Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKeys unlocked by Bedwas in storming Pandy encounter
By IWAN GABE DAVIES Cross Keys ....34 Bedwas ..........44 IT might be rather premature to talk of relegation battles but Bedwas...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoNazir gives Otley local bragging rights
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T …17 Otley ..............31 TWO early tries from Otley flanker Adam Malthouse laid the foundations for a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoRussians given ten-try thrashing by French
ROUND-UP LA ROCHELLE continued with their superb form in Pool 4 when they thrashed Enisei-STM64-26. The Top 14 outfit outscored their...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoItoje ensures Sarries don’t lack firepower
By GARY FITZGERALD BRAD Barritt’s face was left cut and bruised as Saracens were made to scrap their way to a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoOAs no match for Titans powerpack
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …21 T’nton Titans 35 TAUNTON Titans demonstrated the reason for their name for much of this...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoImproving Blues call for young gun Hutler
Preview Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 2.30pm BEDFORD top try scorer Ryan Hutler returns to their starting line-up as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCole’s treble sends Ivybridge to first loss
South West Premier MAIDENHEAD provided the shock of the South West Premier fixtures by sending Ivybridge to their first defeat of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMaximum points for Merthyr as streak continues
By PAUL HOPKINS Merthyr ..........35 Swansea ........24 MERTHYR maintained their excellent start to the season with a bonus point try triumph...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPark punished for wasteful first half
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ........22 Sedgley Park 19 SEDGLEY Park paid the penalty for refusing at least half a dozen straightforward...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMcCall relieved by late bonus try
MARK McCall attempted to put a positive twist to his side’s lacklustre victory which saw the two-time European champions leave it...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTrailfinders point the way with a 9-try battering
By OLI SHAPLEY EALINGTrailfinders produced their best performance of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on Coventry. Ben Ward’s men...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLaw tweaks have removed an element of competition
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Tries galore: Lewis Ludlam scores for Northampton in their 45-40 defeat of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRampant Pooler narrow gap on Students
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BURFORD CARDIFF Met’s lead at the top was cut to two points despite beating Rhydyfelin 26-21....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStour survive in a 15-try barnburner
By STEVE MATHER Stourbridge…57 South Leics …45 STOURBRIDGE withheld an incredible fightback from South Leicester as over 100 points were scored...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYes, Wade is small but his talent is giant-size
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN CHRISTIAN Wade encapsulates English rugby’s irrational fear of the X-Factor players it produces,...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoUnbeaten Irish forced to dig deep for victory
By CHRIS WALKER Headlock: Fergus Mulchrone scores for Irish despite Cameron Cowell’s tackle PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Challenge: Tyson Lewis takes on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKelleher double sets up Leinster triumph
By GUTO DAVIES CELTIC CUP FINAL Scarlets A …8 Leinster A …15 LEINSTER ‘A’ lifted the Celtic Cup in the inaugural...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPenallta win again to keep heat on Brynmawr
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BURFORD LEADERS Brynmawr claimed a bonus-point win over Pontypool United to maintain their winning run....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEddie’s big day on film
JAPAN’S win over South Africa in Brighton in 2015 is being made into a film written by former Rugby League player...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds ride out early pressure to bring half ton up
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds put Hartpury to the sword, running in seven tries to continue their upward progress in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew deal for Lawes
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTONlock Courtney Lawes, 29, has signed a new deal to keep him with the Premiership club until 2021. “I’ve...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPresident Laporte on passport control
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN When can a foreigner play for France these days? When Federation president Bernard Laporte says so, that’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTwo’s a crowd
THE concept of the England co-captaincy announced by Eddie Jones in which Dylan Hartley and Owen Farrell share the role defeats...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAmpthill cut loose in easy eight-try thrashing
By WARREN KAY Ampthill …54 Cinderford …10 AMPTHILL produced their best performance of this season scoring eight tries in a home...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoSpittle’s try signals start of Nottingham stampede
By LUKE JARMYN TIGHT-HEAD Osin Heffernan capped a classy second-half comeback by Nottingham with a lastminute bonus-point try. Winger Jack Spittle’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFoley signs until RWC
AUSTRALIA fly-half Bernard Foley has rebuffed foreign offers to sign a one-year deal until next year’s World Cup. A statement said...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTaqele sure Boyd’s ‘super’ style will bring success
By NEALE HARVEY Feeling at home in Northampton: Taqele Naiyaravoro GIANT Northampton wing Taqele Naiyaravoro admits his fitness must improve if...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRight facts
THEnew East Stand at Twickenham will be repaid in full in seven years, and not the five years stated in our...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDavis strikes late to deny Stortford
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …23 Bishop’s S …19 A GALLANT Bishop’s Stortford side had a prized victory snatched from them...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMantella’s double piles more gloom on Carnegie
By WILL HOPPER LONDON Scottish continued to pile on the misery for Yorkshire Carnegie as they came away with a well-earned...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLouw waits for an offer
BATHare considering if they want to retain the services of Springbok flank Francois Louw. The 33-year-old Louw said: “This is my...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBarrett may head east after RWC
JAPAN is emerging as a possible short-term destination for Beauden Barrett and other senior All Blacks after next year’s Rugby World...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMurphy: Amazing Manu has a shot with England
By ROGER PANTING Power drive: Guy Thompson dives over for a first half try for Tigers PICTURES: Getty Images Defiant: Blade...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents finally claim maiden win
By RYAN STEVENS CHARLIE Reed produced a superb display as Loughborough Students secured their first win of the season against Darlington...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrowne calls time
ULSTERlock Pete Browne has retired after a series of concussions. He said: “I have an increased propensity for concussion symptoms following...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘Hopefully, something can be sorted in the next month or so’ – Danny Care on his Harlequins future
The England and Quins scrum-half talks the pressure of playing for his future at the Stoop, while facing a threat for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBusy week at Munster ends in five senior players signing contract extensions
Ireland international Chris Farrell gets new long-term deal along with flanker Chris Cloete
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeicester’s interest in Springbok star rivalled by £900,000 offer from France
Toulon are circling...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoLozowski and Kaino cited for Champions Cup incidents
More fallout from Saracens win over Glasgow
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoFreddie drops Bath in a real spot of bother
By NICK CAIN He got this right: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s second try Consoled: Stuart Hooper hugs Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns...
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National League 2E
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJones back to haunt Bedwas as Cardiff recover
Bedwas 10 Cardiff 16 By JAY BAYFORD CARDIFF made it three wins in a row as they came from behind to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoI’ll bounce back from this tweets Freddie
FREDDIE Burns tweeted last night: “Love this sport for the highs and the lows. Today was an ultimate low and a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStudents go top as Pooler’s match is rained off
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD CARDIFF Met are the new Championship leaders after a 17-7 victory at Newbridge. Met finally...
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