Club Rugby
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Features
/ 4 years agoWomen make their mark at Cambridge as well
HQ heroines: Cambridge women’s team at Twickenahm in 2017 WOMEN’S rugby started to really blossom in the late 1980s. England played...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMorahan gets Bears back on the prowl
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................32pts Tries: Capon 9, Morahan 20, 31; Uren 79 Conversions: Sheedy 9, 31, 79 Penalties: Sheedy 45,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoGosling hat-trick downs Darlington
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....24 Darlington MP....... 14 CAPTAIN George Gosling scored a hat-trick of tries to lead Taunton Titans to...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSalter full of praise for his Clifton Lions tamers
By MIKE BARBER Clifton.................40pts Leicester Lions...22pts First blood: Clifton flanker Harry Bate scores the first try early in the game PICTURES:...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoAdlard the hat-trick hero as Hull shine
By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 48pts Stourbridge........ 5pts HULL recorded their biggest winning margin of the season against third-placed Stourbridge in what...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Features
/ 4 years agoVarsity match was all important
CAMBRIDGE, Wales and Lions wing Rowe Harding –a future High Court judge – was a wonderfully acute and pithy observer of...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAlex is baffled by scrum decisions
SALE director of rugby Alex Sanderson offered a possible explanation after his side continued their long losing away run with their...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoEight in a row for Esher as Crusaders fall short
By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher.........................37 Dings Crusaders...32 ESHER started 2022 with an eighth consecutive win as the home side fended off a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMunster job not for me yet says O’Connell
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON FORMER Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has ruled himself out of the running for the Munster head...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRikki’s Stout defence crucial for Titans
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.............. 13 Sedgley Park......... 12 ROTHERHAM survived a second-half onslaught to notch a big win against promotion rivals...
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News Extra
/ 4 years agoToulon boss raps Etzebeth as club handicap
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON TOULON president Bernard Lemaitre has referred to Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth as a “handicap” to the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSupermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTries galore, but still Warriors struggle
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Bath v Worcester JONATHAN Thomas is taking no notice of Bath’s failure to win a match this...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoNixon’s hat-trick can’t halt Hawks
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..............27 Henley Hawks..29 SHAE Nixon’s second-half hat-trick for Hinckley proved to be in vain as Henley Hawks held...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoZebo’s red can’t stop Munster momentum
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............18pts Tries: Haley 60, Kendellen 76 Conversions: Healy 77 Penalties: Crowley 33, 39 Ulster..................13pts Tries: Herring 8...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMinnikin holds his nerve to earn point
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 18 Hull Ionians............ 18 A MAGNIFICENT touchline conversion from Lewis Minnikin 10 minutes into added time salvaged...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHastings was the star in school’s best XV
ONE of the great names of Stowe rugby is PRH Hastings – Peter Robin Hood – who after the war morphed...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHooker Doughty gets the call up
TOM Doughty makes his first Premiership Rugby start as Stuart Hooper’s side attempt to turn around their dismal campaign. The hooker,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights go to Jersey bidding to keep pressure on
By BEN JAYCOCK Thriller: Hartpury on the attack against Nottingham THE Championship returns next Saturday with a full round of fixtures...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoExeter power tells in one-way second half
By SAM BRETT Sale ....................7 Exeter ..............43 EXETER have proved tough opposition for Sharks this season and yesterday’s fixture did not...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarksman Anscombe trumped by Tuipulotu
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ............38pts Tries: Forbes 22, Tuipulotu 27, 62; McKay 48, Brown 73 Conversions: Thompson 23, 28, 49, 63;...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale undone by class of Broadley
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.............. 9 Sheffield Tigers.... 13 SHEFFIELD Tigers snatched an improbable victory with a try in the 74th minute....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSaracens v Gloucester: Sarries must be wary of ‘dangerous’ Gloucester
Despite being seven points ahead and two places above their opponents, Saracens Director of Rugby Mark McCall says they are facing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNewcastle v Northampton: Saints must address ‘top two inches’ to beat Falcons
Northampton Saints captain Lewis Ludlam claims that it’s the ‘top two inches’ that are the missing ingredients they must fix going...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHarlequins v Exeter Chiefs: Quins host Chiefs in repeat of 2021 final
Harlequins prop Will Collier will play his 200th game for the club against Exeter Chiefs in a repeat of last year’s...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBristol Bears v Sale Sharks: Bears seek change in fortunes
Tom Curry returns to the Sale Sharks starting line-up as they take on Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate in tonight’s 7:45...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSteve Borthwick rubbishes talk of records
Leicester Tigers boss Steve Borthwick is not distracted by talk of records as his Tigers side look to make it 12...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff sign Wales full-back Liam Williams from Scarlets
Wales full-back Liam Williams is the latest big name to join Cardiff for the start of the 2022-23 season after announcing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRob Baxter feels Six Nations should be played in one country
Playing the Guinness Six Nations Championship in one country has “got to be better than cancelling it”, says Rob Baxter. In...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter awarded Premiership Rugby Cup victory over covid stricken Bath
Exeter have been awarded a 28-0 Premiership Rugby Cup third-round win after opponents Bath were unable to field a team due...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorthampton Saints 6 – 30 Saracens: Lozowski scores emphatic 20 points
Alex Lozowski scored 20 points as Saracens earned a hard-fought win over Northampton at Franklin’s Gardens. At the interval, the sides...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers 31 – 0 Newcastle Falcons: Tigers remain unbeaten
Leicester Tigers maintained their unstoppable start to the season with a bonus-point win over Newcastle Falcons. Ford kicked Tigers into an...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGloucester 17 – 20 Harlequins: Quins survive early scare to stay third
Harlequins had to battle for victory at Gloucester as tries from Luke Northmore and Danny Care got them over the line....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMore may follow Watson out in big Bath shake-up
By NEIL FISSLER ANTHONY Watson might not be the only big name leaving Premiership basement dwellers Bath when their contract runs...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSale’s mean machine cranks into top gear
By GARY FITZGERALD Sale ....................26pts Tries: J-L du Preez 12, Yarde 17, Van Rensburg 29, Curry 42 Conversions: McGinty 13, 30,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoIsiekwe aims to upset his Saints fans
By GARY FITZGERALD PREVIEW... Northampton Saints v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens NICK Isiekwe relishes his return to Franklin’s Gardens...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoVesty: We can’t afford to give away more cheap tries
By PAUL REES Exciting: Alex Mitchell IT is eight years since Northampton defeated Saracens in a Premiership match at Franklin’s Gardens...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoImproving Irish aim to stay the course
By GARY FITZGERALD Looking up: London Irish scrum-half Nick Phipps is hungry for trophies PICTURES: Getty Images Boxing Day blip: Ali...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHatley yet to discuss what new role will be
NEAL Hatley is focused on ending Bath’s poor start to the season rather than his own future after the appointment of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Bath players have to be accountable’
By PAUL REES Eager for a long run: Ruaridh McConnochie has missed most of the season with injury PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWorcester young guns prove they can step up
By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester ........27pts Tries: Clegg 28, Owen 40, Johnson 49, Holsey 68 Conversions: Searle 50, 69 Penalties: Searle 80...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoMarquee players are licence to bend cap
CHRIS HEWETT LEAVING aside Chris Whitty’s festive slideshows – ho ho ho – is there anything less amusing on the planet...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoA mop-top Gower rises from the past
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: King’s 1974-75 with David Gower fourth...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarris scores two as Gloucester take derby spoils
Bath ....................20pts Tries: Spencer 50, Fox 80+1 Conversions: Bailey 51, 83 Penalties: Bailey 3, 25 Gloucester ........40pts Tries: Penalty 20, Harris...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoConnacht come out on top in feisty Irish derby
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..........10pts Tries: Aki 58 Conversions: Fitzgerald 59 Penalties: Carty 15 Munster ..............8pts Tries: Conway 23 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTaylor warns of booze danger
By PETER JACKSON WALES icon John Taylor has warned the WRU about the dangers of a ‘serious accident’ at the Principality...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoPoets, writers war heroes, all the King’s men
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools KING’S Canterbury, save for brief periods in their sporting history, can’t...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaracens run riot in hot pursuit of leaders
Saracens ..........61pts Tries: Lewington 5, 38; B Vunipola 11, 52; Goode 14, Tompkins 21, Isiekwe 29, Earl 47, Malins 61 Conversions:...
International Rugby
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