All posts tagged "Scrum"
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoJaco Pienaar to coach the Northampton Saints scrum
Northampton have appointed Jaco Pienaar as their new scrum coach. The 42-year-old will arrive at Franklin’s Gardens this summer, replacing Matt Ferguson,...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoJack Aungier steps up for Ireland
Uncapped Connacht prop Jack Aungier has been called into the Ireland squad as a replacement for Lions-bound Finlay Bealham. Dublin-born Aungier,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 months agoRob Russell signs on for Gloucester
Gloucester have signed back three flyer Rob Russell from Leinster. The 26-year-old, who can play full-back or wing, has scored 18...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 8 months agoSeven-try England U20s go on the rampage against Georgia
Georgia U20 ....14 England U20 ... 43 A potent England U20s proved victorious in Georgia on the eve of next month’s...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Semi-Finals Roundup: Dogos and Peñarol set for epic final clash
Defending champions Dogos overcame fellow Argentines Pampas, in an epic clash to reach the final. The result means that for the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoBulls 25-13 Sharks: Bouncing Bulls set up Dublin showdown
David Kriel produced the crucial moment of a pulsating semi-final clash as the outside-centre raced over the try-line to ensure the...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoJimmy Staples glad to be making a name for himself at Harlequins
For Harlequins hooker Jimmy Staples, the journey to elite rugby began with a twist of fate — when his local football...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoAnother 520 join lawsuit over head injuries
More than 520 additional former rugby players have joined a concussion lawsuit against the sport’s authorities, according to the law firm...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 months agoBrendan Gallagher: It’s great to see Aurillac defy the odds again
Last August, I suggested that a fly-on-the-wall team might be well rewarded if they spent a season with lowly Aurillac, the...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoDevon get set for Cheshire clash
Bill Beaumont County Championships Division 2 DEVON sealed their place in the Bill Beaumont Division 2 final with a thrilling 27-20...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoHertfordshire take on Leicestershire
Division 3 HERTFORDSHIRE and Leicestershire will contest the Bill Beaumont Division 3 final at the home of English rugby in two...
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/ 8 months agoEngland take their time to get going
U20s RUGBY ■ By HARRY TOVEY England U20... 47 Wales U20........14 ENGLAND kicked off their preparations for their U20 World Championship...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoRivalry with Kieran Hardy is pushing Reuben Morgan-Williams on
Reuben Morgan-Williams says the competition with fellow Ospreys scrum-half Kieran Hardy has driven the two of them on – a fact...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoBristol Bears 52-26 Harlequins: Gabriel Ibitoye makes sure Bears keep control
Bristol Bears ................... 52pts Tries: Kloska 2, Batley 5, Ravouvou 19, Mata 24, Ibitoye 46, 64; Grondona 57, van Rensburg 68...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoSaracens 36-26 Bath: For once, Sarries miss out on play-off party
Saracens .......................... 36pts Tries: Segun 9, George 19, 47; Daly 30, Dan 53, Burke 59 Conversions: Burke 20, 31, 60 Bath...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoGlasgow Warriors 36-18 Stormers: Champions on course to retain their crown
Glasgow ............36pts Tries: Darge 10, Rowe 15, 45, Venter 28, Horne 51 Conversions: Horne 11, 16, 46, 52 Penalty: Horne 56...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoBulls 42-33 Edinburgh: South African’s are too good for Edinburgh’s battlers
Bulls .................. 42pts Tries: Hanekom 18, Kriel 32, Vorster 37, Moodie 43, Johannes 46, Nortje 51 Conversions: Johannes 44, 47, 52...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoMemories are made of this, says coach Rae
■By DAVID LAWRENCE DELIGHTED Coventry head coach Alex Rae praised his departing players after they turned on the style to run...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoMaisey holds his nerve to snatch it for Bedford
■By CHRIS ROGERS Caldy .................26pts Tries: Robinson 6, 70; Wilkinson 17, 45 Conversions: Barker 7, 18, 46 Bedford ............29pts Tries: Jack...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoCattle: We were lucky to hold on to that one
■By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates .............. 35pts Tries: Pritchard 12, Ribbons 26, Hallam 51, Yates 53, Hocking 58 Conversions: Houston 12,...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoChampions Ealing keep marching on
■By RHYS THE sun set on the Championship season with another magnficent seven from champions Ealing. Ealing attack coach David Johnston...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoDoncaster make it ten out of ten to secure third
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ...........1 Tries: Sharwood 18, Mapapalangi 23, Va’enuku 80 Conversions: Davidson 19; Marshall 80 Doncaster ........29pts Tries: Veainu...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 months agoJeff Probyn: Another battling show by Bordeaux
What a great game last weekend’s Champions Cup final turned out to be with both of the finalists, Northampton and Bordeaux...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoMinikin is on fire for dominant Yorkshire
Division 1 ■By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire .......22pts Tries: C Smith 15, Bowker 31, Ailes 57, Quinn 78 Conversion: Hunt 16 Yorkshire...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoVaa’i hat-trick puts Chiefs in command
Super Rugby Pacific round-up ■ By SAM JACKSON THE Chiefs secured top ranking for the play-offs with a 41-24 win over...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBrave Lupus promise to take the attack to Spears
Japan League One preview Ace: Richie Mo’unga BRAVE Lupus second row Warner Dearns insists the defending champions will continue their expansive,...
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News Extra
/ 8 months agoExeter locks on their way
NEWS EXTRA LOCKS Franco Molina and Jack Dunne are to leave Exeter at the end of the season. Argentina’s Molina, 27,...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 months agoBordeaux Begles accused of Henry Pollock vendetta
Fin Smith accused Bordeaux Begles of having a vendetta against Henry Pollock as Northampton Saints’ 28-20 Champions Cup final defeat ended...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoDoctor calls for concussion protocols to be revised
Doctor Ben Jones, a former scrum-half with Northampton, Worcester and England 7s, has called for concussion guidelines to be revised to...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoI’m happy to stick at No.7 – Sam Underhill
Despite the presence of multiple hybrid back-rowers in the Lions’ squad, England international Sam Underhill is happy to remain one of...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoFraser Balmain ‘excited’ to sign for Worcester Warriors
Saracens prop Fraser Balmain will join Worcester at the end of the season. Balmain previously played for Leicester, where he won...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoDoncaster celebrate anniversary in fine style
■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........35pts Tries: Veainu 27, Rokoduguni 35, Smeaton 40, Mulipola 44, Olowofela 53, 70 Conversion: Dolly 40 Penalty:...
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English Championship
/ 8 months agoNottingham produce a comeback for the ages
By RHYS ANDERSON Nottingham ..... 54 pts Tries: Yarnell 26, Clayton 30, Graham 40, Williams 50, Cherry 53, Olowofela 59, Wright...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoStaffs & Cheshire unbeaten at top
■By LUKE JARMYN Division 2 CHESHIRE look unassailable in Pool 1 after scoring 12 tries in an 80-14 win over Durham...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoKent on the hunt for a Twickenham hat-trick
■By BILL HOOPER Cornwall ...........18pts Kent ................... 34pts Star player: Kent scrum-half Mikel Davies box kicks PICTURE: Simon Bryant/ Iktis Photo...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoReece enjoying life on route 66
World Rugby Super Rugby Pacific round-up ■ By BEN JAYCOCK SEVU Reece became the all-time top Super Rugby try scorer with...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Round 12 Review: Dogos continue impressive run of form
Joe Santamaria reviews Round 12 of Super Rugby Americas as the race for the play-offs heats up Dogos continued their recent run...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoHanrahan sparkles in classy Italian job
■ By JOHN RILEY Zebre ...............12 Connacht ........22 JJ HANRAHAN stole the show as Connacht concluded an underwhelming season with a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoLions late show makes it sad finale for Ospreys
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Lions...................29pts Tries: van der Merwe 10, Visagie 31, 54; van Wyk 71, Dobela 82 Conversions: Dobela 32,...
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English Championship
/ 9 months agoEaling enjoy champion feeling all over again
■ By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .................... 7pts Tries: Gallagher 51 Conversion: Davies 52 Ealing T ............ 34pts Tries: Hampson 2, Moore...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoCross sparkles in Cheshire’s victory
Division 2 ■By LUKE JARMYN SET-PIECE dominance, some silky play in the loose and a man-of-the-match display by replacement back-rower Stuart...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoBrace of tries for Kendrick and Davies as Kent run riot
Division 1 ■By MO SHER Kent ................... 42pts Tries: Kendrick 4, 51, Everitt 16, Davies 30, 36, Talbot 44 Conversions: Evans...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoDevon cream their way past Gloucestershire
■By MO SHER THE Gill Burns County Championship got underway with three matches across its three divisions, with ties taking places...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoGloucester bring in reinforcements
GLOUCESTER have signed scrum-half Mike Austin on a permanent deal after an impressive spell on loan from Championship side Hartpury. Forwards...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoClassy Rokoduguni blasts in a hat-trick
■By CHRIS WEARMOUTH RAF Men ............38pts Army Men .........31pts THE permanence of class was on show at Kingsholm as Se-mesa Rokoduguni...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Round 11 Review: Play-off race blown wide open
By Joe Santamaria Tarucas 41-21 Selknam Tarucas kicked off a seismic round of Super Rugby Americas action with a stunning 41-21 victory...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoI will treat the players here like men, says Rob Baxter
By Paul Rees Rob Baxter is not one to normally dead bat questions, but he stuck to the party line when...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoFamily day out for Graham Price
Graham Price and Ian ‘Ikey’ Stephens last joined forces on the international stage in the New Zealand winter of 1983, propping...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoLions vs Scarlets Preview: Destiny is in our hands, says Dwayne Peel
Preview Lions v Scarlets By Ben Jaycock Today. 2pm Dwayne Peel has urged his Scarlets to make the most of the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoLeinster 76-5 Zebre Parma: League leaders resume normal service
By Paul Robson Leinster ...................76 Zebre .......................... 5 Leinster put their Champions Cup disappointment behind them as the Dubliners scored 12...
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