Challenge Cup final teams
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoSale turn on power in race for play-offs
By SAM JACKSON TOM Curry scored two tries as Sale smashed Harlequins at The Stoop to move into the play-off positions...
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/ 3 hours agoToo many teams in Cup, says McCall
By JON NEWCOMBE MARK McCall believes cutting the number of teams will help the Investec Champions Cup regain its elite status....
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/ 3 hours agoCov plan to increase capacity up to 8,000
By BEN JAYCOCK COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp operates with a cautious business model but hopes he can guide the Midlanders into...
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/ 3 hours agoRegions stall on deal
SCARLETS, Ospreys and Dragons have yet to agree to sign a new long-term deal with the WRU, with a set deadline...
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/ 3 hours agoCairns confident it will all come good at Chiefs
By PAUL REES TOM Cairns enjoyed a breakthrough year with Exeter last season but has had to be patient this campaign...
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/ 3 hours agoPark walk puts Reed in right mood
By LUKE JARMYN ALEX Sanderson has opened up on how an honest conversation while having a coffee and a walk around...
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/ 3 hours agoDowson: We need to be flexible over 30-match limit
By PAUL REES Winging in: Northampton’s Tommy Freeman scores against Castres PHIL Dowson has called for give-and-take in the management of...
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/ 3 hours agoSteward puts his heart into Leicester
By PAUL REES FREDDIE Steward is forgetting about England as he sets his mind on helping Leicester reach the Premiership playoffs....
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/ 3 hours agoGloucester will keep on the attack whatever happens – Morris
By GARY FITZGERALD Battler: Jake Morris in action for Gloucester JAKE Morris insists the Cherry and Whites will not be applying...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoSexton joins Farrell’s team for Australia
JOHNNY Sexton will join Andy Farrell’s British and Irish Lions coaching team for this summer’s tour of Australia. He joins Richard...
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Letters
/ 3 hours agoBarnes can’t have been at his best
I JUST read Wayne Barnes: Throwing the Book, with new Rugby World Cup chapters, and as an emergency and critical care...
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Letters
/ 3 hours agoWhy no relegation?
AFTER reading the recent article on former Wasps lock James Gaskell, now playing for Toyota Shuttles in Japan, who look set...
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Letters
/ 3 hours agoBudgets in France can’t be compared
NICK Cain describes how Harlequins’ head coach tried to excuse his side’s 62 point Champions Cup loss to Leinster by saying...
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Columnists
/ 3 hours agoTime to show the right spirit, Henry
By SIMON WALTERS NO one can dispute the brilliance of England rugby’s new star Henry Pollock of Northampton Saints. He scored...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoDREAM TEAM
SIMON LINSELL, THE BARNES AND FORMER GLOUCESTER & EALING TRAILFINDERS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 hours agoSexton divisive? Not in my book
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHATEVER conflicting views there are over the appointment of Johnny Sexton to the 2025...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoSaracens coming to the boil at right time
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens .......................... 36pts Tries: Segun 10, Tompkins 25, Dann 44, 51; Gonzales 69, George 74 Conversions: Burke 26,...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoDaly: We are ready for the final push
ELLIOT Daly feels Saracens have built throughout the season and are ready to push for Twickenham. He said: “This is a...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoImposing Sale put Quins on the deck
■By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins ....................... 29pts Tries: Kenningham 6, Murley 23, Anderson 60, Jibulu 76 Conversions: Smith 7, 60, 76 Penalty:...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoWe still have four massive games to go, warns Ford
GEORGE Ford is gearing himself up for a final huge play-off push as he helped guide Sharks to a bonus-point win...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoBath pushed hard by resolute Chiefs
Exeter ................................ 24pts Tries: Yeandle 19, Brown-Bampoe 48, 58 Conversions: Slade 20, 49, 59 Penalty: Slade 5 Bath .................................... 26pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoHunter: We are gutted to fall short
EXETER head coach Rob Hunter admitted he and his team were left ‘gutted’ after a spirited second half fightback saw them...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoBlueprint for the future lacks rational thinking
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WE are coming to the franchise crunch. Finally, after five years of funding...
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/ 3 hours agoPayments may not be swift
THE spin over substance element in the administration of the game in England has been highlighted by fears that Worcester’s undertaking...
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/ 3 hours agoLeinster are good … but they would not beat France
THE hype was in full flood after Leinster’s two-match 142-0European Cup haul against Harlequins and Glasgow, when the head coach of...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoSmith pulls strings to deny Newcastle
■By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle Falcons ....... 34pts Tries: Blamire 5, Doherty 42, Hearle 60, Stevenson 67, Pepper 75 Conversions: Connon 6,...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoDickens annoyed by sloppy mistakes
NEWCASTLE coach Alan Dickens admitted that conceding three tries in nine sloppy minutes before half-time cost Newcastle dear. Dickens said: “The...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoLane ready to go again after two-week gap
■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Bristol v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Ashton Gate RICH Lane believes a two-week break from fixtures has...
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Premiership
/ 3 hours agoCheika determined to leave Leicester on a high
■By PAUL REES MICHAEL Cheika will be moving on at the end of the season but he is determined to leave...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoWilson is backing Smith for a place in Farrell’s squad
By GARY FITZGERALD MARCUS Smith should remain a main course on the Lions selection menu this summer even if his latest...
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/ 3 hours agoIyogun is quick to thank Waller
By PAUL REES On the charge: Emmanuel Iyogun in action for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images EMMANUEL Iyogun has become a regular...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 hours agoParling is thriving as the quiet ‘Australian’
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED WHATEVER lights might be hidden under rugby’s bushel, precious few of them belong to Australian coaches. Alan...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoMoney or medals? A tough decision
DECISIONS, decisions. When it comes to playing rugby off-piste, so to speak, there are three popular destinations for front-line All Blacks:...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 hours agoItaly make France fight all the way
■By SAM JACKSON Italy ....................21pts Tries: Vecchini 18, Muzzo 26, Turani 39 Conversions: Sillari 19, 26, 41 France............... 34pts Tries: Grisez...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 hours agoThat’s given me major selection problems, says coach Mitchell
■By BEN JAYCOCK England ........................... 59pts Tries: Clifford 6, M Packer 17, Aldcroft 21, MacDonald 27, 50; Ward 34, Atkin-Davies 41,...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoIreland will be missing King as they face up to Wales
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Wales v Ireland Today. Kick-off 3pm, Rodney Parade IRELAND head to Wales today without star flanker Erin...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 hours agoScrum controversy frustrates Munster
■By JOHN FALLON Munster .........13 Bulls ................16 THE Bulls became the first South African side to win at Thomond Park and...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 hours agoSheehan shows his worth
■By KEVIN FALLON Leinster ..........41 Ulster ...............17 IRELAND hooker Dan Sheehan came off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick as...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 hours agoCardiff on the up as they down Ospreys
■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ...............19pts Tries: K Williams 10, Spencer 59, Hardy 76 Conversions: Edwards 10, 76 Tries: Mann 15, 34;...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 hours agoResolute Dragons can’t hold onto Scarlets
■By ROGER PANTING Dragons .............23pts Tries: J Rosser 24, 45, Hewitt 41 Conversions: O’Brien 41 Penalties: O’Brien 38, 57 Scarlets ............31pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoSlack Glasgow do bare minimum
■By SAM JACKSON Zebre................... 6 Glasgow...........14 GLASGOW made it 25 wins from 25 against Zebre in the URC but it was...
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/ 3 hours agoEdinburgh push Sharks all the way
By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh........17 Sharks..............18 A SHARKS team laden with 12 Springboks required a Makazole Mapimpi last-gasp try to break Scottish...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoConnacht let it slip away once again
■ By LUKE JARMYN Stormers......... 34 Connacht.........29 CONNACHT suffered last-minute heartache in a thrilling clash against Stormers – their fourth narrow...
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Features
/ 3 hours agoA brighter future for Wales lies in its past
>> PAUL REES SAYS IT WAS THE LOCAL RIVALRIES WHICH HELPED BUILD THE GAME IN WALES AND WHICH NEED TO BE...
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Latest News
/ 3 hours agoBuilding interest in the game
■ By MARK STEVENS FROM Premiership pitches to the production truck, Will Hooley has happily swapped the roar of the crowd...
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/ 3 hours agoIt’s been a challenge, admits Owen
■ By SIMON THOMAS ANEURIN Owen is the first to admit it’s been a challenging time to be Dragons captain this...
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/ 3 hours agoNow Ioane signs up for Leinster
NEW Zealand centre Rieko Ioane says he is excited to grow his game at Leinster after agreeing to join the URC...
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/ 3 hours agoWhere the ghosts of the greats still roam
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW March of time: Hugh Williams-Jones playing for Wales and, inset, how Waterton Cross...
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/ 3 hours agoHerbert’s now on the other side of the fence
RUGBY Australia had no option the other day but to reveal that they can get their knickers in as big a...
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Features
/ 3 hours agoTo be Saracens captain at 23 was a real honour
MY LIFEIN RUGBY FLOYD STEADMAN OBE DL THE FORMER SARACENS, LONDON, MIDDLESEX AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF Leading the way: Floyd Steadman in...
