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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMercer out to prove he’s ready for England
By SAM JACKSON Man in form: Zach Mercer playing for Montpellier PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER-BOUND No.8 Zach Mercer is relishing his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBuild-up to Varsity is like a Test match week, says Flood
ORGANISERS of the Varsity Match have decided to continue with the experiment of playing the historic fixture between Oxford University and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 13, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale fighting hard to keep Tuilagi at club
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson hopes to keep Manu Tuilagi at Sale but admits the difficulty of fitting everyone into the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLaunchbury set for stint in Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Wasps skipper Joe Launchbury is set to move to Japan on a short-term deal...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaints face fight to keep hold of Sleightholme
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Saints face stiff competition from Exeter and Saracens for the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTigers hunt Hassell-Collins
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Ollie Hassell-Collins could be joining Premiership champions Leicester next season after being spotted visiting Oval...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBath lead chase for Du Toit, Barbeary
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Prop star: Du Toit Bath have emerged as favourites to pip Lyon to land Springbok...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Rikki Stout
1. George Porter – Ports is part of a very good Cinderford pack, and loves a scrum. It’s always a tough...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKeep it tight! Jones puts his faith in power game
PAUL REES ON WHY ENGLAND NEED TO CONVERT OPPORTUNITIES INTO TRIES AND EXPLOIT THE RARE TALENTS OF MARCUS SMITH EDDIE Jones...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCoventry can’t hold Doncaster
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster K .............22pts Tries: Vukasinovic 48, Daly 57, 76; Roberts 71 Conversions: Parkin 76 Tries: Thomas 44 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSirker claims four against his old mates at Richmond
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond........... 7pts Tries: Massey 43 Conversions: Duncan 44 Cornish P..........62pts Tries: Sirker 2, 29, 36, 76; Nagle-Taylor 7,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAll hail, the slayers of All Black slayers …
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER CORRECTION c orner. Last week I mistakenly said that Munster got thumped 33-6 by London in their...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAmpthill sign quartet from the Premiership
AMPTHILL have signed James Tunney, Tomas Bacon, Rob Hardwick and Beck Cutting. Back rower Tunney, full-back Bacon, both 21, and 20-yearold...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoOne more step in getting the team right for France
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AT last we can put the woes of the rugby world behind...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLam: I’m keen on Jack but no room in the cap
By PAUL REES Pat Lam is interested in signing England back rower Jack Willis, who was made redundant when Wasps went...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLewington: We need to address how sport is run
By GARY FITZGERALD Keen to attack: Saracens wing Alex Lewington Alex Lewington feels rugby bosses have been guilty of under selling...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoSorry, but I can’t find ‘materiality’ in the law book
I AGREE with Mr Rowden (letters, October 23) that no referee deliberately manufactures situations to even up games. But I do...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBiggar closes in on deal
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Dan Biggar is inching towards a deal that will see him leave Northampton Saints when...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaints are now heading the chase for Willis
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In demand: Jack Willis, above, and Alfie Barbeary, right, are wanted by other clubs PICTURES:...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPrepare for a changing of the guard
The autumn international window is meant to cover three weekends but this year it is being played over five as countries...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAnfield legend Fowler among Caldy fan club
By BEN JAYCOCK Caldy are ‘relishing and revelling’ in their inaugural Championship season and director of rugby Gareth Davies hopes it...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoSweeney is left carrying the can
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME They always say that hindsight is 20/20 vision, making it easy to...
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Features
/ 3 years agoShields, Odogwu, Koch agree deals in France
RUGBY SHORTS Wasps have seen numerous star players depart the club this week. Former England flanker Brad Shields, 31, has agreed...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, October 30, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPremiership Friday and Saturday previews: Round 8
Round 8 once again sees only four fixtures, with games that Worcester and Wasps would otherwise have been playing cancelled, but...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoMore International Stars confirmed for Barbarians
Three more international stars will join up with Barbarian F.C. ahead of the Killik Cup against All Blacks XV on Sunday...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFrancis Baron’s full, exclusive report
A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FACING THE RFU & PRL WITH PROPOSALS FOR A FUNDAMENTALLY NEW APPROACH BY BOTH...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaron calls for radical review to save game
By NICK CAIN Francis Baron, one of the most authoritative figures in Rugby Union administration, has called for a radical root-and-branch...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCunningham-South adding to his reputation
London Irish’s conveyor belt of emerging talent continues to operate at full production with forward Chandler Cunningham-South the latest to roll...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoP share distribution would limit damage
NICK Cain suggests that other Premiership clubs would be ‘predatory’ and ‘rapacious’ if they took over the P shares of Worcester...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTransparency essential
I READ with interest Jeremy Guscott’s article in last week’s edition, in particular his comment that, “As for the salary cap,...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoMy nine-point plan to rescue the game
SO the “old guard” merchants of gloom and doom or not appear to have been correct. Those who rued not professionalism...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoDitch the skulduggery and dismantle the cartel
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The most critical element of any reorganisation of England’s professional club league structure...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVeteran Care keen to extend his time at Harlequins
By PAUL REES HARLEQUINS are to hold talks with Danny Care about extending his career at the club which started 16...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRFU chief puts central contracts on the agenda
By PAUL REES CENTRAL contracts are on the agenda after the collapse of Worcester and Wasps and a Department of Culture,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaron puts it on the line: You will not get out of this mess without radical change
NICK CAIN TALKS TO FRANCIS BARON, THE FORMER RFU CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ABOUT HOW HE WOULD FIX ENGLISH RUGBY Francis Baron has...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHalf-backs in control as Coventry turn on the style
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry...........32pts Tries: Cornish 13, 47; Nayalo 19, Talbot-Davies 25 Conversions: Pellegrini 13, 19, 47 Penalties: Talbot-Davies 44; Pellegrini...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWhy central contracts are unlikely to be the answer
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL I suppose it was just a matter of time before another...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWasp Bassett signs for Quins, Porter to Bristol
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS Josh Bassett has joined Harlequins until the end of the season. Bassett, 30, made over 180 appearances for...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHarlequins line up Barbarians fixture
RUGBY SHORTS Harlequins have secured a fixture with the Barbarians. With their match against Wasps on November 13 scratched, they’ll host...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCentre Neal forced to call time at 26
RUGBY SHORTS Former Wasps centre Ross Neal has retired from rugby due to concussion at the age of 26. The towering...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, October 23, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23...
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Podcast
/ 4 years agoEpisode Thirty-Six with Sean Fitzpatrick
For episode 36 we have a full house of columnists (Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris Hewett) joining host Ollie Little,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoSlade out, Murley in, as Jones names Autumn squad
Uncapped Cadan Murley has been included in England‘s Autumn Nations series squad while Henry Slade misses out. Slade, 29, has 48...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘Nuclear’ option on the table in financial crisis – Sweeney
RFU chief Bill Sweeney has said the 'nuclear' option of central contracts is on the table as English rugby wrestles with...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLaunchbury set to join Quins
Harlequins are understood to have come to the rescue of Wasps and England lock Joe Launchbury. Launchbury, 31, is one of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMelville: Game needs a re-set to move forward
By ADAM HATHAWAY Wasps legend Nigel Melville has revealed his heartache as he watches his former club descend into the abyss...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLamb wants to get back in the thick of it for Harlequins
By PAUL REES Ready for action: Second row Dino Lamb DINO Lamb is putting the frustrations of last season behind him...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoDon’t hold club games on international days
SURELY there is a time to re-think Premiership rugby, with the disaster of mismanagement at Worcester and Wasps and falling gate...
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