Schools / Universities
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGosforth, Gordon’s enjoying good start to season
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS UNBEATEN runs were broken in the third round of the ACE League, but northern side Gosforth...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoExeter get off to a flyer to down big rivals
BUCS RUGBY ■ By Tom Jeffreys Exeter men avenged their championship final heartbreak with an opening round victory over Loughborough, as...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoFront five players to be given specialist coaching
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS ENGLAND have announced 26 players to attend an U18s specialist front five camp. England pathway and...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoStudents getting set for the big kick-off
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby returns on Wednesday with the Women’s National League absorbed into the BSR umbrella....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBeechen Cliff get the better of Hartpury
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT’S been a congested start to the schools season, with the U18s national cup tournaments kicking...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Ben Coen
Young Guns - England u20 fly-half Ben Coen, by Ben Jaycock Ben Coen has enjoyed an incredible season that saw him...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLavin leads Loughborough to their first BUCS title
By BEN JAYCOCK Henri Lavin put his injury woes behind him last month to captain Loughborough University to their first BUCS...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years ago‘Return to Rosslyn’ bid to open up new pathway
By BEN JAYCOCK Rosslyn Park University Sevens launches on Friday and will provide a pathway for Team GB going forward with...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoTiueti out to make most of Cov move
By JON NEWCOMBE Inspired by his old Uni mate Will Rigg, Dafydd-Rhys Tiueti is hoping that joining Coventry this summer will...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Loughborough prop Eric Nixon
By BEN JAYCOCK Venezuelan-born prop Eric Nixon is hoping to follow in the footsteps of a long list of Millfield School...
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Features
/ 2 years agoUniversity pathway to top of the game
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Being named in an England Students squad is among the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoChalies’ last-minute winner ends England dominance
Students International By WILLIAM GUPWELL England Stu............. 43pts Tries: Forsythe 15, Meredith 30, Fletcher 39, Edwards-Giraud 56, Kirkham 63, Gulley 71...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHartpury hold off Loughborough fightback to seal hat-trick of titles
By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury……………………………………………..34 Tries: Dale 9, 40+2; Constable 17, Aspinall 22, Grizzle-Johnson 34, Veerkamp 80 Conversions: Manns 10, 80+1 Loughborough……………………………………22...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLoughborough stun Exeter to end long wait for title
By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter……………………………………………….31 Tries: J Gulley 29, Joseland 43, 68, 76 Conversions: McCaig 31, 44, 69, 77 Penalties: McCaig 12...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoAcademy players could miss out after cuts
By TOM JEFFREYS Last week saw another nail pinned into the coffins of Worcester, Wasps and London Irish as the RFU...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoLondon school shows inclusive values
By BEN JAYCOCK Ravenscourt Park Prep School represented the only mixed-gender team participating in last month’s Rosslyn Park 7s, and head...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLoughborough chasing epic cup double on finals day
BUCS By TOM JEFFREYS The finalists of the BUCS Super Rugby Championship at the StoneX on April 17 were decided last...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSedbergh finish the season in style with home win
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS SEDBERGH emerged triumphant in their own Tens tournament to take the last piece of major silverware...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoBath surprise Durham to take spot in semi-finals
By TOM JEFFREYS THE semi-finalists for the BUCS Championship have been decided, with Exeter, Loughborough, Hartpury, and most surprisingly Bath, all...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U18s Vase: Stamford finish up on top despite early defeat
U18 Vase Stamford School claimed the U18s vase for the first-ever time, ruling the roost in a category containing 224 schools....
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U18 Cup: Millfield end long wait as they take 14th title
U18 Cup By NICK POWELL Millfield ended their decade-long wait to win a 14th Cup title at Rosslyn Park as they...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – Prep Schools: Danes Hill set the standard
Sixty teams took part in the Prep Schools competition, with each competing to try and win one of the 10 groups...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U13 Boys: Ipswich and Northants show their class
There was plenty of great rugby on display by players to watch in the future with 114 schools competing across 19...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U14 Boys: New generation on the way up
Millfield showed they have yet another generation ready to take the schools rugby world by storm. The Somerset youngsters came through...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U14 Girls: JESS fly in to make history
U14 Girls JUMEIRAH English Speaking School (JESS) flew all the way from Dubai to become the first ever international winners of...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U11s mixed touch: KCS make most of their short trip
In the seven groups at the most junior level of competition, the mixed touch tournament, there were winners from every corner...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U16s Colts: Sedbergh march on without losing a game
U16 Colts SEDBERGH’S U16s rounded off an unbeaten season with victory in the Colts competition, reaching the end of a stellar...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U18 Girls: Cardinal Newman celebrate double
Cardinal Newman beat Peter Symonds’ College in the final for a second year in a row to retain the girl’s cup...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U18 Girls ACE: Exeter show worth
Exeter College ended Hartpury’s long reign as they beat Worthing College in the final to win the U18s Girls ACE Competition....
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRPNS7s – U16 Girls: Ivybridge go all the way
Ivybridge Community College went one better than last year’s U16s as they claimed the trophy having been beaten finalists in 2023....
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoPoppy at the double on red letter day for women
By WILL GUPWELL Women's university rugby took a monumental step forward last Saturday with a first ever BUCS Women’s National League...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoFavourites Exeter on top in BUCS play-off draw
By T0M JEFFREYS THE BUCS Super Rugby league season came to a typically chaotic climax this week, as the men’s play-off...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHarrow take it in battle of big two
By TOM JEFFREYS Harrow won their first ever National Schools Cup title with a dramatic 29-27 victory over Kirkham at Twickenham....
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoUniversity game plays huge role in development
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Gareth Elliott, below, head of men’s rugby at Exeter University...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoSwansea spot in relegation play-off confirmed
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Another chaotic week of BUCS Super Rugby has left seven positions still uncertain heading into the...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten duo to do battle in National Cup final
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS The finalists of the National Schools Cup, Vase, Plate and Bowl were decided last weekend in...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoExeter crowned with two rounds to play
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter have been crowned BUCS Super Rugby league champions. Their 26-7 bonus point win over Cardiff...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHampton look team to beat at Rosslyn Park 7s
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Hampton claimed the Middlesex School Sevens Cup as they continue to impress ahead of the Rosslyn...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoThis is probably the safest the sport has been
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Jacob Ford, below, the director of rugby at Ipswich School...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHartpury crowned National League champs
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury women sealed their second successive Women’s National League (league) crown with a 76-21 victory over...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoCranleigh show big boys how it is done
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS The sevens season continued with a quiet week before it truly erupts, with just one headline...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoTosa takes chance with a lighter blue
By ROB COLE Makoto Tosa will join an exclusive club on Saturday when he wins his second Blue in the Varsity...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoUniversity rugby should be part of RFU pathway
Coach to Coach Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to John Barnes, below, director of rugby at...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoDefeat to Bath leaves Swansea in trouble
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS It's nearly crunch time in the BUCS Super Rugby and Round 15 of 18 this season...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSedbergh kick-off sevens season in style
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Sevens season is here. This week saw the first major regional tournaments take place and made...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoU19s back in action with double challenge
The England U19 men’s side will return this spring with fixtures against France and Italy. The team, led by the England...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoTake away the contact and you don’t have a game left
With the Six Nations now in full swing the last thing the game needs is further condemnation about how it’s played...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoPepper’s late show clinches thriller for Durham
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Scrum-half Max Pepper scored two late tries, one in overtime, to give Durham a famous win...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoDominant Ipswich march on with more silverware
SCHOOL REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Schools rugby is now sevens-centric heading through February with an array of sevens spectacles of varying...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSale put pressure on Saints to deliver
ACADEMY ROUND-UP By TOM JEFFREYS The penultimate round of group stage action in the Premiership U18 Academy league has left it...
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