Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe want to create some more history, says Ward
By BEN JAYCOCK No fear: Coach Ben Ward EALING Trailfinders finished top of Pool D following a clean sweep of victories...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoA new spirit of unity is in the air
NICK CAIN For the moment it is jaw-jaw rather than war-war in the Championship’s dispute with the RFU over their right...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoHendrickson enjoying his new life in Japan
By MARK STEVENS Tom Hendrickson is settling well to life in the Far East having swapped the Premiership for that of...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoLong breaks do us no favours – Rayer
By BEN JAYCOCK Bedford Blues have made a promising start to this season’s truncated Championship but director of rugby Mike Rayer...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoEveritt’s boys get it right in end
By SAM JACKSON Zebre ............... 19 Edinburgh...... 24 EDINBURGH fought back to beat Zebre with three second half tries having trailed...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMcDowall on fine form to put Glasgow in the clear
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow...........40pts Tries: McKay 1, 37, McDowall 3, 75, Ashfar 44, Cordero 69 Conversions: Thompson 2, 4, 38, 45;...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster back in the swing
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ......... 47 Benetton ......... 18 LEINSTER captain Scott Penny praised the way his men took charge after...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFormer Welsh stars back in action to boost Ospreys
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Ospreys v Ulster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Liberty Stadium FORMER Wales stars Justin Tipuric, Nicky Smith and Alex...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCoombes leads from the front to lift Munster
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets .............. 7pts Tries: Roberts 50 Conversions: Titcombe 50 Munster ........... 42pts Tries: Coombes 10, 23, O’Sullivan 62,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLions ……………. 10 Bulls ……………..25
THE Bulls consolidated their position among the URC’s frontrunners as they claimed a bonus point victory over their South African rivals...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoSharks ………… 21 Stormers ……..25
THE Stormers handed the Sharks a ninth consecutive defeat in the URC with a narrow victory in Durban. Sharks continue to...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoIt’s ten out of ten for Lynn’s table toppers
By THOMAS LLEWELLYN Gloucester-Hart .... 29pts Tries: Beckett 25, Buggy 36, Else 56, Matthews 63, K Jones 79 Conversions: George 57,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoShort-term contract takes Grace to Bath
By SAM JACKSON Former Wales rugby league star Regan Grace has signed a short-term contract with Bath. The 27-year-old switched to...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRebel Kemeny on his way to Northampton
AUSTRALIA back row Josh Kemeny will join Northampton from Melbourne Rebels ahead of next season. The 25-year-old flanker has made 27...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: England U20s and Sale prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour
By BEN JAYCOCK With an ageing front row, England are crying out for youthful props who can go toe to toe...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets battle for pair
Scarlets are ‘fighting hard’ to keep star forwards Vaea Fifita and Sam Lousi. Fifita, 31, above, is in his second season...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoBaloucoune eyes Olympics
Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune is eager for the chance to compete at the Paris Olympics with Ireland. Baloucoune, 26, was previously...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoSleepy Tigers are punished by alert visitors
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley P ........ 14 Bishop’s S........22 TIGERS suffered their third loss in a row at home as visitors...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMoseley hold on in close encounter
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............32 Darlington MP.......28 MOSELEY just edged out their visitors in a close encounter. The hosts quickly...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s the happiest of days for Heath
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............22 Chinnor.................... 17 AN outstanding perfor mance from Blackheath helped to halt a sequence of four home...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoAlbion back on track as Ford feel the heat
By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ..... 24pts Tries: Duncan 6, Mills 36, Cowan-Dickie, 46 Collier 79 Conversions: Putt 7, 10 Cinderford.............
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National League One
/ 2 years agoTop man Hoyt has final say on big day for the Rams
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................33 Leicester Lions .... 12 A SUPERB first-half performance set Rams on their way to a bonus-point...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoJoy for Park is a tale of Titan woe
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........38 Taunton Titans..... 14 ROSSLYN Park returned to winning ways with a comfortable win over relegation-threatened Taunton...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRichmond prove too strong for Sale
By DARA KANE Richmond................ 31 Sale FC..................... 19 RICHMOND pulled off an impressive home victory against a Sale side that did...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoShanahan is craving home comfort from Blackheath
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath head coach James Shanahan says a supporter asked whether his side could drive around for an hour...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBaker’s late blow sinks the plucky strugglers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T...... 34 Huddersfield...32 ALATE Will Baker penalty deep into added time gave 14-man Sheffield Tigers an unlikely...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIndisciplined Fylde pay highest price
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................45 Fylde.........................22 TWO penalty tries and a red card cost an impressive Fylde side heavily in an entertaining...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDominant Dale prove too strong
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............3 9 Hull Ionians............ 19 DALE produced another dominant display to see off the challenge of Hull Ionians....
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoOh boy! Newborn the hero for Titans
By LUKE JARMYN Rotherham T....32pts Sheffield............ 14pts FLANKER Harry Newborn powered through in the corner for Rotherham’s fifth try as Titans...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoMissed Billingham chances gift Hull the victory
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............24. Hull............................ 30 BILLINGHAM were left to rue missed chances as Hull stole in to take the spoils....
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoPilkington helps to plot a Lymm party
By NICK DOYLE Lymm........................ 15 Otley.......................... 14 THERE was cause for great celebration as Lymm savoured their first league win against...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIt’s six of the best as Tykes march on
By TOM KELLY Preston G................. 14 Leeds Tykes...........45 THE Grasshoppers put up a fight in the rain, but Leeds Tykes showcased...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIn-form Fisher aiming to net a big catch for steel city club
By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield have enjoyed a miraculous improvement from last season, helped along the way by scrum-half Elliot Fisher, who...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoGuernsey get raided as recent form goes wanting
By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey.......... 12 Dorking..............36 GUERNSEY Raiders’ good form of late came to a halt as Dorking eventually controlled the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFour-try Wallace helps seal thriller
By NATHAN EDWARDS Westcombe P.........47 North Walsham.....39 TOBY Wallace scored four tries in a 13-try thriller as Westcombe Park piled more...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOaks stand firm to pass TJs acid test
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks..............24 Tonbridge J............22 DERBIES have their own quality and when two teams trace their rivalry back as long...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher hold off comeback as Hawks left wondering
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley H.............26pts Esher................... 31pts ESHER underlined their promotion credentials with a hardfought victory over Henley Hawks at Dry...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMorgan’s late roll of the dice pays off for Wombles
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed’s.............27 Wimbledon............. 31 IN an open and flowing game, Ed Morgan’s last-gasp try gave Wimbledon a...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoJones inspires OA to see off Worthing
By RICHARD HOMER Old Albanians........39 Worthing..................26 OA ran out winners against a competitive Worthing at Woollams. OA where quick out of...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBrutal Barnes take win in Kent classic
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury.............. 20 Barnes......................29 BARNES and Canterbury met on a grey English day, and the rugby was limited as...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoRoux’s pride as Dorking set to defy injury crisis
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite enduring a tumultuous, injury-hit season which included losing their club captain, Fred Dalton, Dorking look set to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLewis is Cherry on the cake in extra point win
By BILL HOOPER Camborne......... 31 Dudley K.............. 7 CAMBORNE made full use of the conditions and the slope in the...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoWayward kicking blows the bonus
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Loughborough S....33 Redruth....................22 LOUGHBOROUGH produced a stunning second-half tur naround to defeat Redruth. Frustratingly for the men...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLeaders shrug off Whiteman red card
By ADAM CLEARY Newport (S).............. 5 Luctonians..............50 LUCTONIANS remain top of National League 2 West after a bonus-point victory on the...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoPinpoint Park puts students on course
By FREYA COLLINGTON Exeter Uni......... 24pts Bournville......... 10pts EXETER came out on top in a fiercelycontested clash with Bournville. The Midlands...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHinckley rue second-half shutout as Clifton rally
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................... 31 Hinckley.................. 21 HINCKLEY were left licking their wounds after allowing a 11-point half-time lead evaporate...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHornets turn the tables on Chester
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..................... 13 Hornets.....................20 HORNETS deservedly avenged a heavy home defeat to Chester earlier in the season. Their...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoCrusaders battle past Old Reds
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders...35 Old Redcliffians.... 17 THIS Bristol derby commenced with all the traffic driven by the Reds, but...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoElswood: I’m lucky to be only missing three games
By BEN JAYCOCK Hornets fly-half Jamie Elswood has been ruled out for several weeks after a nasty leg injury became infected....
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoUniversity rugby should be part of RFU pathway
Coach to Coach Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to John Barnes, below, director of rugby at...
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