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/ 4 years agoEsher captain Bullett eager to take aim at National One
By BEN JAYCOCK Going up: Esher captain Adam Bullett lifts the title ADAM Bullett is relishing the challenge of going into...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoPoints do not always deliver the top prizes
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby followers who decided long ago that the sport’s various governing bodies shared a factory setting of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoCueto was Ashton but without all the fanfare
CHRIS HEWETT CLOSE members of Chris Ashton’s own family would hesitate to describe him as “the complete wing”, but his attacking...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoungs beat the odds to become Tigers hero
From an inauspicious start on a windy day in Doncaster, Tom Youngs went on to enjoy a fabulous career as a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGenge: Tom taught me so much about captaincy
ELLIS Genge admitted it was dislike at first sight when he first met Tom Youngs after joining Leicester from Bristol in...
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/ 4 years agoWRU must mirror the success of Connacht
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND As Oliver Hardy used to say to his comic partner Stan Laurel, "That's another fine...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTries kick penalties into touch
PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW THE PREMIERSHIP PRODUCT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST DECADE When James Grayson kicked a late long-range...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTop eight decided with Welsh regions as also-rans
URC THERE is one full round of matches left, but the race for the play-offs has been run with the top...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCheeky Castaignede lifts Les Bleus’ spirits
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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/ 4 years agoMerging of giants is the only option to lift Welsh
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When the organisers finalise their 24 qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup, they...
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/ 4 years agoWily Myler has many more miles still left on the clock
PETER JACKSON Longevity: Myler STEPHEN Myler will complete 20 years as a goalkicking stand-off next season, adding to a points total...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoPhillip’s brace seals Warriors revival
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Double: Carys Phillips Worcester ......34 Loughborough 24 WORCESTER Warriors came from 24-17 down at the break to seal...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBears into the play-offs despite heavy defeat
By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............26 Harlequins ......43 A PHYSICALLY imposing Harlequins used the power of their pack to propel them to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens humbled by ruthless Chiefs
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................54pts Saracens ..........12pts EXETER Chiefs secured their place in the semi-finals in the most comprehensive way possible,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoCherry and Whites end Wasps’ play-off hope
By ED HAYWARD Gloucester-H ..36 Wasps ................7 IN THEIR last home game of the season, Gloucester-Hartpury put their opponents play-off hopes...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSilky Sale come out on top in battle of Sharks
By TOM BULMER Brace: Leah Lyons Sale Sharks ..57 DMP Sharks ......5 SALE Sharks secured their second win of the campaign...
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/ 4 years agoEngland’s rivals have a massive gap to fill
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND’S MOST CAPPED PLAYER AND WORLD CUP WINNER Champions: England clinched the Women’s Six Nations trophy with some ease...
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/ 4 years agoBoughton aims to kick on after best ever finish
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CINDERFORD have achieved their highest ever finish in National 1 and flyhalf Reece Boughton describes finishing...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 4 years agoHong Kong triumph built on sand of Bali
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND NORTHAMPTON, SALE, TREVISO & CALVISANO CENTRE WHO NOW COACHES ITALY SEVENS...
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/ 4 years agoTop gun Ashton still has so much to give
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER History maker: Chris Ashton dives over to break...
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/ 4 years agoNo Bank Holiday action such a wasted opportunity
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER PERHAPS we are spoilt for choice these days but I was amazed there wasn’t a single professional...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoComeback king Sergio aims to bow out in style
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS YOU can’t keep a good man down. Sergio Parisse has not been on our radar for a...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoResilient Reds battle through adversity to reach last four
Jersey won 49 -33 on aggregate By TOM INNES Jersey ..............30pts Tries: Clarke 9, Grey 21, Barnes 46, Harris 78 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling find their feet to cruise into semis
Ealing won 87 -45 on aggregate By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing ................56pts Tries: Terry 17, 22; White 29, Walker 52, 70; Porter...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPirates hold nerve to steal it in a thriller
By TOM CARR Bedford ..............32pts Tries: Worley 24, 29, Stedman 62, Adamson 96 Conversions: Maisey 24, 30, 62 Penalties: Maisey 6,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRae: Great opportunity to lift rare silverwear
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Coventry v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Butts Park Arena Driven: Alex Rae Changes: Steve Boden ALEX Rae...
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/ 4 years agoYoung insists future is bright after six-try Zebre destruction
By ROB COLE Cardiff ......42pts Tries: Ratti 5, L Williams 10, Penalty 17, Lane 21, 37; Llewellyn 80 Conversions: Priestland 6,...
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/ 4 years agoNorth takes centre stage in first start for 12 months
PREVIEW... Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Swansea.com Stadium GEORGE North will make his first start in more than a year...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTykes fight back to secure the draw
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ..32 Cinderford ......32 LEEDS Tykes showed some true Yorkshire grit to mount a monumental fightback to...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoQuigley finishes career on a high
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ......36pts Tries: Dunne 31, 39, 50, Tucker 45, Taylor 53 Conversions: Hayes 31, 39, 45, 53 Penalties:...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTigers confirm runners-up spot
By MICK PALMER Bournville ............26 Sedgley Park ........52 THE curtain came down on the season as Park secured runners up spot...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoHelliwell double seals win for Lions
By MICHAEL HAWKINS Leicester L ....47 Guernsey ........14 LEICESTER Lions made amends for their 17-5 defeat in Guernsey in the reverse...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoOne-sided contests will drive fans away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It seems that not a week goes by without some sort of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoFeel lucky to have played in the era I did
JEFF PROBYN I HAD the chance last week to help Upper Clapton Rugby club celebrate 140 years since the club was...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoCharlie has all the Bunting out
By SAQIB SAGIR Cumbria...................24 Staffordshire......... 31 STAFFORDSHIRE took the honours with victory at Cumbria in their opening Division Two clash. There...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoMidlands ease their way home
By NATHAN EDWARDS East Midlands....... 41 Warwickshire........24 EAST Midland battled past Warwickshire to pick up an opening day victory in division...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoReynolds’ late points seal top encounter
By MUHAMMED SHER Hampshire...... 43 Kent................... 44 A PULSATING affair in Havant went the way of Kent. The home side came...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoSturgess inspires opening triumph
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Lancashire........52pts Leicestershire... 14pts PAUL Arnold was happy with the performance of his Lancashire side as they beat Leicestershire...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoYorkshire savour double delight over Northumberland
By STEVE SMITH Northumberland ..40 Yorkshire.................52 TRADITIONAL northern rivals Northumberland and Yorkshire went head-to-head at the double as both their men’s...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoAll Hale a special try from from Dan
By CIERAN EDWARDS Dorset & Wilts........ 34 Eastern Counties..... 8 DORSET and Wilts thrashed East Counties, in the Royal Wootton Bassett,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoSomerset make intentions clear
By IVOR SMITH Essex........................ 15 Somerset.................69 AN EMPHATIC final score of 69-15 has sent out a clear message to Somerset’s rivals...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoBill Beaumont County Championship
Berkshire..........37 Middlesex........ 21 SIX unanswered second-half tries from Berkshire saw a remarkable comeback. Middlesex had stretched away in the first period,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWILSON IJEH
YOUNG GUNS EALING TRAILFINDERS WING After telling himself that he’ll ‘never play rugby again’, Ealing wing Wilson Ijeh wants to become...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoFixtures
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/ 4 years agoBlues smash Rebels in an 11-try frenzy
By NICK POWELL THE Blues strengthened their position at the top of the table as they destroyed the Rebels 71-28. Leon...
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/ 4 years agoWoods proud to be Two North’s ‘best of the rest’
By BEN JAYCOCK Proud: Ben Woods TYNEDALE head coach Ben Woods is delighted with his side’s campaign as after a slow...
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/ 4 years agoWest Park Leeds’ long run continues
WEST Park Leeds U18s lifted the Yorkshire League, Yorkshire Cup and National Colts titles this season extending the current group’s incredible...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoThomas puts boot in to spoil Dale’s party
Premiership By JARRED EVITTS Merthyr ................43 Aberavon..............44 THERE was to be no fairytale farewell for Merthyr head coach Dale McIntosh, who’s...
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