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National League One
/ 1 month agoRead all about it! Harry seals a win
■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............38 Cambridge .............33 BEN Gibson’s last-minute try for Cambridge secured a losing bonus, with Luke Bouchier’s...
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/ 1 month agoAdams hopes to lighten the load after a ‘dark’ period
■By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE captain Ben Adams wants his side to rediscover the enjoyment of rugby as they begin life back...
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/ 1 month agoO’Kane penalty seals a real thriller
■By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ..........36 Camborne ...............38 NEWLY-PROMOTED Camborne RFC produced a dramatic second-half display to seal a deserved victory...
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/ 1 month agoHosts hold back a Sheffield surge
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ........... 31 Sheffield .................26 IT WAS an edge-of-the-seat finish on the opening day at the Slade...
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/ 1 month agoHavant don’t have it all their own way in a top tussle
By BEN JAYCOCK In the clear: Jamie Annand makes a break for Oundle PICTURE: Matt Fleming National League Two East HAVANT...
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/ 1 month agoDarlington make Bullish move with new link-up
NEWSEXTRA DARLINGTON Mowden Park are hoping a long-term partnership with Newcastle Red Bulls will strengthen the pathway for North East talent....
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/ 1 month agoHoppers to improve development jump
PRESTON Grasshoppers have replaced their 3rd XV with a Development XV intended to improve the pathway from junior to senior rugby....
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/ 1 month agoNew Taunton role for former England centre
NEWSEXTRA FORMER England centre Ollie Devoto has returned to Taunton following his retirement from playing to begin a new off-field career....
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/ 1 month agoLucs thinking ahead with community move
LUCTONIANS have trained 10 mental health officers as part of an initiative to make the club safer, more supportive, and encourage...
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/ 1 month agoFive-try Chester put on a five-star show
By BEN JAYCOCK National League Two North CHESTER could hardly have wished for a more emphatic return to National Two North,...
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/ 1 month agoReds’ forwards are ruthless from the start
By BEN JAYCOCK National League Two West REDRUTH launched their campaign in emphatic fashion, running in nine tries to beat promoted...
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/ 1 month agoChelsea and Palace to give Welsh helping hand
NEWSEXTRA LONDON Welsh have assembled an unusually experienced performance team for their N2E campaign. George Trimmer has arrived as sporting director,...
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/ 1 month agoJersey already prove they mean business
JERSEY RFC are using their business network to help new recruits get established on the island. Summer signing Freddie Earnshaw, a...
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/ 1 month agoBournville looking to become a
By BEN JAYCOCK BOURNVILLE captain Ben Meakin insists survival alone will not constitute success as the newly-promoted side prepare for their...
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/ 1 month agoBrady keen to lift Harrogate both on and off the pitch
By BEN JAYCOCK “But the progress was pretty visible through the metrics we were tracking throughout the season. You could see...
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/ 1 month agoEnglish rugby is all the poorer for destroying dreams
THERE has been much rejoicing of late in a little place called Spiesen-Elversberg over the football team’s sensational debut in Germany’s...
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/ 1 month agoWigan show us that silence can be golden
WIGAN Warriors did rugby on both sides of the Rubicon a favour with their resurrection of the minute’s silence in honour...
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/ 1 month agoYOUNG GUNS
SOLANA SHAW DE LEON HARLEQUINS FULL-BACK HARLEQUINS youngster Solana Shaw de Leon is living out a childhood dream having gone from...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoExeter sign tyro Poynton from Oz
■By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs have signed English-qualified winger Charlie Poynton from Australian rugby league side the South Sydney...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoKiwi Christie takes over captaincy at Red Bulls
FLANKER Tom Christie has been named captain at Newcastle. Christie, below, who joined the club last summer, captained Canterbury to success...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoPREM CUP
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoINTERNATIONALS
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoNeumann joins Tigers
WALES wing Lisa Neumann has joined Leicester after two seasons at Harlequins. The 32-year-old, right, scored six tries in 22 games...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 1 month agoNational 1
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoParry to miss the big kick-off
Super Rygbi preview ■By ROB COLE THE Super Rygbi Cymru season kicks off on Saturday although missing from the action will...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoGibby leads way for Narberth
Premiership round-up ■By ROB COLE NARBERTH got their new campaign in the Premiership off to a flying start as they ran...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoBRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Features
/ 1 month agoDan Cottrell: Look for cues, see it early, arrive ready
Dan Cottrell continues his coaching series by examining how players can read the cues, arrive quickly and stay strong to win...
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/ 1 month agoToulouse out to hit
IT SHOULD come as a surprise to precisely no one that Top 14 managers consider Toulouse favourites to lift the Brennus...
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/ 1 month agoProvence made to fight hard to overcome Colomiers
PROD2 favourites Provence made it two wins from two with a hard-fought come-from-behind 18-13 victory in a rerun of last season’s...
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Features
/ 1 month agoScarlets release Apoua
SCARLETS have released summer signing Chris Apoua after the tighthead ruptured an Achilles in training. The 34-year-old joined in August from...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 months agoGambia Athletics Championship: National Track and Field Overview
Speed is the language. Victory is the conversation. Every season, the Gambian national track and field meet ignites West African athletics...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Gloucester: Title odds, key players and squad changes
Gloucester head into the new Prem season as 30/1 outsiders after an inconsistent campaign, but their attacking talent and summer recruitment...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Northampton Saints: Title odds, key players and life after George Furbank
Northampton Saints head into the new Prem season with the squad and firepower to challenge for another title, but George Furbank’s...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoKyran Bracken: England ‘central contracts’ just seem to be a way for the RFU to save money
Kyran Bracken questions the purpose of England’s central contracts, arguing the list should not be viewed as a definitive guide to...
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/ 2 months agoKoroibete joins Ospreys
OSPREYS have signed former Wallabies wing Marika Koroibete. The 34-year-old, who won the last of his 63 Australia caps against New...
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/ 2 months agoBurns lands Tigers role
FREDDIE Burns has returned to Leicester Tigers as kicking coach. The 36-year-old recently retired from a glittering playing career which took...
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/ 2 months agoQuins excited by new flyer Sigauke
HARLEQUINS have signed Zimbabwe wing Edward Sigauke. The 22-year-old, below, has scored eight tries in 12 games for his country. Quins...
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/ 2 months agoMoreno is Red Bulls’ 25th new signing
NEWCASTLE Red Bulls have signed Argentina prop Francisco Moreno on a one-year deal. The 24-year-old tight-head will join up with Pumas...
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/ 2 months agoBristol bring in Wells on short deal
BRISTOL Bears have signed former Leicester Tigers lock Harry Wells on a short-term deal. The 32-year-old, who can operate across the...
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/ 2 months agoCaptain Spencer to miss start of season
BATH captain Ben Spencer will miss the start of the Prem season after having surgery on a long-standing shoulder injury. The...
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/ 2 months agoDEAR READER…
IN THESE challenging times for print media, and as an independent family-run company, we are not immune to ever increasing cost...
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/ 2 months agoPrem Cup purpose is changing but competition still has value
Charge: Tom Hooper, of Exeter Chiefs, carries the ball THE Premiership Cup kicks off on Saturday and it will be an...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoAll Blacks gave hope to rest of chasing pack
Strategy: Fabian Holland in action against South Africa NEW Zealand against South Africa last weekend was one of the best Test...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoBlackadder leads great escape in Lions den
■By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Zealand produced a remarkable second-half comeback to escape with a win over the Lions, having trailed by...
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/ 2 months agoProud of Carley’s rise to top
KENT’S Matt Carley deserves huge congratulations for reaching the top of the refereeing ladder. As a west-countryman long resident in Kent,...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoLet’s get shot of hi-vis waterboys
THE mantra of rugby administrators and journalists is ‘the need to speed the game up and keep it flowing’ more often...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoBert left his mark on me!
READING Brendan Gallagher’s article on Coventry, the mention of hooker Bert Godwin sent me back to the 50s and my National...
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