Club Rugby
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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 agoLeinster launch title defence with brutal 8-try rout
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: James Lowe scores his second try for Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Juan de Jongh is...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoInjury-hit Islanders are hit by surge of tries
By GARY REYNOLDS Redi Rams …48 Guernsey …14 A RUTHLESS first-half performance gave the Rams a 36-0 half-time lead, but Guernsey,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFans want king Louis back on his throne
DAVID BARNES Priority case: Montpellier No.8 Louis Picamoles deserves a recall PICTURE: Getty Images France boss Jacques Brunel will signal the...
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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 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 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 agoO’Gara soaks it all up for shot with Ireland
By STEFFAN THOMAS Fresh ideas: Ronan O’Gara, centre, with Scott Robertson, right, at Crusaders RONAN O’GARA believes his spell working at...
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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 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 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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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 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 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 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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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 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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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 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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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 agoSarries seek clinical edge ahead of derby
Saracens 21pts Wasps FC 5pts By MATTHEW LONG Breakaway: Lotte Clapp scores for Saracens ALEX Austerberry has challenged his Saracens Women’s...
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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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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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoBlacklock inspires Sharks to a narrow triumph
DMP Sharks 15 Richmond 7 By TOM BULMER DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks secured their second victory of the season after a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers back on winning trail after slugfest
By ANTON JONES IN A hotly-contested game, Preston Grasshoppers overcame Macclesfield to end their run of defeats. Macclesfield started the brighter...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBealham try seals win after pair from Godwin
Pool 3 KYLE Godwin scored tries in each half as Connacht got their Cup campaign off to a convincing start at...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTigers suffer a mauling but Tuilagi’s hitting form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER He’s through: Manu Tuilagi breaks clear to score a second half consolation try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Alan...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLloyd’s double gets ball rolling for Club
By STEVE JACKSON BLACKHEATH scrumhalf Stef Liebenberg bossed the game for an hour on his return to Grantchester Road as former...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEbbw Vale 22 Cross Keys 7
EBBW Vale emerged from Storm Callum with their 100 per cent record intact. Playing into the teeth of the storm, Keys...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLightning strike the Bears to maintain perfection
Loughborough 36 Bristol 18 By PAULA SMITH LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning continued their perfect start to the season as a strong second-half showing...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLeaders downed in scoreless shocker…
By STEVE SMITH HINCKLEY have finally been beaten in National 2 League North – losing in a dramatic game at Chester....
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSharks tear chunks out of 14-man Perpignan
By SAM JACKSON BYRON McGuigan’s hattrick helped Sale Sharks to a bonus-point victory to start their Challenge Cup campaign on Friday,...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMurphy: We were bullied up front
GEORDAN Murphy admitted his Tigers pack has come off second best at Kingspan Stadium. “We did a lot of things well...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoKpoku provides a scare for Caldy
By JOHN MALLON THERE was relief at the final whistle as Caldy continued their unbeaten home run despite a spirited second-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAndrews wizardry a rare highlight in a forgettable game
Aberavon 10 Carmarthen Q 5 By JON DALY ABERAVON continued their excellent start to the season with a narrow victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Riley lifts Sedgley to win
By STEFFAN JAMES SEDGLEY Park won a tentry thriller against Sheffield Tigers, although the visitors did come away with two bonus...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoToo big and too strong, Clermont bash Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Joy: Peceli Yato of Clermont celebrates scoring Consolation: Tom Collins breaks away to score for Saints PICTURE: Getty...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoGareth’s fatal error costs his Scarlets in late drama
By ALEX BYWATER Determined: Racing No. 8 Antonie Claassen can’t stop Scarlets’ scrum-half Gareth Davies going over PICTURES: Getty Images Opening...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoClements provides a sting in the tail
By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOP’S Stortford and Esher played out a cracker despite windy conditions, with the away side winning it late...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFowkes wants big response at the Bay
NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens victory proves landmark against Drovers
Bridgend 25 Llandovery 20 By HAYDN JEFFERIES BRIDGEND Ravens got back to winning ways as they recorded a first league win...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoBonus-point Hull charge to summit
■By WILL BECKMAN South Leics …12 Hull Ionians …24 HULL Ionians continued their excellent start to the season as a bonus-point...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDee’s double helps Dragons earn the maximum
By ROB COLE THE Dragons quickly put the bitter disappointment of losing at home to Cardiff Blues last weekend behind them...
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