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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDempsey stars as Warriors prepare for France
By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ............33pts Tries: Tuipulotu 1, Steyn 31, Dempsey 39, Price 59, Matthews 70 Conversions: Thompson 17, 39, 59,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChristie keeping his Test options open
NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD ANDY Christie is being tipped for a bright international future but the Saracens youngster is not...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoMorgan hat-trick downs Westcliff
By RICHARD COMPTON Canterbury..............52 Westcliff................. 15 FRANK Morgan’s hattrick of tries helped Canterbury to an emphatic bonus-point win over basement boys...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling-slaying Knights target next big scalp
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 2.20pm, Mennaye Field THE last time Doncaster won at the Mennaye...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBoks big guns get Sharks sparking
By SUFIAN ALAM Sharks ............30 Bulls ................16 THE Sharks, boosted by a host of Springboks returning to club action, claimed a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoSaints aim to make a statement in Europe
By PAUL REES ALEX Waller is one of Northampton’s longest serving players, having made his debut 12 years ago, and hopes...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRugby was religion in the Douai sixth form
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChiefs down Saracens to lay their challenge
By ADAM HATHAWAY EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter watched his side deliver a message to the rest of the Premiership...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHosts way off target in Clif-hanger defeat
By SHAUN WREN Worthing............23pts Clifton................ 24pts On the way: Clifton celebrate a try WORTHING were left to rue missed opportunities as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSuper-sub Porter sets up second-half stampede
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ............47pts Tries: Ruddock 23, Ringrose 32, Sheehan 39, Larmour 41, Doris 49, Baird 58, Deegan 74 Conversions:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoBordeaux can be Woki champs
PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE COVID IMPACT ON THIS SEASON’S EUROPEAN CUP Tigers roar in 2002: Leicester will be hoping to revive...
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European Rugby
/ 4 years agoCardiff and Munster are homeward bound from South Africa
Cardiff have announced that the majority of their playing and background staff will leave South Africa on Thursday morning following a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoNine new coronavirus cases in Munster camp
PA Rugby Union Munster have reported nine positive coronavirus cases among their players and staff following the latest round of PCR...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 4 years agoBilly Vunipola stars as Saracens go second
Saracens moved into second place of the Gallagher Premiership with a home win against Sale Sharks on Sunday afternoon. Sarries led...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChiefs believe they can work through issues at Sandy Park
EXETER are looking to rediscover home comforts to reboot their Premiership campaign and get them off to a winning start in...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTykes fight back for first away win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge.............. 15 Leeds Tykes........... 17 LEEDS Tykes left Grantchester Road with their first away victory of the season...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoEMMA SWORDS
WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS scrumhalf...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStroll in the Park for ever-reliable Collins
By STEVE SMITH Chester..................... 14 Sedgley Park.........42 STEVE Collins had a perfect day from the tee as Sedgley Park put their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoExiles show they mean business this season
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........19pts Tries: Beard 28, 66, Northmore 35 Conversions: Allen 29, 36 London Irish ....22pts Tries: Creevy 28,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoWhite boots TJs to nervy victory
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge Judd.... 12 Plymouth Albion... 10 FOUR penalties from the boot of fly-half Tom White saw TJs record...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHunt hits a double for Baa-Baas
Barbarians ........60pts Tries: Levy (3), Daley-Mclean, Hunt (2), Lloyd, Peat, Pam, Griffin Conversions: Daley-Mclean (5) South Africa ......5pts Tries: Malinga Dominant:...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoNo problem in Cardiff? Read these tweets, WRU
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Welsh Rugby Union maintained a stony silence all week in the face...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSimmonds bulldozes Bath hopes of revival
By MIKE SINCLAIR Bath ....................16pts Tries: Reid 19 Conversions: Bailey 19 Penalties: Bailey 2, 47, 63 Exeter ................23pts Tries: Iosefa-Scott 42,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMills eyes up promotion as Park move to summit
By JOHN LYON Caldy................... 20pts Tries: Penalty 39, Barlow 80 Conversions: Jones 80 Penalties: Jones 5, 23 Rosslyn Park....26pts Tries: Marfo...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoIt’s a magnificent seven for leaders!
Premiership By ETHAN GEORGE Newport...................48 Ebbw Vale............... 10 NEWPORT ensured they finished on top of the table with a seven-try rout...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWomen’s World Cup is coming home in 2025
ENGLAND is set to host the women’s World Cup in 2025, when it increases from 12 to 16 teams. England, which...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoArwen causes a storm as key clash called off
Premiership By MATT EMERY STORM Arwen blew the vital WRU Premiership East Cup game between RGC and Pontypridd off course, and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 4 years agoBaxter: We need the joy of winning
WHEN back-rower Dave Ewers plays, Exeter win. The Chiefs have suffered four defeats in the Premiership this season but Ewers, absent...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCinderford knocked off top spot by superb Sale
By JOSHUA MATHESON Cinderford............... 15 Sale........................... 19 CINDERFORD surrendered top spot as they went down to their first home defeat of...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years ago11-try Titans in rampant form
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough......... 5 Rotherham.............. 71 ROTHERHAM Titans ran in 11 tries in a dominant display against Loughborough Students at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoJefferies proves the difference for Chiefs
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ..............14 Loughborough..7 EXETER returned to Premier 15s action with a hard-fought victory over Loughborough at Sandy Park....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMercer in top form as Eddie looks on
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The Top 14 returned after a three-week international break for two rounds ahead of the start of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIronmen show strength for last-eight surge
Premiership By JACK NAISBITT Cardiff......................29 Merthyr....................45 MERTHYR confirmed their place in the cup quarter-finals as they completed a notable double over...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBlackheath leave it late to put boot into Bishop
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 16 Bishop’s St......... 6 BLACKHEATH left it late to secure victory over Bishop’s Stortford in a game...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoJordan claims try double as Hartpury sail home on wind
By ANDREW BEACHAM A mpthill............24pts Tries: Harding 30, 43, Barrett 47, Seward 50 Conversions: Bennett 44, 48 Hartpury............39pts Tries: Venner 3,...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoLucs edge out top-five Fylde
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.............. 15 Fylde......................... 14 LUCTONIANS became the first side from outside the top five to topple one of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoQuins smash six to stay on heels of leaders
By JON BATHAM Sale ..................10 Harlequins ......36 ELLIE Kildune and Jade Konkel led the try fest as Harlequins thrashed Sale to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHooper rejects claims that his staff face axe
By PAUL REES STUART Hooper has dismissed a report that Bath’s coaches had a month to sort out what has been...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLewys leads the way to leave Llanelli losers
Premiership By BENJAMIN RHYS-HILL Carmarthan Q.........26 Llanelli..................... 15 WITH the Quins already guaranteed a knock-out place in the Premiership Cup and...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights produce a display for the ages
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........22pts Tries: Holden 3, Edgson 65, McBryde 74 Conversions: Olver 3, 65 Penalties: Olver 13 Ealing....................5pts Tries:...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoHome side hold on to win Dales derby clash
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale......... 24 Wharfedale..... 13 THE brave spectators who battled through the tail-end of Storm Arwen to Corbridge were...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLate Harrison strike secures spoils for Sarries
By SIMON BEASLEY Glc-Hartpury ..21 Saracens ........24 ZOE Harrison hit a late three-pointer to deny Gloucester-Hartpury after a fine comeback and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoJones’ boys do business for Drovers
Premiership By HUWS THOMAS Llandovery.............27 Aberavon................. 21 RHODRI Jones was the Llandovery hero as he crossed for a decisive late score...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoAgony for West in Bury reverse
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................... 9 Bury St Edmunds.. 17 A DISPLAY of wholehearted commitment in atrocious conditions went unrewarded as Westcliff...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoReds win key moments to move up to second
By TOM INNES Jersey ................15pts Tries: Penalty 40, White 54 Penalties: Leeming 64 Tries: Wedlake 71 Cornish Pirates ....5pts JERSEY Reds...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoPack power drives Cambridge’s advance
By WARREN MUGGLETON CAMBRIDGE are seeing the fruits of their recruitment labours in their National 1 form, says director of rugby...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHigh-flying Bears bring back their big guns
PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Wasps Today, Kick-off 2.30pm BRISTOL centre Phoebe Murray believes the team have what it takes to “go...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBoyd pleased to see progress
BRISTOL B ears director of rugby Pat Lam admitted it had been a difficult night for his side in the scrum...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCricket shrine is ‘ruined’ by Ospreys
Bounce back: Rob Simmons, centre, is mobbed after scoring for London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images THE Ospreys have been accused of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoHowley uses his Edd to snatch stunning win
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................. 13 Bridgend.................. 20 A FREAK try by Edd Howley helped Bridgend book a place in the...
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Matthieu Jalibert or Romain Ntamack – where do France go now?
International Rugby
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International Rugby
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