Premiership
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/ 4 years agoConnon gives Chiefs another kick in teeth
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................14pts Tries: J Simmonds 40, Armand 50 Conversions: J Simmonds 40, 50 Newcastle ........15pts Tries: McGuigan 8,...
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/ 4 years agoInjury-free Ford heaps more pain on Bath
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........40pts Tries: Dolly 10, Scott 27, Ford 57, Cowan-Dickie 80 Conversions: Ford 10, 27, 57, 80 Penalties:...
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/ 4 years agoPerfection will come eventually says Lam
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................27pts Tries: Fricker 36, 73; Whiteley 51, Jeffries 40 Conversions: Sheedy 40, 73 Worcester ..........5pts Tries: Heward...
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/ 4 years agoNever-say-die Exiles stun Sarries at death
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........34 pts Tries: Woolstencroft 5, Segun 28, 46; Earl 48, M Vunipola 61 Conversions: Lozowski 47, 49,...
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/ 4 years agoMagic MacGinty helps Sharks find their edge
By LUKE JARMYN Sale ....................30pts Tries: Van der Merwe 9, Yarde 41, Ross 80 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 42, 80+1 Penalties: MacGinty...
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/ 4 years agoInjury-ravaged Wasps must stop turnovers
Paul Rees talks to Wasps boss Lee Blackett about his gameplan for Quins PREVIEW… Wasps v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, CBS...
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/ 4 years agoMatson brings the Wayne Smith tackle technique to Quins
By JON NEWCOMBE Working on defence: Tabai Matson FOR all their attacking credentials, defence remains a massive focus at Harlequins as...
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/ 4 years agoI’d love to play for Samoa says Toomaga-Allen
JEFFERY Toomaga-Allen won a solitary cap for New Zealand nine years ago, coming on as a second-half replacement against Japan, but...
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/ 4 years agoSlick Stuckey quick to impress for Ponty
Premiership Cup By JACK NAISBITT Pontypridd.............. 31 Ebbw Vale................. 3 PONTYPRIDD got back to winning ways after a convincing bonus-point victory...
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/ 4 years agoDion delight as the Gogs clean up
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC.............................23 Merthyr.................... 17 RGC 1404 came out on top against Merthyr in a thrilling clash in...
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/ 4 years agoRichards suffers off day as Cardiff slip up
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................25 Newport...................28 NEWPORT’S fine Premiership Cup form continued as they stayed top of the eastern conference...
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/ 4 years agoJones helps Drovers reach semis
Premiership Cup By HUW THOMAS Llandovery............. 16 Carmarthen Q............0 LLANDOVERY’S win over Carmarthen Quins virtually guarantees Euros Evans’ side a toptwo...
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/ 4 years agoHarvey does the trick as Bridgend stroll it
Premiership Cup By STEFFAN THOMAS Bridgend..................43 Llanelli..................... 16 A HAT-TRICK of tries from Bridgend hooker Gareth Harvey fired the Ravens to...
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/ 4 years agoIsiekwe chasing his dream of England recall
Progress: Nick Isiekwe NICK Isiekwe has not played for England since the summer of 2018 when he was substituted 35 minutes...
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/ 4 years agoFord is the maestro again in Tigers romp
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..26pts Tries: Skosan 40, 76; Mitchell 47, Waller 56 Conversions: Grayson 47, 56, 76 Leicester ..........55pts Tries:...
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/ 4 years agoThree go in the bin yet Bears roar on
By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....33pts Tries: Stokes 21, Willemse 39, Rogerson 41, Hepetema 69, Rowe 78 Conversions: Jackson 39, 42,...
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/ 4 years agoRed card wrecks any hope for Bath
By ROGER PANTING Bath ....................17pts Tries: De Glanville 28, Rokoduguni 75 Conversions: Bailey 28, Cipriani 75 Penalties: Bailey 20 Wasps ................27pts...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors show their heart for the battle
By ANDREW DEERING Worcester ........27pts Tries: Shillcock 7, 68; Van der Merwe 9, 56 Conversions: Smith 7, 11 Penalties: Smith 28...
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/ 4 years agoGloucester let the big scalp slip from grasp
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........13pts Tries: Sngleton 13 Conversions: Hastings 14 Penalties: Hastings 25, 28 Exeter ................16pts Tries: Hepburn 51, Whitty...
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/ 4 years agoQuins out to prove title run was no fluke
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop SECOND in the table meets third at The Stoop...
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/ 4 years agoEvans answers call with vital 19 points
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........29pts Tries: Rapava-Ruskin 34, May 77 Conversions: Evans 34, 77 Penalties: Evans 9, 23, 46, 69, 73...
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/ 4 years agoMitchell: It’s a good warm up for Tigers
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton ..66pts Tries: Biggar 8, Mitchell 14, 75; Ratuniyarawa 21, Skosan 27, 44, 57; Hutchinson 29, Freeman 51,...
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/ 4 years agoWasps job lot tougher than romp at The Rec
By GARY FITZGERALD PREVIEW... Saracens v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium MARK McCall has challenged his Sarries stars to prove...
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/ 4 years agoSheep farmer Hislop happy fronting the Wasps herd
By JON NEWCOMBE Quality: Robin Hislop ROBBIE HISLOP’s superb form will come as no surprise to seasoned watchers of the Championship...
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/ 4 years agoDavies too strong as Ebbw’s poor run goes on
Premiership Cup By JARED EVITTS Ebbw Vale........ 16 Merthyr............. 20 EBBW VALE came up just short for a fourth successive game...
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/ 4 years agoMathias strikes again to haunt Bridgend
Premiership Cup By ALED BISTON Carmarthen Q.........27 Bridgend.................. 12 CARMARTHEN Quins put in a strong second-half performance to secure victory over...
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/ 4 years agoGood Evans! It’s Drovers’ win No.21
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.................. 17 Llandovery.............45 AN Ashley Evans brace helped Llandovery secure their 21st victory in a row...
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/ 4 years agoWizards cast a spell despite Cherry heroics
Premiership Cup By ALAN EVANS Llanelli.....................22 Aberavon.................28 ABERAVON hit back after losing their unbeaten record to Llandovery the previous weekend and...
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/ 4 years agoBeetham belter wraps up fightback
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC............................... 8 Cardiff...................... 15 CARDIFF overturned a half-time deficit to beat RGC 1404 in Colwyn Bay....
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/ 4 years agoCrane lifts Black and Ambers to victory
Premiership Cup By IOAN DYER Newport...................27 Pontypridd...............11 PONTYPRIDD suffered a surprise defeat at Newport as Black and Ambers scrum-half Luke Crane...
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/ 4 years agoTigers’ Boks more effective than Sale’s
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........19pts Tries: Langdon 80 Penalties: Wilkinson 36, 56 Sale ......................11pts Tries: Liebenberg 49 Conversions: Ford 49 Penalties:...
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/ 4 years agoIt’s that man Smith to rescue for Quins
By PAUL REES Harlequins ........31pts Tries: Esterhuizen 4, 16; Smith 47, Marchant 73, 77 Conversions: Smith 5, 48, 74 Bath ....................17pts...
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/ 4 years agoExiles have their day in the sun at long last
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................21pts Tries: Witty 21, Hogg 23, Nowell 66 Conversions: J Simmonds 22, 24; Slade 67 London Irish...
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/ 4 years agoNewcastle 13-5 Bristol: Connon the marksman guns down sorry Bears
NEWCASTLE fly-half Brett Connon redeemed himself for his second-half sinbinning by sealing Falcons first win against a poor Bristol side since...
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/ 4 years agoLam: Too much ‘me’ out there, we gifted that game away
BRISTOL DoR Pat Lam is pleased to have a byeweek coming up given their long injury list, which saw him make...
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/ 4 years agoSale 28-22 Harlequins: Super Quirke sends message to Eddie
RAFFI Quirke will hope to make the England squad for the Autumn Internationals tomorrow after his delightful double in front of...
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/ 4 years agoSanderson: ‘Raffi can be even better than Faf’
SALE boss Alex Sanderson reckons rising star ‘Raffi de Klerk’ could be even better than World Cup-winning South African Faf de...
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/ 4 years agoPreview: McNally relishing re-branded Rec style
PREVIEW... Bath v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, The Rec FIT-AGAIN lock Josh McNally has welcomed the transformation in Bath’s style as...
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/ 4 years agoPreview: Irish keep faith despite being winless in ten
PREVIEW... London Irish v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Stadium London Irish have gone ten matches without a league victory in...
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/ 4 years agoShark hunter Hastings holds reins as Glos prepare for Exiles onslaught
By PAUL REES Settled: Adam Hastings GEORGE Skivington says Adam Hastings is ready to make his mark on the Premiership after...
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/ 4 years agoBoks U20 back row called for Scotland training
NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND have selected South Africa-born Sharks back row Dylan Richardson for a two-day training camp before their first Autumn...
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/ 4 years agoWALES AND SCOTLAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v New Zealand or Scotland v Tonga courtesy of Dove Men + Care! Dove...
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/ 4 years agoWasps 23-27 Exeter: Chiefs on warpath as Simmonds sizzles
EXETER Chiefs, with Sam Simmonds leading the charge in trademark fashion, poured on the pressure after the break to squeeze past...
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/ 4 years agoBlackett gutted by lack of reward
WASPS coach Lee Blackett felt his side did not get the reward they deserved. “I am pretty gutted. "Sometimes the amount...
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/ 4 years agoWorcester 3-48 Leicester: Tigers rip toothless Warriors to pieces
STEVE Borthwick was thrilled with both human bull-dozer Nemani Nadolo and England fly-half George Ford as Tigers ripped Worcester to shreads...
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/ 4 years agoThomas: Devastion in camp tonight
JONATHAN Thomas laid it on the line to his woeful Warriors after they were put to the sword by merciless Leicester....
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/ 4 years agoExeter 42-5 Worcester: Sam Simmonds comes roaring back to fire up Chiefs
THE Lions returned and Sam Simmonds burst out of the cage to resume where he left off last season. The Premiership’s...
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/ 4 years agoGloucester 33-32 Sale: Sharks late bite back just fails to prove fatal
WITH the last kick of the match, Sale replacement Tom Curtis missed a touchline conversion as his side just failed to...
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/ 4 years agoCash-rich Saracens will ‘aim to go global’ now, says Roc Nation president Yormark
NEW Saracens special advisor Michael Yormark says the club plan on going global after their £32m takeover. American Yormark, president of...
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/ 4 years agoLondon Irish 16-21 Leicester: Ford steers Tigers off the rocks just in time
GEORGE Ford kicked three penalties in the final 25 minutes to haul Leicester over the line and make it four from...
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