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/ 4 years agoCardiff scrape home in fiery Welsh derby
By ROGER PANTING Dragons..............18pts Tries: Griffiths 39, Dixon 63 Conversions: S Davies 39 Penalties: Reed 24, 74 Cardiff ................19pts Tries: Williams...
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/ 4 years agoRhyno gets Benetton charging to victory
By BEN JAYCOCK Benetton ........39 Zebre ................17 RHYNO Smith scored 29 points including a hattrick of tries as Benetton comfortably saw...
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/ 4 years agoWayne will need all his big guns to battle Boks
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It is going to be a big week for Wayne Pivac as he emerges from...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNo.9’s clock has changed to ruck time
PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHANGING FACE OF SCRUM-HALF PLAY SINCE THE 2019 WORLD CUP Adefining feature of the 2019 World...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAll eyes are on Arundell after his wonder try
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Worcester Tuesday, May 17. Kick-off 7.45pm, Stadium EDDIE Jones has been to London...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCup success can be launchpad for Warriors revival
TED Hill believes winning the Premiership Cup would be the catalyst for Worcester to make a greater impact in the Premiership...
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/ 4 years agoBeer test put Glyn on his way to Widnes
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The last formality of Glyn Shaw’s transfer from Neath to Widnes took place...
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/ 4 years agoDeclining European crowds a cause for concern
PETER JACKSON LA Defense Arena, Racing’s indoor home some six miles west of downtown Paris, offers 30,261 seats for rugby matches....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoTaufoou’s late strike clinches win for Lightning
By LILY PATEY Loughborough..22 Harlequins ......17 Vital try: Hallie Taufoou A BUMPER crowd of 1,500 at Franklin’s Gardens went home happy...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSarries leave it late to edge out spirited Wasps
By BEN HART Saracens ........31 Wasps ..............26 SARACENS pipped Wasps in a London derby thriller at the StoneX to round-off an...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoExeter relieved to secure home semi
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................29pts Bristol ................26pts ‘RELIEF’ was the overriding emotion for Exeter Chiefs head coach Susie Appleby as her...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoUnderwood hits four in emphatic 11-try rout
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER DMP Sharks ......0 Gloucester-H ..67 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury rounded off the season with a comprehensive win over DMP Durham Sharks...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoNine-try Warriors produce powerful finish
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ......51 Sale ..................26 WORCESTER Warriors made it back-to-back victories to end their campaign strongly, running in nine...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoChiefs are form team, they’re real contenders
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND’S MOST CAPPED PLAYER AND WORLD CUP WINNER After one of the most competitive seasons in the Allianz Premier...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNever regret choosing Bath over NFL career
MY LIFE IN RUGBY DAN LYLE THE FORMER US EAGLES, BATH & LEICESTER BACK ROWER I WAS a couple of years...
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/ 4 years agoThe academy which is envy of the world
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cardiff Met have rightly been in the spotlight...
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/ 4 years agoReunited with a piece of history
ANNIVERSARY dinners not only see old stories dusted down and recycled, the Cardiff Met shindig saw the reemergence of the oldest...
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/ 4 years agoFive-try Ealing put Pirates to the sword
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing ................36pts Tries: Terry 10, 25, Johnson 36, Burns 40, Walker 59 Conversions: Shingler 26, 39, 40, 60;...
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/ 4 years agoReds fightback falls short as Coventry physicality
By JAMES HEWLETT Jersey ................17pts Tries: White 29, Doolan 75, Van Breda 79 Conversions: Cope 29 Coventry............20pts Tries: Nayalo 3, Poole...
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/ 4 years agoHammond hopes extra training can level playing field
By JON NEWCOMBE NOTTINGHAM will move to a three-day training week for the 2022/23 campaign after finishing secondfrom-bottom in the Championship...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIreland end 111 year wait against All Blacks
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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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoEngland rugby still has a long way to go
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The failure of any of the Premiership teams to make it to...
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/ 4 years agoHoughton close to costing hosts
By NATHAN EDWARDS Cumbria................... 21 East Midlands....... 17 CUMBRIA held onto a strong first-half performance, to pick up a key win...
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/ 4 years agoStaffordshire’s Elliot runs riot
By SAQIB SAGIR Staffordshire.........52 Warwickshire........35 NEWPORT’S Ben Elliot scored 32 points in a fine individual performance, guiding Staffordshire to a 52-35...
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/ 4 years agoShepherd guides his flock past Hampshire
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall...........78 Hampshire....... 12 CORNWALL began the defence of the Bill Beaumont Cup in champion fashion with a emphatic...
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/ 4 years agoLast-gasp pen settles pulsating Roses tie
By MUHAMMED SHER Yorkshire...........33pts Lancashire........ 31pts LEWIS Minkin was the toast of Yorkshire, his penalty – the final kick of an...
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/ 4 years agoLeicestershire put to the sword by a rampant Cheshire
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Leicestershire....... 12 Cheshire................ 101 LEICESTERSHIRE battled with great grit and determination at Hinckley’s ground but were, ultimately, no...
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/ 4 years agoEastern Counties show huge heart
By RUSS CLARKE Eastern Counties..47 Essex County.........43 EASTERN Counties mounted a miraculous comeback to secure a win with Luke Boyne at...
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/ 4 years agoCidermen do not Wilt in the sunshine
By DICK MACEY Somerset.................33 Dorset & Wilts....... 19 ON A sun-drenched afternoon, Somerset took on Dorset & Wiltshire and were worthy...
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/ 4 years agoBill Beaumont County Championship
N Midlands....... 31 Notts, L & D....... 15 NORTH Midlands top their group in Division Three with a second win from...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOLLIEALLAN
YOUNG GUNS LONDON IRISH SCRUM-HALF London Irish Academy scrum-half Ollie Allan likes to operate on his motto ‘dream big or don’t...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoBulls keep the pressure on unbeaten Cheetahs
By BEN JAYCOCK CURRIE CUP THE BULLS maintained the pressure on the Cheetahs with a bonus point 43-37 victory over the...
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/ 4 years agoMo’unga inspires Crusaders to vital win
By BEN JAYCOCK SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC RICHIE Mo’unga moved to 1,000 Super Rugby points as he scored 17 against the Brumbies...
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/ 4 years agoPotent McKenzie targets glory finish at Sungoliath
By BEN JAYCOCK JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE DAMIAN McKenzie is thriving in Japan Rugby League One for Sungoliath and hopes to...
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/ 4 years agoGilgronis and Free Jacks lead the way in US MLR
By BEN JAYCOCK GOING into the halfway point in Major League Rugby, the Austin Gilgronis and the LA Giltinis have set...
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/ 4 years agoNow is our time to shine, insists Curry
By BEN JAYCOCK HULL captain Cam Curry describes winning the National 2 North title against arch-rivals Hull Ionians as one of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMountain Ash finish season with perfect 10 out of 10
By ROB COLE National 1 round-up MOUNTAIN Ash maintained their unbeaten record as they made it a perfect 10 out of...
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/ 4 years agoCozens: Kicking is a lost art – it’s a seven-pointer
CLIFTON player coach Luke Cozens describes kicking to the corner as a ‘seven-point kick’ because of the huge increase in tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRESULTS
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBayonne win battle for home semi-final
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Away from the bright lights of the European semi-finals, the regular season of France’s second-tier ProD2 drew...
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/ 4 years agoSansus is the fans’ favourite
FRANCE scrum-half Laure Sansus has been named Women’s Six Nations player of the championship. Sansus won 37 per cent of fan...
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/ 4 years agoIoane injury adds to All Blacks injury woe
By BEN JAYCOCK ALL BLACKS head coach Ian Foster has been left sweating on the fitness of Blues star Rieko Ioane...
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/ 4 years agoLions fight to retain players
LIONS CEO Rudolf Straeuli is ‘hoping’ for an amicable settlement, but has not ruled out the possibility of an ‘ugly scrap’...
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/ 4 years agoBarbeary stars with late stinger
By SAM JACKSON Match winner: Wasps celebrate Alfie Barbeary’s late try to beat Edinburgh PICTURE: Getty Images ALFIE Barbeary’s try three...
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/ 4 years agoDanny does Dallas! Bath star Cipriani set for US
By NEIL FISSLER US-bound: Cipriani DALLAS Jackals are leading the hunt to sign Danny Cipriani, who is leaving Bath when his...
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/ 4 years agoBoks relishing test with Europe’s best
By PAUL REES THE format for next season’s two European competitions is expected to be revealed before the finals at the...
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/ 4 years agoSuper 7s Series at Newbury
THE Super Sevens Series returns on Saturday with Newbury RFC hosting the first leg of this year’s tournaments, which include a...
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/ 4 years agoClubs join brain scan trial to make game safer
THREE clubs in England are to begin trialling a scanning technology to monitor players’ brain health. It is hoped that a...
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/ 4 years agoBig Ben baffled by Ludlow’s Test snub
By PAUL REES BEN Morgan cannot understand why Lewis Ludlow has been overlooked by England this season after leading Gloucester’s revival....
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