Club Rugby
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoJuddians floored in Kent derby
By BRAD HARPER Canterbury ….29 Tonbridge J….20 AFTER a poor season start, Canterbury rallied in a Kent derby victory against Tonbridge...
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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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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPetchey strikes for Otley derby delight
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….18 Huddersfield …11 PAUL Petchey ensured Otley pulled off a dramatic last-minute win in the West Yorkshire...
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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 One
/ 8 years agoJohnson leads the charge as Sale stride on
By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………26 Caldy…………….24 JUST two games into the new season, but newly-promoted Sale are already making headway after...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBees hit Redcliffs for six in pacy try-fest
By NICK PULLEN B & Solihull ….42 Old Redcliffs…38 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees bagged their first victory of the season but...
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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 agoChamps make an ominous start to defence
By PHILIP TAYLOR Firwood Wat ….5 Saracens ………38 SARACENS made the perfect start to the defence of their Premier 15s title...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHoppers hang on in physical affair
By KEN MOORE Preston G’H ….18 Fylde …………….15 BEFORE a big home crowd, Hoppers shaded an epic, physical battle against local...
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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 agoSimmonds debut try crucial for Redruth
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………….29pts Taunton Titans 27pts Power: Redruth’s Connor Gilbert on the charge, and Redruth’s Ed Pascoe is tackled...
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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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSharks show their bite to break Valkyrie hearts
By ROBERT FORSTER DMP Sharks….27 Worcester V …24 IN A see-saw encounter in the north east, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks battled...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChester hit back to see off Macc
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield…10 Chester…………24 CHESTER overcame torrential rain and a battling Macclesfield side to record a convincing victory after a...
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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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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 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 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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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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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 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTom Youngs wants his Tigers to be home boys again
'Fortress Welford Road' wasn't a phrase you heard last season in rugby circles
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEx-owners of Formula 1 propose £275m takeover of Premiership Rugby
Luxembourg-based company values Premiership Rugby at £550m and aims to attain 51% majority
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath pin down Zach Mercer with two-year contract extension
Blackadder: 'Zach has attributes that can make he a world-class player'
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJonathan Davies to miss Scarlets clash with Leinster
Wayne Pivac says it is 'smart' to not risk the centre against the PRO14 champions
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMatt O’Connor leaves Leicester Tigers one game into the Premiership season
Geordan Murphy has been put in charge as interim head coach
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoPumas roar out England warning
ARGENTINA have warned England they are capable of making big gains before the teams face each other in the pool round...
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National League One
/ 8 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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