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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBig clubs ready to rumble
Paul Rees looks forward to the Champions Cup, kicking off this weekend THE Champions Cup returns this week with a tweaked...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoTwenty years on and still looking good…
Brendan Gallagher looked on as England’s World Cup winners from 2003 got together recently WAISTLINES have expanded and hairlines receded while...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoFiji must play top teams – Matavesi
By PAUL REES Sam Matavesi says the World Cup showed Fiji need more fixtures against the leading nations if they are...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSpeedy Sleightholme earns the plaudits from Vesty
Saints head coach Sam Vesty singled out Ollie Sleightholme who was returning after a long lay off with hamstring issues and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMcKellar praise for humble Pollard
Leicester Tigers boss Dan McKellar hailed Handre Pollard after the coach’s first taste of a passionate East Midlands derby. The Australian...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWorld Cup winner puts Tigers on top
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester .......................... 26pts Tries: van Wyk 56, Liebenberg 72 Conversions: Pollard 56, 72 Penalties: Pollard 2, 23, 25,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSmith: I want to join Alex in England team
By JON NEWCOMBE Fin Smith dreams of pairing up with Alex Mitchell for both club and country in the not too...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership crowds down by 15.6 per cent
By JON NEWCOMBE Gallagher Premiership attendances are down by 15.6 per cent compared to last season’s corresponding matches. The distraction of...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoAngus glad to hold his own in back row battle
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Northampton v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens ANGUS Scott-Young relishes a battle and there are few...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership weekly previews: Round 5
With World Cup stars returning and almost a quarter of the season now completed, the Premiership is already entering a crucial...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoEngland’s finest right to the end
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Now here’s a little in-house admission. A couple...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLam: I’m proud of how we played
Bristol boss Pat Lam hailed his side’s ‘guts’ as he saw his men come back from a 19-8 first-half deficit to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoAfter Ribbans, Toulon set their sights on Ludlam
ON THE BLINDSIDE Toulon are eyeing a move for England and Northampton back row Lewis Ludlam – who is out of...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSanderson: To improve, we need to dare players to fail
ALEX Sanderson believes Sale will need to show more in attack if they are to go one better than last season...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBiarritz offer deal to Petch
Former Exeter and Northampton tighthead Alfie Petch is heading to France after joining Biarritz as a medical joker on a contract...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoIbitoye steals it for Bears in a thriller
By TOM VICKERS Bristol .............................. 39pts Tries: Thacker 8, Caulfield 12, Bates 30, Marmion 66, Ibitoye 78 Conversions: MacGinty 8, 12,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSuitors line up for Sarries star Isiekwe
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England international Nick Isiekwe is being lined up by a trio of clubs interested in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPre-season
Northampton... 12 Barbarians...... 48 A YOUTHFUL Northampton side succumbed to a Barbarians squad packed with internationals at Franklin’s Gardens. Tom Wright...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoDowson: Pearson will get another chance
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson has backed Tom Pearson to bounce back after winning his first England cap last week and...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Gary Pearce: ‘All Blacks victory left me needing plastic surgery’
The former England and Northampton prop talks about his life in the game Knackering Fran Cotton’s knee in a training session...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDowson sets sights on Champions Cup success
NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Phil Dowson is targetting the Champiins Cup this season after what he admits have been a couple...
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Features
/ 2 years agoThe day the Gang of Seven took over
AT the end of the 1987-88 season, Northampton were staring straight into the abyss after finishing bottom of the Courage League...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSeason’s starter for 10! Champions travel to Exeter for the big kick off
By BEN JAYCOCK Premiership Rugby is hoping that less will turn out to be more next season. A year ago, the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHassell-Collins out of England training squad
WING Ollie Hassell-Collins was dropped from England’s World Cup training squad last week when players from the Premiership’s losing semi-finalists, Northampton...
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Features
/ 3 years ago15 stars of a bonkers season
Paul Rees selects his team of the tournament from the Gallagher Premiership 2022/23 The most emotionally charged Premiership campaign finished as...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Barry Everitt
Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half, chooses the best XV he's played with or against... 1....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m keen to learn from the best, says Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson will spend part of his summer holiday examining how other sports operate as he looks to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSharks can give favourites a fright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Alex Sanderson is quality, and that is why he has managed to take Sale...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoStage set for mind battle between old friends
Paul Rees previews the Premiership final Alex Sanderson is a two-club man. He spent the bulk of a playing career that...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Alex Tait: ‘Being a one-club man means so much to me’
The former Newcastle and England U20s full-back and winger talks about his life in the game I am immensely proud to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSalary cap hurting, not helping – Biggar
By BEN JAYCOCK Dan Biggar feels the Premiership’s exodus of players to France is a result of the league’s reduced salary...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattling Saracens seize the moment
By PAUL REES Saracens .......................... 38pts Tries: Maitland 5, 21; van Zyl 29, Penalty 70, Malins 75 Conversions: Farrell 6, 22,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBattle at No.10! Hunting for a final place
PAUL REES TALKS TO SALE’S GEORGE FORD AND LEEICESTER’S HANDRE POLLARD AHEAD OF THEIR SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWN GEORGE Ford and Handre Pollard...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLawes in the mood to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Courtney Lawes has set his sights on finishing what has been a frustrating season for last year’s England...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Ben Glynn
Ben Glynn, The Hartpury and former Bristol, Ospreys, Harlequins, Northampton & Chinnor lock, chooses the best XV he has played with......
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawes, Tuilagi provide boost for England
Courtney Lawes has rejected offers from abroad to sign a new deal with Northampton. The 34-year-old England forward, who has 97...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoJersey cut out cake and find extra edge
By LUKE JARMYN Swapping ‘Bake Off ’ for Dojang on a Thursday is one of many things Jersey have done to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘Incredible’ Lawes, a One-Club-Man
NICK CAIN COURTNEY Lawes confirmed himself as that rarest of breeds in the professional game, a One-Club Man, and one of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCollins wings in to Irish as stars call time
NEWS EXTRA LONDON Irish have confirmed the signing of winger Tom Collins from Northampton for next season. The 28-year-old, below, who...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMavericks who can light up the game
Paul Rees looks at the big-match characters who cause problems for coaches but who delight fans Chris Ashton was always going...
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Features
/ 3 years agoChiefs bridge the big budget gap
Paul Rees looks at how Exeter defied the odds to make it to the last four in the Heineken Champions Cup...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRaiwalui gets Sam backing to lead top Fiji campaign
By PAUL REES Sam Matavesi is confident the appointment of Simon Raiwalui as Fiji’s head coach will minimise the loss of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoDobson keen on Skosan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wing Courtnall Skosan, who is leaving Northampton, is on the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRefereeing can be lonely but I wouldn’t change it
MY LIFE IN RUGBY GREG GARNER THE FORMER PREMIERSHIP AND INTERNATIONAL REFEREE Top whistler: Greg Garner taking charge of Saracens v...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSaracens sweat on Farrell for Euro clash
By PAUL REES England captain Owen Farrell is a doubt for Saracens in the last 16 of the Heineken Champions Cup...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPeerless Pearson lifts Irish into fourth
By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish .................... 37pts Tries: Fa’aso’o 7, Pearson 17, Loader 42, Munga 64 Conversions: Jackson 8, 18, 43,...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoEngland go from springboard to falling through a trap door
Paul Rees says the game in England is drifting and it's time for the RFU to exert greater control Acute vision:...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jake Ilnicki
The former Canada, Eastern Suburbs, Manawatu, Newcastle, Northampton, Leeds, Seattle Seawolves, San Diego and Old Glory DC prop chooses his best...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo much fog to see where we are going
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The English club game has a great opportunity right now for an urgent...
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