Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPlymouth …….12 C Pirates …….29
■ Two tries by replacements Dan Koster and Jake Clemson saw Pirates seal the win after Albion levelled at 12-12 with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBurger back for World Cup tilt
JACQUES Burger is on course for a World Cup come-back as defence coach of Namibia against the All Blacks. The perennial...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHARLEQUINS
Head of Rugby: Paul Gustard Captain: James Horwill Ground: Twickenham Stoop Capacity: 14,800 The feelgood factor was absent at the Stoop...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNewcastle ……13 Edinburgh ……23
■ Edinburgh produced another uplifting performance after their loss to Bath last week and gained a huge psychological boost by beating...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIonians ring changes in promotion bid
Hopes: Martyn Wood, former England scrum-half NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 NORTH After the bitter disappointment of his side’s controversial relegation from National...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoLEICESTER
The Tigers could have done without speculation over Matt O’Connor’s future as DoR being top of their preseason agenda, but the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFalcons’ feelgood factor gives Mowden Park a boost
Neale Harvey looks at the prospects of the teams in National One aiming to climb into the Championship Driving on: Rory...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNEWCASTLE
Head Coach: Dean Richards Captain: Will Welch Ground: Kingston Park Capacity: 10,200 Can the Falcons trump last season’s top four finish?...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCozens back to help Hartpury and Oxford women improve
Coaching: Luke Cozens LUKE COZENS is banking on his trophy-winning experience in France to help Hartpury consolidate their place in the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHeat on O’Connor to halt Tigers’ slide
Jonny May tells Neale Harvey how Tigers will be a different beast Prolific: Tigers try-scoring ace Jonny May PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRams aim to charge into new era
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 SOUTH Signing: Fly-half Alex Seers has joined the Rams With a modern new name to back up his...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNORTHAMPTON
Northampton plumbed the depths last season, leading to the mid-term sacking of Jim Mallinder after over a decade as coach at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEaster: I learned more in adversity with Quins than if we were on hot form
Nick Easter speaks to Neale Harvey about leaving the Stoop and how he got the job in Durban with the Sharks
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBiggar: Good to get out of the goldfish bowl
'I put playing for Wales above the Lions' says the new arrival at Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHarlequins release former Hartpury star Jonas Mikalcius
27 tries for Hartpury when they won promotion to the Championship
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoUlster’s Rory Best keeps tight-lipped on his thoughts about his future
Over a decade as Ulster captain
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPirates batten down the hatches to keep Chiefs out
C Pirates ……29 Exeter …………21 AN Exeter Chiefs team with a dangerous back division came up short as Cornish Pirates thrilled...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDouble red adds punch to Sharks ‘friendly’ win
By JOHN EVERTON HISTORY repeated itself in Saint Affrique as Sale again beat Castres in a pre-season match, but this was...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLewis at double as Knights ring the changes
By TOM JAMESON Doncaster ……47 Sale FC …………21 THE Knights won their first home pre-season fixture in style. Four second half...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlaws finish with a flurry as old boy Burns hobbles off
Ulster ………………..17 Gloucester ……….29 GLOUCESTER put the Danny Cipriani saga to one side to record a fine victory in Ulster. Two...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFast start from Tigers but Italian pack power swings it
By SAM JACKSON Benetton ……..26 Leicester ……..10 LEICESTER Tigers suffered a set-back to their pre-season campaign with a four tries to...
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Top 14
/ 8 years agoAbendanon’s ready to restore Clermont glory
DAVID BARNES No-one felt the pain of a doomed season for champions Clermont more than Nick Abendanon, their charismatic English full-back...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpittle scorches in as Titans capitulate
By ROB WILDMAN Power play: Nottingham No.8 Josh Poullet crashes over from short range PICTURE: Phil Hutchinson TEAMS NOTTINGHAM: Robinson; Spittle,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHeadache time for Harvey
Jersey ……….35 Old Elthamians ..7 JERSEY claimed five tries with a comfortable win over National One opponents Old Elthamians built on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMunster highlight areas for Kidney’s attention
Munster ……….32 L Irish …………..28 DECLAN Kidney said he and Les Kiss have a huge job on their hands to secure...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCurious Pulu case gets special treatment
TRYING to follow World Rugby’s tortured, self-serving logic on captured players can send you quietly insane. After the high profile expulsions...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLone wolf Danny needs some proper wing men
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Shot in the foot: Danny Cipriani outside court...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYoung: That wasn’t part of the plan, we were second best
By DECLAN ROONEY Connacht ……..43 Wasps …………..10 DAI Young handed out nine Wasps debuts but his side were swamped by an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKvesic states case with breakdown dominance
By ROB COLE THEChiefs hammered out a five-try warning to their Premiership rivals that they will be just as difficult to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlommetjies dazzles on debut for Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS WAYNE Pivac hailed the x-factor impact of new signing Clayton Blommetjies who scored two tries as the Scarlets...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFalcons up tempo to leave Euro kings for dead
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Leinster ……….17 Newcastle……42 NEWCASTLE continued to build for the start of the new season with a comprehensive defeat...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMatawalu adds his magic from the bench to throttle Quins
Glasgow ……..50 Harlequins ….17 HARLEQUINS head of rugby Paul Gustard branded his side’s showing “unacceptable” after they shipped eight tries in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLawes feeling fresh after five-month injury layoff
By ROGER PANTING COURTNEY Lawes returned as a half-time replacement to help batter Dragons into second half submission with hooker James...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlues battle hard but class tells for Sarries in second half
By MATT WRIGHT FLY-HALF Max Malins took his chance to impress as Saracens eventually pulled clear of a fired-up Bedford. With...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRoberts barges over to mark his debut in style
By GARY HEATLY Try time: Jamie Roberts punches through the Edinburgh defence PICTURES: Patrick Khachfe JAMIERoberts bagged a try on his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAcademy kids star as Warriors run in 8 tries
Worcester ….52 Hartpury ……24 WORCESTER ran in eight tries as they swept to a comfortable win. Four first-half tries from Ollie...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark Flanagan adds steel to Bedford Blues’ pack
It's been a summer of impressive recruitment by Mike Rayer at Goldington Road
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJustin Tipuric named as Ospreys captain, as Alun Wyn Jones heads into World Cup year with Wales
Alun Wyn Jones' record of 115 appearances as captain is more than double of any other Ospreys player
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani attends Jersey court and is fined following arrest outside nightclub
Gloucester signing Cipriani pleads guilty to two charges
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath confirm Guy Mercer will leave before the start of the season
Francois Louw is back fit, but it's another fans' favourite leaving the Rec
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHarlequins can reap the rewards of England resting Danny Care this summer, says coach Alex Codling
The Quins forwards coach also talks making the pack a force to be reckoned with
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTyler Morgan has his mojo back after battle with injury and diabetes
The Dragons centre unloads on missing large parts of last season after being a part of Warren Gatland's plans
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoShaun Edwards to work with Ospreys
"Shaun is a world class coach" - Allen Clarke
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoReds show resilience to slow Quins’ march
By TOM INNES Jersey ……….14 Harlequins …33 HARLEQUINS late surge was enough to seal an eventually comfortable win over a plucky...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens offer a lot more than just money –Velani
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA SARACENS chief executive Mitesh Velani says the club’s commitment to treating players “unbelievably well” enables them...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeinster’s young guns blitz early French test
By JOHN FALLON LEINSTER got their season up and running with a decent workout in France against a Montauban side who...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSleightholme’s solo effort starts Boyd off with a win
By ROB COLE Bright spark: Ollie Sleightholme picks his way through the defence NEW ZEALANDER Chris Boyd will have been pleased...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLate winner makes debutant Honey toast of the town
Plymouth ……21 Bedford ……….19 Big match: Fraser Honey PLYMOUTH Albion kicked off their pre-season campaign with an intense battle against Bedford...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoShillcock holds his nerve to land the late winner
By WILLIAM RILEY Benetton……….12 Worcester ……14 WORCESTER made a solid start to their pre-season campaign with a 14-12 victory over fast-improving...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFirst round defeats for England and Wales
U18 International Series in SA Denied: Jac Morgan ENGLAND were defeated 41-21 by France in their opening game of the U18...
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