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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoLondon Wasps will have to meet fire with fire at Bath says Dai Young
London Wasps head coach Dai Young reckons his side will have to meet fire with fire if they want to comeback...
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Latest News
/ 14 years agoLondon Wasps’ takeover “imminent”
London Wasps chairman Mark Rigby is hopeful the sale of the club will be completed “imminently”. An agreement had been reached...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoPremiership preview (4 days to go): Worcester, London Wasps, London Welsh
With the start of the Aviva Premiership only four days away, we take a look at what lays ahead for the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 14 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Thom Evans – Former Scotland, Glasgow and Wasps wing
Everything was going so well in my rugby career but all that ended when I broke my neck against Wales in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years ago“I’m more than just a fast mover,” says Wasps winger Christian Wade
Wasps winger Christian Wade is sick of being labelled simply a speed merchant and is determined to prove he has more...
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20 Questions
/ 14 years ago20 Questions: Marco Wentzel – London Wasps Lock
Does it feel like a fresh start at Wasps? Definitely. It’s good to have lot of new faces, guys who want...
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Latest News
/ 14 years agoWasps’ Palmer and Wentzel pair up to face old club Leeds
England international Tom Palmer and newly appointed vice-captain Marco Wentzel will form London Wasps‘ lock partnership to face their old club...
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Latest News
/ 14 years agoScot Hugo Southwell named as Wasps captain
Hugo Southwell has been named as London Wasps‘ captain for the upcoming season. The 59-times capped Scottish fullback – who captained...
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Latest News
/ 14 years agoHaskell relishing return to England and Wasps
England back-row James Haskell is relishing his return to English rugby as he settles back into life at London Wasps. Haskell...
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Peter Jackson
/ 14 years agoPeter Jackson: The Welsh cavalry ride to rescue of Wasps
When Stephen Jones turned down an offer to join Leicester in 2004, Wasps had just superseded the Tigers as champions of...
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Champions Cup
/ 14 years agoMoment in Time: London Wasps and 2004 Heineken Cup Semi Final
Stunning game. Truly stunning result. Quite simply, this Anglo-Irish showdown in Dublin was one of the greatest, if not THE greatest,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoPromising London Wasps back row Sam Jones happy to learn from Haskell
Sam Jones was just a schoolboy apprentice the last time James Haskell was playing in a Wasps shirt – now the...
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Young Gun
/ 14 years agoYoung Gun: Will Robinson – Wasps fly-half
The similarities are striking: a confident young Wasps fly-half not afraid to play what’s in front of him, schooled at Whitgift...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 14 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Dawson – former Saracens, Herlquins, Wasps, Bath, England U21 and Cambridge Uni prop
If an England cap had been on the cards I wouldn’t have called time on my career at 27. In the...
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Columnists
/ 3 days agoPeter Jackson: I’d love to offer help to WRU, says Kingsley Jones
Twenty years have come and all but gone since a Welshman from Blaina prepared Manchester’s champions-elect for their coronation in one...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 days agoChiefs looking for fast start
■By BEN JAYCOCK EXETER Chiefs head to Treviso braced for a fast start from Benetton, with director of rugby Rob Baxter...
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Features
/ 3 days agoYOUNG GUNS
TAIOVARNDELL COVENTRY & ENGLAND U19 WING Taio Varndell is carving out his own path with Coventry but is inspired by his...
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Features
/ 1 week agoPaul Rees: Why rugby must adapt to survive in the social media age
Paul Rees reports on how the game needs to adapt to attract new fans in a world dominated by social media.
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoNonu just keeps on rolling along
ONE man has survived for so long on the higher grounds of the global game that he makes grand old footballing...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: Now Bath need to be serial winners
Having played rugby at Bath since the age of seven, and been at The Rec as a one-club-man for the duration...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoMy Life in Rugby: Billy Harding – I’ll play until the wheels fall off
Billy Harding, the former England Counties, Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, who now plays for Blackheath,...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoWomen’s Six Nations 2026: England target eighth straight title
With the Women’s Six Nations just around the corner, England have begun their preparations by announcing their new leadership team for...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoStephen Jones to focus on attack at Newcastle Red Bulls
Stephen Jones believes this year’s Six Nations has shown the game is in fine fettle as he looks to bring the...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPeter Jackson: Blackheath still have a dream of higher things
The oldest football club in Wales and the oldest rugby club in England share a common goal. Wrexham AFC (1864) and...
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Features
/ 1 month agoJames is to leave Saints for Saracens
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS have signed Northampton scrum-half Tom James ahead of next season. The 32-year-old has spent his entire career so...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoEckersley: We will keep on working hard
By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE flanker Dan Eckersley insists club spirit remains strong despite a winless campaign that has left them in...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: RFU taking the corporate route with English rugby was inevitable
Paul Rees looks at the thinking behind the RFU’s changes and says that doing nothing was not a real option.
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoLawrence Dallaglio: Time for England to go back to the basics after Six Nations defeats
Lawrence Dallaglio admits it is “tough” being an England fan right now, but he has urged disgruntled followers to keep the...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoTom West: I want to win silverware with Northampton Saints
Tom West is relishing the final months of the season with Northampton Saints after nine months of injury misery.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoRFU defends move to franchise model at the top of English club rugby
Promotion and relegation is set to be scrapped in a major restructure at the top of English club rugby.
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoItaly wing Paolo Odogwu out to add to England’s despair in Six Nations clash
Paolo Odogwu aims to help Italy heap more Six Nations misery and despair on Henry Pollock and England when they visit...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 months agoTracking the financial health of Premiership clubs in 2026: What the reports reveal
The romanticism of rugby finance died the day we lost Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish. Back then, the game faced an...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBustin knows his way to the try line, says boss Biljon
■By BEN JAYCOCK ROTHERHAM director of rugby Harvey Biljon hailed his No.8 Callum Bustin after he became the club’s all-time leading...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, February 22, 2026 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoSearle shows his worth
Flair: Billy Searle in action for England A on Friday night BILLY Searle’s had more clubs than most people hot breakfasts,...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: The big fish that Wales let slip away
One reason why England are 1-100 to beat Wales in their opening match of this season’s Six Nations can be traced...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 3 months agoNew England U20s boss Andy Titterrell gets ready for new Six Nations campaign
New head coach Andy Titterrell takes charge of his first U20s Six Nations campaign when he leads England next month, eager...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 months agoToulouse 77-7 Sale Sharks: That drubbing really hurts, says Alex Sanderson
France’s superstar captain Antoine Dupont put any watching England fans on high alert ahead of the Six Nations after showing that...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 months agoSale Sharks humiliated as Toulouse inflict record defeat
Sale Sharks last night suffered a record 77-7 defeat at the hands of Toulouse as the French team avoided a shock...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoEastmond keen to make his mark as a coach
■By ROSS HEPPENSTALL KYLE Eastmond says the lessons he learned in rugby union will hold him in good stead as he...
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Features
/ 3 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Harry Simmons – I was told I could lose the sight in one eye
The former Leicester Tigers, Loughborough Students and Jersey Reds scrum-half/wing who now coaches at Tigers Academy and Leicester Lions, Harry Simmons,...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 months agoPreventing Harmful Drinking in the Game of Rugby
Rugby is known for its loyalty, its solid community, and the bonds between players and fans alike. For many of us,...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: England can bank on speed merchants
Speed could be England’s greatest asset as the Red Rose squad contemplate a New Year in which a Six Nations Grand...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoSaracens confirm signing of Wales’ Tomos Williams from Gloucester
Saracens have confirmed the signing of Wales scrum-half Tomos Williams for next season from Gloucester.
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: Without promotion we will all be losers
Top of my New Year’s wish-list for rugby union is for promotion and relegation to be restored as the cornerstone of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 months agoUmaga holds Zebre at bay
■ By PETER SEDDON Zebre ............... 23 Benetton .........37 BENETTON continued their strong run in the URC with a convincing victory...
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Features
/ 4 months agoBrendan Gallagher: It’s farewell to those who graced the game
Brendan Gallagher pays tribute to some of the finest players in the world who passed away in 2025
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls vs Bath: Now we can be respected, says Brett Connon
Brett Connon, Newcastle’s longest serving player, is confident the Red Bulls will soar six months after fearing for the club’s future.
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 months agoUmaga makes all the difference with boot
■ By ALEX WOODWARD Benetton .........21 Zebre ................15 BENETTON edged a tight Italian derby to maintain their early season momentum. The...
International Rugby
Robbie Deans joins Barbarians coaching team for Wales clash at Twickenham
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