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Features
/ 6 years agoDon’t kill Cheetahs off for the ‘Big Four’
SHANE WILLIAMs WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Facing extinction: Cheetahs, with Nico Lee on the charge, playing against Southern Kings PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHow Millfield pals pulled Robbo back from despair
DAVID EMERY SPEAKS TO CHRIS ROBSHAW AS HPREPARES FOR HIS 300TH AND FINAL QUINS GAME TODAY Triumph: Chris Robshaw holds the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMoney man Gooley puts Ealing staff at ease
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Backer: Mike Gooley EALING Trailfinders owner Mike Gooley has assured...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers on lookout for Lavanini stand-in
Out: Tomas Lavanini LEICESTER have started the search for a lock after Tomas Lavanini was ruled out of action until the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales still top seeds after RWC alter pool cut-off
By GEORGE LAWRENCE ENGLAND and Wales will be in the top band for the 2023 Rugby World Cup’s pool stage draw...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAdams isn’t the quickest in Wales but he’s most deadly
By ROB COLE JOSH Adams is confident of scoring whenever he gets the ball, but he would still never back himself...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRussell has a box of tricks but may be risk for Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT FINN Russell demonstrated in last weekend’s European Cup semi-final victory over Saracens in Paris that playing in a high-powered...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDunn will meet fire with fire in fight for a home semi-final
By JON NEWCOMBE Team player: Bath hooker Tom Dunn SELFLESS Tom Dunn has thanked his Bath teammates for propelling him into...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Scarlets will be PRO14 title contenders
Shane Williams previews the new PRO14 season and the chances for the four Welsh regions
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoManu Tuilagi facing lengthy lay-off for Sale and England
A big blow for Sale and England as centre is confirmed to have suffered torn Achilles
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland Men’s Sevens captain Tom Mitchell agrees next move ahead of Tokyo Olympics
It's been a tricky period for players of the scrapped England Sevens programme to negotiate before Tokyo next summer
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins and Exeter Chiefs to raise the curtain on 2020-21 Premiership season
Premiership Rugby have released the full schedule for the new season beginning in November
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: World Cup winners will bring box office appeal
Are the Welsh, Scottish and Irish clubs of the PRO14 set to clock more air miles?
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership play-off race going down to the wire
Nick Cain looks at the Premiership run-in with three play-off places still up for grabs
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoVunipola: Vincent Koch showed he is the best tighthead on the planet
England prop Mako Vunipola lauds the individual performance of Saracens teammate Vincent Koch in the win over Leinster
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoScarlets will be title contenders this season
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Firepower: A fit Jonathan Davies can push Scarlets to the next level PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s going right down to the wire
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE RACE FOR THE TOP FOUROF THE PREMIERSHIP THE PLAY-OFF LINCHPINS: PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR. THERE was...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Warriors go cold on Bobby WORCESTER Warriors are now unlikely to make a move for Southern Kings flanker Bobby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLove it or hate it, the scrum still holds key
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Avery senior figure in English refereeing circles who must remain nameless – oh, alright then, Tony Spreadbury...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHastings aims to be more than just Finn’s stand-in
NEWS EXTRA By BRYN PALMER ADAM Hastings has warned Finn Russell he is not ready to give up the Scotland No.10...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDiamond rallies troops with half-time roasting
Midweek matches By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Done it: Jono Ross lifts the Premiership Cup trophy PICTURE: Getty Images FAF DE KLERK revealed...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTom gives Tens a go to get fit for Tokyo
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND Sevens star Tom Mitchell aims to grab a rugby lifeline next month as part of a trailblazing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCareer ended just as it was taking off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MORGAN STODDART THE FORMER WALES, SCARLETS, PONTYPRIDD AND TREORCHY FULL-BACK/WINGER AN injury to Lee Byrne opened the door...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoVunipola: Vincent is world’s best No.3
By JON NEWCOMBE World’s best: Vincent Koch in dominant mood against Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images MAKO Vunipola has hailed front row...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winners will bring box office appeal
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Star quality: South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is one of eight World Cup winners...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish Lions 2021 kit sponsor Vodafone pay up far beyond 1997 tour’s level
Jack Zorab talks to the man who brokered Scottish Provident getting on the centre of the Lions jersey on the tour...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoFive young English players primed to break out in 2021
Already on England's radar after coming through the Under-20 programme
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Crafty Boks try to get the best of both worlds
Nick Cain analyses looks at SA Rugby's attempts to ford a bridge between hemispheres
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Featured
/ 6 years agoBracken column: Ben Spencer must be given his chance against Italy
Guest columnist Kyran Bracken analyses the options to take England forward at scrum-half
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Features
/ 6 years agoSpencer must be given his chance against Italy
KYRAN BRACKEN GUEST COLUMNIST FROM WORLD CUP WINNER Best in England: Bath scrum-half Ben Spencer. Inset: Ben Youngs PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoUlster call on Cooney to shoot down Top 14 giants
By SAM JACKSON Recall: John Cooney comes in for Alby Mathewson SCRUM-HALF John Cooney has been recalled to Ulster’s starting line-up...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSaracens make case for a Euro defence
By SAM JACKSON Brothers in arms: Saracens’ point scorers Alex Goode and Elliot Daly celebrate their sensational victory over Leinster PICTURE:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSheedy closes on Wales call-up
By PETER JACKSON CALLUM Sheedy has played himself into serious contention for a Wales place - almost six years after opting...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoCrafty Boks try to get the best of both worlds
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK lished Celtic sides, the participation of those sides in the European Cup could...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFIVE OTHER YOUNG PLAYERS TO WATCH…
Gabriel Oghre While Wasps youngster Alfie Barbeary has stolen the recent headlines, hooker Gabriel Oghre is another of the club’s academy...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWeakened sides could sabotage title run-in
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST You did not need to be Inspector Maigret to work out that Agen were up to no...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSharks find the local waters are none too friendly
IT IS tempting to suggest that if South African-laden Sale are serious about leaving their current home in Salford in favour...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJames targets return to glory days
By JON NEWCOMBE Hunting silverware: Sharks centre Sam James SAM JAMES hopes the Premiership Rugby Cup can serve as a catalyst...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJacek’s stats don’t lie, drop the box kicks!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Tedium: Ben Youngs puts up a box kick...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLethal Lawrence hits top gear for Warriors
By JACK ROBERTS OLLIE Lawrence showed his class as Worcester scored five second-half tries to earn just their second Premiership win...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoValue of Lions shirt soars despite coronavirus
By JACK ZORAB VODAFONE’Ssponsorship of the 2021 Lions tour will be in the region of a staggering 1,800 per cent mark-up...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoBromsgrove prep school stars kick off decade of success
Brendan Gallagher continues his series of articles on rugby's great schools
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens
Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRegions would benefit from having Welsh leadership, says Robin McBryde
Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde shares his view on no Welsh region having a Welsh head coach
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoFiji name former referee Glen Jackson among assistant coaches
Is this the start of a new trend within international coaching set-ups?
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Featured
/ 6 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Freddie Burns on what went wrong at Bath
The former Bath fly-half, bound for Japan's Top League, was adamant he would not be sitting on the bench no longer
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears winger Jack Bates
Bates made his Premiership debut for Bristol against Sale Sharks a fortnight ago, showing impressive defence
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Even being charitable, the Farrell-on-Atkinson tackle was a disgrace
Nick Cain analyses the five-match ban given to Owen Farrell, halved thanks to positive character references
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Features
/ 6 years agoPhil Kingsley Jones, the Welshman who discovered Jonah Lomu as a teenager, dies at 72
Kingsley Jones, who grew up in Blaina, rose to prominence within New Zealand and Tongan rugby
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoSCHEDULE: Wales must win to miss meeting England at RWC2023
Peter Jackson runs through the autumn schedule for nations in both hemispheres
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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