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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoPlayers get a breather in season marathon
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The relief on the faces of those players playing Top 14 rugby in France this weekend when...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDon’t ignore Hayman
PETER JACKSON CARL Hayman’s distressing diagnosis of early-onset dementia, as revealed by New Zealand journalist Dylan Cleaver in his gripping interview...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury-ravaged Wasps must stop turnovers
Paul Rees talks to Wasps boss Lee Blackett about his gameplan for Quins PREVIEW… Wasps v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, CBS...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoUnited nations of Scotland
PETER JACKSON ALL BAR one of Scotland’s ten tries against Tonga came courtesy of players born far from Flodden Field –...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMatson brings the Wayne Smith tackle technique to Quins
By JON NEWCOMBE Working on defence: Tabai Matson FOR all their attacking credentials, defence remains a massive focus at Harlequins as...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExiles show their fighting spirit but fall just short
By TOM SANSOM L Scottish..........17pts Tries: Nutton 21, Tuilagi 57, Ferdinand 63 Conversions: Nutton 57 C Pirates............19pts Tries: Sirker 31, 67,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoI’d love to play for Samoa says Toomaga-Allen
JEFFERY Toomaga-Allen won a solitary cap for New Zealand nine years ago, coming on as a second-half replacement against Japan, but...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players CLAUDIA MACDONALD THIS WEEK... WASPS & ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Claudia MacDonald...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBlues find rhythm but Trailfinders steam on
By MIKE SMITH Bedford ..............14pts Tries: Adamson 47, Garside 76 Conversions: Maisey 48, 77 Ealing ................50pts Tries: Gordon 3, 35; Johston...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSlick Stuckey quick to impress for Ponty
Premiership Cup By JACK NAISBITT Pontypridd.............. 31 Ebbw Vale................. 3 PONTYPRIDD got back to winning ways after a convincing bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDons suffer a shock as Sutton show grit
London & South East Premier THE big shock of the afternoon was Sutton and Epsom’s 17-12 defeat of leaders Wimbledon, the...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRelief for Winter as young guns show their fire
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........35pts Tries: Stevenson 12, James 23, 46; Mitchell 52 Conversions: Mitchell 12, 23, 46 Penalties: Mitchell 4,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDion delight as the Gogs clean up
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC.............................23 Merthyr.................... 17 RGC 1404 came out on top against Merthyr in a thrilling clash in...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe Fishes back up their billing in routing of Boars
Midlands Premier NEWPORT (Salop) put themselves back in the title race after seeing off previous league leaders Bromsgrove 31-0. Jack Wells,...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoChester hold their nerve to beat Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians......... 7 Chester...............11 A COMPOSED Chester worked doggedly to secure the winning points against a young Lucs team,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoReds pack power hooker Harris over for hat-trick
By TOM INNES Jersey ..............32pts Tries: Harris 22, 39, 54; Barnes 41, Owen 70 Conversions: Leeming 41, 54 Penalties: Leeming 56...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRichards suffers off day as Cardiff slip up
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................25 Newport...................28 NEWPORT’S fine Premiership Cup form continued as they stayed top of the eastern conference...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoExeter University get top marks once more
South West Premier EXETER University continue to lead the way as they recorded a ninth straight bonus-point victory from nine –...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTigers left caged by the elements
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ................24 Sheffield Tigers.... 18 TYNEDALE did just enough to claim victory in this grueling game rearranged from...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights hit six after Holden’s fast start
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........37pts Tries: Holden 2, Spittle 10, Margetts 24, Best 45, Dolly 70, Evans 80 Conversions: Olver 24,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJones helps Drovers reach semis
Premiership Cup By HUW THOMAS Llandovery............. 16 Carmarthen Q............0 LLANDOVERY’S win over Carmarthen Quins virtually guarantees Euros Evans’ side a toptwo...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew eligibility rules will turn rugby into a circus
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MALAKAI Fekitoa could have played for Tonga against England yesterday, just four years...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoStourbridge teach students a lesson
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough.......22 Stourbridge............38 LOUGHBOROUGH hosted a rearranged fixture with Stourbridge. With the wind howling, both sides opted for a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHarvey does the trick as Bridgend stroll it
Premiership Cup By STEFFAN THOMAS Bridgend..................43 Llanelli..................... 16 A HAT-TRICK of tries from Bridgend hooker Gareth Harvey fired the Ravens to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSteadman story is inspiration to us all
NICK CAIN FLOYD Steadman’s story is one of the most uplifting and moving you will find in any sport, as those...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoDavies strikes late on as the Tykes get off bottom
By BEN CROPPER Leeds...................... 27 Tries: Jukes 11, Dixon 30, Valentine 39, Davies 79 Conversions: Davies 39 Blackheath........... 25 Tries: Foster...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAndrews casts his spell as Wizards stay top
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.......... 20 Aberavon.......... 30 ABERAVON cemented their place at the top of the Premiership Cup west...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTaunton’s mid-game blip almost proves costly
By MIKE AMOS Taunton...................22 Moseley................... 19 FROM the kick-off, Taunton went through 15 phases before Moseley got hands on the ball....
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoArms Park debut for Saracens prop Evans
Preview... Wales v Japan Today, Kick-off 5pm SARACENS hooker Kat Evans makes her international debut at Cardiff Arms Park as the...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoHenley lack any home comforts as they fall flat
By NICK PITSON Henley............... 21 Hinckley...........38 HENLEY received a wake-up call as they surprisingly lost to Hinckley. The visitors were good...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland hungry for Black Ferns double
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v New Zealand Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Franklin’s Gardens POPPY Cleall captains England for the first time...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoNew faces in Irish squad
IRELAND coach Adam Griggs has named six uncapped players in the squad for the Tests against USA and Japan. Leinster pair...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoConnon gives Chiefs another kick in teeth
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................14pts Tries: J Simmonds 40, Armand 50 Conversions: J Simmonds 40, 50 Newcastle ........15pts Tries: McGuigan 8,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoFlankers see world from other angles
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Donnell back for Scots
FOUR players could debut for Scotland women against Japan on November 14. Shona Campbell, Holly McIntyre, Meryl Smith and Anne Young...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury-free Ford heaps more pain on Bath
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........40pts Tries: Dolly 10, Scott 27, Ford 57, Cowan-Dickie 80 Conversions: Ford 10, 27, 57, 80 Penalties:...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEngland must be at their best to beat the Wallabies
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK AUSTRALIA has always had unbelievable potential as a Rugby Union nation, because the skill-set...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWhy send minnows cruising for a bruising?
CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWelsh union broke faith with fans over NZ game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Wales kicked off this autumn series of internationals last week with a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTeen star Prydie is looking for a new club
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Youngest ever: Tom Prydie playing for Wales v Italy in 2010 PICTURE: Getty...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPerfection will come eventually says Lam
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................27pts Tries: Fricker 36, 73; Whiteley 51, Jeffries 40 Conversions: Sheedy 40, 73 Worcester ..........5pts Tries: Heward...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPirates profit from Cov’s failure to execute
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates............40pts Tries: Duncan 3, O’Meara 38, Cant 43, Kessell 50, Schickerling 74, Tucker 77 Conversions: Robson 3,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMorgan hat-trick helps Otley go clear
Northern Premier OTLEY are clear at the top of the table following a 74-5 win at home to Kirkby Lonsdale. Elliot...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoAzema in for Collazo at Toulon – at a price!
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Two stories have gripped French rugby this week – the changing of the coach at Toulon, and...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoClarke try kills off Richmond fightback
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond ..........20pts Tries: Bright 46, Anyanwu 50, Kane 60 Conversions: Kane 61 Penalties: Kane 80 Jersey ................26pts Tries:...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoChinnor’s early blitz is too much for TJs
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge........ 15 Chinnor............. 34 CHINNOR proved too strong for a Tonbridge Juddians side who yet again allowed the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoTop two make it eight wins from eight
South West Premier IT’S been like men against boys for the two top teams in the South West Premier with eight...












