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Friday, Jul 26

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Men’s Rugby Sevens takes Olympics Centre Stage as Dupont’s dream takes shape

By Peter Murdock Alongside some preliminary football and handball matches, some of rugby sevens’ biggest names have been competing for the chance to claim a

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Northampton start new Premiership season with clash against Bath

Bristol to host Bath in first Premiership game at Principality Stadium. Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton will kick off the new domestic campaign against Bath in

Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain can do ‘something special’ at Paris Olympics

Ciaran Beattie’s side face Ireland on July 28 in their opening pool match at the Stade de France. England full-back Ellie Kildunne feels “something special”

Thursday, Jul 25

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UNLEASH CHAOS: CANTERBURY RELEASE NEW ‘STAMPEDE’ BOOT COLLECTION

Heritage rugby brand, Canterbury of NZ have today released their new rugby boot collection, ‘Stampede'. Encouraging players to unleash chaos and charge through the competition,

Wednesday, Jul 24

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No protection for players from dangers of rugby turning professional – claim

A detailed claim on behalf of 480 former players has been served on World Rugby, the RFU and the WRU. Rugby authorities failed to protect

Tuesday, Jul 23

Bryan Habana expects ‘box office’ Antoine Dupont to light up sevens at Olympics

The Les Bleus captain skipped the 2024 Six Nations to focus on the shortened version of the sport. Bryan Habana expects “box office” Antoine Dupont

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Collecting Rugby Memorabilia

The world is going sports memorabilia crazy with some incredible prices reserved for the rarest items. While many of these originate in America, with a

Monday, Jul 22

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Online Entertainment: Why Are Online Casinos So Popular?

The world of gambling is increasingly virtualized and moving online. This is beneficial for the organizers of all this. There are completely different costs to

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Six Nations Sides Do Well In Summer Tests

The Summer Tests are now on, as the Six Nations sides are in transit after two weeks of exciting action. Fans with Six Nations tickets

Sunday, Jul 21

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Scotland see off battling Chile for third win on tour

BY JOE SANTAMARIA Chile…………………………………………………11 Tries: Escobar 50 Penalties: Videla 11, Salas 27 Scotland……………………………………………52 Tries: Bayliss 22, Rowe 29, 65; Dobie 34, 45; Currie 58, Richardson 73, Steyn 79 Conversions: Healy 23, 30, 36;…

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Top of the world

England U20s too strong for France in final showdown ■ By BEN JAYCOCK HEAD coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as some of the

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2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick

By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick admits he faces a race against time to get England up to speed as he turns his sights to the

Holden keen to learn the McGeechan way

By JON NEWCOMBE Maliq Holden admits he couldn’t have asked for a better role model to learn from than Sir Ian McGeechan after landing his

Freeman: We left with NZ respect

By ADAM HATHAWAY Tommy Freeman flew out of New Zealand on Monday morning beaten but not bowed claiming England had won the respect of the

Packer out to defend WXV crown in Canada

By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer enjoyed one of the greatest nights of her rugby career in the first edition of WXV – little wonder she

Glory for a band of brothers

By WILLIAM GUPWELL England.................................................21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France...................................................13 Tries: Ferte 80…

New Zealand too good for Ireland as they finish third

3RD PLACE PLAY-OFF■By JAMES ORPIN Ireland.............. 24pts Tries: Coffey 10, Murphy 32, Graham 76, Naughton 79 Conversions: Murphy 11, 79New Zealand ...38pts Tries: Bason 37,46,

Argentina in charge to get better of Australia

5TH PLACE PLAY-OFF■By BEN JAYCOCK Australia............. 6pts Penalties: McLaughlin-Phillips 3, 62 Argentina ......... 14pts Tries: Silva 27 Penalties: Di Lucca 56, 69, 78 IN a

Georgia hold on to overcome Italy

■By SAM JACKSON 9TH PLACE PLAY-OFF Georgia........... 24 Italy.................. 13 GEORGIA beat Italy in difficult conditions for a second time at this year’s U20 Championship

Spain celebrate sudden-death win

■By BEN JAYCOCK 11TH PLACE PLA Spain .............. 24 Fiji ..................... 19 AN incredible week for Spanish sport continued as they retained their place in

Battling Wales run out

7TH PLACE PLAY-OFF■By BEN JAYCOCK CUP Wales................... 31pts South Africa ..... 47pts Tries: Price 36, 74, Boshoff 50, Emanuel 63, Conquer 80 Conversions: Wilde 64,

Young England impress as win over Ireland takes them through to final

SUNDAY WRAP ■By JAMES ORPIN LAST Sunday in the U20’s World Championship in Cape Town, England secured a long-awaited victory over Ireland to reach the

Best team in the world, I screamed

OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U20 SECOND ROW Friday night was the highlight of my short-lived rugby career so far and was the perfect way to start

England dominate in team of tournament

After the 2024 U20s World Championship came to a close on Friday, our reporters Ben Jaycock, William Gupwell and James Orpin picked the best XV

Scotland confirm return with win over USA

U20s TROPHY ■By JAMES ORPIN SCOTLAND secured their spot back in the big time of age-grade rugby by winning the Trophy on home soil in

England going in the right direction

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK If we measure England from the time Steve Borthwick took over as head coach to where we are

Jones facing Italy tester

Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Japan v Italy Today. 6.05am EDDIE Jones will be hoping his horror start in charge of Japan will come to an

Mapimpi hat-trick sparks Springboks as Portugal go under

■By SAM JACKSON DISCIPLINE was an issue for a much changed South Africa but, despite their numerical disadvantage, the Springboks had more than enough to

All Blacks spreading the word in San Diego

By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand..........................................47 Tries: Clarke 8, Ratima 12, Proctor 26, Savea 34, Reece 44, de Groot 59, Bell 77 Conversions: McKenzie 9, 14, 35, 45,

Valetini leads the way for Wallabies

■By BEN JAYCOCK Diving home: Rob Valetini scores for the Wallabies PICTURES: Alamy THE good times keep on rolling at the start of Joe Schmidt’s