Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSaracens up their offer to in-demand Max Malins amid interest from rivals
The fly-half/full-back is out of contract at Allianz Park at the end of the season and TRP reported earlier this month...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHooper: I expected more from my team
BATHdirector of rugby Stuart Hooper slammed his side’s second-half performance. He said: “We were ragged and gave away soft tries after...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPack power steers five-star Albion
By PADDY MARSH INJURY-HIT Plymouth Albion produced their best display of the season to record a five-try victory over Sale FC,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrovers show no mercy as Ravens grounded
By BEN SIMPSON BRIDGENDwere no match for Llandovery as they conceded six tries. Owen Howe marked his 50th appearance for the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMonkey off Tyne’s back in home win
By BRIAN TILLEY TWOtries by hooker Dan Lowdon helped Tynedale to their first home win of the season at Corbridge. But...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoYet more late heroics as Foresters dent the leaders
By TIM FORRESTER CINDERFORD are getting used to producing late shows, according to director of rugby Paul Morris, after another last-gasp...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlue & Blacks battle hard to stay perfect
By GUTO DAVIES CARDIFF made it four wins from four with this bonus-point win. It was Carmarthen, however, who struck first,...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBack row brilliance sparks Mose to battling win
By PAUL SMITH LED by outstanding backrowers Buster Lawrence and Morgan Monks, Birmingham Moseley fought to victory over Canterbury. But the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrama as Rochford’s run comes to end
London & South East Premier IN the battle of the top two at Barnham Road, it was ding-dong right to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFelinfoel keeping up the pressure in West
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD IT’S as you were at the top of West with the top two both...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGrayson shows nerves of steel to sink Sarries
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Boyd saluted young James Grayson after the fly-half kept ice cool to ensure Saints left Allianz Park...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoUp-tempo Blood and Sand end home woe
By STEVE JACKSON CAMBRIDGE deservedly took four points for their first home win since March against a Rosslyn Park side looking...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNuneaton test nerves before Aley strikes
Midlands Premier NUNEATON continued their surging promotion push with an extremely tense but entertaining 16- 14 win against Sandbach at Liberty...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘It’s your job to land kicks…you just get on with it’
JAMES Grayson believes Northampton made a big statement by defeating champions Saracens in their opening game of the season to end...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDaly duo helps Club win ugly
By GRAHAM COX THIS wasn’t the prettiest of matches and both sides will look back and rue the missed opportunities that...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling power up in first half but then switch off
By LUKE JARMYN EALING kick-started their season with a record win over Jersey to redeem themselves after last Sunday’s surprising opening...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMcManus holds his nerve to seal win
South West Premier A KYRAN McManus penalty enabled Barnstaple to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a dramatic and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpencer: Sarries are best club to push my case
NEWS EXTRA BEN Spencer is on a mission to prove Eddie Jones wrong for leaving him at home watching the World...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDMP soar past faltering OE’s
By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON Mowden Park comfortably overcame Old Elthamians, who simply ran out of steam in the last quarter. OE’s...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAlvarez leads the charge to leave Knights shellshocked
By GUY WILLIAMS ANoutstanding individual performance by Pirates’ fly-half Javier Alvarez, finishing with 24 points, ensured his team continued their excellent...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKirby and Wilson keep Billingham top
Northern Premier BILLINGHAM are still at the top the table after beating Ilkley 41-7 at Stacks Field. Matt Kirby and Luke...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLawday: Quins is a better fit for me
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS No.8 Tom Lawday has revealed how silver-tongued Harlequins boss Paul Gustard persuaded him to complete...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLavender & Blacks as sharp as a knife again
By WYN TINGLEY FINLAY Sharp scored twice to help Clifton continue their imperious start to the season and inflict further misery...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJob done as Ward’s new boys get 50 up
By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL skipper Dave Ward hailed a terrific all-round display as the newcomers hit shell-shocked Carnegie for eight. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGlory day, but Japan in Six Nations is a non-starter
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If ever there was a sense of poetic justice in the game...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQuins flair crushed by the boot of Simmonds
By MIKE SINCLAIR NOT many teams outscore Exeter for tries at Sandy Park – but Harlequins still took home only a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoFive-star S&E ease to victory
By JACK FRANCKLIN SUTTON & EPSOM secured a hard-fought away victory against struggling Barnes to clinch their second victory of the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKessell’s injury-time snipe kills off Blues
By DAVID LAWRENCE COVENTRY claimed maximum points from this nerve-jangling clash thanks to a try in the eighth minute of added...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDu Preez aiming high after horror throat injury
RUGBY EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY TWELVEmonths after fearing his rugby days were over, braveheart back rower Cornell du Preez aims to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIbitoye makes the magic we like says Gustard
TWO-TRY winger Gabriel Ibitoye was described as “a special talent” by Harlequins director of rugby Paul Gustard. “He’s been working hard...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDevon proves a constant threat
By JOHN WHITE DEVON Constant scored twice as Leicester Lions withstood a late Dings fight-back to secure a bonus-point victory at...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMcConnell marshals his big men to a gutsy victory
By LUKE JARMYN VERY gritty was Neil Fowkes’ succinct description of Nottingham’s determined victory over London Scottish on a wet evening...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLudlam’s success has given us all a lift – Vesty
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON coach Sam Vesty is backing his ambitious brat pack to defy second season syndrome by...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe showed fight roars triumphant Ackermann
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL JOHAN Ackermann and his players celebrated like wild men after a dramatic finale saw Gloucester open their Premiership...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSorry Lions tamed by merciless Titans outfit
By NICK CROWE A GALLANT Westcliff succumbed to a highly-disciplined and formidable Taunton side at Aviation Way, fighting tooth and nail...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStudents given a physical education
By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE made it two wins from two in the league with a dominant display over Hartpury that saw...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoS&C guru PJ helping Mercer hit new PBs in the gym
By NEALE HARVEY HUMAN dynamo Zach Mercer insists he is bigger and stronger as he bids to underpin Bath’s title charge...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoVenner treble as Warriors overwhelmed
By DUNCAN WOOD GLOUCESTER-Hartpury Women put Worcester to the sword in a ruthless half-century display, with full-back Mia Venner notching a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHalf-century for Caldy as Jones at the double
By COLIN FREE A MUSCULAR Otley side provided stout opposition at Paton Field as they held Caldy for 20 minutes before...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNo targets for us say Gloucester, just be best
Boss: Johan Ackermann VICTORIOUS Gloucester boss Johan Ackermann refused to set any targets for the season after his men saw off...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDiscipline costs TJs in historic Hawks win
By GARETH WITHERS TONBRIDGE Juddians’ head coach Peter Dankert was left to rue his side’s ill-discipline after Henley Hawks clinched a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAce Ezcurra out to catch the eye with Barbarians
NEWS EXTRA ARGENTINAcentre Bautista Ezcurra is keen to stay on British shores after he tours England and Wales with the Barbarians...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoFindlay delighted by perfect blend
By MATT VERRI CO-HEAD coach Karen Findlay saluted her side’s backline as they fired Harlequins to a fifth consecutive bonuspoint victory...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPark life awake after the break
By STEVE SMITH SEDGLEY Park took advantage of extraordinary Chester generosity to come from 17-0 down at half-time and win on...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond: We won’t let playoff place slip by again
NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond is convinced Sale have the player power to mount a serious push for the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRaiders bashed as eight try OAs run riot
By BRIAN QUINN OLD Albanian stormed home with eight tries to extinguish the faint hopes of Worthing Raiders and cruise to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler’s perfect start has Ystrad reeling
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD THE Pontypool juggernaut rolls on. Leighton Jones’ defending champions powered to a sixth bonus-point win...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLong trip south earns Sharks bonus
By TOM SOULSBY FOUR tries from DMP Sharks were enough to ease past Richmond in a result that heaped further misery...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSperes points Greens attack
By ANDREW SMITH RESOLUTE Wharfedale cruised to an away win in the all-Yorkshire clash at Lockwood Park. Two quick-fire tries midway...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWeir lands the points in a tragedy of errors
By ROGER PANTING THIS was a dreadful advert for Premiership rugby but Worcester won’t care a jot as they made it...
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