Club Rugby
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMartin’s magic is too much for Macc
By OLIVER ROBY Hinckley……….42 M’clesfield ……7 HINCKLEY turned out a powerful display as they picked up a bonus-point home win over...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury optimistic they can push into top four
CONFIDENT Hartpury centre Luke Eves says his troops are targeting a top four finish after exceeding expectations in the Championship. Despite...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoMatavesi’s drive puts Redruth in the mood
By BILL HOOPER PICTURES: Simon Bryant Extras: Matt Bowden runs in the bonus point try for Redruth High riser: Scott Moore,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMayhew backs big brother Richie for top-flight
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE ON-LOAN Harlequins signing Mike Mayhew believes his brother, Yorkshire Carnegie captain Richard, should be back playing...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoInspired Dudley-Jones back to haunt former club
By PAUL HOPKINS Aberavon ………13 Swansea ……….9 ABERAVON edged a titanic battle at the Talbot Athletic Ground against local rivals Swansea....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
KRIS FULLMAN THE FORMER BRISTOL, LONDON IRISH, LEEDS AND OTLEY PROP The best years of my rugby career came while I...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoContrast in styles as Bury play wide game
By SIMON LORD Bury St Eds …37 Clifton …………19 BURY overcame a physical Clifton side to claim all five points. In...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWinless Valkyries bitten by improving Sharks
D’ington MPS…39 Worcester Val…5 By ANDREW PARKIN DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks scored seven tries to see off winless Worcester Valkyries at...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPerfect Pooler pummel Emlyn in 9-try rout
SWALEC Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL made it a perfect 10 with a crushing 62-10 victory at Newcastle Emlyn. Ben...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRed card leaves Worthing in hole
By ROSS BOULTON Canterbury ….50 Worthing ………26 CANTERBURY ran riot with six second-half tries to overcome 14-man Worthing. Worthing full-back David...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDow at the double as Wasps move into third
By HELEN DUGGAN Wasps ……………31 Firwood W’loo 3 WELL drilledWasps side moved up to third in the league after overcoming Firwood...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPariyo’s brilliant four-timer puts heat on Ystrad
SWALEC Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD GLAMORGAN Wanderers enjoyed a dominant 69-0 victory over basement boys Rumney in One East...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoNo complaints as Titans run ended
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T’ans31 Henley …………42 TITANS lost their unbeaten start and were well beaten in all departments, except the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoUnbeaten Harlequins are in seventh heaven
By AILISH CLARKE Harlequins ……….39pts Gloucs-Hartpury 12pts Leanne Riley score for Harlequins HARLEQUINS have secured seven bonus point wins in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTeen-star Jalibert lets Toulouse off hook
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Heartache: Matthieu Jalibert missed a winning kick for Bordeaux An 18-year-old making his fly-half debut in the...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoDefeat drops Guernsey down to fourth
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYwere knocked off the top after a 33-22 defeat at Guildford and - with other results...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
NICK DAVID WORCESTER FULL-BACK PERSERVERENCE is key to becoming a top class player and exciting full-back Nick David has had to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCleall makes amends as Saracens march on
By LAURA EDDIE Saracens ………29 Bristol ……………12 SARACENS remained unbeaten in the Premier 15s competition with a fivetry triumph over Bristol....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLance battling to build his case for Wallabies recall
By NEALE HARVEY Wallaby ambitions: Worcester’s Jono Lance FIRED-UP Aussie flyhalf Jono Lance has vowed to haul Worcester off the foot...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoPoor Halesonians get 90-point mauling
Midlands Premier PETERBOROUGH Lions ran riot against bottom side Old Halesonians while Birmingham and Solihull Bees edged the top-of-the-table clash with...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLightning strike to end their miserable streak
By JESS NORTHFIELD L’boro L’ning …27 Richmond………15 LOUGHBOROUGH Lighting produced a sensational all-round display to take home their third win of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAbendanon staying at Clermont
NICK Abendanon has signed a two-year contract extension with French champions Clermont. The 31-year-old has the option of a third year...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoHoppers leave it late to grab crucial try
Northern Premier PRESTON Grasshoppers hold on at the top, but it took a try in the dying minutes to pull this...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCan Wales rise from ashes after 16 losses?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Rout: Bernard Foley runs in one of Australia’s five tries in their 32-8...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoAbbots closing in after shock for Dings
South West Premier NEWTON Abbot closed the gap on leaders Dings Crusaders to just one point after an actionpacked day. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAutumn international casualty list is 39 … and counting
THE avalanche of Autumn Tests start next week with almost 40 players absent from the starting grid, the vast majority because...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoDoes Anglo-Welsh scrum test really have any value?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last! After years of denial and dismissal, two Home Union international...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoDuff the hero as Club are sunk at the death
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….19 B Stortford ……21 A STUNNING second-half performance from Bishop’s Stortford saw the visitors overturn a 19-...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoNow it can be told: truth about Andy’s M4 buggygate
NEWS, as defined by an ancient rule of journalism, is not necessarily when it happens but when it breaks, in other...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRoaring Lions start fast to down Chester
■By BRAD HARPER Leicester L……35 Chester …………14 LEICESTER Lions made it back-to-back victories after claiming an impressive bonus point win against...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoIonians dig deep to grind out win
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …27 Cambridge ……21 AN EVEN encounter at Brantingham Park was eventually decided by the home side...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoYoung bucks star as Chiefs run in seven
By MIKE SINCLAIR Leaping in: Toby Salmon goes over for Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images THE Sandy Park production line churned out...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLlandovery ….31 Bridgend …… …10
LLANDOVERY bounced back from consecutive defeats with a five-star victory over Bridgend at Church Bank. A yellow card for a deliberate...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBridge slip to first loss of campaign
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sheffield T……20 Stourbridge….14 AN IMPRESSIVE Sheffield Tigers consigned league leaders Stourbridge to their first defeat of the season...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoShort-handed Students suffer
By DAVE LAWRENCE B Moseley ……36 L Students ……10 BIRMINGHAM Moseley breezed to an emphatic six-try victory over 14- man Loughborough....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTenacious Tigers hold their nerve in dramatic last quarter
By ROB WILDMAN SOME familiar names demonstrated a characteristic winning edge to successfully start Leicester’s defence of the Anglo- Welsh title....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLlanelli …………31 RGC 1404 ………48
RGC 1404 produced a dominant first-half showing to secure a deserved victoryat Parc y Scarlets. They ran in six tries, while...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMagnificent seven for dominant Dale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………47 Sheffield……….11 AFTER two successive defeats, Tynedale roared back to winning ways with a seven-try blitz of...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoAmps turn the volume up to win historic encounter
By WARREN KAY Head down: Ampthill’s Maama Molitika on the charge It’s mine: Chris Surman of Old Elthamians hangs onto the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFour-try Irish denied by bulls-eye Burns
By NEALE HARVEY FREDDIE Burns produced a virtuoso display on his comeback from a three-week suspension as a youthful Bath outfit...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoO’Brien saves Newport with nerveless last-ditch penalty
By JAY BAYFORD Newport……….28 Bedwas ……….25 MATT O’Brien proved to be the hero for Newport as his last-minute penalty sealed a...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoAley the man as Otley are undone by South
By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester ….44 Otley …………….34 SOUTH Leicester ran out victors against Otley in a ten-try thriller. The home...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoRoad woes persist for Darlington as Esher step up
By LUKE JARMYN Esher ……………33 Darlington MP 26 ESHER wing Ben Loader combined with centre Chris Auld to score his second...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLeaders survive a testing time to stayclear
By PHIL BROOKS Barnstaple……27 Chinnor…………32 LEAGUE-LEADERS Chinnor held off a late fightback from Barnstaple to take a bonus point win and...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThrillers like this give Cup a good name!
By COLIN NEWBOULT No stopping him: Andrew Davidson of Newcastle avoids a tackle from Juan de Jongh to score PICTURES: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoNeath punished for Smith red card by Carmarthen
By CARL FIELD C’rmarthen Q 39 Neath…………….17 IN-FORM Carmarthen hit struggling Neath for six to extend their 100 per cent winning...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSale Keep the faith to cruise past Lucs
By MARK THOMPSON Sale……………………48pts Luctonians …………5pts JONATHAN Keep was hugely satisfied with his Sale side’s clinical display after they powered past...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGloucester’s Ruan Ackermann considers playing for England
The Gloucester back row could be eligible for England in 2020 and says it's a possibility if the Springboks don't come...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHarlequins wing Marland Yarde completes switch to Sale Sharks
John Kingston says he is trying to create a 'positive environment' at Quins
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBlaine Scully signs new long-term deal with Cardiff Blues
The USA captain says it is 'a true honour' to be associated with the Cardiff Blues after penning new contract
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