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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTownsend early red card costly for Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T........ 14pts Sheffield............35pts Newly-promoted Sheffield stormed to a five try victory in a fiercely contested city derby....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHistoric first triumph for Ionians over the Titans
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............27 Rotherham T..........22 WHAT a cracking game. This was as good an advert for local rugby as...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBoot of Rowntree secures late spoils
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................25 Huddersfield..........22 OTLEY claimed local bragging rights with a late penalty in a closely fought match. Huddersfield scored...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBragging rights secured by Fylde
By MO SHER Preston G................... 6 Fylde.........................22 FYLDE picked up a bonus-point win at near rivals Preston Grasshoppers, the home side’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North East
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT DRIFFIELD move to the top of the table after beating Sandal 52-31 at Kellythorpe. Matthew Jenkinson, Tom Sowerby,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North West
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT FOLLOWING a 14-try 86-5 win away to Kirkby Lonsdale, Sandbach are the new league leaders. Adrian Bishop, Harry...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘One club culture’ at Barnes produces results
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK FROM people running marathons, to hosting ‘Come Dine With Me’ experiences, Barnes RFC have helped out...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRaiders thwarted by Red & Whites
By ARMAND ROUX Dorking.................... 44 Worthing..................24 A FINE second-half performance saw Dorking run out comfortable winners having turned round at half-time...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDavies is the star of Barnes’ show
By MO SHER Guernsey................. 17 Barnes......................32 BARNES captain Josh Davies was in scintillating form as a hat-trick of tries from the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJuddians edge Kent rivals in Merton Lane showpiece
By MUHAMMED SHER Canterbury........35pts Tonbridge J..... 44pts Fightback: Duncan Tout scores for Tonbridge TONBRIDGE’S director of rugby, Peter Dankert, perfectly summed...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHawks bounce back to thrash Old Albanians
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians........ 17 Henley...................... 41 HENLEY got their league campaign back on track with a commanding victory over...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoControversial red is costly for Lions
By NICK CROWE Rochford H..............29 Westcliff.................27 A TENSE local derby went the way of Rochford after a pivotal red was given...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoVikings conquered by Bury resistance
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Eds..............36 n Walsham..............27 BURY climbed up to third with victory over North Walsham, who are still...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
1 South Central By STEPHEN SMITH MAIDENHEAD continued their perfect start to the season with a 29-14 bonus-point victory on their...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoUni boys impress in sinking Redruth
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter Uni........ 42 Redruth.............29 EXETER University and Redruth served up a summer sizzler at Topsham, as the students...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBean stars as the Lions roar again
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.................. 15 Leicester L..............26 A LATE Hinckley fight back was not enough to deny Lions a second win...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCrusaders see off city rivals with style
By JOHN WHITE Dings C...................43 Clifton.....................24 DINGS turned on the style, out-scoring their cross-city rivals by six tries to three, to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSix of the best for Luctonians as Old Reds suffer
By GEOFF VICKERS Luctonians............. 44 Old Redcliffians.... 15 IN their first home game of the season, Luctonians blew newcomers Old Redcliffians...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLeonard’s boot seals Salop win
By PHIL GUTTUS Newport (Salop)...35 Bournville...............28 AFTER a chastening defeat at Old Redcliffians last week, Newport bounced back in style with...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBrilliant Students blow Stour away
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge............25 Loughborough S....54 THE alarm bells are already ringing around Stourton Park as Stour succumbed to their second...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBarnstaple sting Hornets at death
By JACK GADD Hornets.....................22 Barnstaple..............23 HORNETS welcomed Barnstaple to the Nest for the first time in a number of years and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
1 Midlands By DAVID LAWRENCE BROMSGROVE bounced back from their opening-day defeat in the Midlands Premier by scoring six tries during...
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Features
/ 3 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Wasps close to securing funding WASPS are close to securing funds to repay some of their multimillion-pound debts. Bondholders are owed...
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Features
/ 3 years ago‘You need to work out who you are’
There is a moment in Brian O’Driscoll’s documentary on life after professional sport when Michael Cheika sums up what players and...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMoney is at the root of rugby’s problems
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It was interesting to read David Campese’s take on why today’s game...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPeters hoping to make mark at Newcastle
By JON NEWCOMBE Having had his World Cup dreams dashed, Spain international Josh Peters is hoping that another of his rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Deadeye Groves helps get Old Reds off to flier ■By BEN JAYCOCK OLD Redcliffians made a dream return to the National...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoAmbitious Gallagher aiming for top-flight contract
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK FREE scoring hooker Matt Gallagher has set himself a personal goal to earn a Premiership contract...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoVerbickas era starts in style as Dale hit quick fifty
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Wharfedale director of rugby Simon Verbickas made an emphatic start to his tenure in north...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFlier MacDonald back to her best after neck injury
By BEN JAYCOCK Having once feared she’d never be able to play rugby again, Claudia Mac-Donald enjoyed a dream England return...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRobinson magic spurs Red Rose fightback
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTurnbull determined to bring change at Cardiff
By STEFFAN THOMAS Josh Turnbull is hoping to spearhead a revival at Cardiff while also laying the foundations for a career...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPowerful Wizards ease to another big win
WELSH PREMIER By ROB COLE Swansea ........17 Aberavon ........39 The Wizards sit happily on top of the Premiership table after two...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 hit hard by Vakatawa retirement
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For Racing 92, this is the first weekend after the unexpected retirement before. A matter of days...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL LEAGUES Premiership (3pm kick-off) Gloucester v Wasps Sale v Northampton WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 INTERNATIONALS Women’s England v...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhite keen to prove he’s good enough for Scotland
By GARY FITZGERALD Ben White has set his heart on a dream trip to France next year and he hopes turning...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWRU ban on trans women
THE Welsh Rugby Union has banned transgender women from competing in female-only matches. The move follows similar decisions by the English...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRobertson on list for Eddie job
By PETER JACKSON England are compiling a dossier on Scott Robertson as part of their global search for Eddie Jones‘ successor....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWRU’s £30m funding deal expected to face stiff opposition
By STEFFAN THOMAS The Welsh Rugby Union are set to table a six-year multi-million pound deal for the professional game which...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBlackett is confident Wasps are over worst
By PAUL REES WASPS are among the clubs who have been counting the cost of Covid, but Lee Blackett is confident...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSubscriptions…
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWorld Cup carrot will inspire us – George
By GARY FITZGERALD Jamie George admits it will be “difficult” pushing thoughts of France to the back of his mind but...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRelton returns home to take the Pirates route
Arthur Relton is returning to his Cornwall rugby roots this season keen to follow a well-trodden path into a Premiership career....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCallard predicts brighter future for Leeds
By NICK POWELL LEEDS Tykes head coach Jon Callard is aiming high for this season. In the 2019/20 Championship season Leeds...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWe must get off to a faster start this time, says Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson wants Northampton to take their form in the latter stages of last season into the new...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSanderson: Ford’s best days to come
By GARY FITZGERALD Star man: George Ford, pictured playing for Leicester, has joined Sale PICTURES: Getty Images George Ford has “the...
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