Rugby union
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Sam Burgess, Bath’s star recruit from rugby league, came on as a second-half substitute during Bath’s 30-5 win over Montpellier in the European Champions Cup
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The Leicester prop tells Robert Kitson he is determined to win back his England place after 10 months out recovering from a serious neck injury
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The former England lock Mouritz Botha, who was born in South Africa, has signed a deal with the Sharks and will leave on 1 January
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Michael Aylwin: Bloodgate in 2009 was one of the most notorious scandals in rugby. It brought shame on Harlequins, cost people their jobs and forced changes in the rules
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Ireland will bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup in a symbolic proposal uniting the Irish and Northern Irish governments
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Garth Steenson kicked 16 points in Exeter’s 36-10 at La Rochelle in the European Challenge Cup
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Ian Ritchie, the chief executive of the RFU, believes Stuart Lancaster and his staff have England where they need to be ahead of the 2015 World Cup
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Sam Burgess looks set to make his European Champions Cup debut for Bath against Montpellier
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Paul Rees: While England were forced to tinker this autumn, Warren Gatland knows his strongest Wales side
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Rajiv Maharaj: Positives of half-back pairings, Tevita Kuridrani and Michael Cheika’s arrival can balance out the negatives of the Beale saga and a weak scrum
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With increasing opportunities at junior and college level and world exposure beckoning, some see women’s rugby as poised to emulate soccer in the US
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England are set to receive a timely Christmas bonus in the shape of Manu Tuilagi’s eagerly-awaited return to fitness following a groin injury
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Springboks forward Flip van der Merwe and batsman Hashim Amla look ahead to the Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup T20 match on Friday in Johannesburg
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From Robbie Fowler’s ‘support the dockers’ T-shirt to Andy Flower and Henry Olonga sacrificing their international careers
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Rugby union: talking points from the weekend's action Rugby union: Talking points from this autumn’s internationals
Guardian writers: England’s forwards impress against Australia, Ireland look good for the Six Nations and plenty of plus points for Scotland -
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Robert Kitson: Brodie Retallick and New Zealand look formidable before the Rugby World Cup 2015, and the scoreboard makes Ireland the world’s second-best team
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Rob Andrew has backed Stuart Lancaster’s decision not to select Toulon flanker Steffon Armitage for England’s autumn internationals and believes there is no reason to alter the Rugby Football Union’s policy of not selecting players who ply their trade overseas
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Former Wallabies captain chained himself to machinery as part of nonviolent action and will face court in the new year
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Sportblog George Ford focused on basics in battle to secure England No10 shirt
Andy Bull at TwickenhamAndy Bull: The Bath fly-half has a better all-round game compared to Owen Farrell and, fitness permitting, looks likely to be first choice when the Six Nations begins -
The Wales half-backs Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar showed the battling instincts needed to win a dour scrap against South Africa
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Paul Rees: England play to their strengths in grinding out victory but Stuart Lancaster needs to clarify his thinking when it comes to selection
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Dean Ryan: Stuart Lancaster’s team have a pack to match any in the world while Manu Tuilagi and Alex Goode can strengthen the much-criticised backs
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England may give Bath’s cross-code signing Sam Burgess his first taste of representative rugby union as early as next month
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Sale defeated Newcastle 18-13 in the Aviva Premiership after Danny Cipriani set up a lenght-of-the-field try with a moment of inspiration
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Seven tries for Northampton put them two points clear in the Premiership as London Welsh collapsed to another defeat
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Steve McColl’s late try capped Gloucester’s 21-9 victory over London Irish in an error-strewn Premiership tussle
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Stuart Lancaster knows he is in a race against time to find the best World Cup game plan but going back to the future against Australia offered a pointer
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Air New Zealand is investigating reports some of its off-duty cabin crew became drunk and cuddled All Black players on a flight
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Rugby star says he has joined the long-running anti-coal mine campaign in NSW because ‘it is part of being a human being’
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Whilst England’s players arms are raised in triumph after beating Australia 26-17 to win the Cook Cup, the supporters in the grandstand mimic their pose as they attempt to record the event on their smartphones
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Emotional minute’s applause for Australian batsman who died in tragic accident
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Exeter moved up to second in the Premiership after a 27-19 home win against Saracens, with Gareth Steenson scoring all of their points
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England’s head coach, Stuart Lancaster, praised his side for how they dealt with external pressures and singled out George Ford after their victory over Australia
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Topics
- England rugby union team
- Australia sport
- Autumn internationals
- Australia rugby union team
- Stuart Lancaster
- Sam Burgess
- Premiership 2014-15
- Premiership
- South Africa rugby team
- Ireland rugby union team
- Wales rugby union team
- Bath
- New Zealand rugby union team
- European Rugby Champions Cup
- Exeter
- Rugby World Cup 2015
- Leicester
- Saracens
- Ireland
- US sports
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