Club Rugby
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLea’s first-half hat-trick puts Stour on way to a rout
By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge............ 61 Huddersfield..........22 STOURBRIDGE maintained their flawless start to the season with an emphatic nine-try victory over Huddersfield....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaracens 37-23 Newcastle: Sarries get the engine up and running again
SARACENS might not quite be firing on all four cylinders yet but they are getting there and were good value for...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoFish shows his quality to deny Pontypridd
Cardiff......................29 Pontypridd.............. 15 CARDIFF claimed victory over regional rivals Pontypridd on Friday night, but the margin wasn’t as big as expected...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCarleton shines to see off Wharfedale
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde ........................48 Wharfedale ............ 18 TOM CARLETON helped himself to a hattrick as Fylde stayed unbeaten at home....
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 52-24 Bristol: The Marcus and Alex show rips Bears apart
EDDIE Jones will have plenty of decisions before naming his first autumn starting line-up but the No.8 and 10 jerseys are...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBillingham celebrates 21st with a hat-trick
Championship Cup round-up By ROB COLE AARON Billingham marked his 21st birthday with a hat-trick of tries as Bedwas put Tata...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoSecond-half blitz spurs Sedgley on
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 16 Sedgley Park ........66 BLAYDON started well with an early Nathan Horsfall penalty, but it wasn’t...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHard to replicate those post-war halcyon days
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools RUGBY success at Christ’s Hospital School over the decades has been...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBreakdown battle will be box office
PAUL REES talks to Alex Mitchell and coach Matt Ferguson about Saints’ strong start to the season PREVIEW... Wasps v Northampton...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoTynedale left to rue missed penalties
By DES HICKIE Chester .............32 Tynedale ......... 31 THIS match was tight, as the score suggests. It finished with four tries...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHill’s rigid stance led to ‘great schism’
POSSIBLY the most notable Old Blue is George Rowland Hill, an influential rugby administrator in the game’s formative years and the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoShields tells his Wasps to be ready for old boss Boyd’s trickery
By JON NEWCOMBE Out to cause havoc: Brad Shields WASPS captain Brad Shields is anticipating a meeting of minds when his...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSmith’s try double is a clincher for Guernsey
By MATTHEW BALDWIN Barnes............... 19 Guernsey..........26 TWO tries from Ethan Smith set the stage for Guernsey as they squeezed past Barnes...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMike Brown looks at a new career as an agent
MIKE Brown has started to prepare for life after rugby by joining a player management division for the private platform Premier...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBrownlie try edges visitors to victory
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ....... 9 Cambridge ...... 15 CAMBRIDGE made it back-to-back wins as they inflicted a fifth narrow defeat...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSam steals win in frantic finale
By NICK HALLETT Old Albanian........... 21 Rochford H..............22 A LAST-GASP penalty from Sam Cappaert snatched victory for Rochford Hundred in a...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 5 years agoGreggains sparks Newport fightback against Merthyr
Newport...................27 Merthyr.................... 16 NEWPORT celebrated their first game at Spytty Park with a comeback victory over Premiership big spenders, Merthyr. In...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThe fly-half’s name is Wilkinson and his talent is blossoming!
By JON NEWCOMBE Play-maker: Kieran Wilkinson KIERAN Wilkinson is set to make his third Premiership appearance of the season for Sale...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBlues win pack battle to let the backs shine
By RYAN ROBINSON Bedford ..............31pts Tries: Tapley 31, Lane 43, Uru 60 Conversions: Maisey 32, 61 Penalties: Maisey 12, 16, 70,...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSkinner stars in Newport’s comeback win
RGC ..........................15 Newport ................27 NEWPORT overturned a 12-point deficit to claim a hard-fought away win over RGC 1404. Ty Morris’ side...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSharks slaughter gets Loughborough off mark
By NATHAN ROCHE DMP Sharks ......0 Loughboro L....59 LOUGHBOROUGH notched their first win of the Premier 15s season with a thumping...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s team needs increased funding to compete
SHANE WILLIAMS I REALLY hope this autumn can represent a clean slate for Wales women’s side. The team has had an...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCallum finds way to Bust Fylde open
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham..............28 Fylde......................... 13 ROTHERHAM inflicted a first defeat of the season on joint-league leaders Fylde in a typically-tight...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNorthampton Saints emergency call for prop
NORTHAMPTON Saints last week sent out an SOS looking to bring another tighthead prop into Franklin’s Gardens as injury cover until...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPenalty-strewn scrap goes Coventry’s way
By TOM HALLAM-GRAVELLS Coventry ............10pts Tries: Stevenson 26 Conversions: Fenner 26 Penalties: Fenner 73 Richmond ............5pts Tries: Graham 36 COVENTRY edged...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPack power puts Quins in driving seat
Swansea ................6 Carmarthan Q ......21 A POWERFUL pack display helped Carmarthen Quins to a comprehensive victory at a rain soaked St...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoFive-star Saracens secure another bonus
By PAUL BROWNING Worcester ........5 Saracens ........34 WORCESTER were unable to stop a clinical Saracens outfit littered with England stars from...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoReece roars in to seal Tynedale fate
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..................11 Hull............................ 17 TYNEDALE had to be content with a losing bonus point after matching Hull most of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoLam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk
PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoFirst-half blitz puts Archers clear before late fightback
By ASH WILLIS Nottingham......22pts Tries: Farnoworth 2, 11; Stronge 30 Conversions: Hollingsworth 2, 30 Penalties: Hollingsworth 28 Hartpury ............20pts Tries: Short...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoU20s ace Burnell puts the boot into Merthyr
Pontypridd ..........21 Merthyr ................14 A NERVELESS performance from Wales U20 fly-half Ben Burnell gave his father Justin’s Pontypridd side a comeback...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCollins is on hand to celebrate in style
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park... 20pts Bournville........... 6pts Threat: More Sedgley menace Job done: Rhys Henderson goes over for Sedgley’s third...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoO’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor
THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBig respect all round as Pirates plot response
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders Today. Kick-off 3pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates are still ‘smarting’ from last weekend’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMilton’s Met boys tear Tata to strips
Championship Plate round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Met began their Championship Plate campaign with a comprehensive 30-5 bonus point victory at...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoBen proves the missing Link as Lucs take spoils
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 10 Luctonians.............. 12 LUCTONIONS dug deep for their first win of the season in a tight contest...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish aim to break into Eddie’s England clique
LONDON Irish were the only one of the Premiership 13 who were not called on by England for last week’s training...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoChester’s waiting game finally over
By STEVE SMITH Chester ....................35 Sheffield .................24 CHESTER’S longawaited first win of the season came to an end in style as...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTom Cruse is writing his name large at Wasps
ONE hundred games into his Wasps career and the novelty of having his own name on the back of his jersey...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoDale succeed in braving elements
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ............23 Blaydon ..................... 8 WHARFEDALE were able to celebrate a hardfought home win in difficult conditions. Blaydon...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeicester 13-12 Saracens: Injury-time penalty try sinks Saracens
TIGERS somehow grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat to continue their unbeaten start to the season, but even they will...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBonus on the road for battling Hinckley
By MIKE BARBER Clifton................ 20 Hinckley........... 13 CLIFTON came through a difficult test against Hinckley as the newcomers threw everything at...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoScott and Ugodulu help Dons run riot
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON maintain their lead at the top following a nine try 19-59 romp away at CS...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLate Hull points so harsh on the hosts
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate ........ 13 Hull Ionians ....36 HULL Ionians may look to have taken the honours convincingly. But it...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMcCall: Players went off script
SARRIES boss Mark McCall said defeat was a big lesson for his side. “Had we won the game, we would still...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHoney seals a sweet success
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................22 Old Albanian........... 21 FRASER Honey’s nerveless conversion three minutes from time kept up Redruth’s winning start to...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNewport (Salop) rally is too little too late
Midlands Premier SCUNTHORPE survived a second-half onslaught at Newport (Salop) to send the hosts to a first league defeat of the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStars look to France as fee row rumbles on
BRISTOL Bears could be facing a fight to hang onto back row Nathan Hughes who has been offered to French clubs...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWorcester 23-31 Gloucester: Skivington delight as Hastings runs show
GEORGE Skivington was full of praise for Adam Hastings after the fly-half produced a calm, clinical display in Gloucester’s confidence-lifting victory...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBishop’s off target as Park edge win
By MYLES McDEVITT Rosslyn Park .. 14 Bishop’s S ........ 13 BISHOP’S Stortford missed two penalty chances in the closing stages...
Autumn Internationals
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