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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoColombe try leaves the Aviva stunned
By PAUL REES Leinster............................. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoSuperstar Parisse signs off in style
By BEN JAYCOCK Glasgow............................. 19pts Tries: Steyn 55, 73; Cancelliere 68 Conversions: Horne 56, 74 Toulon ............................... 43pts Tries: Serin 4,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoWarriors will learn from this – Smith
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith accepted that his side were outplayed but believes this experience will help his players in the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTomi aiming for top after switch back to Scarlets
By LUKE JARMYN Welsh flyer Tomi Lewis is adamant that moving back to his native land and working with head coach...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTeen Ogden hails impact of veteran star Chudley
By BEN JAYCOCK Tyro Coventry scrumhalf Fin Ogden has been taken under the wing of Premiership veteran Will Chudley this season....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeinster face fight for Boyle
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Leinster are trying to keep highly-rated prop Jack Boyle from moving to the Premiership this...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoMoneybags Racing keen to sign Smith
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 are serious about tempting Marcus Smith to quit south-west London for a move...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoStage set for mind battle between old friends
Paul Rees previews the Premiership final Alex Sanderson is a two-club man. He spent the bulk of a playing career that...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRowntree’s Red Army ready to roll
Saturday's United Rugby Championship final between the Stormers, the holders, and Munster at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town is a...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoProp Sarah is revelling in her turn in the spotlight
By BEN JAYCOCK Sarah Bern has gone from having the lights turned out on her training sessions to sharing the same...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoBears make it seven wins on the bounce
By JESSICA TOLKIEN Bristol.......................24 Exeter....................... 21 Bristol secured a bonus-point win against Exeter in their round 16 clash and now head...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoWilliams-Morris stars with hat-trick
By SAM BYTHEWAY DMP Sharks...............0 Loughborough....... 71 Loughborough secured just their fifth win of the league season with a powerful 12-try...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoSarries survive Botterman red to close gap
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Worcester............... 15 Saracens.................38 Saracens survived a red card to Hannah Botterman to close the gap on the top...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoDeadly Sharks enjoy feeding frenzy
By MATT MERRITT Wasps......................... 7 Sale...........................88 With only three games of elite rugby left before they are dropped from the Premier...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoGloucester-HartpuryvHarlequins Today
PREVIEW... Acid test awaits for Quins play-off hopes By BEN JAYCOCK HARLEQUINS face a big test at table-toppers Gloucester-Hartpury with Amy...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHertfordshire sign off by smashing 50
By KIERAN FREE Cheshire ........ 24 Herts ................ 54 Hertfordshire signed off their championship with an emphatic victory on the road...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSomerset go clear after early struggle
By HUGH DUDER Somerset ........41 Hampshire ..... 24 It took Hampshire just three minutes to open the scoring as Rory Penfold...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoBentley’s late score seals it for Lancashire
By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire ........ 29pts Tries: Higginson 2, Wilkinson 43, Bentley 72 Conversions: Smith 3 Penalties: Smith 15, 30, 40,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHennessy produces the late magic to break Cornish hearts
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall ......... 31 Kent ................. 34 Kent broke Cornish hearts with a deserved win in the Cornish sunshine...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoUnlucky Cumbria fall short of semis
By JAMES LEWIS Cumbria ...........36 Durham ...........26 Cumbria prevailed in a ferocious encounter at Aspatria – but missed out on a...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoShort’s fast start gets Glouc going
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Devon ............... 10 Glouc’shire .....40 Gloucestershire inflicted a big defeat on Devon at Plymouth Albion, but finished behind...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHalf-century helps Dorset & Wilts ease past Berks
By ANDY ARTER Berkshire ........ 19 Dorset & W.....50 Dorset & Wilts travelled to Reading in search of the bonus point...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoEast Midlands book their place in final four despite defeat
By MO SHER Leic’shire ........ 15 E Midlands ..... 10 Leicestershire finished off their campaign with a hard-earned win against East...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoNorth Mids wrestle control to reach semis
By SAM THOMAS N Midlands .....38 E Counties ......26 A ten-try thriller at Droitwich saw North Midlands eventually win in comfortable...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoEssex set up decider with Oxfordshire
Division 3 round-up ■By MO SHER THE game of the day was in Thurrock, where Essex pipped Sussex 32-31 – the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoGill Burns Cup
Round-up JUST Lancashire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey remain unbeaten in Division 1 after two rounds of action. Last year’s champions Leicestershire got...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoWiese wins the players’ player gong
NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoPowell replaces Cokayne at Quins
LEICESTER have signed England and Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne for the 2023-24 Premier 15s season.The 26-year-old has won 72 caps for...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSurgery ends Curry’s World Cup dream
Agony: Sale’s Ben Curry SALE Sharks flanker Ben Curry is set to miss the World Cup after being ruled out for...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoFront row pair extend deals with Gloucester
ENGLAND hooker Jack Singleton has signed a contract extension at Premiership side Gloucester. The 26-year-old, who has three caps, joined from...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRiley back as Park lead the field
Now that the National Two North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoAcademy at TJs thriving with Withers at the helm
By BEN JAYCOCK At a time when participation levels have fallen across the country, Tonbridge Juddians’ academy are revelling in healthy...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPontypool run in 13 tries to finish perfect season
Championship round-up Pontypool brought down the curtain on their remarkable season by running in 13 tries in an 83-7 win at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMaynard aiming to sink his old mates
Premiership Final preview By ROB COLE Cardiff Llandovery v Today, Kick-off 5.15pm JACK Maynard helped Cardiff to win the Premiership title...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoThe Rocks edge out Rumney to lift title
National 1 round-up ST PETER’S held their nerve to win 17-7 at Rhydyfelin to pick up the points they needed to...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoGalthie’s message of hope to top 100
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWestern Province stake claim
Currie Cup round-up Western Province staked their claim for the Currie Cup playoffs by beating the defending champions Pumas 22-14. The...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Champions Cup final preview
357 days and 62 matches later, the Heineken Champions Cup final is poised for a hugely-anticipated rematch as Leinster take on...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Challenge Cup final preview
The word “historic” is often overused when it comes to sporting triumphs, but there can be no doubt that will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBarnes fears impact of social media on grassroots referees
Wayne Barnes believes that ignoring social media is the best way for referees to operate, but is also concerned that online...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSharks end 17-year wait to reach Premiership Final
By Nick Powell, Online Editor Sale Sharks………………………………21 Tries: Roebuck 20, Reed 64 Conversions: Ford 21 Penalties: Ford 47, 57, 69 Leicester...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaracens on track for sixth Prem title
By GARY FITZGERALD Mark McCall hailed “outstanding and controlled” Owen Farrell after the England star pulled the strings at StoneX Stadium...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMorgan: Move away from culture of debt
By LUKE JARMYN Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan has called for a complete refocus so rugby can move away from a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPut an independent person in charge – Goode
Alex Goode, who this week signed a contract extension at Saracens, has called on Premiership Rugby to provide “clarity” and “certainty”....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSalary cap hurting, not helping – Biggar
By BEN JAYCOCK Dan Biggar feels the Premiership’s exodus of players to France is a result of the league’s reduced salary...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKelly ready to work hard for starting place
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle's new recruit John Kelly has come a long way from working as a nightclub doorman in Plymouth,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBath battle back to grab elite spot
By PAUL REES The final round of the regular Premiership season boiled down to who would claim England’s final place in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSteward: Wiggy’s the main driver
By ADAM HATHAWAY Richard Wigglesworth, the Leicester interim head coach, is not happy taking the plaudits for Tigers’ resurrection but Freddie...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks keen to get Veainu back in Prem
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale Sharks are set to bring former Leicester fullback Telusa...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester swoop for Kata
NEIL FISSLER Leicester have snapped up Solomone Kata, who is leaving Exeter after only one season when his contract runs out...
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