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Heineken Champions Cup: La Rochelle 'offer bigger physical attributes' than Sale - McFarland
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Wednesday, 14 December 2022 00:21
Ulster head coach Dan McFarland says La Rochelle will provide a bigger physical challenge than that presented by Sale when the sides meet on Saturday.Ulster lost 39-0 away to Sale Sharks in their Heineken Champions Cup opener on Sunday while their French opponents saw off Northampton Saints 46-12."They [La Rochelle] offer bigger physical attributes," said McFarland."We need to work harder…
WRU chief Phillips accepts lack of homegrown coaches 'an indictment'
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022 22:37
Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) boss Steve Phillips admits the game in Wales has failed to develop homegrown coaches to lead the national team.New Zealander Warren Gatland has taken back the role he handed to fellow Kiwi Wayne Pivac.It means Mike Ruddock and Gareth Jenkins are the only Welshmen to have led Wales full-time since 1998.WRU chief executive Phillips has also…
Bernard Laporte: French rugby chief gets suspended sentence and fine for corruption
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022 09:51
French rugby chief Bernard Laporte has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence and a 75,000 euro (£64,000) fine for corruption, nine months before the country hosts the World Cup.Laporte - vice-chair of World Rugby as well as president of the French Rugby Federation - was also banned from holding rugby posts for two years.That ban is suspended pending an…
Warren Gatland: Wales coach backs Ireland counterpart Farrell to be British and Irish Lions coach
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022 07:35
Wales coach Warren Gatland has backed Ireland counterpart Andy Farrell to coach the British and Irish Lions on their tour to Australia in 2025.Gatland is back for a second stint as Wales head coach while Farrell's team are now ranked number one in the world.Gatland led the Lions on consecutive tours to Australia (2013), New Zealand (2017) and South Africa…
Warren Gatland: Returning head coach believes he can get Wales winning again
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022 07:47
Warren Gatland believes he can get Wales back to winning ways following his shock return as head coach.Gatland is already Wales' most successful and longest-serving coach, having won three Grand Slams during his previous 12-year reign.Just as when he first arrived in 2007, the Kiwi takes over a national team reeling from a dismal campaign.However, he said: "I wouldn't be…
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022 03:48
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Monday, 12 December 2022 07:00
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Dan McFarland: Ulster coach vows side will avoid 'self pity' after Sale nightmare
Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:07
Heineken Champions Cup: Five things we learned from opening weekend
Monday, 12 December 2022 04:32
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Monday, 12 December 2022 05:33
England's Rugby World Cup performance review not to be made public
Sunday, 11 December 2022 09:21
European Challenge Cup: Scarlets 39-7 Bayonne - Hosts storm to morale-boosting win
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Heineken Champions Cup: Saracens 30-26 Edinburgh - hosts come from behind to win
Sunday, 11 December 2022 11:43
Heineken Champions Cup: Ospreys 17-23 Leicester: Anthony Watson try clinches Tigers win
Sunday, 11 December 2022 10:36
Owen Farrell says Eddie Jones sacking as England boss is 'unbelievably disappointing'
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Heineken Champions Cup: Sale Sharks 39-0 Ulster - hosts in six-try victory
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European Challenge Cup: Cardiff Rugby 41-0 Brive - winless Welsh run in Europe ends
Saturday, 10 December 2022 07:18
Heineken Champions Cup: Cell C Sharks 39-31 Harlequins
Saturday, 10 December 2022 09:20
Heineken Champions Cup: Gloucester 22-17 Bordeaux Begles - hosts snatch late win
Saturday, 10 December 2022 11:52
Heineken Champions Cup: La Rochelle 46-12 Northampton - holders thump Saints
Saturday, 10 December 2022 14:30
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