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Columnists
/ 20 hours agoJeremy Guscott: Courtney Lawes can be a force at the next World Cup
Courtney Lawes’ decision to return to the Premiership to join Sale Sharks next season was not one that most people saw...
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoChinnor gunning for a top six spot in the Champ
Second row forward Conor-Terrah Brockschmidt believes Chinnor’s rise from relegation battlers to top-six contenders has been built on adapting to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoExeter Chiefs 28-35 Northampton Saints: Fin Smith sinks dagger into Chiefs’ hopes
Northampton Saints tightened their grip on a home Premiership semi-final with a breathtaking late win at Sandy Park, where Fin Smith...
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoSale Sharks boss Alex Sanderson tips Courtney Lawes to make 2027 Rugby World Cup for England
Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson is confident Courtney Lawes can force his way back into the England squad and...
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoJason Gilmore: Retired Harlequins lock Joe Launchbury could be a top coach
Harlequins chief Jason Gilmore expects Joe Launchbury to become a successful coach after the second row last week called time on...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoMoana Pasifika to be axed
SUPER Rugby Pacific outfit Moana Pasifika is leaving the competition due to ongoing financial pressures and the inability to sustainably fund...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoUS backer eyes Chiefs
EXETER Chiefs have finalised a proposed takeover by an American backer and will now put the offer to a vote by...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoElizalde to Newcastle
NEWCASTLE have signed Bristol full-back Benjamin Elizalde on a two-year deal. The 21-year-old Argentina flyer scored five tries in 27 games...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoEngland going the right way, says JVP
By PAUL REES JACK van Poortvliet believes the way England finished their Six Nations campaign in France is their template going...
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Champions Cup
/ 20 hours agoBath embrace Premiership title defence and Champions Cup semi-final challenge
Defending Prem champions Bath are embracing the challenge of fighting on two fronts at the busy business end of another season.
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Women's Six Nations
/ 20 hours agoClassy Parsons hat-trick has Ireland back on right track
■By JESS PORTER GALWAY-native Beibhinn Parsons scored a hat-trick in her own backyard as Ireland delivered a statement victory to see...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 20 hours agoWales have no answer to French power show
■By RACHEL EVANS Wales ................... 7pts Tries: Penalty 15 France................38pts Tries: Fall Raclot 22, Feleu 46, Murie 54, Bourdon-Sansus 59, Grando...
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Letters
/ 20 hours agoMitchell’s right to bring in Sing at 15
It took a show of bravery from Mitchell to implement this change, and it will require patience to nurture it. JOHN...
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Letters
/ 20 hours agoChamp teams deserve better
IT IS time counties like Cornwall and clubs like Camborne, Cornish Pirates, Redruth, Ealing, Bedford and Coventry made their voices heard....
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Letters
/ 20 hours agoSupport for Red Roses was superb
HOW marvellous that the Red Roses could attract more than 77,000 fans to Twickenham last week for their win against Ireland....
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Letters
/ 20 hours agoSlade shows his worth
HENRY Slade proved once again last week what a top player he is for Exeter in their win against Benetton. He’s...
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Letters
/ 20 hours agoDon’t forget Newent RFC
CONGRATULATIONS to North Ribblesdale RUFC on their achievement of securing a third consecutive promotion, to Regional 1 North West (level 5)....
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Letters
/ 20 hours agoIt’s time to limit all this ‘trench warfare’
LIKE many fans, we have recently enjoyed a thrilling men’s Six Nations Championship. What a great advert for the modern game...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoSeason’s still in our hands – Baxter
EXETER Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter insisted his side’s Premiership fate remains firmly in their own hands despite this heartbreaking...
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Nick Cain
/ 20 hours agoSweeney’s presiding over a house divided
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK GETTING administrative wires in a tangle seems to have been an RFU default...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoWhen it comes to self-harm, rugby’s in a league of its own
ANYONE in doubt about the magical properties promotion-relegation can have in galvanising a sport need look no further than the sensational...
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoBath 48-15 Harlequins: Jason Gilmore’s side find Santi Carreras is too hot to handle
Santi Carreras led the way as Bath put eight tries on hapless Harlequins and continued their pursuit of Northampton Saints at...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoGrowing injury list worries Gilmore
HARLEQUINS head coach Jason Gilmore fears he will struggle to get a team together for next weekend’s Prem clash with Sale...
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Chris Hewett
/ 20 hours agoAn epic drama? No, just drowning in tries
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED A QUARTER-FINAL classic”, proclaimed the BBC. Hyperbole? Quite the opposite. As the avalanche of superlatives triggered by...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoIslands in the sun are left to suffer
THE sorry collapse of the Super Rugby franchise Moana Pasifika – entirely predictable, but no less depressing for that – is...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoLam: We looked more like ourselves
BRISTOL Bears director of rugby Pat Lam was glad to achieve the objective to keep alive their play-off hopes. He said:...
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoSale Sharks vs Saracens: Olly Hartley urges Sarries to make a statement against Sharks
Olly Hartley is under no illusions about the significance of Saracens’ return to Prem action today against Sale Sharks.
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Club Rugby
/ 20 hours agoBristol Bears 53-12 Gloucester: Fitz Harding directs a demolition derby
Bristol Bears breathed life back into their faltering Premiership campaign with a record victory over West Country rivals Gloucester, whose abysmal...
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Latest News
/ 20 hours agoI should have had six, says winger
GABRIEL Hamer-Webb might have scored five tries but he still got stick afterwards for missing out on a sixth. “I’m going...
