Club Rugby
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWinless Cambridge push scrappy Nottingham all the way
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......22pts Tries: Woodward 9, Ramage 13, Owen 29, Dickinson 46 Conversions: Hollingsworth 13 Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: Caven...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster hoping to make most of long trip
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish v Doncaster Pirates Today. Kick-off 2.30pm Mennaye Field DONCASTER Knights embark on one of the longest...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoLooking back is not Morley’s way to take his team forward
By BEN CONEYBEARE Success is addictive, and once a team has had a taste of it, they can become preoccupied with...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIn-form Chinnor show why they are riding high
By RHYS PAUL Leicester L ...... 15 Chinnor.............40 CHINNOR maintained their top-of-the-table challenge with a comprehensive victory. The Lions started strongly...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHoney seals sweetest win in classic contest
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ..................22pts Tries: McRae 40, Jones 58, Kalling-Smith 74 Conversions: Honey 40, 58 Penalties: Honey 79 Tries: Daly...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLuis has a Ball as Stortford win dourest battle
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S............... 13 Darlington MP......... 6 THE freezing cold conditions made handling difficult and, as far as could...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHosts pay price as visitors Sale away
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....32 Sale FC.....................56 A TAUNTON yellow card and three penalties against them saw three kicks to the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoThere’s no Luc as Smith steals show
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........49 Cinderford...............29 A LATE try denied Cinderford a second bonus point as Rosslyn Park secured a big...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoGarry’s laying down the Law in bid to find consistency
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON In their ninth consecutive season in National One, Darlington Mowden Park’s director of rugby Garry Law possesses a...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHigh-scoring games make it great ‘fun’ for Campbell
By BEN JAYCOCK National Two West has been the highest-scoring division in the National Leagues so far this season and Hinckley...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoChester’s first half points the way to victory
By ADAM CLEARY Chester.............. 18 Bournville.......... 8 A DOMINANT firsthalf display laid the foundations for a Chester victory as they kept...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLarkins hails Cam focus for Uni clash
By BILL HOOPER Forward power: Camborne’s Jordan Nicholls is driven towards the try-line by Josh Matavesi Below: Adam Hughes fends off...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDings delight after try-fest sinks spirited Salop
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders...77 Newport (S)............ 12 DINGS Crusaders ran riot as they racked up a big victory over visitors...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoPointon late show sees off Old Reds
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................32 Old Redcliffians....22 HINCKLEY continued their hot form on a freezing cold day at Leicester Road, beating Old...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoSting in the tail for battling Hornets
By JON RICHARDSON Hornets..................... 17 Luctonians.............. 30 LEAGUE leaders Luctonians got the better of hosts Hornets in an enthralling encounter that...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoAce Myatt sets the pace to subdue Students
By ROGER OPIE Clifton............... 48 Loughboro’ S...26 POWER and dominance in the tight exchanges helped Clifton to victory against a spirited...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLong-server Evans lauds club’s family atmosphere
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Billingham prides itself on being one of the top family rugby clubs in then north of England, and...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoShard hits top form in Lymm’s vital win
By NATHAN EDWARDS Lymm................. 46pts Preston G...........22pts LYMM moved seven points clear of the drop zone after a convincing victory against...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoPerfect ten for high-flying Esher
By OLLY PINHEY Esher.........................62 Worthing.................. 20 ESHER secured a sixth consecutive win with a ten-try rout over Worthing at Molesey Road....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcRae magic seals victory
Tonbridge J............36 Dorking.....................45 A HAT-TRICK for Tobermory McRae helped Dorking to victory over Tonbridge Juddians in a 13-try spectacular at Slade....
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoSingleton loan deal at Toulon
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER hooker Jack Singleton has signed for Toulon on loan for the remainder of the season. The 27-year-old, capped...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoCov sign Fiji U20s tighthead
COVENTRY have signed Fijian tighthead Vilikesa Nairau. The 21-year-old has represented his country at U20 level and also recently played for...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoAlan Jubb dies, at 90
FORMER coach and player Alan Jubb passed away on November 19 at the age of 90. Jubb, who was a fly-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoRegional results
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten records are sure to come to an end
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The Continental Tyres Schools Competitions advance to the national stages meaning several unbeaten records will come...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoRegional results
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoBattling Met stand up to be counted
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The mid-table madness continued as Cardiff Met completed a momentous week for the university with a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoHyatt happy to see Aberavon hit form
■By CARL FIELD Premiership round-up ABERAVON head coach Jason Hyatt was a proud man after his side responded to their heavy...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBrecon beat the weather to jump into top spot
Championship round-up JUST two of the dozen fixtures scheduled across both Welsh Championship divisions managed to survive the cold snap. Both...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoLaporte & Co hit the panic button
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A week after ripping out their coaching set-up and employing an Etch-a-Sketch style reset to their season,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership Rugby weekly previews: Round Eight
The Premiership finishes the first part of its season with five exciting games this weekend; Tom Jeffreys takes you through each...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years ago“Shameful” – McCall blasts treatment of Farrell
Owen Farrell‘s club boss Mark McCall has described treatment of him as “shameful” and “not right” after the England captain announced...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLudlam closing in on move to Toulon
Northampton Saints back row Lewis Ludlam’s highly anticipated move to Toulon, first rumoured in The Rugby Paper’s Blindside Column in early...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBaron calls for block on £296m PGP plan
By NICK CAIN Francis Baron has called for the RFU Council to insist that the RFU Board puts a moratorium on...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBaxter: We need to power up the scrum
By PAUL REES Rob Baxter has called on the game’s lawmakers to forget about trying to make the game more entertaining...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2
By BEN JAYCOCK Lawrence Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRecord turnover for Saints
Northampton have posted a record turnover of £21.96m in their annual report for the year ending June 2023. The club made...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoEvans on a mission to enjoy the highs
By JON NEWCOMBE As one of the Gallagher Premiership’s kings of the breakdown, Will Evans is determined to embrace every success...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLawrence is hungry for more, says JVG
By JON NEWCOMBE Johann van Graan is excited to see how good a player Ollie Lawrence can become with the England...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoAfter only seven games, hooker Elias is happy to be back in the running
By SIMON THOMAS Ryan Elias has played just seven games of rugby in 2023 – yet among those have been some...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLuke: I’ve got a new lease of life
By MARK STEVENS Luke Cowan-Dickie insists his summer switch to Sale Sharks has given him a ‘new lease of life’ in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSaracens keen for Vunipola to stay
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are believed to have offered Billy Vunipola a deal to remain in north London...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoRedpath lining up move to Scotland
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath and Scotland centre Cam Redpath, below, could be heading across the border next summer...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoFearing players going abroad is a false storm
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WORLD Cups provide rugby union with an opportunity to reset, and the actions taken...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoGloucester founder on Leicester rocks
By PAUL REES Gloucester ........................20pts Tries: McGuigan 49, Ford-Robinson 65 Conversions: Barton 50, 66 Penalties: Barton 16, 2 Leicester .......................... 38pts...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMcKellar: We will keep hold of Jasper
Dan McKellar is confident Leicester will hold on to their World Cup winning No.8 Jasper Wiese who has attracted the attention...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSeven-try Saracens too good for Bears
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens .......................... 39pts Tries: Farrell 7, Lewington 11, Vunipola 27, Lewington 44, George 53, 77; Willis 68 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMcCall backs misfiring Farrell
Saracens boss Mark McCall insists at no time did they consider changing their kicker as Owen Farrell landed just two of...
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