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Minikin sparks a party at Twickenham for Yorkshire
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Minikin sparks a party at Twickenham for Yorkshire

EUPHORIC scenes swept round Ionians ground as Lewis Minikin dashed over to score Yorkshire's fourth try to send the white rose to Twickenham for the first time in 16 years.

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June 02, 2024
Rebels facing tough test against 'Canes
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Rebels facing tough test against 'Canes

SUPER Rugby Pacific play-off spots were confirmed this weekend, with the soon-to-be extinct Melbourne Rebels living to fight another day in eighth place.

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June 02, 2024
Ospreys' Nicky just too tricky for Cardiff
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Ospreys' Nicky just too tricky for Cardiff

LEICESTER-BOUND, Smith scored Nicky two tries as Ospreys squeezed into the playoffs with a bonus-point victory over a battling Cardiff in an enthralling game.

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June 02, 2024
Quins want to throw fitting farewell party
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Quins want to throw fitting farewell party

HARLEQUINS stars Shaunagh Brown, Rachael Burford and Emily Scott start their final game for the club today.

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June 02, 2024
Mapletoft set for Georgia challenge
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Mapletoft set for Georgia challenge

ENGLAND U20s head coach Mark Mapletoft has confirmed his 30-player squad that travel to Georgia next week in preparation for next month's World Championship.

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June 02, 2024
Gloucester put faith in 'some old heads'
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Gloucester put faith in 'some old heads'

IT was typical of Gloucester's season - make that the last couple that when they came up against a front five in last weekend's Challenge Cup final that contained four World Cup winners they were missing three frontline forwards.

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June 02, 2024
Smith has final say for Saints
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Smith has final say for Saints

NORTHAMPTON Saints, having run teams ragged in glorious fashion all season, scrummaged and muscled their way to their first Premiership final since 2014 but a resilient Saracens contested the issue until the final whistle.

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June 02, 2024
Finally! Bath hold nerve to see off Sharks
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Finally! Bath hold nerve to see off Sharks

BATH are one victory away from winning the Premiership for the first time after surviving a Sale comeback, but they are likely to be underdogs against a Northampton that has been a couple more years in the making.

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June 02, 2024
Chessum 'gutted' to miss out on England
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Chessum 'gutted' to miss out on England

OLLIE Chessum admits he is \"gutted\" to be missing out on a busy summer with England in the southern hemisphere.

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June 02, 2024
Boyd got me back on track - Ludlam
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Boyd got me back on track - Ludlam

LEWIS left the Ludlam Franklin's Gardens turf in a Northampton jersey for perhaps the last time on Friday night, six years after he thought about ending his career because he feared it was going nowhere.

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June 02, 2024
Sanderson warns about selecting Curry too soon
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Sanderson warns about selecting Curry too soon

SELECTING Tom Curry for this summer's England tour comes with a warning from Sale Sharks boss Alex Sanderson pick him now and risk shortening his Test career.

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June 02, 2024
Stupple glad to be heading back to where he belongs
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Stupple glad to be heading back to where he belongs

HERBIE Stupple says he is 'excited' at the prospect of returning back to Plymouth Albion next season.

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June 02, 2024
I want my England shirt back says JVP
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I want my England shirt back says JVP

THE sight of the world's best scrumhalf strutting his stuff on the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club last weekend increased the desire of Leicester's Jack van Poortvliet to again don the white No.9 jersey this summer.

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June 02, 2024
Plumtree: We must sort out the logistics
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Plumtree: We must sort out the logistics

SHARKS head coach John Plumtree believes the Champions Cup is the greatest club competition out there but has called for increased alignment for South African teams competing in Europe, saying the mass amounts of travel is holding it back.

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June 02, 2024
'Final will be a huge day for the club'
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'Final will be a huge day for the club'

BATH are in the Premiership final for the first time since 2015 after overcoming a battling Sale yesterday.

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June 02, 2024
Crusaders stun Blues to keep season alive
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Crusaders stun Blues to keep season alive

CRUSADERS salvaged some dignity in their torrid Super Rugby Pacific campaign with a shock 29-27 win over league leaders and fierce rivals the Blues.

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May 26, 2024
Resting players for big games isn't on
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Resting players for big games isn't on

IT WAS just a couple of weeks ago that certain people were up in arms because the South African clubs had fielded weaker teams rather than their full strength sides in away games during the Champions Cup.

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May 26, 2024
Calcutta Cup win the highlight of my career
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Calcutta Cup win the highlight of my career

I WAS sat on a mattress on the floor of Alex Lewington’s flat in Twickenham waiting for the rest of my stuff to come out of storage when Gregor Townsend rang me out of the blue to say I was in the Scotland squad for the 2020 Six Nations.

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May 26, 2024
Barnes hits four in nine-try rout
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Barnes hits four in nine-try rout

HAMPSHIRE ran in nine tries to thrash Surrey and kick-start their campaign with Curtis Barnes crossing for four.

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May 26, 2024
Saracens hold on to take it at the death
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Saracens hold on to take it at the death

SARACENS held their nerve to secure a home semi-final and put an end to Gloucester-Hartpury unbeaten season.

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May 26, 2024
Day O'Reilly missed out on Hollywood
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Day O'Reilly missed out on Hollywood

WHEN he last spoke in public, at his old Dublin rugby club a few hefty punts from the church where they held his funeral mass on Thursday, Tony O’Reilly summed up his extraordinary life in one sentence:

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May 26, 2024
Diamond out to add some steel
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Diamond out to add some steel

EVEN someone without Steve Diamond’s coaching experience would have known that taking over at Newcastle was never going to turn them into an overnight sensation.

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May 26, 2024
Champion Trailfinders cut Blues to shreds
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Champion Trailfinders cut Blues to shreds

EALING celebrated their Championship triumph with a nine-try trouncing of fourth-placed Bedford to finish seven points clear at the top of the table.

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May 26, 2024
Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance
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Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance

THERE have been some extraordinary Champions Cup finals over the decades but none better than this titanic clash for the ages which saw Toulouse pull away in extra-time to claim their sixth title.

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May 26, 2024
We can beat anyone now says stoked up Matavesi
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We can beat anyone now says stoked up Matavesi

SAM Matavesi knew something had changed when he joined up with Northampton after Fiji’s World Cup quarter-final exit last autumn.

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May 26, 2024
Du Preez keeps it in family for Sale
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Du Preez keeps it in family for Sale

WHEN Sale signed George Ford two years ago, it seemed that Robert du Preez would have his time on the field rationed as he sat on the bench.

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May 26, 2024
Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge
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Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge

ENGLAND finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is usually a Red Rose burial ground.

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May 26, 2024
Try tsunami sends a mixed message
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Try tsunami sends a mixed message

Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Prem

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May 26, 2024
Bath and Saints to win - but only just
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Bath and Saints to win - but only just

IT’S hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they face Saracens in the first Premiership play-off semi-final under the lights at Franklin’s Gardens on Friday night.

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May 26, 2024
Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six
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Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six

CHAMPIONS Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont revelled in captaining Toulouse to their unprecedented sixth title.

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May 26, 2024