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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoOh for Jonny is lament of Toulon’s sad faithful
DAVID BARNES Off the bench for Toulon: All Black Julien Savea PICTURE: Getty Images Just two games in and a twittered...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSeventh heaven for hot Hinckley
By STEVE ADENT Hinckley…45 Tynedale …31 HINCKLEY got their season off to a winning start as they ran in seven tries...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWham bam! Lam given ideal start to Bristol adventure
By NEALE HARVEY Killer Bear: Alapati Leiua scores the late winning try for Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images No way through: Jamie...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSutton & Epsom start in seventh heaven
National League 3 London & SE SUTTON & EPSOM were 49-25 winners at home to newcomers Bedford Athletic. Andy Matthews, Stefan...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRiley has the key brace as Sedgley hold on
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield…24 Sedgley Park 29 PRE-SEASON promotion favourites Sedgley Park made a winning start in a hard-earned bonus-point victory...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLuatua: Team is crucial word
BATH supremo Todd Blackadder pulled no punches. “The points were there, we just didn’t capitalise,” he said. “Our ball into contact...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHancox’s kicking Grants Lions a victory
National League 3 South West BOURNEMOUTH got their National League Three South West campaign off to the perfect start with an...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoNew club but it’s the same old Rickie Aley
By NICK PULLEN Eyes on the prize: Stourbridge flanker Sam Montieri spots a gap in the Lions’ defence PICTURES: Ceri Davies...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWelch has grown into true leader
By TRP REPORTER On the rampage: Will Welch of Newcastle is tackled by Mitch Eadie of Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images AS...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlaydon run riot in bid to bounce back
National League 3 North THEY MAY have just been relegated but Blaydon made their intentions very clear with a massive 94-12...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoGreen holds his nerve for the Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …35 Sheffield T …33 HULL Ionians left it late to record a victory on their return...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘Slim-line’ Skelton in the best shape of his life
By NEALE HARVEY Feeling good: Will Skelton GARGANTUAN Saracens lock Will Skelton has revealed how losing ten kilos has enabled him...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrew’s in Luc as Lichfield put to sword
National League 3 Midlands THE Midland Premier Division roared back into action today with all 14 teams kick starting their campaigns....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions tamed on their league debut
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions…12 Wharfedale …26 WHARFEDALE were deserved winners in a tight game and made the most of the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaints have no answer to pass master Cipriani
By NICK CAIN Magic moment: Charlie Sharples breaks to score for Gloucester off Danny Cipriani’s super pass PICTURES: Getty Images Collision:...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoA bit more respect might bring in a bit more cash
JEFF PROBYN Pressure: Players are too ready to contest decisions There is something about the start of a new season that...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSouth get off to a fine winning start
By RICHARD GREEN South Leics …47 Macclesfield 24 FIVE second-half tries for South Leicester gave them a bonus point victory over...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe’ve all stepped up says star man
DANNY Cipriani was full of praise for the welcome he has had at Gloucester after his man-of-the-match display. The England fly-half...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRayer: This could go down to wire
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Sept 2. Lady Bay. 3pm TWO new recruits will be making their Bedford debuts when the Blues...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff …18 Merthyr …24
KYLE Evans came off the bench and claimed a lastminute try as Merthyr came from behind to win. New Cardiff signing...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoToothless Tigers are tormented in six-try Exeter rout
By MIKE SINCLAIR SIX-TRY Exeter destroyed lacklustre Leicester with a powerhouse performance and director of rugby Rob Baxter sent an ominous...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRed card just acts as signal for Amps to excel
By WARREN KAY Ampthill …43 L’boro St…34 AMPTHILL’S 14 men defied the odds after losing captain Billy Johnson, who received a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDetermined Cov defy late fightback by Jersey
By TOM BRANSTON COVENTRY Rugby returned to life in the second tier with a lively win over Channel islanders Jersey Reds...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBargoed …22 Llandovery …62
LLANDOVERY cruised to victory with four tries in a 12-minute spell after the interval. The Drovers raced into a ten-point advantage...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter praise for Kvesic’s ‘hunger’
Slade alive! Exeter Chiefs celebrate as Henry Slade, grounded, scores their fourth try PICTURES: Getty Images At full stretch: Henry Slade...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStortford come up short in nail-biter
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort 23 DMP …26 STORTFORD lost scrumhalf Alex Patton to injury early on and, in an expansive...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoOAs are rampant against league’s newbies
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …59 Guernsey …5 ALBANIANS began the new campaign with a resounding bonus-point win over newly-promoted Guernsey....
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoIrish put a marker down with power play
By GARY FITZGERALD Hero: James Cordy gets a hug on scoring Rock and roll: Benjamin Meehan’s try celebration PICTURES: Lissy Tomlinson...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix of the best as Vale make flying start to their campaign
By IAN GOLDEN Llanelli …10 Ebbw Vale…43 EBBW Vale made the perfect to start to the season as they scored six...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTearaway Sale get last-gasp leveller
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge…36 Sale …36 SALE announced their arrival in National One with a solid debut at Grantchester Road, racing...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMartey’s double on Barnes’ return
By DAVID DOONAN Barnes…33 LI Wild Geese 14 TWO tries from Robbie Martey helped Barnes make the perfect start to life...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHill delighted by hard-fought win over big rivals
By GEOFF NORDEMANN A PERFECT start for Richmond, beating local rivals and ground-sharers London Scottish at the Athletic Ground, much to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKnott leads Ponty charge with Bedwas in a tangle
By OWEN THOMAS Bedwas …23 Pontypridd …33 PONTYPRIDD turned on the power as they overturned a 13-point deficit to complete a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors’ penalty count has Solomons puzzled
By NEALE HARVEY Double handed: GJ van Velze and Francois Hougaard of Warriors tackle Wasps’ Rob Miller PICTURES: Getty Images Over:...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTitanic effort is not enough as Rotherham fall a point short
Stretch: Dominic Lespierre reaches out to score for Old Elthamians PICTURES: G Lyons Photography ROTHERHAM, playing their first game outside the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks flying in perfect formation
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed …37 Henley Hks …45 A WELL-DRILLED and organised Henley side capitalised on Bury mistakes to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCozens on target to see Hartpury get winning start
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY took a morale-boosting win from this hard-fought openingnight encounter on a mild, still evening in Gloucestershire. With...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFlying start for Black and Ambers in season of destiny
By HUW S THOMAS Carmarthen Q 12 Newport…29 IN the first of 30 Premiership games that will decide the future of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoYes, we got lucky admits Young
WASPS rugby director Dai Young admitted his side got lucky He said: “I couldn’t have moaned if we’d lost because they...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoClassy Chinnor show they will be force to be reckoned with
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …11 Chinnor …26 NEWLY-PROMOTED Chinnor caused an early National 1 upset by beating Plymouth Albion, who...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDings pay the price for lack of discipline
By RICH GRANT Dings C …17 Redruth…25 DINGS went down three tries to two in a well-contested match at Shaftesbury Park....
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWe’ll need time for new men to gel says Paver
By MIKE SINCLAIR PREVIEW… September 2. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field Cornish P v Doncaster Warning: Alan Paver CORNISH Pirates have played...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCudd grabs spotlight from Keys marquee signings
By IWAN GABE DAVIES Cross Keys …32 Bridgend …25 AFTER making some star signings over the summer, Cross Keys got their...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign
NICK CAIN Bristol’s 17-10 win over Bath at Ashton Gate in front of more than 26,000 fans on Friday night will...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPark’s early spark proves decisive
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford …29 Rosslyn Park 36 CINDERFORD produced a second-half fightback to secure two bonus points but were unable...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoIt’s fourth time lucky as Rams start fast
By CAMERON TEMPLE The Rams…44pts Canterbury…15pts RAMS have faltered out of the blocks on each of the last three occasions in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIt’s tough work but RGC are A-OK in a testing opener
By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …37 Neath…19 RGC began their campaign with a hard-fought home success. Visitors Neath went ahead after...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEddie’s breakdown backdown
EDDIE Jones claimed that he did not need specialist opensides for England to be successful at the breakdown. He has revised...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoElliot takes eye on day for debutants
By GRAHAM COX Esher …7 Blackheath …36 BLACKHEATH will be pleased with an opening day bonus point win from a venue...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes earns bragging rights for Clifton
By GEOFF SIBLEY O Redcliff’ …14 Clifton …17 CLIFTON just about deserved the win in a nip and tuck Bristol derby....
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