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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAnderson aims to be a starter
By LUKE JARMYN Harlequins full-back Cameron Anderson believes doing the hard yards in London Scottish’s survival fight last season will help...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoScotland in pursuit of England lock Coles
By NEIL FISSLER England lock Alex Coles, in the last year of his contract, is at the centre of a frantic...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoMy best XV attacking players on the planet
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THIS is a World XV from the 2023 World Cup with a difference, because...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSaracens still top dogs but Chiefs look hungry
By BEN JAYCOCK LAWRENCE Dallaglio believes reigning champions Saracens are the blueprint for any English professional side and sees them as...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoUmaga kick kills off the Stormers
■By SAM JACKSON Benetton ........20 Stormers ........ 17 THE travel woes of South African teams continued as the Stormers stumbled to...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNew season set
Ben Jaycock looks at contenders ahead of next weekend’s kick-off to the Women’s Premiership season With just nine teams but a...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCOACH TO COACH
FORMER RICHMOND DIRECTOR OF RUGBY STEVE HILL, FAR LEFT, TALKS TO GISELLE MATHER, DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S RUGBY AT EALING TRAILFINDERS Giselle...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoUni links are vital to make-up of clubs
RUGBY MATTERS CLOSE match-ups with local University sides are nothing particularly new. The great Coventry sides back in the day enjoyed...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPacker on a high as Red Roses grab glory
By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer paid tribute to her teammates after being crowned the world’s best female player in the aftermath...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRedpath: We could support top two tiers
By NICK POWELL London Scottish director of rugby Bryan Redpath believes that with a fairer funding model across the top two...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLions hungry to taste first victory
PREVIEW... Benetton v Lions Today. Kick-off 1.30 ■By BEN JKAYCOCK SOUTH African side the Lions are hoping to pick up their...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Yorkshire academy flanker Archie Hurford
BY BEN JAYCOCK Archie Hurford says watching England’s senior players shine at the World Cup has added to his motivation to...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoEaster: We’re worst run sport in the world
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Nick Easter has criticised the RFU’s governance of English rugby as ‘grey-haired old men who live in the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoStooke in line for return to Rec
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Bath lock Elliott Stooke, below, could return to The...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Meg Jones
Position: Winger, Birthplace: Cardiff - Wales, DOB: 23/10/1996, Community Club: Glamorgan Wanderers, Club: Leicester Tigers, Red Roses Debut: vs New Zealand...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoThe twin pillars of England’s rebuild
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ollie Chessum and Marcus Smith play with such enthusiasm when they pull on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRussell already one of the family – Blackett
By JON NEWCOMBE Lee Blackett has revealed how Finn Russell’s meticulous preparation has already made him part of the Bath family....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcCall: A tough pill to swallow
Saracens DoR Mark McCall said he and his side would have to ‘lick their wounds’ in the wake of their record...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSpencer treble gives Bath a battling start
By BEN JAYCOCK Bath .................................... 34pts Tries: Barbeary 12, Spencer 22, 39, 47; Redpath 31, Muir 72 Conversions: Tries: Spencer 32,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling will still be team to beat
With the sudden demise of champions Jersey Reds, the race for the Championship is more open than ever, Ben Jaycock reports...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘A couple of senior caps would have been nice’
My Life in Rugby with Chris Catling - The England A, Gloucester, Exeter, Worcester, Beziers & Amatori Catania full-back talks about...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Alex Dolly
Alex Dolly, the Doncaster Knights and former Fylde, Rotherham, Jersey & Nottingham scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoMagic money tree can’t last for ever
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Sweeney does not much care for accountability. It is why his first...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBath bank on Russell class
Premiership team-by-team previews: Bath Bath finished last season with four consecutive victories, their best run for three years. They scored 175...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints have to nail it away from home
Premiership team-by-team previews: Northampton There was a point last season where Northampton looked as if they could qualify for the play-offs...
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World
/ 3 years agoMapletoft names his 32-man squad
By SAM JACKSON England U20 head coach Mark Mapletoft has selected a 32-player Elite Playing Squad for the 2023/24 season. It...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFord-Farrell combination reignited as England face Samoa
Pool D toppers England have named a strong line-up in search of an emphatic win against Samoa to finish off a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCare: We believe we can succeed
From ADAM HATHAWAY in Le Touquet Danny Care reckons England have proved the doubters wrong and have got supporters grinning after...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoDespair and anger as Jersey collapse
By JON NEWCOMBE Players and staff at Jersey Reds have reacted with despair and anger at the news that the Championship...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRae: RFU’s funding approach ‘criminal’
By LUKE JARMYN Alex Rae has labelled the RFU’s funding approach to the Championship as “criminal” after seeing his former club...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFeyi-Waboso determined to find his feet at Exeter
By PAUL REES Manny Feyi-Waboso is determined to establish himself at Exeter this season after a turbulent start to the 20-year-old’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoSchism which is set to tear game apart
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is a schism waiting to happen in the English game, and it...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m going to give Sarries everything, says Willis
By PAUL REES Tom Willis aims to take the positives from his failed attempt to prove his World Cup credentials to...
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Top 14
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Montpellier and Scotland U18s second row Charlie Moss
Having been made redundant at both Wasps and London Irish in a matter of weeks, Charlie Moss decided to move to...
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Features
/ 3 years agoI stole a career, getting paid to do what I loved
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER MACCLESFIELD, ROTHERHAM, WORCESTER & HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF CHARLIE MULCHRONE I’LL be honest with you, I feel like...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoJersey Reds cease trading as liquidation looms
Jersey Reds have become the fourth club ranked in England‘s top 20 at the start of last season to fold since...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoReid aims to be Bath enforcer
By JON NEWCOMBE Miles Reid is looking to raise his game to new heights and play the role of Bath’s enforcer in...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Martin Purdy
The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L'Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock chooses the the best XV he has played...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTime for Italy to play like big boys
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER AS keen observers of sport, we are all amateur psychologists and, with that in mind, it’s been...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDupont injured in France’s 14-try demolition of Namibia
By Ben Jaycock, Assistant Editor France…………………………………….96 Tries: Penaud 6, 21, 55; Danty 9, 26; Ollivon 18, 68; Flament 33, Dupont 38, Bielle-Biarrey 41, 64;...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe must promote game – Skivington
By PAUL REES George Skivington has called for the game in England to put its best face, and voice, forward and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaxter admits Exeter will need to change
By JON NEWCOMBE ROB Baxter admits Exeter’s keep-ball tactics are a thing of the past as they look to remodel their...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoCapuozzo takes time to get into his stride as Italy make it hard for Namibia
By BEN JAYCOCK Italy......................52pts Tries: Cannone 11, Garbisi 15, Lamb 46, Capuozzo 55, Faiva 74, Zuliani 78, Odogwu 80+3 Conversions: Allan...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRetired? No, I’m available, says Cipriani
BY NEIL FISSLER Danny Cipriani will consider any offers to continue his playing career despite not pulling on his boots for...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins and England U18 scrum-half Lucas Friday
Lucas Friday starred for Jonathan Pendlebury’s England U18s in their tour of South Africa this summer and is aiming to progress...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Junior Paramore: ‘Nothing comes easy in life…You have to work’
The former Samoa, Bedford and Gloucester number eight talks about his life in the game GROWING up, I preferred indoor sports;...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWillis aiming to be the local villain
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jack Willis headed back to France on Thursday with England aiming to go from local hero to villain...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoMy blueprint for the future
SOMETIMES the only logical and sensible thing to do is to panic. England’s performance against Fiji was the worst I have...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoKefu building a side set to battle out of the group
By BEN JAYCOCK TONGA Coach: Toutai Kefu Captain: Sonatane Takulua TONGA are one of the biggest benefactors out of the change...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoIslanders keen to make some noise
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SAMOA Coach: Seilala Mapusua Co-captains: Chris Vui and Michael Ala’alatoa ARE SAMOA about to make some noise again?...
International Rugby
Robbie Deans joins Barbarians coaching team for Wales clash at Twickenham
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