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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCanucks get in gear with five-try win over Coventy
By PAUL SMITH CANADA’S attempt to maintain their record of having qualified for every World Cup faces a test of endurance...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNoves loads the guns for epic finale with Laporte
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Sacked France team boss Guy Noves is preparing an explosive dossier in support of his £2m claim...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoNo sweet victory, but World Cup lives again
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham AT THE end of this great Test match although England had lost by a sliver to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoTenacity, courage, the belief is building again
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT Standout player: Sam Underhill breaks past Sam Whitelock Without a TMO England would have won...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoLawes was victim of the hideous law that protects scrum-halves
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT All action: Jack Goodhue feels the Courtney Lawes power EDDIE JONES apparently wants his England side to start...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoOffside row as England miss a golden chance
By GARY FITZGERALD Controversy: Courtney Lawes charges down TJ Perenara’s kick for Sam Underhill, inset, to touch down PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoMonkey’s off the back now let’s make it a clean sweep
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Hurting: Hooper The Australian jinx is finally over. Now for Wales’ first autumn clean sweep!...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoSeymour scores hat-trick as Scots gear up for Springboks
By GARY HEATLY GREGOR Townsend knows his side will have to step up a gear to compete with South Africa next...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoFrench fall to Mbonambi’s late, late try as French losing streak goes on
By ANDY CARTWRIGHT Scroer: Bongi Mbonambi SOUTH AFRICAextended their winning streak to seven matches over France when hooker Bongi Mbonambi scored...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoPhillips: That’s the best performance since I took over
By STEFFAN THOMAS Wales W ……….19 South Africa W…5 ROWLAND PHILLIPS was delighted with his Wales women’s side as they comfortably...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThis All Black attack on Shields is just hogwash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE prospect of Brad Shields lining up to play for England against New...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThat Lions’ share of money is enough for All Blacks
THE idea that New Zealand should share the gate takings at Twickenham, and elsewhere in Europe, when they come north is...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons calls on academy Warriors to build on impressive start to campaign
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have named three loan players in a much-changed squad for today’s match at Saracens as they...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPenalty try earns Sale rare win over Tigers
By ROB WILDMAN Threat: Matt Postlethwaite makes a break for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images High rise: Tigers’ Graham Kitchener wins a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie must give reserves chance to face Japan
NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK’S BIG MATCH AT TWICKENHAM WITH SOME ADVICE FOR THE ENGLAND BOSS ONE of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFight Kiwi fire with fire to rekindle Chicago flame
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to next week’s clash in Dublin between the world’s top two teams Breaking the duck: Conor Murray...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHero Perrett snubbed for his year with League
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Fred Perrett’s gravestone can be found in the British cemetery in a corner...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoSmother the fear factor and Twickenham can enjoy a great day again – Tom Youngs
Part of the team that beat the All Blacks 38-21 in 2012 at Twickenham
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Wales will be ready for the Aussies now
Limit the game to forwards play and Wales can be victorious over Wallabies
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEx-Quin Nick Easter dreaming big after Currie Cup success with Sharks
A few months in the job as assistant coach and the Sharks get their first Currie Cup triumph since 2013
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEngland set for reshuffle in the back row for All Blacks Test
Tom Curry 'highly unlikely' to be fit for clash against New Zealand
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoNow for NZ roars Eddie as Farrell escapes
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Crunch: Owen Farrell hits Andre Esterhuizen with his shoulder but escaped unpunished OWEN FARRELL survived a last-moment...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWales will be ready for the Aussies now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Masterclass: Justin Tipuric ‘shone like a beacon’ PICTURE: Getty Images Let’s hear it for the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoDon’t sacrifice Lions for a duff Cup competition
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “The Lions would be turned from a living, roaring success into a moth-eaten...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNow Dan needs run of games says Lam
BRISTOL head coach Pat Lam hailed the performance of man of the match, Dan Thomas. He said: “He’s a phenomenal athlete...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoInjury-hit Catrakilis eager to make a lasting impression in the battle for No.10
■ By NEALE HARVEY PERKY playmaker Demetri Catrakilis believes he is finally hitting his stride as a Harlequins player following an...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFletcher: England must overcome tactical flaws
■ By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND must overcome their tactical deficit to fully match New Zealand says former Red Rose U18s boss...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoError ridden Dragons pay for early profligacy
■ By JOHN FALLON DRAGONS coach Bernard Jackman lamented the butchering of two excellent chances in the first quarter and then...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFardy to skipper depleted Leinster
Preview Southern Kings v Leinster Today, Kick-off 12.45pm SCOTT Fardy will captain Leinster for the first time as the side shows...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMulvihill lays down the challenge to Shingler
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS STEVE Shingler has been told it’s now or never for him at Cardiff Blues as the region’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBleyendaal returns to Munster midfield
Preview Cheetahs v Munster Today, Kick-off 2.45pm TYLER Bleyendaal will captain Munster against the Cheetahs in his first game for the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLions should play hard ball with PRL
REPORTS about the threat to the very existence of the Lions will be viewed with dismay by rugby supporters across the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWatching this, I wouldn’t let my kid play League
COLIN BOAG With a dearth of ‘proper’ rugby last weekend, I was reduced to watching Rugby League, something I haven’t done...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBad times are good for facing All Blacks
OVER the decades, playing New Zealand has provided the ultimate Test with teams needing to be in top shape mentally and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY MATTERS: Carling can teach these modern players so much
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE appointment of Will Carling as a leadership mentor/guru to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBeware rope-a-dope tactics
England must be wary of the All Blacks sucker punch on counter attack NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO THE BIG ONE...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEvans: Kiwis ‘are trying new moves’
By ADAM HATHAWAY FORMER New Zealand flyhalf Nick Evans has warned Northern Hemisphere fans not to read too much into the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRowntree’s expertise can help the Lelos breakthrough
Brendan Gallagher looks at the testing Autumn series awaiting Georgia’s World Cup squad Expert tuition: Graham Rowntree, below, is working with...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s going to get brutal out there for the Pumas
Brendan Gallagher analyses the task ahead of new Pumas head coach Mario Ledesma Barnstorming flanker: Pablo Matera SO which Pumas team...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCurrie Cup success has coach Easter dreaming big
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Easter insists there are “no limits” to his coaching ambitions after helping South Africa’s Sharks clinch their...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoLosing fear factor key to beating All Blacks
■ By NEALE HARVEY Game changer: Manu Tuilagi beats Dan Carter to score a try PICTURE: Getty Images TOM Youngs believes...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie has to reenact role as All Blacks’ myth buster
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the first game over, now is the time to get serious...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSale draft Sharks fly-half du Preez
SOUTH Africa international fly-half Robert du Preez has joined Sale on a shortterm loan from the Durban Sharks. AJ MacGinty has...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTrailfinders capture tyro prop star Els
EALING have signed South African prop Jordan Els, 21, from the Sharks in Durban. Els said: “I’ve spent three years with...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoFarrell gets out of jail as England find salvation
■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Catch me if you can: South Africa’s Sibusiso Nkosi and Duane Vermeulen pursue Maro Itoje...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNo limits to how far pioneering ref Cox can climb
TRAILBLAZING referee Sara Cox climbs another step on the ladder to the top today when she becomes the first female to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSexton on five-man short list
LEINSTER and Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton has been nominated for the World Rugby player of the year award. Sexton – the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCollazo’s ‘safe’ even if Toulon take drop
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has sworn he will stick by team boss Patrice Collazo even if his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoGetting Te’o in right areas will give Kiwis a fright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK More aggression needed: Ben Te’o has to take the ball at pace for maximum destruction...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWarrior Farrell loves being in heat of the battle at 10
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Precision: Owen Farrell kicks a penalty If you want to truly understand the value of Owen Farrell to...
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