Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoGloucester chief George Skivington calls for Prem ‘transfer’ window
George Skivington would welcome a recruitment window in rugby similar to the one used in football, as directors of rugby gear...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoTom Willis exit to Bordeaux-Begles prompts RFU to alter EPS contracts
RFU chiefs are set to alter players’ enhanced EPS contracts in the wake of Tom Willis returning to Bordeaux-Begles for next...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoCallum Chick is happy with his new view from the top at Northampton Saints
Callum Chick is enjoying life at the top with Northampton Saints after spending most of the decade down in the basement.
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Champions Cup
/ 5 days agoBath scrum-half Ben Spencer gunning for European glory
Ben Spencer has seen the lot in the Champions Cup and insists his Bath side are primed to challenge Europe’s best...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoEngland head coach Steve Borthwick gets green light for Benhard Janse van Rensburg
Bristol Bears centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg will become eligible for England from next November after World Rugby confirmed his brief...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoBristol Bears 46-12 Northampton Saints: Bears run riot to end Saints unbeaten start
Ashton Gate again proved a graveyard for Northampton Saints as their unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt halt...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoGloucester 26-15 Harlequins: Resurgent Cherry and Whites claim first Prem win
Gloucester had to dig, and kick, deep to break their Premiership duck and the rampaging Ollie Thorley fittingly scored the decisive...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoSale Sharks 26-27 Exeter Chiefs: Sharks left stunned by Chiefs fightback
One coach’s heaven is another coach’s hell. True delight for Rob Baxter came in the form of a stunning comeback against...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoNewcastle Red Bulls 17-39 Leicester Tigers: Red Bulls’ wait goes on as Tigers hit stride
If Leicester Tigers want to win a record 12th Premiership title, then finding a way to win a gruelling contest in...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoSaracens vs Bath: Henry Arundell ready for aerial battle against Noah Caluori
Two of the most talked about players in the Premiership this season face off against each other at the StoneX Stadium...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoSaracens vs Bath: England ace Elliot Daly relishing his return to Sarries colours
Saracens’ Elliot Daly is excited to run out at StoneX once again having made his return to action in England’s win...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoDeadeye Sean’s on fire for Connacht
■By BEN JAYCOCK Connacht ...... 44 Sharks .............17 CONNACHT secured a much-needed win to get their season back on track courtesy...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoDouglas leads from front as Scarlets seal maiden win
■By LUKE JARMYN Scarlets ...........23pts Tries: Macleod 15, Page 48 Conversions: Costelow 16, 49 Penalties: Costelow 24, 30, 66 Glasgow ................
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoEdinburgh 19-17: Sean Everitt’s side given scare by depleted Ospreys
Edinburgh stuttered their way to an unconvincing victory over a denuded Ospreys at Hive Stadium to cling onto the coat-tails of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoLeinster rescue bonus win after Penny let off
■By ROGER PANTING Dragons ............. 10pts Tries: Screech 31 Conversions: de Beer 31 Penalties: O’Brien 47 Leinster ............ 24pts Tries: Soroka...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoMunster fall foul of ‘Nuke Squad’
■By SAM JACKSON Munster .........21 Stormers .........27 THE Stormers produced a stunning second-half fightback at Thomond Park to remain the only...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoBulls ………….33 Lions ………….43
LIONS’ resurgence in the URC gathered further momentum with an impressive victory in a lively Jukskei derby at Loftus Versfeld. Having...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoHat-trick for Hughes as Cardiff play power game
■By SIMON THOMAS Zebre .................14pts Tries: Licata 30, Zanon 74 Conversion: Farias 31, 75 Cardiff ..............29pts Tries: Hughes 13, 18, 40;...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 days agoMurphy proud of Ulster reaction
■By BEN JAYCOCK Ulster ............. 47 Benetton .........13 ULSTER reignited their URC challenge with a seven-try win after overcoming a disrupted...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoHow Northampton Saints find the best players
Twenty years ago, Northampton Saints’ recruitment centred around players from overseas, not least South Africa.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 days agoPaul Rees: Springboks are setting the standard
Paul Rees reflects on the Autumn Tests and what the implications might be for the Champions Cup and beyond.
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoLondon Scottish 14-38 Ealing Trailfinders: Unbeaten Trailfinders smash six past Exiles
Top of the table Ealing Trailfinders remain unbeaten after running in six tries to claim the bonus point win against a...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoDan Hiscocks: Cornish Pirates are taking aim at Champ top three
Cornish Pirates scrum-half Dan Hiscocks believes his side are beginning to show their true potential but feels the next block of...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 days agoHope’s late try secures Chiefs share of the spoils
■By COLIN DUFFY Sale Sharks .....26pts Tries: Lloyd 5, Campbell 22, Pyrs 41, Talling 48 Conversions: Aitchison 6, 42, 49 Exeter...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoLoughborough Lightning 50-15 Leicester Tigers: Bo Westcombe-Evans brings up her 50 with a four
Bo Westcombe-Evans scored four tries on her 50th club appearance as Loughborough Lightning thrashed their arch rivals Leicester Tigers.
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 days agoBlack Ferns star Demant starts as Bears chase an upset
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Bristol v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Ashton Gate REIGNING champions Gloucester-Hartpury make the short trip down the...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 days agoTrailfinders blown away by dominant title chasers
■By JOSEPH TERRY Trailfinders .......5pts Tries: McGhie 3 Saracens ..........57pts Tries: Gregson 7, Packer 16, Corrigan 26, Sharp 33, Campbell 37,...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoTry-happy Saracens determined to turn their silver into gold
Saracens have put their opening round loss to Gloucester-Hartpury behind them, responding in emphatic fashion by being the league’s top points...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 5 days agoLeaders crash to another home defeat
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY JUST three points separate the top three as this season’s unpredictability continued in men’s BUCS Super...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 days agoRegional results
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 days agoFive-try Steelmen end Quins winning streak
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD SUPER Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale picked up another double bonus-point victory as they scored...
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Latest News
/ 5 days agoFrance superstar Dupont is back!
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A little over eight months, or exactly 266 days if you prefer, after he suffered an ACL...
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Latest News
/ 5 days agoEngland’s World Cup star Abby Dow calls time on her career at the age of 28
Red Roses wing Abby Dow has announced her shock retirement from professional rugby, ending one of the most decorated careers in...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoRicky Pellow proud of what he’s achieved at Exeter Chiefs
Ricky Pellow says the moment is right to chase a new challenge beyond Exeter Chiefs, ending a remarkable 16-year spell at...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoExeter Chiefs 22-17 Bristol Bears: Chiefs give Ricky Pellow a display to remember
Ricky Pellow signed off from his Exeter Chiefs coaching career on a high, his players delivering a gritty cup victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoBath 20-0 Sale Sharks: Defending champions leave visitors with nothing to talk about
Reigning champions Bath got their title defence back on track with a dominant victory over Sale Sharks at The Rec.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoSaracens 43-0 Newcastle Red Bulls: Sarries power too much for Red Bulls
Ivan van Zyl made a successful try-scoring return from injury against Newcastle Red Bulls to help Saracens run rampant at StoneX...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoLeicester Tigers 34-22 Northampton Saints: Joaquin Moro double gives Tigers extra edge
Joaquin Moro, Leicester Tigers’ latest recruit from Argentina, left his mark against Northampton Saints on another fierce East Midlands derby in...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoGloucester and England A youngster Ben Redshaw aims to be the whole package
With benches now increasingly loaded with forwards, Gloucester youngster Ben Redshaw knows versatility will be key to him getting game time.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoDiscipline is key at Ealing Trailfinders – Matt Cornish
Ealing Trailfinders hooker Matt Cornish feels his side’s blistering seven-from-seven start has been built on physicality, simplicity and a ruthless edge...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoRams on the loose as they hunt down the Lions
By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L ..... 24 Rams .................38 RAMS deservedly took the points in a game where their pack proved...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoTykes take step up but TJs take a hike
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ........... 31 Leeds Tykes ..........38 LEEDS Tykes ultimately took the spoils, as heavy weather conditions restricted...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoHard-sell for Sale in Moseley show
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley .............. 13 Sale FC..................... 15 IT might well have been on the mind of the referee...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoPumped-up Plymouth kick Titans in tight test
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ......22pts Try: Cornish 68 Conversion: Jenkins 68 Penalties: Jenkins 13, 32, 39, 59, 80 Rotherham T...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoHarding does the hard yards for hardened Heath
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............ 31 Sedgley Park .......... 3 BLACKHEATH’S simply sensational second-half show, and a fourth hat-trick of the...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoClifton’s Andersen hands fairytale win
By LUKE JARMYN Dings Crusaders ..24 Clifton ......................35 HOOKER Tom Andersen produced a blistering brace, to help assist his Clifton side...
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National League One
/ 2 weeks agoBlues reign to rain over Park parade
By CHARLIE WHITE Rosslyn Park .........27 Bishop’s S ...............28 RAIN-soaked Rosslyn Park were poured by misery, following their agonising defeat to...
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National League 2N
/ 2 weeks agoCassidy kicks the visitors to tensest of triumphs
By NICK DOYLE Otley...................20 Fylde................. 24 TWO penalty kicks by Danny Cassidy secured the win for Fylde in a close-fought game....
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