Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoExeter live the dream and rugby’s the winner
Wasps 20pts Tries: Gopperth 41, Daly 44 Conversions: Gopperth 41, 45 Penalties: Gopperth 18, 54 Exeter 23pts – After Extra Time...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoTrelawney’s army march for Twickenham treble
DIVISION 1 PREVIEW… By LUKE JARMYN Cornwall v Lancashire Today. Kick-off 3.30pm CORNWALL president Peter James says the Duchy “will be...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
WASPS 1. MATT MULLAN Hard day at the scrum but kept battling, and returned in extra-time to shore it up Rating:...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoDIVISION 2 PREVIEW…
Leicestershire v Hampshire Today. Kick-off 5.15pm By SAM JACKSON LEICESTERSHIRE will play at Twickenham for the fifth time in seven years...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoDIVISION 3 PREVIEW…
Sussex v Oxfordshire Today. Kick-off 10am By NICK VERDIER HARLEQUINS star Ross Chisholm hopes he can gives something back to Sussex...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCockerill faces his old rivals in the final
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Richard Cockerill, Nick Abendanon and David Strettle, rivals for so long in different colours in their homeland,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHow Wasps have fared since the club moved to Coventry
In 1999, professional rugby union outfit Wasps RFC changed their name to London Wasps to differentiate themselves from amateur side Wasps...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBlackadder takes swipe at below-par Bath stars
Bath rugby director Todd Blackadder has put his star players on notice after admitting standards of professionalism had fallen below his...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoI can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford
George Ford is focused on another successful summer in white before returning to former club Leicester determined to win some silverware...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBrilliant Bingham off to Twickenham
By JAMIE RUSSELL Cheshire 5 Lancashire 29 IT WAS Lancashire’s day as a bonus-point victory over a young Cheshire side secured...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSlade missile sets up smash and grab raid
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter 18pts Tries: Nowell 43, S Simmonds 79 Conversions: Steenson 43 Penalties: Steenson 26, 30 Saracens 16pts Tries:...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEast Mids end on a high to seal third
By JEREMY TYRRELL East Mids 36 N’humberland 14 EAST Midlands signed off their Bill Beaumont Cup campaign with a comfortable home...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCall proud of his tired troops
MARK McCall admitted Saracens were ‘hanging on and looking tired’ after their European exertions. The Sarries director of rugby said: “What...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoFrench firepower proves too much for Blues
Stade Fr 46 Cardiff Blues 21 CARDIFF Blues will play in the Challenge Cup for the third consecutive season after defeat...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCornwall head back to HQ looking for treble
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall 45pts Hertfordshire 28pts Local hero: Tom Notman salutes the crowd after scoring. Right: Sam Lunnon wins a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSo sweet for Wasps as Bassett lands the final thrust
From NICK CAIN at Ricoh Arena Wasps 21pts Tries: Beale 7, Bassett 77 Conversions: Gopperth 8 Penalties: Gopperth 2, 23, 39...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoConnacht feel force of bonecrusher Courtney
By NEALE HARVEY Northampton 21pts Tries: Mallinder 2 Groom 60 Conversions: Mallinder 2 Penalties: Mallinder 16, 25, 71 Connacht 15pts Tries:...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoWhite Rose miss final despite big finish
By ANDREW SMITH Yorkshire 61 Eastern Cn 15 YORKSHIRE finished the group stage in grand style with a nine-try haul against...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig Joe was just immense says Dai
DAI YOUNG paid tribute to his side after their last ditch win. “I was very pleased with our composure –we never...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoHat-trick hero Tom inspires fightback
By GRAHAM COX Devon 20 Kent 28 A SUPERB second-half performance, led by skipper and hat-trick hero Tom Stradwick, saw Kent...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoSuper Sam on form in Glos rout
By TONY FIELDING Gloucs 56 Surrey 12 SAM Goatley scored a hat-trick as Gloucestershire ended their Bill Beaumont Cup on a...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBucks denied top spot by Oxford walkover
Division Three Round-up By TRP REPORTER A LAST-MINUTE try for Buckinghamshire fly-half Alex Shearer earned them a narrow 22-17 victory over...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury’s history boys take top billing after finishing the term with honours
Star quality: Hartpury College’s former Italy U20 back row Jake Polledri HARTPURY College became the first team in history to win...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER 2 FINAL:Neath 14 Newport 32
By ROB COLE GERAINT O’Driscoll stepped in to fill the Newport No.10 jersey and guided the Black & Ambers to the...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCounties’ June tours set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER I FINAL PREVIEW… Aberavon v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 2pm
THERE will be a new name on the Premiership trophy today as the two most consistent sides in the Premiership this...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCHAMP PLAY-OFF PREVIEW… Trebanos v Kidwely Thursday May 25
TREBANOS will be hoping to give their youth team coach Justin Tipuric a pre-Lions tour boost by backing up their firstleg...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoHants all set for a thrilling final with Leicester
Division Two Round-up By TRP REPORTER HAMPSHIREand Leicestershire will face off at Twickenham for the County Championship Plate next Sunday after...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNext week’s final promises to be an absolute cracker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Go forward: Thomas Waldrom and Guy Thompson, celebrating with Thomas Young, got their teams on the front foot...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoFlanker quits Newcastle for Ealing
Dan Temm will swap life beside the River Tyne for life near the Thames when he joins Ealing Trailfinders from Newcastle...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRef Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes
Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoGlaws rue high penalty count
WITHGloucester losing out not just on a third Challenge Cup title, but also a chance at play-off qualification for next season’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
CLERMONT 1. RAPHAEL CHAUME Did his duty at the scrum, and did not stint at close quarters Rating: 6 out of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIronmen finally break RGC curse to maintain their title tilt
Merthyr ……….35 RGC 1404 ……….7 By ROB COLE IT WAS fourth time lucky for Merthyr as they finally beat RGC 1404...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFamiliar foes ready to battle with higher stakes
By ROB COLE PREVIEW… Aberavon v Bedwas Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Talbot Athletic Ground THEY met at the Talbot Athletic Ground last...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoProsser’s late show sees Black & Ambers snatch the win
By JAMES LLOYD A LAST-DITCHMatt Prosser try saw Newport dramatically book their place in the Premiership Tier Two final with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys hold the edge but face tricky test at Neath
By ROB COLE PREVIEW… Neath v Cross Keys Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, The Gnoll IT IS 2-1 to Cross Keys against Neath...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTop gong to Piutau
ULSTER’S Charles Piutau was named players’ player of the season in the PRO12. Leinster’s Joey Carbery was named young player of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade sale begins as club await new owner
Stade Francais turned the winning of the first European trophy in their history into a farewell party for some of their...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPressure on Ford to keep Carnegie moving
By JON NEWCOMBE JOE FORD admits that it will take a huge effort from Yorkshire Carnegie to beat London Irish and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoThrilling draws are the order of the day
Division Two Round-up By CHARLIE PARKER THERE were shared spoils aplenty in Divsion Two of the Bill Beaumont Cup as Warwickshire...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBell ready for battle with friendly foe Joe
HOT shotsTommy Bell and Joe Ford used to battle it out in training but there will be much more at stake...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoLancs find their form to triumph
Eastern Coun..15 Lancashire ….38 By STEVE JACKSON DESPITE a solid firsthalf display, Eastern Counties were ground down and eventually overwhelmed by...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoPete at the treble to Swat Yorkshire
Northum’land 22 Yorkshire……..34 By BEN PICKIN PETE Swatkins scored a second half hat-trick to inspire Yorkshire to a tight victory over...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCrowe soaring high to help Cheshire bounce
Cheshire …………..32pts East Midlands ..24pts By JAMIE RUSSELL Speedy service: Alistair Baker gets the Cheshire back line moving. Right: Joe Daniel...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEpic finale beckons as Cornwall cruise
Devon …………11 Cornwall……..56 By NIGEL WALROND CORNWALL set up a winners- takes-all showdown with Hertfordshire next Saturday as they ruthlessly swept...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGopperth: Ending drought will prove selectors wrong
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS will head into the play-offs fuelled by a burning sense of injustice over their international exclusions, according...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoTom Terrific helps Kent edge thriller
Surrey …………..17 Kent ………………18 By GRAHAM COX AN ENTHRALLING finale to a tight match saw Kent overturn a ninepoint lead to...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoKitchener confident Tigers can spring a surprise
Defiant: Leicester lock Graham Kitchener GRAHAM Kitchener reckons Leicester’s durability in adversity will enable them to ruin Wasps’ party and reach...
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