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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe stars in first half before Scarlets bring on the heavy mob
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bristol…26 Scarlets …33 SCARLETS scored 21 unanswered points to inflict a second preseason defeat on Bristol. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoExeter class tells in the end as Pirates battle on
Exeter …47 C Pirates…15 AN OMINOUS opening of two scrum batterings led to Carl Rimmer crashing over in just the third...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChampagne rugby from Exeter’s forgotton centre Campagnaro
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStar-studded Irish ready for step up
By ROB STEEL London Irish …29 Ealing …6 LONDON Irish got a big morale booster two weeks from the start of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaints strike late to rescue victory in Scotland
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Glasgow …19 Northampton…14 TWO tries in the final five minutes clawed back victory for Northampton and spoiled Dave...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIC WHITE, THE EXETER CHIEFS AND AUSTRALIA SCRUM–HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Scott Sio...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPlease, let’s have an end to this phony war
COLIN BOAG It’s the waiting that’s the hardest part. The long summer break with next to no meaningful rugby is drawing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGive full penalties for crooked feeds
THE rule regarding crooked scrum feeds is very clear: the scrumhalves’ shoulders should be parallel to the scrum, he should stand...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAckermann era could spell end for Humphreys
IT’S clear the Cherry and Whites are going through an overdue reconstruction: new coach, new players, new DNA. Johan Ackermann is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEuropean Cup is a mess for the fans
I CAN’T be the only rugby supporter who continues to be frustrated by the ‘much improved’ organisation of the major European...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBlues to get defence tips from Shaun
WALES defence coach Shaun Edwards has joined Cardiff Blues on a consultancy basis. The 50-year-old has already begun working with the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSlade happy in midfield but No.10 still his aim
By NICK VERDIER HENRY Slade still sees himself as a fly-half but the Exeter star is prepared to keep playing in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHook backs Owen to star in Welsh two playmaker system
By ALEX BYWATER JAMES Hook has urged Wales to adopt a twin playmaker system to take them to the next level....
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/ 8 years agoCipriani not giving up on his England ambitions
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY CIPRIANI approaches the ripe sporting age of 30 utterly convinced the best years of his troubled rugby...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoResurgent Hibbard is eyeing Test recall
RICHARD Hibbard says he has “fallen in love” with rugby all over again as he seeks to build on his Player...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAbendanon: I could be onway back to England
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Nick Abendanon faces a decision on his future next month and has not closed the door on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTownsend overlooks Scott for Test camp
GLOUCESTER star Matt Scott has been left out of Scotland’s 41-man squad for a two-day training camp in St Andrews this...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSharples grateful as Hartpury step in
HARTPURY RFC will replace Yorkshire Carnegie as the opponents in Charlie Sharples’ testimonial at Kingsholm on Friday. The Scarlets will also...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFekitoa hopes Test recall will follow French leave
ALL BLACK centre Malakai Fekitoa says his slip down the Test pecking order prompted his move to Toulon. At 24, he...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPiratical Cully plots to storm Chiefs
HARRISON Cully is bidding to follow in the rapid footsteps of Stuart Townsend and Sam Simmonds by progressing from the bench...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNev happy with Bordeaux crew
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Sale winger Nev Edwards is hoping history will repeat itself as he looks to grab a second...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOM DE GLANVILLE ENGLAND U18S & BATH CENTRE Tom de Glanville has one of the most famous rugby names in England...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoConfident pack will front up and get us quality ball – Ford
LEICESTER fly-half George Ford is relishing his return to Welford Road and linking up with old mates Ben Youngs and Manu...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCourtney’s itching to go again for England
By NEALE HARVEY RAMPAGING Lions lock Courtney Lawes says he will not give up his England place lightly and insists he...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSorry Catherine, I wasn’t carping about mismatches
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, I was right. It didn’t take long before some of the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRedpath miss lets Wales off the hook
England U18 …12 Wales U18 …14 WALES dug in to survive a late England flurry and record their second consecutive win...
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/ 8 years agoEngland bring up half ton in style
By SAM JACKSON South Africa U19…22 England U18 …52 ENGLANDU18s ended their summer development tour with a fine victory over South...
