Club Rugby
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top
Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWilliams plots route to Cardiff via Gloucester
Owen Williams believes his summer switch from Leicester to Gloucester will enhance his prospects of leapfrogging Dan Biggar and Sam Davies...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSurreal start for Bedford’s local boy Lane
By MARK WOOD Bedford 43 Plymouth 7 TRY-SCORER Rich Lane enjoyed a perfect homecoming as he touched down one of seven...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDogged Coventry make it tough for Islanders
By TOM INNES Jersey 26 Coventry 17 JERSEY were made to work hard by a team who have their sights set...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBristol fightback falls short after first half to forget
By ROGER PANTING Leading the charge: Bath captain Matt Garvey Bristol 31 Bath 34 BRISTOL staged a remarkable second half rally...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoScottish show boss Morris they mean business
By OLI SHAPLEY Rosslyn Park 24 L Scottish 47 NEW London Scottish director of rugby Dave Morris got his reign off...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDecision to play twice in two days backfires
By STEVE KENNY PICTURE: Andy Taylor Back with a bang: Tom Stephenson scores Saints’ first Northampton 71pts Dragons 21pts TOM Stephenson...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLeinster let it slip late on
Perpignan 42 Leinster 32 A LATE try in Perpignan condemned Leinster to a narrow defeat in their opening game of their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHenson gets hit out
Montpellier 40 Dragons 15 GAVIN Henson made his return to Welsh club rugby on Friday night but it was in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSummer signing Denton injured in opening minute
By TOM BRADSHAW Worcester 55 Hartpury 21 VICTORIOUS Worcester suffered a heavy list of casualties as debutant David Denton lasted less...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoOld Albanian 47 L Lions 31
IN what was an entertaining affair, Old Albanian came out victors against Leicester Lions in a game of three halves. OAs...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSolomona scores to finish bad week on high
By MARC SPENCER Castres 31 Sale 14 DENNY Solomona ended the week far better than he started it with his late...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDebutant Stuart shows his class
Newcastle 31 Doncaster 8 NEWCASTLE made a winning start to their pre-season campaign with a five-try success over Doncaster at Kingston...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFlood delivers goods on Newcastle return
A TOBY Flood-inspired second half helped Newcastle overcome Nottingham yesterday and make it two wins in two games in the same...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWard double bails Quins out but Wallace facing six month layoff
By NEALE HARVEY Winning start: Quins captain James Horwill with the Cunningham- Duncombe Trophy London Irish 29pts Tries: Paice 7 Du...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHyatt’s Wizards all at sea after shipping points in Penzance
C Pirates 64 Aberavon 7 THE PIRATES proved too hot to handle in the Penzance sun as the Championship side romped...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSheffield 0 Rotherham 61
ROTHERHAM kicked off their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 61-0 victory over Sheffield on Friday evening. The Championship outfit scored nine...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaracens just short of getting ton up in Caribbean
US Islanders 92 Saracens 0 SARACENS kicked-off their pre-season calendar in style, running in 14 tries against the USA Islanders invitational...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoClinical Tigers capitalise after Ospreys hit by late yellow card
By ROGER PANTING Binned: Rowan Jenkins Winner: Jake Kerr Ospreys 14pts Leicester 21pts A LATE yellow card to young Ospreys prop...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCharles Piutau signs for Bristol
Bristol have made a major coup on the transfer market with the signing of All Black Charles Piutau from the start...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPitman out to prove how good he can be after mental health issues
Rory Pitman is loving his new life in Jersey but the big Welsh No.8 has revealed he needed the help of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDan Robson on track to go distance with Wasps
Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson says he will push the boundaries of endurance in an effort to overcome last season’s double dose...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoSaracens fear explosion in wages could wreck team
Saracens coach Alex Sanderson fears the club may struggle to retain their galaxy of England and Lions stars, with the likes...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTata Steel…5 Ebbw Vale …26
By ED JONHSON CENTRE James Lewis was at the double as former Principality Premiership champions Ebbw Vale opened their pre-season campaign...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAberavon …84 Aberavon Past…41
By MATT PORTER IT was tries galore at the Talbot Athletic Ground in a clash between the past and present of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIslanders unable to stem French tide
By TOM INNES Vannes …………38 Jersey Reds.14 JERSEY Reds headed to Britanny for their first match in the professional era against...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoYstalyfera …17 Neath…38
By SAM DAVIES NEATH hit Ystalyfera for six in an entertaining warm-up match at the Ynysydaren Ground. Outside centre Richard Smith...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWalker try puts Quins on road to victory
By STUART RILEY HARLEQUINS left it late but two tries in the last ten minutes made sure they began their pre-season...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWinter’s content after watching young guns put Lions to the sword
By SAM JACKSON L Lions …19 Coventry …48 COVENTRY began their promotion-chasing season with convincing friendly win on the road at...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGuernsey defences destroyed by Knights firepower
Guernsey…0 Doncaster…95 By KATIE DAUNT DONCASTER KNIGHTS showed their Championship class as they treated the Guernsey crowd to a 15-try display...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoFord’s no loss with Freddie at the helm says Banahan
Matt Banahan is convinced Bath have emerged far stronger from the controversial deal that saw George Ford and Freddie Burns swap...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDenton: I had to quit Bath for Test dream
David Denton wants to wear the Scotland jersey again but as hard as it was to admit, he reckons it would...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWilliams is lean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
London Irish midfielder Johnny Williams has vowed to come back fitter, stronger and faster as he aims to get his England...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFreestyle Wasps are cut above the rest
By NICK VERDIER Back-to-back: Wasps lift the Premiership Sevens trophy for the second year running PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS will once...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLivewire Randall presses case for first team action
PLATE ROUND-UP A BLISTERING start handed Gloucester a 22-12 win over Saracens to win the Plate at the Premiership Sevens in...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLate Collins try earns local bragging rights for Saints
BOWL ROUND-UP NORTHAMPTON won the first East Midlands derby of the season as a late try from Tom Collins helped them...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoSigning winners shows Falcons mean business
says that Newcastle‘s ambition to be a real force in English rugby was one of the main factors in persuading him...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWhy Peter Stringer is rugby’s answer to Roger Federer
Gary Gold says Irish scrum-half Peter Stringer is rugby’s equivalent to Wimbledon champ Roger Federer – inspirational proof that age is...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoLongbottom returns to Saracens with unfinished business
Returning Saracens prop Kieran Longbottom insists his England ambitions remain alive after fully recovering from a foot injury that was so...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoSaili eyes silverware after turning his back on All Blacks
Gifted centre Francis Saili believes his unique brand of passing skills, embellished by gainline-busting, off-loading qualities reminiscent of Sonny Bill Williams...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLydon plots route to Ireland, via Ealing
Peter Lydon still dreams of playing Test rugby for Ireland and he believes switching from London Scottish to Ealing Trailfinders will...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoI was left out in 2015 and I’ll risk missing 2019 to prove my class in Europe, says Exeter signing White
Revved-up Aussie maestro Nic White has revealed why he rejected the chance to fight for a place at the 2019 World...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPremiership season ticket prices: Leicester freeze to launch O’Connor revolution
Leicester Tigers have backed Matt O’Connor’s on-field revolution by freezing season ticket prices at Welford Road in a bid to pack...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMyler: I’m relishing challenge from Piers Francis at Saints
Evergreen Stephen Myler insists he has no interest in personal accolades as he prepares to face down the latest challenger to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMaro Itoje to become the Premiership’s first £1m player after 2019
MARO ITOJE will become the Premiership‘s first million pound a season player after returning from the Lions tour with an enhanced...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoLeicester Tigers move for Damian McKenzie and a flanker show signs of gathering pace
LEICESTER TIGERS are believed to in advanced talks with All Blacks full- back Damian McKenzie about a move to Welford Road....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaracens chairman proposes a balancing act to solve Lions/Premiership Rugby dispute
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray reckons staging Lions ‘tours’ within the British Isles would offer a radical solution to the rancorous issue...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLionhearted Saracens won’t buckle after going for so long without a break, says Wyles
LONG-SERVING Saracens wing Chris Wyles is confident that the club’s large Lions contingent will not suffer from a post-tour hangover and...
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