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• 'This feels like home' - Cardiff's Sheedy

  06-09-2024 05:53 via bbc.com
  
  Callum Sheedy details his return to home-city club Cardiff and hopes for the future.
  
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• ‘I’m done’: Joe Marler retires from international rugby to focus on family

  03-11-2024 12:05
  
  Prop calls time on England career after 95 caps‘I don’t want to leave my house with my kids crying’Joe Marler has retired from international rugby and will play no part in the rest of England’s autumn nations campaign, citing the need to prioritise his family saying: “I can’t do what I used to do as well as I once could”.As exclusively revealed by the Guardian, Marler left the England camp at the start of last week, citing personal reasons, and made hims
  
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• Smith substitution leaves England wondering what might have been

  03-11-2024 09:00
  
  Steve Borthwick’s decision to replace both half-backs led to his side ceding the initiative in the game to New ZealandThree minutes after half-time, Twickenham was the quietest it had been since they opened the gates earlier in the day. The All Blacks were coming on strong after the restart, making wave after wave of breaks down the left side, then back towards the middle of the pitch.England were reeling, leaning into the ropes under the weight of blows, the right corner of their own try-
  
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• England agony after last-minute drama

  03-11-2024 05:00
  
  ■ By ADAM HATHAWAY at Twickenham SKIPPER Jamie George refused to point the finger at George Ford after his double miss condemned England to yet […]
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• Wales get set for big Sunday crunch…

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ONE weekend five summers ago, Wales went to No.1 in the rankings based on a mathematical formula […]
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• Townsend praise for Darcy and Duhan double act

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend paid tribute to the “outstanding” Darcy Graham as he drew within one of fellow wing Duhan van der Merwe in […]
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• Throw plans to segregate fans into the dustbin

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  THE fact that Premiership administrators are considering segregating away supporters demonstrates that people charged with managing the game have very little understanding or empathy with […]
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• Ten-try Chiefs show Pirates no mercy

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates .................. 7pts Try: Houston 23 Conversion: Houston 23 Exeter .................... 68pts Tries: Rigg 2, 40; Brown-Bampoe 7, 17, 74; Hodge […]
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• Strong scrums must be rewarded-Jones

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■ By PAUL REES ADAM Jones has called on the lawmakers to ensure sides with a strong scrum are rewarded amid rising fears throughout the […]
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• Spirited Caldy give Falcons a workout

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .......................12pts Conversion: Rabbette 58 Tries: Rabbette 57, Wynn 69 Newcastle ............ 33pts Tries: Spencer 4, O’Sullivan 8, Lockwood 40, Greenwood 65, […]
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• South America look to keep on building

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  By JOE SANTAMARIA Top dogs: Argentina celebrate beating Australia in Rugby Championship PICTURES: Getty Images AS Sebastián Piñeyrúa’s historic six-year term as President of Sudamérica […]
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• Slade: We’re facing tough times at Chiefs

  03-11-2024 04:59
  ■ By GARY FITZGERALD HENRY Slade may be focused on England matters right now but at the back of his mind remains the worrying predicament […]
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• Shame that Georgia are kept out of sight

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED THE most significant contest of the November international series? Take your pick. Ireland-New Zealand in Dublin on Friday night? England-South Africa […]
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• School time is over, says Rowlands

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■ By ROB COLE WILL Rowlands says “school time is over” for Warren Gatland’s Welsh squad and it is now time to get back to […]
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• Scarratt excited by new pathway

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■ By MAX HARRIS Champions: Gloucester-Hartpury celebrate their title triumph ENGLAND centurion Emily Scarratt is delighted with the new women’s BUCS programme which aims to […]
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• Rowntree’s old charges fall short in a thriller

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By BEN JAYCOCK Munster ........... 24pts Tries: Haley 35, Penalty 40, Hodnett 50, Farrell 60, Conversion: Butler 60 New Zealand ...38pts Tries: Lam 23, Fihaki […]
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• Opoku grabs his chance to make sure for Cov

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By PETE MURDOCK Nottingham ...... 15pts Tries: Olowofela 44, Ecclesfield 70 Conversion: Arden 45 Penalty: Arden 13 Coventry .......... 34pts Tries: Robson 23, Johnson 28, […]
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• O’Driscoll: Ireland don’t fear ABs

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  BRIAN O’Driscoll predicts Irish eyes will be smiling again this week as they stick a hefty boot into the All Blacks’ desire to regain a […]
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• New faces take the plaudits for Saints

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ........31pts Tries: Pollock 15, Ramm 23, Litchfield 38, Hendy 53, Baker 59 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 15, 23, 53 Leicester ...............12pts Tries: Satala […]
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• Maesteg Harlequins a beacon of hope

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  AT a time when too many clubs all over England and Wales have gone to rack and ruin, Maesteg Harlequins shine through the gloom as […]
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• Itoje full of hope for new PGP deal

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■ By ADAM HATHAWAY MARO Itoje has given a snapshot of how the new PGP agreement between clubs and the RFU should help him sail […]
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• I’ll stick with La Rochelle -O’Gara

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  NEWS EXTRA RONAN O’Gara has ruled himself out of the running to replace Graham Rowntree as Munster head coach. Munster announced Rowntree’s departure this week […]
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• I love it when I’m out in front of The Shed

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  Jon Newcombe hears from George Barton about his switch from No.10 to 15 and the propects for the Cherry & Whites this season IT’S still […]
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• Host of stars back for Tigers

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  Preview Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the season. England hooker Amy […]
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• Holders looking to get it right

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  Preview Gloucester v Sale Today. 2pm TITLE holders Gloucester-Hartpury are looking for a response against strugglers Sale after suffering back-to-back defeats for the first time […]
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• Hill out to cash in on England chance

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By PAUL REES You’re in: Ted Hill was called up by England to replace Ollie Chessum, inset PICTURES: Getty Images AS Ted Hill picked up […]
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• Griffin’s not stopped by heart issue

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be fit for the autumn internationals despite being diagnosed with a heart condition. Griffin, 23, has […]
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• Graham on the rampage to ignite Scotland

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■ By BRYN PALMER Scotland ........................... 57pts Tries: Rowe 9, Graham 15, 18, 53, 62; Jones 21, 79; van der Merwe 72 Conversions: Hastings 10, […]
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• Gloucester are made to battle all the way

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By CARWYN HARRIS Hartpury ............26pts Tries: Morgan 11, Denty 35, Austin 43, Penalty 72 Conversions: Bazalgate 11, 35 Gloucester ....... 31pts Tries: Clarke 5, Tuisue […]
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• From shelf stacker to first-team contender

  03-11-2024 04:59
  
  ■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is now expressing himself at […]
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