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• warrior, admits Kolisi

  11-05-2025 04:59
  Cardiff.................................21pts Tries: Mann 46, Williams 72, Hamer-Webb 76 Conversions: Thomas 47, 73, 77 Late surge: Gabriel Hamer-Webb goes for the line PICTURE: Getty Images ity side like the Bulls too much possession and too much momentum, it’s going to be a very hard game to come back from. “We will look at this performance because […]
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• Sarina Wiegman an honorary dame as Lionesses and Red Roses get honours

  29-12-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Leah Williamson made an OBE; four Lionesses are MBEsTorvill and Dean now a dame and a knightSarina Wiegman has been awarded an honorary damehood after guiding England to back-to-back European titles, in a new year honours list dominated by the Lionesses and England’s victorious women’s rugby union team.The Red Roses’ World Cup success on home soil has led to the captain, Zoe Aldcroft, the vice-captain, Marlie Packer, and the head coach, John Mitchell, named OBEs, while Megan Jo
  
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• Newcastle re-sign full-back Hodge from Exeter

  29-12-2025 14:37 via bbc.com
  Ambitious Newcastle Red Bulls re-sign England A full-back Josh Hodge from Exeter Chiefs on a three-year contract.
  
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• England 'can't ignore' Exeter's Fisilau - Walder

  29-12-2025 12:12 via bbc.com
  Exeter attack coach Dave Walder says number eight Greg Fisilau is good enough to win an England call-up.
  
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• Can Farrell's Ireland get back on track in 2026?

  29-12-2025 11:16 via bbc.com
  After a mixed year in 2025, BBC Sport NI looks at what the next 12 months have in store for Ireland's rugby teams.
  
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• Tom Jenkins’s best sport photographs of 2025

  29-12-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian sport photographer selects his favourite images he has taken this year and recalls the stories behind themThis is a selection of some of my favourite pictures taken at events I’ve covered this year, quite a few of which haven’t been published before. Several have been chosen for their news value, others purely for their aesthetic value, while some are here just because there’s a nice story behind them. Continue reading...
  
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• Freeman centre stage, wizard Williams & Smith pain - Prem talking points

  29-12-2025 07:46 via bbc.com
  At the halfway point in the season, British and Irish Lions Tommy Freeman, Marcus Smith and Tomos Williams are enduring very different emotions.
  
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• Greg Fisilau sets the tone as Exeter show strength with dismissal of Leicester

  28-12-2025 20:18 via theguardian.com
  Exeter 24-10 LeicesterChiefs move to within a point of leaders NorthamptonThere is still a long way to go but Exeter would have settled for their current position back in the summer. Second place in the Prem table heading into 2026 with momentum building nicely is a very different story from last season’s grim struggle and, in front of a 15,000 capacity crowd, here was another example of exactly why they are a developing force.While this was not quite as compelling as their pre-Christmas r
  
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• Exeter go second in Prem after beating Leicester

  28-12-2025 19:03 via bbc.com
  Exeter return to second place in the Prem as they beat Leicester 24-10 at a sold out Sandy Park.
  
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• I was there: Red Roses lifted the Rugby World Cup with a roar like no other

  28-12-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  A sell-out crowd for the final helped deliver a once-in-a-lifetime experience as England’s captain Zoe Aldcroft raised the trophy after defeating Canada Recalling the moment that England’s captain, Zoe Aldcroft, lifted the Rugby World Cup still brings goosebumps. Twickenham was bathed in September sunshine, there was not one empty green seat and when the Gloucester-Hartpury star raised the silverware with gold streamers and fire pyrotechnics, the roar from the crowd was a sound unmat
  
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• Welsh rugby 'on a precipice' after shocking year

  28-12-2025 08:19 via bbc.com
  BBC Sport looks at another tumultuous 12 months for the men's game in Wales with Welsh rugby close to rock bottom.
  
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• Leinster edge past Munster in low-scoring derby

  27-12-2025 22:51 via bbc.com
  Leinster hold on to beat Munster 13-8 in a festive United Rugby Championship derby at Thomond Park.
  
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• Tommy Freeman hat-trick topples Bath and sends Northampton to Prem summit

  27-12-2025 21:12 via theguardian.com
  Bath 21-41 NorthamptonVisitors run in six tries at Rec to leapfrog rivals in tableThe champions have been mugged at home by the team they deposed. Well, not quite the team. Northampton rung the changes for this match, but the understudies proved the stars of the show to terrorise their hosts. Six tries, a hat-trick for Tommy Freeman and the lead, no less, of the Prem for good measure.The bookies gave Northampton a 20-point head start for this one. In the end it was Bath who needed it. Bath were
  
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• Freeman stars as Northampton beat Bath to go top

  27-12-2025 21:03 via bbc.com
  Tommy Freeman scores a hat-trick as Northampton leapfrog Bath and go top of the Prem with an stellar 41-21 victory.
  
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• Four-try Ulster claim derby win over Connacht

  27-12-2025 20:41 via bbc.com
  Ulster come from behind to claim a fifth bonus-point win of their United Rugby Championship campaign against Connacht in Galway.
  
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• Saracens outmuscle Gloucester to end losing run

  27-12-2025 20:30 via bbc.com
  Theo McFarland crosses twice as Saracens beat struggling Gloucester 30-21 at Kingsholm to end a run of three successive Prem defeats.
  
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• Louis Rees-Zammit stuns with two tries as new role gets green light

  27-12-2025 19:58 via express.co.uk
  Louis Rees-Zammit scored twice at full-back as Bristol Bears came from behind to beat Newcastle.
  
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• Bristol fight back to overcome feisty Newcastle

  27-12-2025 19:30 via bbc.com
  Bristol Bears come from behind to beat Newcastle 36-27 but the Red Bulls score four tries to claim their first point this season.
  
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• Glasgow beat Edinburgh again to win 1872 Cup

  27-12-2025 18:14 via bbc.com
  Glasgow Warriors make it back-to-back wins over Edinburgh with victory in a largely drab affair at Murrayfield to win the 1872 Cup for the fourth successive season.
  
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• Bristol survive scare but Newcastle off the mark in Prem as Spencer seals bonus

  27-12-2025 18:05 via theguardian.com
  Bristol 36-27 NewcastleVisitors lose after leading 27-17 but four tries earn first pointIn the end Bristol had too much. A display of equal parts grit and skill by Newcastle threatened a huge festive upset in the freezing-cold south-west, but two tries by the elusive Louis Rees-Zammit and some classically fluent attacking by Pat Lam’s buoyant team eventually enabled them to overpower their spirited visitors.After the Bears ruined Harlequins’ Christmas at Twickenham last Saturday, sti
  
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• Jacques Vermeulen on song as Sale batter Harlequins in second half

  26-12-2025 20:57 via theguardian.com
  Sale 43-17 HarlequinsFlanker scores two tries to help Sale romp to victoryFor Sale and Alex Sanderson a bonus-point victory which harvested seven tries was surely beyond their wildest imagination.But for Harlequins the abject misery and humiliation continues after a shocking second-half capitulation as they surrendered a 17-12 interval lead to ship 31 unanswered second-half points. Continue reading...
  
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• Ospreys soar to bonus-point win against Scarlets

  26-12-2025 20:49 via bbc.com
  Ospreys celebrate the west Wales bragging rights as they overcome Scarlets 26-19 in an attritional United Rugby Championship basement battle in Llanelli.
  
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• Sale produce second-half masterclass to thump Quins

  26-12-2025 20:45 via bbc.com
  Sale score five tries in a dazzling second-half performance to totally outclass Harlequins on Boxing Day.
  
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• Cardiff edge to dramatic derby win against Dragons

  26-12-2025 18:13 via bbc.com
  Cardiff withstand a late Dragons charge to win 22-19 in the United Rugby Championship at the Arms Park.
  
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• Ikitau out for up to three months with shoulder injury

  26-12-2025 14:43 via bbc.com
  Exeter's Australia centre Len Ikitau is likely to be out for three months after injuring his shoulder.
  
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• ‘Everyone’s buying into it’: Elliott Obatoyinbo on life under Newcastle’s new owners

  26-12-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Full-back is energised by club’s driving ambition under Red Bull while harbouring his own aspirations as an artistThe Newcastle full-back Elliott Obatoyinbo tells a revealing story about his time as an academy player that taught him the difference between rugby in England and New Zealand.“I’d had a year at Saracens so I was learning the kicking game,” he says, recalling the southern hemisphere winter of 2018 that he spent training with Wellington and playing for Tawa RFC.
  
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• Alan Shearer's daughters both have famous fiances including England international

  25-12-2025 22:00 via express.co.uk
  Alan Shearer's daughters Chloe and Hollie have both announced engagements to famous sportspeople.
  
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• The best Australian sporting moments – in pictures

  25-12-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  A Formula One title challenge, athletics sprinkled with star dust and spirited cricket celebrations – here’s the highlights from the 2025 year in sport Continue reading...
  
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• Joe Marler's wife raged 'you're a moron' after horrifying comment

  25-12-2025 19:15 via express.co.uk
  Joe Marler is a regular on TV now, but the former England prop was no stranger to controversy during his rugby career and he left his wife absolutely livid.
  
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• Wales scrum-half Williams to join Saracens in 2026

  25-12-2025 17:12 via bbc.com
  Wales international scrum-half Tomos Williams is to join Saracens for 2025-26 after completing two seasons with Gloucester at the end of the current campaign.
  
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