks? It was good to get a break and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDavies commits to Ospreys
The Ospreys have announced that recently capped Welsh international Sam Davies has signed a new long-term deal at the club. The...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoHelp! We’re all being overrun by the imports
By PETER JACKSON Within the next 12 months Ireland will be free to cap several more nomadic New Zealanders. Scotland will...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoInjured Warburton out of Springboks clash
Sam Warburton picked up an injury in training this week and as a result will miss Wales‘ game against South Africa...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams – Wales are lucky that Boks look in even worse shape!
Wales are in serious danger of being left behind by the rest of the Six Nations if they don’t settle on...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoHave Ireland found template for Lions to beat All Blacks?
Suddenly the biggest match in Irish Rugby history is upon us – well so it seems. New Zealand at home just...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain deplores the continued poaching of Fijian players by world giants
Any visitor to Fiji will instantly become familiar with the word “Bula!”. The friendly local greeting, whose literal meaning is “life”,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Launchbury gives England a world-class look at lock
The record books will point to a very significant historic win – England‘s first over the Boks for ten years –...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHarlequins confirm Namibian captain’s arrival
As revealed by Neil Fissler on October 30, Harlequins have secured the services of Namibian captain Renaldo Bothma ahead of next...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher on a 30-day 46-test global spectacular
There was a time when rugby fans looked forward eagerly to THE annual November international, the big match between the touring...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Look away now unless you can think back to England beating South Africa…
England have been playing international rugby for 145 years and there have been a few bad trots over the decades against...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 10 years agoTim Visser switches focus to his old Edinburgh pals
There might not be a Champions Cup place at stake but Tim Visser is adamant Harlequins will be chasing the Challenge...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Springboks must look North to stop the rot
When Adriaan Strauss stepped onto the broadcasting plinth at King’s Park in Durban after South Africa had suffered a humiliating record...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoTwo uncapped players in Wales squad
Ospreys duo Sam Davies and Rory Thornton are in line to make their Test debut after being named by Rob Howley...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: RPA must act over this concussion blackout
Gerry Gilpin and Ben Herring are poles apart – the former on the outer rim of Western Europe in Belfast, the...
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