Club Rugby
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBears stung late on as Wasps sneak win
By GEORGE WEST Try sorer: Wasps’ Claudia MacDonald WASPS Ladies came out on top in a fiery encounter with Bristol Bears...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Barum give Students lesson
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE made it five wins from five matches as they stretched their advantage at the top of the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPark not Lambs to the slaughter
By STEVE SMITH SEDGLEY Park maintained their strong start as they hung on to overcome Hinckley. The visitors had opened the...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoOAs can’t convert as Titans edge it
By MIKE AMOS THIS was a game in which no-one could predict the outcome and it went to the very last...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoUnstoppable Quins ease past toothless Sharks
By TOM BULMER HARLEQUINS maintained their perfect start to the season with a bonus point win at the Northern Echo Arena...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCrooked feed call has cost Scotland
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the storm crashing in, you can understand the desperation of the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoKian causes more woe for Hoppers at the death
By JOHN LE PAGE IN A game they dominated in all areas for much of the contest, Preston Grasshoppers failed to...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRaiders brought to a Juddering halt
By CHRIS HUGHES TONBRIDGE Juddians extended their 100 per cent record at the top of the league as they hammered Worthing...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoAppleby smiling again as Smith in for two
By LAURA SHANA AFTER last weekend’s defeat away at Harlequins, Gloucester-Hartpury got back to winning ways in the Tyrrells Premier 15s...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSteenson aims to sign off in style as a champion
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY EXETER Chiefs playmaker Gareth Steenson is eyeing a league and Champions Cup ‘double’ to bring down...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoBeaumont steps up after brave resistance
By NICK DOYLE OTLEY withstood a second-half siege before a late Alex Beaumont try saw them edge past Chester by the...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoEx-Titan Irvine sets up DMP victory
By GUY WILLIAMS FORMER Rotherham player Callum Irvine returned to Clifton Lane to play a crucial role in Darlington Mowden Park’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoKirsten out to catch Rassie eye
EXETER Chiefs new boy Jannes Kirsten wants to use his move to Sandy Park as a springboard to international honours. Kirsten,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEbbw respond in impressive style after early jolt
By ROB COLE Premiership EBBWVale hit back from a slow start to win at a canter and pick up a bonus...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRavers soar high thanks to early try blitz
By RICHARD GORE TWO tries in the first three minutes set Caldy on their way an impressive bonuspoint win away at...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSharks must show more bite in attack
Brendan Gallagher assesses the runners and riders in the new Premiership title race More firepower: Mark Wilson is on a one-season...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Coventry and former Northampton Saints forward Ben Nutley
We talk to Ben Nutley and ask him to pick a XV of the top players he's played alongside or against
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNic White to leave Exeter Chiefs and make Brumbies return
White is currently on duty with Australia at the Rugby World Cup
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoExtra man can’t help the Lions
By MATTHEW BALDWIN Esher……………16 Leicester L……………12 LEICESTER’S inability to take advantage of a spare man proved their downfall as Esher ran...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAmps take derby spoils with Aseidu try-double
By THOMAS CARR AMPTHILL took the spoils in the ‘Battle of Bedfordshire’ with winger Kwaku Aseidu a constant thorn in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBills hit the jackpot with narrow victory
Northern Premier IN THE battle of the top two it was the away side Billinghamwho left with the win, beating Blaydon...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWorthing swept aside by Hawks
By NICK PITSON Henley……………63 Worthing……………7 HENLEY produced a scintillating performance at Dry Leas. Their speed and skill was too much for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMaids cling on with late penalty reprieve
South West Premier GLENN Coles missed a last-gasp conversion to hand Maidenhead victory as they stayed second with a dramatic 43-42...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBury’s joy is muted by injury to sub Kodie
By SAMUEL DRAPER Barnes……………10 Bury St Ed’……………12 BURY edged a close- fought affair away to a Barnes side which has struggled...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTruth about why Mendez decided to punch Ackford
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Flashpoint: Federico Mendez flattens Paul Ackford The first shock result of the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChester do enough to make it three on the spin
By CHRIS HUGHES Chester……………14 Hull……………5 CHESTER Rugby claimed their third consecutive win and moved themselves nicely into the hunt for a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoClash of the Titans ends with bonus haul by TJs
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge……………68pts Taunton……………31pts Leap of faith: Tonbridge Juddians’ Murray Galbraith-Lowe goes over to score his third try and Taunton...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMarshall wants to become a Kingsholm champion
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER’SKiwi utility back Tom Marshall is desperate to lift some silverware in what may be his...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoCaldy on-song as Royle profits
By JOHN LYON Caldy……………62 Luctonians……………10 WHEN the Luctonian scrum took a tremendous ball against the feed the visitors must have thought...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoThompson centenary try seals great day
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian 39 Bournem’……………14 IF OAs can replicate their home form in away fixtures, their stature in this...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHougaard looking up after missing Boks cut
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA FRANCOIS Hougaard insists he is ‘at peace’ with being unable to be part of World Cup....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoGreen machine grind out glory
By STEVE RHODES Wharfedale……………20 Preston……………19 A CLOSELY-FOUGHT battle between old adversaries saw Wharfedale come out on top by a single point...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHoney penalty is sweet for Redruth
By BILL HOOPER Redruth……………26 Dings C……………23 AN injury-time penalty from Fraser Honey gave 14-man Redruth victory against a plucky Dings side...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
St Ives decide to opt out THE scourge of long-distance travelling which plunged St Ives into crisis has now forced the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTom Terrific snatches a treble and stuns Dale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………27 Fylde……………34 A STUNNING burst of four tries in a dazzling tenminute spell at the start of the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWestcliff wonder if the tide will turn
By NICK CROWE Westcliff……………18 Old Redcliff’s 23 WESTCLIFF’S frustrating start reached a new level as they were edged out in a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLucy Att the double as Bears pile on the misery
By WILL HUNTER Firewood W……………0 Bristol Bears……36 Star turn: Lucy Attwood BRISTOL Bears continued their impressive start to the Premier 15s...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHallett holds his nerve to get Wass over line
By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up THERE were dramatic scenes at the Gnoll where Bedwas snatched a late 16-14 win over...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTigers are purring as they strike at the last
By DAVID LAWRENCE Stourbridge……………25pts Sedgley Park……………28pts A LAST-GASP try from flanker Mark Goodman earned Sedgley Park a hard-fought victory in the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoJoy of six as in-form Park stay on a roll
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC……………13 Rosslyn Park…46 ROSSLYN Park scored six tries to make it four wins from five following a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLibby unlocks Lightning with late try in epic
By ALINA MENUKHIN Loughboro’……………24 Saracens……………28 LIBBY Lockwood’s late try completed a remarkable comeback as reigning champions Saracens recovered from 17 points...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGratton hat-trick maintains Village’s fine start
By CARL FIELD Welsh Division One round-up DAVID Gratton helped himself to a hat-trick as Rhydyfelin beat Rhiwbina 31-25 to continue...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWhere there’s a Will, Field can find a way
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield 25 Scunthorpe…24 WILL Milner’s last gasppenalty kick-started Huddersfield’s season in a dramatic finale at Lockwood Park. With...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoI’s in the mire while Club are rampant
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath……44 Hull Ionions……19 BLACKHEATH cruised in a one-sided contest, where at times they showed their class but at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoBrown stands out in Quins comeback
By DANIEL ALEXANDE Harlequins……………39pts Gloucester-H……………12pts All smiles: Leanne Riley celebrates scoring a try with Jess Breach, left, and Amy Cokayne CO-HEAD...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFrance call for the new poster boy Barassi
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN New star? Pierre-Louis Barassi is hailed as the answer to France’s midfield problems France coach Jacques Brunel...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRowntree’s the main man in Otley
By MARY SEDGWICK Hinckley……………14 Otley……………17 OTLEY left it until the very last kick of the game to seal a remarkable triumph...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoNo home comfort for Blood & Sand
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……………14 Old Elthamians……………25 CAMBRIDGE fell to a second successive home defeat as Old Elthamians ground out a win...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoBoatman wears down Warriors with two tries
By MATT VERRI Richmond FC…35 Worcester……………8 ELLIE Boatman scored two tries as Richmond battled their way to an impressive victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoStudents hold firm as Sheffield falter
By STEFFAN JAMES Sheff Tigers…37 L’boro Studs…40 A TRY-FEST in Sheffield gave Loughborough Students a bonus-point win over the Tigers. Loughborough...
International Rugby
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