Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarrogate still on shoulder of the leaders
Northern Premier BILLINGHAMstill head the table, albeit having played one more game than Harrogate, but a bonus point 33-10 win at...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoThe joy of six as Rams go wild
By RICHARD ASHCROFT RAMS returned to winning ways with a clinical victory at home to struggling Hull Ionians. The hosts ran...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 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 One
/ 7 years agoBy George! OEs blitz Moseley
By JON EDWARDS GEORGE Perkins and Nathan Morris scored two tries apiece as rampant Old Elthamians stormed to an emphatic bonus-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 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 2E
/ 7 years agoWestcliff are undone by Bourne supremacy
By ADAM HUNTER BOURNEMOUTH scored their first league points of the season, defeating fellow strugglers Westcliff at Chapel Gate. Both clubs...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 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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Premiership
/ 7 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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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWalsh powers Bury to victory
By NEIL IRELAND BURY St Edmunds maintained their 100 per cent home record but only just after a hard-fought match. Despite...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaints march to victory led by general Grayson
By ROB WILDMAN NORTHAMPTON claimed a third successive East Midlands derby in an attack-minded encounter they edged in the last 20...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBrown late show rescues Reds
By NICK PITSON A LAST-MINUTE try from Richard Brown gave Redruth a deserved draw at Henley after the home side had...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRGC add bonus point to home swagger
By CARL FIELD RGC picked up another notable scalp on their home patch as they put Pontypridd to the sword. Ponty...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoStudents come of age to hold off Lucs rally
By GEOFF VICKRESS THERE is no way to describe this game at Mortimer Park other than a game of two halves,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoForward power gets Chiefs home semi-final
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER had effectively ensured their home clash with Harlequins in February’s semi-finals inside 31 minutes when prop Harry...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLions work hard but fall short of a bonus point
By MIKE HOWKINS LEICESTER Lions head coach Gareth Collins was disappointed his side were unable to pick up a bonus point...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates ready for toughest of starts
Preview Cornish Pirates v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CHRIS Stirling sees today’s contest at Mennaye Field as a chance to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoQuins pack show too much power for Llanelli
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARMARTHEN Quins earnt the West Wales bragging rights over a struggling Llanelli side. Llanelli started strongly, with left-wing...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde respond to Dan’s double
By CHRISTIAN EVANS FYLDE maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a bonus-point drubbing of Stourbridge. However, it was far...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEddie gets a reminder from super Spencer
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer shrugged off his World Cup snub to showcase his prodigious all-round skills and help secure Sarries...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDerby not dampened by testing conditions
By GEOFF SIBLEY AS TYPHOON Hagibis wreaked havoc across Japan and left Scotland’s World Cup hopes hanging by a thread –...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHartpury old boy Hunter puts Knights on the charge
By ANDREW BEACHAM IN A game of few chances and even less entertainment, it was Doncaster who made slightly fewer mistakes...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMerthyr rocked by opening Bridgend blitz
By JAMES CANDY CHAMPIONSMerthyr suffered another away day defeat as Bridgend unleashed a first-half blitz.. Tyler Williams and Ben Mayers-Davies crashed...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSeventh heaven for Lloyd as Lough run riot
By BETHAN ZIEDLER LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning thumped Firwood Waterloo to secure their second win of the new season. Waterloo were not helped...
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National League 2N
/ 7 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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFreddie’s try turns it into a horror for Glos
By ROGER PANTING GLOUCESTER crashed to an embarrassing defeat to see them leave the competition without a win. It was the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRoberts’ kicking on form to down Sutton
By JOHN CROYSDILL ON A DAY of deteriorating weather, Sutton & Epsom had the rare pleasure of hosting Esher in the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoExiles give Falcons an early ‘wake up call’
By DAVID WOODHALL NEWCASTLE got their Championship campaign off to a winning start but it was far from the dominant display...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWizards need late penalty before they can relax
By GUTO DAVIES ABERAVON made it three wins from three but left it late. The Wizards made an early breakthrough, with...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 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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National League 2N
/ 7 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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoAshton double proves Sharks are big threat on the wings
By NEALE HARVEY CHRIS Ashton lit up a compelling contest with a sniper’s try-double as Sale secured a fourth successive Premiership...
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National League 2E
/ 7 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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English Championship
/ 7 years agoIll-discipline undoes Amps good work on debut
By WARREN KAY AMPTHILL were given a tough introduction to the Championship by a physical and clinical Nottingham side. Trailing just...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIt’s Cardiff’s day as the errors mount up
By PAUL HOPKINS CARDIFF maintained their excellent start to the season in an error-strewn affair at the Arms Park. James Davies...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 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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National League 2N
/ 7 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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWorcester stung by Watson hat-trick
By GEOFF BERKELEY MARCUS Watson scored a second-half hat-trick as Wasps eventually swept aside Worcester Warriors at the Ricoh Arena. After...
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National League 2E
/ 7 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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English Championship
/ 7 years agoReds ride out triple sin-bin to kick of with a bonus win
By TIM PRYOR JERSEY embarked on their eighth consecutive season in the second tier of English rugby with a hard-fought victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTrebanos engulfed by the perfect champs
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD IT was a perfect 10 for champions Pontypoolwho inflicted a crushing 60-10 defeat on Trebanos...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 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
/ 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 agoClifton get shock as Sutton fight to the end
By ROGER OPIE Clifton……………38 Sutton & Eps’…31 CLIFTON appeared to have this game in the bag after a first quarter in...
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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 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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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 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 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...
Junior International Rugby
Lucas Friday insists England U20s are ready to take on South Africa challenge
Autumn Internationals
Paul Rees: England’s headless chickens end up getting roasted
Junior International Rugby
England U20s ready for Argentina decider in Junior World Cup
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