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The team of Online Editors at RugbyPass keep you up to the minute with all the very latest breaking rugby news.

Connacht duo learn their fate after first-half red cards against Munster

Two first-half red cards were a major talking point when Munster beat Connacht last month at the Aviva Stadium in the Guinness PRO…

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Online Editors
16 Sep 2020, 8:39

Sale's new stadium plan shelved after public outcry

Premiership club Sale launched ambitious new stadium plans that would have brought them back to their hometown, but that idea has …

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Online Editors
16 Sep 2020, 7:44

Exeter given added incentive to beat Northampton as Champions Cup officials change semi-final stadium rules

Recent years have seen Saracens play a home Champions Cup semi-final in Coventry but the regulations have been changed, much to th…

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Online Editors
16 Sep 2020, 7:12

Julian Montoya among the latest trio of players to take ill at Argentina training

The start of the Rugby Championship in Australia is still seven weeks away but Argentina players continue to fall ill, hooker Juli…

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Online Editors
16 Sep 2020, 5:05

Newcastle sign one-time Springboks scrum-half for new Premiership season

Newly promoted Newcastle are busy with preparations for the 2020/21 Premiership, with one-time Springboks scrum-half Louis Schreud…

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Online Editors
16 Sep 2020, 4:18

Jonah Lomu's former manager Phil Kingsley Jones passes away

Phil Kingsley Jones was manager of Jonah Lomu for ten years until 2004... without him, the All Blacks star might have played out h…

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Online Editors
16 Sep 2020, 3:50

Rotation on the cards in 2020 as Ian Foster prepares to select mammoth squad

Ian Foster talks All Blacks squad rotation, player welfare, MItre 10 Cup and the reports the media has wrong.

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 16:56

10 match facts to whet the appetite ahead of the juggernaut Leinster vs Saracens European clash

Saturday's Champions Cup meeting in Dublin between Leinster and Saracens has been eagerly awaited since the quarter-final draw 35 …

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 11:26

A Premiership club has reportedly made a 'colossal offer' for Racing's Virimi Vakatawa

Virimi Vakatawa has become one the world's best players in recent times and his Racing contract situation has opened the door to a…

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 9:51

Ex-Australia international Timani fined €10,000 by French court following bottle throwing incident

An incident that happened 16 months ago has finally resulted in a court fine for Lopeti Timani, the former Australia back row who …

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 8:59

Video: Harlequins lock Lewies 'ran out of lungs' after try-scoring gallop from own half

Stephan Lewies scored his first Premiership try on Monday night, but the run from inside the Harlequins half took a lung-bursting …

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 7:06

Nadolo on his penalty-winning Leicester scrum: 'The forwards owe us a beer'

Nemani Nadolo has been an excellent addition at Leicester Tigers, but the winger's exploits reached new heights in the Premiership…

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 6:15

Warren Gatland is back in the UK and has started scouting for 2021 Lions tour

Having suffered a Super Rugby Aotearoa whitewash with the Chiefs, Warren Gatland has returned to the UK to start his 2021 Lions to…

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 4:11

New Zealand-hosted Bledisloe Cup dates and locations confirmed

The dates for the two Bledisloe Cup Tests in New Zealand have been confirmed by New Zealand Rugby (NZR), with the All Blacks to pl…

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 1:50

'I'd give my right arm to play for the All Blacks' - Kiwi stars weigh in on All Black players opting out of the Rugby Championship

The players would spend up to two months in Australia away from their families and self-isolation procedures required on return to…

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 0:26

Richie Mo'unga rejects 'laughable' rumours

All Blacks star Richie Mo'unga has opened up on rumours him and several teammates were considering pulling out of this year's Rugb…

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Online Editors
15 Sep 2020, 0:23

Serial offender Patelesio Tomkinson handed lengthy ban for dangerous tackle

Patelesio Tomkinson will miss six matches of Otago's Mitre 10 Cup campaign following a dangerous tackle made by the midfielder on …

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Online Editors
14 Sep 2020, 21:23

Shocking stat: All Blacks captain Sam Cane's remarkable losing run in 2020

All Blacks captain Sam Cane's remarkable losing run continued over the weekend with Bay of Plenty's 36-29 loss to Taranaki.

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Online Editors
14 Sep 2020, 20:14

Ian Foster hits back: 'Those headlines came out without any facts behind it'

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has hit out at reports suggesting several players are considering pulling out of this year's Rugby Cha…

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Online Editors
14 Sep 2020, 17:56

The only certainty ahead of the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup... and 10 other stats

The only certainty ahead of the knockout stage is that 2020 will see a new Challenge Cup winner crowned as none of the clubs in th…

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Online Editors
14 Sep 2020, 8:52
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