Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRef Ridley hands Quins a poetic final flourish
■By NICK CAIN Quick thinking: Harlequins’ Paul Lasike crashes over for their opening try from Danny Care’s tap penalty Selling the...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoWestcliff celebrate spirited display and bonus point
■By NICK CROWE Westcliff ………12 Tonbridge J …19 WESTCLIFF’S grit and determination won them a potentially crucial bonus point, while at...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFive-try Falcons produce best yet
■By TOM INNES Ruck time: Falcons and Reds contest the ball Star turn: Brett Connon on the attack for Falcons, tackled...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville get back to business at top
Midlands Premier IT WAS a quiet week in the Midlands Premier that saw four cancellations due to the weather. But there...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaute goes under knife
LEICESTER centre Jaco Taute has been sidelined for an “extended period” after suffering a torn bicep in his left arm against...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoZebras toppled by Johnson’s crossing
■By RICHARD GORE Hull ………………….20pts Otley ………………14pts HULL coach Gary Pearce believes his side’s narrow victory over Otley now has them...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBaxter: I don’t think a score was certain
ROB Baxter said he would not make an issue of the controversial penalty try, The Exeter DoR commented: “I asked the...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTaunton in full flow after early dismissal
■By TOM HOLMES Barnes ……………10 Taunton T ………45 AN excellent second half performance allowed Taunton to take apart 14- man Barnes...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoReliable boot of Grimoldby secures Amps win
■By ANDREW BEACHAM AMPTHILLwere good value for this victory on a dismal Gloucestershire evening. Neither side produced much on a saturated...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSandal win to take a great leap forward
Northern Premier WITH four matches falling victim to the weather in the Northern Premier Division, there were just three played on...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCannon gets three weeks
EALING second row James Cannon has been banned for three weeks for striking Jersey’s Janco Venter with his elbow. He is...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDefiant Lucs give Tigers shock mauling
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ….22 Sedgley Park 13 LUCTONIANS edged past high-flying Sedgley Park with an impressive performance at Mortimer Park....
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFowkes adds fresh blood for trip down to Pirates
■By ADAM ELLIS Back: Nick De Battista NOTTINGHAMhead coach Neil Fowkes is not underestimating the challenge of facing Cornish Pirates at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRace for second heating up in South
South West Premier OKEHAMPTON threw their hat into the fight for second in the South West Premier by moving above their...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoQuins keep Cavubati
HARLEQUINS Fiji Test lock Tevita Cavubati, 32, has signed a new contract. Quins have not disclosed the length of contract. “He’s...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFoden removes Hoppers’ spring
■By STEVE SMITH Chester ………………27 Preston GH …………14 CHESTER came from 11 points down to claim a bonus-point victory on the...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoIt’s Crame game as Rams edge the Titans
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………25 Rotherham ……20 RAMS put a testing week behind them to secure a bonus-point home victory against...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKorczyk shows his class for Trailfinders
■By NEALE HARVEY DYNAMIC flanker Adam Korczyk shone as Trailfinders survived rotten conditions and a furious second half fightback from Coventry...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGatland would never have whinged like Pivac
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Never grounded: Dan Biggar had a French arm under the ball when...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJapan edge out Uruguay
CAPTAIN Chihito Matsui scored the only try as Japan defeated Uruguay 5-0 in the final of the 7s Challenger Series in...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoJoe leaves Field with a Stour taste
■By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge………14 Huddersfield………14 HUDDERSFIELD eased their relegation fears after a dogged draw with Stourbridge at Stourton Park. With a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBiggar in knee scare ahead of Wales date
■By NEALE HARVEY Punching: Ben Earl breaks clear to roar in for his try ahead of Corbus Reinach PICTURES: Getty Images...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoVillagers Nick it to keep up the chase at the top
■By JACK JOHNSON Diving in: Jason Worrall scores Chinnor’s first try PICTURES: Simon Cooper MATT Williams hailed his Chinnor side as...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWebb signs for Bath ahead of Wales move
RUGBY SHORTS BATH have signed Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb until the end of the season. The 31-year-old left Toulon last month...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTom staying at Kingsholm
GLOUCESTER’S Kiwi utility back Tom Marshall, 29, has signed a contract extension. The Cherry and Whites have not disclosed the length...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHopefully Eddie will see game says Earl
SARACENS supremo Mark McCall hailed his men as heroes “It was a great performance for lots of reasons,” he said. “After...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoLeaders survive a scare to secure key bonus point
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond……27 Canterbury……10 LOWLY Canterbury briefly held a two-point lead against Richmond but the league leaders were stung into...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNo hesitation for new Tiger Henry
LEICESTER have signed goal-kicking flyhalf Zack Henry for next season. The 25-year-old Harlequins academy graduate will join from French Pro D2...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOscar strikes late as RGC snatch away victory
Premiership ■By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ………24 RGC ………………25 A LAST-GASP Oscar Lennon try saw RGC battle back from behind to clinch...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIt’s about time CVC told us what they are up to
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE most visible face of CVC, the private equity firm currently investing huge...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoDarlington ensure that the ship Sales away
■By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP34 Sale FC………………15 DARLINGTON Mowden Park emphatically registered their first win over visitors Sale FC on an...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProtheroe puts faith in Booth’s Ospreys
OSPREYS have signed versatile back Mat Protheroe from Bristol for the 2020-21 season. The 23-year-old fullback or fly-half was born in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewport finally end Sardis Road hoodoo
■By ALEX BYWATER Pontypridd ….12 Newport ……….17 NEWPORT won at Sardis Road for the first time in 13 seasons as they...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRef Carley ignores the mind games
THE scrum war instigated by a Welsh campaign to highlight French ‘illegalities’ ahead of last weekend’s clash thankfully failed to get...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFearsome pack power OEs win
■By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionions …………6 Old Elthamians ….26 OLD Elthamians claimed a bonus-point victory at Brantingham Park by dint of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPiutau extends his stay at Bristol
CENTRE Siale Piutau has signed a one-year extension with Bristol. The 34-year-old former Tonga fly-half ‘s deal comes three months after...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSorry day for Turks as Wizards power to win
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli …………18 Aberavon………48 ABERAVON thrashed Llanelli at Parc Y Scarlets to solidify their position in the top three...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoMcPhillips ends Tigers bad run against Warriors
■By ROB WILDMAN Away: Tigers’ Telusa Veainu breaks through the tackle of Nick David PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Perry Humphreys...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoAlbion increase Moseley fears
■By PAUL SMITH Moseley………………14 Plymouth Albion…26 THREE tries from their powerful pack, in which veteran back-rower Herbie Stupple put in an...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaints’ All Blacks ace Franks set to call time
TWO-TIMEWorld Cup winner Ben Franks is to retire at the end of the 2019-20 season. The Northampton front row, 35, won...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoVale boost survival hopes with drab draw
■By ROB COLE Carmarthen Q …6 Ebbw Vale ………6 EBBW Vale pulled off another great away day display to move further...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSolomons slams his ‘ridiculous’ defence
WORCESTER’S Alan Solomons raged at his team’s faulty defence after their fifth successive defeat in the Premiership. “It was ridiculous,” fumed...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoClub come out on top in battle of elements
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ……12 Cambridge…………3 THE conditions ranged from difficult to almost impossible in this contest as Blackheath edged out...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaufete’e set for move to Top 14
WORCESTER hooker Joe Taufete’e will join Lyon at the end of the season. USA international Taufete’e, 27, has made 46 appearances...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBad memories banished thanks to Pinches’ try
■By STEVEN SMITH Llandovery ….17 Merthyr ……….14 REVENGE was sweet for Llandovery as they erased the bitter memory of their last-gasp...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKingsholm falls again as Gloucs pay penalty
■By ROGER PANTING Thanks, Dan: Marland Yarde scores Sale’s third try after a Cipriani mis-pass PICTURES: Getty Images Threat: Tom Marshall...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBooth to take the reins at struggling Ospreys
NEWS EXTRA OSPREYS have named Toby Booth as the new head coach on a three-year deal, starting this summer. Booth, 50,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHunter gets Red Roses off to a flyer
NEWS EXTRA THE Red Roses remain on course to claim consecutive Grand Slams after a 27-0 win over Ireland at Doncaster...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCardiff back with a bang to increase lead
■By CHRIS GRAHAM Cardiff …………41 Bridgend ………12 CARDIFF may not have played a league fixture for six weeks, but they showed...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRoad trip sets up spirit of adventure for second-placed Sale
No hotel: Steve Diamond SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond wanted to replicate a home fixture for his side so decided...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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