Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGrasshoppers grounded by Billingham
Northern Premier CHAMPIONS-ELECT Preston Grasshoppers suffered only their second defeat of the season, as Billinghamcame from behind to secure a 31-27...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWorthing edge Sussex try-fest
By DAVE MOORE Worthing 55 Henley 41 TWO late tries gave Worthing victory over Henley in a thrilling encounter in West...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLate Hamilton try offers OAs hope
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham …29 Old Alban …34 A TRY five minutes from time by Ross Hamilton clinched a vital...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlues maintain their fight for survival
South West Premier NEWBURY Blues gave their bid to beat relegation a huge boost after they held on for a 25-24...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoShepherd leaves it late for winner
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Alb 28 B’ham M …24 PLYMOUTH Albion snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when fullback Matt...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSolomona case looks too much like a witch hunt
It would appear that the RFU have put themselves in a very invidious position as the Denny Solomona incident turns more...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoLast-gasp Ackermann keeps Glos hopes alive
By ROGER PANTING Streamlined: Jason Woodward dives over for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER scored 21 points in the last nine...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoGreen is the hero with late Ionians penalty
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Pk …36 Hull Ionians ..37 ISAAC Green’s late penalty gave Hull Ionians a vital victory against battling...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins power through to final
By JONTY MAWER Harlequins 22pts Wasps 7pts HARLEQUINS put in a consummate performance at the Stoop to beat London rivals Wasps...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoClifford out with hamstring horror op
QUINS’ miserable season took a turn for the worse as director of rugby John Kingston reported that Jack Clifford will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoItoje and Faletau’s agent banned by the RFU for betting spree
Matt Hart banned for 22 months for breaching RFU and World Rugby betting regulations
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew sponsorship deal to see England’s top flight named Gallagher Premiership
Premiership Rugby have found an American-based company to take over from Aviva
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFormer Racing 92 fly-half Johan Goosen to end retirement saga by playing for Cheetahs
25-year-old Goosen set to play rugby for the Cheetahs before joining Montpellier at the end of the season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHoward Packman makes switch from Bedford Blues to Ealing
Former Saints winger becomes latest recruit for Ben Ward's Ealing
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOne-club man Darren Cave gets new deal with Ulster
Ulster centre set to play his 12th season at the Kingspan after penning one-year extension
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath’s Tom Dunn told to lose jelly belly for England
Tom Dunn reveals the straight-talking conversation he had with England head coach Eddie Jones
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSTATEMENT: Sale respond to Denny Solomona ban
Sale defend wing who received a four-week ban after being deemed by the three-person panel to have used homphobic language
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWorcester announce signing of Edinburgh fly-half Duncan Weir
Alan Solomons adds Scotland international to fly-half core for 2018-2019 season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHarlequins director of rugby John Kingston to leave club after 17 years
It's been a tough season for Harlequins at home and in Europe
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRossiter hits treble in Rams’ defeat
By SIMON LORD Bury St Eds …27 R’ingensians…24 TWO tries in the final seconds were not enough to stop up a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoOutstanding Knights inflict biggest defeat on Trailfinders
By GUY WILLIAMS IN ONE of the biggest shocks of the Championship season, Doncaster destroyed the Londoners by seven tries to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpirited Glouc no match for Sarries
By DUNCAN WOOD Glouc-Hartpury 0 Saracens 62 Fast start: Marlie Packer SARACENS have one foot in the Premier 15s Final after...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRiley injury dampens Hinckley victory
By DAVE HUGHES Hinckley …26 Stourbridge …0 A NECK injury to Stourbridge’s Hal Riley resulted in the match at Leicester Road...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoStill all to play for insists Deano
DIRECTOR of rugby Dean Richards admitted that he had feared such a result had been on the cards for Newcastle. “Before...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMoss hat-trick seals the victory for ‘Bury
By SHANE BURWELL Canterbury …43 London IWG …7 AIDEN Moss grabbed a hat-trick as Canterbury romped to a seven-try victory over...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCattle rallies troops after painful cup exit to Ealing
By LUKE JARMYN CORNISH Pirates coach Gavin Cattle wants his side to bounce back from being knocked out 28-25 of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlynneath fate is sealed by rampant ‘Bridge
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BRAYFORD GLYNNEATH limped out of the National Championship following a heavy 38-5 defeat at Newbridge. Newbridge...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBlues survive late Otley rally to win
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesf’d …28 Otley …21 OTLEY came into this still looking over their shoulder at the relegation fight with...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRomanian failings just a bad joke, or worse?
NICK CAIN The Romania-Spain-Belgium World Cup qualifying scandal has forced the ostriches who thought the match-fixing could never happen in rugby...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoVictory for Villagers in thrilling encounter
By KEITH BROOKING On the charge: Jack Ramshaw makes hard yards. Right: Ollie Carter tussles with former Taunton player Ben Turner...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNeath churn out derby victory in the Swansea mudbath
Principality Premiership Swansea 7 Neath 17 NEATH took home the spoils in a hard-fought derby match against Swansea at a muddy...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers tamed as Blaydon hold on
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T …26 Blaydon …34 BLAYDON’S chances of survival were given a major boost with a fiercely determined...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNo reason to leave Cipriani out now he is tackling his weight
Team player: Danny Cipriani should tour South Africa in the summer PICTURE: Getty Images DANNY Cipriani has not been renowned as...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSuper Smith spares the Reds’ blushes
By BEN RODEN Old Redcliffians …37 Worthing …31 OLD Redcliffians out-battled Worthing to take a bonus point win and narrow the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLloyd scores only try in Ravens’ narrow victory
By PETER HUGHES Bridgend 11 Carmarthen 6 BRIDGEND battled to a narrow victory in difficult conditions, but it could have been...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale are done as South secure triumph
By ED WILLIAMS S Leicester …27 Wharfedale …16 SOUTH Leicester bounced back from a slow start to down Wharfedale in the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSlater calls for Tiger-like finish to season grind
By NEALE HARVEY Thriving at Gloucester: Ed Slater PICTURES: Getty Images Impressive rise at Chiefs: Jonny Hill ED Slater has ordered...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoCinderford keep up promotion bid
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …7 Cinderford…24 CINDERFORD took another step towards the league title with a hardfought win at Redruth. Redruth...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCallow settles thriller with a late winner for Bedwas
By IAN LOVELL Bedwas 31 Cardiff 27 A MIKE Callow try after 76 minutes clinched a hardearned win for a resolute...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPellow excited by Chiefs’ embarrassment of scrum-half riches
EXETER backs coach Ricky Pellow concedes stalwart pivot Will Chudley has become collateral damage in a vicious scrumhalf battle that is...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDons survive for another week
By GARETH WITHERS Wimbledon …22 T’bridge J…17 WIMBLEDON struck with minutes to spare to stave off the threat of relegation for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPlay-makers inspire Ponty against in-form RGC
By GEOFF CHAMPION Pontypridd 25 RGC 1404 20 A ROUSING display by the home pack and smart work by half-backs Jamie...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoLowes keen to lure Cope to Carnegie
YORKSHIRE Carnegie head coach Jimmy Lowes will get a close look at one of his transfer targets when Jersey Reds visit...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlack and Ambers hold their nerve in a frantic finale
By JAY BRAYFORD Welsh Cup semi-finals Newport 16 Llandovery 12 GERAINT O’Driscoll was the Newport hero as his late try ensured...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoKempson has eye on West’s job
FORMER Northampton prop Robbie Kempson is keen to return Franklin’s Gardens next season to replace forwards coach Dorian West. Saints have...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoOwens caps a stunning Student fightback
By WARREN MUGGLETON Esher …23 Loughboro’…25 OWEN Waters’ late penalty kick sealed a comeback win for Loughborough Students against a resilient...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames score allows Merthyr to make history
By IAN GOLDEN Ebbw Vale 6 Merthyr 10 MERTHYR overcame Ebbw Vale in a muddy affair at Cross Keys to reach...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
Castro’s consortium looking to invest in Tier 2 BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler MARTIN Castrogiovanni is looking to get...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoOE’s in control thanks to Carlisle
By DAVE LAWR B’ham Moseley 28 Old Elthamians 32 SPARKED by a brilliant display of game management from former Worcester fly-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYstrad Rhondda close gap against title rivals
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BRAYFORD YSTRAD Rhondda claimed first blood in their title-deciding doubleheader with Glamorgan Wanderers in One...
International Rugby
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