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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoShameful that Newport’s big day is in cold storage
Winners: Brian Jones and, below, ‘Dick’ Uzzell’s dropgoal goes over Only four club teams have ever beaten the All Blacks and...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoMcLean’s cool as you like from tee
Worthing 23 Tonbridge J.19 By RICHARD HART MATHEW McLean kept his cool to land two late penalties and ensure his Worthing...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoAmerican ‘partnership’ will be far from friendly
This afternoon Twickenham is once again opening its doors to American Football by hosting the NFL “international series” game between the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBurnfield leaves it late to break Firwood hearts
Firwood Waterloo 12 Richmond 15 By HELEN DUGGAN IN THE dying seconds of the game, Richmond’s Rowena Burnfield battled over the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoChiefs remain patient to grab Turner prize
Sale Sharks 6pts Penalties: De Klerk 34, 57 Exeter 10pts Penalties: De Klerk 34, 57 Tries: Turner 44 Conversions: Steenson 45...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoWhy Kiwi Parkes will feel at home
HADLEIGH Parkes will be following a well-trodden path when he makes his bow for Wales against South Africa on December 2...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSurman shines as OEs take bragging rights
O Elthamians 34 Rosslyn Park 27 By JON EDWARDS CHRIS Surman inspired Elthamians to their first win in three matches in...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoOwen leads rout with four-try haul
LI Wild Geese 60 Wimbledon 6 By WARREN MUGGLETON GEORGE Owen’s four tries helped Geese to victory in a dominant derby...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoTMO must be called on if there is any doubt
TO use the TMO, or not to use the TMO? That is the question that was raised (again) during Wasps win...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSarries power proves too much for Hartpury
Gloucester-Hartpury 7pts Saracens 33pts By JOANNE McGREGOR Playmaker: April Brown in action for Saracens GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY lost at home for the first...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDiamond blasts ref over late decision
STEVE Diamond was frustrated with the final penalty which potentially cost Sale the chance of winning the game. Craig Maxwell-Keys deemed...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoHow do refs miss so much?
THE first two rounds of European competition led to a grand total of 12 players being put in the dock. Each...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBishops are kings of the county
B Stortford18 Old Albanian 14 By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOPS Stortford can claim Hertfordshire bragging rights after these two local rivals met...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoEddie’s after excellence
ELLIS Genge played like a runaway bull last weekend, scattering Castres tacklers like chaff. Was Eddie Jones impressed? Not entirely. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMartin’s magic gives Sharks a maiden victory
Darlington MP 16 Loughborough 10 By TOM BULMER DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks notched up their first win of the Premier 15s...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBooth looking forward to ‘West Country arm wrestle’
PREVIEW… Bath v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Recreation Ground By SAM JACKSON Anticipation: Toby Booth BATH’s first-team coach Toby Booth is...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoLet’s rejoice that Joy is unconfined
NOBODY’S star can have taken off on a steeper trajectory in recent months than Joy Neville’s. In reaching ever skyward, Ireland’s...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoJosh Sharp as a tack to beat Caldy
Caldy 22 Ampthill & D 39 By JAMIE RUSSELL AMPTHILL showed excellent professionalism to turn over a determined Caldy, securing a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFive-star Cowell lifts Quins to lucky thirteen
Worcester V 0 Harlequins 71 By JACK FALLON Class: Rachael Burford THIRTEEN tries – including five from Heather Cowell – helped...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFocused Tait will ignore family ties
PREVIEW… Newcastle v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park By GARY FITZGERALD On the charge: Mathew Tait takes the ball up...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCheck out the cool head on Brett to see DMP home
Darlington MP 33pts Tries: Connon G 5, McCartney 35, Hodgson 50, 52, Frankland 79 Conversions: Connon B 6, 36, 51, 80...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCross Keys 19 Merthyr 34
MERTHYRbounced back from an early setback as they outclassed Cross Keys. The home side’s opening try came in the fifth minute...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRichards: Sell-out Kingston Park will be rocking
KINGSTON Park should be a 10,200 sell-out for the first time since May 2008, and Newcsastle supremo Dean Richards said: “It...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoWinter’s Cov are far too strong for his former team
Cambridge 7 Coventry 40 By STEVE JACKSON WITH both sides going for hat-tricks of sorts this had all the hallmarks of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoC’marthen Q 37 Llanelli16
CARMARTHEN Quins’ fifth win in eight saw them claim a comprehensive victory over Llanelli in the Carmarthenshire derby. Dan Jones and...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWhen Boris battled for Obolensky tour date
HALLOWEEN is upon us and there has surely never been anybody to match Boris Karloff in the horror stakes, but it...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoLight at the end of the tunnel for Esher
Esher 28 Blackheath 19 By SOPHIE WATKISS ESHER put an end to their five-game losing streak with a formidable defensive display...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThompson stars as Blue and Blacks power to triumph
Cardiff 37 Newport 22 By JAY BAYFORD CARDIFF put an end to a run of three consecutive defeats with a convincing...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoStrange direction taken by Canada
Top class: Jason Strange IN the dog-eat-dog world of international rugby it’s heartening to see the WRU offer Canada a little...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoAway joy for Sale as Mayor stars in victory
Otley 13 Sale 31 By NICK DOYLE A DOMINANT second-half display saw Sale pull away to come out worthy winners in...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoDouble trouble as Caves sinks Fylde
Fylde 22 B Moseley26 By ALLAN FOSTER A DOMINANT performance from the Birmingham Moseley pack provided the platform for a bonus-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPonty flying high after Bird boots visitors to win
Bedwas 15 Pontypridd 37 By IAN GOLDEN PONTYPRIDD pulled level with Bedwas at the top of the Principality Premiership East after...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Genius Van Vollenhoven, the master of both codes BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points WHEN...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLate tries seal the deal for Chester
Chester 34 Huddersfield 20 By TOM GALLAGHER CHESTER moved into tenth in the table after victory over Huddersfield at Hare Lane....
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National League One
/ 9 years agoJack the lad fires Students to win
L’boro S 58 Hull Ionians 29 By RYAN STEVENS JACK Stapley helped himself to a hat-trick as Loughborough Students produced a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSuccess for Swans after derby day drama at St Helen’s
Swansea 24 Neath 17 By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA took home the Ospreys derby spoils against Neath in a frantic match at...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAumua is surely destined to be an All Black star
I CAN scarcely remember more excitement over a young player than Kiwi hooker Asafo Aumua, and rightly so. He is a...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoIreland stands tall as Tigers triumph
Luctonians 33 Sheffield T 46 By GEOFF VICKRESS MARK Ireland’s boot was the difference as Sheffield Tigers ran out winners in...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCalls for Boston memorial growing louder
NEWS EXTRA BILLY Boston has been feted at a rugby dinner in Cardiff for the first time amid renewed calls for...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWilliams and Botica fire RGC to top of the table
Swansea 24 Neath 17 By PAUL HOPKINS RGC 1404 moved to the top of the Principality Premiership West Division after an...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWasps rediscover that sting from last season
Northampton 22pts Tries: Tuala 18, Mallinder 77 Penalties: Francis 10, 37, 53, 57 Wasps 38pts Tries: Wade 34, Johnson 44, Bassett...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBlues on top after showing battling qualities
Macclesfield 18 S Leicester 9 By MATT COLERIDGE MACCLESFIELD produced a solid and battling display in tricky conditions as they fought...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoBury on fire after trailing at the interval
Canterbury 21 Bury St E.29 By JAKE WILSON BURY St Edmunds launched a stunning second-half comeback to overhaul a 16-point halftime...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBragging rights for battling Ravens after fiery encounter
Bridgend R 37 Aberavon 21 By CARL FIELD A GLUT of yellow cards and one red for Bridgend skipper Adam O’Driscoll...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEngland medics to make Daly call
ELLIOT Daly’s right knee injury, which forced the England wing off at half-time, was described by Wasps rugby director Dai Young...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoThriller at the Bridge as Stour hold firm
Stourbridge 33pts Sedgley Park 31pts By NICK PULLEN TOP-of-the-table Stourbridge were given a run for their money by third-placed Sedgley Park...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoAuthority up front key for Carnegie
Preview York’ Carnegie v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 3pm, Headingley CARNEGIE prop Marc Thomas says his side must cut Bedford off...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoSpecial cheer for Olly’s try on return
R’gensians 33 Barnstaple 10 By CAMERON TEMPLE REDINGENSIANS had a fairly comfortable day at the office. Early attacking pressure gave them...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoThrowing money at problem won’t help grassroots grow
Ambitious plans: RFU chief executive Steve Brown PICTURE: Getty Images The well known Bible quote, “let he who is without sin...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoDanny Hearn – 50 years on: No regrets for the man of steel who beat the odds to walk again
50 years on from breaking his neck against New Zealand, The Rugby Paper meets the England centre to see how that...
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