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There’s no team we’d rather beat, says Rob Baxter

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By Jon Newcombe PREVIEW… Saracens v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium Players may have come and gone but the big-game rivalry between Exeter […]

Andy Onyeama-Christie’s explosive start has Saracens motoring

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Andy Onyeama-Christie’s explosive start to the season has seen him nominated for Premiership player of the month. The back rower played a […]

Steve Borthwick should call up these young props

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week It was surprising that neither of England’s U20 world champion props, Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale) or […]

Unfair restrictions to block promotion

6 October 2024 0 comments

ROTTEN Borough’ politics have turned English rugby’s once showcase top league into one which is showing signs of serious decay. The Premiership’s 10 clubs have […]

Appleby: We are missing too many players

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By SAM JACKSON EXETER head coach Susie Appleby is unhappy that the Premiership Women’s Rugby season has started while her top players are on international […]

Cattle wants to make Mennaye Field a fortress

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By CHRIS COLLYER CORNISH Pirates have their sights set on the development of new players and making Mennaye Field a formidable fortress. The Pirates lost […]

I can take the pressure at No. 10, says Ben Thomas

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By Simon Thomas Much is made about the difference between club and international rugby and it’s something Ben Thomas is able to give a real […]

Dorothy would have had final word

6 October 2024 0 comments

HERE’S a thought: if Dorothy Parker had played rugby, she’d have run rings around Rieko Ioane, Johnny Sexton, Brodie Retallick, Peter O’Mahony and Israel Dagg. […]

Wallace Sititi is following in father’s footsteps, but for how long?

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By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed Cast your minds back, those of you who are sufficiently long in the tooth, to Melbourne in late October […]

Ulster blown away in Pretoria

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By THOMAS DANIELS Bulls ……………. 47 Ulster …………… 21 Last season’s finalists the Bulls secured backto-back wins by scoring seven tries to blow Ulster away […]

Tuipulotu’s power is too much for Cardiff

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By SIMON THOMAS Cardiff ……………..36pts Glasgow …………..52pts Tries: D Thomas 12, Winnett 20, Byrne 47, Martin 53, Donnell 68 Conversions: Sheedy 13, De Beer 48, […]

Davies double not enough for Scarlets

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By ROGER PANTING Scarlets …………23pts Tries: Davies 22, 30 Conversions: Costelow 22, 30 Penalties: Costelow 42, 73; Lloyd 52 Connacht ……… 24pts Tries: O’Conor 7, […]

Ospreys can do nothing to stop Munster taking charge

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■By JOHN FALLON Munster ………..23pts Tries: McCarthy 1, Farrell 26, Nash 40, O’Donoghue 64. Penalty: Crowley 9 Ospreys ………….. 0pts IRISH scrum-half Craig Casey said […]

Leinster top with perfect 15 pts

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By SAM JACKSON Benetton ………. 5 Leinster ………..35 LEINSTER maintained their perfect start to the season with a bonus point victory in Treviso. Leo Cullen’s […]

Heartbreak for Dragons as Sharks snatch win

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By SIMON THOMAS Dragons …………. 30pts Tries: Basham 18, Coleman 27, Williams 38, Carter 55 Conversions: Evans 19, 39 Penalties: Evans 3, Reed 59 Sharks […]

Three defeats in a row for sorry Edinburgh

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By BRYN PALMER Lions …………….55 Edinburgh ……21 EDINBURGH suffered a savage mauling by a rampant Lions outfit to leave their ambitions of a top-four URC […]

Matavesi in time to put Blues back on course

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■By MICK JACOBS Bedford ………….35pts Tries: Titherington 13, Day 23, 35; Howard 58, Matavesi 75 Conversions: Maisey 14, 24, 36, 59, 76 Hartpury …………32pts Tries: […]

Chinnor up the tempo to break their home duck

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By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor …………. 31pts Tries: Hardwick 1, 23, Wharton 26, Goss 40, Passman 80 Conversions: Slevin 1, 23, 80 Caldy …………….. 17pts Tries: […]

Olowofela the star as Doncaster take glory

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By WILLIAM GUPWELL Ealing Trailfinders …….. 35pts Tries: Smid 3, Holgate 20, Moore 27, Cornish 38 Conversions: Jones 4, 21, 28 Penalties: Jones 43, 61, […]

Scottish turn up the . heat to stun Pirates

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By MO SHER L Scottish ………26pts Tries: Hammond 15, Ransom 25, Friday 29, Riley 50 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 16, 26, 30 C Pirates ……….. 15pts Tries: […]

Cambridge make it tough for Coventry

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By STEVE Cambridge ……. 19pts Tries: Lennon 12, Adams 63, Jones 77 Conversions: Grimoldby 64, 78 Coventry ………..36pts Tries: Hutler 1, Martin 22, 55; Robson […]

Archers hit Mob for six to go top – for a few hours

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By GEORGE Nottingham …..38pts Tries: D Williams 17, 67; Myall 37, Manz 46, Graham 56, Arden 64 Conversions: Arden 37, 46, 64, 67 Ampthill ………..14pts […]

Stars line up to play in charity match

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DANNY Cipriani, Billy Twelvetrees and Tom Youngs have signed up for a cross-code match at Headingley next month to raise funds to research and support […]

Boffelli out ‘for months’

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EDINBURGH will be without Argentina fullback Emiliano Boffelli for another long stint because of the recurrence of a back issue. Boffelli played 14 games last […]

Cov’s easy win over Bedford no surprise to Rae

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By PAUL SMITH COVENTRY head coach Alex Rae said last weekend’s 45-7 demolition of old rivals Bedford Blues came as no shock to him. The […]

I’m happy to play anywhere – Mason Grady

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By Simon Thomas How best to utilise the talents of Mason Grady is one of the big debates in Welsh rugby. At 6ft 5ins and […]

Yes, a star is born, but just not on the rugby field

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A STAR is born? Well yes and no… This is a young unknown, fresh faced, clean shaven Kris Kristofferson early in 1958 when he starred […]

Antoine Dupont & Co need to take on the very best

6 October 2024 0 comments

Rugby Matters By Brendan Gallagher – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points I think we established long ago that my admiration of […]

Scotland set up Aussie showdown

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WXV2 By BEN JAYCOCK Japan …………… 13 Scotland ………19 SCOTLAND’S hopes of retaining their WXV2 title were boosted with a gritty victory over Japan. Bryan […]

Wales squander chances to get past Italy

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By SAM JACKSON Wales …………….. 5 Italy ………………. 8 WALES rued a lack of composure late on as they suffered a narrow defeat to Six […]

S Africa …….. 26 Australia …… 33

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AUSTRALIA set up a mouthwatering winner takes all match with Scotland after seeing off South Africa. The table toppers raced into the lead through tries […]

Hunt prepares to face up to Black Ferns challenge

6 October 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK England v New Zealand PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 8.30pm, Langley Events Centre Wise head: Natasha Hunt is looking forward to fronting up to […]

Classy Red Roses get off to a flier against USA

6 October 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK At the double: Ellie Kildunne goes over for a try CAPTAINED by Alex Matthews for the first time, England opened their title […]

Breen called up to captain Ireland

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By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW… Canada v Ireland Saturday October 5. Kick-off 11.45pm MUNSTER centre Enya Breen was named captain of Ireland for the first time […]

Unbeaten Spain in pole position

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WXV3 ROUND-UP SPAIN are the only side left unbeaten following impressive back-to-back victories ahead of a potential title decider with Fiji next weekend. Samoa are […]

Los Pumas have worked hard to forge own identity

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Brendan Gallagher reports on how one country has built a rugby stronghold down in South America There was a time back in the noughties when […]

My dream tour: The Lions in Argentina

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OF COURSE, the British and Irish Lions should be touring Argentina, I’ve been arguing the case for 20 years or more. As a rugby nation […]

Remembering those early trips

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THE Lions staged three tours to Argentina in the early days before giving up on the idea. The 1910 tour was essentially an English Invitation […]

I put in three good shots on Jonah Lomu

6 October 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY JOHN DUDLEY THE FORMER ROTHERHAM & NORTH OF ENGLAND LOCK/BACK ROW Take that: John Dudley celebrates Rotherham’s famous play-off victory against Bedford […]

I’ll play for Wales again, says Francis

6 October 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Strong man: Tomas Francis scoring for Wales against Georgia at last year’s World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Adair runs riot for Ireland

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ROSS Adair, acknowledged in this column last week as the first ex-rugby professional to play international cricket, rose so magnificently to the occasion that his […]

Days when Kristofferson put his heart into rugby

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WHEN he entered Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship in the autumn of 1958, Kris Kristofferson, right, had already been bashed about on the football […]

Eight-minute hat-trick by Bonner has Bears roaring

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■By SAM BYTHEWAY Loughborough ..19pts Tries: Calladine 15, 57, Winter 79 Conversions: Green 17, 59 Bristol Bears …46pts Tries: Bonner 4, 6, 8; David 13, […]

Trailfinders can’t find a way past Saracens

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens …………………38pts Tries: Campbell 6, Miell 11, Gondwe 34, P Cleall 52, Field 68, McKenna 79 Conversions: MacDougall 6, 34, 52, 79 […]

McGoverne keeps her cool to snatch it at the death

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By OLLIE AUST Harlequins ……… 7pts Try: Wythe 13 Conversion: Cromack 13 Exeter Chiefs …. 8pts Try: Bricknell 66 Penalties: McGoverne 80 EXETER began their […]

Champions missing 21 as they face Tigers test

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Gloucester-Hartpury v Leicester Tigers Today. Kick-off 12.45pm, Kingsholm Today. Kick-off 12.45pm, Kingsholm GLOUCESTER-Hartpury have 21 players away at the ongoing WXV […]

Howdy! England pair saddle up to spread the word

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Jess Breach and Ellie Kildunne have launched their new podcast Rugby Rodeo with one ambition in mind – to grow the profile […]

Battling Stortford prove too strong for Tigers

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley P …….. 12 Bishop’s S ……..27 SEDGLEY Park suffer defeat at home as Bishop Stortford claimed vital points on the road. […]

Blackheath pile on misery for DMP

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …………40 Darlington MP ……… 5 BLACKHEATH earned a convincing win, but it was not always looking that way, with an opening […]

Sound tactics earn Plymouth the win

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …………35 B Moseley ………….. 15 PLYMOUTH Albion inflicted a first defeat of the season on Birmingham Moseley with a victory […]

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