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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCarpenter: Knights are charged for play-off run
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie Today. Kick-off 3pm DONCASTER’S Canadian star Aaron Carpenter is predicting a titanic...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Fantastic culture created by Vern’
SCOTLAND captain John Barclay was lavish in his praise of departing coach Vern Cotter. “It is hard to put into words...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Rorke’s Drift again, but this time the Welsh heroics end badly
By PETER JACKSON Roar power: Referee Wayne Barnes awards a try to Damien Chouly, of France, deep in injury-time to level...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCards fall in favour of five-try Scotland
Scotland U20 38 Italy U20 17 DARCY Graham scored two tries as Scotland dominated an ill-disciplined Italian side to claim their...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Cheating’ French rile Howley in prop row
ROB HOWLEY believes France went against the spirit of rugby with the way they replaced prop Uini Atonio during the 20...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoDefensive shift earns Slam for Zach’s boys
By SAM JACKSON Ireland U20 10pts Try: Coombes 64 Conversion: Johnston 64 Penalty: Johnston 40 England U20 14pts Tries: Nay 18,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFrance overpower Wales in the generation game
A DOMINANT second-half in Montauban on Friday night helped France and their famous sons hit Wales for six in the last...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoComeback kings storm home to stay undefeated
By NICK VERDIER THE CRUSADERS are turning into this season’s comeback kings with yet another great escape against the Blues on...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThis Tiger is on your tail, Genge tells England rivals
Neale Harvey finds an impressive young Tiger in fighting mood ahead of the final Determined Leicester prop Ellis Genge has outlined...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Grand for Scarratt as England sweep in
By SAM JACKSON Ireland W 7pts Try: Lyons 66 Conversion: Tyrrell 66 England W 34pts Tries: Wilson Hardy 16, Keates 53,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoMehrtens calls for radical changes to ‘stupid’ system
FORMERAll Black fly-half Andrew Mehrtens believes New Zealand should focus their domestic structure o their own timezone and ditch South African...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMauger excited at chance of revenge over in-form Chiefs
By JON NEWCOMBE LEICESTER will have to beat “the form team in Europe” if they want to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoVictory in Vancouver cuts Blitzbokke lead
VANCOUVER WRAP By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND claimed their second tournament victory this season on the World Sevens circuit with victory over...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSkeldon holds nerve to earn Scots victory
Scotland W 14 Italy W 12 SCOTLAND claimed a second win in Six Nations for the first time since 2006 by...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoGibson: Revert to simple format, it works
By SAM JACKSON WARATAHS coach Daryl Gibson wants SANZAAR to revert to a Super Rugby format in which every team plays...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAtkins: It’s Exeter’s chance to shine
By SAM JACKSON OLLIE Atkins believes he and his Exeter Chiefs teammates have been given the perfect stage on which to...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoWales denied despite Evans’ salvo
France W 39 Wales W 19 FRANCE made it three from three over Wales in this last weekend of the Six...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoUnthinkable demise after Mad Max’s razzmatazz
When Max Guazzini bowed out six years ago, Stade Francais had good reason to feel as safe as the Central European...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoHigh quality moments could not mask increasing shortage of classic matches
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the defining moments of the Six Nations and how the introduction of bonus points effected things...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLaidlaw deserved some respect
ITV introduced Greig Laidlaw to their team of Calcutta Cup pundits with a caption of shameless Anglo-centricity: “Lost each of five...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoThe Six Nations that was…
Player of the tournament: Owen Farrell. Last year’s winner Stuart Hogg again provided the moments that remain seared in the brain...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeep your hands to yourself, Jonathan!
THE immediate aftermath of Ireland’s disallowed try against Wales provided further depressingly graphic evidence of how rugby is trashing one of...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMy team of the tournament…
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIsn’t player welfare still a hot topic?
PREMIERSHIP clubs want 50 per cent of the takings to secure the release of their players for the proposed out-of-window Test...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEurope’s finest being sold down the river
WELCOME to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPrincipality Premiership
By RICH JONES Ebbw Vale 13 Pontypridd 20 PONTYPRIDD made it three wins from three in Tier One as they extended...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: centres
The ebb and flow of Lions selection at centre during this Six Nations turned decisively in England‘s direction when Jonathan Joseph...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoJudd-ernaut keeps rolling at the summit
National League 3 London & SE TONBRIDGE JUDDIAN still hold top spot following a 50-19 win away to Shelford. Tuli Paea,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIrish dogs of war must soldier on to rescue season
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT SUDDENLY Soldiers Field seems a long time ago and a million miles away. The slayers of New Zealand...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoNorth’s a wrecking ball again but bonus point would have been good
From PETER JACKSON at the Principality Stadium WHEN the forensic experts screen the findings of their video dissection tomorrow morning, Wales...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMurphy: Freddie is such a great guy
FREDDIE Burns buried his annoyance at having to leaving Tigers this summer with a stunning display. “You can’t say enough wonderful...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoStreet capitalise on Nuneaton’s slip-up
National League 3 Midlands BROADSTREET took over at the top of the table after they picked up a bonus point in...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoAdvantage Webb in battle for Lions jersey
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THIS was much more like it from Wales and in George North and Rhys Webb,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoGeorge: Public hurt drove me to world class show
GEORGE North revealed the hurt of recent criticism inspired him to his two-try display against Ireland. Wales coach Rob Howley hailed...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoExeter v Harlequins
PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park HARLEQUINS are desperate to win a trophy in their 150th anniversary season and, being realistic,...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoTop against bottom ends with a mauling
National League 3 North UNSTOPPABLE Huddersfieldmarch on undefeated – this time on the back of an 83-0 win at home to...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoO’Mahony: We won’t be lacking motivation
IRELAND flanker Peter O’Mahony says Joe Schmidt’s side won’t be short on motivation against England, despite seeing their Six Nations hopes...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMorris holds his nerve as Otley fall just short
Luctonians 30 Otley 21 By GEOFF VICKRESS LUCTONIANS withstood a second-half onslaught from Otley to eventually run out victors in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMarchant is tackling case for the defence
By NICK VERDIER JUST being in the first team mix would have been enough for Joe Marchant at the start of...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoChampions-elect edge closer to trophy
National League 3 South West OLD REDCLIFFIANS continued their march to the title by running over eight tries during a 46-9...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFrenchwide boys make light of travel sickness
By NICK VERDIER FRANCE have finally won away from home in the Six Nations and it came on the back of...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLarder’s red costs an injury-hit Gate
Harrogate 10 Sedgley Park 40 By BILL BARRACK INJURY-HIT Harrogate were blown away by an impressive first-half display from Sedgley Park...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoJess on board to steer youngsters to victory
GIVEN Harlequins are 80 minutes from a final in front of the Stoop faithful, Exeter wing Matt Jess knows the Londoners...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPark hold firm to survive a serious fightback
Esher 18 Rosslyn Park 24 By BEN CARTER ROSSLYN Park withheld a resurgent second-half performance from Esher to earn victory on...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoO’Shea: Offloads put us on the rack
CONOR O’Shea admitted his Italy side could not cope with the offloading skills of France as they slumped to their fourth...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoOdogwu paves way for easy win
Sale FC 63 Wharfedale 27 By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT SALE kept well clear of the chasing pack following a nine-try win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys stay onwinning streak as Bargoed draw blank
By RICH JONES CROSS KEYSmade it eight wins on the trot in all competitions after they shut out Bargoed at Pandy...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoOwen’s late score saves Blackheath
Blackheath 26 Darlington MP 21 By GRAHAM COX A FIRST victory in six outings for Blackheath was achieved thanks to Freddie...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoNot enough, but Tier Two extra cash is right move
THE idea that English Premiership clubs have rejected the ‘buddy’ initiative with Championship clubs because they feared they were in danger...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHosts Tigers are off the foot of table
Sheffield T 30 Preston G 0 By ANDREW SMITH SHEFFIELD Tigers’ fight for survival continued with a commanding win in this...
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