Club Rugby
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBradley double helps Hawks fly
By NICK PITSON Henley H ..........31 Worthing R......22 A DOMINANT performance from the Henley forwards set up this bonus-point victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMitchell to Carnegie
WELSHinternational prop Craig Mitchell, 32, has re-joined Yorkshire Carnegie from Newcastle Falcons. Director of rugby Chris Stirling said: “I’m delighted to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMinikin holds his nerve for Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES THE Ionians v Chester match at Brantingham Park was as close to the proverbial game of two halves...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMurphy: Amazing Manu has a shot with England
By ROGER PANTING Power drive: Guy Thompson dives over for a first half try for Tigers PICTURES: Getty Images Defiant: Blade...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoOAs no match for Titans powerpack
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …21 T’nton Titans 35 TAUNTON Titans demonstrated the reason for their name for much of this...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFive weeks for Jennings
LONDON Scottish’s Rory Jennings has been banned for five weeks for making contact with the head of Coventry’s Andy Bulumakau with...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHigh-flying Field tame Lions easily
By SIMON MOYLE Peterborough 14 Huddersfield…43 IT WAS another disappointing day at Solstice Park for the Lions who lost convincingly to...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTigers finding their bite again
GEORDAN Murphy says his side are getting near the level he demands ahead of their double header with Racing 92. The...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoImproving Blues call for young gun Hutler
Preview Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 2.30pm BEDFORD top try scorer Ryan Hutler returns to their starting line-up as...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMcLean set to hit century for England
NEWS EXTRA KATY-DALEY McLean is set to make her 100th appearance as England tackle USA, Canada and Ireland this Autumn. Mclean,...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc’s attack is a danger but Dale survive
By STEVE RHODES ON A sunny but breezy afternoon at the Avenue, Wharfedale ran out winners in a closely fought and...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRacing run riot as ace Russell pulls the strings
By STEFFAN THOMAS ULSTER came crashing back to earth with a bang as they were thrashed by Racing 92 in Paris....
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTrailfinders point the way with a 9-try battering
By OLI SHAPLEY EALINGTrailfinders produced their best performance of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on Coventry. Ben Ward’s men...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Newport..........28 Bridgend ........17 NEWPORT’S captain and fly-half Matt O’Brien stole the show with a great display that bagged him a haul...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWilson’s boot wins the war at Hinckley
By STEVE SMITH Hinckley................16pts Fylde ........................5pts Break: Hinckley centre Ryan Hough dashes towards the try line PICTURES: Phil Hutchinson Off you...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoToulon fairytale has Falcons dreaming
By JON NEWCOMBE One of the great nights: Newcastle beat Toulon NEWCASTLE’s stunning 26-25 win at Toulon has given rise to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten Irish forced to dig deep for victory
By CHRIS WALKER Headlock: Fergus Mulchrone scores for Irish despite Cameron Cowell’s tackle PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Challenge: Tyson Lewis takes on...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrovers get back on track with comprehensive triumph
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery …30 Neath..................3 AFTER three consecutive defeats, Llandovery came back to winning form at Church Bank with...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoNazir gives Otley local bragging rights
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T …17 Otley ..............31 TWO early tries from Otley flanker Adam Malthouse laid the foundations for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘Hopefully, something can be sorted in the next month or so’ – Danny Care on his Harlequins future
The England and Quins scrum-half talks the pressure of playing for his future at the Stoop, while facing a threat for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBusy week at Munster ends in five senior players signing contract extensions
Ireland international Chris Farrell gets new long-term deal along with flanker Chris Cloete
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s interest in Springbok star rivalled by £900,000 offer from France
Toulon are circling...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCharles Piutau could be back at the start of next month, Bristol coach Pat Lam confirms
Pat Lam also evaluates the Bears' start to the season
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLozowski and Kaino cited for Champions Cup incidents
More fallout from Saracens win over Glasgow
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCornish Pirates hooker Sam Matavesi gets Fiji call-up
Fiji's 30-man squad to take on Scotland, Uruguay and France next month
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhat have we learned from the opening rounds of the Heineken Champions Cup?
The Champions Cup pools are taking shape after two intriguing rounds that served up an exhilarating blend of drama, entertainment and...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoYoung upbeat despite drubbing
WASPS director of rugby Dai Young saw positives in his side’s defeat but knows there is much work to do before...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLeague leaders rocked by Titans
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM produced the shock of the season so far by beating the league leaders in an outstanding contest...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoPatience is key as Redruth draw wind into their sails
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …14pts Canterbury …10pts Flat out: Jack Simmons sttretches an arm for a Redruth try Brad Howe of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCane on the mend after neck surgery
ALL BLACKS flanker Sam Cane is expected to make a full recovery after having surgery to repair a broken bone in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSaints ‘make an offer’ to Fekitoa
BY NEILFISSLER ON THE BLIND SIDE Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Choice: Malakai Fekitoa NORTHAMPTON Saints have joined the race to...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWe could have nicked that at end says Baxter
By ROGER PANTING Driving in: Luke Cowan-Dickie goes over to score for the Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images On the run: Phil...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents hit for six by OE class
By JON EDWARDS TWOtries from lock Fred Hosking helped Elthamians to an emphatic six-try victory over winless Loughborough Students at College...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoStorming display by the Hawks tames the Titans
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton …13 Henley …17 AS Storm Callum blew, it was Henley Hawks who swooped in. The scoreline was...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoTigers join the hunt for Bok superstar Eben
Best in world: Eben Etzebeth LEICESTER Tigers have enquired about the post- World Cup availably of Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth. The...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMunster delight at points on road
MUNSTER’S head coach, Johann Van Graan was overjoyed to pick up two points on the road. “Nobody gave us a chance...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHughes double sparks visitors’ fightback
By KEVIN ROBINSON THERE was to be no lastminute winning score for DMP as visitors Sale FC turned a 22-7 half-time...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDavies ice cool to win it for Barnes
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J…20 Barnes…21 IT was heartbreak for TJs as Barnes snatched victory with the final kick of the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions are tamed as Carleton does the damage
By CHRISTIAN EVANS TWO tries apiece from Tom Carleton and Tom Grimes helped Fylde to a convincing blowout victory over Peterborough...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoMontpellier give Skelton yet another option
MONTPELLIER are the latest French club to ask Will Skelton about his plans for next season with his Saracens contract coming...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoGloucester prepared to live or die by the sword
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Tom Hudson FULL-BACKTom Hudson promises Gloucester will adopt a rip-roaring approach to their first Champions Cup campaign...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMcLean inspires Worthing revival
■By BRADLEY WEST Worthing …41 L’don Irish W…14 FLY-HALF Mathew McLean registered 21 points, including two tries, as Worthing produced a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSeventh heaven as Firwood meet their Waterloo
Firwood Wat 10 Gloucs-Hart 43 By BRADLEY WEST Hat-trick: Kelly Smith GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY earned their second victory of the Premier 15s season...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDale made to pay by Piper’s heroics
By ANDREW SMITH A LATE Dickie Piper late try snatched victory for Huddersfield in a pulsating encounter. The Field skipper crashed...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoStretts: No regrets, but now let’s win it
By ADAM HATHAWAY Second spell at Sarries: David Strettle PICTURE: Getty Images DAVID Strettle has been on the receiving end of...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBlaydon slip lets in Hull at the top
REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES Northern Premier SHOCK of the afternoon must be Sandal’s 43-35 win over leaders Blaydon who drop to third...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoIn-form Quins run riot at struggling Valkyries
Worcester V 19 Harlequins 69 By ART DE ROCHE HARLEQUINS comfortably beat Worcester Valkyries to win in successive rounds for the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNeath 6 Merthyr 34
MERTHYR made it six victories from seven with a bonus-point victory. The champions took the lead against the run of play...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPack power wins the day at Otley
By NICK DOYLE LEICESTER Lions scored two late tries to prevent Otley getting anything, in a game dominated by the rolling...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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