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Letters
/ 1 month agoScrap jackling and bring back rucking
ONCE upon a time a winger was chosen because they were fast and elusive, not now...they have to be able to...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoOfficials must work in a team – all season
HAVING read Jeremy Guscott’s article last week on Problem Laws, I agree with everything he says. However I do not see...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoLaw makers have stuffed up scrum
JEREMY Guscott’s contribution in The Rugby Paper last week expressed what I have been trying to understand, and failing miserably for...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoDREAM TEAM
MALIQ HOLDEN, THE FORMER DONCASTER KNIGHTS, HARTPURY UNIVERSITY AND CORNISH PIRATES WING WHO IS NOW HEAD OF RUGBY AT HULL IONIANS,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoWe should have won by more, says coach van Graan
JOHANN van Graan felt Bath’s two late tries gave the scoreboard a realistic look in a one-sided West Country derby. Bath...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoLeicester Tigers 36-35 Sale Sharks: Battling Tigers hold on to keep Sharks out
Leicester Tigers edged a madcap encounter against Sale Sharks to record a third win from five in the opening set of...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoChalk & cheese, says coach
SALE boss Alex Sanderson was bullish afterwards despite his team’s third defeat of the season. “It was chalk and cheese,” he...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMcCall pleased to see fightback
SARACENS DoR Mark McCall was proud of his side’s fightback but admitted they were blown away in the first quarter. “The...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoExeter Chiefs 39-12 Gloucester: Henry Slade shows why he is still the class act
Henry Slade duly reminded everyone why he has been the heartbeat of Exeter Chiefs for nearly a decade against Gloucester.
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoSkiv: We must roll up our sleeves
GLOUCESTER boss George Skivington admits his side are in a ‘tough spot’ after this defeat left them winless after five rounds....
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Luke Cowan-Dickie’s reprieve smacks of inconsistency
Luke Cowan-Dickie’s exoneration by an RFU disciplinary panel on Tuesday for a potentially dangerous high tackle on Tom Willis in last...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoEngland’s front row fraternity must power up
ENGLAND have a costly habit of taking their eyes off the ball when it comes to the scrum, and they cannot...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoDickens: One step forward, two back
NEWCASTLE head coach Alan Dickens admitted there were “hard words” exchanged in the Red Bulls dressing room as they slumped to...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoWhen numbers add up to the wrong result
THE gazillionaire tech bros across the pond may think they’re ahead of the curve, but fuddy-duddy rugby leaves them for dead....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoScarlets put in the hard work but still prop up table
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks ..............29pts Tries: Tshituka 5, 19, Mazibuko 28, Kolisi 49 Conversions: Smith 20, 29, 50 Penalties: Smith...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoLloyd keeps his nerve to snatch it for Cardiff
■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............20pts Tries: Mulder 6, Adams 14, Sebastian 42 Conversion: Lloyd 15 Penalty: Lloyd 73 Edinburgh .........19pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoWe should have won that, says Wainwright
■ By LUKE JARMYN Dragons ............... 19pts Tries: R Williams 37, Coghlan 59, Burrows 75 Conversions: De Beer 38, 60 Ospreys...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoMunster made to fight all the way
By TOM RICHARDS Munster ..........17 Connacht.........15 JACK O’Donoghue’s late try helped unbeaten Munster see out a hard-fought victory over their Irish...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoLeinster youngsters deliver for Cullen
By JIM CASEY Leinster............50 Zebre.................26 JOSHUA Kenny and Alex Soroka scored two tries apiece as a youthful Leinster returned to winning...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoThat was hard to take, says Murphy
By PETER STRONG Lions................ 49 Ulster................31 LIONS produced their best performance of the season to stun Ulster at Ellis Park. It...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoBattling Warriors come from behind
By GARY WRIGHT Glasgow...........21 Bulls..................12 GLASGOW Warriors moved top of the URC temporarily on Friday after a hard-fought victory at Scotstoun....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoMatthee stars as Stormers power up
Benetton..........16 Stormers..........31 STORMERS claimed a bonus-point victory to maintain their strong start to the season. In a contest dominated by penalties...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBedford hit ten to leave Ampthill on the floor
■ By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............12pts Tries: Sylvester 68, Jackson 72 Conversion: Grimoldby 73 Bedford Blues ..66pts Tries: Benson 3, Fish...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoCambridge stumped by the Caldy power show
■ By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................41pts Tries: Hearn 6, 16; Ene 20, Kilcourse 25, 45; Robinson 32, Logan 73 Conversions: K...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoOlowofela steps up to take glory and shock Warriors
■ By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights ........ 34pts Tries: Edwards 33, Rokoduguni 72, Olowofela 79 Conversions: Bennett 33, 72 Penalties: Bennet:...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoSullivan hits four but Cov can’t stop Ealing marching on
■ By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........36pts Tries: Sullivan 4, 17, 22, 75; Thomas 80 Conversions: Thomas 4, 17, 75, 80 Penalty:...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoPirates head back home with a full bag of swag
■ By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS L Scottish ......... 10pts Tries: Bellis 46, 79 C Pirates ...........38pts Tries: Cambriani 15, 26; Relton 31,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoHartpury hold on to deny brave Chinnor
■ By TOM JOHNSON Hartpury ............25pts Tries: Smith 19, Allsopp 31, Hunt 66, Clark 75 Conversion: Bazalgette 20 Penalty: Bazalgette 39...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoCambridge banking on home wins
■ By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE back row Ardal Yallop says next month’s back-to-back home games against Nottingham and Richmond will be...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoTriple Cherry makes difference
■By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham ......29pts Tries: D Williams 6, Cherry 11, 40+1, 62 Conversions: Parks 7, 40+2, 63 Penalty: Parks 35...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoCokayne is the star as Sale swamp Leicester
■By JOE SANTAMARIA Sale ................... 46pts Tries: Cokayne 7, Jarrell-Searcy 12, Penalty 16, Thorpe 20, Lloyd 24, Childs 33, Relf 44,...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoHarlequins 52-42 Loughborough Lightning: Quins open their account in fine style
Harlequins secured a pulsating victory over Loughborough Lightning, in a high-scoring 14-try thriller at The Stoop.
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoBreach heads the big names as Sarries take on champs
■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Gloucester-H v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Queensholm LAST year’s finalists renew their rivalry at ‘Queensholm’ in...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoTrailfinders get a lesson in finishing from Chiefs
■ By JOSEPH TERRY Trailfinders ....12pts Tries: Zachary 53, Ponsonby 69 Conversion: Jones 53 Exeter ..............24pts Tries: McGoverne 15, Rogers 21,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBlow for Bath as Muir sent for ankle surgery
BATH and England winger Will Muir is to have surgery on his ankle and is set to be out for a...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMapimpi banned for autumn Tests
SHARKS wing Makazole Mapimpi has been suspended for five games following his red card against Ulster last weekend meaning he will...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBok Wessels hit with 9-week suspension
SOUTH Africa front rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels has received a nine-match suspension for grabbing Josh Murphy’s genitals in the Bulls’ 28-27 win...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoCowan-Dickie sees red card rescinded
SALE hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, right, has had the red card shown to him in the 65-14 defeat by Saracens last week...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMcGeechan prostate cancer ‘all gone’
Delighted: Ian McGeechan FORMER Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian Mc-Geechan has revealed his prostate cancer is...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoTenacious Titans too much for Juddians’ troubles
■ By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ..38 Tonbridge J ....28 PROMOTION hopefuls Rotherham Titans put a poor first half behind them...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoMarfo slithers in to stun the Dogs
■ By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................24 Rosslyn Park .........27 BEN MARFO produced a late moment of magic for Rosslyn Park, as...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoTigers take grip in gripping Crusade
■ By JOE BARNES TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........29 Dings Crusaders ..22 SEDGLEY PARK ran away victorious over evenly-matched Dings Crusaders in...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoRams silenced by battling Blackheath in shock win
■ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................... 7pts Try: Clow 7 Conversion: Cooke 8 Blackheath ......26pts Tries: Harding 14, 29; Hollister 18,...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoBishop’s turn out late but Clifton turn on the style
■ By KATY TINGLEY Clifton ......................55 Bishop’s S ...............29 DESPITE a delayed arrival, Bishop’s Stortford forged a half-time lead – only...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoAlbion hold fort to climb up to third
■ By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............36 B Moseley............... 21 PLYMOUTH ALBION moved up to third in the table with a hard...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoLions come back to combat Tykes
■ By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes........... 19 Leicester Lions.....24 LEICESTER LIONS showed great resilience to come back from a two-score half-time...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBradshaw so confident that Sedgley can continue form
■ By BEN JAYCOCK SEDGLEY Park winger Albert Bradshaw believes the club can show they belong among National One’s frontrunners after...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoLions’ last bite is the taste of tight loss for Tigers
■ By MIKE BROWN Billingham.......35 Sheffield T.......31 BILLINGHAM produced a thrilling second-half comeback to edge out Sheffield Tigers, in an equally...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoHoppers heroic as lead swaps hands
■ By KEN MOORE Preston G.................46 Wharfedale............41 PRESTON Grasshoppers displayed considerable resilience to come out eventual victors, in an all-action encounter,...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoSlog on the Fylde for tenacious Tyne
■ By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 19 Tynedale.................24 TYNEDALE showed their tenacity to secure an impressive, yet narrow, win against a spirited...
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