Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoQuins blast Cardiff aside as title race heats up
Premiership Carmarthen....29 Cardiff RFC ......7 By PAUL HUNTINGDON CARMARTHEN extended their unbeaten home run this season as they strode to a...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHornets sting stuns hosts
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….14 Hinckley ……….19 HINCKLEY'S fast start helped them emerge victorious from their trip to Otley. Hinckley scored...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoWasteful Wasps get blast from boss Dai
By ROGER PANTING POOL 3 WASPS’ European campaign came to a miserable end as the French secured a home quarter-final with...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates steal the points with potent final quarter
By TOM INNES CORNISH Pirates flew back from the Channel Islands with four hardearned points last night after coming from behind...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoLethal Lightning strike more than just twice
Waterloo ........5 Loug’r L’ning ..74 By SAM WILLIAMS LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning received an early wake-up call before putting 12 tries past bottom...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEvans on target as Wizards stay in hunt
Aberavon ........19 Merthyr RFC ..13 By MARK LAWSON ABERAVON stayed in the title race as they completed the double over the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFour-midable Carleton shines
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………….50 Tynedale ……..10 TOM Carleton starred with four tries as Fylde wrapped up a comprehensive win over...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoHardwick lands the bonus as Tigers fumble their chances against battling Pau
By GARY FITZGERALD Power: Manu Tuilagi POOL 5 GEORDAN Murphy’s much-changed Tigers had their claws clipped by their French rivals but...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoForwards’ supremacy gets Ealing on a roll
By OLI SHAPLEY Fast start: Jordan Els scores for Trailfinders Fifty up: Tommy Bell is about to go over for Trailfinders...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoToo little too late for Ravens as Drovers seal win
Bridgend ........14 Llandovery ....35 By PAUL HOPKINS LLANDOVERY held off a late fightback to secure a bonus-point away victory. The first...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoLeaders survive a scare to keep rolling
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ……3 Caldy …………….31 CALDY will be pleased to have picked up the points against a very game...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoBlues blast ten tries but still fail to qualify
By STEFFAN THOMAS POOL 5 Try time: Lewis Jones runs in a try for Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans CARDIFF Blues scored...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoOlver earns his money with last-minute winner
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER, outplayed for almost the entire second half and trailing 15-9 at Castle Park, won the closest of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoVale boost survival hopes with vital victory
Ebbw Vale ......18 Pontypridd ......5 By IAN GOLDEN EBBW Vale hauled themselves off the bottom of the Premiership with victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFive-star Students brush off exam woe
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough 36pts Sheffield T……..24pts IT’S exam season for the Loughborough Students team but they at least passed one...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoBayonne hit for six as Toulon turn on the style
ROUND-UP TOULON completed a clean sweep of six victories with a 50-6 triumph over Bayonne in Pool 2. They struggled to...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoLennon’s try puts brakes on Hartpury comeback
By ANDREW BEACHAM FIRST half supremacy proved crucial for Bedford in an entertaining game, staged in close to perfect conditions, between...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSeventh heaven for Gogs in much-needed win
RGC ..................43 Llanelli ............21 By ROB COLE RGC ran in a magnificent seven tries to notch their first win since December...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoClassy Crickmay shows his scoring touch
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ….17 Huddersfield..28 PROP Josh Crickmay’s try double helped Huddersfield to a bonus-point win at winless Scunthorpe. Scunthorpe...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTry-double by Tolmie swings it Cov’s way
By STEVE MATHER COVENTRY director of rugby Rowland Winter hailed replacement Scott Tolmie’s impact off the bench after the hooker’s last-minute...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSevens circuit helps get Rosser up to speed
News DRAGONS speedster Jared Rosser is lighting up the PRO14 with the everimproving Dragons and his team have two American Sevens...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDale strike late to peg back Hoppers
By MIKE MITCHELL Preston G’h……….26 Wharfedale ……..26 A LAST-MINUTE try earned Wharfedale a share of the spoils against Preston Grasshoppers as...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBarton on target as Foresters do double
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……..20 Darlington MP..14 CINDERFORD came good in the final quarter of the match to earn themselves a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFive-star leaders looking 100 per cent
London & South East Premier ROCHFORD Hundred maintained their lead at the top of the table following a 29-13 win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGahan’s double does the job for Bridge
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWBRIDGE went ten points clear in One East after they won 28-16 at home...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoIce-cool Collins kicks Park home
By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park ……30 Stourbridge ……..28 ONE swing of Stephen Collins' boot changed everything. If Sedgley Park were wanting...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Who Gloucester have turned to in place of injured Danny Cipriani for trip to Toulouse
Full Champions Cup team news for Round 6, as Lloyd Evans is preferred to Owen Williams at Gloucester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens call crisis meeting with whole squad to outlay relegation threat for breaching salary cap
Saracens faced with serious threat of relegation to the Championship after failing to comply with salary cap again
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoInflux of South Africans puts the squeeze of Europe’s Pacific Islanders, warns union chief
Dan Leo points out the shift in recruitment by European clubs from Pacific Islanders in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland hopeful Alex Dombrandt extends Harlequins deal
Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard describes the back row as 'exceptional'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales lock Adam Beard hands Ospreys much-needed boost
The Wales forward has signed a new deal at the Liberty Stadium
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol boss Pat Lam demands crackdown on slow play by scrum-halves
It's not the players' fault for the slow play, but change needs to happen to speed play up
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMunster come calling for Saracens back Matt Gallagher
Neil Fissler reveals further details on players who could be on their way out of the Premiership club
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers hunt Super Rugby star Ben Lam
No one has scored more combined tries over the past two Super Rugby seasons than the Hurricanes wing
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoVan der Merwe agrees Edinburgh stay, as eligibility for Scotland nears
The South African will become eligible for Scotland in June
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOut-of-contract Alex Lozowski vows not to leave Saracens early
The Saracens centre has his contract up at the end of the season and believes the club are about to show...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCobus Reinach to leave Northampton Saints at the end of the season
Will Chris Boyd be bringing in a new signing to replace the departing Reinach?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens salary cap judge says: PRL should lift cloak of privacy
“PRL will probably disagree strongly with my remarks” - Lord Dyson lifts the lid on his thoughts about the Saracens salary...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoThat was a golden chance missed laments coach Hogg
Soft points: Carl Hogg CARL Hogg said the Ospreys let victory slip from their grasp as their horror season continued. The...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBury benefit from Esher profligacy
By MATT BALDWIN A LACK of killer instinct proved to be the difference as Bury St Edmunds defeated Esher in a...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoTigers tamed as Pike wins it
By BRIAN TILLEY THIRD-PLACED Sedgley Park fancied their chances against Tynedale, who had lost their previous five games on the spin,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoMaestro Randall helps Bristol hit high notes
By NEALE HARVEY Nap hand: Luke Hamilton goes over to score Bristol’s fifth try PICTURE: Getty Images HARRY Randall underlined his...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoVan Graan sweats on Hanrahan hamstring
By ADAM ELLIS Doubt: JJ Hanrahan Chance: Ben Healy MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan has urged his side to move...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoOAs reap rewards in the high winds
By BRIAN QUINN OLD ALBANIANS ran up the scoreboard against their namesakes as they scored five to topple Old Redcliffians. It...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBern’s on fire as Bears ease to victory
By RYAN MATTHEWS SARAH Bern’s return helped Bristol Bears snap a four-game losing streak in style with an eight-try mauling of...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoJust seventeen for lethal Caldy
By JOHN LYON PLAYING rugby in a 40- mph wind isn’t easy but Caldy didn’t miss a beat and dominated a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoWasps sign off in France with eight-try salvo as Sopoaga weighs in with 12 points for the visitors
By SAM JACKSON Double: Jimmy Gopperth DAI Young’s men are clearly keen to end their dismal European crusade on a high...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoKaino: Now we’re ready for Gloucester
By JOHN FALLON Grounded: Toulouse’s Pita Ahki scores with the help of Antoine Dupont PICTURE: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy TOULOUSE captain Jerome Kaino...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSarries hang on in epic contest
By MARTYN ELEY SARACENS held off a thrilling late surge from Loughborough Lightning to keep the pressure on at the top...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoNo Hopper freedom in William Wallace win
By MIKE MITCHELL SHEFFIELDTigers edged a tight affair against Preston Grasshoppers with the game played in atrocious weather conditions 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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