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/ 3 years agoHowman hat-trick leads Clifton romp
Clifton.......................59 Stourbridge............ 19 By ROGER OPIE ALEX Howman bagged a hat-trick as Clifton ran in nine tries in seeing off Stourbridge....
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/ 3 years agoJoseland double as Exeter win uni tussle
L’borough S....... 17pts Exeter Uni..........37pts By MARTA GOMEZ-SANTOS Loughborough Students fell to defeat against fellow student side Exeter University in their...
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/ 3 years agoLions cut loose in second half to topple Newport
Leicester Lions.....4 8 Newport (Salop)... 19 By MIKE HOWKINS LEICESTER Lions extended their unbeaten start to the season with a convincing...
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/ 3 years agoDings edge rivals in a derby thriller
Old Redcliffians....29 Dings Crusaders...32 By GEOFF SIBLEY DINGS Crusanders edged past Old Redcliffians in a humdinger of a local derby. Unbeaten...
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/ 3 years agoHoney on money as Reds triumph
Redruth.................... 41 Hornets..................... 31 By BILL HOOPER A FAULTLESS kicking display from Redruth’s Fraser Honey was the difference between the two...
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/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
1 Midlands By DAVID LAWRENCE BURTON continued their perfect start to the season as they ran out 37-26 winners at Stoke...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoStudents spurred on by this summer’s graduates
NEWS EXTRA ■By NICK POWELL AN impressive 37 university players have been picked up by Premiership and Championship clubs heading into...
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Features
/ 3 years agoLove for Leeds was never about money
PHIL NILSEN MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER LEEDS AND COVENTRY HOOKER EVERY rugby career has highs and lows and I had...
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Features
/ 3 years agoEngland’s big names may miss out on Lions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’S the beginning of a new season and the same idea that...
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Features
/ 3 years agoI’m sorry, Chris, but the clubs made a bad call
JEFF PROBYN I am sorry to say that I disagree with Chris Hewett who seems to have made the assumption that...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe day in 1990 when Eddie Butler gave me his stamp of approval
VERY sad to hear that Eddie Butler has died. He was a great player who moved seamlessly into broadcasting. My fondest...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Jackson scales ramp of ‘Everest’ for charity FORMER Bath and London Welsh No.8 Ed Jackson is climbing the spiral ramp at...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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/ 3 years agoCampbell proud of progress shown at Hinckley
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK CHRIS Campbell has made the step up to director of rugby at Hinckley and in and...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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/ 3 years agoAny team can beat anyone in National 1 – Cattell
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK JOINT Bishop’s Stortford head coach Marcus Cattell expects National 1 to be one of the most...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWinning start has Rochford targeting top ten
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK ROCHFORD Hundred made a strong start to their season by winning their two opening games but...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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/ 3 years agoSweet for Sheffield to reclaim bragging rights
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK SHEFFIELD director of rugby Simon Tomlinson is revelling in last weekend’s victory over arch rivals Sheffield...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoFired-up Ponty’s tribute for Butler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL paid a fitting tribute to their former captain Eddie Butler, who died suddenly on Thursday,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPremiership Cup
Jones special lays Ironmen a foundation Cardiff......................29 Merthyr....................45 By JACK NAISBITT MERTHYR confirmed their place in the WRU Premiership Cup quarter-finals...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLloyd turns the screw for Steelmen
Ebbw Vale...............3 4 Carmarthen............ 14 By HARRY CORISH EBBW VALE comfortably beat Carmarthen Quins at Eugene Cross Park. The Quins are...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoRavens keep their nerve after Davies blow
Pontypridd..............26 Bridgend.................. 30 By SIMON ROBERTS BRIDGEND Ravens survived a late rally by Pontypridd to secure a vital away victory at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSloane wraps up revenge for Whites
Swansea.................40 Llanelli..................... 13 By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA gained sweet revenge for Llanelli’s opening-day victory with a convincing win in the Welsh...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNews
Wilkins signs for Exeter WALES back Robyn Wilkins has signed for Exeter Chiefs, along with Scotland prop Panashe Muzambe and Australia...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWatkins at double in Cup romp
Division One Cup round-up By ROB COLE NEWBRIDGE turned a 50-50 game at half-time against Rhydyfelin into a merry romp in...
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/ 3 years agoImproving Ospreys target play-offs
OSPREYS boss Toby Booth has set his sights on the URC play-offs this season, after his side earned a place in...
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/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 3 years agoURC chief keen to emulate US sports model
■By STEFFAN THOMAS MARTIN Anayi admits the United Rugby Championship does need to consider a restriction on player salaries and would...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoJalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international fly-half Matthieu Jalibert’s unfortunately timed early-season travails continued on Saturday, amid renewed questions over his...
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/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, September 18, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18...
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/ 3 years agoAlred agrees to stay on at Bears
By PAUL REES PAT Lam believes taking a punt on Dave Alred will make a difference for Bristol as they look...
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/ 3 years agoWilson hits first century for Ionians
On the run: Sam Wilson playing for Hull Ionians SAM WILSON has become the first Hull Ionians player to score 100...
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/ 3 years agoDallaglio: Genge is man to lift Bristol
Dallaglio: Bristol were right to rush Genge back By GARY FITZGERALD Ellis Genge, the England prop who moved to Bristol from...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoI’m aiming for World Cup, says Davies
By STEFFAN THOMAS Jonathan Davies says he wants to represent Wales at the World Cup next year but his priority this...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe’ll take changes in our stride, says Paver
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates fought hard for an opening night win against Richmond on Friday and coach Alan Paver has...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPollard will light up Tigers – Liebenberg
By PAUL REES Hanro Liebenberg is backing his South African compatriot Handre Pollard to take to life in the Premiership quickly...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVideo nasties help shake demons for Skivington
By PAUL REES George Skivington spent his summer watching video nasties as he plotted how to get Gloucester into the tour...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFit-again Hogg is eager to get back in action
By PAUL REES Stuart Hogg is raring to go again after a rare summer break that saw the Scotland captain have...
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/ 3 years agoLam gets Lewis
FORMER Worcester flanker Sam Lewis has joined Bristol. The 31-year-old has been on trial at Ashton Gate during the summer and...
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/ 3 years agoLockwood signs
Newcastle back row Freddie Lockwood has signed for Jersey on a season-long loan. Lockwood, 21, is a former England youth international...
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/ 3 years agoAustralia crush Red Roses in World Cup 7s
ENGLAND women crashed out of the World Cup 7s Cup quarter-finals last night in a crushing 35-5 defeat to Australia. Tries...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoGet real, T2 teams can’t have any more
WITH Premiership clubs’s finances coming under severe scrutiny and the RFU’s resources, as Jeff Probyn writes, fully stretched, what on earth...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoPremiership could be most competitive yet
RUGBY has had a lot of negativity around it in recent months but I’m so excited by the start of the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWhen will the RFU come to its senses?
IN Rugby Paper Sept 4, Nick Cain says “the Premiership cartel is throttling the English game by killing ambition”. He adds...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEngland need a few new stars to emerge
EDDIE Jones said early in his tenure as England head coach that he wanted to have three or four players for...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKeep rich owners on a tight leash
COLIN BOAG Huge asset: Gloucester fans pack out Kingsholm Stadium last season PICTURE: Getty Images There are lies, damned lies, and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoFour musketeers who can light up the game
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Henry Arundell, Louis Rees-Zammit, Anthony Watson and Joe Cokanasiga are four wingers who can...
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/ 3 years agoWhen the game met with royal approval
Brendan Gallagher Although it would be a stretch to suggest that Her Majesty The Queen was a diehard rugby fan, she...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGreat timing for the main events
By Brendan Gallagher It might just be a coincidence but most of Her Majesty’s landmark anniversaries were marked by momentous events...
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