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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoJones had no right to take England to finals
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK It is predictable hearing England players who were virtually given selection sinecures by...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoClubs still in limbo as RFU fail to plan ahead
Wasps are in the Championship next season following the RFU board’s approval of their structure under new owner Chris Holland, and...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoStormers keep Irish on the back foot
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stormers............................ 34pts Tries: Englebrecht 8 Dayimini 41, Zas 45, Pokomeal 80+1 Conversions: Libbok 9, 42, 46, 80+2 Penalties:...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoCaptain Rogerson: We’re disappointed to come up short
London Irish captain Matt Rogerson is taking the positives from their defeat to the Stormers. “There’s a lot of good stuff...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to look at a new route to Europe
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ONE Sunday afternoon in Watford 20 years ago, Saracens hosted a match designed...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoLaporte does not forgive – or forget
Peter Jackson Once upon a time, during the early stages of his seven-year reign as France head coach, Bernard Laporte strode...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFamous win puts an end to Ospreys Euro drought
By SAM JACKSON Montpellier..... 10pts Tries: Paenga-Amosa 55 Conversions: Carbonel 56 Penalties: Carbonel 4 Ospreys............. 21pts Tries: Parry 20, K Williams...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWeakened Gloucester hammered by Leinster
By GARY FITZGERALD Leinster................57pts Tries: Lowe 12, 54; van der Flier 17, Kelleher 25, 40; Ryan 36, McGrath 46, Larmour 75,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoEdinburgh front up to keep their hopes alive
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh.......... 31pts Tries: Mata 19, Pen try 36, Savala 47, Vellacott 65 Conversions: Boffelli 19, 48, 66 Penalties:...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBosch keeps Sharks on track
By BEN JAYCOCK Bordeaux......... 16 Sharks.............. 19 Curwin Bosch scored 14 points as the Sharks dug deep to see off Bordeaux...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoAu revoir! French not captivated by Europe
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST ENGLAND’S elite clubs barely saw the French for dust in the early years of the European Challenge...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoCowards who hide on the internet
CHRIS HEWETT It would be inaccurate to say that the Pau coach Sebastien Piqueronies’ manhandling of the Scottish referee Sam Grove-White...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoBig names will help the game develop in Japan
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE season kicked off in Japan yesterday and I was delighted to see my old...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoThe gobby Australian who still had more to give
Paul Rees says the RFU should have stuck with Eddie Jones, just like the FA kept fait with Gareth Southgate England...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoDragons denied at the death by TMO call
By ROB COLE Dragons ............. 21pts Tries: Roberts 28, 62 Conversions: Hanrahan 63 Penalties: Davies 3, 15, 17 Pau ......................27pts Tries:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoGlasgow find it tough going to take down Perpignan
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow...........26pts Tries: McLean 18, Jones 24, Pen try 66, Cancelliere 78 Conversions: Weir 19, 25 Perpignan........ 18pts Tries:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoParisse has too much class as Toulon give Bath lesson
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Toulon .................29pts Tries: Wainiqolo 14, Rabut 23, Deavaux 37 Cordin 54 Conversions: Biggar 15, 24, 38 Penalties: Biggar...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoFirst-half blitz puts Scarlets on right course
By DAVID ROBERTS Cheetahs ..........26pts Tries: Hartzenberg 3, Fortuin 63, Kapepula 68, Oliver 73 Conversions: Pienaar 3, 68, 73 Scarlets ..............
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoDouble injury blow spoils Connacht’s awayday win
By JOHN FALLON Brive ................. 24pts Tries: Fabien 65, 75, Raffy 61 Conversions: Laranjeira 61, 66, 75 Penalties: Sanchez 9 Connacht...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoAdams shows he’s the man for Gatland
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle........... 10pts Tries: Stuart 44 Conversions: J Thomas 45 Penalties: J Thomas 30 Cardiff................. 47pts Tries: Adams 8,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoBreakdown will be key against Zebre, says MacGinty
Focus: AJ MacGinty FLY-HALF AJ Mac-Ginty, who will be up against former Bear Tiff Eden at Ashton Gate when Bristol take...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoHow baseball kept Bish on right track
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ken Poole, the head of economic development for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoMystery surrounds Robinson departure
BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was a week of departures for Romania, one unexpected but the other less so. First the shock resignation...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPirates trying to turn the tide
Preview C Pirates v Doncaster Today. 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates coach Gavin Cattle sees today’s game as a fantastic opportunity to make...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHalf-back heroes seal deal for hosts
By PAUL SMITH Coventry............................ 48pts Tries: Martin (4, 11), Pellegrini (20), Talbot-Davies (25), Brown (31), Peters (43), Poole (49) Conversions: Pellegrini...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRed-hot Jersey make most of big freeze
By TOM INNES Jersey Reds.... 45pts Tries: Clarke (5, 14), Lewis (27), Longwell (40), Grey (49), Cook (55), Brown (66) Conversions:...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSale sink Tykes with second-half showing
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes .... 15pts Tries: Jukes (6), Turagabeci (20) Conversions: Maxwell-Whiteley (9) Penalties: Maxwell-Whiteley (6) Drop goals: None...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoGordon gives Park the Matt finish
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park .........48 Esher ........................32 Rosslyn Park ended the calendar year with an impressive bonus-point win. Park opened...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoToa to the fore to secure derby win
By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A .....26 Taunton T ........14 Plymouth Albion took the honours in a hard-fought contest to secure the...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoMet hit back to snatch a derby victory
By ELISE HAMERSLEY Cardiff Met finished 2022 in the top four and put an end to their losing streak after beating...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoDerby win ends Avery Fields jinx
By BILLY PAGE Bournville...............22 Newport (S)............ 12 Bournville leapfrogged opponents Newport in the table after running out winners in a local...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoGreen and Gold’s home from home
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes......................26 Guernsey................. 14 With Barn Elms frozen solid, Barnes RFC still made themselves at home as they played...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoIt’s three shades of Gray as Caley scores hat-trick
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................. 16 Rochford H..............22 A hard-fought local derby in freezing conditions in front of a vocal crowd saw...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoKildunne runs in a treble for students’ recovery
By LUKE MARSH Loughborough... 34pts Tries: Kildunne, 1, 14, 68, Naylor, 28, Hoyt, 41, Jennings 54 Conversions: Smith, 15, 28 Stourbridge..........
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional 1 South Central/South West round-up: Four-star Turton leads romp for Maidenhead
By MO SHER Scintillating Maidenhead thrashed struggling Banbury 82-15, scoring 12 tries. Winger Alex Turton went over in the opening minute...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional 1 South East round-up: Rokomoce at double as loss to rivals is avenged
By BEN GODDARD Colchester avenged their defeat by local rivals Sudbury earlier in the season by securing a bonus point 28-22...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional 1 North East/North West round-up: Billingham beat freeze to stretch lead at the top
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Another decimated set of league fixtures saw only three out of the 12 scheduled games taking place across...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoMillfield squeeze through to take Shield
By ELISE HAMERSLEY Millfield lifted the World Schools Festival Shield after seeing off Cardiff and Vale 15-11 in the final. The...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe need a massive rethink, says Morgan
By LUKE JARMYN On the up: Jersey Reds in action One of the Championship club’s leading negotiators has highlighted the need...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoMather delight at Ealing selected for Premier 15s
By BEN JAYCOCK The RFU have confirmed eight teams have been successful in their application to join the 10-team Premier 15s...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWinning a World Cup gives you real fame
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With Eddie gone it is now time to expect the old ideas...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoJapanese League One round-up: Champions fight for opening win
By BEN JAYCOCK Champions Saitama Wild Knights kicked off their title defence with a gritty 22-19 comeback win over Brave Lupus...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoDorking reaping reward of joined-up thinking
By BEN JAYCOCK Dorking chairman Shaun Hammond believes the club have learnt valuable lessons from the last time they were in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoMcKenzie on top form and enjoying life at Harlequins
By BEN JAYCOCK Star signing: Arabella McKenzie in action for Australia at the World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images Australia fly-half Arabella...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHarris: No limit to how far Reds can go
By BEN JAYCOCK Antonio TJ Harris believes his unbeaten Jersey Reds side have no limit on how far they can go...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years ago12-try statement win for league leaders Cardiff
By HARRY CORISH Cardiff......................82 Carmarthen...............0 Cardiff got back to winning ways by running riot at the Arms Park, scoring 12 tries...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWelsh leagues round-up: Patterson shoots try double for Archers
By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met versus Cross Keys was the only Championship game to survive this weekend’s temperatures as the Archers...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoConviction that spells the end for Laporte
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Bernard Laporte’s future as president of French rugby’s governing body has to be untenable after he was...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoGloucester look to maintain fast start
Gloucester-H v DMP Sharks KO 2pm By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW PREMIER 15s pacesetters Gloucester-Hartpury have been boosted by the returns of...
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