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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoChampionship faces TV blackout
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler The Championship faces a near-complete television blackout this season, according...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoDavis likely to join Kiss after Wallaby exit
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Bath, Wasps and London Irish defence coach Brad Davis...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJonny’s shirt set for auction
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler The shirt Jonny Wilkinson wore in the first half of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoVolavola chosen ahead of Grayson
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Northampton Saints fly-half James Grayson was a target for French ProD2...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoA brief history of tackles which changed a game
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED It has been fiendishly difficult to identify rugby union’s precise place in the constellation of professional sports...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoIgnore the league tough guys, it’s better to be soft and safe
CHRIS HEWETT Contrary to popular belief, there are still differences between the two codes of rugby. Union still has its flankers...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWhat a mess, all RFU’s own doing
RATHER than act like gentlemen and play by the rules, England seem to think they can manipulate them for their own...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoSo uplifting to read Pearce’s life story
IN these days of the incompetent 12-strong RFU Board, the English 2nd XV’s dismal showing in Cardiff, ring-fenced Premiership, defunct Premiership...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoNo sympathy from me
WHY are so many people coming out in sympathy for Owen Farrell and England. Farrell has been playing Rugby Union for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoAlarming indiscipline
A WIN is a win, but England’s indiscipline is alarming a few weeks out from the start of the Rugby World...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoEngland must get the ball to the wide men
FOR four years, Sir Clive Woodward in his matchday analysis in his newspaper column always states that the coaches pick the...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTigers turn to Du Plessis for World Cup cover
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER Tigers have brought in Petrus du Plessis as their interim scrum coach. The South African will remain in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoVan Velze signs on for another season at Bath
NEWS EXTRA GJ van Velze has rejoined Bath for the new season. The 35-year-old South African forward made 10 Premiership appearances...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoOspreys put Jones in charge of the defence
NEWS EXTRA MARK Jones is joining the Ospreys as defence coach. The interim Wales U20s head coach has notable experience in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoFrench centre Vakatawa returns for Barbarians
NEWS EXTRA VIRIMI Vakatawa’s premature retirement is over as the former France centre started for the Barbarians against Samoa last night...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Scott Rawlings
Scott Rawlings, the long-serving Fylde, Lancashire and former England counties, Manchester and Longton centre, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe cruellest time to suffer an injury
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The agony of these eve of World Cup...
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/ 2 years agoThis rugby apartheid must stop
Rugby Matters I WAS going to write 1,500 words of incredulous, outraged fury over the Owen Farrell decision but frankly my...
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Features
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for England to sort out their attack
Q&A Former England flanker Peter Winterbottom talks to Ben Jaycock after a hectic week for the national team and tells us...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoB Moseley ……28 Darlington …. 24
By JON MEADOWS MOSELEY played the last 10 minutes with 14 men afger a high tackle red card but held on...
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/ 2 years agoSale FC…………… 7 Caldy ……………14
By SAM BYTHEWAY CALDY got their pre-season campaign underway with a hard-fought win over their old rivals. The Championship side’s forward...
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/ 2 years agoHinckley ……… 19 Sheffield ……..68
By CHRIS CAMPBELL A POWERFUL Sheffield outfit put in a strong performance against an experimental Hinckley side. Hinckley started much the...
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/ 2 years agoDoherty try seals victory for Blackburn
By MO SHER Blackburn........ 19 Fylde ................. 17 DESPITE the difference in league level – Blackburn play at rung five in...
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/ 2 years agoMoyle quick off the mark as Pirates find their feet
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P ........... 45pts Tries: Andrew, Nelson, Penalty (2), Relton, McNab (2) Conversions: Pittman, Jenkins (2) Plymouth A...
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/ 2 years agoTait finishes in fine style
By LUKE JARMYN Hawick ...........37 Tynedale .......14 Fifield. HAWICK winger Morgan Tait dashed between two Tynedale defenders to score his second...
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/ 2 years agoDings C …………28 Bargoed……….. 17
By BAZ JOHNSON BARGOED played an expansive game with numerous line breaks to make Dings Crusaders work hard for the win....
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/ 2 years agoChinnor………….67 Wimbledon….. 12
By ANDY HASTINGS BARGOED played an expansive game with numerous line breaks to make Dings Crusaders work hard for the win....
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/ 2 years agoSt Austell …….. 19 Camborne ….73
By BILL HOOPER CAMBORNE proved too strong in this pre-season encounter running in 11 tries against a brave St Austell. Josh...
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/ 2 years agoCoventry……….33 Leicester L ….. 21
By JOHN JENKINS NEWLY promoted Leicester Lions showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in National 1 this...
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/ 2 years agoO Albanians … 31 Bishops S………52
By RICHARD HOMER STORTFORD took the Hertfordshire bragging rights with a hard fought win over OA. A hot afternoon at Woollams...
