Club Rugby
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 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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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSimmonds leaves it to clinch Chiefs win
■By ROGER PANTING EXETER made hard work of getting their Cup campaign off to a winning start as it took them...
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National League One
/ 9 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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Challenge Cup
/ 9 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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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAnniversary of Foley’s death can give Munster energy to topple Castres’ big guns
■By SAM JACKSON MUNSTER coach Rassie Erasmus wants his men to mark the first anniversary of Anthony Foley’s death with a...
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National League One
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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Challenge Cup
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMontpellier mauled by hit-man Henshaw
■By DECLAN ROONEY First blood: Joey Carbery goes over to score Leinster’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images RUAN Pienaar nailed a...
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National League One
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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Challenge Cup
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRobbie’s praise for Leinster stand-ins
ROBBIE Henshaw paid tribute to his young teammates who stepped up for yesterday’s Champions Cup opener. Without Johnny Sexton, Scott Fardy...
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National League One
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMagical Nakawara casts his spell over Leicester
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER FIJIAN superstar Leone Nakarawa, playing rugby but not as we know it, was the difference between Racing and...
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National League One
/ 9 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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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoDeegan’s double puts Leinster clear
Doncaster.17 Leinster A.41 ■By STEVE HOSSACK LEINSTER threw down the gauntlet to their cup rivals when romping to victory in their...
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National League 2N
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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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National League 2E
/ 9 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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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLate sin-bins let Exiles claw back
L Scottish.27 Dragons 20 ■By LUKE JARMYN TWOsin-bins at the end of the first half saw the Dragons throw away a...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoChuter is happy to take derby day spoils
■By LEE SIMS Hinckley 36pts South Leicester32pts HINCKLEY claimed derby day bragging rights with a bonus point victory at home to...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 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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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoPre-match injury no issue for Rams
■By GARY REYNOLDS Reding’s 47 Broadstreet 19 THE day started disastrously for Rams when they lost scrum-half Oli Cole in the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoTitans are fired up by Burns to land first win
Rotherham.28 Connacht A 23 ■By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM are celebrating their first win of the season after six consecutive league defeats...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPerfect start maintained by the Bridge
■By BEN GODDARD Stourbridge 32 Huddersfield 17 STOURBRIDGE continued their perfect start to the season after overcoming a tough test against...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years ago‘We learnt our lesson’ says Cipriani, as Wasps prepare for Ulster test
By Adam Ellis Ahead of Wasps‘ trip to face Ulster in the Champions Cup under the lights of the Kingspan Stadium...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoByron McGuigan’s out to steal march on Scotland
By Jon Newcombe BYRON McGuigan is hoping his terrific try-scoring form with Sale Sharks will catch the eye of the Scotland...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoNothing phases Maisey’s final kick
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry 30 B Stortford 27 FLY-HALF Will Maisey kicked a stoppage time penalty to edge Coventry to their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Llanelli 33 Swansea 27 LLANELLI edged a thrilling derby clash with Swansea as they emerged narrow winners at Parc Y Scarlets....
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPaver tells Pirates to take their chances
Preview Cornish Pirates v Nottingham Today, Kick-off 2.30pm AFTER seeing his side come up just short 28-26 at Carnegie last Sunday,...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBees lay down marker with huge win
North Midlands Cup quarter-finals BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees booked their place in the North Midlands Cup semi-finals with a resounding 70-12...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSam gets tipped for England call-up
EXETER forwards coach Rob Hunter would be delighted to see No.8 discovery Sam Simmonds force his way into England contention as...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoDogged effort not enough as Plymouth march on
By PADDY MARSH Final flourish: Dan Mugford scores for Plymouth Albion PICTURES: Pinnacle Plymouth Alb 17pts Tries: Arnott 30, Salter 49,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWizards work their magic with second-half comeback
By JACK FLYNN Aberavon 41 Neath 20 ABERAVON bounced back from their shock 36-22 loss at Llanelli last weekend by comfortably...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBristol stay top but Lam knows work to be done
By SAM JACKSON TOM Varndell scored a hat-trick as Bristol ran in seven tries against London Scottish to stay clear at...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoMy simple way to stop threatened player walk-out
Natural break: Wasps’ Guy Armitage is tackled by Ospreys’ Joe Thomas as he runs in to score in last season’s Anglo...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoVisitors run riot to keep pace with table-toppers
By PAUL SMITH B Moseley 14 Blackheath 55 TWO tries apiece from fullback Leo Fielding and winger Geoff Griffiths led Blackheath...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIronmen show mettle to dispatch dogged Bargoed
By RICH JONES Bargoed 18 Merthyr 45 MERTHYR hit Bargoed for six as the reigning Premiership champions made it three wins...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoRandall hits hat-trick as Hartpury come of age
By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS felt like the day when Hartpury finally arrived as a Championship side. In a pulsating encounter, they...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoPunishment should fit crime regardless of the outcome
Why is an act of foul player no longer considered an act of foul play if just a minor or no...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLions run riot for second triumph in a row
By ANDY MOORE Leicester L 38 Otley 13 LEICESTER Lions hit six tries in a thumping home win over Otley to...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoVisitors sunk by Ionians’ lineout tactics
By PETE SHARP Hull Ionians 43 Esher 28 HULL Ionians scored a comeback win in this basement battle as they eventually...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTable-toppers Bedwas romp past Ebbw to show class
By ED HARRISON Bedwas 54 Ebbw Vale 5 BEDWAS remain at the top of the Premiership East after an eight-try hammering...
Autumn Internationals
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