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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDallavalle delight as Lions roar back
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale 28 Leicester Lns 32 A SERIOUSLY depleted Lions side who could muster only three replacements just edged...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNowell’s spirit lights way for the Chiefs
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER coach Ali Hepher believes Jack Nowell’s selection for the Lions tour has given the England winger and...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBlack & Ambers downed to suffer a rare defeat
By SEBASTIAN CLAYTON Newport 9 Llanelli 26 NEWPORT lost for the first time since the Premiership split as Llanelli dented their...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMoseley’s Maggs gets perfect end
By DAVE LAWRENCE Moseley 57 Fylde 0 MOSELEY’S outgoing Director of Rugby Kevin Maggs watched his side storm to a nine-try...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoFightback enough as Sheffield shine
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Rossendale 31 Sheffield 32 IN A TENSE and always exciting encounter at Marl Pits, visitors Sheffield came back...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig guns back for Saints’ Euro bid
NORTHAMPTON boss Jim Mallinder is hoping to have big guns George North, Louis Piccamoles and Courtney Lawes fit for Saturday’s winner-takes-all...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowley’s leveller is crucial in fight for play-offs
By JAMES LLOYD Swansea 32 Neath 32 NEATH remain on course for a Tier Two play-off place after Ed Howley’s last-gasp...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury end their perfect season with 30th triumph
By GRAHAM COX IT WAS not their most serene performance of the campaign, but a comprehensive victory nonetheless gave Hartpury their...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoHalf-century puts Wimbledon up
By JACK BARKER Wimbledon 50 Dings Crus 5 WIMBLEDON will be joining Tonbridge Juddians in National Two South next season following...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSarries awake from siesta in nick of time
By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS spent the early part of the week sunning themselves in Barcelona and it took a full 45...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBurns hits 19 points but how Tigers miss Ayerza grunt
By NICK CAIN FREDDIE Burns is headed for Bath this summer, but he probably put paid to his new club’s chances...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStudents rally to condemn Dunvant drop outs
By ROB COLE SWALEC round-up CARDIFF Metgave Dunvanta humiliating goodbye from the National Championship with a thumping 80-14 victory at Cyncoed....
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National League One
/ 9 years agoIonians seal their survival with a stunning final day victory
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington 26 Hull Ionians 41 NO calculators were needed as Hull Ionians deservedly won this game and with...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoRead suffers thumb injury and is doubt to face Lions
By LUKE JARMYN ALL BLACKS captain Kieran Read was in hospital last night after suffering a susprected broken thumb in the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDe Koch, Brown take their final bow
RETIRING Saracens scrum-half Neil De Kock and flanker Kelly Brown were given rousing sendoffs after their final home appearances. De Kock...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor: No-one wants to play us
MATT O’Connor was in upbeat mood after Leicester’s five try victory and insisted no-one would be relishing tangling with the Tigers...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDusautoir will end his career at Twickenham
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Thierry Dusautoir will bring the curtain down on a phenomenal career with his first-ever match for the...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoStudents beaten on Morris’ farewell
By EVIE PROBERT Loughboro’ 22 Coventry 27 DIRECTOR of Rugby Dave Morris saw his Loughborough Students suffer a narrow defeat in...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoStortford start fast and then hold on
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St 28 Barnes 21 CHAMPIONS Stortford started as they left off last week and within three minutes...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARK McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCarnegie in control after their first half try blitz
By JEREMY INSON YORKSHIRE Carnegie ran in four tries away to Ealing Trailfinders to take a firm grip on their play-off...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoRelegated Blues set for changes
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 12 Esher 24 WITH Esher safe and Macclesfield down, there was little at stake and with a...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoTom leaves Best until the very last
By NIGEL WILCE Canterbury 33 Cinderford 30 TOMBest’s third successful penalty for Canterbury five minutes before time proved to be the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEvans masterclass sends Wasps wobbling into season showdown
NICK Evans rolled back the years to give a command performance in his farewell match at the Stoop as Harlequins overwhelmed...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoGriffiths: We musn’t squander possession again
By JON NEWCOMBE DONCASTER boss Clive Griffiths insists it won’t be game over for his side if they fail to beat...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBercis is the late hero for Ampthill in thriller
By RICHARD DORE Rosslyn Park 21 Ampthill 27 AMPTHILL clinched victory in the last minute of this exhilarating season climax to...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoClifton’s changes prove costly in defeat
By ROGER OPIE Clifton 30 Bury St Ed 33 WITH nothing to lose both teams committed themselves to playing expansive rugby....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLiving legends ensure Cambridge will thrive
THE club with more Lions than any, Cambridge University RUFC, held their ‘Red Lion Legends’ dinner on Wednesday. In the process...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoExiles going back to basics
By NICK VERDIER PLAY-OFF rugby is finally here for London Irish and director of rugby Nick Kennedy has urged his players...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLevett’s delight as hot Raiders ensure safety
By OSCAR PAUL Worthing 50pts Exmouth 5pts Sprinting clear: Kariym Irving goes for the line to score while Scott Barlow breaks...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEvans is Harlequins’ hero again in Stoop swansong
By NICK VERDIER NICK Evans, playing his last game at the Twickenham Stoop, guided Harlequins to yet another famous win as...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHenley nearly throw their early lead away
By NICK PITSON Henley 32 Redruth 26 LEADING 27-7 just after half-time, it looked like Henley Hawks would win at a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoYoung: Big stars need to step up
DAI Young has called on his “big players” to deliver the goods next week and beat Saracens to secure a home...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGeese avoid drop despite the defeat
By JORDAN DAVIES London IWG 22 Chinnor 33 LONDON Irish Wild Geese avoided relegation from National League 2 South despite losing....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSedgley sign off with win double at champs
By JOHN LYON Caldy 34 Sedgley Park 35 A BUMPER Paton Field crowd were treated to a an exciting game of...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSonatane’s late snipe steals win for Falcons
By SAM JACKSON IT WAS the Sonatane Takulua show at Kingston Park on Friday night with the Tongan star scoring all...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLespierre delivers five-star showing
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians 68 Barnstaple 21 TRY machine Dom Lespierre scored five as rampant Elthamians booked their place in...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoA fitting finale as Bown bows out
By BEN JAMES Chester 22 Scunthorpe 8 CHESTER finished their season on a high as they ran in four tries to...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGold: We paid for penalties
WORCESTER director of rugby Gary Gold was left ruing poor discipline as his side were denied at the death by Newcastle....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedwas cement position with key victory
By JOE THOMAS Bedwas 30 Pontypridd 27 BEDWAS turned the tables on Pontypridd to claim a 30-27 triumph and cement their...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoFraser’s magical display is key for Taunton
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T 33 R’dingensians 32 THIS was a game that had a very end of the season feel...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHarrogate denied by Avent’s late try
By MATTHEW JOHNSON Hinckley 32 Harrogate 31 HARROGATE were condemned to relegation in the cruellest way as they were denied a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoPREVIEW… Bath v Gloucester
Today. Kick-off 3pm. The Rec THIS West Country derby promises to be particularly feisty with both teams’ season potentially riding on...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSteelmen suffer a real blow in quest for Premiership title
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery 21 Ebbw Vale 15 EBBW VALE’S defence of their Principality Premiership title took a hammer blow. Llandovery...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLucs are clawed as Tigers scramble to safety
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 23 Sheffield T 36 TIGERS secured their league status for next season with an excellent all-round performance....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: New batch can be Eddie’s game changers for RWC
Well that’s it, speculation over finally and a squad picked that really didn’t surprise anybody other than the odd few omissions....
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: This can be when North becomes a true great
We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions tour. That might sound as if...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoBilly and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau
Taulupe Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching to flanker for the Lions if it means starting alongside his cousin...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Scots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
My heart sunk a little for the Scots on Wednesday when John Spencer read out the 41- strong Lions squad and...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even...












