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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThere’s no Larkin about with Steve at the helm
By JAMES ORPIN Star signing: Josh Matavesi CAMBORNE director of rugby Steve Larkins believes that making the club more attractive to...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoArcher is on target as Barnes claim the victory
By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes...............36 Colchester....... 20 JOSH Archer reaped the rewards of a disciplined Barnes pack to score four tries. Colchester...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoTries galore in win for in-form Bury
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s............. 61 Oxford H...................33 BURY began their home campaign with a very big win. Bury started...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoWilliams’ super try crowns top show
By CAMERON MACMILLAN Canterbury..............49 Worthing.................. 21 CANTERBURY produced a dominate performance to see off Worthing. They quickly opened the scoring through...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoMcGann calling all shots for Raiders
By PETE MAYHEAD Havant................20pts Guernsey...........39pts GUERNSEY Raiders took the honours against hosts Havant in their first meeting in the league. With...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoStrong Dorking finish so decisive in close contest
By RICHARD HOMER Old Albanians........28 Dorking.....................43 DORKING came out on top in a fast and exciting game. OA made a fantastic...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoSuperb TJs rattle up a half-century
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............50 Sevenoaks.............. 10 TERRIFIC conditions at the Slade, a bumper crowd for a well marketed ‘Super Saturday’,...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoLast-gasp Fombo try is the difference
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Westcombe P.........32 Henley Hawks.......29 WESTCOMBE Park edged out Henley in an 11-try thriller. Westcombe Park took the lead...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoReynolds sets sights on seeing Raiders reach full potential
By SAOPE SOKO ONE of the hallmarks of Jordan Reynolds’ tenure as Guernsey head coach has been a relentless focus on...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPlaying rugby is about more than just winning – Dave Attwood
My Life in Rugby - Dave Attwood, the former England, Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Toulon second row Being blunt about it,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoJonny was great but Jason made the real difference
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I MUST admit I get slightly irritated with seeing social media best...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Fraser Rawlins
Young Guns Fraser Rawlins burst onto the scene during the England U18s tour to South Africa, scoring a brace of tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoResults
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoNEWS EXTRA
Double injury blow for Bristol BRISTOL full-back Noah Heward will be out until the New Year after injuring his hamstring during...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoStudents getting set for the big kick-off
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby returns on Wednesday with the Women’s National League absorbed into the BSR umbrella....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEngland U20s 50-man squad
HEAD coach Mark Mapletoft has named a 50-man England U20 elite playing squad for the new season. After winning both the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHave belief and trust it will work
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Greg Nicholls, below, head coach at Blackburn RUFC in Regional 1 North...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBeechen Cliff get the better of Hartpury
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT’S been a congested start to the schools season, with the U18s national cup tournaments kicking...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoMcBryde cuts Drovers down
Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY had their colours lowered for the first time since March as RGC ended their...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoNo stopping 11-try Merthyr
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD MERTHYR continued their perfect start in the Welsh Premiership with an 11-try 71-0 thrashing of Newcastle...
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Top 14
/ 1 year agoFrisch in mood to impress Galthie
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ambitious: Antoine Frisch is keen to make a mark in the international setup PICTURE: Getty Images ONE-TIME...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoEasterby looking forward to Ireland job
SIMON Easterby is relishing the chance to lead Ireland when expects Andy Farrell takes a sabbatical to become the British and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoOutside centre best for Freeman -Burrell
■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER England centre Luther Burrell believes Tommy Freeman is best suited at outside centre and has the attributes...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoIt’s been a challenging year, admits Winnett
■By SIMON THOMAS CAM Winnett admits his meteoric rise over the past 12 months has been mentally challenging. He went into...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year agoThe Football Tactic That Could Revolutionise Rugby
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Rugby union has evolved by leaps and bounds since its conception in the small English town where...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThis time, Mike Brown’s trip ends in smiles
By Adam Hathaway Mike Brown’s 21st pre-season came with an added sense of déjà vu as he relived his worst nightmare...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRed Roses show who’s No.1 with win over Black Ferns
By William Gupwell England women’s head coach John Mitchell says his side will take valuable lessons from the 24-12 win over...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoZach Mercer focused on job at Kingsholm
By Bryn Palmer Zach Mercer has brushed aside speculation over his future and insists Gloucester can hit the ground running when...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoToby Booth: Tough telling players I was leaving Ospreys
By Mark Stevens Toby Booth admits telling his Ospreys players that he would be leaving at the end of the season...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoChristian Day confident new PGP deal will attract big guns
By Adam Hathaway Players' chief Christian Day predicts the new Professional Game Partnership agreement will help attract more foreign big guns...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTom Roebuck targets England success
By Ross Heppenstall Winning a maiden England Test cap to top the best season of his career will not be enough...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBath will not bring in replacement for kicking ace Callard
By Jon Newcombe Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan has confirmed that the club won’t be hiring a new kicking...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHalfpenny will be great for young guys – Nick Evans
By James Orpin Harlequins attack coach Nick Evans is confident his squad of young prospects can rise to the challenge of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGeorge Skivington keen to build identity
By Paul Rees Gloucester won their first trophy for nine years last season and reached the Challenge Cup final, but when...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoRichard Barrington ready to power up Ampthill
By Jon Newcombe Richard Barrington has signed up to the Ampthill “Mob” and reassured that he’ll still have a target on...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team with Rich Vasey
Rich Vasey, the Caldy backs/attack coach and former fly-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against... Forwards 1....
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Letters
/ 1 year agoWe must work on attracting more people into the game
Thank you to Tracey Turner for the lengthy appraisal of the challenges facing English rugby and the suggested solutions. Thank you,...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoPremiership Cup better with 20 teams
Whilst having some sympathy with both Cambridge and Chinnor, newly promoted to the RFU Championship I feel I must take issue...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoQuite right, Brendan, don’t indulge All Blacks
I couldn't agree more with Brendan Gallagher’s suggestion that we must stop indulging the All Blacks and their haka. He missed...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoThe haka is indeed a dance of welcome, and not a challenge
Brendan Gallagher is correct in saying that the haka is not a challenge. If this were really the case, why would...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoTime for Steve Borthwick to prove his worth
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s talking points By Brendan Gallagher Honeymoon periods are not set in stone...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSunny Septembers seem nothing but a distant memory…
Have Septembers gone rogue although possibly not in the way anticipated by the doomsters proclaiming terminal global warming and the end...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNew man at No.10 Fergus Burke gets Saracens running free
By Sam Jackson Saracens ..........40pts Tries: Dan 10, Willis 24, Onyeama-Christie 38, 70; Burke 43, Adejimi 65 Conversions: Burke 11, 25,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoVilikesa Nairau leads the charge in Coventry’s power pack
By Tom Riley Coventry .......... 45pts Tries: Anstey 17, Ball 21, Nairau 28, Kvesic 34, Ma’asi 37, Opoku 76, Lane 80...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoGeorge Furbank at the double as England lads return
By Ben Jaycock Northampton................. 36pts Tries: Furbank 4, 14; Smith 26, Dingwall 34, Savala 44, Haffar 52 Conversions: Smith 4, 34,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoExeter Chiefs pass test but still work to be done
By Mark Stevens Exeter .............. 31pts Tries: Vermeulen 5, Feyi-Waboso 43, Brown-Bampoe 64, Woodburn 71, Dunne 73 Conversions: Hodge 6, 44,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoEaling Trailfinders show champion pedigree in second half
By James Orpin Ealing T .............62pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 15, Hampson 32, 48; Terry 38, 41; Ehizode 50, Newman 54, Collins 64,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSpeedster Cleaves finishes the job in Italy
■ By JOHN WILKINS Benetton...........14pts Tries: Lynagh 52, Izekor 78 Conversions: Marin 53, 79 Harlequins .......19pts Tries: Els 7, Jibulu 35,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRusty Bath get in flow with three late tries
■ By ROGER PANTING Bath .................................... 26pts Tries: Muir 14, Hill 56, Annett 64, Pepper 71 Conversions: Russell 56, Harris 64,...
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