Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFinn Russell to leave Glasgow Warriors
The Scotland international has been linked with a move to France to join Racing 92
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOspreys pay price for finding winning touch
By ROB COLE OSPREYS finally got the win they needed to stop the rot after nine defeats in their previous ten...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRotherham facing upto titanic fight for survival
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM’S hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a massive blow when the league’s bottom club lost a must-win game...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSharks in pursuit of big away day catch
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE talisman Faf de Klerk Still harbours hopes of playing in the next World Cup for South Africa...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
By HUW THOMAS Neath…19 Llandovery …5 BOTTOM of the table Neath caused a big upset at the Gnoll as they turned...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoExiles back to winning ways with Atkinson double
By LUKE JARMYN SCOTTISHNo.8 Joe Atkinson scored two tries and put in a man of the match display as Exiles showed...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFit-again flanker Northcote-Green gets first
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish flanker Max Northcote-Green will put a year-long injury nightmare behind him today when he lines up...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanelli given Hart by back rower’s match-winning effort
By CARL FIELD Llanelli ….23 Bridgend R…18 NATHAN Hart’s try two minutes from time snatched victory for Llanelli over Bridgend. The...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBurns turns up the heat to deny 14-man Knights victory
By STEVE HOSSACK SECONDrower Matt Challinor joined Doncaster’s exclusive 200 Club – but unlike when prop Richard List reached the same...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFestive run-in key to Quins’ season
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS stalwart Mark Lambert has urged his side to dig in ahead of a “massive” period of league...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPonty no match for Merthyr in comeback success
By ANDREW DEERING Merthyr ……….50 Pontypridd ….21 MERTHYR dismantled Pontypridd in this top-ofthe- table clash at The Wern. Ponty registered early...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKirby holds nerve towin kickfest for Richmond
By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS was not a game that will linger in the memory, although that will not concern Richmond who...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPremiership start against old club
Tom Dunn and Zach Mercer return to the Bath line-up. The duo who have been away on international duty with England,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKeys spread the love with team effort in Cardiff thrill ride
By SCOTT DAVIES Cross Keys ….35 Cardiff …………27 CROSS Keys ran in five tries to secure an exciting bonus-point victory over...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBench men make big impact at Kingsholm
By TOM BRADSHAW THIS was an evening of implausible stories. It was implausible that Gloucester should beat table-topping Saracens despite having...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrice is right for Quins as five-try Jack sparkles
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Carmarthen …43 A FIVE-TRY haul by star winger Jack Price helped Carmarthen to a comprehensive victory...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFearless Glaws target top four
ATTACKcoach Tim Taylor believes Gloucester are genuine top-four contenders after another top-half team succumbed at Kingsholm. “Yes, top four is our...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGogs go ten unbeaten as Hughes seals last-gasp victory
By HOWARD EVANS Aberavon…27 RGC …30 POWERFUL centre Tom Hughes crashed over five minutes from time to gain victory for the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHow Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOld boys come back to leave Bedwas feeling blue
By HOWARD EVANS Bargoed ……….20 Bedwas ……….26 BEDWAS bounced back from three straight defeats with victory at Bargoed. The visitors led...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSadly Ireland couldn’t match the big money
ONCE those behind the unsuccessful bid to land the 2023 World Cup stop feeling sorry for themselves, Irish rugby will have...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGardner’s double puts Brynmawr top
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD RYAN Gardner was at the double for Brynmawr as they won 32-0 at Croesyceiliog...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAki opens his Test account in some style
BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME You can never judge a man by what he says, only by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRevenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAt last! Warriors get reason to be cheerful
By COLIN NEWBOULT AFTER all the pain, disappointment and frustration that has enveloped Worcester’s season, the fans – finally – have...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSpencer is simply sublime says Gold
WORCESTER director of rugby Gary Gold believes that lock Will Spencer should be in the England reckoning following his performance against...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFowkes demands big effort for Ealing
Preview Nottingham v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 3pm. Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM forwards coach Neil Fowkes insists no-one is patting themselves on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHigh-speed Wade gets impressive Wasps off to a flyer
By ROB WILDMAN WASPS blew away Newcastle last night to demonstrate that they are beginning to find their best form after...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDominance up front gets Dragons out of trouble
By STEFFAN RODNEY THEDragons warmed up for their daunting PRO14 trip to Leinster with a good win over an experimental Scarlets...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie caned as new-style Bristol take on Lam philosophy
By COLIN NEWBOULT EVENat this stage of the season, Bristol appear a certainty for promotion. And the concerning thing for their...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEastmond deserves success says Dai
WASPS boss Dai Young hopes Kyle Eastmond will make a quick recovery from a head injury sustained when making a try-saving...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFreddie Burns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By Neale Harvey Freddie Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at Bath after accepting his chances of an...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSo ruthless Rams earn sixth win on the trot
By CAMERON TEMPLE Redingensians…21pts Redruth………………12pts Eye for the line: Oli Taylor goes close for Redingensians. ON a brisk November afternoon at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins survive late rally to make it six of the best at home
By JAY BAYFORD Carmarth’n Q…21 Aberavon………14 CARMARTHEN Quins made it six wins from six games at home with an impressive victory...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoLuatua will stay loyal to Bristol says Lam
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam insists no amount of persuasion from New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChuter left satisfied at his five-star high-flyers
By NICK DOYLE Otley ………………….15pts Hinckley ……………38pts GEORGE Chuter hailed the resolve of his Hinckley players after they fought to victory...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoGoss grabs a hat-trick in ten-try success
By KEN VAUGHN Chinnor ………64 Wimbledon …22 KIERANGoss scored a hattrick as Chinnor ran in ten tries against Wimbledon. A sloppy...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAway joy for clinical Keys after bonus-point win
By MIKE JACOBS Ebbw Vale……20 Cross Keys ….34 CROSS Keys produced an impressive performance against Ebbw Vale to come away from...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoScarlets playing waiting game with Moriarty
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA SCARLETS insist the ball is in Ross Moriarty’s court as they hope to make the Wales...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBonus-point success as Park turn screw
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………7 Sedgley P ….31 SEDGLEY Park are up to fourth in the table after a resounding bonus-point...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks flying high after tense battle
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………27 Bury St Ed ……20 GEORGE Jackson converted all three Henley tries and knocked over two penalties to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMerthyr make it six on the spin with success on the road
By HOWARD EVANS Bedwas ……….12 Merthyr ……….23 MERTHYR edged out Bedwas to claim an important victory in the east section of...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeaders humbled by scintillating Sale
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ….16 Sale ………………39 SALE turned in a sterling display as they comfortably beat league leaders Stourbridge. The...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWild Geese stun high-flying Titans
By WARREN MUGGLETON London IWG….45 Taunton T ……38 LONDON Irish Wild Geese delivered an inspired performance to upset Taunton in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrooks celebrates special day with perfect result
By ANDREW DEERING Llandovery ….29 Llanelli ……………8 LLANDOVERY skipper Richard Brooks celebrated his 150th appearance for the club by leading them...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMacc fightback is agonisingly short
By TOM HARLE Macclesf’d ….35 Tynedale ………38 TYNEDALE held on to beat Macclesfield in a tryladen thriller at Priory Park. Eleven...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRGC on a roll with comfortable home win against Neath
By DEAN JONES RGC…………………31 Neath…………….19 RGC extended their impressive run of recent results with a triumph over rivals Neath. A cagey...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMagnificent Seven for Pontypridd in 14-try thriller
By IWAN GABE DAVIES Pontypridd ….47 Newport……….45 PONTYPRIDD made it seven league wins out of seven when they beat Newport in...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCaldy’s winless run ends in thrilling fashion
By JOHN LYON Caldy…………….27 Hull Ionians …26 CALDY won their first game in seven but they almost lost it in the...
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