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Latest News
/ 9 years agoI need to play to keep my shirt, Watson tells Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD ANTHONY Watson has begged Eddie Jones to ditch plans he has to give him an autumn break. The...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ROSS MORIARTY GLOUCESTER BACK ROW How was your summer? It was great to go on tour with the Lions but saying...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCharteris: Ewels here to stay for England
By NEALE HARVEY EXPERIENCED Bath lock Luke Charteris expects second row partner Charlie Ewels to be a mainstay of England’s forward...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMarler shows the value of ‘old-fashioned’ drinking
JEFF PROBYN Having just read Joe Marler’s take on the British and Irish Lions and what it taught him about rugby,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDeano’s winning strategy? Buys, banter and barbies
Stewart McCullough charts the rise of Newcastle under their owner and coach Eye-catching: Toby Flood is returning to the North-east PICTURES:...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFrom Sam to Francois, don’t take your eyes of these guys
ANDY GOODE OUR GUEST COLUMNIST LOOKS AHEAD TO THE PREMIERSHIP With the Premiership season nearly upon us, there is a lot...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Benefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts
Investor Simon Pennock flew to Belfast yesterday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious new venture to give them...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoHartley to Manu and Solomona – Follow code of conduct or pay the price!
England and Northampton captain Dylan Hartley tells NEALE HARVEY why Saints are targeting the Premiership play-offs and how he will never...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoChristian Lealiifano signs for Ulster
Australian international fly-half Christian Lealiifano has agreed to join Ulster on a five-month deal. Lealiifano’s contract will run until 22nd January...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Ryan Bevington – Bristol and former Ospreys prop
1. Ryan Bevington – I’d love to play in the team I’m about to pick so I’d have to select myself...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJonny on rampage Down Under
BRENDAN GALLAGHER REMEMBERS THE OUTSTANDING ENGLAND SCHOOLS TEAM OF 1997 It’s 20 years ago this month that one of the strongest...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTest stars are back in best shape ever warns Pivac
By ALEX BYWATER Winners: Scarlets celebrate their PRO12 success DEFENDING champions Scarlets have sent out an ominous warning ahead of the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMatson has total faith in rejuvenated Lion Joseph
By NEALE HARVEY BATH head coach Tabai Matson reckons Jonathan Joseph’s best is yet to come as the gifted outsidecentre looks...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWales face more woe over Walker
By PETER JACKSON WALES are concerned over the immediate future of the wing they have been trying to pick for the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCaptaining my beloved Saints should boost England claim
DYLAN HARTLEY ENGLAND & NORTHAMPTON CAPTAIN Q&A England and Northampton captain Dylan Hartley tells NEALE HARVEY why Saints are targeting the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRonaldo’s just lucky it wasn’t on rugby field
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cristiano Ronaldo may never have heard of Neil Back nor Percy Montgomery but...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoWallabies smashed for six in first half blitzkrieg
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND dismissed Australia from their presence with a remarkable six-try first half burst in Sydney which left...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCourtney’s itching to go again for England
By NEALE HARVEY RAMPAGING Lions lock Courtney Lawes says he will not give up his England place lightly and insists he...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoResurgent Hibbard is eyeing Test recall
RICHARD Hibbard says he has “fallen in love” with rugby all over again as he seeks to build on his Player...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCipriani not giving up on his England ambitions
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY CIPRIANI approaches the ripe sporting age of 30 utterly convinced the best years of his troubled rugby...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHook backs Owen to star in Welsh two playmaker system
By ALEX BYWATER JAMES Hook has urged Wales to adopt a twin playmaker system to take them to the next level....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSlade happy in midfield but No.10 still his aim
By NICK VERDIER HENRY Slade still sees himself as a fly-half but the Exeter star is prepared to keep playing in...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPlease, let’s have an end to this phony war
COLIN BOAG It’s the waiting that’s the hardest part. The long summer break with next to no meaningful rugby is drawing...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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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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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBrits hits treble to steady Sarries ship
By MATT WRIGHT VETERAN hooker Schalk Brits grabbed a hat-trick as Saracens eventually showed their class against a dogged Bedford side...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoShelve the axes, players have a right to choose
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE NATIONAL dual contract system isn’t perfect, but without it Welsh rugby would be signficantly...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Quest for Autumn success starts now
The Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. Its brilliant rugby, played in great conditions and it involves some...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Jones must show courage of convictions this autumn
There is that certain ‘something’ about the last remaining days before a new season that always brings a feeling of anticipation...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
The Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Will All Blacks be fresh to go again?
New Zealand have lost only two of their 27 Rugby Championship matches to date – there was also a draw against...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top
Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Now it’s down to George to pull this show together
George Ford will feel a bit like the street magician ‘Dynamo’ when he looks at his Leicester backline options before selecting...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWilliams plots route to Cardiff via Gloucester
Owen Williams believes his summer switch from Leicester to Gloucester will enhance his prospects of leapfrogging Dan Biggar and Sam Davies...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoGive Manu new chance – O’Driscoll urges Jones
Brian O’Driscoll reckons “world-beater” Manu Tuilagi is too good to go on England‘s black list just yet. But the Irish legend...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoGive Manu new chance O’Driscoll urges Jones
By NICK VERDIER Rampant: Mitch Eadie on the attack for Northampton in their pre-season match against Dragons PICTURE: Andy Taylor BRIAN...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFilise’s still firing at 40 with the Blues
By PETER JACKSON CARDIFF Blues prop Tau Filise will set a world record next month as the first professional player to...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoLack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
THE Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoQuest for Autumn success starts now
Bogey team: Australia have Kurtley Beale back PICTURE: Getty Images THE Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. It’s...
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Features
/ 9 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Thursday August 17 Northampton v Nottingham Ulster v Wasps...
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Features
/ 9 years agoExiles double act with a five-year masterplan
NICK VERDIER meets the new men charged with leading London Welsh’s revival Passioante about Welsh: Sonny Parker, left, and Cai Griffiths...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoScarlets wait on Beirne decision
By ALEX BYWATER TADHG Beirne is at the centre of a tug of war between the Scarlets and Ireland. Lock Beirne,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJackson heads north to boost Scotland hope
TRANSFER WRAP By NICK VERDIER RUARIDHJackson will turn out for Glasgow again this season after leaving Harlequins with immediate effect. The...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoNEW ZEALAND
FIXTURES: August 19 v Australia (Sydney); August 26 v v Australia (Dunedin); September 9 v Argentina (New Plymouth); September 16 v...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoSOUTH AFRICA
FIXTURES: August 19 v Argentina (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v Argentina (Salta); September 9 v Australia (Perth): September 16 v New...
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