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Features

/ 6 years ago

West Country prop tug-of-war

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLIND SIDE GLOUCESTER are set to make a move to take Northampton...

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Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Blues looking Down Under for new stars

By STEFFAN THOMAS Target: Hallam Amos is wanted by the Blues PICTURES: Getty Images Sam Carter Pek Cowan Salesi Manu JOHN...

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International Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Warren Gatland to lead Barbarians against Wales when his reign ends

12 years as Wales head coach and set to face them in his first match after leaving

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Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Pivac to face Kiwis on his first Wales tour

KIWI Wayne Pivac’s first tour as Wales coach will see him take on the biggest challenge in the game in New...

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International Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Jantjies’ late drop secures famous win for BaaBaas

By SAM JACKSON On target: Elton Jantjies A LATE drop-goal from Elton Jantjies completed a comeback win for the Barbarians to...

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International Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Wyatt Crockett to lead Barbarians as Rassie Erasmus names team to face Pumas

Eight Springboks feature in the starting XV

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Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Aphiwe Dyanti and Malcolm Marx added to cosmopolitan Barbarians squad for Argentina clash

Rassie Erasmus has named 13 of his South Africa tourists into the Barbarians group preparing to face Argentina on Saturday. They...

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Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Lewis is Test class insists Solomons

WORCESTER boss Alan Solomons singled out flanker Sam Lewis after another outstanding display by the 27-year-old. Lewis gained the plaudits for...

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Champions Cup

/ 7 years ago

Off goes Cipriani as his week gets worse

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Collision: Danny Cipriani, left, tackles Munster’s Rory Scannell, centre, and gets a red card MUNSTER claimed a bonus...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

‘I’ve missed rugby so much I’ve changed my mind’ – Schalk Brits

He's back!

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National League 2N

/ 7 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

LEE STARLING THE FORMER LONDON WELSH, ESHER AND EALING BACK ROW My wife is American and did not have a great...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

BBC to televise Killik Cup clash between Barbarians and Argentina

The December 1 match will be shown live as the November Tests conclude with the Killik Cup clash

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Henry Trinder says Cipriani has got Kingsholm rocking and can ignite his own England career

The Gloucester fan favourite talks about the Cherry and Whites' playmaker

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Featured

/ 7 years ago

Rassie Erasmus to take charge of Barbarians at Twickenham

Plotting victory with the BaaBaas after beating the All Blacks with the Springboks

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The Rugby Championship

/ 7 years ago

Haydn handed out the tackle from hell

THE ultimate in bonecrushing tackles at Cardiff Arms Park happened long before JPR Williams got to work on Jean-Francois Gourdon, famously...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Trinder on target in maverick’s slipstream

By NEALE HARVEY Injury-hit: Henry Trinder has starred for Gloucester since his return to action PICTURES: Getty Images New man at...

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Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Beaumont: Now we need a big reaction

By JON NEWCOMBE Frustrated: Josh Beaumont hopes the Sale cobwebs have blown away JOSH BEAUMONT admits this is a big year...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Barbarians invite Springboks and Australia stars to take on Argentina for the Killik Cup

Four leading South Africa and Australia players have accepted invitations to appear for the Barbarians when the famous invitation side returns...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Bath pin down Zach Mercer with two-year contract extension

Blackadder: 'Zach has attributes that can make he a world-class player'

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

England ‘should blood hooker Singleton’

HIGHLY-rated Worcester hooker Jack Singleton is a viable World Cup candidate for England and must be given a chance to prove...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Lions’ board will demand improved schedule in 2021

By NEALE HARVEY BRITISH & Irish Lions bosses will play hardball over their schedule for the 2021 South Africa tour to...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Bristol can offer Ash the Splash route back to England

WITH one maverick repaying England’s faith in him, when Danny Cipriani’s magic cross kick bounced kindly for Jonny May in Cape...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Barbarians return to Twickenham this December for Argentina grudge match!

The Barbarians team packed full of global superstars, will light up the stadium with their unique brand of rugby, proving perfect...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

El Abd’s in dreamland after latest miracle job

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Dad’s a hero: Joe El Abd with his children Maya, 6, Gabriel, 8, and Zachary, 4, at...

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Bill Beaumont Cup

/ 7 years ago

Greedy Lancashire make it nine wins under Nelson

DIVISION 1 Lancashire 32 - 16 Hertfordshire By SAM JACKSON Done it again: Lancashire captain Adam Lewis lifts the trophy FLY-HALF...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Old-style props like me are just clinging on now says Marler

Loves a scrum: Joe Marler JOE MARLER says he feels increasingly like part of an endangered species. The bearded Harlequins loosehead...

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Featured

/ 7 years ago

Elliot Daly to start at full back in non cap game versus the Barbarians

(Photo: Getty Images) By Jake Jones Elliot Daly will start at full-back for England in Sunday’s non-cap match against the Barbarians...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Scrap this apprentice policy for game time

MARCUS Smith is still 19, and the Harlequins flyhalf is eligible for the England U20 side that will compete in the...

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Champions Cup

/ 7 years ago

Racing 92 are my Gallic Barbarians

Brendan Gallagher traces the romantic history of the famous French side which play with panache Influential: Maxime Machenaud PICTURES: Getty Images...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Baa-Baas appoint Bristol boss Lam

PAT Lam will coach the Barbarians against an England XV at Twickenham on May 27. Lam, who has just guided Bristol...

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Featured

/ 7 years ago

England v Barbarians: Bristol coach Pat Lam to take charge of Baa-Baas

The Baa-Baas assemble at Twickenham at the end of May

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Days when Griffiths was an outcast in his own country

Clive Griffiths witnessed the evils of apartheid South Africa during a rugby tour there almost 40 years ago and thought he...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Ellis feeling lean and mean after injury nightmare

Fit again: Tom Ellis BATH flanker Tom Ellis has drawn inspiration from Exeter’s Sam Simmonds ahead of today’s final, in which...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Advantage laws have become a hindrance

THE mania for keeping an already frantic and attack friendly game fluid in the name of entertainment has reached epidemic proportions...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER BEDFORD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND ENGLAND LOCK BOB WILKINSON Iwent to Wales versus Scotland with a friend last Saturday –...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Versatile Josh out to prove himself again

By JON NEWCOMBE JOSH Beaumont says he has returned from his latest injury setback stronger than ever as he looks to...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

…while Harrison has strength of Troy on his side

By JON NEWCOMBE Durable: Sale loosehead Ross Harrison ROSS HARRISON will not tear his hair out if he is overlooked once...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

Cain column: Chatty refs have aided the growth of dissent

By Nick Cain Dissent is an evil genie that was always going to escape from the bottle when Rugby Union referees...

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Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Jackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity

Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy

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Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Magnificent Mickey, 93, digs in for another day to cherish

MICKY Steele-Bodger is a name to conjure with, one of those you might find in a ‘Flashman’ novel. What the 93-year-old...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

How Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Teen-star Jalibert lets Toulouse off hook

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Heartache: Matthieu Jalibert missed a winning kick for Bordeaux An 18-year-old making his fly-half debut in the...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Absent England players missed great chance says Baa-baas coach Deans

BARBARIANS coach Robbie Deans, right,insists England missed an opportunity to test their players against New Zealand by preventing them from representing...

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