Club Rugby
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCook eyes French finishing school
Up for the challenge: Bath scrum-half Chris Cook OUTER-EDGE finishing is high on Bath’s agenda as they attempt to breathe life...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoNo let up for Exiles’ evergreen back row ace Bright
■By LUKE JARMYN NEWS EXTRA EVERGREEN London Scottish skipper Mark Bright made his 160th appearance for the club in last weekend’s...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoResurgent Raiders just edge error strewn clash
■By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Ep ….24 Worthing …….30 A RESURGENT Worthing side continued their revival by overcoming Sutton & Epsom...
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English Championship
/ 7 years ago‘Mooloo Man’ Foster joins the club
NO PROVINCIAL team is ever likely to match the grandiose achievements of the one responsible for hammering the Lions to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTime to be realistic about the Lions tour
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME History men: Warren Gatland and his Lions celebrate drawing the series in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoKapo urges team to cut out mistakes
■By ADAM LEROUX PREVIEW… Richmond v Wasps Sunday, Dec 15. Kick-off 3.30pm RICHMOND prop Laura Kapo says the team need to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten Tigers line up their place in quarter finals
By SAM JACKSON Try time: Andy Forsyth scored Tigers’ second GEORDAN Murphy believes the best is yet to come from his...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoCaldy put on a show as Stour cast aside
■By JOHN LYON Caldy ………………54pts Stourbridge …….7pts ON A bitterly cold day on the Wirral peninsula league leaders Caldy chalked up...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoIf black wall topples on Foster, Warren is waiting
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IAN Foster, New Zealand’s newly appointed head coach, cannot break-dance like his Crusaders...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRobinson’s on form as leaders grit their teeth
■By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed ……….13pts Tonbridge ……….17pts Going down: Bury’s Matt Bursey is upended, TONBRIDGE Juddians’ underlined their promotion...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKayser’s king of TV
BENJAMINKayser’s command of English rather exposes less articulate pundits, some of whom sound as though they might have graduated from the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRevenue increase of £1.1m not £3m
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON WALES will stand to make an extra £1.1m from an increase in ticket prices for the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMaakafigoes from zero to hero for Hull
■By RICHARD GORE Hull ………………12 Whardedale .9 HULL had their superior pack and a strong second half to thank as they...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSaints lads have hope despite hammering
By RONAN O’BRIEN Touchdown: Dan Biggar scores for Northampton Head over heels: Leinster’s James Lowe goes down to score PICTURES: Getty...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBradley control helps the Hawks prevail
■By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leic Lions ……10 Henley H …….14 A TRY either side of halftime proved enough for Henley Hawks to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBoks’ bus driver was handcuffed to wheel
THIS coming Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the day the Springboks had their team bus hijacked in central London, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSexton a doubt for Ireland
JOHNNY Sexton is in a race to be fit for Ireland’s Six Nations opener against Scotland on February 1. The 34-year-old...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTigers burst into life to topple Fylde
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheff Tigers….16 Fylde …………….10 AN EPIC second-half performance saw Sheffield Tigers clinch a richly deserved win over Fylde....
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoYoungsters battled with real intensity says satisfied Solomons
In with a chance: Chris Boyd NORTHAMPTON Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd insisted his side can still reach the knock-out...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRoberts late show caps off fightback
■By NIGEL SCOTT Esher …………….32 Clifton………….26 A GAME of two halves saw Esher stage a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat Clifton...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDerby say thanks to fab ‘rugby family’
NEWS EXTRA ■By LUKE JARMYN A MIDLANDS rugby club left devastated by excessive flooding last month have thanked the ‘remarkable’ public...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoVare leads plucky Chester to glory
■By STEVE SMITH Chester …………19 Hinckley ……….18 HARRISON Vare crossed for a super double as Chester fought back to secure an...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCLOSE-UP
CAELAN DORIS Leinster blindside V LEWIS LUDLAM Northampton blindside Ludlam was the pick of the Saints’ pack and a couple of...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCrusaders hold on for nervy win
■By JOHN WHITE Dings …………….22 O Albianian ….20 A LATE conversion from Dings’ replacement flyhalf Ollie Millner on 70 minutes was...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProp pair go on loan
■By LUKE JARMYN SCARLETS props Rhys Fawcett and Simon Gardiner are joining Ospreys on loan to help deal with an injury...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWarriors get red card instead of winning try
By GARY HEATLY Early cracker: Jules Favre celebrates scoring La Rochelle’s first try PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS GLASGOW WARRIORS: Seymour 6;...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFirst-half blitz earns Newcastle No1 billing
By LUKE JARMYN A FIRST-HALF try-double from lock Sean Robinson put Newcastle on course for a resounding win to claim the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Wasps lose No.8 Rieder WASPS back row Alex Rieder has been forced to retire on medical grounds. The 28-year-old spent 19...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCut-throat Cooney puts Quins to sword
By GARY FITZGERALD Winning the race: Luke Marshall scores Ulster’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images Quins highlight: Stephan Lewies celebrates his...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLazzaroni’s late try snatches Treviso thriller
POOL 1 Benetton ……..25 Lyon………………22 BENETTON grabbed their first win in the Champions Cup since 2015 after Marco Lazzaroni’s dramatic try...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoNagle-Taylor score kills off Knights’ late fightback
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY enjoyed their final home outing of 2019 with a four-try win over an injury-depleted Doncaster Knights. “It...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler in prime position for a big title tilt
■By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL march on in the Specsavers National Championship after edging the big top of the...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Saracens bring in the big guns for Munster rematch
Billy Vunipola and Owen Farrell among international crop recalled by Mark McCall
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers seek to sign Argentina lock and keep hold of George Ford
Movement at Leicester Tigers...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs agree new contracts with Rob Baxter and coaching staff
New long-term contracts for key figureheads in the Exeter Chiefs coaching department
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPiutau: Radradra will make us a dangerous prospect
The Bristol Bears full-back talks to Neale Harvey about his desire to win championships at Ashton Gate by agreeing an extension
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVarsity match: Light Blues’ mighty duo may be godsend or curse
Cambridge have a Test-experience second row ready to take on rivals Oxford in the 138th Varsity match
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPurdy: I’d be lying if I didn’t say I want to play Premiership rugby again
Winger Henry Purdy was squeezed out by Gloucester due to their tight salary cap and now plays for Coventry after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton’s Samson Ma’asi is on the mend after life-changing kidney transplant
Northampton hooker Samson Ma'asi is on the road to returning to rugby after receiving a life-changing kidney donation from his father,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester move on from Mark Bakewell, opening door for Steve Borthwick
The England forwards coach is expected to move to Welford Road after the 2020 Six Nations
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoThree-try blitz blows Bath out of Europe
■By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Samuel Ezeala breaks through to score Clermont’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Slicing through: Rhys Priestland...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAce Eden aiming for promised land with Bristol
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN BRISTOL BEARS’ dual-registered fly-half Tiff Eden is targeting a place in the Premiership’s title-chasing side by...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTout the ticket as TJs plow on
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J….38 Dings Crus ……..5 Juddians stretched their lead at the top of National 2 South, taking all...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBournville bar gets higher and higher
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE strengthened their place at the top of the table with an impressive 34-10 win at home to Sandbach....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBrilliant Bevan inspires Athletic to go top
Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE BRIDGEND Athletic went top of Division 1 West Central with a six-try home win...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLingham gives poor Park a runaround
■By WILL CRACKNELL Saracens ……..69 Darlington MP12 GEORGIE Lingham scored three tries as Saracens maintained their 100 per cent record. Lotte...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDebut hat-trick for Adams as Blues bring up half ton
By ROB COLE POOL 5 JOSH Adams announced his arrival at the Arms Park with a hat-trick as Blues buried Pau...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOtley seal victory with golden spell of three tries
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ….24 Otley …………….62 OTLEY grabbed a bonuspoint win with a powerful display after the break. Hooker Joe...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEzeala is next big thing for France
FORMER Rec favourite Nick Abendanon haunted Bath on his 50th Heineken Cup appearance. He said: “Bath played well in the first...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCards dealt at Raiders as Worthing get trumps
■By LYNDON EDNEY Worthing ……..27 Leics Lions ….23 THE boot of Matt McLean helped Worthing continue their recent home form, as...
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