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Latest News
/ 3 months agoPau rise high to cut down Bordeaux
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Pair of aces: Matthieu Jalibert in action for Bordeaux on Friday and, inset, Pau’s tyro No.10 Axel...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoGloucester 19-17 Bath: Cherry & Whites make the most of the reigning champs’ errors
Gloucester, the 2024 winners of the Prem Cup, beat the 2025 winners to take pole position in Pool A with three...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoHarlequins vs Saracens: Last year’s memorable performance is driving us on, says fly-half Louie Johnson
A youthful Harlequins and Saracens renew rivalries at The Stoop today with both sides in search of their first victory in...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoNorthampton Saints 14-31 Newcastle Red Bulls: Alan Dickens’ side now have reason to celebrate
Stewart Moore made an instant impact for Newcastle Red Bulls as his fine hat-trick secured an outstanding Premiership Cup win at...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoSale Sharks 34-3 Exeter Chiefs: Sharks storm home as Chiefs lose grip
Sale Sharks made light of Storm Claudia and a sodden night in Manchester as they overpowered a youthful Exeter Chiefs side...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoWill Butt: I know my chance will come at Bath
Bath’s squad is so loaded that one of their most consistent players this decade, Will Butt, has struggled for minutes this...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 months agoHat-trick for Lund makes difference for champs
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Gloucester-H ...40pts Tries: Lund 7, 46, 50; Matthews 16, Tuipolotu 28, Jones 58 Conversions: George 8, 17, 29,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 months agoSaracens march on as Cleall hits triple
■By BEN MORRIS Saracens .......................79pts Tries: Rose 5, MacDougall 11, Field 23, Omokhuale 36, Evans 40, Sellors 45, Crake 51, Cleall...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 months agoSalvin: We are getting improvements week by week
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Sandy Park EXETER Chiefs welcome Harlequins to Sandy Park today...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoAt Exeter Chiefs, we need to be brave and smart, says Emily Tuttosi
Exeter Chiefs hooker Emily Tuttosi feels the club’s shift towards a more ambitious, offloading style under new boss Steve Salvin and...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoTykes get to grips with the weather to prevail
■ By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Leeds Tykes ...26 Dings C..............17 LEEDS Tykes claimed a bonus-point victory over Dings Crusaders, delivering a composed...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoMulchrone settles the Dogs’ nerves
■ By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................33 Tonbridge J ...........26 SALE FC and Tonbridge Juddians collided on the back of convincing wins...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoTigers survive after missed conversion
■ By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ........28 B Moseley ..............27 SEDGLEY Park manage to survive late on as they snatched a...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoTitans forced to hold off second-half Club rally
■ By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T .. 24pts Tries: Bruzulier 18, Broad 31, Penalty 36 Conversions: Hayes 18, 31 Penalty: Hayes...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoStortford rally as Lions left to lick their wounds
■ By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............48 Leicester Lions ....29 BISHOP’S Stortford overcame a slow start to run out convincing winners...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoRams raided by magic of Jenkins
■ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 15 Plymouth A ............34 RAMS slipped to a third straight National One defeat as clinical...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoPark get stung by the in-form Clifton
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................37 Rosslyn Park .........29 THE league leaders came unstuck against a resurgent Clifton who outplayed them...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoBaker has the right ingredient to serve up a win
■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians.....26 Sheffield T.......27 SHEFFIELD Tigers were lifted by the return of Will Baker and James Norman...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoHosts are over the Hill and far away!
■ By MIKE BROWN Billingham.............. 31 Rossendale............27 BILLINGHAM edged a pulsating contest, holding off a fierce Rossendale fightback to claim a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoIrvine double is so decisive for Otley
■ By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G.................25 Otley..........................34 OTLEY made the most of their trip to Preston with a hard-fought win. The...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoBy George! Hedgley hurts Hull so hard
■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................21pts Wharfedale..... 44pts HULL started the game with great confidence and ran into a 16-point lead after...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoLast-gasp penalty miss denies Darlington the victory
■ By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 17 Darlington MP........ 17 DARLINGTON were held to a draw by Fylde in a battle of...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoAttis kicks Macc to thrilling triumph
■ By TOM BARRY Macclesfield ..39 Tynedale .........38 WHAT an advert for the game in this area this was. The two...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoFirst-half blitz sets the tone for Chiefs to reign
■ By AVUYILE SAWULA Barnstaple.......36 Loughboro S....33 FOUR tries in the first half laid the foundation for Barnstaple to clinch a...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoLions thoroughly tamed by Exeter
■ By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni................79 Syston......................36 EXETER University produced a dominant attacking display to defeat Syston in an open, high-scoring...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoChester are all out of Luc in thrashing
■ By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............42 Chester........................0 LUCTONIANS put to bed any doubts about their ability to bounce back after last week’s...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoHornets get a buzz about safeguarding their Nest
■ By JOSH THOMAS Hornets...............27pts Lymm..................19pts HORNETS scored three times in 11 second-half minutes to stun Lymm and maintain their unbeaten...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoReds left feeling away-day blues as Tom shines
■ By JACK BEARD Cinderford...............32 Redruth....................22 CINDERFORD took the glory against an underwhelming Redruth side. Redruth flew out the gates to...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoOld Reds suffer at De Montfort Park
■ By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................36 Old Redcliffians ... 19 HINCKLEY sealed a big win over a struggling Old Redcliffians outfit. The...
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National League 2W
/ 3 months agoTitans edge thriller as leaders stunned
■ By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans ....30 Camborne ...............29 THIS was the end of Cambourne’s winning run in what can only...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoMcGann sticks the boot into battlers from Bury
■ By ADAM CLEARY Guernsey..........21 Bury St Ed’s......16 A SECOND-HALF comeback inspired by the boot of Ciaran Mc-Gann saw Guernsey claim...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoLate switch can’t halt Oundle surge
■ By PETER CROOT Oxford H...................28 Oundle......................69 OUNDLE surged into second place with a dominant win over Oxford Harlequins at Oxford...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoBlade gives hosts the cutting edge
■ By PAUL MOSLEY Dorking.....................45 Sevenoaks.............. 17 DORKING turned up the heat in the second half to ease away from a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoCook has visitors’ winning recipe…
■ By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley................14pts Westcombe P...21pts A BRACE from captain Nick Cook steered Westcombe Park to victory over Henley Hawks,...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoBarnes pay their respects to Lucy with a solid win
■ By RICH FENNECH Barnes......................40 Havant...................... 19 THE tone of this fixture was set respectfully with both teams observing a minute’s...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoMoss brace gives Welsh uphill task
■ By RORY MORROW Canterbury ............. 31 London Welsh .......24 CANTERBURY fended off a spirted fightback from London Welsh to claim...
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National League 2E
/ 3 months agoSamuel inspires leaders to success
■ By COILIN DUFFY Old Albanians .......55 Esher ........................34 OLD Albanians tightened their grip at the top of the table with...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoHartpury manage to get things sorted
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY JUST one top-half team in Men’s BUCS Super Rugby won this week as action resumed after...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoBen Coen keen to learn from the best down at Exeter
Exeter Chiefs’ strong start to the season has left Ben Coen kicking his heels rather than a rugby ball, but the...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoOran Murphy: I owe it to myself to give it another crack
Loughborough University loosehead Oran Murphy has been spearheading the African Violet charge to yet another title attack in a formidable pack,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 months agoSteelmen stretch away at the top
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD EBBW VALE made it six wins from seven with a 38-26 bonus-point triumph at RGC...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 months agoBeddau can’t stop Merthyr
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD REIGNING champions Merthyr went top of the Welsh Premiership after beating Beddau 22-15 at the Wern...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoVunipola happy to stick with Caudullo
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Going strong: Billy Vunipola playing for Montpellier PICTURES: Getty Images REPORTS of Billy Vunipola’s impending Top 14...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoOlly Woodburn: I’m going to prove my worth at Exeter Chiefs
Exeter Chiefs winger Olly Woodburn admits he’s hungry to make up for lost time after enduring the toughest year of his...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoIsaac Marsh: From Gloucester to Cardiff Met – chasing the next chapter
“I heard life is what passes when you're too busy living.” The opening line of Zach Bryan’s “Late July” makes you...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoI’m loving my time at Northampton Saints – Anthony Belleau
Back in the days when the spending taps in the Premierships were running hot, English rugby’s top flight had a distinct...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoApi Bavadra’s switch into the big time
After years of globe-trotting with Great Britain Sevens, Api Bavadra admits stepping into the Champ with Coventry has been a steep...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 months agoHarlequins will be looking to get back on the right track
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Harlequins v Gloucester-H Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, The Stoop THREE-TIME reigning PWR champions Gloucester-Hartpury head to Twickenham Stoop...














