Rugby union
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How a former Club 18-30 rep is structuring Gloucester for future gloryChief executive Stephen Vaughan says that for a team to thrive in the Premiership a director of rugby must be allowed to be just that and ‘successful clubs do not chop and change’
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Gloucester chief calls for freeze on Premiership rugby’s salary capGloucester’s chief executive, Stephen Vaughan, has called for a freeze on the Premiership’s salary cap
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Jarryd Hayne could still be included in Fiji's London Sevens squadJarryd Hayne’s quest to make the Rio Olympic Games has hit a speedbump after being left out of the Fiji squad for this weekend’s London Sevens
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Heyneke Meyer and Stuart Lancaster linked with vacant Bath coaching postMike Ford left Bath after a ninth-placed finish in the Premiership and Saracens’ Mark McCall was disappointed to see him go
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Eddie Jones: Steffon Armitage will not be fast-tracked into England sideEddie Jones has poured scorn on suggestions from Toulon’s owner, Mourad Boudjellal, that Steffan Armitage has been promised a route back into the England squad
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According to one player they are rugby’s ‘forgotten men’ – plying their trade for a fraction of what their Premiership cousins earn but facing all the same pitfalls‘The RFU Championship has become the wild west of professional rugby’
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Mike Ford looking forward to ‘embracing new opportunities’ after leaving BathMike Ford is looking forward to ‘embracing the new opportunities that lie ahead’ following his departure from Bath
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Saracens chairman says young team are like Manchester United’s class of ‘92Saracens’ chairman Nigel Wray has compared his young core of English players to Manchester United’s class of ’92 in the wake of their maiden European Champions Cup success
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End of the road for Mike Ford at Bath after disappointing seasonMike Ford has left Bath after last season’s Premiership finalists ended the season in ninth place
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European Champions Cup awards: our writers on the 2015-16 seasonThe Guardian’s rugby union writers choose their player, match, atmosphere and try of the season after the conclusion of another dramatic campaign
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Maro Itoje focusing on Leicester following standout display for SaracensSaracens lock Maro Itoje was named man of the match following the European Rugby Champions Cup final win against Racing 92 but the 21-year-old can still see room for him to improve
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European champions Saracens have more to give, says Mark McCallSaracens’ director of rugby, Mark McCall, said after the 21-9 European Champions Cup final triumph over Racing 92 he is confident they have more to come
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Jarryd Hayne retires from NFL to pursue Olympic rugby sevens dream with FijiThe former Australia rugby league star Jarryd Hayne has announced his retirement from the NFL, in order to seek a place at the Olympics
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Waratahs' Wasps-bound Kurtley Beale ruled out for four to six monthsWallabies and Waratahs teammate Nick Phipps hopes Wasps honour Kurtley Beale’s lucrative new deal with the injured playmaker ruled out for four to six months on Sunday
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Saracens: ‘Awesome to be European kings… now for the Premiership’Saracens’ minds are ‘already on the Premiership play-offs’ after their European Champions Cup success
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Gareth Steenson confident Exeter can kick on into Premiership finalGareth Steenson, who joined Exeter in 2008, has seen the club go from strength to strength and now believes they can see off Wasps to reach the Premiership final at Twickenham
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Grandest day for Owen Farrell but no grand adieu for Dan CarterFor once Racing 92’s legendary All Black could only watch as Saracens ruled Europe thanks to Owen Farrell’s grit on a rain-soaked afternoon in Lyon
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Waratahs go top of their Super Rugby group but Beale seriously injures kneeKurtley Beale suffered a possible season-ending knee injury as the NSW Waratahs completed a 31-8 Super Rugby triumph over the Bulls
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Saracens’ band of brothers aim to seal the deal as Europe’s kings of LyonChampions Cup final against Racing 92 is the chance for Saracens to end odyssey with a domestic and European double
Win or lose with Wasps, Twickenham and England beckon for Nathan Hughes