Club Rugby
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWild Geese soar after Reon treble
■By WARREN MUGGLETON LI Wild Geese 53 O Redcliffians22 REON Joseph scored a hat-trick for London Irish Wild Geese as they...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoKolo’ofa’i leads the way for improving Islanders
Jersey.32 Y Carnegie 3 ■By TIM PRYOR JERSEY Reds put their Championship struggles behind them with a dominant win over a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWilson try staves off Dragons fightback
■By COLIN NEWBOULT THIS was a rather apt time for Newcastle to produce their worst performance of the season. At times...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: Bonus point will be vital
LEICESTER director of rugby Matt O’Connor insisted the Tigers’ losing bonus point could prove vital in Pool 4. Tigers had their...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRaiders stunned by late fightback
■By LIAM DAVIES Worthing 27 Cinderford 29 CINDERFORD produced a stunning comeback late on to defeat Worthing Raiders. The Raiders looked...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoSettled Pirates put students to sword
Hartpury 19 C Pirates 35 ■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY were muchchanged from their recent league performances and paid the price against...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoLions roar again to extend perfect start with Bees in pursuit
PETERBOROUGH Lions continued their perfect start to the Midlands Premier with a bonus-point 31-20 victory against Newbold on Avon. Michael Watts...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoGloucester leave it too late to make great escape
■By NICK WILLIAMS FORMER All Black Colin Slade scored 15 points as Pau saw off Gloucester on Thursday night. Trailing 20-0...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCareless Bishops hang on for their victory
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St 35 Hull Ionians 31 STORTFORD kept up the form they showed last week, dominating the first...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoUnderhill suffers as Bath run lukewarm
■By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder had mixed emotions after Bath made heavy weather of seeing off European minnows Benetton and failed...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoMisfiring Scarlets pay heavy price
Ulster A.24 Scarlets 18 ■By TOM JOHNSON POOR goal kicking cost the Scarlets heavily in a tight cup opener as they...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBig shock as Stade killed off by Krasny
ROUND-UP KRASNY YARproved they will be a match for everyone in this season’s competition after running in five tries to beat...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAlbion set-piece is toomuchfor Caldy
By JAMIE RUSSELL Caldy 17 Plymouth A 34 PLYMOUTH had to step up a gear to fend off a valiant second-half...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago‘We must improve to beat Scarlets’
CHRIS Cook claims Bath must move up a gear or two if they are to be serious European contenders. The scrum-half...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoCostello gives his kids their chance
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Blues Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM head coach Ian Costello has retained just four of his...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSale miss big chance to hit weakened French giants
■By COLIN NEWBOULT THIS Challenge Cup pool was never going to be a stroll for the Sharks and, despite a creditable...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHutch roars back with flying treble
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge50 Rosslyn Park 23 LAURENCEHutchinson, out of the game for much of last season after 20 tries in...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDavies must spike big guns of Nonu and Bastareaud
■By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies is used to the big occasion. Six consecutive Test starts for the British & Irish Lions...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFive-try Connacht put on style in France
■By DECLAN ROONEY CONNACHT claimed an impressive bonus-point win as two Matt Healy tries helped them past a poor Oyonnax outfit...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBlackheath are league’s best defence says Hogg
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath 31pts Tries: Baldwin 5, Lloyd 18, Tarrant 41, Hallam 46, Davies 51 Conversions: Tarrant 6, 19, 42...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoOspreys positive despite poor run
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Great challenge: Olly Cracknell OSPREYS back row forward Olly Cracknell is confident his team can put their woeful...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoTe’o injury takes gloss of hat-trick by Taufete’e
■By STEFFAN THOMAS WORCESTER head coach Carl Hogg was delighted with his side’s first win of the season and their bonus...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDarlington bounce back with five more tries
■By KEVIN ROBINSON DMP 36 O Elthamians 21 DARLINGTON returned to winning ways, scoring five tries in the process and adding...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTime for Warren to blood new Dragons
NOW IS the time for Wales to roll the selection dice. Warren Gatland will name his squad for the November Tests...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoYouthful Exiles are roasted by Rasolea
■By JAMES LLOYD Final blow: Edinburgh back row Luke Crosbie breaks the tackle of Ben Ransom to score PICTURE: PA Images...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHarrison seals the deal for Moseley with four
■By WILL THOMPSON Esher 27 Birmingham 32 THE BATTLE ended with only five points between the sides as Moseley came out...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMcNicholl not right for Wales just yet
I WAS delighted – and a little surprised – to read some excellent comments from Scarlets wing Johnny McNicholl this week...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTry-fest for Park as the points roll in
■By NICK DOYLE Otley 46 Sedgley Park 57 SEDGLEY Park edged out Otley in a 100-point thriller to deny them a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWhy no one is quite able to wing it like the All Blacks
Of all the assembly lines in all the world, there is none to compare with New Zealand’s mass production of Test...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoTolmie and Emery lead ten-try rush
■By JOHN WILKINSON Fylde 0 Coventry 64 HOOKER Scott Tolmie and winger Tom Emery claimed try hat-tricks as Coventry ran riot....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoKruis confident he can regain his England place
■By GARY FITZGERALD GEORGE Kruis is convinced his injury nightmares and disappointing Lions tour are firmly behind him, and that he...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLamb shows his teeth to savage the Quins
■By NICK CAIN Flying Frenchman: Geoffrey Doumayrou runs in to score for La Rochelle PICTURES: Getty Images RYAN Lamb may have...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPooler open up 12-point gap at the top
Championship round-up ■By JAY BAYFORD PONTYPOOL opened up a 12-point lead at the top following their 38-10 bonuspoint victory over Skewen....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDevon’s a Constant threat for Lions
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 3 Leicester L’ns40 A DEVON Constant hattrick for Lions saw them demolish Luctonians after the home side...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoAlun-Wyn’s whingers put rugby morality to shame
IN SWANSEA last weekend, rugby surrendered another piece of the moral high ground they like to think separates them from football....
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAmpthill make it four wins on spin
■By BRAD HARPER L’boro S 14 Ampthill 36 AMPTHILL earned their fourth consecutive win in an emphatic victory against Loughborough Students...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSaints old boy Clark getting up to pace with Sarries
■By NEALE HARVEY CALUMClark admits he is still adjusting to the hectic pace of life at Saracens after relaunching his career...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoKingston: We’ll be ready for Wasps
HARLEQUINS rugby director John Kingston refused to accept that this home defeat by La Rochelle had scuppered his side’s knock-out chances....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTreorchy downed at last but they still lead
Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD ONE East Central leaders Treorchy suffered their first defeat of the season as they went...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBroadley roars loudest for Tigers
■By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 45 Sheffield Tig 55 MACCLESFIELD came into this off the back of three straight defeats and found...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoIs art of post-match interview disappearing, like objectivity?
PLAYERS have been taking umbrage at post-match questions almost ever since Billy Webb Ellis ran off with the football at Rugby...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCheeky Watson to stand trial next summer
NEWS EXTRA THE fraud and money laundering trial involving former Eastern Province rugby boss, Cheeky Watson, and his three coaccused will...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTeflon Rob could have done so much more
ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was sacked as the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStorming Stockdale takes the sting out of Wasps
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER FORMER Wasp Charlies Piutau provided the x-factor and Jacob Stockdale the cutting edge as Ulster got their European...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRenwick pulls the strings in Clifton success
■By ROGER OPIE Clifton 25 Wimbledon 20 CLIFTON dominated both at scrum and lineout but this win was largely a result...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYachvili: It’s got to be Sarries for Cup
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The name of Dimitri Yachvili is one that provoked apprehension, if not fear, in the ranks of...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoBig guns guide clinical champs to victory
Ospreys.6 Munster A 24 ■By ROB COLE REIGNING champions Munster punished the Ospreys with two tries in a clinical ten-minute spell...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRobins ensures Sheffield wait for first win
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield 14 Chester 24 FOURTEEN points from the boot of fly-half Liam McGovern ensured Chester claimed their first...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCut the bench to reduce the risk of injuries
AS the broken body count in the Premiership rises, with a growing consensus that the greater ball-in-play time under the new...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung: It’s not going our way
WASPS director of rugby Dai Young said: “When the luck’s not with you it’s not with you, but it’ll turn. When...
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