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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFlyer Watson set for take off to Treviso
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Marcus Watson, one of seven players that Wasps announced in May was leaving the club,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProp star Koch takes coach role at Ampthill
SOUTH African World Cup-winning prop Vincent Koch is joining Ampthill as a scrum coach. Koch, 32, who is switching to Wasps...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMcGuigan so close to top spot
Peter Jackson consults his stats book to chart the top scorers from Europe’s three major leagues When he joined Darlington Mowden...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEvergreen Parisse set to join the 500 club
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Amassing 500 matches among the European elite requires surviving an endurance test of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBorthwick shows he has the edge
COLIN BOAG What did you make of the Premiership final? I thought it was enthralling, and epitomised everything that’s great about...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEngland need to rewrite the script quickly
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The roll call for England’s three-Test tour of Australia reads as follows: two...
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Features
/ 4 years agoQuins take top spot for live TV coverage
Jon Newcombe crunches the numbers and finds out who was the biggest ‘turn on’ in the Premiership It will come as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoCrusaders revive the dying art of rucking
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The former England captain Phil de Glanville will continue as “Senior Professional Game Board Representative”, according to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDream Team
JAMES GASKELL, THE FORMER WASPS AND SALE SHARKS LOOSE FORWARD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPride of the Premiership
Paul Rees selects his team of the season – with a nod to those who came close FULL-BACK: Freddie Steward (Leicester)...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘I’m very passionate, I don’t like watching’
Claudia MacDonald tells Ben Jaycock how she’s desperate to regain her fitness and return to action Claudia MacDonald thought she just...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland U20s name squad for Summer Series opener
Alan Dickens has named his England U20s team to face South Africa in the opening round of the Six Nations Summer...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoCare and Vunipola set to return for Australia tour
Danny Care and Billy Vunipola moved in line for first capped appearances since November 2018 and March 2021 respectively, after they...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSarries stuck together in tough times
Paul Rees pinpoints the key to Saracens’ rapid resurgence following their enforced relegation in 2020 What brought Saracens down hauled them...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Junior Bok joins Chiefs EXETER have signed former South Africa U20 lock Ruben van Heerden from URC side the Sharks. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoScrum-half or full-back? I made the right choice
BEN FODEN - 34-capped England International SCRUM-HALF or full-back? My dad still has that debate with me every time I go...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland spring surprise with Danny Care recalled for non-cap international
England have sprung a surprise by naming Danny Care in their training squad for Sunday’s non-cap international against the Barbarians at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOur skills let us down -Blackett
By PAUL REES WASPS just failed to qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup, losing out to London Irish on the final...
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Features
/ 4 years ago‘Elite’ may have to be sacrificed for cashflow
COLIN BOAG Last week, Ellis Genge tweeted ‘Nearly 100 Premiership rugby players will now be without a club for the 22/23...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBears chief Lam looks to avoid another stuttering start
By PAUL REES PAT LAM is making sure that Bristol hit the ground running next season by arranging three warm-up matches,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLe new role for Michael
RUGBY SHORTS MICHAEL Le Bourgeois has rejoined Championship club Bedford Blues in a player-coach role after being released by Wasps. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMorris will stay a Wasp
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS back-row forward Ben Morris has signed a new contract with the club. “He’s a player who is fully...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIt’s clearly time for fly-halves to buzz off elsewhere
THIS year’s annual fly half merry-go-round will surely break all records. At the last count, no fewer than 18 of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoROCKY’S PREMIER 15S TEAM OF THE SEASON
HOPE ROGERS – EXETER Excellent ball carrier, physicality in contact, loves scoring tries. Strong scrummager and pace for a front row...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCurr y’s hot stuff as Hull pack ’em in
Now that the National 2 North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the league’s directors of...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoHenry Arundell: Nerves over entering England’s big dog zone eased in pub session
Henry Arundell has revealed that his nerves over entering England‘s “big dog zone” were eased during a pub session with Ellis...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSteve Borthwick not getting ahead of himself in Leicester’s title bid
Steve Borthwick insists Leicester are “still very early in the journey” as his table-topping side seek to cap a remarkable turnaround...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoJonny May returns to 35-player England training squad
Jonny May returns to the England set-up as Eddie Jones names a 35-player training squad for a three-day camp in Teddington....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFree agent Wade says rugby’s lost its ‘buzz’
By BOBBY BRIDGE FORMER Wasps winger Christian Wade believes drastic changes need to be made to rugby union to bring its...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBorthwick left with questions to answer
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........20pts Tries: G Porter 2, Steward 61 Conversions: Ford 2, 61 Penalties: Ford 67, 73 Wasps ................10pts...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlackett: We had chances to win
WASPS boss Lee Blackett admitted his team had missed out on a chance of victory. “We just had to find a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGloucester left to rue what might have been
By PAUL REES Gloucester........54pts Tries: Singleton 8, 44; Reid 18, Carreras 34, Thorley 49, Socino 57, Rees-Zammit 68, Clement 71 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrance are the giants, Prem just sleeping
NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWade weighs up his options
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHRISTIAN Wade has claimed that teams in the Premiership, France, Australia, South Africa and the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLong list of contenders but will the best man say yes?
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE RUNNERS AND RIDERS WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING OVER FROM EDDIE JONES If Eddie Jones takes...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI’ll always remember Dai’s helping hand
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER LEICESTER, WASPS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND CURRENT WASPS ATTACK COACH MATT EVERARD Breakthrough: Matt Everard in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGaskell aims to prolong his career in Far East
By JON NEWCOMBE PREMIERSHIP stalwart James Gaskell feels a move to Japan will help prolong his playing career. The athletic loose...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoFine XV of England selection oversights
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Eddie Jones is hardly the first England coach to take an unusually gifted player to one side...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSalary cap alone is not to blame for Euro failure
PAUL REES ASKS SOME EUROPEAN KINGS WHY ENGLISH CLUBS HAVE BEEN OFF THE PACE Every year the Premiership fails to supply...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
England squad hit by injuries ENGLAND forwards Lewis Ludlam, Joe Launchbury and Nic Dolly were withdrawn from Eddie Jones’ pre-Barbarians three-day...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFixtures
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 URC Play-off Ulster v Munster (7.35pm) Women’s Premier 15s Final Saracens v Exeter (3pm) SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Premiership...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEngland’s Grandmaster ponders his next move
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoCheslin Kolbe returns in time for Challenge Cup Final
Springbok superstar Cheslin Kolbe returns for Toulon in time for their European Challenge Cup final against Lyon at the Stade Velodrome...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChristian Wade considering return to rugby union following release from NFL
Christian Wade says he is considering a return to rugby union after being released by the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. The former...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBig Joe can be England’s ‘point of difference’ if Tuilagi hit by injury
By ADAM HATHAWAY EDDIE Jones is confident he can get injury prone Manu Tuilagi to the World Cup but admits he...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLost boy Kpoku’s found new lease of life in Lyon
By ADAM HATHAWAY JOEL Kpoku admits he was losing his way in the rugby world before decamping across the Channel, but...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
JOSH SKELCEY, THE AMPTHILL AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON, BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY AND PLYMOUTH WINGER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoOnly way is up for Bath, but culture must change
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ANYONE coming into Bath in a senior management or coaching role at the moment...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBailey calls the shots as Bath subdue Irish
By GARY FITZGERALD Bath ....................27pts Tries: Williams 34, Spencer 36, Muir 64 Conversions: Bailey 35, 37, 65 Penalties: Bailey 57, 74...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKidney: It’s been tough for the boys
DECLAN Kidney spoke of his disappointment at the end of a tough week losing the Premiership Cup Final and then seeing...
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