Club Rugby
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRelief for Byron as his Titans win ugly
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham........ 17pts Stourbridge...... 10pts RESILIENT Titans fought off a strong challenge from visitors Stourbridge to maintain their 100...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIronmen prove too strong as Ravens caged
By FREDDIE BENNETT Bridgend.................. 16 Merthyr....................36 MERTHYR moved up to third with a comprehensive bonus-point victory. The Ravens made a strong...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBig Joe’s late show gives Bath a boost
By MIKE SINCLAIR Newcastle ........25pts Tries: McGuigan 5, Collett 28, Peterson 61 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 28, 61 Penalties: Haydon-Wood 17, 38 Bath...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBrowne leaves it late to strike
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..25 Henley Hawks.......25 BURY and Henley fought out a draw in a ding-dong match that could...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBears confident for wrestle with the leaders
PREVIEW... By IMOGEN AINSWORTH Bristol Bears v Saracens Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Shaftesbury Park BRISTOL host Saracens at Shaftesbury Park today in...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Wharfedale pipped by visitors
By STEPHEN RHODES Wharfedale............ 10 Luctonians.............. 16 A THOROUGHLY enjoyable game at The Avenue in bright and breezy conditions saw visitors...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoSwans take flight against the Quins
By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen............ 21 Swansea.................26 SWANSEA picked up their league win of the season after they picked up a bonus-point...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWe gave ball away too often -Walder
WITH Newcastle’s rugby director starting a threematch ban for criticising last weekend’s referee, the only Dean Richards on duty at Kingston...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHarry’s late try sinks Old Boys
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...46 Old Albanian........... 41 A TRY in the final act of the game by wing Harry Rowson...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTigers roar back to see off Ionians
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........27 Hull Ionians............ 21 TIGERS fought back from conceding an early converted try to claim victory. The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDrovers have designs on more Ponty woe
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Llandovery v Pontypridd Today. Kick-off 2:30pm, Church Bank Playing Fields PONTYPRIDD are still seeking their first win...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHonours even as Jackson fires wide
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale ....................27pts Tries: D du Preez 38, 55; JL du Preez 44, Reed 60 Conversions: MacGinty 45, 56...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTom’s treble for seven-up Fylde
By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville...............33 Fylde.........................47 WHAT a crazy game this was in the Birmingham sunshine. The Fylde pack hardly ventured into...
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Schools / Universities
/ 4 years agoExeter University Has a Track Record of Success
Luke Mehson, Richard Capstick, Jack Owlett, Tom Lawday… these are just a few of the players that have represented Exeter University...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDean Richards handed three week match-day ban for media comments
Newcastle Falcons Director of Rugby Dean Richards has been banned from any match-day involvement for three weeks following his comments in...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoJersey Reds’ Tom Pittman’s long road to professional rugby
Jersey Red’s Tom Pittman’s journey into professional rugby has been anything but easy. The pandemic came whilst Pittman was studying at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoKiran McDonald to join Wasps at the end of the season from Glasgow Warriors
Scottish lock Kiran McDonald will join Wasps at the end of the season from Glasgow Warriors. The 6ft 8in lock was...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoItaly scrum-half Callum Braley signs for Northampton Saints
Italian scrum-half Callum Braley has signed for Northampton Saints ahead of the 2022/23 season after making the switch from Italian side...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPremiership reserve teams could play in the Championship from 2024
The RFU will vote this week on proposals to reshape the English Championship. As part of the plans, the second-tier would...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFormer England and Saracens lock George Kruis retires from rugby
Former Saracens and England forward George Kruis has announced his retirement from all rugby on his 32nd birthday to concentrate on...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter snatch victory over 14-man Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle (7) 14Tries: Haydon-Wood, McGuigan Cons: Haydon-Wood 2Exeter (7) 15Tries: Schickerling, Innard Con: J Simmonds Pens: J Simmonds A late Joe...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDrovers hold off Merthyr in thriller
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Merthyr....................36 Llandovery.............43 AN 11-try thriller went Llandovery’s way, but they had to withstand a fine Merthyr...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCrow inspires the Hawks to big win
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks.......23 Guernsey....................0 HENLEY Hawks gained a comfortable bonus point victory at Dry Leas. So dominant were the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSandbach show battling qualities
Midlands Premier SANDBACH battled through the last 20 minutes with 14 men to clinch a morale-boosting 14-13 victory over Syston to...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlack and Ambers run riot over Ponty
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Newport...................36 Pontypridd................ 7 NEWPORT maintained their unbeaten start to the season as they thrashed Pontypridd on Thursday...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoConstant thrives as Lions triumph
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....35 Canterbury.................0 DEVON Constant scored two tries as Lions show their class in the wet by claiming...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDorking stay top with Sidcup win
London & SE Premier DORKING are still in pole position after a 40-3 win away to Sidcup. George Jackson, Louis Flynn,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTigers keep it tight to curb Bath spirit
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath ....................20pts Tries: Muir 9, Ojomoh 29, Bayliss 31 Conversions: Bailey 29 Penalties: Bailey 22 Leicester ..........24pts Tries:...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCampbell joy as his side power to victory
By PETER GREAVES Hinckley............ 15pts Esher................... 13pts Muddy hell: Hinckley players celebrate after Andrew Weaver touches down for the home side’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJack at double as Uni climb up
SW Premier EXETER University returned to the top as they thumped Drybrook 51-20 for a comfortable bonus-point triumph. Winger James Botterill...
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Premiership
/ 4 years ago‘Players came up with the answers’
LEICESTER head coach Steve Borthwick praised his side for finding solutions in the second half. “We started the game really well...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDings race to win as sides share 14 tries
By IAN BOWYER Dings Crusaders...53 Rochford Hund.......32 DINGS roared to a resounding victory at windswept Shaftesbury Park. The home side played...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDelight for Blaydon comes at the double
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.............36 Bournville........ 14 BLAYDON secured the double over Bounrnville with a convincing win. The home side started brightly...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJackson’s final kick snatches it for Irish
By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....32pts Tries: van Rensburg 3, 24, Coleman 41, Hassell-Collins 64 Conversions: Jackson 25, 42, 65 Penalties:...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDraw specialists are held yet again
By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes........................ 6 Bury St Edmunds.... 6 A REAL war of attrition at a wet and wild Barn Elms...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBarrow’s boys turn up heat to nil hosts
By ELLIOT BURROW Happy days: Sedgley celebrate a memorable win Star man: Matt Gallagher scored a hat trick PICTURES: Mike Inkley...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoVunipola boys on top form – Shaw
JOE Shaw praised the Vunipola brothers even though the discarded England pair could not get their side over the line against...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoAlex leads from front for Clifton
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian............. 7 Clifton.......................52 WHEN a tight head prop scores a hat-trick these days he receives congratulation rather...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBristol’s power game puts squeeze on Wasps
By JON BATHAM Wasps ................5 Bristol ................7 FORWARDS dominated as Bristol dealt a hammer blow to Wasps’ top-four hopes in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMinikin takes control in Ionians’ victory
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 15 Wharfedale.............. 3 HULL Ionians’ better control of the ball saw them gain victory in terrible...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSix of the best as Redruth dominate
By BILL HOOPER Redruth.............40 Westcliff............ 0 REDRUTH ran in six unanswered tries as they dispatched a willing but outgunned Westcliff on...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoKabeya grabs late double to deny the Chiefs
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Loughborough..28 Exeter ..............25 A LATE double from Sadia Kabeya stunned Exeter Chiefs to secure a bonuspoint victory for...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMatt produces a Riley crucial role
By DES HICKIE Chester..................... 30 Loughborough.......24 CHESTER just held the edge in a game played by two teams of contrasting styles,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoNine-try Worcester prove too strong for Sharks
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ........57 Darlington MP 17 WORCESTER Warriors Women ran in nine tries as they overran DMP Durham Sharks...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCiaran shows he’s got Moore class
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge............74 Harrogate................ 17 CLASS act Ciaran Moore marked his return to Stourbridge ranks by running in five tries...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHarlequins happy to be back in the swing
By MATT WRIGHT Harlequins ........29pts Tries: Beard 3, Jones 31, Murley 44, Esterhuizen 46, Lynagh 64 Conversions: Edwards 31, 44 Wasps...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoFletcher returns as Quins look to put on a show
By FIONA LYONS PREVIEW... Harlequins v Sale Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop HARLEQUINS head coach Gerard Mullen has made just one...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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