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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFalcons use their nous to down the Blues
■By TOM CARR THE BLUESwelcomed topof- the-table Newcastle Falcons to Goldington Road in a repeat of the 2013 Championship final. In...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Coventry drive on in the rain
■By PAUL SMITH TRIES from Joe Buckle and Max Trimble saw Coventry extend their unbeaten run to four games with a...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFree-running Hartpury give sad Scottish 6-try thrashing
■By ROGER PANTING LONDON Scottish’s director of rugby Graham Steadman was fuming after seeing his side suffer a six-try thrashing at...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRested Pirates expect a battle
Preview Cornish Pirates v Ampthill Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH PIRATES’ drive towards the Championship title rests on how well the squad...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAssistant coaches could hold key to All Blacks job
SOUTH HEMISPHERE EXPERT Candidates: (from left) Jamie Joseph, Scott Robertson and Ian Foster are all in the frame for the New...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWolfpack use player bait to find a buyer
SUPER LEAGUE outfit Toronto Wolfpack are linking themselves to host of Union players as they try to find a buyer for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMarchant off to play for Blues
Bath hope to bring Webb back from France BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Danny Cipriani bares all to help...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEngland were just too fancy says Bok star De Villiers
■From EUAN REEDIE Naive: Eddie Jones ENGLAND can emerge stronger from their World Cup final humbling at the hands of South...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFundamental flaws in scrum cost rugby’s greatest prize
Overpowered: Dan Cole is lifted off his feet by the strength of the Springbok scrum PICTURES: Getty Images NICK CAIN CHARTS...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNice one Bill, but not for me
AT THE end of every World Cup, it’s almost de riguer for every World Rugby chairman to applaud the home nation...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWelsh give England a vocal send-off
JUDGING by the way some acclaimed the result from Yokohama last Saturday, the biggest cheer from within Wales during the World...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoBonus for conceding 95 points?
THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoUbiquitous All Blacks!
ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoMcNicholl will give North some competition
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTruth behind that email offering Jack his dream job
IT WAS a hoax good enough to grace any April Fool’s Day. But it ended with the Portuguese Rugby Federation threatening...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWarrior Hartley forced to bow out to injury
Triumph: Dylan Hartley holds up the Six Nations trophy as captain after winning the Grand Slam in 2016 PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoHaywood: Time for the Saints kids to step up
By STEFFAN THOMAS BACK from long-term injury with points to prove, Northampton hooker Mikey Haywood wants the young Saints to rise...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoFrench clubs likely to cook up a storm
BRENDAN GALLAGHER casts his eye over the main contenders for this season’s European crown Wondrous: Bok star Cheslin Kolbe can be...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRobshaw: England will be even better in 2023
By GARY FITZGERALD England’s best player: Tom Curry EDDIE JONES may claim he has to start building a new team but...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoOspreys would be so magical with Liam
Mighty talent: Liam Williams is attracting offers from the biggest clubs PICTURE: Getty Images WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The Saracens salary...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
ALY MULDOWNEY, THE BRISTOL AND FORMER STAFFORD, STOURBRIDGE, MOSELEY, GLASGOW, EXETER, CONNACHT AND GRENOBLE LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNext Lions tour has tasty look says Smit
Best captain in world: Alun Wyn Jones with the Lions in 2017 PICTURE: Getty Images By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEuro test can help Kvesic endorse his England bid
On a misson: Exeter’s Matt Kvesic By NEALE HARVEY AFTER unexpectedly forcing his way back into England contention, Matt Kvesic is...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoJones holds his nerve to see Scarlets over the line
By ROB COLE A LAST gasp Dan Jones penalty saved the Scarlets’ blushes as they overcame a stubborn Benetton in Llanelli...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMore bonus points for five-try Warriors
Zebre ………………7 Glasgow ……….31 By GARY HEATLY GLASGOW Warriors secured a second successive bonus point victory running in five tries. The...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoO’Brien steps up in show of strength
Connacht……….11 Leinster ……….42 By JOHN FALLON WALLABY veteran Scott Fardy said Leinster’s strength in-depth is starting to show. Leinster lost Irish...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEvans finds a cure for his Japan hangover
By JAMES CANDY CARDIFF Blues outsidehalf Jarrod Evans believes he has rediscovered the form that got him in Warren Gatland’s thoughts...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWe’ve now hit bottom of the pit says Clarke
By STEFFAN THOMAS TWO late penalty misses from James Hook saw the Ospreys fall to arguably the worst defeat in their...
