Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShanahan says cut league size
Rising star: Teenager Jack Musk showed his quality against Clermont Auvergne PICTURE: Getty Images By NEALE HARVEY BLACKHEATH head coach James...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond savours his rare triumph at Exeter
By MIKE SINCLAIR STEVE Diamond believes his Sharks are in good shape to mount a serious attack on a Premiership play-off...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSharks go third, ‘doing it right way’
VICTORY took Sale into third place in the Premiership table and rugby director Steve Diamond said: “Our investment – like Exeter’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMerthyr maintain proud record with strong show
Welsh Cup By IAN GOLDEN MERTHYR are into a fourth straight Cup semi-final, overcoming Neath with a storming second half performance....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoYoung tells England to keep an eye on Willis
By GARY FITZGERALD Comeback: Ollie Lawrence goes over for Worcester DAI Young claimed Eddie Jones should have picked Jack Willis after...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff leap out of gates to beat Llanelli
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF progressed into the semi-final of the Cup after a comfortable win over Llanelli at Parc Y Scarlets....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe’re kicking ourselves for losing that says disappointed Duncan
Frustrated: Duncan Weir DUNCAN Weir hopes for better luck with Scotland next weekend after failing to sign off from club duty...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoIonians Rammed aside by visitors
By MALLY KNOWLES VICTORY for Rams at Hull Ionians’ Brantingham Park took them to the top of National League 1, if...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoQuins show experience to end Pool’s dream run
By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL went toe-to-toe with the Premiership’s best before falling to a last gasp try as their Cup run...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSalary cap fallout pours more fuel on feisty rivalry
By NEALE HARVEY Loyal: Will Collier Eager: Richard Barrington HARLEQUINS prop Will Collier insists his side need no extra motivation as...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoIt’s May’s day as Villagers edge it
By JACK JOHNSON LAURENCE May held his nerve to land a lastminute conversion and earn Chinnor the narrowest of victories over...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDerby glory for Clifton as visiting Reds falter
By WYN TINGLEY CLIFTON rose to the occasion as they emphatically claimed bragging rights with a six-try triumph over Old Redcliffians...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates braced for another humdinger
Preview Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates joint head coach Alan Paver is expecting another ‘ding dong’...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAberavon leave it late to topple Drovers
By RICHARD LEWIS JONNY Phillips scored the try to hand the Aberavon Wizards victory at the death after Llandovery had twice...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPorecki’s the hero as Saints implode
By ROGER PANTING Shock and roar: Dave Porecki dives over in the last minute to seal victory for Irish PICTURE: Getty...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoClub go wild to rescue victory
By GRAHAM COX FOUR tries in the final quarter rescued Blackheath from a ten-point deficit and gave them, what in the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBournemouth rise from dead
By NICK CROWE WESTCLIFF saved some face against Bournemouth despite throwing away a 15-point lead as nothing could ultimately separate the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCarnegie battle to the end with late Humfrey try
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds stretched their legs and brushed aside Yorkshire Carnegie in a predictably onesided encounter. Enjoying a firm...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPontybridd deal cruel blow to Bridgend’s hopes
Premiership By GUTO DAVIES BRIDGEND remain bottom of the table after a late Lloyd Rowlands try consigned them to defeat at...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPRL lynch mob make Sarries climb scaffold
HOW can a Premiership Rugby organisation which preaches the moral virtues of a level playing field in salary cap funding –...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTitans flicker but DMP prove too good at home
By KEVIN ROBINSON On the way: Gary Law goes over to stretch Darlington’s lead PICTURES: Gareth Lyons TEAMS DARLINGTON MOWDEN PARK:...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSt Eds consign Dings to defeat
By JOHN WHITE DINGS fell to their third straight defeat, outscored five tries to four against Bury St Edmunds at Shaftesbury...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEden’s late strike puts Hartpury in wonderland
By LAURA SHANA On the run: Coventry’s Max Trimble HARTPURY notched a last-gasp win over high-flyers Coventry in an enthralling game...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStephens signs for Carnegie after Ford calls time
NEWS EXTRA Quit: Joe Ford YORKSHIRE Carnegie head coach Joe Ford has decided to leave the club with immediate effect to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoBell rings thrice as Tyne smash half-century
By BRIAN TILLEY AN eight-try spree against rock bottom Scunthorpe gave Tynedale their first maximum points win since the beginning of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoStuttering Bears finally remember their lines
By NICK CAIN In at the corner: Henry Purdy scores the opening try for Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL have had...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGeorge Ford still has his best years ahead of him, says Eastmond
Kyle Eastmond has watched Ford grow from his time at Bath and Leicester
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach
Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move
Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPlayer-head coach Joe Ford leaves Yorkshire Carnegie
Carnegie say Ford has left the Championship club to concentrate on his business activities away from rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins sign Andre Esterhuizen after meeting lofty wage demands
Quins win race for Springbok centre's signature after facing competition from rival Premiership club
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 years agoPremiership Rugby finally break cover over Saracens farrago
Chief executive Darren Childs says Premiership Rugby acted to protect the integrity of the league
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars
What will this mean for their England careers?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints strengthen front row with Nick Auterac signing
The Harlequins prop will leave The Stoop after two seasons in London
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSaracens have ‘tainted’ their success and should ‘repent’, says Bristol owner Lansdown
Bristol Bears owner Steve Lansdown lifts the lid on his displeasure at Saracens flouting salary cap rule
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMunster out of Champions Cup as Leinster and Ulster progress
In what was a very rare fall from grace for the Munster squad, the door for this year’s Champions Cup closed...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester confirm coaching restructure which will see Steve Borthwick join Tigers
What will Borthwick's arrival mean for Geordan Murphy?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBach to the wall effort defies late sin-bin
Midlands Premier SANDBACH defied their late numerical disadvantage to make it two wins in a row with a 24-17 victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup hero focused on European domination
By ALEX BYWATER South Africa enforcer: Eben Etzebeth EBEN Etzebeth ended 2019 on top of the world and South Africa’s giant...
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National League One
/ 7 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
/ 7 years agoCormac’s kicking turns the tables at top
Northern Premier BILLINGHAMrelinquished the top spot following a 23-20 defeat away at Lymm. Cormac Nolan did the damage with six penalties,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDo England need scrum coach? We never did!
Doing it naturally: Jeff Probyn playing for England against Wales in 1991 As we all wait with anticipation for the start...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTarrant late show for Blood & Sand
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ..25 Cambridge ……….28 CAMBRIDGE completed a storming second-half comeback to edge an eight-try thriller at College...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLeicester fall short in late fightback bid
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L……..17 Esher ………………20 ESHER held on to seal a narrow victory at Leicester following a nail-biting finale...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHard-working maids remain in the hunt
South West Premier MAIDENHEAD stayed in the South West Premier title race with a 22-17 victory over Launceston. After dropping points...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCodling calls on U20s lads to take lead
News By NEALE HARVEY Challenge: Alex Codling ENGLANDU20s forwards guru Alex Codling has challenged his Red Rose stars of the future...
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