Club Rugby
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoWaterloo hit for six by titlechasing Wasps
■By KASEY ALLEN Wasps FC …34 F Waterloo …0 WASPS maintained their spot in the top four with a convincing 34-0...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 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...
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Te’o gets time off after his England exertions WORCESTER centre Ben Te’o has flown home to New Zealand for a “break”....
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBonus point puts Ospreys in pole position in Pool 3
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE OSPREYS moved top of Pool 3 with a six-try bonus point victory over Stade Francais. Cory Allen...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBeware backlash warns Dwayne
FORMER Wales and Scarlets favourite Dwayne Peel, now Ulster’s backs coach, was pleased with the clinical finishing on display. He said:...
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National League One
/ 8 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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSaints pile more woe on underfire Jackman
By NEALE HARVEY Stop that! Taqele Naiyaravoro dives in for Saints PICTURE: Getty Images Down: James Fish tackles Dragons’ Richard Hibbard...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLate tries give Toulon the edge in clash of the French giants playing catch-up
By SAM JACKSON Toulon …38pts Tries: Penalty try 31 Lakafia 47, Monribot 71, Nakosi 76 Conversions: Penalty try 31, Belleau 47,...
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National League One
/ 8 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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoClinical Sharks put the bite on 14-man Begles
By CHRIS ROGERS Double: Chris Ashton SALE made it three wins from three matches as Chris Ashton and Paolo Odogwu both...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoPatched-up Falcons no match for Cockerill
By GARY FITZGERALD Over the line: Hamish Watson scores the opening try for Edinburgh PICTURES: Getty Images Scragged: Sonatane Takulua can’t...
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoQuins sent crashing by Ioane’s late breakaway
By ADAM ELLIS HARLEQUINS came crashing down from the high of beating Exeter as a last-minute try from wing Monty Ioane...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDeano: We have spirit to hit back
DEAN Richards insists his Falcons need to turn things round quickly if they are to get back to winning ways when...
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoLeiataua sin-bin opens door for Godwin
By DARAGH SMALL Connacht …22 Perpignan…10 KYLE Godwin’s late try clinched the win for Connacht who had to withstand a late...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDo-or-die in Dublin for Bath after horror pass
By NICK CAIN Strong carry: Sam Underhill breaks away from Leinster’s Garry Ringrose Interception: Jordan Larmour on his way to scoring...
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBlanc score adds late gloss to the Slade show
■By ALEX BYWATER COLIN Slade’s try-double helped end Worcester’s unbeaten Challenge Cup run at the Stade du Hameau on Friday night....
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Top 14
/ 8 years agoLaporte rides the outcry over £7m loss
DAVID BARNES Dogged: Bernard Laporte is still fighting to stage the 2023 World Cup in France ”Laporte asked an annual meeting...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe got lucky admits Cullen
BATH rugby director Todd Blackadder said that his side had made gains despite a home defeat by the European champions which...
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBristol killed off by second-half blitz
■By WILL CARPENTER Fast start: Harry Thacker gets the applause after scoring Bristol’s first try after six minutes PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints
A deal running until 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoArmed robbery victim Naka Drotske has been ‘through hell and back’, family say
Former Cheetahs head coach Naka Drotske has successfully undergone surgery to reconstruct his elbow, his family has said. The veteran Springboks...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWorcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence
"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs
News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoPack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels
England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRansom: I didn’t get enough love at London Irish
The former Exile and Saracens full-back will play in the Varsity match this week for Oxford
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeigh Halfpenny to remain sidelined for Scarlets
Unavailable for the region's Champions Cup match against Ulster
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThe Farrells have always had their own views on tackling
THERE being nothing new under the sun, the furore over the tackling technique of a rugby player by the name of...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoA Dunne deal as Titans move up to fifth
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…20 Cinderford …3 CENTRE Harry Dunne claimed two tries as Rotherham Titans ground out a seventh win in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoUnbeaten Glynneath take over in West Central
Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers warmed up for their National Plate clash with holders Brynmawr next week with a thumping...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years ago’Boks were better under Coetzee’
FORMERSpringbok centre Brendan Venter says the side performed worse in 2018 than they did in 2017. Venter, who was a defensive...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHow the once mighty Neath have fallen
THERE was a time at the end of the amateur era when, under Ron Waldron, Neath raised their game to a...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDockery in again for five-star OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s 34 Caldy …7 OLD Elthamians produced one of their best performances of the season so far...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAltrad sees his millions wasted at Montpellier
£1m man: Johan Goosen cost Montpellier a fortune PICTURE: Getty Images Mohed Altrad is a billionaire who is finding his mountains...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSarries ace Brits signs for the Bulls
THE Bulls have confirmed the signing of former Saracens hooker Schalk Brits on a one-year contract. Brits was initially supposed to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWasps are trapped by their own tangled web
By NICK CAIN Breaching the line: Jamie George touches down for Saracens despite the efforts of Michele Campagnaro PICTURES: Getty Images...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBlackheath hold nerve to top pile
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St…15 Blackheath …16 BLACKHEATH grabbed their tenth win of the season but only just, as lowly Bishop’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoLancaster the prime candidate for Ireland – Maggs
NEWS EXTRA By JAMES GRAY ANDY Farrell could give his old boss Stuart Lancaster a job when he takes over from...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMcCall: We kept calm and it paid off
SARACENS’ status as the only unbeaten team in the Premiership was due to the composure they showed against Wasps according to...
Autumn Internationals
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