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• Ireland trio available for Ulster's URC return

  25-11-2025 14:36 via bbc.com
  Ireland internationals Iain Henderson, Jacob Stockdale and Nick Timoney are all available for Ulster's return to United Rugby Championship action on Friday against Benetton at Affidea Stadium (19:45 GMT).
  
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• Six Nations matches to be shown on new subscription TV channel in BBC and ITV blow

  07-01-2026 16:44 via express.co.uk
  Six Nations matches are being taken away from free-to-air coverage, raising questions about future terrestrial TV rights.
  
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• Prop Clark agrees full-time deal with York

  06-01-2026 18:44 via bbc.com
  Experienced prop Mitch Clark signs a one-year full-time contract with York Knights for the 2026 season.
  
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• Baxter would have liked Tuima to stay at Exeter

  06-01-2026 12:48 via bbc.com
  Exeter boss Rob Baxter says the Chiefs made the best offer they could to try and keep lock Rusi Tuima at the club.
  
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• The Breakdown | Rugby’s leaders should show courage of their convictions as Stephen Jones did

  06-01-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Administrators should emulate departing correspondent’s unflinching take on the game and preserve its spiritHe never won an international cap nor played a single minute of professional rugby. So why did a national newspaper devote four and a half pages of its sports section to celebrating him at the weekend? There have been generational British & Irish legends who spawned less coverage than Stephen Jones in recognition of the latter’s 42-year stint as rugby correspondent of the S
  
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• EGM prospect and the power of three - Welsh rugby's key questions

  06-01-2026 11:16 via bbc.com
  BBC Sport Wales looks at Welsh rugby's key off-the-field questions that need to be resolved sooner rather than later.
  
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• Castleford sign Featherstone prop Beckett

  05-01-2026 19:34 via bbc.com
  Castleford Tigers sign Featherstone Rovers prop Jimmy Beckett ahead of the 2026 Super League season.
  
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• Rugby Union Weekly podcast: A statement weekend

  05-01-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Ugo, Ashy and Chris round up a captivating couple of weeks both on and off the pitch.
  
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• Ex-Wales and Fiji coach Cunningham joins Scotland

  05-01-2026 18:04 via bbc.com
  Former Wales and Fiji head coach Ioan Cunningham joins Scotland women's backroom staff.
  
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• Salford appoint Grady as boss ahead of 2026 season

  05-01-2026 16:35 via bbc.com
  Salford RLFC appoint Mike Grady as their head coach shortly before the start of the 2026 Championship season.
  
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• Leinster's Henshaw fit to face La Rochelle

  05-01-2026 16:08 via bbc.com
  Robbie Henshaw recovers from finger injury and is passed fit to face La Rochelle in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
  
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• Exeter forward Tuima to join Newcastle next season

  05-01-2026 15:22 via bbc.com
  Exeter Chiefs forward Rusi Tuima will join Newcastle Red Bulls on a two-year deal at the end of this season.
  
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• Feyi-Waboso sparkles, trash-talking Searle and Quirke conundrum - Prem talking points

  05-01-2026 13:08 via bbc.com
  Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's fast feet light up the Rec despite Exeter's defeat, while Leicester fly-half Billy Searle riles Saracens' old guard
  
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• Second row Lockett signs new Northampton contract

  05-01-2026 12:12 via bbc.com
  Northampton Saints second row Tom Lockett signs a new contract with the Prem leaders.
  
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• 'A lot to come' from Exeter after Bath thriller - Baxter

  05-01-2026 10:12 via bbc.com
  Exeter boss Rob Baxter says his side's dramatic Prem Rugby loss at Bath shows how far his side have come this season.
  
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• Ward out to fill 'big role' in Augustus' absence

  05-01-2026 09:06 via bbc.com
  Ulster back row Bryn Ward says he has "learnt a lot" from Juarno Augustus after impressing when replacing the injured star against Munster.
  
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• Quins results 'not acceptable', says club hierarchy

  04-01-2026 20:13 via bbc.com
  Harlequins' results this season have not been acceptable, the club says in a statement after Saturday's 66-21 hammering by Northampton.
  
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• Billy Searle pulls the strings as Leicester prove too strong for Saracens

  04-01-2026 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Leicester 36-28 SaracensTigers close gap on top fourThe temperature was zero at kick-off but when the pluses and minuses were totted up, Leicester were comfortably in credit and Saracens were out in the cold. A clinical and cohesive performance by Geoff Parling’s Tigers has them looking upwards, contemplating the playoffs, while the Saracens director of rugby, Mark McCall, must reflect on his team’s inconsistency. As the regular season reaches halfway this was a highly significant mi
  
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• Radwan double helps Leicester triumph over Saracens

  04-01-2026 19:32 via bbc.com
  Adam Radwan scores two tries as Leicester Tigers edge closer to The Prem play-off places with a 36-28 win over Saracens at Welford Road.
  
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• Welsh clubs urged to call meeting for WRU no-confidence vote

  04-01-2026 10:02 via bbc.com
  Clubs are being urged to call an extraordinary general meeting of the Welsh Rugby Union to hold the current leadership to account.
  
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• Weir marks last game with try as Glasgow beat Zebre

  03-01-2026 22:41 via bbc.com
  Glasgow Warriors move second in the United Rugby Championship with a bonus-point win over Zebre in Duncan Weir's final appearance.
  
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• Ten-try Northampton demolish Quins to go top

  03-01-2026 20:54 via bbc.com
  Alex Coles scores a hat-trick as Northampton run in 10 tries against Harlequins to return to the top of the Prem Rugby table.
  
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• Leinster hammer Connacht for seventh win in a row

  03-01-2026 20:31 via bbc.com
  Leinster ensure a clean sweep of their United Rugby Championship festive derbies thanks to a dominant second-half performance against Connacht in the Aviva Stadium.
  
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• Edinburgh hold on for narrow win at Benetton

  03-01-2026 20:19 via bbc.com
  Edinburgh defeat Benetton to ease the pressure on head coach Sean Everitt but are made to sweat at Stadio Monigo.
  
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• Bath break Exeter’s hearts with last-minute try to foil dramatic comeback

  03-01-2026 18:25 via theguardian.com
  Bath 33-26 ExeterVisitors fight back from 26-0 deficit to level matchThe champions needed something to lift them after their Christmas hangover. This might not have been how they chose it but it is safe to say the desired effect was achieved, a try by Arthur Green in the last minute snatching victory from the jaws of, if not defeat, one of the more dispiriting draws inflicted on a home team.It was Bath’s fifth try, but their first points since the 20th minute, after they had blown Exeter a
  
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• Bath break Exeter’s hearts with last-minute try to deny dramatic comeback

  03-01-2026 18:25 via theguardian.com
  Bath 33-26 ExeterExeter fight back from 26-0 deficit to level matchThe champions needed something to lift them after their Christmas hangover. This might not have been how they chose it, but it is safe to say the desired effect was achieved, a try by Arthur Green in the last minute snatching victory from the jaws of, if not defeat, one of the more dispiriting draws inflicted on a home team.It was Bath’s fifth try, but their first points since the 20th minute, after they had blown Exeter aw
  
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• Bath hold off Exeter fightback for dramatic win

  03-01-2026 18:04 via bbc.com
  Arthur Green strikes in the final minute as Bath repel an astonishing fightback in which Exeter had overturned a 26-0 deficit to draw level.
  
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• The story of a successful British WWII deception operation

  03-01-2026 00:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A mocked idea to feed false plans to the Nazis via a drowned corpse is brought to life.
  
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• Bristol top as Sale beaten by Ravouvou's late try

  02-01-2026 23:52 via bbc.com
  Kalaveti Ravouvou's try eight minutes from time earns Bristol Bears a hard-fought win over Sale Sharks at Ashton Gate to take them top of The Prem.
  
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• Newcastle beat Gloucester to halt 19-game Prem losing streak

  02-01-2026 23:25 via bbc.com
  Newcastle Red Bulls win in The Prem for the first time since 2024 as they hold on for a 25-19 win against Gloucester.
  
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