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Rugby

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Nick Abendanon's cheeky Champions Cup final try gets better every time you see it
Tributes pour in after sudden death of Welsh rugby league player
The sporting week through a lens - here's 20 of our favourite images from the past seven days
Toulon chief says he'll sign one of Paul O'Connell or Duane Vermeulen
It appears yesterday's Champions Cup win came at a cost for Leigh Halfpenny
Nice look Roger! It's the sporting tweets of the week
'My agent was looking at me like I was crazy but I signed on the back of a napkin'
Cigars with The Mechanic, and finding strength in tragedy: The week's best sportswriting
'They don't take it easy on me in training just 'cause I'm that bit older'
Toulon's owner paid a very classy gesture to Clermont fans after the Champions Cup final
Toulon just became the best club team ever as success eludes Clermont in another heartbreaker
Toulon's growing dominance and more Champions Cup talking points
There's an unbelievable crowd watching the Champions Cup final in Clermont
Toulon v Clermont, Champions Cup final
A host of Irish players were involved in today's Championship play-offs
Clermont ready to topple mighty Toulon and the weight of history
Jamie Cudmore's rocking a fairly outrageous pair of boots for the Champions Cup final
Ulster's big-money marquee signing picked up a worrying injury for the Blues
Three of the All Blacks' potential World Cup out-halves faced off this morning
Jon Jones calls Slippin' Jimmy and Johnny Sexton loves fly-fishing - It's our Comments of the Week!
Doyle leads the march as Garryowen bounce straight back to top flight
Bikram Yoga with Paul O'Connell is as good a cause of death as any
David Humphreys' Gloucester survive red card to clinch inaugural Challenge Cup
We'll Leave It There So: D'Arcy sets his deadline and all today's sport
Know your sport? Take our weekly quiz
The story of Gordon D'Arcy's hair through 12 glorious headshots
Gordon D'Arcy: No guff, no nonsense man with plenty of solidity still to offer Ireland
Toulon drop Michalak as Clermont restore Morgan Parra for Champions Cup showdown
Paulie is how old? New website guesses Irish sports stars' ages... and gets some very wrong
Gordon D'Arcy has announced his retirement from rugby
Government begins effort to ensure future Ireland Six Nations matches are 'free-to-air'
Clermont look for first title against Toulon with Irish support behind them
O'Connell confident in Ireland's 'outside chance' of World Cup glory
Looking for a good read? Here are the shortlists for the British Sports Book Awards
Keep your shirt on! CJ Stander is the Munster Player of the Year
These were the best tries scored in the Pro12 this season - but which is THE best?
He may be retiring, but Brad Thorn won't be leaving the training field any time soon
'Props shouldn't talk about anything except scrums!' - Sexton on Second Captains
Isa Nacewa re-signs for Leinster with 'unfinished business on the pitch'
Paul O'Connell calls on AP McCoy, ROG and BOD as he ponders retirement