Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas made to work but take maximum points at Neath
By ROB COLE Neath…3 Bedwas …28 BEDWAS battled their way to a much-needed bonuspoint win to keep alive their hopes of...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDominant Park in charge throughout
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………….12 Sedgley Park 28 STEPHEN Collins starred as Sedgley Park secured bragging rights in Lancashire with this...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMcCall: Billy’s got stuff in head
SARACENS boss Mark McCall had no regrets over playing Billy Vunipola “There was no thought of pulling Billy out,” he stated....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMorgans at the double as Quins romp past Ponty
By TOM PRITCHARD Pontypridd …12 Carm Quins …32 CARMARTHEN Quins produced an impressive display to secure a bonuspoint win over Pontypridd...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoNine-try epic as Hinckley shade Tigers
By JASON WILLIAMS Hinckley……….37 Sheffield Tig 34 THE tries came thick and fast as these two sides put on an entertaining...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMurphy warns his Tigers: We’re not safe yet!
By GARY FITZGERALD Going over: Guy Thompson dives in to score for Leicester Tigers PICTURES: Getty Images Inside out: Falcons’ Sonatane...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRhydyfelin are down after loss at rivals Trebanos
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up RHYDYFELIN became the second team to be relegated from the WRU National Championship this season....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChampions Ionians can relax for closing test
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians……48pts Leicester Lions 30pts AN emotional Martyn Wood addressed his Ionians team after this dramatic contest and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRichards: Fans can save us from drop DEAN Richards still hopes the Kingston Park factor can help save his Falcons from the drop.
Newcastle’s director of rugby is preparing himself for a tense final shoot-out with Bristol and insists his players are ready to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLlandudno clinch title in true champion fashion
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up LLANDUDNO clinched the One North title in style as they dismantled Bethesda. The newly-crowned...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoCentury of points as the traffic jam eases
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions 35 Tynedale ……66 THE start was delayed by more than an hour due to Tynedale having...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe won’t be letting up, Yeandle tells rivals
By NEALE HARVEY On a mission: Exeter hooker Jack Yeandle PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER captain Jack Yeandle insists records and the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKockott fizz has Castres bubbling in Bordeaux
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Abrasive: But Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott got the job done against Bordeaux-Begles “Doomed Perpignan would like to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoUnstoppable Dan is Stour’s wizard
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge….48 Macclesfield 22 STOUR speed merchant Dan Rundle stole the show with a hat-trick of tries as already-relegated...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLaunchbury: We can still salvage something from season
■By NEALE HARVEY ’Players take struggles personally’: Joe Launchbury CAPTAIN Joe Launchbury is standing four square behind rugby director Dai Young...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSaracens strike from all over the park as Botterman inspires
By BELLA BUTLER Saracens …31 Wasps …13 Break: Jodie Rettie SARACENS dominated their semi-final match-up against Wasps, winning convincingly as they...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoAlexander’s just great for Preston
By WILL REILLY S Leicester ….34 Preston G’hop 51 ALEXANDER Hurst scored a hat-trick as Grasshoppers romped to victory in a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe loss of Rhys is a huge blow to Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Rising star: Rhys Carre playing for Wales U20 against France RHYS Carre’s move from Cardiff...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRFU and Saracens condemn Billy Vunipola’s defence of Israel Folau’s views
RFU statement: "We will be meeting with Billy to discuss his social media posts."
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership Rugby release statement on salary cap-related investigation into Saracens
Saracens have reiterated their compliance with salary cap rules and willingness to be transparent with PR's investigation
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHadleigh Parkes aims to get Scarlets back firing
"Diamonds are built under pressure after all"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘Hell awaits you’: Israel Folau posts another anti-gay judgement
Folau condemns alcoholics, atheists and fornicators in new controversial Instagram post
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDave Rennie commits to Glasgow Warriors
Sticking at Scotstoun and not replacing Cheika
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChristian Wade takes big leap towards NFL dream with Buffalo deal
Christian Wade has said he is ‘lost for words’ after being signed to join the Buffalo Bills as part of the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoKingdom comes good at the death
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ..........32 Dings ................30 WHAT a way to close the season off at the Commsplus Stadium with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWill is Topp dog as Barnstaple press on
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE are heading into the South West Premier play-offs after sealing second place following a 51-17 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVale’s title hopes fade as Quins rally to cause upset
By JOSH HARDING Carmarthen Q26 Ebbw Vale …18 EBBW VALE’S hopes of mounting a late challenge for the Principality Premiership title...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHenri Packs in four as Tigers soar
By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMostert? He’s bloody good warns fiesty Moon
By NEALE HARVEY Must-win game: Alex Moon PICTURES: Getty Images YOUTHFUL Saints lock Alex Moon is relishing taking on Gloucester’s second...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRaiders now on verge of survival
By PHIL JONES Worthing ........39 Old R ................33 WORTHING are just one point from safety after they edged out Old Redcliffians...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll’s well in the rugby world after my trip to Hong Kong!
JEFF PROBYN World class weekend: The Hong Kong Sevens were a delight PICTURE: Getty Images Sometimes it can be all too...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLate try secures Ravens a vital losing point at Bedwas
By MAX BENNETT Bedwas …31 Bridgend …24 BRIDGEND picked up what could yet prove to be a priceless losing bonuspoint after...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc down but leaders march on
By BEN JAYCOCK Macclesfield 26 Hull Ionians ..47 HULL Ionians took full advantage of Chester’s slip-up to take the sole lead...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSharples: Ensure top four and we can go all the way
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Gloucester flyer Charlie Sharples CHARLIE Sharples is adamant improving Gloucester can turn a solid campaign into a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDenman joins the Coventry import drive
RUGBY SHORTS COVENTRY’s impressive recruitment drive has continued with the capture of Gloucester and former Northampton Saints prop Gareth Denman, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVictory can’t save Newbridge from the big drop
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up NEWBRIDGE became the first side to be relegated from the WRU National Championship despite claiming...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWin not enough for doomed South
By NICK DOYLE Otley ................38 S Leicester ....41 SOUTH Leicester ended a seven-game losing streak with a bonus-point win but results...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSeven-try thrashing humbles Tigers again
By ROB WILDMAN Oh yes! Olly Woodburn celebrates Santiago Cordero’s try for Exeter, one of seven against the Tigers PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBarritt assessed on ligament damage
SARACENS will monitor captain Brad Barritt this week after scans revealed he has minor ankle ligament damage. The 32-year-old centre was...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWanderers take the title with bonus point win
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers sealed the One East Central title with a convincing 30-10 victory at...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoAviss try secures derby joy for Lions
By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMurphy: At least our heads stayed up
GEORDAN Murphy indulged in a bit of gallows humour after this thrashing. Asked how he felt about seeing some spectators leave...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWigglesworth to coach at Ealing
ENGLANDand Saracens scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth has joined Ealing Trailfinders as the club’s attack coach. The 35-year-old has been coaching on a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoToulouse stung by new Wasp Fekitoa
Dangerous: Malakai Fekitoa scored twice for Toulon World Cup-winning winger Malakai Fekitoa has Wasps looking forward eagerly to having him in...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChester crumble as title race heats up
By CHRIS PRATT Sedgley Park ....45pts Chester....................7pts A STUNNING secondhalf performance by Sedgley Park saw them run in 38 points and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoJoseph is quick to make most of Bristol’s generosity
By NEALE HARVEY Four-midable: Rhys Priestland celebrates with team mates as he scores try No.4 for Bath PICTURES: Getty Consolation: Dan...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProp McGrath on move to Leinster
ULSTER have signed Leinster prop Jack McGrath for the start of next season. The 29-year-old British and Irish Lions loose-head has...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoField keep play-off hopes alive in thriller
By ANDREW SMITH HUDDERSFIELD bounced back from last week’s disappointment at Chester to claim maximum points. The try bonus win maintains...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBath are unfazed by injury to Joe
BATH supremo Todd Blackadder played down Joe Cokanasiga’s injury. He said: “He got an AC joint whack and it’s sore. We’ll...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSarries switch big game to Spurs
SARACENS have agreed a five-year deal to play their annual showpiece match at Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium. Sarries have staged selected...
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