Club Rugby
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoNorth to decide on Provence move
ON THE BLINDSIDE Wales and Lions ace George North could this week tell ambitious ProD2 outfit Aix-en-Provence if he will join...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFrench pair to battle for Rees-Zammit
ON THE BLINDSIDE Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit is being lined up for a money-spinning move to France at the end of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBoks may move in for Van Graan
ON THE BLINDSIDE Bath’s impressive start to the Premiership season hasn’t gone unnoticed in South Africa, who have still got head...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSale on the lookout
Premiership pace setters Sale are looking to strengthen their squad. Alex Sanderson’s team went top of the Premiership table after beating...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGrace fights back
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Super League star Regan Grace is set to train with Bath while he bids to regain...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoHogg: Now is the time for young guns to shine
By BEN JAYCOCK EXETER Chiefs’ young talent have had to bide their time but are now the focus of Rob Baxter‘s...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoDominant Saracens turn on the power
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens ........... 48pts Tries: De Goede 5, 22; Infante 28, Penalty 53, Packer 74, Breach 63, Cleall 57,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoWard the star 17 weeks after giving birth
By MARK STEVENS Bristol ............... 48pts Tries: Atkin-Davies 4, 62; Bonner 10, Ward 14, Burgess 34, Murray 49, Sprague 64, Lovibond...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoQuins hold on to start the season on the right foot
By EDDIE MCATEER Trailfinders ..... 17pts Tries: Musgrove 37, Amory 51 Conversions: Green 38, 52 Penalties: Green 7 Harlequins .......22pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRadwan motivated to make up for lost time
By LUKE JARMYN Adam Radwan’s relishing Newcastle’s new expansive style this season, with the winger confident it will lead to an...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHanley: RFU should go into inner cities to grow player pool
By BEN JAYCOCK Steve Hanley is urging the RFU to copy France and go into the inner cities to grow the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFloodgates open as Leinster go to top
By ROB COLE Leinster............. 54pts Tries: Prendergast 3, O’Brien 8, Deegan 15, 79; Ringrose 50, Osborne 61, 74; Doyle 67 Conversions:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoHanrahan nudges Connacht home
By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks ............. 12 Connacht ........ 13 FLY-HALF JJ Hanrahan’s second-half penalty edged Connacht to victory in Durban to...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoDogged Ulster grind out victory
By SAM JACKSON Ulster .............. 24 Lions ................ 17 ULSTER came from behind to beat the Lions at a windswept Kingspan...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFlanagan: We threw off all the shackles
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons................ 20pts Conversion: Evans 39, 66 Penalty: Evans 24, 30 Ospreys..................5pts Tries: Roberts 38, Dyer 65 DRAGONS claimed...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoKrumov’s try denies Cardiff at the death
By SIMON THOMAS Zebre...................22pts Tries: Smith 34, Morisi 38, Krumov 86 Conversion: Prisciantelli 35, 87 Penalty: Prisciantelli 59 Cardiff................22pts Tries: Thomas...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCrowley makes sure for Munster
By KEVIN FALLON Munster .......... 10 Stormers ........... 3 JACK Crowley led from the front to steer Munster to victory over...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoClinical Warriors march on
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ..........26 Benetton ......... 12 GLASGOW moved into the top two of the URC with a clinical bonuspoint...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCoetzee red lets Edinburgh in
By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ....... 31 Bulls .................23 EDINBURGH claimed a fourth win out of five as Bulls found it hard...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoHanekom chews over Wales option
By ROB COLE His elder brother was the first to dip his toe into Welsh rugby and now the Bulls No.8...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe day that Jonah paid his £3 to play
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Aberavon Naval Rugby Football Club exists in name only, an enduring exercise in...
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Features
/ 2 years agoScottish genie turning on the magic at Bath
Paul Rees looks at Finn Russell, the big-money signing who is making a name for himself in the West Country Big-name...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge set to make up for tough opening
By BEN JAYCOCK Cambridge have had a difficult start to their first season in the Championship and but director of rugby...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBarnes show their respect
Roughly every seven years, November 11 falls on a Saturday and last weekend National Two East club Barnes honoured the date...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoCoach to Coach with Gareth Lewis
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill, above, talks to Rotherham head coach Gareth Lewis, below. After 10 years of successful...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen relegation battle was the key
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWilliams shines but Ealing take the spoils
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......26pts Tries: Williams 18, 39, 58, 80 Conversions: Bunting 18, 39, Hollingsworth 58 E Trailfinders ..38pts Tries: Willemse...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHartpury’s early has Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ..................... 22pts Tries: Ellwood 32, Veness 41, Caven 62, 70 Conversion: Benson 33 Hartpury University.... 40pts Conversion:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRigg and Wilson combine to lead Cov in eight-try romp
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 51pts Tries: Rigg 2, 42; Wand 11, Tyas 23, Martin 53, Wilson 60, Hutler 66, Titherington...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoFive-star Ampthill claim first away win
By BEN CONEYBEARE L Scottish ......... 10pts Tries: Trenholm 10, Talbot-Davies 27 Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Jackson-Richards 3, 53; Eliot 34, Pifeleti...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNo problem for Houston as Pirates take control
By MIKE Cornish P ......... 49pts Tries: Bokenham 3, McNab 6, Penalty 18, Schwarz 22, Evans 47, 65; Houston 61 Conversions:...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate rally falls just short as Moseley hold on
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ....... 19 Blackheath ..... 17 MOSELEY held on for victory despite a lastgasp rally from visitors...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoStortford have to take it on the Chin
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S................. 7 Chinnor....................26 A POWERFUL Chinnor side ran in four tries to claim victory in a tough...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoBryant has Rams back in business
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................24 Cinderford.............. 10 STEVIE Bryant’s lastplay try earned Rams a bonus-point win as they snapped a three-match...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoTigers roar as they see off rivals with derby win
By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ..26pts Tries: A Riley 12, Mallinson 40, Henderson 68 Conversions: Seals 40 Penalties: Seals 24, 59,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHastings at the double as leaders Albion toppled
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ...............36 Plymouth Albion..22 RICHMOND came back from a first-half deficit to beat league leaders Plymouth Albion. The...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoBragman earns bragging rights
By TOM BULMER Rosslyn Park..........38 Darlington MP......... 7 ROSSLYN Park continued their recent run of form with a bonus point win...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoTitans brought down to earth
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans..... 17 Leicester Lions.....27 LEICESTER Lions came away with a win from a real arm wrestle at...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMarkus makes his mark to hit 250 milestone
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Markus Burcham made his 250th appearance for Blackheath last Saturday in their 21-17 win over Richmond and continues...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTynedale pressure pays off after late call by ref
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..........28 Hull Ionians.....25 A LATE penalty try saw Tynedale claim maximum points in an entertaining basement battle with...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans stay perfect after first-half blitz
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T..........28 Hull.............................. 9 ROTHERHAM racked up a tenth-straight win to set themselves up for next week’s top-of-thetable...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoGrasshoppers find spring in their step
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............24 Preston G.................38 PRESTON Grasshoppers’ clinical first-half display was enough to earn them a second away win on...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoRuthless Dale’s joy as Tigers are caged
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale...... 31pts Sheffield T........ 17pts THE two teams in third and fourth swapped places again as Wharfedale won...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoRecord-breaking Fisher sparks a rout for Sheffield
By ADAM CLEARY Sheffield.................. 71 Huddersfield.......... 19 SHEFFIELD scrumhalf Elliot Fisher scored a club record six tries as they demolished Yorkshire...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoClinical Smith has Otley on the rack
By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde......................... 41 Otley.......................... 18 FYLDE bounced back in style with a resounding win over Otley, with Greg Smith...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTykes are not left out on a Lymm
By IAN ROBSON Lymm........................ 21 Leeds Tykes...........43 LEEDS Tykes continued their unbeaten start to the National League 2 North campaign with...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoGreen shoots appearing as Byron lays a foundation
By OLLY PINHEY Sheffield Tigers and their director of rugby Jack Howieson faced an early setback four weeks into pre-season when...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoCurry is too hot for Chester with
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.....................28 Old Redcliffians....37 OLD Redcliffians ran out deserved winners, six tries to four, in a free-flowing game at...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoNext crop of talent just out of Luc!
By WYN TIGLEY Clifton.................22pts Luctonians........27pts IN last season’s corresponding fixtures, Luctonians had beaten Clifton home and away, but the Lavender and...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoBournville late rally in vain at Cherry & Whites
By BILL HOOPER Camborne.........29 Bournville....... 24 CAMBORNE held off a late fightback by Bournville to secure another bonus-point win. Yellows again...
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