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Features
/ 8 years agoScotland have an outside chance of a Grand Slam
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT THE outright winners from the Autumn series are Scotland, especially as England and Ireland were pretty...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoHadleigh comes across the world to fulfil his rugby dreams in Cardiff
By PETER JACKSON at Principality Stadium Pace to burn: Elliot Daly scores for Wasps in their tight win over Leicester PICTURE:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWales in good place insists Gatland
WARREN Gatland insists he’s happy for Wales to go into the Six Nations under the radar after his side sealed a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHit and miss campaign but some stunning tries
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMSVERDICT Master controller: Wales key man Dan Biggar, and new openside contender Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRip-roaring as Cipriani returns to fire Wasps
By NICK CAIN THIS WAS the Premiership at its best, with Wasps and Leicester serving up a feast of rugby for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBarrett adds golden boot to ‘double’ world crown
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to illuminate the Test year in numbers PETER JACKSON Beauden Barrett finishes way out in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Mahony snubs new Ireland deal
GLOUCESTER are in the race to land Munster captain Peter O’Mahony, who has rejected the Irish Rugby Union’s offer of a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFrance need revolution to catch up says Saint-Andre
By NEALE HARVEY Hope: Philippe Saint-Andre PHILIPPE Saint- Andre claims France are now lagging “ten years behind England” and that radical...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJapan making strides after Wallaby pasting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMakeshift Scarlets almost cage Cheetahs
By GEORGE LAWRENCE SCARLETS ran out of steam after a promising start as they were beaten by Cheetahs. Wayne Pivac’s side...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tiger scrum-half Harry Simmons
The Tigers youngster talks to TRP about his work with mentor Ben Youngs
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Features
/ 8 years agoAckermann leads race to sign Kriel
Lions skipper: Jaco Kriel GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann is keen on signing Springbok flanker Jaco Kriel, who played a major...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCheetahs hit afterburners to cruise clear
By TOM LYONS Cheetahs ………33 Edinburgh………13 RICHARD Cockerill ‘s Edinburgh were beaten 33-13 by the Cheetahs in their first PRO14 encounter...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPhillips bails out injury-hit Scarlets
Kings v Scarlets FORMER Wales scrumhalf Mike Phillips will make a remarkable return to action for the Scarlets ‘ visit to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoItalian job to kick off Van Graan residency
Zebre v Munster JOHANN van Graan said he could taste success in the air on arriving at Munster ‘s training base...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon ‘t miss life with the Lions
SPECIAL OFFER IT ‘S your last chance to grab a real bargain…with our cut-price offer to enjoy a night of magic...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN EARL SARACENS FLANKER Ben Earl lacks nothing in confidence and, like many of his other young Saracens colleagues, he aims...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSANZAAR need to see bigger picture
Japan fans JAPANhave been predictably getting it in the neck from some quarters ‘down south ‘ for voting for France rather...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoAshton try touch can ‘t save Toulon strugglers
FRENCH COLUMN The last time Toulon lost three games in a row they ended the season as domestic and European champions....
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWe must beat Boks say Gat ‘s battlers
WALES insist their autumn campaign will be a failure unless they beat South Africa on Saturday. Warren Gatland ‘s side suffered...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoLearn lessons and put Boks to sword!
SHANE WILLIAMS Excellent: Dan Biggar WHAT A Test match that was! Wales came out on the wrong side of the result,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years ago5-try Boks complete Azzurri revenge mission
By SAM JACKSON Italy…………………6 South Africa …35 SOUTH Africa ensured there would be no repeat of last year ‘s upset with...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoNoves ‘ job in danger as Ishihara grabs draw for Japan
By GEORGE LAWRENCE France……………23 Japan ……………23 SHINTARO Ishihara crossed with five minutes remaining to earn Japan a famous draw in Paris....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHougaard using Boks axe to spark Warriors survival bid
By NEALE HARVEY Axed: Francois Hougaard WORCESTER star Francois Hougaard admits he will consider his Test future after being made a...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: It’s a mad, mad world as Laporte bashes Bill
By Nick Cain THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray on Wednesday in London when...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don Armand on the rugby trail
Nick Cain talks to the Exeter Chiefs back row about his upbringing in the African state and his career in rugby
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoSuper sub Keatley kicks Irish to victory
By DECLAN ROONEY IAN Keatley showed admirable nerve to kick two late penalties and deny Fiji a first win over Ireland....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIt’s a mad, mad world as Bernie bashes Bill
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoSerin’s late try can’t stop the Boks narrow win
By LUKE JARMYN IN A GAME between two under-performing sides it would have been asking a lot for this to be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPlundered Islanders will still pack a punch
Nick Cain assesses the threats that ‘bankrupt’ Samoa will pose England at Twickenham on Saturdfay GIVEN the rate at which Pacific...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFaux pas to undervalue French infuence
THERE was, predictably, a deal of moaning and mourning from some quarters about the decision of World Rugby’s delegates to vote...
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Features
/ 8 years agoChange the rules or let Anglo-Welsh Cup die
COLIN BOAG The Anglo-Welsh Cup is surely the most unloved competition in rugbxe bothering? Look at their games against English opposition:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMoriarty decides – it’s the Dragons
THE DRAGONS have won the drawn-out battle to make Wales and Lions flanker Ross Moriarty, the highest paid player in Wales....
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Features
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don on the rugby trail
NICK CAIN TALKS TO DON ARMAND ABOUT STRIFE IN ZIMBABWE AND HOPE IN ENGLAND MEET Don Armand, Mr Adaptable. The rangy...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon’t miss this night of Lions magic
SPECIAL OFFER Tour heroes: Sam Warburton, centre, hails the fans TWO great Lions captains are coming together for a night to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAt last! Warriors get reason to be cheerful
By COLIN NEWBOULT AFTER all the pain, disappointment and frustration that has enveloped Worcester’s season, the fans – finally – have...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSharks in pursuit of big away day catch
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE talisman Faf de Klerk Still harbours hopes of playing in the next World Cup for South Africa...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
HARRY SIMMONS LEICESTER TIGERS SCRUM-HALF Harry Simmons recently announced himself as a scrum-half of huge potential when, under his expert guidance,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSadly Ireland couldn’t match the big money
ONCE those behind the unsuccessful bid to land the 2023 World Cup stop feeling sorry for themselves, Irish rugby will have...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAki opens his Test account in some style
BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDominance up front gets Dragons out of trouble
By STEFFAN RODNEY THEDragons warmed up for their daunting PRO14 trip to Leinster with a good win over an experimental Scarlets...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAmbitious England set for battle on three fronts
By JOE BYRNE THE SEVENS World Series returns next month with first stop Dubai as England aim to improve on last...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCockerill captures tight-head Millar-Mills
By JON NEWCOMBE EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has swooped for Yorkshire Carnegie tighthead, Elliot Millar-Mills with immediate effect. Millar-Mills has impressed...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhen best of the best turned out to honour Sam
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to JPR Williams 40 years on from the famous Sam Doble Memorial game CHARITY matches, gala occasions and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHis monstrous boot changed way the game was played
THE record books will tell you that Sam Doble scored a world record 581 points in the 1971-72 season but it...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPivac swoops for Rebel Cummins
SCARLETS have signed Australian lock Steve Cummins from Melbourne Rebels. The 25-year-old former Wallaby U20 international will join the region at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME You can never judge a man by what he says, only by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRevenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of England’s back row mobility
Nick Cain analyses the challenge of the Wallabies who have a 'score to settle'
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE SCRUM-HALF OLLIE FOX Bossing forwards around the park is part and parcel for a scrum-half, but teenager Ollie Fox...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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