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Leading rugby league agent names four ‘dark horse’ players to take the sport by storm in 2025

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THE 2025 rugby league season is just months away, and all 36 professional clubs from Super League to League One have been wheeling and dealing...

Ex-Wallaby labels ‘Win Pumas’ international rugby’s ‘most improved’

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Former Wallaby Adam Ashley-Cooper has playfully nicknamed Argentina the “Win Pumas” after their remarkable run of performances in 2024.

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Ruben Love facing Super Rugby absence with ankle injury

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The Hurricanes will be without new All Black Ruben Love when Super Rugby Pacific kicks off in 2025 due to an ankle injury.

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Jonny Wilkinson Was Voted The Greatest Ever Rugby Player In History

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Jonny Wilkinson has been voted as the rugby’s greatest ever rugby player after a survey was conducted with more than 5,000 fans participated. Join the RUCK’s WhatsApp community here and get the…

The book to buy to relive the 2024 rugby league season

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It’s that time of year again! The annual Rugby League Yearbook is here, featuring everything you need to know about the season just gone. Co-editor...

RUGBY CONFIDENTIAL: The latest rift causing friction among nations, the ineligible future England star wanted by Premiership side and how Ilona Maher is already creating history

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RUGBY CONFIDENTIAL: Coaches in Wales have expressed concerns that amendments to Regulation 8 has opened the door to a talent drain through expensive English public schools.

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Zebre put up for sale by Italian Rugby Federation

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The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) has expressed its intention to sell its 100 per cent stake in United Rugby Championship outfit Zebre.

“Clear physio and medical needs” – New PWR deal set to boost player welfare in Women’s rugby

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Bristol Bears prop Simi Pam has welcomed a groundbreaking new partnership between Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) and Physique Management Company (Physique), an agreement set to directly benefit hundreds of women’s…

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Rugby: Birkmyre crush Clydebank with first-half try blitz to end year in style

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Birkmyre rounded off 2024 in style with a commanding 50-14 victory over Clydebank, with six tries from five different players.

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Pickles hails magic half of rugby in Continental Tyres Cup

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Lymm High School head of rugby Lee Pickles hailed one of the best one-half performances he had ever seen after his side’s heartbreaking defeat to Ampleforth College in the Continental Tyres Cup.

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Bust Premiership rugby trio owe £30m in unpaid Covid loans

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London Irish, Wasps and Worcester went out of business needing to repay more than £30m of Covid relief loans, a National Audit Office report says.

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2003 Rugby World Cup winner Neil Back shows off body transformation

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The brutal diets and relentless training schedules that rugby players endure don’t always vanish once the final whistle blows on their careers. Join our Breaking News and Top Stories WhatsApp…

Club rugby is declining in England but amateur ethos is alive and well in America

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Grass-roots rugby in England is in decline but, on the other side of the pond, I found that, much to my surprise, the amateur game is in rude health.

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Rugby players report mental health boost from taking part in the sport – study

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Of the 500 adult players who completed a University of Edinburgh online survey, 55% were male and 44% were female.

Rugby players report mental health boost from taking part in the sport – study

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Of the 500 adult players who completed a University of Edinburgh online survey, 55% were male and 44% were female.

Rugby players report mental health boost from taking part in the sport – study

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Of the 500 adult players who completed a University of Edinburgh online survey, 55% were male and 44% were female.

Rugby: Wanderers overrun by clinical West side in tough cup defeat

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Greenock Wanderers fell to a heavy 59-19 defeat against a full-strength West side in a Cup match that offered little at stake but provided valuable experience for Wanderers’ second-string players.

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Rugby: Nigeria set to face Tunisia 5 years after blackout

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The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) has officially announced the starting lineup for the Black Stallions as they gear up for their highly-anticipated return to the rugby 15s arena. This …