Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPonty pile on the pressure with heavy victory
■By TIM LEWIS Pontypridd …54 Bedwas …17 Principality Premiership PONTYPRIDD moved to within two points of Principality Premiership leaders Merthyr with...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFour in a row for rocking Rosslyn
■By YASHAS MUDUMBAI ROSSLYNPark overcame torrential rain and a dogged Caldy to win their fourth consecutive match in the league. Four...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks roll on thanks to second-half blitz
■By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley …33pts Old Albanian …12pts Driving through: Xavier Andre scores Henley’s second try, left A superb second-half performance...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPack power gets Drovers over the line
■By JAMES SMITH Llandovery …21 Bargoed …11 LLANDOVERY came out on top in a mudfest at Church Bank to move up...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde in touch at the top with win on road
■By STEFFAN JAMES Sedgley Pk …14 Fylde …22 FYLDE are up to fourth in the National 2 North table thanks to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFabulous Foster inspires awesome Ampthill
■By STEVE SMITH FULL-BACK Will Foster scored a brace as Ampthill claimed a bonus-point win against Sale FC on their travels....
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMackintosh can’t stop rain for Barnes
■By MATT LONG CANTERBURY took another big step towards their promotion target with a comfortable 38-5 bonus point victory over Barnes...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTitle race back in the ballance after try-fest
■By ROB COLE Merthyr …28 Cardiff …34 WALES under-20 centre Max Llewellyn and Ben Thomas both scored tries, and had a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSmith’s penalties clinch it for Otley
■By NICK DOYLE Otley …6 Chester …0 THIS was a tight game in difficult circumstances after the referee had declared the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership coach marks Wilson as the must-start no.6 for England
Northampton Saints forwards coach Phil Dowson looks at England's back row
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBrexit minister Stephen Barclay’s history with rugby and Fylde
'My childhood activities revolved around rugby'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShaun Edwards in advanced talks to become new Dragons head coach
Already committed to moving to Wigan Warriors in 2020
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol Bears flanker George Smith on how long he has left at the top and Pat Lam
The evergreen Australia back row feels he can reach four decades playing the game
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStade Francais teenager Nicolas Chauvin dies after sustaining neck injury in match
Stade Francais are 'in mourning' following death of 19-year-old
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoConnacht submit plans to redevelop the Sportsground Stadium
The PRO14 side's capacity could be doubled
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks complete addition of Russian international prop
Valery Morozov has been on the Sharks' radar for the past 12 months
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Paul Gustard as director of rugby
The story from our front page on Sunday
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDragons and Bernard Jackman part ways
Forwards coach Ceri Jones will take interim charge of the struggling PRO14 club
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSix tries but Stort hurt by late line decision
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St……20 Rotherham……22 STRUGGLING Bishop’s Stortford came desperately close to a vital win in the relegation battle, but...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBath set to opt for hybrid surface at new Rec
■ By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA BATH have unveiled their stunning plans for a new 18,000-seater stadium that they hope to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Kyle off till New Year LEICESTER Tigers centre Kyle Eastmond has received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Bristol...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDynamic duo return to operate backline
Preview Munster v Castres Today, Kick-off 1pm. Thomond Pk FOUR months of waiting are over for Munster fans who will finally...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAlbion stop the rot with nervy win
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ….14 Sale FC ……………7 PLYMOUTH Albion halted a run of five successive defeats with a hard-earned...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDominant second half puts Oxford back on top
■ By ROGER PANTING Varsity match Held: Cambridge’s Jake Hennessey is tackled We’re bubbling: Oxford lift the Varsity trophy. PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeaders Wimbledon battle to triumph
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON RFC extended their lead at the top of the table following a 19-12 win against...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Wales line up ‘perfect’ World Cup training schedule ■By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ bid for World Cup glory will see them undertake...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSarries suffer Itoje blow but Mako’s back in front row
By NEALE HARVEY Return: Mako Vunipola INFLUENTIAL lock Maro Itoje misses out as Saracens seek back-toback wins over Cardiff that will...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoCrucial victory for climbing Esher
■By BRADLEY WEST Esher …………….17 L’Boro Studs …14 JACK Walsh pulled the strings as Esher secured a crucial victory over Loughborough...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSecond victory of the season for Bees
■By DAVID DOONAN Barnes …10 Birming’m & S15 BIRMINGHAM and Solihull overturned the form book and secured their second win of...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCambridge women closing the gap
Joy: Kate Marks celebrates CAMBRIDGE’S women defended their crown as they held off a late Oxford fightback to win 8-5 in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIt’s tight at the top as Scunny are held
Midlands Premier TWO of the top three, Bridgnorth and Scunthorpe played out a thrilling 21-21 draw, but Newport Salop couldn’t take...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChiefs set for a hard crash out of Europe
By MIKE SINCLAIR Backing up: Willi Heinz dives over to score for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Don Armand lands...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHeath off top but Tarrant kicks Chinnor into touch
■By GRAHAM COX On the rampage: Blackheath’s Tom Straddwick PICTURES: Helen Watson FORTHE second week running Blackheath will be grateful to...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRampant Reds put Raiders away
■By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffs…33 Worthing …22 ON a windy day at Scotland Lane, Old Redcliffians blew Raiders away in a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMelville understands the dangers of ring-fencing
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Pedigree: Nigel Melville at the RFU and, inset, playing for England PICTURE:...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoO’Donnell’s double stretches Hull’s lead
Northern Premier HULL increased their lead at the top of the table following a dominant 49-7 bonus-point victory at home to...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRennie’s rampant Warriors in fine nick for knockouts
By ALEX BYWATER GEORGE Horne ran the show with a man-of-thematch display as Glasgow dismantled Lyon. Horne was supreme at scrum-half,...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBrown at the double as five-star OE’s roll on at the top
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ….12 Old Elthams’ ……32 THIS match went the way of the form book, with Old Elthamians gaining...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRedruth judder to a halt in Tonbridge
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …22 Redruth …7 IT wasn’t a winter classic but a dogged and determined Tonbridge Juddians performance...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStewart treble turns Bournemouth around
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH responded from their defeat last weekend with an emphatic 63-0 home victory over Newton Abbot to leave...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBaxter: ‘It was error after error after error’
BOSS Rob Baxter admitted that Exeter are struggling to take their usually efficient Premiership performances into Europe. “First you have to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoGritty Caldy edge mid-table tussle
■By JOHN MALLON Caldy …………….14 DMP …………………8 CALDY emerged victorious from their match against Darlington Mowden Park in a game where...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTaunton terrorise Dings in perfect display
■By JOHN WHITE Dings …10 Taunton …33 DINGS’ two-game winning run was brought to an end by a Taunton side that...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStudents beat the weather to go second
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Met took advantage of the postponements in the WRU National Championship to climb up...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTimid Tigers fight for pride after white flag at Bristol
By NEALE HARVEY Under fire: Murphy MATT Toomua has called for a resilient response as Leicester fight to put memories of...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMose in the mire as Amps charge
■By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….25 B’ham Mose….17 MOSELEY arrived at Dillingham Park confident after two good victories in their last two...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTen up for Rams but Reynolds not happy
■By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams…26pts Clifton…19pts Rammed home: Flanker Louis Wolf, left, on his way to the second try Right: Clifton scrumhalf...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEdwards try helps Penallta stay in the hunt
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Div One/ Plate & Bowl round-up WRU National Plate champions Brynmawrmarched into the fourth round of the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDrama at the end as Macc stunned by Hull
■By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians…18 Macc’field …16 VISITORS Macclesfield may feel aggrieved to have been defeated, having held a 16-6 lead...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSloppy Scarlets sign own death warrants
By ROGER PANTING Not quite enough: Steffan Evans slides in to score for Scarlets PICTURES: Getty Images SCARLETS’ European Cup hopes...
International Rugby
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