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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoChamps are dumped on canvas in devastating fashion by Ireland
By PETER JACKSON Ireland ..............29pts Tries: Aki 3, Conway 44, 51; Ringrose 60 Conversions: Sexton 3, 45, 53 Penalties: Sexton 21...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie: I’ll copy Rassie and make a ref video
From ADAM HATHAWAY at Murrayfield EDDIE Jones threatened to produce a Rassie Erasmus style video as England crashed and burned at...
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Shane Williams
/ 4 years agoBrilliant Basham is one reason to be cheerful
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Outstanding: Taine Basham scores PICTURE: Getty Images Must start: Ross Moriarty Let’s face it, that...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBrain injury rules must be more stringent
NICK CAIN RUGBY Union’s governing bodies must urgently take action to make concussion protocols far more stringent. World Rugby and...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
DAVID SISI, THE ITALY, ZEBRE AND FORMER BATH, LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND U20s BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoGatland-Edwards is still the dream team
I AGREE with Nick Cain’s comments in last week’s paper regarding Warren Gatland as a (possible) replacement for Eddie Jones after...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTwo wins a row for the Bulls
Bulls ................21 Lions ................13 THE Bulls claimed backto-back URC victories for the first time after last week’s 24-10 win against the...
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/ 4 years agoBarbeary impresses England coaches as he returns to full fitness
Uncapped back rower Alfie Barbeary has returned to England training with forwards coach Matt Proudfoot pleased with what he’s seen from...
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/ 4 years agoI’ll take Scots’ abuse for my team says Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones is bracing himself to be the target of more abuse and hostility in Edinburgh but tells...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGatland’s available if Eddie fails again
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE main impediment to changing international coaches in the two years leading into...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEnglish granny hunt for Tyrone
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER THE RFU have been in touch with Harlequins full-back Tyrone Green in a bid...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoToulouse first in line to sign World Cup star de Jager
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER TOULOUSE are favourites to land Sale Sharks World Cup-winning second row Lood de Jager...
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/ 4 years agoMoriarty’s physicality will be vital in Dublin
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Momentum is everything in the Six Nations and whoever comes out on top in the...
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/ 4 years agoPowerful Bulls hit stride
Lions ................10 Bulls ................34 THE BULLS got their campaign back on track with a bonus point win at Ellis Park. After...
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/ 4 years agoSexton and Biggar aim to break tradition
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Johnny Sexton sets out on Saturday aiming to be the first flyhalf to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Six Nations preview: Green giants can cast long shadow over rivals
Amid the clinking cutlery and a few chinking glasses, The Rugby Paper’s brain’s trust gathered at Jeremy Guscott’s favourite Bath watering...
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/ 4 years agoGregor: We aim to be in at the death
SCOTLAND Bryn Palmer says Scotland have new sense of confidence Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend believes his side can throw off...
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/ 4 years agoSorry, Ireland you must get used to being favourites!
IRELAND Brendan Gallagher runs the rule over his tip to win the Championship Twinkle toes: Ireland’s tighthead anchor Tadhg Furlong PICTURE:...
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/ 4 years agoAviva and Twickenham major hurdles for Pivac
WALES Paul Rees assesses the likely strength of the challenge from the reigning champions Finisher: Josh Adams scoring for Wales against...
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/ 4 years agoBoks success meaningless if we fall to Scots – Tom Curry
By GARY FITZGERALD Previous: England win at Murrayfield in 2020 TOM Curry has warned his England teammates the autumn successes over...
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/ 4 years agoLevel-headed George Ford is ready to roll
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL WHEN GEORGE Ford was brought into the England’s Six Nations squad after initially being snubbed, there was no...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLord Sugar was only person to tell me ‘You’re Fired!’
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEINSTER, CONNACHT, LONDON IRISH & IRELAND U20 FLANKER AND RECENT STAR OF THE APPRENTICE CONOR...
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/ 4 years agoHostile Murrayfield fans will bring the best out of Sinckler
KYLE Sinckler is relishing the gauntlet of fire that England players will endure from opposing fans during the Six Nations –...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoBattle of the 10s will be exciting at Murrayfield
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MARCUS Smith playing opposite Finn Russell at fly-half is an intriguing head-to-head going into...
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/ 4 years agoJoseph makes his 150th appearance in clash with the champions
Jonathan Joseph will play his 150th game for Bath as they welcome champions Harlequins to The Rec in tonight’s Premiership clash....
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Features
/ 4 years agoEngland’s injury crises is by-product of the pandemic
By BEN REDWOOD THE SIX NATIONS have so far been dominated by two things – coronavirus and injuries. England and Wales...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoScarlets sign All Black Vaea Fifita from Wasps
Scarlets have signed All Black Vaea Fifita from Premiership side Wasps. The 29-year-old, who can play in the second row and...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEngland captain Owen Farrell out of Six Nations
By BEN REDWOOD England captain Owen Farrell has been ruled out of the entire Guinness Six Nations due to an ankle...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJamie Roberts heads down under
Jamie Roberts will leave Dragons this month to move to Australian side Waratahs for “personal reasons”. Roberts has been granted an...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoFour of the Richest Rugby Teams from Around the World
Rugby is one of the most famous sports in the world, attracting millions each year within stadiums and of course via...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoTen out of ten for high-flying Esher
By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher.........................34 Leicester Lions..... 31 ESHER held off a fierce attack by Leicester Lions to make it ten wins...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGowerton: A conveyor belt of talent for Wales
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools AS YOU might expect in such a rugby-daft area many great...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHatley: We can’t go any lower
BATH head coach Neal Hatley said his side could never get any lower after this ten-try home hammering. Hatley revealed the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSix Nations hits £20m jackpot of prize cash
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations will be playing for record sums in prize money of around £20m when the tournament...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRoberts wanted in Oz by Waratahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMIE Roberts has emerged as a potential target for Australian Super Rugby side the Waratahs. The former Wales...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoGym before Guinness now for Cowan-Dickie
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Montpellier v Exeter Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade de la Mosson LUKE Cowan-Dickie is expecting Exeter to face...
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/ 4 years agoHat-rick for magic Mapimpi
Lions ................37 Sharks ............47 MAKAZOLE Mapimpi’s magic with ball in hand saw the Springbok flyer grab a hat-trick and prove the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarrison of interest to Tigers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Move: Harrison LEICESTER Tigers are weighing up a move for Northampton Saints former England...
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/ 4 years agoSix Nations will bring certainty amid chaos
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND What a crazy time it has been for the Welsh regions in both their domestic...
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/ 4 years agoReduce the Welsh Prem to increase quality
SHANE WILLIAMS MORE and more regional youngsters are being sent on loan to English Championship clubs this season to get significant...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAll change as Eddie goes with a sense of adventure
PAUL REES LOOKS AT ENGLAND’S SIX NATIONS SQUAD Selection defines coaches. One of the hardest parts of the job is telling...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Bedford team could have made it in the Prem
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BEDFORD, LONDON IRISH, BARBARIANS AND MIDLANDS CENTRE BEN WHETSTONE RUDI STRAEULI used to have a...
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/ 4 years agoChatty men Sexton and Biggar give refs earache
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The most argumentative of fly-halves to be found in Europe, or anywhere else...
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/ 4 years agoMet Uni duo keep it classy
PETER JACKSON THEY are remembered at Cardiff Metropolitan University as ‘the king of the cream cakes’ and ‘the Cornish pastie kid’:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoWRU name first Wales Women retainer contracts
Nine Wales Women players have been handed retainer contracts and joined the WRU’s performance programme. Last week, the WRU announced Welsh...
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/ 4 years agoNew captain Biggar leads squad into Six Nations
Wayne Pivac announced Dan Biggar as his new captain after he named his 2022 Six Nations squad that includes three debutants....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoStuart Hooper to continue as Bath’s Director of Rugby
Stuart Hooper will continue his role as Bath‘s Director of Rugby when Johann Van Graan becomes Head Coach next season. Van...
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/ 4 years agoWales name Six Nations training squad amid injury nightmare
Wales have named a 36-man squad for the 2022 Guinness Six Nations campaign. Three uncapped players feature, with Ospreys duo Dewi...
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/ 4 years agoCourtney’s got the drop in captaincy shoot-out
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK COURTNEY Lawes would be my choice of captain for the 2022 Six Nations...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWatson and Joseph will stay at Rec – for now
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH chairman Ed Griffiths has moved to keep England stars Anthony Watson and Jonathan...
International Rugby
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