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/ 7 years agoWhy do gambling companies sponsor rugby teams?
There is evidence that gambling sponsorship in UK football has continued to grow year-on-year. According to the research, more than fifty...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAphiwe Dyanti and Malcolm Marx added to cosmopolitan Barbarians squad for Argentina clash
Rassie Erasmus has named 13 of his South Africa tourists into the Barbarians group preparing to face Argentina on Saturday. They...
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Features
/ 7 years agoShaky stats but Pichot’s point is solid
Outspoken: Gus Pichot BRAVO Gus Pichot for having the cajones to mention the elephant in the room that shames the biggest...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Impossible to resist the smooth-talking Robbo BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Calling time: Ian Robertson...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoStreet-smart Ireland top of the world
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS WORLD XV BASED ON No.7 specialist: Sam Underhill PICTURES: Getty Images 15. Damian McKenzie 14. Teddy Thomas...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPassman stars in Tynedale success
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale........32 Leicester L......17 TYNEDALE did enough to record back to back wins for the first time this season,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
ROGER BAIRD THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS AND SCOTLAND WINGER Touring with the Lions in 1983 was the greatest three...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 25th, 2018 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoIt’s strongest Welsh squad I’ve ever seen
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IT’S THE end of Wales’ most successful Autumn ever. Now bring on the Six Nations!...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStuart Hogg will take us to the next level, says Exeter Chiefs wing Cuthbert
ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the prospect of playing in an all-British & Irish Lions back-three at Exeter next season following...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Wales must find more to beat the Springboks
Wales have put the fright on South Africa in their past three meetings, but things have changed
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoHow English rugby shattered the All Blacks mystique on the same anniversary as their 2003 World Cup triumph
November 22 is a big day for some in the North West Counties...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoLiam should face Boks – but who’d be a selector?
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND How do you solve a problem like Liam Williams? I’m guessing you’ll all be thinking...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHow Burgess shattered the All Blacks mystique
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Heroes all: The North West Counties team leave...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWales must find more to beat these Boks
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Real Test: Jonathan Davies expects to win PICTURE: Getty Images Wales had beaten...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDaly deciding if he wants out of Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Get-out clause: Elliot Daly ELLIOT DALY could swap Wasps for Saracens...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHogg’s flair can take us to next level – Cuthbert
By JON NEWCOMBE Star signing: Stuart Hogg scores for Scotland against Italy PICTURE: Getty Images ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLate Warren-West try salvages draw
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L……18 Sheffield T……18 A LAST-MINUTE Laurence Warren-West try salvaged Leicester Lions a draw in a hard-fought match...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie needs reminding of rugby’s core value: Respect
JEFF PROBYN First game: Mike Harrison on the charge as England beat Japan 60-7 at the 1987 World Cup Respect, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHuge boost for Bath as Anthony Watson and three other senior players agree new deals
Todd Blackadder talks about moves which sees key members of forward and backs sign
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScotland full-back Stuart Hogg to move to Exeter Chiefs at the end of the season
Rob Baxter admits to previous pursuit of Glasgow Warriors back
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Features
/ 7 years agoWatson ready to re-sign but JJ and Ewels holding out
Staying at the Rec: Anthony Watson BATH look to have won their battle to keep at least one of their out-of-contract...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJones gets chance to state case in midfield
By JON NEWCOMBE LEWIS JONES is itching to show what he can do as Ealing look to burst Jersey’s bubble and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMemorial to rugby’s fallen in the Great War
ONE of rugby’s many tributes to those who fell during World War 1 this weekend has been a special commemoration gathering...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoJan keen for more as Chester climbing
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………….33pts Tynedale……………22pts CHESTER took advantage of their game in hand to move up to second in National...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFarrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAnswering the call…
Brendan Gallagher looks at some of the extraordinary rugby players - individuals from all backgrounds, nations and clubs and of differing...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoMonkey’s off the back now let’s make it a clean sweep
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Hurting: Hooper The Australian jinx is finally over. Now for Wales’ first autumn clean sweep!...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHero Perrett snubbed for his year with League
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Fred Perrett’s gravestone can be found in the British cemetery in a corner...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDublin ticket prices for All Blacks hit the heights
BILLYWilliams’ cabbage patch has staged some rewarding England matches in its time but never one as handsome as yesterday’s against the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoClive Woodward tells Wales to get their priorities in order and end their obsession with beating England
Woodward says he is 'baffled' over Wales' terrible record against Australia
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: How Melon made a real prune out of Ronan O’Gara
A whopping 134 Tests epitomised by one moment of prop brilliance in 2005
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoGat aims for 14th time lucky vs Australia
WARREN Gatland insisted Wales can take on Australia in confident mood after watching his team win their opening match of an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWales will be ready for the Aussies now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Masterclass: Justin Tipuric ‘shone like a beacon’ PICTURE: Getty Images Let’s hear it for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJoseph may need to cut £300k wage to stay at the Rec
On the move? Jonathan Joseph JONATHAN Joseph’s future at Bath seems uncertain with Premiership rivals waiting to speak to him at...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMulvihill lays down the challenge to Shingler
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS STEVE Shingler has been told it’s now or never for him at Cardiff Blues as the region’s...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWatching this, I wouldn’t let my kid play League
COLIN BOAG With a dearth of ‘proper’ rugby last weekend, I was reduced to watching Rugby League, something I haven’t done...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBeware rope-a-dope tactics
England must be wary of the All Blacks sucker punch on counter attack NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO THE BIG ONE...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHow Melon madea real prune out of O’Gara!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Timeless: Gethin Jenkins playing for Wales PICTURE: Getty Images The longest-serving international prop...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoCurtain call for Blues ace Jenkins
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES prop star Gethin Jenkins wants to follow the path of Shaun Edwards as he takes his...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohnny Sexton the lone ranger in World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist dominated by All Blacks and Boks
Sale Sharks scrum-half Faf de Klerk one of five stars shortlisted
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales record cap-holder Gethin Jenkins to retire from rugby
The prop has been suffering from a chronic knee injury
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFranco Mostert in line for first Gloucester start after ‘touchy’ negotiations
The Lions had disputed the lock's move to Kingsholm
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoLarder fear over Eddie’s coaching turnaround
By JON NEWCOMBE PHIL LARDER is surprised at the wholesale changes to Eddie Jones’ coaching team so soon before a World...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCanadians have to be wary of Halloween
HALLOWEEN is nearly on us and in rugby terms October 31 has often been accompanied by shocks, drama and tales of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons to open contract talks with England ace Te’o
Wanted at Warriors: Ben Te’o WORCESTER Warriors are desperate for England and British Lions centre Ben Te’o to stay with the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWant a holiday from rugby? There’s always August!
THE new-look domestic structure, beginning in 2019-20, will extend the next three English seasons into June but will also offer guaranteed...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCliff: It’s no hardship when Faf comes in
LIKE the rest of the northwest’s rugby public, Will Cliff has welcomed the return of Springbok Faf de Klerk with open...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoInjuries take their toll but I’m back says Te’o
By NEALE HARVEY Raring to go: Ben Te’o, right, training for England in Portugal with George Ford PICTURE: Getty Images HARD-hitting...
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