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National League One
/ 8 years agoAlbion stop the rot with nervy win
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ….14 Sale FC ……………7 PLYMOUTH Albion halted a run of five successive defeats with a hard-earned...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDo-or-die in Dublin for Bath after horror pass
By NICK CAIN Strong carry: Sam Underhill breaks away from Leinster’s Garry Ringrose Interception: Jordan Larmour on his way to scoring...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHamilton strikes to win it for hosts
■By JAMES STEVENS Hinckley…26 Leic Lions…19 A SEVEN-TRY thriller in Leicestershire saw Hinckley complete a stirring fightback with a try 12...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Donnell’s double stretches Hull’s lead
Northern Premier HULL increased their lead at the top of the table following a dominant 49-7 bonus-point victory at home to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCrucial victory for climbing Esher
■By BRADLEY WEST Esher …………….17 L’Boro Studs …14 JACK Walsh pulled the strings as Esher secured a crucial victory over Loughborough...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSmith trio wins the day but forwards pave way
■By DAVE MOORE Glos-Pury…53 Bristol Bears …7 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury avenged September’s defeat to Bristol Bears Women at Ashton Gate with a comprehensive...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe got lucky admits Cullen
BATH rugby director Todd Blackadder said that his side had made gains despite a home defeat by the European champions which...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStour come up short once more
■By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…32 Preston G …38 STOURBRIDGE continued their slide down the table with an eighth defeat of the season....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStewart treble turns Bournemouth around
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH responded from their defeat last weekend with an emphatic 63-0 home victory over Newton Abbot to leave...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHeath off top but Tarrant kicks Chinnor into touch
■By GRAHAM COX On the rampage: Blackheath’s Tom Straddwick PICTURES: Helen Watson FORTHE second week running Blackheath will be grateful to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSharks become bait as Saracens power on
■By LAURA EDDIE Saracens …59 DMP Sharks …0 SARACENSWomen maintained their imperious form with a nine-try demolition of Darlington Mowden Park...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHughes limps off as Wasps fluff their lines again
By GARY FITZGERALD False dawn: Wasps players celebrate as Will Rowlands scores PICTURES: Getty Images Gone: Toulouse’s Sofiane Guitoune avoids Wasps’...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStudents beat the weather to go second
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Met took advantage of the postponements in the WRU National Championship to climb up...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTonks set to lead the Irish charge
Preview London Irish v Hartpury Today, Kick-off 3pm. Madejski St IT’S A battle of top versus bottom in Pool 3 of...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBrown at the double as five-star OE’s roll on at the top
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ….12 Old Elthams’ ……32 THIS match went the way of the form book, with Old Elthamians gaining...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoLife of Riley as Quins leapfrog the Lightning
■By GEMMA FISK Harlequins…43pts Loughborough…7pts Lethal weapon: Leanne Riley scored for Quins after only four minutes HARLEQUINS moved above opponents Loughborough...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago’Players have to ignore rumours’
KIERAN Brookes denied the constant speculation surrounding potential moves for Wasps’ stars was to blame for their poor form this season....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEdwards try helps Penallta stay in the hunt
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Div One/ Plate & Bowl round-up WRU National Plate champions Brynmawrmarched into the fourth round of the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years ago‘Error-free’ Ealing end Islanders’ winning run
■By TOM INNES SUPERB control of the game in the face of atrocious conditions saw Ealing claim an away win to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoGritty Caldy edge mid-table tussle
■By JOHN MALLON Caldy …………….14 DMP …………………8 CALDY emerged victorious from their match against Darlington Mowden Park in a game where...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoInternational boost for struggling Worcester
■By PHIL BENDON PREVIEW Richmond v Worcester Valkyries Today. Kick-off 2pm WORCESTER Valkyries have been boosted by the signing of Wales...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPower of Knox halts Knights’ pack-men
■By PAUL SMITH Threat: Rory Pitman on the charge for Knights Flying machine: Jona Bulumakau dives over Pete White to score...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoBen Moon intent on casting shadow over Mako and Genge
'I enjoyed the entire experience during the autumn'
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoDe Kock column: Northern hemisphere’s no.9s are getting better and better
Neil de Kock analyses the Lions options at scrum-half
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints
A deal running until 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoArmed robbery victim Naka Drotske has been ‘through hell and back’, family say
Former Cheetahs head coach Naka Drotske has successfully undergone surgery to reconstruct his elbow, his family has said. The veteran Springboks...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWorcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence
"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs
News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoPack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels
England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWarren Gatland on England’s radar, as RFU plan talks
Does the head coach job at Twickenham await Gatland?
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Curse of knee injuries blindsides Wales
No.6s in short supply to Gatland ahead of Six Nations
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Joe Cokanasiga has all the attributes to be an England great
The Bath winger has made a fast start to life on the international stage
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRansom: I didn’t get enough love at London Irish
The former Exile and Saracens full-back will play in the Varsity match this week for Oxford
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeigh Halfpenny to remain sidelined for Scarlets
Unavailable for the region's Champions Cup match against Ulster
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoAldcroft and Smith run riot as Sharks struggle
By DUNCAN WOOD Glos-Pury…64 DMP Sharks …0 Hat-trick: Zoe Aldcroft GLOUCESTER-Hartpury got back to winning ways in the Premier 15s with...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThat was tough admits Heaney
WORCESTER scrum-half Michael Heaney, who made his first start in the Premiership in the absence of knee injury absentee, Francois Hougaard,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoIce-cold Greg denies Dale at the last
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …20 Wharfedale …17 GREG Smith kicked a lastminute penalty to give Fylde an arm wrestle of a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeague leaders defeated as Frewen delivers at the death
By GEOFF CHAMPION Merthyr …28 Newport …30 FOR the second time in two seasons Craig Warlow’s Black & Amber army marched...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoA Dunne deal as Titans move up to fifth
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…20 Cinderford …3 CENTRE Harry Dunne claimed two tries as Rotherham Titans ground out a seventh win in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSale flank Ostrikov to join Grenoble
RUGBY SHORTS RUSSIAN international Andrei Ostrikov will leave Sale next season to join Grenoble in the T14 on a two-year deal....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHarlequins announce themselves as genuine contenders
By NEALE HARVEY Finishing skills: Nathan Earle scores his second try for Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Last word: Ian Whitten runs...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeicester pile more misery on limp Lions
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L …35pts Peterborough L 17pts IT requires guts and determination to succeed in winter and Leicester Lions...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDebutant stars for Keys as they end winless run
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys …26 Llandovery …18 CROSS Keys shocked Llandovery at Pandy Park to record their first victory in...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDockery in again for five-star OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s 34 Caldy …7 OLD Elthamians produced one of their best performances of the season so far...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoHamstrung Nowell to be fit for Six Nations
EXETER Chiefs and England wing Jack Nowell has been ruled out for eight weeks with a hamstring injury. The 25-year-old suffered...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGustard hails his England outcasts
ENGLAND’S loss is Harlequins’ gain as far as full-back Mike Brown is concerned. “He was exceptional,” said Quins supremo Paul Gustard....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoClassy Collins dazzles as Sedgley soar
By MARK COOPER Sedgley P …43 S Leicester.24 SOUTH Leicester were on the receiving end of a firsthalf blitz as Sedgley...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSteelmen remain calm to keep pressure on the top sides
By IAN GOLDEN Bargoed …21 Ebbw Vale…35 EBBW Vale stayed patient to pick up the full five points at Bargoed and...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBlackheath hold nerve to top pile
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St…15 Blackheath …16 BLACKHEATH grabbed their tenth win of the season but only just, as lowly Bishop’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSexton crowned player of the year
IRELANDswept the board at the World Rugby awards in Monaco. Fly-half Johnny Sexton, 33, won the player of the year award,...












