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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCrisis? What crisis? England are still so strong
IRELAND coach Conor O’Shea raised a cheer from minnows everywhere this week when, without pausing for breath, he reeled off an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLang pulls strings to put Quins in box seat
By JONATHAN LANDI HARLEQUINS maintained their charge for a home semi-final with an easy victory over a young but outgunned Scarlets...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoRuthless Ampthill power to victory.
By ALLAN FOSTER Pritchard converting. And one became two midway through the opening half when Joe Bercis drove over from close...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCourtney has big appetite for success – Jones
EDDIE Jones is banking on Courtney Lawes to put the stranglehold on Italy. The England head coach heaped praise on his...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStrange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill
Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMuldoon is deserving of a glorious Euro farewell
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS One-club hero: John Muldoon IT’S hard to...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMorahan calls for mental resilience
BRISTOL face a potential banana skin today and winger Luke Morahan knows improving their defence is key. Bristol’s record of 37...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBuckle: Carnegie still have Ealing in sights
NEWS EXTRA JOE BUCKLE believes Yorkshire Carnegie’s high standing in the Championship is testament to the strength of character within the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoScots must go Full Monty to strip Wales down in Cardiff
Brendan Gallgher looks back on the Six Nations matches between Wales-Scotland in Cardiff SCOTLAND will sweep into Cardiff later this week...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRhys has become the victim of politics
Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBarclay, the enemy within for Wales, joins a select quartet
IT’S not every day that the Scottish captain skippers his country against Wales at Cardiff while enjoying a spell playing for...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoStoppage time stunner earns Titans maiden league victory
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMsensationally won their first league match of the season after 13 consecutive defeats which have sent the Clifton...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoIf the scrums are competitive you will see a great game predicts Gatland
Smart: Warren Gatland AS you would expect, Wales coach Warren Gatland is among those who have clocked that Wales enjoy the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBurton knew how to pick a winner when he took Liz to Cardiff
FROM his vantage point somewhere in Milan, Marvin Hagler will be keeping a beady eye on Ireland’s fortune over the coming...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVillage hit for six as impressive Bargoed power into quarter-finals
By GEOFF CHAMPION Bargoed ……….40 Rhydyfelin………0 FLY-HALF Matthew Lewis steered Bargoed into the last eight of the WRU National Cup with...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTrailfinders miss bonus after naïve first half
By LUKE JARMYN Boot: Alex Walker clears for London Scottish STOIC Scottish defence kept them in touch of second-placed Ealing until...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoNever a dull moment – six of the most memorable Wales v Scotland encounters in Cardiff
Game-changer: Stuart Hogg is yellow carded then sent off by referee Jerome Garces in 2014 1923: Wales 8 Scotland 11 Known...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCan Wales half-backs hit it off like Gareth and Barry?
AN UNCANNY piece of Celtic history will be repeated in Cardiff next Saturday after exactly 50 years. When Wales and Scotland...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJarvis stars for Merthyr as they claim win at Arms Park
By PETER HUGHES Cardiff …………12 Merthyr ……….37 LAST season’s beaten semi-finalists Merthyr are through to the Cup quarterfinals once again after...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLate acrobatics from Hardy rescues win for Reds
By TOM INNES JERSEY’S Kieran Hardy followed his own chargedown to score the winning try at the death to overcome a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoJones: Injuries or not, failure not an option
Wales Experienced head: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURES: Getty Images ALUN Wyn Jones believes the experience of head coach Warren Gatland can...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agowait for a win
On target: Sale’s Chris Johnson kicks more points PICTURES: Steve Wells Menace: Hinckley’s Jonny Sykes threatens the line The theme continued...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClinical Keys ease through to last eight after downing Bedlinog
By PAUL HOPKINS Cross Keys ….41 Bedlinog ……….7 CROSS KEYS booked their place in the Cup quarterfinals with a comfortable victory...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights look to hit Notts for six
DONCAST go in search of a sixth successive league win over Nottingham after coming from behind to beat the Green and...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoWatson well aware that away form will determine Scots’ fate
GARY HEATLY talks to openside Hamish Watson about the challenges ahead Scotland Scalp hunter: Hamish Watson Hamish Watson knows that for...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRiley runs riot as Park keep pace
By LUKE MADEIRA Macclesfield…18 Sedgley P………28 SEDGLEY Park closed the gap on the top two after a hard-fought victory over Macclesfield....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDrovers drive past Llanelli to sail through to last eight
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery ….38 Llanelli ……………9 FOURTEEN-time former winners Llanelli were unceremoniously dumped out of the Cup by local...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBuckle braced for another big scrap
YORKSHIRE Carnegie were shocked by the newlypromoted pack when the two sides met earlier in the season and hooker Joe Buckle...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSuperb Street turn on the style at Geese
By BEN CARTER LI Wild Geese …0 Broadstreet….34 BOTTOM-PLACED Broadstreet produced a wet-weather masterclass as they cruised to superb a five-try...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoVictory for Lions despite Otley’s efforts
By NICK DOYLE LEICESTER Lions roared back to winning ways with a first-half performance that was sufficient to see off Otley....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMemo to Warren: Let Scarlets lead way
In superb form: Rhys Patchell should play at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images IN February 2008 I was part of a Wales...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBlaydon battered by brilliant Bridge
By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….89 Blaydon ……….17 SUPREME Stourbridge put relegation-threatened Blaydon to sword as they ran riot by racing over for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSarries young guns carry too much fire for Dragons
By GARY FITZGERALD ACADEMY coach Adam Powell praised his young guns for damping down the Dragons fire and keeping alive Sarries’Anglo...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJones on song as magnificent Pooler dump Quins out of the Cup
By JAY BAYFORD Pontypool ……23 C’marthen Q ….8 NATIONAL Championship leaders Pontypool shocked Carmarthen Quins to progress to the Cup quarter-finals...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLay boosts Bristol front row stocks
NEWS EXTRA SAMOA prop James Lay has joined Bristol on a short-term loan to cover Pat Lam’s injury-hit front row resources....
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks soar after late penalty try
By NICK PITSON A PENALTY try two minutes from the end gave Henley Hawks a bonuspoint win against a committed and...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers mauled as Tynedale run riot
By BRIAN TILLEY SHEFFIELD Tigers were blown away at a windswept Tynedale, where the rampant hosts ran in 11 tries. The...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBrunel must turn French Cup aces into champs
NICK CAIN says don’t write off France - just look at their club teams in Europe France Options at No.10: Anthony...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGood luck to that Saints’ £10m team says Diamond!
By COLIN NEWBOUL3 Final word: Nafi Tuitavake scores for Saints in the 80th minute PICTURE: Getty Images WITH two minutes remaining,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChief Warlow expecting tough last 16 test from Wizards
By CARL FIELD PREVIEW Newport v Aberavon Sunday January 28. Kick-off 2.30pm NEWPORT tackle Aberavon at Rodney Parade this afternoon with...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDavis double act stuns the Raiders
By KEITH BROOKING Worthing ………19 Taunton ……….25 PAUL Davis scored two tries as Taunton Titans produced a superb second-half comeback to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBattling Dale hold out for key victory
By ED WILLIAMS3 A DEFENSIVEbattle was just edged by Wharfedale as they secured a narrow victory over Chester. The visitors set...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoO’Shea: We’ll have a go, not die wondering
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to the Italian camp and finds reasons for optimism this season Italy Masked marvel: Ian McKinley PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester big guns blast seven past Ospreys
By TOM BRADSHAW GLOUCESTER Academy boss Richard Whiffin says competition for places is rife at Kingsholm ahead of the resumption of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanharan hit for six as Holley racks up 27-points
Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers went top of One East Central with a five-star 33-13 bonus-point home victory over Porth...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStortford picked off after strong opening
By JOHN ALLANSON STORTFORD’S strong start was undone by a couple of missed tackles and Coventry went on to a comfortable...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoNo joy for Dons on their travels to Kent
By JOSHUA JOHNSON CANTERBURY secured their 11th win of the season with a hard-fought victory against Wimbledon. In a low-quality affair,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRuthless display as Field too good for Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS HUDDERSFIELD outscored Luctonians by six tries to three in difficult conditions at Mortimer Park. Lucs, who were mourning...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoConor is getting it right now says Masi
ITALY’S improved mental strength and fitness under head coach Conor O’Shea will ensure they can go toe-to-toe for 80 minutes against...















