Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBates looking to get Bears back to the sharp end
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol born and bred outside back Jack Bates is hoping his ability to play centre and wing will...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoTop four finish is the target for White
By PAUL REES London Irish are in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first time in 10 years, but scrum-half Ben...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWoodward returns to Premiership at Sale
Experienced head: Jason Woodward in action for Gloucester Sale Sharks have signed former Gloucester fullback Jason Woodward ahead of the new...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWasps chief denies administration fears
Premiership clubs were phoning the agents of some of Wasps’ top talent this week amid rumours that the club had filed...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoStortford show they are a class above
■ By DAVID HAIGH Canterbury ....21 Bishop’s S ......38 BISHOP Stortford’s pace and accuracy proved key as they kick started their...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoExeter Uni…………..36 Plymouth …………..42
■ By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO IT was Plymouth Albion who came out on top in a 12-try thriller against Exeter University at...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBroadstreet …………5 North Walsham….45
■ By SIMON SKENE NORTH Walsham began their pre-season campaign with a dominant away victory over a toothless Broadstreet. Broadstreet asserted...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRochford H …………10 Tring……………………17
■ By BEN JAMES TRING began their preseason fixtures with a hard-earned victory over East Anglian rivals Rochford Hundred in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRichmond too strong in battle of old foes
■ By DARA KANE Blackheath ......12pts Richmond ........45pts CHAMPIONSHIP side Richmond scored nine tries as they eased past London rivals Blackheath...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilson stars as Clifton show their ruthless streak
■ By MICK NICHOLSON Clifton ..................38 Taunton ................19 NATIONAL 2 West side Clifton made a victorious start to their pre-season campaign...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRGC get past tier two new boys Caldy
■ By JORDAN WILLIS Caldy ................21 RGC....................36 CALDY’S first preseason outing as a newly promoted Championship side ended in defeat at...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoTynedale…………….21 Luctonians …………29
■ By BRIAN TILLEY THE long trip from Hereford proved worthwhile for Luctonians as they outgunned Tynedale in a pre-season encounter...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThompson’s late intercept swings it Merthyr’s way
■ By SAMUEL JACOBS Coventry................29 Merthyr ..................36 GARETH Thompson scored a 77th minute interception winner as Welsh Premiership side Merthyr secured...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHenley ………………….0 Camberley …………14
■ By NIGEL DUDDING CAMBERLEY kicked off their preseason campaign with an emphatic victory over National 2 East side Henley courtesy...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBlood & Sand prove too good for rivals
■ By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge......37 Bury St Eds ....21 CAMBRIDGE served notice that they’ll be looking to improve upon last season’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPRE-SEASON FIXTURES
August 18 Caldy v Birkenhead Park Biarritz v Ealing Trailfinders (8pm) Cinderford v Matson (7.30pm) August 19 Caldy v Sale Sharks...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFoster-Smith’s intercept seals cross-border win
■ By PETER RILEY Dings......................33 Newport................40 WELSH Premiership side Newport secured an away victory over National Two West’s Dings Crusaders courtesy...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSuperior fitness tells as Park cruise home
■ By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park ......84 Worthing ..............33 ROSSLYN Park’s preseason opener against Worthing delivered on all fronts with the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFylde’s potent attack clicks to bring up half ton
■ By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................50 Blackburn ............29 FYLDE ramped up their pre-season preparations with a comfortable win over Blackburn. The home...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoTalent everywhere you look in URC
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND With the United Rugby Championship season fast approaching I’ve been having a good look at...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘University of Worcester Warriors’ announced as new club name for 2022/23 season
Worcester Warriors Women have become the third club in the Allianz Premier 15s to form a partnership with a university, with...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoIRFU follows RFU into ban on transgender women
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have become the latest governing body to ban transgender women from playing women’s rugby at...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoDMP Durham Sharks’ Crowdfunder passes halfway mark
Darlington Mowden Park Durham Sharks‘ (DMP Sharks) Crowdfunder has passed 50% of its target, as their bid to stay in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCharlie Matthews returns to increase Quins’ lock options
Harlequins have looked to a former player to fill in one of their gaps at second row, as Charlie Matthews returns...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFalcons preparing to relive the glory days
By PAUL REES The Premiership celebrates its 25th birthday later this month and the inaugural champions, Newcastle, are so determined to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoShortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out
By BEN JAYCOCK Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLoader out to put his injury woe behind him
By BEN JAYCOCK Ben Loader is hoping to put last season’s injury-ridden season behind him and help London Irish make a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWilliams: Some people may think I’m crazy but switch to Scarlets feels right
By STEFFAN THOMAS Gareth Williams is comfortable he has made the right decision leaving the Wales coaching team and is confident...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMarines help O’Loughlin get in shape for Exeter
By PAUL REES When Rory O’Loughlin met Exeter’s director of rugby Rob Baxter earlier this year to discuss moving from Leinster...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHoppers set early pace but Kendal dig in
By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G..............36 Kendal ..................26 Newly promoted Preston Grasshoppers began their pre-season programme with a home win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSuper sub Isaac scorches in for four
■By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde Hawks ......53 Perthshire ..............5 Fylde welcomed a touring, well kilted Perthshire Eagles squad to the Woodlands for...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDominant third period puts Shelford clear
■By JOSH BARNES Shelford................47 Rochford H............29 SHELFORD showed their season ambitions with an impressive win against National 2 opponents. The game...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFree-scoring All Blacks finish on high
■By SUZANNE CLEAVE Cornish AB............24 Barnstaple............12 RUGBY returned to Polson with a three-way friendly line up of the Cornish All Blacks,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJarvis shines behind powerful Pooler pack
■By JOHN WHITE Dings ......................21 Pontypool ............67 DINGS suffered a heavy defeat in their opening preseason fixture in front of a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoStudents turn on style to down Raiders
■By MAX COURTIS Exeter Uni ......47 Guernsey ........12 THE young men from Devon came out on top with a fine display...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRugby has a proper fight on its hands now
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Anyone out there remember Sean Kerly? It’s just about possible, but only if your joints are seizing...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilson happy to be a new Knight
By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster may be worlds apart from south-west London but former astrophysics student and Harlequins prop Mak Wilson is...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFans left at the bottom of the pile when it comes to kick-off times
PETER JACKSON A summer of sorrow over Llanelli draws towards a close, leaving the Scarlets to prepare for their 150th anniversary...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBig names moving into a new home
Ben Jaycock looks at how the Championship squads are shaping up for the coming season As a consequence of the Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSt Luke’s left Exeter with a proud legacy
CLUB OF THE WEEK EXETER UNIVERSITY BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER Founded: 1860 (as St Luke’s College) Colours: Green and white Director of...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMoment in Time: Psycho front row set platform for Sale’s return to top flight
Sale – Courage League 2 Champions 1993/94 Sale had been out of the top flight for six seasons after being relegated...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWhen Sale wanted to be Man U’s rugby team
Sale have always had one very big shadow on their doorstep. Just over four miles from their Heywood Road ground was...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMatson tweaks masterplan to keep Quins competitive
By Gary Fitzgerald Tabai Matson insists Harlequins must “get the nuts and bolts right” to ensure they stay in the top...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland star Beckett joins Gloucester-Hartpury
England international Sarah Beckett has joined Gloucester-Hartpury from Premier 15s rivals Harlequins. The back rower has been capped 24 times for...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoExeter Chiefs sign Tonga international Kata
Exeter Chiefs have signed Tonga international and rugby league convert Solomone Kata on a one-year deal. The 27-year-old joins from Super...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoFranco Smith appointed as new Glasgow boss
Former Italy boss Franco Smith has been appointed Glasgow Warriors head coach on a two-year deal. Smith, 50, joins the URC...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOffiah seeking clarity in Burrell race claims
By GARY FITZGERALD The RFU is to investigate claims from former Newcastle Falcons centre Luther Burrell regarding racism within the sport....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSimpson happy to join the monsters
By JON NEWCOMBE Joe Simpson is looking forward to playing behind a “monster” pack after prolonging his Premiership career at Sale...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoURC fixtures open up with Welsh derby
The fixtures for the 2022/23 United Rugby Championship have been confirmed as the Scarlets and Ospreys meet on the opening weekend...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoItalians not playing ball with Warriors in Franco battle
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted: Franco Smith Glasgow Warriors are battling to name Franco Smith as their new head...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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