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National League One
/ 9 years agoTrimble terrific as Cov go try crazy
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …8 Coventry …73 MAX TRIMBLE scored a hat-trick as Coventry ran in 11 tries with Will...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoBarnes bask in summer sun with rare win
By PETER HAYES Canterbury 11 Barnes 17 BARNES upset the form book to take just a fifth win of the season...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoKingston: Now we need big response
DUNCAN Taylor claims Sarries are hitting their peak at the right time after they crushed Quins to clinch a playoff place....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedlinog safe from drop with big win at Dunvant
SWALEC Championship round-up By JOHN ARKLESS THREEsides secured their Championship status for next season but the final relegation spot is yet...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoWilliams in the dock
A FRENCH court has fined former New Zealand international Ali Williams £1,280 for buying cocaine outside a Paris nightclub. The 35-year-old...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoLeonard keeps survival dreams alive
By DANIEL SAWYER Rosslyn Park …29 Hull Ionians…30 HULL IONIANS handed their survival hopes a timely shot in the arm with...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoReds grab draw with a last-gasp Phillips try
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T 33pts Redruth 33pts No doubt: Richard Brown is awarded a try fro Redruth Lewis Webb runs...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSlade’s slip-ups give Bristol hope of upset
Exeter…38pts Tries: Woodburn 1, Parling 40, Whitten 41, Waldrom 52, 77 Conversions: Slade 1, 40, 41, 52; Steenson 77 Penalties: Slade...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAbergele remain winless after loss at Mold
SWALEC Division One round-up By ELGAN ALDERMAN TREORCHY were crowned winners in the Division One East-Central division after a 38-7 win...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoFitness guru Morrow gets Gatland call
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS’ unsung hero Phil Morrow has been signed up by Warren Gatland for this summer’s Lions tour. Morrow, performance...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoNo mercy as Irish run in a devastating dozen tries
By STEWART Mc CULLOUGH London Irish …82pts Tries: Lewington 6, 39, 80, Tikoirotuma 15, 71, Cowan 28, 59, McKibbin 41, 66,...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGibson pops up at death to save Geese
By WARREN MUGGLETON LI W Geese 41 Henley H 35 KARL Gibson scored a late try for London Irish Wild Geese...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoWillie wasn’t a wonker – he just got it wrong
Don’t blame Willie Le Roux or Danny Cipriani for that matter. Wasps’ humbling defeat at Leinster went much deeper than an...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBaxter: Mistakes gave us problems
EXETER head coach Rob Baxter, relieved that his side have twice hit back from 14 points down to take ten points...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade are enjoying their new lease of life
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Stade Francais, so recently facing extinction in a merger with Racing, have become a key element in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Week beginning Sunday, April 9th, 2017 ... Continue reading......
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTrailfinders book third place in super style
By JEREMY INSON Ealing T’finders…79pts Tries: Munro 3, Walker 9, 31, Mantella 14, 71, Clegg 26, Ellis 34, 67, Harries 48,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoJPR’s a Wales legend but was Price even better?
Anniversaries have been all the rage of late, from the 25th of England’s last Grand Slam double under Will Carling to...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoWings sting Bury in first-half blitz
By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 47 B St Edmunds 12 DOM Lespierre and Huw Roberts scored two tries apiece as Old...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoThere’s never been another like England fly-half Karen
THIS week marked the 30th anniversary of the first women’s rugby international between Wales and England which was staged at Pontypool...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoScrum boys give Joel his shot at redemption
By JOHN RILEY Newcastle …16pts Tries: Socino 22 Conversions: Delany 24 Penalties: Hodgson 46, 65, 81 Gloucester …14pts Tries: May 37,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRaisuqe gets ten weeks for stamping
Banned: Josaia Raisuqe stamped on Keelan Giles STADEFrancais wing Josaia Raisuqe has been given a ten-week suspension for stamping on the...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoFlockhart shows his class again to
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster…24pts Tries: Lewis 10, Flockhart 54 Conversion: Flockhart 10 Penalties: Flockhart: 2, 8, 30, 72 Jersey…20pts Tries: Penalty...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoIrish give Champions Cup a six-figure boost…
NOWthat the Irish have brought the crowds back to the Champions Cup, the semi-finals are likely to reach 100,000 for the...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGoss the boss as Chinnor dominate
By MATTHEW ALMOND Worthing R 14 Chinnor 73 CHINNOR racked up 11 tries at Worthing Raiders to put the Bishop’s Stortford...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoItaly should stage finals
NOBODY is keener than me to see rugby gain an even firmer foothold in Spain and I don’t doubt that next...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEuropean Cup bid still alive – Deano
NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards insists Champions Cup rugby is still there for the taking after this dramatic victory closed the gap...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoJuddians have the champagne on ice
National League 3 London & SE TONBRIDGE Juddians are on the verge of claiming the title after an emphatic 46-5 win...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCaptain Ryan hits hat-trick to seal home play-off spot
By MARK WOOD Bedford …27pts Tries: Adamson 11; Tapley 26; Fields 59; Sharp 80+2 Conversions: Sharp 27, 60 Penalty: Sharp 8...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years ago… Bath rejoice at seven-figure loss
‘BATHRugby’, the headline on the club’s website proclaimed, ‘announces improved financial performance for the 2015-16 financial year.’ At face value it...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoFord’s a top 10 in Europe but he needs proper pack
MATT O’CONNOR returned to these shores this week to resume command of the club he left in 2013, which begs the...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoJudgement Day – for the regions … and Wales
Wales can’t afford to let this summer’s tour pass without blooding some youngsters – and that’s why Judgement Day is going...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGap widens on Bristol as Sharks edge 9-try spectacular
By COLIN NEWBOULT Sale Sharks…36pts Tries: James 7, 28, Haley 39, McGuigan 64, B Curry 77 Conversions: MacGinty 8, 29, 40,...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBroadstreet in control after Lions slayed
National League 3 Midlands NUNEATON’S end-to-end 48-26 victory over Lichfield is likely to be in vain after wins for all three...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoDavies’ late strike lifts Richmond off bottom
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond…35pts Tries: Walford 19, McLean-Dents 28, Woodward 43, Grimstone 47, Davies 77 Conversions: Kirby 20, 29, 44, 48,...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoLions need tough guy at ten
MA’A NONU may not be around to scare the life out of defences anymore, but you can bet that the All...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSoft tries getting annoying – Gold
GARY Gold was frustrated by his team’s display and refused to believe that they are safe from relegation. “Mathematically, it’s not...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoChampions Huddersfield marching on
National League 3 North HUDDERSFIELD extended their unbeaten league record to 25 games as they overcome second-placed Rossendale 41-11. Despite winning...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoStimmo learns a painful lesson
OLD men really should know better. Tim Stimpson is paying the price for taking me on at football in a Bet...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGopperth demands a big reaction to Dublin fiasco
By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Wasps v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm. Ricoh Arena FRUSTRATED Wasps centre Jimmy Gopperth is desperate to exorcise...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoLate tries secure Crusaders play-off spot
National League 3 South West TWO late tries saw Dings Crusaders come from behind to beat Ivybridge 23-17 to secure second...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoAckermann will give Gloucester some steel
ON the face of it Gloucester’s appointment of Johan Ackermann, below, as their new head coach for 2017-18, seems a shrewd...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoPlay-off bid still alive insists Dickens
BACKS coach Allan Dickens insists Northampton can still reach the Premiership semi-finals but they must win all their games to do...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoWasps’ defeat ends hopes of Lions call-up for Cipriani
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN As if to prove the point I made last week about the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDefeated Dale fail to quell Chester charge
By BEN JAMES Chester…22 Wharfedale …15 TRIES from Freeman Payne, James Preston and Alexander Reed ensured Chester kept up their fine...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoLions have the ferocity up front to shock All Blacks
IT’S not long now until Warren Gatland makes the final call on what will be the biggest challenge of his coaching...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys cut open by Neath
Neath 59 Cross Keys 14 NEATH inflicted a first defeat of the season for Cross Keys after a dominant win in...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBath finally run hot with general Ford in command
Bath…27pts Tries: Joseph 21, Watson 67, 71 Conversions: Ford 22, 68 Penalties: Ford 27, 49, 68, 72 Leicester …21pts Tries: O’Connor...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoNorton notches try record as England move into quarters
WORLD SEVENS SERIES HONG KONG By NICK VERDIER DANNorton became the most prolific try scorer in World Sevens Series history as...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLions roar to pile misery on Otley
By JOHN FINCH Otley …17 Leicester L…65 LEICESTER Lions certainly looked promotion contenders as they gave Otley their heaviest defeat of...
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