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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership previews: Round 15
The Gallagher Premiership returns this week after a two-week Champions/Challenge Cup hiatus, and with teams second through to eighth all on...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales legend Owens retires at 37
Former Wales captain Ken Owens has retired from professional rugby aged 37. The ‘Sheriff’ was the oldest ever-player to hold the...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoQuins and Saints on the march in Europe
By PAUL REES Two English clubs are through to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup after stunning victories against high class...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBaxter backs world club champs
By SAM JACKSON Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter welcomes plans for a new club world championship providing it is financially...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSaints on rampage as Bulls fall apart
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton Saints..... 59pts Tries: Ramm 10, 47; Lawes 15, Sleightholme 20, Mitchell 24, 67; Coles 40, Dingwall 50,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSharks too strong for ordinary Edinburgh
By BRYN PALMER Sharks ...............36pts Tries: Am 16, J Venter 26, Mbonambi 55 Conversions: Masuku 17, 27, 56 Penalties: Masuku 48,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMurphy promises new focus after Ulster are demolished by Clermont
By JOHN FALLON Clermont...........53pts Tries: Yato 18, 68, Sowakula 36, 60, Newsome 44, Simmons 64, Jurand 80 Conversions: Belleau 19, 37,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTime for props to take their share of the glory
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED OVERMATCHED teams usually find themselves facing the music without having to listen to any. It was different...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoRugby schedule has little to do with player welfare
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A roll of drums and a fanfare of trumpets late last summer heralded...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPienaar heads the list for Europe’s golden oldies
In the course of wheeling their way into the Challenge Cup quarter-finals last weekend against the Cheetahs, the Michelin Men of...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoTime to create a new dynasty
Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door...
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Q&A
/ 2 years agoI’m really impressed by the ambition on show
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to England men’s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury following a successful U18 Six Nations festival So, Jonathan three...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBiarritz’s future is back in its hands
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN To the relief of fans, white smoke was finally seen over the stand tops of Biarritz’s Parc...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoInvestec Champions Cup quarter-final preview
La Rochelle head to Dublin looking to end Leinster’s hopes of a fifth Champions Cup title for the fourth consecutive season...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTop Chief Vintcent’s whirlwind continues
By MARK STEVENS Exeter fought back to beat Bath and seal a place in next weekend’s Champions Cup quarter-finals in a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoQuirke has his heart set on return to England fold
By BRENDAN McGILLIGAN Most Mancunians aspire to represent Manchester for either United or City – but this never enticed a young...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLoader still has England in sight
Ben Loader still dreams of playing for England and is hoping his performances in Cape Town for the Stormers will one...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRFU sorry for sin-bin mistake
The RFU has apologised after Harlequins lock Irne Herbst spent seven minutes in the sin-bin instead of 10 during a win...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoEngland could be an option for Green
Harlequins full-back Tyrone Green will qualify for England in 2025 and while he still harbours hopes of playing for South Africa...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoKitshoff set for return to Stormers
After weeks of speculation South Africa’s two-time World Cup winning prop Steven Kitshoff has decided to leave Ulster at the end...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoEngland need access to their overseas stars
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND and New Zealand, who meet in a two-Test series this summer, find themselves...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoChampions keep threepeat dream alive as Libbok fires wide
By GARY FITZGERALD Stormers........... 21pts Tries: Jantjies 27, Hartzenberg 79 Conversions: Libbok 29 Penalties: Libbok 3, 21, 45 La Rochelle ......22pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years ago‘It came down to small margins’
Disappointed Bath boss Johann van Graan insists his side will ‘regroup’ in the wake of their Champions Cup exit. “We are...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoNtamack back for heavyweight clash
By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Toulouse vRacing 92 Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Ernest Wallon ROMAIN Ntamack starts his first match since suffering...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoUlster set for massive fight
Preview Montpellier v Ulster Today. 12.30pm ULSTER interim head coach Richie Murphy says a ‘massive test’ awaits in Montpellier. Ulster have...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoUmaga stars for 14-man Benetton
Benetton ........27 Lions ................ 17 ■By SAM JACKSON THE Lions were booted out of the Challenge Cup by a Benetton side...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoModernise the scrum, don’t allow it to die
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IF WE take the Book of Ecclesiastes as our guide – ancient though it may be, it...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years ago‘Immortal’ Whitelock to retire
By SAM JACKSON NEW Zealand’s mostcapped player Sam Whitelock will retire at the end of the French club season in June....
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National League One
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Rams and England U20s fly-half George Makepeace-Cubitt
By BEN JAYCOCK George Makepeace-Cubitt was the only player in England U20s’ victorious Six Nations squad not connected to a Premiership...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoInvestec Champions Cup last 16 preview
Romain Ntamack is set to get his first start for Toulouse this season as the top seeds join 15 other hopefuls...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEPCR Challenge Cup last 16 preview
Teams from seven nations are represented in the round of 16 of the EPCR Challenge Cup, which gets underway on Friday...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoHong Kong Sevens Comes Alive in 2024! All You Need to Know!
Rugby Sevens Action will return to the centre stage with the HSBC SVNS Series and the all-important Hong Kong Sevens. The...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoEnglish Women Steamrolling Opponents in the Six Nations
With the Men’s Six Nations’ exhilarating finish, with Ireland becoming the first side to win back-to-back Grand Slams, the focus now...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Northampton & England U20 wing Toby Cousins
By BEN JAYCOCK Former Northampton season ticket holder Toby Cousins aims to follow in the footsteps of the club’s youthful backline...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoLatsha is just loving her life at Harlequins
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Harlequins prop Babalwa Latsha is relishing the opportunity to play in the Women’s Premiership and hopes to transfer...
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Six Nations
/ 2 years agoBorthwick now spoilt for choice at 15, says Piutau
By BEN JAYCOCK Charles Piutau feels England’s decision to drop Freddie Steward in favour of George Furbank at full-back shows the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 years agoCare to make his Baa-Baas debut against Fiji
DANNY Care will make his Barbarians debut against Fiji at Twickenham in June. The 37-year-old scrumhalf, who announced his international retirement...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoWe’ll pick our best team for Exeter, says Bath coach
By PAUL REES Bath will pick their strongest available side at Exeter in Saturday’s Champions Cup last 16 with head coach...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoSanzaar miss chance to inject new blood
The 2024 Six Nations has been lauded in the southern hemisphere for its sensational quality and entertainment – which has not...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSchreuder happy to be Spencer’s back-up
By PAUL REES Louis Schreuder wasn’t the only South African scrum-half smiling when it was announced at the end of February...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoLet’s hope the Lions can find their roar
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IN THE unlikely event that anyone out there is still searching for something nice to say about...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMorris finds his form to help Ospreys see off Lions
■By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys ............36pts Tries: Botha 5, Parry 17, Morris 49, Lloyd 58, K Williams 80 Conversions: O Williams 18,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoSharks ……….23 Edinbrugh …. 13
EDINBURGH suffered back-to-back defeats in South Africa as the Sharks – who had begun the day bottom of the table with...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoThe scrum is fighting to stay in the game
Paul Rees wonders whether some of World Rugby's law tweaks will mean the end of the scrum as we know it...
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Summer Tours
/ 2 years agoJapan rugby full of talent, warns Savea
By BEN JAYCOCK Ardie Savea has issued a warning to England not to underestimate Japan in the two sides' first ever...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoParaguay skipper Garcete sets sights on World Cup 2027
Combative Paraguayan second row Mariano Garcete, 26, is captain of club and country but has his eye on something greater. “I...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoTrailblazing Springbok Latsha loving life at Harlequins
Harlequins prop Babalwa Latsha is enjoying the opportunity to play in the Women’s Premiership and hopes to transfer her skills and...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoDiminutive Dragon Takes on Two Bruising Bulls
The weekend featured thrills and spills aplenty on the return to domestic action following the conclusion of another memorable Six Nations Championship. From...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoSwart’s on message to grab it for Scarlets
By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets .............................16pts Tries: Swart 80+4 Conversion: Costelow 80+5 Penalties: Costelow 3, 51, 55 Benetton Treviso............13pts Tries: Ratave 12...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoQuins hoping to tempt Care, 37, with new deal
By PAUL REES Harlequins are trying to persuade Danny Care to sign a new contract and finish his career at The...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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