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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoAmpthill ……….42 Glamorgan ……..5
■By MUHAMMED SHER AMPTHILL continued their preparations for the new Championship season with an impressive win in the Welsh capital, registering...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoGloucester power to away triumph
Munster ..................19 Gloucester ............28 ■By DAVID ROBINSON GLOUCESTER opened their first pre-season fixture with a win over Munster at Musgrave Park....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoChinnor ………………40 Worthing …………….17
■By JACK JOHNSON CHINNOR finished pre-season with a commanding victory over Worthing Raiders as they scored six tries at Kingsey Road....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBath off to a flier with a blitz of Cov
Coventry ..............7pts Bath ....................38pts By SAM KERR Bath scored six tries in their first match of pre-season as head of rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPotent Park’s attack run riot
Rosslyn Park 66 Tonbridge J ....10 ■By RHYS STRATTON ROSSLYN Park ran out as dominant winners in their final preseason fixture...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoParker leads a Bury bonanza
Bedford A ........38 Bury St Eds ....45 ■By MUHAMMED SHER THERE was certainly plenty of value to be had at Putnoe...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSaints march past Champ Bedford
Northampton 40 Bedford ..........26 ■By JACK JACOBS NORTHAMPTON Saints director of rugby Phil Dowson began his tenure with a win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHot Bears blow away Dragons
Dragons ..................28 Bristol ....................45 ■By SAM JACKSON BRISTOL Bears delivered a late fightback to beat Dragons at Rodney Parade in their...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoTynedale …………..28 Darlington MP ……52
■By NATHAN EDWARDS LIAM Checksfield hit a hat-trick as Darlington Mowden Park picked up a positive result in their final pre-season...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLucky Irish edge a 10-try thriller
Jersey Reds ..29 London Irish ..31 ■By IAN ROBSON @therugbypaper JERSEY Reds and London Irish shared 10 tries between them in...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWasps pack a perfect 10
Doncaster ............0pts Wasps ................56pts By DAN WILLIAMS Touchdown: Matteo Minozz goes in for his second try PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Wasps kicked...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoExpect Pivac to pick his best side from here on
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND With the Rugby World Cup just over a year away, Wayne Pivac will likely have...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWe must become tough to beat
PAUL REES There are few grander training bases in sport than Bath’s. The club has a 99-year lease at Farleigh House,...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEngland will relish American challenge
ROCKY CLARK England's most capped player and World Cup winner A Summer full of high-profile women’s sport is followed by an...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoNow let’s go for the jugular, urges Slipper
By GARY FITZGERALD Australia ..........25pts Tries: McReight 2, 56, Koroibete 47 Conversions: Lolesio 3, 57 Penalties: Lolesio 7, 64 South Africa...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoMarika tackle inspires victory
Marika Koroibete was ecstatic after helping the Wallabies return to winning ways and making one of the most ferocious tackles Test...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoBoffelli puts the boot into All Blacks
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER New Zealand....18pts Tries: Taukeiaho 10, Clarke 31 Conversions: Mo’unga 33 Penalties: Mo’unga 28, 46 Argentina ..........25pts Tries: Gonzalez...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoMontoya is so proud but Cheika warns of a backlash
Pumas skipper Julian Montoya couldn’t hold back his emotions after this historic victory. “I’m very proud of our team,” he beamed....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoFans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrench go from strength to strength
AFTER a difficult week for English club rugby, it is both instructive and a little chastening to look over La Manche...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFrance set to rock with the best league in the world
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW French flair: La Rochelle may be champions of Europe but they finished fifth...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRemembering DK, the speedster who made a name for himself
PETER JACKSON KEN Jones died last Wednesday, barely a fortnight after his 82nd birthday and some 60 years after becoming the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGlad to see Rennie has loyalty top of his list
NO word in the rugby lexicon has been battered from pillar to post more often than loyalty, once a priceless virtue...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoIt’s not pitch perfect just yet for Bury coach Ford
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 EAST Bury St Edmunds’ preseason preparations have been affected by a lack of rain – but...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRich will give Blood, sweat and tears for a faster start
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 1 Richie Williams is hoping his Cambridge side ‘can reach their full potential’ this season as they...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTigers must look to edge the tight matches, insists Barrow
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 NORTH Sedgley Park Tigers missed out on the title by just four points last season –...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoBarber gets ready to cut down his old pal Sneddon
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 WEST Mike Barber is looking forward to locking horns with former teammate Scott Sneddon as his...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe day Pumas joined world rugby’s top table
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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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe game paying too much for its players
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Top gun: Semi Radradra is a marquee player for Bristol PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY FIXTURES
SATURDAY SEP 3 WELSH LEAGUES PREMIERSHIP: Aberavon v Bridgend, Carmarthen v Llandovery, Llanelli v Swansea, Merthyr RFC v RGC, Newport v...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGatecrashers ready to spoil the party again
CLUB 0F THE WEEK BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER ROTHERHAM Founded: 1923 Ground; Clifton Lane (Capacity 3,628) Club honours: North East 1 champions:...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley
Having learned off the likes of AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy, ‘triple threat’ fly-half Sam Worsley is looking to make his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSupport for 7s ace after rare cancer diagnosis
NEWS EXTRA By NEIL HARVEY FORMER Wales Sevens player Ethan Davies has announced he has a rare form of cancer. The...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Weekend beginning Friday, September 2, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoConcern as refs switch to other side
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Another of French rugby’s leading gamekeepers turned coach this week, as Top 14 referee Maxime Chalon put...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMy sacking by England was bizarre, says Ashton
By NICK POWELL Brian Ashton was not bitter when he reflected on his removal as England coach, although he did describe...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps put their faith in Dodson
WASPS head coach Lee Blackett believes new signing Cam Dodson could become the gem the cashstrapped club are looking for. Dodson,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCattigan family call for inquiry following her death
THE family of Scotland international Siobhan Cattigan have called for an independent inquiry into her death, saying undetected rugby-related brain damage...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTop clubs face major cash crisis
By NEIL FISSLER The Premiership season kicks off in three weeks with growing fears that almost a quarter of the clubs...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDavies brings curtain down on his 30-year service with Wales
By PETER JACKSON Mark Davies is to end one of the longest careers in Test rugby – 30 years unbroken service...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFive-year deal will give Cup boost – Grainger
By JON NEWCOMBE Steve Grainger, RFU director of rugby development, is confident the new five-year partnership between England Rugby and Papa...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoClark on a mission to prove his Test quality
By ROB COLE Wales have capped two former England U20 centres in the last few years and new Dragons recruit Max...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProud Pendlebury expects England U18s to hit back
England U18s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury was proud of team’s effort despite losing the first game of their three match tour...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoStronge aims to be the top scrum-half in his division
By BEN JAYCOCK Ambition: Nottingham’s Michael Stronge Michael Stronge has set a clear goal to become the best scrum-half in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLudlow: Three ops and I’m good to go
By PAUL REES Lewis Ludlow feels like a new man. The Gloucester captain had three operations in as many weeks after...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJohnson glad to be a Wasp
Ashley Johnson has left his role as player-coach at Birmingham Moseley to take forward his coaching career with his former side...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHegarty to head home
LEICESTER Tigers’ Bryce Hegarty will leave the club midway through the season to join Super Rugby side the Western Force. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoChiefs confirm Sio signing
Exeter Chiefs confirmed the signing of Australia loose-head Scott Sio on a “long-term deal”. Sio, 30, has won 71 caps and...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoVan Zyl has his sights set on the World Cup
By GARY FITZGERALD Seeing Billy and Mako Vunipola battle their way back into Eddie Jones’ good books has encouraged Ivan van...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPainful budget cuts are for greater good
COLIN BOAG Still looking for a club: Former England full-back Mike Brown left Newcastle at the end of last season PICTURE:...
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