Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGloucester prop Val eyes move to Top 14
Off? Rapava-Ruskin VAL Rapava-Ruskin could be looking to depart Gloucester when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMcLean inspires in war of the Raiders
By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey ……26 Worthing ……35 THIS entertaining fixture drew in a crowd of more than 800 and was ultimately...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPooler just edge past the battling Steelmen
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL made it two wins from two but were made to work hard by Tata...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoQuins lay down early marker in Gloucester
By DANIEL BRABHAM Glo’cester-Har …24pts Harlequins ……….38pts Dancing feet: Rachael Burford scored for Harlequins HARLEQUINS Ladies matched reigning champions Saracens in...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDacey on fire with treble to inspire Hinckley
By SIMON MOYLE Peterborough 21 Hinckley……….48 HINCKLEY ran out deserved winners against a dispirited Peterborough Lions on a dry day at...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRef Sara is on the up
SARA COX, below, is being tipped by many observers to become the first female to referee in the Premiership before the...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRams on a roll as Geese are floored
By CAMERON TEMPLE LI Wild Geese 10 R’ingensians…41 RAMS continued their strong start to the season with an impressive victory away...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Reilly boys keep Glynneath eyes on promotion
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLYNNEATH’S strong start continued with a 21-6 victory over Ystalyfera in One West Central....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoForward power order of the day for Lightning
By MAX CARTER Loughboro’ ….22 Richmond………19 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning got their second Premier 15s season off to a stirring start with a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLions are stung late on in front of Johnno
By JAMES LEWIS Leicester Lions 21pts S Leicester……….24pts LEICESTER Lions were hoping to put on a show on the day that...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoItoje rubbishes French talk and stays at Sarries
New deal: Maro Itoje MARO ITOJE is set to pledge his loyalty to Saracens by penning a new three-year contract with...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoO’Reilly at the double for Bury
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians27 Bury St Eds ….39 AS early as the 14th minute Bury demonstrated they were going to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoToulon boss says Ashton quit after money row
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has cast doubt on Chris Ashton’s motive for leaving his club for Sale....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoEx-Bear Molloy inspires five-star Wasps
By BEN ADAMS Bristol Bears …17 Wasps……………32 CLAIRE Molloy went over twice as five-try Wasps got their campaign off to a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers back on form to see off Stour
By STEFFAN JAMES Sheff Tigers 24 Stourbridge …11 SHEFFIELD Tigers bounced back from defeat in round one with a home win...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord takes charge as Tigers find their claws
Fast out of the blocks: Adam Thompstone scores Tigers’ third try after just 14 minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Helping hand: Manu...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSlade ready to pledge his future to the Chiefs
HENRY SLADE could become the next big name Exeter Chiefs player to pledge his future to the Premiership finalists. Last week...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWimbledon look unstoppable at the top
London & South East Premier IT’S still early days but newly promoted Wimbledon top the table following a 52-8 win away...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoHats off to Goneva, the game needs clever plays
ALL power to Niki Goneva, below, for trying his little dummy touchdown for Newcastle against Saracens last week, the game will...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoIonians demolish rebuilding Dale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………20 Hull Ionians….50 TYNEDALE crashed to their heaviest home defeat in years as Hull Ionians stormed to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRichards: Woeful first half cost us
DEAN Richards claimed he had not seen his Newcastle team defend as badly for a “very long time” in a dreadful...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSmith red card ends Bristol hopes of upset
By NEALE HARVEY Flat out: Alex Lewington touches down for Saracens’ second PICTURES: Getty Images Squeeze: Alapati Leiua touches down for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuctonians on fire in Syston thrashing
Midlands Premier LUCTONIANS continued their stunning start to the season with a 64-7 thrashing of Syston. After hammering Lichfield 73-14 last...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoIslanders showcase stars of the future
Talent: Filimoni Botitu THE lack of any involvement from the three major Pacific nations at this year’s best ever Junior World...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHoughton makes his mark for bonus
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….26 Sedgley Park 19 By ED WILLIAMS WHARFEDALE started their home campaign with a hardfought victory over...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCVC takeover would spark rugby conflict
It is ironic that CVC Capital Partners, the private equity firm hoping to buy a 50 per cent stake in the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWilliams: My three tries came in 12m!
HAT-TRICK hero Liam Williams looked sharp after groin surgery. “Three tries and I think I covered about 12 metres! It was...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAwesome Alnwick hold off Blaydon
Northern Premier IN THE battle of the newcomers relegated at the end of last season Blaydon beat promoted Alnwick 28- 13...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoGreg’s awesome foursome battered the All Blacks
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Four-midable: Greg Cornelson goes over for one of...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMighty Mouse Marcus is big cheese for Quins
THERE has not been much to recommend the run of new jerseys that have replaced the famous old Harlequins quartered shirt,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSimmonds and Slade make rash Wasps pay for errors
By NICK CAIN Double trouble: Henry Slade dives over for his second try for Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images Quick start: Elliot...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSix of the best for masterful McDonald
South West Premier BRACKNELL scored a host of tries as they clinched their first victory of National League 3 South West...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoStrong gets nod to do battle with Bulumakau
Cornish Pirates v Coventry Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates co-coach Gavin Cattle has made just one change to the side...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGoneva’s too sharp
VERINIKI Goneva’s subterfuge of placing the ball on his foot in goal last weekend in an attempt to dupe Saracens into...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoYoung: It doesn’t look great for Shields
AN already long Wasps casualty list grew with Wasps DoR Dai Young confirming England blindside Brad Shields was taken to hospital...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBishops revival is too late to claim victory
By MATT BALDWIN Rosslyn Pk……25 Bishops Stort 17 AN explosive second-half display by Bishop’s Stortford fell short of a comeback against...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoShock and awe in first week, now it should settle down
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Talk it up as much as you like but, to me, last...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDickson has no complaints with ‘boring’ winning rugby
By MATT WRIGHT A LAST-GASP penalty try gave Bedford a dramatic victory over Jersey and ensured their forward dominance did not...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCipriani lays on feast for England’s Eddie
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Not enough: Danny Cipriani can’t stop Elliott Stooke scoring for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images Off he goes: Ruan...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStupple treble as Albion scrape by
By PADDY MARSH Esher …………….21 Plymouth A ….24 ESHER and Plymouth began as the bottom two in the table, but it...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlandovery ….20 Cardiff ……………3
THE Drovers continued their impressive home form in racking up their 18th consecutive Premiership win at Church Bank. Their attacking flair...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights go riding high with late power play
By GUY WILLIAMS A STRONG second half performance by Doncaster at Castle Park in their first home match of the campaign...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJones tells Cips what he must do
MAN-of-the-match Danny Cipriani said: “With the start we had we should have won but Bath did tremendously well to come back....
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents fight on but can’t turn tide
By RYAN STEVENS L’boro Stud ….14 Cambridge……20 LOUGHBOROUGH’S first home game of the year came to a nail-biting conclusion. The home...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSwansea ………26 RGC 1404 ………34
RGC won an eight-try thriller thanks to the reliable boot of star fly-half Billy McBryde. The North Walians took an early...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEight-try Exiles bring in the bonus by half-time
By RAY CHILD LONDON Irish forwards coach George Skivington was delighted with his side’s resounding eight-try bonus-point victory at the Madejski....
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Celtic Cup
/ 8 years agoSummerhill stars for battling Blues
By JAY BAYFORD Dragons A………………………21 Cardiff Blues A …………….23 CARDIFF Blues A got their Celtic Cup campaign off to a fine...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHartley try helps Boyd get his first win at the Gardens
By NEALE HARVEY It’s a tall order: Ahsee Tuala of Northampton shows good strength on the break PICTURES: Getty Images And...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoChinnor at the double on an emotional day for the club
By SIMON VICKERS AFTER a season in which they played under pressure in every match, Chinnor appear to be enjoying life...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMighty Quins find the key to victory with strong opening
By JONATHAN TWIGG Carmarthen Q41 Cross Keys ….28 THE 26th meeting of Carmarthen Quins and Cross Keys resulted in a bonuspoint...
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