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Lions eye top tier

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News BOURNEMOUTH Lions, who play in the sixth tier Regional Two South Central league, have aspirations to reach the Premiership within 10 years under new […]

Forthcoming fixtures

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Champions are chasing a hat-trick of crowns

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Ben Jaycock looks forward to the new season where Gloucester-Hartpury will be team to beat PREMIERSHIP Women’s Rugby returns next weekend with champions Gloucester-Hartpury aiming […]

Front five players to be given specialist coaching

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SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS ENGLAND have announced 26 players to attend an U18s specialist front five camp. England pathway and Red Roses scrum coach […]

Stoddart leaves Pooler in wake

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Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD WING Sam Stoddart’s hat-trick capped a stunning 61-42 win for RGC who played out a classic with Pontypool at […]

Merthyr make it four in a row

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Premiership round-up MERTHYR continued their relentless start in the Welsh Premiership with a thumping 61-10 defeat of Ystrad Rhondda at the Wern to make it […]

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Galthie’s plans will need a re-think

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JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FOUR weeks into the Top 14 season and six weeks out from France’s opening Autumn Nations Series match, Fabien Galthie is […]

Contepomi right man for Pumas, says Bosch

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By CAMERON STEPHENS Landmark win: Pumas celebrate beating South Africa and, inset top, Felipe Contepomi and, below, Marcelo Bosch PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Argentina and […]

Anyanwu challenged to claim No.12 shirt

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By JON NEWCOMBE DANNY WILSON has challenged young centre Lennox Anyanwu to make the No.12 jersey his own after starting with him in the first […]

Simon Halliday’s demand for clarity over promotion-relegation play-off

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By Nick Cain The RFU is under fire from the Championship for its failure to provide clarity over the terms of the promotion-relegation play-off before […]

England have got an ‘amazing’ new coach, says George Skivington

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Skivington backing for England’s new coach By Paul Rees George Skivington says England have secured a world class conditioning coach in Dan Tobin who is […]

Johann Van Graan: PGP won’t be a problem at Bath

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By Jon Newcombe Bath Head of Rugby Johann van Graan is not at all concerned with the challenges posed by the new Professional Game Partnership. […]

Fraser Dingwall: England will stay on track

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By Paul Rees Fraser Dingwall is confident the shock loss of two coaches this summer will not derail England who have shown significant signs of […]

Aaron Wainwright proves handy on the oche

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By Simon Thomas Wales star man Aaron Wainwright has turned his attention to another sporting passion as he recovers from surgery. The Dragons No.8 tore […]

Simon Halliday: We need clarity from RFU

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Simon Halliday believes that the RFU is duty-bound to find a resolution for the Championship clubs because the play-off agreement has been accepted already by […]

Gareth Thomas: I want to hold on at No.1

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By Simon Thomas Having finally established himself as Wales’ number one No.1, Gareth Thomas, above, is determined to hold on to the jersey. The Ospreys […]

Being captain is an honour but won’t change me – Alex Dombrandt

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By Jon Newcombe Alex Dombrandt has vowed captaincy won’t change him as a player or a person after being tasked with leading Harlequins this season. […]

We should be following F1 example, says Maro Itoje

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By Adam Hathaway Maro Itoje has urged rugby’s administrators to follow Formula One out of the grid and give rugby a bigger profile as it […]

James Ratti enjoys his ‘weird ride’

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By Simon Thomas James Ratti is the first to admit his “mad journey” to becoming a Welsh international has been “a weird ride”. Back in […]

Helping Wasps would be a ‘slap in the face’

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By Jon Newcombe London Welsh board director Jonathan Shankland says allowing Wasps to remerge from the ashes of administration and go straight into the Championship […]

Dual registration likely to distort competitiveness of recipient clubs

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SO as the new season starts for the top tiers there is now a route between Championship and Premiership via a playoff, but the financial […]

Great to see Christian Wade back

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It’s great to have Christian Wade back in the Premiership, with Gloucester. It’s hard to comprehend how such a prodigious talent was allowed to slip […]

Time to leave scrums to the professionals?

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I would be interested to hear your readers’ views about aspects of the current state of the community game in England. My own club, Bradford […]

Dream Team – Jake Sharp

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JAKE SHARP, THE FORMER SARACENS, BEDFORD, LONDON SCOTTISH & COVENTRY FLY-HALF, WHO IS NOW TRANSITION MANAGER FOR NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS […]

Tommy Reffell leads Leicester Tigers’ smash-and-grab raid

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By Mark Stevens Exeter Chiefs ……………….14pts Tries: Fisilau 48, Cairns 58 Conversions: Hodge 49, 59 Leicester Tigers …………. 17pts Tries: Liebenberg 64, Reffell 80 Conversion: […]

That was a slap in the face – Rob Baxter

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Rob Baxter said his Chiefs had been given a ‘slap in the face’. “It’s hugely disappointing to lose in the way we did,” said the […]

‘Old-man’ Maro Itoje has Saracens buzzing

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By Roger Panting Gloucester ………………….. 26pts Tries: Thomas 40, Clarke 56, Clement 71, Blake 76 Saracens …………………….. 35pts Conversions: Barton 40, 71, 76 Tries: Segun […]

Defeat difficult to take – George Skivington

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Gloucester’s head coach George Skivington accepted that defeat in their opening league fixture was difficult to take. “I’m disappointed to lose as we knew what […]

Northampton Saints cut down by dazzling Ben Spencer

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By Brendan Gallagher Bath ……………………………… 38pts Tries: Cokanasiga 5, Hill 26, Spencer 34, Lawrence 62, Coetzee 77 Conversions: Russell 6, 26, 35, 63, 79 Penalty: […]

Johann Van Graan: Our impact players made a real difference

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Johann van Graan praised the impact of his bench to close out the win. “It was an important start for us against a very good […]

Newcastle Falcons can’t hold on to livewire Harry Randall

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By Ben Jaycock Newcastle Falcons……….3pts Penalties: Connon 41 Bristol Bears ………………. 24pts Tries: Williams 6, Naulago 49, Malins 64, 77 Conversions: MacGinty 51, 65 Bristol […]

There’s no panic here, says Steve Diamond

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Steve Diamond insists there will be no panicking at Newcastle despite their 22-game run without a Premiership victory. He said: “I’m disappointed but I’m not […]

We must find another gear – Alex Sanderson

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By Paul Rees Preview… Sale v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Salford Community Stadium No side accumulated more points than Sale after the break for the […]

Lennox Anyanwu gets his chance to replace Esterhuizen

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Lennox Anyanwu starts at inside-centre for Harlequins as they begin life without South African talisman Andre Esterhuizen. The 23-year-old has filled in when Esterhuizen has […]

Once again, the RFU is failing second tier

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By Nick Cain READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A new English season starts this weekend with strife and frustration in the late September air. […]

Twickenham stadium deal may come at a cost

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The idea that the renaming of Twickenham as the Allianz Stadium for a reported £100m over 10 years is such a brilliant business deal by […]

Fantasy Rugby 2024/25

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PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10 Do you fancy yourself […]

Rugby Rivalries that don’t stand the test of time

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Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Eyes down all you pub quiz fiends, it’s quiz time […]

Sorry, but it now looks like Eben Etzebeth got away with one

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So, for 10 months or more I have been defending Eben Etzebeth, and by implication referee Ben O’Keeffe, for the deliberate knock on incident in […]

Scarlets denied in final minutes

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By Simon Thomas Benetton ……..20 Scarlets ……….20 The Scarlets were denied a memorable victory at the death out in Treviso, but came away with a […]

Alex Nankivell the difference as Munster win a thriller

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By John Fallon Munster ………..35pts Tries: Nankivell 29, Haley 32, Hodnett 45, Coombes 60, Daly 70 Conversions: Burns 29, 33, 46, 61, 71 Connacht ………33pts […]

Luke Yendle in place to steal it for Dragons

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By Simon Thomas Dragons……………23pts Tries: Keddie 28, Yendle 84 Conversions: Evans 29, 85 Penalties: Evans 1, 24, 77 Ospreys …………… 21pts Tries: Williams 20, Conbeer […]

Emiliano Boffelli injury woes add to Edinburgh problems

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By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh……… 31pts Tries: Schoeman 11, Van der Merwe 32, 65, Cherry 42, Scott 80 Conversions: Thompson 12, 43, Healy 80 Leinster………….33pts Tries: […]

Glasgow Warriors fall to Ulster’s late grab

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By Rory Morrow Ulster …………..20 Glasgow……….19 Ulster struck late as substitute Dave Shanahan’s last-gasp try earned a dramatic win over the URC Champions, Glasgow Warriors. […]

Callum Sheedy gives Cardiff some reasons to be cheerful

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By Simon Thomas Cardiff …………..22pts Tries: Winnett 10, Stephens 18, D Thomas 24, McNally 56 Conversion: Sheedy 11 Zebre…………….. 17pts Tries: Bertaccini 64, Locatelli 80 […]

Kate Williams clinches historic victory

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By James Orpin Wales ………….. 31 Australia…….. 24 Wales beat Australia in dramatic fashion with Kate Williams going over in the final play to record […]

Matt Kvesic finds his feet to make it easy for Coventry

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By Paul Smith London Scots .. 19pts Tries: Mpiko 60, Ferdinand 78, 80 Conversions: Sheppard 60, Lloyd-Seed 78 Coventry ………. 45pts Tries: Nayalo 8, Ma’asi […]

Ealing Trailfinders show why they are favourites to retain Championship title

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By William Gupwell Ealing T …………55pts Tries: Williams 5, Reid 11, 78; Holgate 17, Taylor 35, Bird-Tulloch 53, Moore 60, Hampson 66, Wilson 73 Conversions: […]

New boys Chinnor open up in fine style

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By Steve Jackson Cambridge ………………….. 24pts Tries: Caven 17, 77; Sylvester 48, Veness 67 Conversions: Grimoldby 49, 68 Chinnor………………………… 57pts Tries: Feeney 4, Wharton 6, […]

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