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/ 4 months agoYamasawa’s boot steers killer Knights past Rams
JAPAN RUGBY ■ By BEN JAYCOCK LAST season’s finalists Saitama Wild Knights are up and running with three wins from three...
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/ 4 months agoCentury of highs for La Rochelle
FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON AN IMPRESSIVE milestone at Stade Marcel Deflandre was reached last night, where La Rochelle hosted their 100th...
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/ 4 months agoHarlequins v Gloucester-Hart
Preview Dec 28. 3pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel has issued a rallying cry towards fans going to watch Big Game 16...
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/ 4 months agoHarlequins v Gloucester-Hart
Preview Dec 28. 3pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel has issued a rallying cry towards fans going to watch Big Game 16...
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/ 4 months agoHarlequins v Gloucester-Hart
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/ 5 months agoBristol Bears v Sale Sharks Today. 2pm
Preview LUCY Burgess will bring up a century of appearances for Bristol when they host strugglers Sale today. Scrum-half Burgess partners...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 months agoI can’t believe the RFU chiefs will walk away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I CANNOT believe that anyone would expect that Bill Sweeney or Tom...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 months agoMy British & Irish Lions team are ready for take-off
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week... There is a view that picking a Lions Test team almost...
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/ 5 months ago‘Enforcer’ Udwin oversteps the mark
THE quango-like blindness to accountability in the top echelon of this RFU administration, and their erosion and disregard the democratic conventions...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 months agoOh, for a one-stop TV shop for the lot
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Gogglebox: Bath taking on La Rochelle on Friday night PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S a brain teaser: if...
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/ 5 months agoGlad to hear the French say: Non!
FRANCE is a foreign country: they do things differently there. For one thing, they have a pyramid league system that works...
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/ 5 months agoCheetahs v Perpignan
Preview Today. 1pm INVITATIONAL outfit the Cheetahs, led by DoR Frans Steyn, picked up two wins from four last season and...
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/ 5 months agoGet rid of the regions and call for Cotter, says Ring
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW MARK Ring never thought Welsh rugby would come to this; their four regional...
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/ 5 months agoLowe’s running out of time to win the big one
Cutting a dash: James Lowe in action for Leinster PICTURE: Alamy NOBODY in recent seasons has cut a deeper swathe through...
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/ 5 months agoKabaya lines up to take on champs
Preview Loughborough v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. 3pm By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND international Sadia Kabeya makes her first start of the season as...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 months agoThe Six Nations logo is an AI experiment that’s gone wrong
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game's other talking points I see the new Six Nations...
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/ 5 months agoIf you’re out for a 15, call Toulouse
WHERE have all the full-backs gone? Well you could start looking for them at Toulouse. When Belgium’s Matias Remue made an...
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/ 5 months agoWithout a doubt, we are living in the ‘shameless era’
IT was even worse than we first thought. To recap. The RFU were emerging from a ruinous Covid period, some of...
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/ 5 months agoExeter back in game mode
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Sale v Exeter Today. 12pm KATIE Buchanan returns for unbeaten leaders Exeter for their trip to winless...
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/ 5 months agoQuins set for derby battle
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens v Quins Today. 3pm SARACENS inside centre Sarah McKenna is preparing herself for a huge battle...
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/ 6 months agoKonkel brings up half century
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins v Sale Today. 2pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel makes her 50th appearance today as her team...
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/ 6 months agoTable toppers draft in Cramer
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Chiefs v Lightning Today. 3pm AUSTRALIA full back Lori Cramer returns to action for unbeaten Exeter, who...
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/ 6 months agoHost of stars back for Tigers
Preview Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the...
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/ 6 months agoHudson keen for home delight
Preview Leicester v Quins Today. 5.45pm SOMETHING has to give at Welford Road today as winless Leicester and Harlequins face off....
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/ 7 months agoNancy returns after lay-off
Preview Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers Today. Kick-off 3pm ENGLAND hopeful Nancy McGillivray returns to action today against Leicester following a...
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/ 7 months agoFran has hit ground running
Preview Trailfinders v Loughborough Today. Kick-off 12.45pm LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s new signing Francesca Goldthorp makes her second club debut today. The England...
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/ 7 months agoFantasy Rugby 2024/25
PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...
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/ 7 months agoMaverick Shea the hardest of them all
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NEWPORT heralded the season with a birthday bash on a lavish scale, filling...
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/ 7 months agoWhy is so much of the club game hidden behind a paywall?
AS more and more club football basks in the glare of the multi-million audiences on free-to-air television coverage, an increasing amount...
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/ 7 months agoSlipper spreads the love as he hits 140 caps
JAMES Slipper has become the most-capped player in Australian rugby history. Loosehead Slipper made his debut against England in Perth back...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 7 months agoJonny was great but Jason made the real difference
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I MUST admit I get slightly irritated with seeing social media best...
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/ 7 months agoNEWS EXTRA
Double injury blow for Bristol BRISTOL full-back Noah Heward will be out until the New Year after injuring his hamstring during...
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/ 8 months agoA Tribute to Bishop’s Stortford RFC’s Max Oliver
Max Oliver, a great Club member, who played rugby at Bishop’s Stortford RFC since Minis and, until recently did a great...
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/ 8 months agoThe Football Tactic That Could Revolutionise Rugby
By Peter Ryan (@PeterRyanSports) Rugby union has evolved by leaps and bounds since its conception in the small English town where the...
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International Rugby
/ 9 months agoJones facing Italy tester
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Japan v Italy Today. 6.05am EDDIE Jones will be hoping his horror start in charge of Japan...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 months agoDon’t let our sport move to summer
RUGBY MATTERS NOT for the first time I offer a heartfelt warning against those who continue to argue for a switch...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 months agoSpanish youngsters show how to tackle low
RUGBY MATTERS I DON’T know if you caught any of Spain’s game against Italy at the Junior World Cup last Sunday...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 months agoDowson’s right, let’s be more like French
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In agreement: Mark McCall and, right, Phil Dowson PICTURES: Getty Images IT...
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James Harrington
/ 11 months agoGopperth misses out on top flight
FRENCH COLUMN By JAMES HARRINGTON Jimmy Gopperth won’t be the oldest-ever player to feature in the Top 14 next season after...
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/ 12 months agoBears in hunt for a home play-off
Preview Bristol v Leicester Today. 3.30pm By BEN JAYCOCK ELLA Lovibond will lead Bristol Bears out on her 50th appearance, while...
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/ 12 months agoSarries looking to hit top gear
Preview Exeter v Saracens Today. 3pm By BEN JAYCOCK SARACENS full-back Sarah McKenna feels her side will be able to find...
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/ 12 months agoLeaders happy to see stars
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/ 1 year agoCare to make his Baa-Baas debut against Fiji
DANNY Care will make his Barbarians debut against Fiji at Twickenham in June. The 37-year-old scrumhalf, who announced his international retirement...
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/ 1 year agoSaints must play it again with Munster
NORTHAMPTON will face Munster again in the Champions Cup last 16 in one of five rematches from the pool stage. Saracens...
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/ 1 year agoAutumn reunion for Jones
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/ 1 year agoBen for Baa-Baas
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/ 1 year agoStreet hit by stroke
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/ 1 year agoPhillips stands down as Merthyr coach
FORMER Wales women’s coach Rowland Phillips has left his position as Merthyr head coach with immediate effect. Phillips was due to...
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/ 1 year agoSharks excited for derby tear up
Preview Cheetahs vSharks Today. 1pm By BEN JAYCOCK THE Sharks and Cheetahs both go into today’s Challenge Cup derby in high...
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/ 2 years agoLeitch has big plan for Japan
Preview Japan v Chile Today. Kick-off 12pm AHEAD of their opening World Cup encounter against Chile today, Japan back row Michael...
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