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English Championship
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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National Leagues
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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James Harrington
/ 5 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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National Leagues
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 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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Chris Hewett
/ 5 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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National Leagues
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 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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Chris Hewett
/ 5 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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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLate Stour scores so crucial in big battle
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..... 20 Stourbridge .... 30 ANOTHER thriller at the Avenue was edged by the visitors with two...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoThe old guard will be on bus to France for 2023
JEFF PROBYN HOW old is too old to play interational rugby – and who should be the judge? That’s a question...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 years agoQuins out to prove title run was no fluke
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop SECOND in the table meets third at The Stoop...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNonu’s coming to America, better tell San Diego!
PETER JACKSON MA’A NONU’S tendency to make Vasco da Gama look a trifle seasick by comparison still knows no bounds. As...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoCaldy find long trip to their liking
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth................... 7 Caldy.........................26 CALDY made light of a 300-mile coach journey on the morning of the match, securing...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIsiekwe chasing his dream of England recall
Progress: Nick Isiekwe NICK Isiekwe has not played for England since the summer of 2018 when he was substituted 35 minutes...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoDylan proves a Flashman as gritty Park end Cinderford run
By MYLES MCDEVITT Rosslyn Park....38pts Tries: Ellis 8,68, Flashman 24, Lovell 36, Spencer 47, Piper 74 Conversions: Holland 8, 36, 47,...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoIslanders winning run grinds to a halt
By ROB BATISTE Guernsey.......... 21 Redruth.............27 REDRUTH ended Guernsey Raiders’ run of seven straight wins, with a tight 27-21 victory at...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSpittle’s last minute winner gets Knights out of jail
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............18pts Tries: Wallis, Beckett 33, Harding 36 Penalties: Bennett 5 Doncaster ........20pts Tries: Peters 62, Best 76,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFord is the maestro again in Tigers romp
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..26pts Tries: Skosan 40, 76; Mitchell 47, Waller 56 Conversions: Grayson 47, 56, 76 Leicester ..........55pts Tries:...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoMagic Johnson makes difference as Rams home rule goes
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams......................... 21 Sale FC.....................32 RAMS lost their unbeaten home record as Sale produced an efficient all-round performance to...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBury shrug off their false start
By ANDY HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..40 Hinckley..................25 IN the first-ever league meeting of these two sides, Bury overcame a slow start...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoDebutant Holly fills Scarratt void in midfield
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v New Zealand Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Sandy Park, Exeter HOLLY Aitchison has big boots to fill...
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English Championship
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThree go in the bin yet Bears roar on
By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....33pts Tries: Stokes 21, Willemse 39, Rogerson 41, Hepetema 69, Rowe 78 Conversions: Jackson 39, 42,...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHawks swoop with late show
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Canterbury.............. 10 Henley Hawks....... 19 HENLEY Hawks scored three second-half tries to see off the determined challenge of...
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English Championship
/ 5 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 2E
/ 5 years agoDowding decides thriller for Raiders
By PATRI MARKS Worthing.......... 34 Barnes...............32 WHAT an incredible game of rugby! Nine tries, bonus points and last-minute drama. Ken Dowding’s...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling show gulf in class between top and bottom
By TOM SANSOM Ealing T...............101pts Tries: Walker 9, 71; Campher 27, 40+3, 43; Penalty 35, Gordon 37, Smid 39, Burns 50,...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoEsher on the march with win number 3
By RICHARD SPILLER Esher...................32pts Clifton................. 12pts Pressure tells: Esher go further ahead as Theologos Skoumbourdis gets the ball down for a...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBlues take advantage of Hartpury indiscipline
By ANDREW BEAVCHAM Hartpury ................19pts Tries: R Smith 25, Crane 28, 43 Conversions: Williams 26, 44 Bedford..............42pts Tries: Uru 22, Marshall...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSkipper Holcombe leads from the front
By JOHN WHITE Dings.........................48 Barnstaple..............24 DINGS returned to winning ways with a try bonus-point victory over Barnstaple at Shaftesbury Park. The...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoPlucky Hundred pipped by Lions
By PETER REED Rochford H.............. 19 Leicester Lions..... 20 STILL smarting from their loss away to Barnstaple, Rochford Hundred hit the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNeath GS was hard as nails rugby melting pot
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE was a time when the blue and gold of Neath...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoWestcliff go west in OA thrahsing
By NICK CROWE Westcliff....................0 Old Albanian...........89 WESTCLIFF’S challenging season got no better as they were comprehensively beaten at The Gables by...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoFull-back deserves to be a specialist position
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE image of a fullback that sticks in the memory during my early years...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPerfect match for Eddie to unleash his new generation
NICK CAIN SAYS ENGLAND MUST BLOOD THEIR NEW BOYS AGAINST TONGA IF England were playing Tonga’s top team of players at...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby must act to battle the lure of the yen
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE devaluation of the international game was emphasised this week after it was...
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Shane Williams
/ 5 years agoWales threw away 20 points – that’s criminal
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Big doubt for the Boks: Alun Wyn Jones walks off injured PICTURE: Getty Images Rhys...












