English Championship
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoFears ‘it will take years’ to sort sport out
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury University’s senior coaches believe it will take several years before English Rugby’s landscape across the Premiership and...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBazalgette steals it with the final kick of the game
■By NATHAN EDWARDS Hartpury Uni ....33pts Tries: Gray 13, Benz-Solomon 46, Smith 51, Crane 62, 79 Conversions: Bazalgette 14, 47, 52,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCov hold together to despatch Cambridge
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: Brownlie 51, Caven 60, Collins 70 Conversions: Benson 52, 61 Coventry ...........33pts Tries: Hutler...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDominant Caldy get in gear to enjoy life on the road
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............................. 21pts Tries: Moore-Aiono 3, Elliot 36, Pearce-Paul 76 Conversions: Parks 4, 37, 77 Caldy....................................26pts Tries: Aigbokhae...
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/ 2 years agoBedford blow away Nottingham to move into top four
■By PAUL ROBINSON Bedford B ......... 49pts Tries: Fish 12, Pollock 16, 40; French 31, 43; Maisey 36, Grimoldby 74 Nottingham........
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates game abandoned after serious Grubb injury
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Cornish Pirates’ game at Ealing was abandoned on Sunday following an injury to Pirates forward Ben Grubb. Back...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoChampionship is a class competition – Hammond
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite the lack of jeopardy at both ends of the Championship, Nottingham head coach Craig Hammond relishes battling...
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/ 2 years agoWilliams: I’d back call to get rid of Sweeney
By LUKE JARMYN The Championship’s joint top try scorer David Williams has called for Sport England or another organisation to get...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRocketing ticket prices proving tough on fans
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock surveys the top two divisions to find out which clubs charge the most - and where you...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoIs promotion to Championship far too big a gamble to take?
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath have aspirations to go as far as they can in the rugby pyramid, but head coach James...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBoden backing for minimum standards
By BEN JAYCOCK Doncaster Knights head coach Steve Boden believes it’s important Championship clubs meet the Premiership’s minimum standards criteria for...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates rule out move for new Truro stadium
By SAM JACKSON Cornish Pirates have sold Truro City FC to the Canadian sports consortium that owns Cornwall Rugby League FC,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoGray inspires Hartpury to leave Cov at starting gate
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ...........29pts Tries: Tries: Kvesic 9, Chilvers 19, Rigg 55, Wand 80 Conversions: Mitchell 9, 55, 80 Pens:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDelight for Scottish as they grab first win of season
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON London Scots ................... 19pts Tries: Ingall 2, Marshall 40, Musk 80 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 40, 80 E Trailfinders ......................
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWinless Cambridge push scrappy Nottingham all the way
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......22pts Tries: Woodward 9, Ramage 13, Owen 29, Dickinson 46 Conversions: Hollingsworth 13 Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: Caven...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster hoping to make most of long trip
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish v Doncaster Pirates Today. Kick-off 2.30pm Mennaye Field DONCASTER Knights embark on one of the longest...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2
By BEN JAYCOCK Lawrence Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCoventry show right style to pull in crowds
By BEN JAYCOCK Rugby attendances are mostly on the decline in the top two divisions in England, but Coventry’s scintillating style...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSam steps up to make sure for Nottingham
■By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury Uni .... 20pts Tries: Hayler 13, Smith 19 Conversions: Bazalgette 14, 20 Penalties: Bazalgette 40, 56 Nottingham......32pts...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHat-trick man Nelson puts Pirates on the right course
■By BEN WHITE Ampthill ........... 24pts Tries: Adejemi 6, Strong 18, Bracken 55 Conversions: Parks 7, 19, 56 Tries: Nowell 11,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHardwick power has Ealing storming past Coventry
■By PAUL SMITH Ealing Trailfinders......... 31pts Tries: Collins 19, Goodrick-Clark 44, Bird-Tulloch 51, Hardwick 73 Conversions: Willis 19, 44, 51, 73...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoScottish go so close but Digby snatches it for Doncaster
■By GUY Doncaster K .....29pts Tries: Conversions: Morris 21, Simpson 60, 72, Digby 79 Olver 21, 60, Bennett 79 Penalties: Olver...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlues hit 50 again as they overwhelm Cambridge
■By IAN ROBSON Bedford Blues .59pts Bedford Blues .59pts Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: French 9, 67, 79; King 28, Le Bourgeois...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSweeney’s PGP plan facing big obstacles
By NICK CAIN The Championship’s unanimous rejection of the RFU’s plans to turn it into a ‘Premiership 2’ franchise league is...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWelfare of rugby in England is at stake
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The Championship clubs are standing up to be counted by sticking an iron...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge set to make up for tough opening
By BEN JAYCOCK Cambridge have had a difficult start to their first season in the Championship and but director of rugby...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWilliams shines but Ealing take the spoils
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......26pts Tries: Williams 18, 39, 58, 80 Conversions: Bunting 18, 39, Hollingsworth 58 E Trailfinders ..38pts Tries: Willemse...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHartpury’s early has Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ..................... 22pts Tries: Ellwood 32, Veness 41, Caven 62, 70 Conversion: Benson 33 Hartpury University.... 40pts Conversion:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRigg and Wilson combine to lead Cov in eight-try romp
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 51pts Tries: Rigg 2, 42; Wand 11, Tyas 23, Martin 53, Wilson 60, Hutler 66, Titherington...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoFive-star Ampthill claim first away win
By BEN CONEYBEARE L Scottish ......... 10pts Tries: Trenholm 10, Talbot-Davies 27 Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Jackson-Richards 3, 53; Eliot 34, Pifeleti...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNo problem for Houston as Pirates take control
By MIKE Cornish P ......... 49pts Tries: Bokenham 3, McNab 6, Penalty 18, Schwarz 22, Evans 47, 65; Houston 61 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAnderson aims to be a starter
By LUKE JARMYN Harlequins full-back Cameron Anderson believes doing the hard yards in London Scottish’s survival fight last season will help...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoLack of jeopardy is costing us, says Davies
By BEN JAYCOCK Caldy director of rugby Gareth Davies says the sting has been taken from this season’s Championship due to...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHat-trick for Adamson as Blues find rhythm
■By LUKE JARMYN Bedford .............53pts Tries: Day 21, French 31, Adamson 34, 56, 69; Onojaife 43, Conway 60, 79 Conversions: Grimoldby...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRedpath: We could support top two tiers
By NICK POWELL London Scottish director of rugby Bryan Redpath believes that with a fairer funding model across the top two...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWhite working hard to put Doncaster on the map
By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster Knights took an encouraging first step towards new MD Emma White’s goal of making them the talk...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoDoubles all round as Ealing keep up pressure
By WILLIAM THURTLE Ealing T ............ 64pts Tries: Davidson 4, Smid 14, Montgomery 18, 79, Hardwick 25, 77, Cornish 32, Uzokwe...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKnights recover from slow start to serve up a treble
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights .. 30pts Tries: Edwards 23, Wilson 40, Tait 48, Olver 53 Conversions: Olver 40, 53 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy’s pack make the most of poor weather to tame Scots
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................29pts Tries: Booth 10, Gallagher 20, Wilkinson 57, Hearn 70 Conversions: Rogers 11, 21 Barker 71 Penalties:...
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/ 3 years agoAmpthill take control to keep Cov at arm’s length
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ........... 34pts Tries: Hartley 31, Elliott 38, Michelow 67, Adejemi 78 Conversions: Parks 32, 39: Vunipola 68,...
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/ 3 years agoJoussain on a mission to speak out at Nottingham
By BEN JAYCOCK Frenchman Come Joussain is relishing the environment at Nottingham and the ethos of encouraging every player to speak...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCampbell training with Fury
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Glasgow Warriors and Jersey Reds lock Nick Campbell, the current Scottish heavyweight boxing champion,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy aiming to be best of part-timers
By BEN JAYCOCK Having comfortably held their own as newcomers in the Championship last season, Caldy have set high aspirations of...
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English Championship
/ 3 years ago£2m on wages? That’s not us, says Cattle
By LUKE JARMYN Cornish Pirates’ Gavin Cattle has called it “dangerous” for the Championship after a government minister quoted unsubstantiated figures...
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/ 3 years agoCoventry show how it should be done…
Paul Smith takes a look at rugby values...and which club in particular is walking the walk while England talk the talk...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBattling Blues cling on to find a way to win
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P .......... 18pts Tries: Nelson 61, Dugmore 79 Conversions: Jenkins 61 Penalties: Jenkins 16, 67 Bedford B...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTwelvetrees shows his class to put Ealing on top
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury Uni ....26pts Tries: Short 32, Austin 61, 74 Conversions: Bazalgette 62 Penalties: Bazalgette 5, 21, 27 Ealing...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKvesic the star as Coventry take Caldy to the cleaners
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........................... 45pts Tries: Hutler 16, 75, Kvesic 40, Smith 43, 80, James 48, Ball 51 Conversions: Mitchell...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHat-trick man Dolly leads the charge to floor Cambridge
By STEVEJACKSON Cambridge .......14pts Tries Conversions Caven 47, Collins 80 Benson 48, 80 Doncaster K ..... 61pts Tries: Dolly 3, 21,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoNottingham fight back to snatch the honours
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......41pts Tries: Woodward 8, Graham 29, Bunting 37, Ramage 38, 70, Clayton 76, Joussain 80 Conversions: Bunting 29,...
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