Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLondon Irish seek to bounce back with Stephen Myler signing
33-year-old Premiership winner join Kidney and Kiss' mission at Exiles
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSharks CEO Gary Teichmann plays down following Southern Kings and Cheetahs to PRO14
Former Springbok wants to bring the challenge to New Zealand's dominance in Super Rugby rather than be lured by the money...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKyle Eastmond joins Cipriani and Haskell in leaving Wasps
Eastmond tops quartet not offered new deals by play-off contenders Wasps
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoWarks back to winning ways at long last
■By HENRY HOLLAND Division Two Round-up WARWICKSHIRE failed to secure a victory in the Bill Beaumont County Championship last season but...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTigers opt for Samoan powerhouse
LEICESTER TIGERS are continuing to make changes to their squad for next season by signing Samoan international prop Nephi Leatigaga. Blindside...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoMinken’s speed is great for Yorks
■By JAMIE RUSSELL Cheshire…27 Yorkshire…34 THE perfect summer’s day ended in disappointment for Cheshire as they were losers to an efficient...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoON THE BLING SIDE
Bath set to confirm Cokanasiga deal BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Bath-bound: Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga BATH are...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoRayner is too late to rescue Mids
■By DAVID BIRD East Mids …19 Eastern Co …22 EASTERN Counties held on to beat East Midlands despite Lawrence Rayner’s late...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
RGC1404…13 Merthyr …20 MERTHYR are now just seven points away from successfully defending their Principality Premiership title after a tough victory...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins look at Kennedy and Ryan
HARLEQUINS appear to be making progress towards revealing their new coaching set up after holding interviews for a general manager and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoArbury tackle saves Surrey in tight draw
■By BILL HOOPER Cornwall …15pts Surrey…15pts On he run: Tom Notman of Cornwall sprints down the wing PICTURE: Jack Dawe Photography...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe Wizards cling on despite frantic late Neath fightback
■By CARL FIELD Neath…17 Aberavon …18 ABERAVON emerged victorious from a game they had earlier dominated before being given an almighty...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins have no answer to Chiefs’ power game
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER finished their regular season by dabbing the accelerator when necessary as they look to their semi-final play-off...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoNavy assault torpedoed by Matavesi’s mad red
By SAM JACKSON Army 22 Navy 14 Done it again: The Army boys celebrate retaining the Babcock Trophy in front of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoReigning champs Lancs start with a bang
■By SIMON MCINTYRE North’land …20 Lancashire…64 ON a hot day more suited to cricket than rugby, Northumberland made a positive start...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRavens spread their wings with ten-try rampage
■By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend …68 Bargoed …35 BRIDGEND continued their impressive run with a ten-try win over Bargoed. The Ravens’ first...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoKingston: Quins have their best squad ever
DEPARTING Quins boss John Kingston insists he is leaving the club with their best squad since the game went professional. “I...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoInjury issues may scupper Gloucester’s bid for glory
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Anglo-Welsh finale of the Challenge Cup Decisions: Johan Ackermann As somebody once said...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoJersey sign Premiership youngsters
GLOUCESTER forward Charlie Beckett and Bath scrum-half Will Homer are to join Championship side Jersey Reds. The pair, both 22, have...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoCloud nine for Herts after victory
■By GRAHAM COX Hertfordshire 59 Kent …21 NINE tries gave Hertfordshire the perfect start to their County Championship campaign. Kent had...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMagnificent Maynard leads Drovers to derby success
■By HUW S JONES Llandovery …31 …Carmarthen Q…24 THE eagerly awaited Tywi Valley derby went the way of the Drovers in...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWalkabout Wasps seal third but get warning from Young
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL WASPS showed their Jekyll and Hyde tendencies after appearing to be coasting to victory before shipping three tries...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoUgly ducklings’ springboard to bigger success
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Challenge Cup has been the launching pad for some big names Coming force: Harlequins triumph...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoDe Jongh will get down and dirty
MIDFIELD linchpin Juan de Jongh knows Wasps’ must shore up their defence if they are to claim the Premiership title. Wasps...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoGuardian Angel to Glos’ rescue
■By SARA RAINE Devon …26 Gloucs…38 GLOUCESTERSHIRE had to dig deep to see off a spirited Devon side at Brixham. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanelli enjoy try-fest success over the Whites
■By PAUL HOPKINS Llanelli …43 Swansea …26 LLANELLI ran out comfortable winners in a thrilling try fest against local rivals Swansea...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoChinnor promoted in thrilling play-off
■By KEN VAUGHAN Going up: Chinnor celebrate at the end of the match PICTURES: Simon Cooper GEORGE Oliver’s lastgasp try secured...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRuthless Sarries send a message to Wasps
By NICK CAIN BY THE time Schalk Brits went off in the 51st minute to a standing ovation from the Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoInjured should be OK says Dai
DAI YOUNG allayed fears a number of his key men could miss the forthcoming play-off semi-final against Saracens. Danny Cipriani and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoWilliams saves Dorset & Wilts at death
■By HENRY HOLLAND Division Three Round-up MARLBOROUGH scrumhalf Jake Williams was the hero for Dorset & Wiltshire as they snatched victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPerfect Leadbetter has the key to unlock jaded Newport
■By IAN GOLDEN Newport …19 Cross Keys …35 CROSS Keys overcame Newport in a scrappy Principality Premiership affair at Rodney Parade....
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoWhat a Week for hat-trick hero
■By NICK BURT Plymouth …53 Rosslyn Park …14 ROBBIE Weeks scored a hat-trick as Plymouth Albion cut loose in an emphatic...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMcCall: We got a good lesson
MARK McCall said there is still plenty for Saracens to improve on before they meet Wasps in the Premiership semi-final playoff...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWalsh the hero as Ponty edge scrappy contest
■By GEOFF CHAMPION Pontypridd …18 Cardiff …8 A LATE try by Geraint Walsh clinched victory for Pontypridd after plucky Cardiff fought...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoMeredith strikes at the death to clinch Lucs win
■By ROSS BARNETT Leicester Lions 21 Luctonians…22 LUCTONIANS overturned an eight-point deficit at half-time to defeat Leicester Lions. Charles Meredith grabbed...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoStraight-talking Johann has Gloucester on track
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHANN Ackermann has steered Gloucester out of their lengthy spell in the doldrums...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFive-try Quins take the title in fine style
Welsh Division One round-up MAESTEG Quins sealed the One West Central title in style with a 47-28 victory over Bridgend Athletic....
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoUruguay gear up for new Super League
URUGUAY, give or take a couple of players based in France, were the only truly amateur team at RWC2015 but that...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins must ensure they can finance big changes
HARLEQUINS have not exactly hit the ground running since they celebrated their 150th season last year. Despite their raft of England...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNervy draw ensures Students’ safety
■By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Metropolitan University secured their WRU National Championship status after picking up two points from...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoTHIS WEEK’S AWARDS…
Try of the week: Danny Cipriani is in the kind of form that makes it impossible for Eddie Jones to ignore...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord shows his form as Tigers come good
By COLIN NEWBOULT LEICESTER supporters may wonder where this performance has been for most of the campaign. Few teams have outplayed...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRecord haul from Danish debutant Cassius
■By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA NAMED after the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, Cassius Deschamps floored Estonia last week with...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
European farce has forced Samoa to play waiting game BRENDAN GALLAGHER Weekly look at the game’s other talking points Frustrated: Samoa...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: George was back to his best
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond insisted they will not be signing former Ulster duo Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding. “No,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpedding dumped by new French red tape
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Outcast: Scott Spedding is finding it impossible to sign for a new club PICTURE: Getty Images Top...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBaa-Baas will be spoilt for choice with this lot
Great: Conrad Smith TO misquote Hemingway, there are players retiring this season who never retired before! Never can I remember so...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBanahan shows Bath what they’ll be missing
By ROB COLE Hero’s send-off: Matt Banahan is chaired from the pitch PICTURES: Getty Images WHAT a way to finish! Matt...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBlackadder’s Euro premonition comes true
TODD Blackadder was a relieved man after the game having secured a Champions Cup spot on the final day of the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEarly yellow card can’t derail Foden farewell
By NEALE HARVEY Fans’ favourite: Ben Foden scores on his last appearance for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Foden rolled back...
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