Club Rugby
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGrasshoppers spring to victory
By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G’h.............32 Huddersfield.......... 12 With both sides precariously placed in the table and yet to record a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMain Mann Tom blitzes Blaydon
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon...................... 7 Wharfedale............46 Wharfedale raced to a comprehensive success at Crow Trees. Blaydon, though, started the better started...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFylde edge win to stay in pole position
MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians...... 31pts Fylde.................. 34pts RECENT encounters between these two sides have produced hard fought, high scoring affairs and...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoVare’s try ultimately proves vital in low-score affair
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester....................... 8 Sheffield.................... 5 This was tight, as the score suggests. Neither side ever looked comfortably in control....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoAces mauled by sizzling Sedgley
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................10 Sedgley Park...........41 Sedgley Park ran out easy winners to increase Harrogate’s woes. The initial stages of the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoZebras maul the off-colour Tigers
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................24 Sheffield Tigers...... 8 Otley scored their first try bonus win of the season in a match they...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North East
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT DONCASTER PHEO-NIX were knocked off top spot after going down 11-18 at home to York. The visitors led...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North West
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT BLACKBURN have powered their way to the top of the table following a 7-90 win away at Kirkby...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoHat-trick for Jake in Heath try spree
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury……. 12 Blackheath……57 Blackheath showed their class as they humbled Canterbury by 45 points. The new boys in...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoReed-Affleck duo act sinks West
By ANDREW HERLILY Bury St Edmunds..38 Westcliff.................28 Bury St Edmunds marked Yasin Browne’s 100th appearance for the club with victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoCallum treble puts island in the sun
By MO SHER Guernsey.................58 North Walsham..... 21 The Raiders registered their first win of the season in style, romping past North...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoHawks swoop as Vooght vroom topples leaders
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks..29pts Barnes................ 12pts Going through: Henley’s Ewan Fenley breaks away to score HENLEY Hawks claimed a bonus...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoSamson too strong as OAs see off Juddians
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian...........32 Tonbridge Judd.... 20 Old Albanian coach Dan George will be happier with his charges’ display of...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoWorthing’s worthy win in tight tussle
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund.......28 Worthing..................33 The old cliche of a game of two halves was played out at Magnolia Road...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoOaks’ late rally matches rivals
By KEVIN BEAL Sevenoaks..............26 Dorking.....................26 A tense afternoon at Sevenoaks saw a draw between two old rivals promoted from London SE...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoReturn of Vaka inspires Fishes
By PHIL GUTTUS Newport............25 Barnstaple....... 18 Newport secured their second home bonus-point win in a hard-fought battle with Barnstaple. On a...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHornets in history lesson for Students
By JOSHUA THOMAS Hornets.....................40 Loughborough S....38 Hornets earned their first-ever victory in the National 2 West after coming from 31-14 down...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoCrusaders pinch it at the death over Bourn
By JOHN WHITE Dings.................. 45pts Bournville......... 41pts Dings made it four wins in a row, thanks to a hard-fought victory over...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHinckley get the monkey off their backs with win
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.................. 31 Redruth....................25 Hinckley got their first home win of the season in an exciting game at home...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLions claw their way beyond Lucs
By ALEX SMITH Luctonians..............37 Leicester Lions.....43 Leicester Lions maintained their 100% start, but were pushed all the way in the end...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoFinlay is too Sharp for Old Redcliffians
By MATT OAKLEY Old Redcliffians...... 3 Clifton....................... 41 Finlay Sharp scored a hat-trick as Clifton blew away Old Redcliffians. The visitors...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattered Llanelli pay price for lack of discipline
By ROB COLE Aberavon.......... 31 Llanelli............. 24 Former Fijian age-grade international wing Ben Raivalitia crowned his debut off the bench for...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhites the party-poopers on Owens’ return
By ROB COLE Carmarthen............10 Swansea.................24 Ken Owens came through his first half of rugby since October 2021 unscathed, although a second-half...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcDonough shows spirit of Strange
By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale...............24 RGC............................... 8 They may have been missing head coach Jason Strange, who was on duty with...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDogged Warren at the double for Drovers
By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr.................... 12 Llandovery.............36 Former Dragons centre Adam Warren crossed for two of Llandovery’s five tries in their vital...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoScrivens masterminds Ponty revenge
By SIMON ROBERTS Pontypridd..............40 Bridgend.................... 8 Fly-half Joe Scrivens kicked Pontypridd to an emphatic league win over Bridgend to avenge their...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoHill helps stop the rot for Blue & Blacks
Newport...................32 Cardiff......................34 By ROB COLE Newport had been dining out all on the fact they beat Cardiff four times in a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBattling Ponty hold their nerve
Championship round-up By ROB COLE Tributes flowed for former player Eddie Butler as Pontypool beat promotion-rivals Neath at Pontypool Park. Deon...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLillicrap leads Wales to New Zealand
SIWAN Lillicrap will captain Wales’ squad for the World Cup in New Zealand. Centre Hannah Jones, who led Wales in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMcIntosh guides Brecon to big win
Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE DION McIntosh had a field day as he scored 20 points in Brecon’s 45-21...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOjomoh starts as Bath and Wasps face off in crucial game
Max Ojomoh starts for Bath against Wasps on Friday night in a game that both sides will see as an absolute...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBath players needed break after finishing bottom – Redpath
Bath centre Cameron Redpath admitted the squad were thankful for a few weeks off at the end of last season, speaking...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoNew Knight Lloyd-Seed living the dream up north
Doncaster Knights’ new fly-half Alec Lloyd-Seed is relishing his opportunity at the Championship club, after rounding off a whirlwind 12 months...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPremiership Cup round up: Wasps impress despite off-field issues
Wasps shone on the pitch during a difficult week off it, as they looked the strongest of the sides in this...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWorcester and Wasps facing relegation as financial crisis deepens
Both Worcester Warriors and Wasps today suffered blows that may result in their relegation from the Gallagher Premiership, as English club...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago41-year-old Goodridge set for Warriors debut in Prem Cup
Worcester Warriors’ backs transition coach Jonny Goodridge is set to make his debut for the club aged 41 in tonight’s Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoChiefs up to second with win at spirited Warriors
Worcester ……..21pts Tries: Hearle 25, Simpson 45, Lawrence 64 Conversions: Williams 26, 46, Searle 65 Exeter ……….36pts Tries: Simmonds 3, Capstick 16, 31;...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoGloucester CEO: Don’t put up £5m salary cap
By JON NEWCOMBE Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley has voiced his frustration at the decision to increase the Premiership salary cap back...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPGB to allow 5,000 capacity entry to Premiership
The Professional Game Board at the RFU have agreed to loosen the rules governing the minimum stadium capacity for promotion to...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlamire’s sticking at hooker – Walder
By PAUL REES Newcastle are not looking to do an Alfie Barbeary with Jamie Blamire despite fielding the pacy England hooker...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOdendaal has point to prove after Boks snub
By PAUL REES Burger Odendaal joined Wasps after accepting that his chances of winning a South Africa cap had gone, but...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNadolo too strong for fighting Falcons
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........36pts Tries: Cronin 2, Nadolo 7, 37; Ashton 37, Cracknell 73 Conversions: Gopperth 2, 38, 37, 73...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWalder: We lost way at the end
Newcastle boss Dave Walder felt the two tries conceded just before the interval cost his team dear. “They were two ‘switch...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins wilt in sun as Saracens run show
By PAUL REES Harlequins ........27pts Tries: Murley 3, 8; Marchant 36 Conversions: Allan 5, 10, 37 Penalties: Allan 15, 64 Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe were rusty, admits Vunipola
Billy Vunipola said the message after Saracens found themselves 17 points down after 15 minutes was to remain calm. It was...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFurbank inspires Saints to bonus win
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton ..38pts Tries: Augustus 8, Sleightholme 52, Mitchell 55, Furbank 71 Conversions: Grayson 9, 56; Furbank 72 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson: Mitchell’s magic hands sparked us into life
Phil Dowson praised Alex Mitchell for the way his moments of magic with hands and feet sparked life into Saints and...
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