Aviva Premiership round 10 teams
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/ 2 hours agoSaints in race to get stars fit for Euro final
Injury-torn Saints display their heart By PAUL REES NORTHAMPTON’S last-minute victory over Saracens yesterday came at a cost with four players...
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/ 2 hours agoGive Ford respect he deserves, says Curry
Give Ford respect By ROSS HEPPENSTALL SALE captain Ben Curry says in-form George Ford deserves more respect after making another mockery...
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/ 2 hours agoSkivington playing it smart at Gloucester
■By PAUL REES GLOUCESTER are losing 19 players next month but George Skivington expects to have a bigger squad next season...
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/ 2 hours agoEnglish second tier gets rebrand
THE Championship will be rebranded as ‘Champ Rugby’ from next season and with a six-team playoff system to determine the league...
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/ 2 hours agoHendricks dies at 37
FORMER South Africa winger Cornal Hendricks has died at the age of 37. SA Rugby said in a statement that Hendricks...
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/ 2 hours agoMurley intends to prove he’s no one-cap wonder
By JON NEWCOMBE CADAN MURLEY is hoping to build on his superb performance against Gloucester and play himself back into the...
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/ 2 hours agoFriday lights don’t scare Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE BATH head of rugby Johann van Graan has every confidence a Friday night or Saturday afternoon semi-final will...
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/ 2 hours agoParling to take over at Tigers post Lions
Coach: Geoff Parling GEOFF Parling will take charge at Leicester Tigers next season, succeeding former Australia coach Michael Cheika who leaves...
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/ 2 hours agoFin’s found a soulmate in Saints guru Vesty
By ADAM HATHAWAY FIN Smith and his Northampton teammates will sit down tomorrow as coaches Sam Vesty and Phil Dowson unveil...
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/ 2 hours agoBordeaux have a point to prove says Coleman
By PAUL REES ADAM Coleman believes Saturday’s Champions Cup final in Cardiff between Bordeaux Begles and Northampton will be a meeting...
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/ 2 hours agoBatley eyes England tour to cap frustrating season
By PAUL REES JOE Batley’s frustrating season can be summed up by a week in November when he turned up for...
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/ 2 hours agoTwelvetrees backs Lions for series win
By MARK STEVENS BILLY Twelvetrees is backing the British and Irish Lions to roar to success in Australia this summer, fired...
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Letters
/ 2 hours ago‘Rebrand’ doesn’t go far enough
THE ‘rebrand’ of the Championship hasn’t gone far enough in my opinion. The Champ, as it will be called next season,...
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Letters
/ 2 hours agoRemoving jeopardy is not right direction
IN WELCOMING the prospect of the Premiership becoming a franchise operation, Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond, below, states in the...
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Letters
/ 2 hours agoPichot passed on Grizz’s kindness to my son Dan
Team player: Gus Pichot playing for Richmond and, inset, Dan McFarland BRENDAN Gallagher’s piece regarding Grizz Wylie (March 30) told of...
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Letters
/ 2 hours agoModern day warriors deserve far better
IT IS high time rugby union realised ignoring the past is the preserve of the ignorant, shown by the fact today...
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Letters
/ 2 hours agoRestore long tours around the UK
WITH details of the forthcoming Lions tour to Australia announced, they show that the tourists will play in six cities; a...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 hours agoSaints need team effort to stifle ‘electric’ Louis
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK NORTHAMPTON and Bordeaux Begles are great attacking sides, and that is what makes the...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoBath turn on power to secure top spot
■ By PAUL REES Bath .................................... 43pts Tries: Spencer 4, Obano 20, Roux 37, Dunn 47, Stuart 66, Cokanasiga 76, Butt...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoIt wasn’t perfect display – Johann
JOHANN van Graan is not getting carried away as the prospect of the treble grows larger. Bath have won the Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoSaints fightback hits Sarries play-off hope
■ By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Northampton Saints ..... 28pts Tries: Kemeny 8, Haffar 59, 80; Penalty 71 Conversions: Smith 9, Hutchinson 59,...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoMcCall: We didn’t deserve to win
SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall refused to make any excuses after their controversial defeat. He said: “We didn’t deserve to...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoAnother masterclass by majestic George
■ By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale Sharks ......................41pts Tries: D du Preez 23, McElroy 36, Hill 54, Ma’asi-White 64, Quirke 72 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoSharks ready for battle at Chiefs
ALEX Sanderson is bracing himself for a potentially fraught final-day trip to Exeter as Sale bid to book a play-off spot....
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/ 2 hours agoLions must get tough by delivering an ultimatum
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Bolter: Henry Pollock will have to carry a soft-toy cuddly Lion around Australia...
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/ 2 hours agoChamp rebrand can be a real game-changer
THE rebranding this week of England’s second professional league as Champ Rugby could be a game-changer in English club rugby, and...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoAce Tomos helps keep Gloucester in the race
■By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle Falcons ........12pts Gloucester ....................... 24pts Tries: Stevenson 6, Davis 65 Conversions: Connon 66 Tries: Harris 17, Penalty...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoDiamond: It sums up our season…we’re the ‘nearly’ team
FURIOUS Newcastle boss Steve Diamond blamed “three or four minutes of madness” after Falcons’ farewell to their leavers became another defeat....
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoRob just cares about his own team’s display
■By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop Flyer: Paul Brown-Bampoe scoring against Saints PICTURES: Getty...
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Premiership
/ 2 hours agoNumber nine Danny makes history on his swansong
■By SAM JACKSON Farewell: Danny Care DANNY Care will make his farewell to Twickenham Stoop this afternoon with special dispensation to...
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/ 2 hours agoCurry opts to defer surgery
■By SAM JACKSON ENGLAND flanker Tom Curry will delay surgery to fix a wrist ligament injury until after the Lions tour...
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/ 2 hours agoMcCall: George will battle until very end
■By GARY FITZGERALD JAMIE George’s dream of a third Lions tour failed to turn into reality but the experienced hooker is...
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/ 2 hours agoDREAM TEAM
JONATHAN PENDLEBURY, THE FORMER ROTHERHAM, GLOUCESTER AND LEEDS SECOND ROW WHO IS NOW ENGLAND U18S HEAD COACH, CHOOSES THE BEST XV...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 hours agoWorld Cup fast-track begins in Argentina
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED YOUR starter for 10: what might Jason Leonard, Richard Cockerill, Danny Grewcock and Martin Corry have in...
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/ 2 hours agoKingsholm balancing act should be lauded
GLOUCESTER are a proper rugby club, determined to run themselves properly. That much was made clear by their chairman, Martin St...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours agoMcNally’s fighters fall just short in Cape Town
■ By SIMON THOMAS Stormers .......... 34pts Tries: Zas 10, 33; Hartzenberg 24, 47; Evans 73 Conversions: Willemse 25, 34; Feinberg-Mngomezulu...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours agoCrowley leads the way for Munster
■By BEN JAYCOCK Munster .........30 Benetton .........21 JACK Crowley delivered a fine display to march Munster into the playoffs. The visitors...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours agoSnubbed Graham runs in a hat-trick
■ By SAM JACKSON Munster’s third try, and Edinburgh ..... 47 Ulster ...............17 DARCY Graham responded to his Lions snub with...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours agoBulls seal home run to semi-final
■ By SAM JACKSON Bulls ...................55pts Tries: Kriel 5, Wiese 8, De Klerk 22, Van der Merwe 40, 51, Petersen 57,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours agoFassi’s late kick books Dublin date for Scarlets
■ By SIMON THOMAS Sharks ................................12pts Penalties: Masuku 39, Fassi 52, 69, 80 Scarlets ...............................3pts Drop goal: Costelow 40 Leading the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours agoLeinster tough out win over Warriors
■ By JAMES WILLIAMS Leinster ..........13 Glasgow ............ 5 BRITISH & Irish Lion Sione Tuipulotu made a timely return to action...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 hours 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
/ 2 hours 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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Features
/ 2 hours ago‘I never thought I’d achieve what I did’
Paul Rees talks to Danny Care about hanging up his boots and the incredible career he’s had at the pinnacle of...
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/ 2 hours agoFalcons pin faith in their local lads
By MARK STEVENS THERE’S no silver bullet, no overnight fix, and Newcastle Falcons aren’t pretending otherwise. But what’s happening at Kingston...
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/ 2 hours agoDragons swoop for Wyn
WALES loosehead Wyn Jones will join Dragons from Harlequins at the end of season, joining fellow prop Dillon Lewis in swapping...
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/ 2 hours agoBurger off the menu
SOUTH African centre Burger Odendaal will leave Northampton at the end of the season. The 32-year-old suffered a serious knee injury...
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Features
/ 2 hours agoSaints and Bath shape up to face the French
>> PAUL REES SETS THE SCENE AHEAD OF NEXT WE EKEND’S GRAND FINALE TO EUROPEAN COMPETITION IN CARDIFF Breakthrough: Henry Pollock...
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English Championship
/ 2 hours 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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English Championship
/ 2 hours agoAce Adamson bags four as Cambridge get the Blues
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......15pts Tries: Skelcey 17, Hanks 23 Conversions: Caven 24 Penalties: Caven 30 Bedford .............73pts Tries: Titherington 3,...
