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With no annoying league table to offer a crushing reality check, a swirling world of possibilities await every club for the campai…
Exeter Chiefs’ boss Rob Baxter has issued a mixed injury update on his first-choice locks, Wales international Dafydd Jenkins an…
Exeter Chiefs have signed winger/full-back Charlie Poynton from the South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2026/27 season.
Ever since Cardiff and Swansea played rebel friendly fixtures against English sides in front of decent crowds in the late 90s, the…
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From night watches on a Royal Air Force camp to scoffing oysters in the port of Montpellier, pre-season is a demanding, eventful a…
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Northland retained the Ranfurly Shield with a 20-10 win against Tasman that looked like it came out of the other side of a hangove…
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Exeter Chiefs will have surprised themselves last season, reaching a PREM final and a Prem Rugby Cup final, even though they lost …
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Rugby Database reported on X that there had been 27 Australian-born players in the provincial competition across the opening three…
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The Log o’ Wood was last played in Whang?rei on September 22, 1979, when North Auckland lost to Auckland 9-3.
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Gloucester chairman Martin St Quinton has backed the claims of Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, who says that England star Henry Pollo…
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Wellington sprung a selection shock this week by naming flanker Du’Plessis Kirifi at inside centre ahead of a clash with Aucklan…
Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter has laid down the gauntlet to his internationals to get their fitness up to speed quickly when they …
Wellington have thrown a curveball at old foes Auckland ahead of Saturday's NPC showdown, naming All Black Du'Plessis Kirifi at in…
Capped eight times by England in the 1970s, Cowling won four National Cups, one with Gloucester and three with Leicester.
“So his job is to go away, keep working hard, be ready if an opportunity arises. I’d be surprised that we don’t call someone…
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Northland are second after pulling clear of Manawatu 40-14. All Blacks Sevens winger Brady Rush touched down twice.