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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoItaly 14-32 South Africa: Once again, Springboks have to live with 14 men
South Africa overcame a first-half red card for the second weekend running as the world champions powered to a composed victory...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoWales 24-23 Japan: Jarrod Evans hits the target as Steve Tandy’s side steal it at the death
An 83rd-minute penalty from replacement Jarrod Evans deprived Japan of a deserved first victory in Wales in a dramatic finish.
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoLake: We weren’t ruthless enough – we must be accurate
WALES captain Dewi Lake was relieved to get over the line but knows there must be huge improvements if they are...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoIreland 46-19 Australia: Mack Hansen & co on fire as Irish put Aussies to sword
Mack Hansen, playing out of position, made a timely return from injury by scoring three tries in 27 minutes as Ireland...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoScotland vs Argentina: We must get it right this time, says Ewan Ashman
Darcy Graham will win his 50th cap at Murrayfield today for Scotland, hoping for a better result after last week’s disappointment...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoFrance 34-21 Fiji: Nicholas Depoortere at the double to take Les Bleus out of sight
Centre Nicolas Depoortere scored in each half as France all-but guaranteed themselves a top-six seeding in the Rugby World Cup 2027...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoRWC ’27 face-off between Belgium & Samoa
RWC QUALIFIER SAMOA and Belgium have set up a winner takes all showdown on Tuesday for the final place at the...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoAptsiauri hat-trick helps Georgia down Canada
International round-up FLYING wing Shalva Aptsiauri scored three tries to help Georgia defeat Canada 38-17 in Batumi, Georgia. After conceding an...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoEaling can’t be blamed if they look to the URC
EALING Trailfinders could be forgiven for adopting the old Millwall FC chant, “No one likes us, we don’t care”. The west...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoGloucester 19-17 Bath: Cherry & Whites make the most of the reigning champs’ errors
Gloucester, the 2024 winners of the Prem Cup, beat the 2025 winners to take pole position in Pool A with three...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSlade, 32, opens up talks to extend contract
NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs have opened talks over a new contract with England centre Henry Slade. The 32-year-old has spent his...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoMarshall looking through one eye
ACCORDING to Justin Marshall, for whom no dead horse is ever left unflogged, the French are now paying the price of...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoChallenger steps up to snatch it for Warriors
By JEAN BULL Worcester ....... 24pts Tries: Williams 5, Seabrook 52, 64; Challenger 80 Conversions: Eden 5, Reed 64 Nottingham ......22pts...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoPirates in a hurry to get the job done
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ............ 52pts Tries: Hiscocks 8, Ward 21, 31, 80; Cambriani 34, Yates 42, Price-Thomas 60, Wimbush...
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Latest News
/ 5 months ago85 years on and Coventry pay tribute to war heroes
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........68pts Tries: Adderly-Jones 29, 50; Bacon 4, Graham 18, Poole 33, Ball 35, Nayalo 40, Rhys-Tiueti 62,...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWorboys hits the target to give Chinnor that final lift
■By ALEX GREGGOR Chinnor ..............22pts Tries: Rukhadze 14, Walker 38, Penalty 47 Conversion: Worboys 15 Penalty: Worboys 74 L Scottish .........20pts...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBlues happy to take the gritty road past Caldy
■By JAMES LAWRENCE Bedford .............20pts Tries: Maisey 51, Titherington 80 Conversions: Maisey 52, 80+1 Penalties: Maisey 19, 55 Caldy .................... 8pts...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoHartpury’s late dash can’t catch Richmond
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond .........17pts Tries: Jones 30, Addams 50 Conversions: Grieve 31, 51 Penalty: Grieve 47 Hartpury ............12pts Tries: Morgan...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoLeaders Ealing are looking for revenge over Doncaster
■By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing Trailfinders v Doncaster PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 3pm, Trailfinders Sportsground TOP-OF-THE-TABLE and unbeaten Ealing Trail-finders welcome Doncaster Knights...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoArchers out to shoot at the big boys
■By BEN JAYCOCK Together: Jack Dickinson scoring against Doncaster PICTURE: Pete Jenkins NOTTINGHAM are relishing the challenge of taking on full-time...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoLions who said farewell
A SHORT while ago the Lions could point to a healthy list of grand old names as proof that the long-gone...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoTime to cut back on subs
BIARRITZ and Agen collided off the Bay of Biscay the other day, a routine fixture in the lower half of the...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoRaducanu’s Grand Slam credentials
SO Emma Raducanu pitched up at Team England’s base camp to give Maro and the lads an idea of what it...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoNorrie’s World Cup suggestions were spot on
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reading David Norrie’s opinion on the Rugby World Cup format – both he and I are singing from...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoLet’s ring fence these ‘parachute’ payments
I READ with interest Brendan Gallagher’s column last Sunday regarding TV deals not looking so good for the Prem. Firstly, I...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoDun set to join Quins at end of season
BRISTOL Bears second row James Dun will join Harlequins at the end of the season. The 26-year-old former England Under-20 star...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoDREAM TEAM
JOSH BARTON, THE COVENTRY AND FORMER NEWCASTLE SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Phil Brantingham – Played...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoMcGann certain his kick was good
IT took Ireland 29 Test matches to claim a win over New Zealand – Soldier Field 2016 – so we shouldn’t...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 months agoHat-trick for Lund makes difference for champs
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Gloucester-H ...40pts Tries: Lund 7, 46, 50; Matthews 16, Tuipolotu 28, Jones 58 Conversions: George 8, 17, 29,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 months agoSaracens march on as Cleall hits triple
■By BEN MORRIS Saracens .......................79pts Tries: Rose 5, MacDougall 11, Field 23, Omokhuale 36, Evans 40, Sellors 45, Crake 51, Cleall...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 months agoSalvin: We are getting improvements week by week
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Sandy Park EXETER Chiefs welcome Harlequins to Sandy Park today...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBack-to-back league wins are a first for Trailfinders
■By JOSEPH TERRY Trailfinders ....45pts Tries: Borland 8, 40; Ponsonby 11, 53; White 33, 66; Taylor 68 Conversions: Jones 11, 40,...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoTykes get to grips with the weather to prevail
■ By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Leeds Tykes ...26 Dings C..............17 LEEDS Tykes claimed a bonus-point victory over Dings Crusaders, delivering a composed...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoMulchrone settles the Dogs’ nerves
■ By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................33 Tonbridge J ...........26 SALE FC and Tonbridge Juddians collided on the back of convincing wins...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoTigers survive after missed conversion
■ By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ........28 B Moseley ..............27 SEDGLEY Park manage to survive late on as they snatched a...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoTitans forced to hold off second-half Club rally
■ By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T .. 24pts Tries: Bruzulier 18, Broad 31, Penalty 36 Conversions: Hayes 18, 31 Penalty: Hayes...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoStortford rally as Lions left to lick their wounds
■ By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............48 Leicester Lions ....29 BISHOP’S Stortford overcame a slow start to run out convincing winners...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoRams raided by magic of Jenkins
■ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 15 Plymouth A ............34 RAMS slipped to a third straight National One defeat as clinical...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoPark get stung by the in-form Clifton
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................37 Rosslyn Park .........29 THE league leaders came unstuck against a resurgent Clifton who outplayed them...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSmith urges the Moseley Boys to avoid blame game
■ By BEN JAYCOCK BIRMINGHAM Moseley speedster Aquile Smith stresses the club must avoid the blame game and instead take collective...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoBaker has the right ingredient to serve up a win
■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians.....26 Sheffield T.......27 SHEFFIELD Tigers were lifted by the return of Will Baker and James Norman...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoHosts are over the Hill and far away!
■ By MIKE BROWN Billingham.............. 31 Rossendale............27 BILLINGHAM edged a pulsating contest, holding off a fierce Rossendale fightback to claim a...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoIrvine double is so decisive for Otley
■ By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G.................25 Otley..........................34 OTLEY made the most of their trip to Preston with a hard-fought win. The...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoBy George! Hedgley hurts Hull so hard
■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................21pts Wharfedale..... 44pts HULL started the game with great confidence and ran into a 16-point lead after...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoLast-gasp penalty miss denies Darlington the victory
■ By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 17 Darlington MP........ 17 DARLINGTON were held to a draw by Fylde in a battle of...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoAttis kicks Macc to thrilling triumph
■ By TOM BARRY Macclesfield ..39 Tynedale .........38 WHAT an advert for the game in this area this was. The two...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWounded Wharfedale ‘will come back stronger’
■ By BEN JAYCOCK THE ‘Wharfedale knee’ has ravaged the Yorkshire club’s squad, leaving eight first-teamers on the treatment table, but...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoFirst-half blitz sets the tone for Chiefs to reign
■ By AVUYILE SAWULA Barnstaple.......36 Loughboro S....33 FOUR tries in the first half laid the foundation for Barnstaple to clinch a...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoLions thoroughly tamed by Exeter
■ By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni................79 Syston......................36 EXETER University produced a dominant attacking display to defeat Syston in an open, high-scoring...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoChester are all out of Luc in thrashing
■ By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............42 Chester........................0 LUCTONIANS put to bed any doubts about their ability to bounce back after last week’s...
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