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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNumbers don’t lie, fans snub the regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Astartling fact can be unearthed from the mound of attendance figures at the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland after Jones has to be Gatland or McCall
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NIGEL MELVILLE ABOUT THE ENGLAND COACHING SUCCESSION Super coach: Warren Gatland stands tall among his Welsh players...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKicking king Daryl set to hand over the tee
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Banter: Veenendaal IT will be with much reluctance on his part if Nottingham scrum-half Daryl Veenendaal hands...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GUS WARR SALE SCRUM-HALF Gus Warr can barely believe his luck, for not only has he had a decent taste of...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoBen Moon intent on casting shadow over Mako and Genge
'I enjoyed the entire experience during the autumn'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence
"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTectonic plates are shifting but All Blacks for the hat-trick
THREE of the top four teams on the World Rugby rankings hail from the Northern Hemisphere and there is no doubt...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEnglish patient is well again
Galvanising forces: Brad Shields, left, and Sam Underhill ENGLAND’S resurrection this Autumn has coincided with the recognition by Eddie Jones that...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBrits has taught me to never say never – Wyles
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA BAR-OWNER Chris Wyles claims he is open to business for Mark McCall any time the Saracens...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMoon in motion to keep job as Eddie’s coalman
By NEALE HARVEY Rising Test star: Ben Moon PICTURE: Getty Images Fan: Eddie Jones HAVING faced down some of the fiercest...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoHamstrung Nowell to be fit for Six Nations
EXETER Chiefs and England wing Jack Nowell has been ruled out for eight weeks with a hamstring injury. The 25-year-old suffered...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWorkhorse Wilson is people’s champion
NEWCASTLE Falcons back rower Mark Wilson has been voted England’s man of the series by the supporters’ online poll. Wilson started...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUnderhill: It wasn’t perfect but we have much more to come in 2019
By NEALE HARVEY Influential: Sam Underhil on his way to the line against New Zealand before the TMO call PICTURES: Getty...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup winner shot in Pretoria
NEWS EXTRA SOUTHAfrican World Cup winner Naka Drotske is ‘stable’ in hospital after being shot during an armed robbery. The 47-year-old...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years ago’Boks were better under Coetzee’
FORMERSpringbok centre Brendan Venter says the side performed worse in 2018 than they did in 2017. Venter, who was a defensive...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSarries ace Brits signs for the Bulls
THE Bulls have confirmed the signing of former Saracens hooker Schalk Brits on a one-year contract. Brits was initially supposed to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAltrad sees his millions wasted at Montpellier
£1m man: Johan Goosen cost Montpellier a fortune PICTURE: Getty Images Mohed Altrad is a billionaire who is finding his mountains...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGrayson: Biggar will be better for Autumn
By GARY FITZGERALD DAN Biggar has been tipped to build on his Autumn heroics and help ignite Northampton Saints’ attempts to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBaa Baas or Springboks?
ARE the Barbarians even remotely considered to be an English club anymore? There were 13 South Africans in yesterday’s squad to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLong arm of Wilson drags his Falcons offthe bottom
By GARY FITZGERALD My ball: Falcons’ try-scorer Mark Wilson competes with Saints Teimana Harrison PICTURES: Getty Images Star man: Cobus Reinach...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBig guns are back as Catt chases perfection
By NEALE HARVEY Frustrated: Bath front row Nathan Catt BATH stalwart Nathan Catt is sick of mid-table mediocrity and says the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe Farrells have always had their own views on tackling
THERE being nothing new under the sun, the furore over the tackling technique of a rugby player by the name of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHow the once mighty Neath have fallen
THERE was a time at the end of the amateur era when, under Ron Waldron, Neath raised their game to a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAlun Wyn can be the greatest of them all
Captain colossus: Alun Wyn Jones celebrates victory with the trophy after the Test against South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images If you...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHorwitz howitzers make it a double delight
By ANDRE JACOBS Cheetahs …17 Connacht …21 DAVIDHorwitz kicked two key penalties in the secondhalf as Connacht held on for their...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago24-point Thomson puts the boot into sloppy Scarlets
By LUKE JARMYN A MANof the match display and 24 points from Glasgow fly-half Brandon Thomson saw Warriors home despite having...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBenetton make fast start as Faiva sparkles
By TOM BLACKETT Kings …19 Benetton…22 THE Kings remain rooted to the bottom of Conference B after falling to Benetton on...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLate Glover score secures bronze medal for England
DUBAI SEVENS By ADAM ELLIS ENGLAND fought their way to a bronze medal finish in Dubai in leg one of the...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Derek Morgan has the answer to Pichot’s foreign rant
World Rugby's vice-chairman fired shots at Scotland for fielding foreign-born players
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFormer Cheetahs head coach in intensive care after being shot three times in robbery
World Cup-winner Naka Drotske loses almost a third of his body's blood after attack by four gunmen
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: This is the strongest Welsh squad I have ever seen
Will one of Ireland, Wales or England make the World Cup semi-finals?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEllis Jenkins to see multiple specialists before undergoing surgery for ‘significant’ knee injury
Cardiff Blues and WRU work with specialists to try and keep flanker's World Cup dream alive
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWyatt Crockett to lead Barbarians as Rassie Erasmus names team to face Pumas
Eight Springboks feature in the starting XV
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJake White left hanging by ARU after approach to replace Michael Cheika
Rugby Australia chief executive Raelane Castle cancels phone call
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Featured
/ 7 years agoHow beasting from O’Connell put George Robson on the road to academic life
Brendan Gallagher catches up with the former Quins lock now preparing for the Varsity Match with Oxford
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoReferee takes unusual step of admitting mistake over Owen Farrell tackle
"If I made a mistake, I’ve got to put my hand up and say I was wrong"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohan Ackermann waits on Franco Mostert’s availability for Gloucester amid dispute
Franco Mostert is in Gloucester, met his teammates, but is grounded from playing
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWRU launch latest series of Exiles camps
The WRU has just launched the next series of Exiles camps for young Welsh qualified players based outside Wales. One day...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJack Nowell to be sidelined for nine weeks, Rob Baxter confirms
A big doubt for Exeter's remaining Champions Cup pool stage matches
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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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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoPichot gets facts wrong but the argument right
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK AGUSTIN Pichot got plenty of flak from an army of PC trolls –...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoAll change Irish put Eagles to the sword
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland 57pts Tries: Conway 2, 16, 77, Conan 33, Beirne 52, McCloskey 58, Roux 64, Ryan 80+2 Conversions:...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWelsh fall to Canada endgame
Wales 21 Canada 38 CANADA showed why they are a top-four ranked nation in women’s rugby as they ended Wales’ hopes...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDiamond shopping for Bok forwards
SALE SHARKS are looking towards South Africa in a bid to sign a new locks for next season with two Springbok...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoJohan: Europe will be tough
JOHAN Ackermann admitted it is going to take a “massive effort” for his side to turn the tables when they meet...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomona double gets wasteful Sharks home
By COLIN NEWBOULT Sale Sharks 18pts Tries: Solomona 8, 58 Conversions: R du Preez 9 Penalties: R du Preez 45, 75...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlackadder: Testing autumn has been a gift for All Blacks
By NEALE HARVEY Under fire: All Blacks’ Sonny Bill Williams NEW Zealand’s November tribulations against England and Ireland will only strengthen...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWessels favourite at Scarlets
■ SARACENS have appointed former London Irish director of rugby Nick Kennedy as head of player recruitment. The 36-year-old had previously...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPichot’s got a point about qualification
AGUSTIN Pichot, World Rugby’s vicechairman, came in for a lot of criticism this week over his tweet showing the percentage of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoInjuries could stop Irish claiming the World Cup
COLIN BOAG Big loss: Johnny Sexton would be sorely missed Ireland’s win against the All Blacks was great for rugby with...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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