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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoReed excels in Newport triumph
WILL Reed returned to the Newport line-up to kick 15 points and then secure the final turnover in the 82nd minute...
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/ 4 years agoAussie sides still alive as Waratahs stun Crusaders
By NICK POWELL Flyer: Mark Nawaqanitawase scores for Waratahs THE WARATAHS produced a brilliant display to stun the Crusaders. Dylan Piestch...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 4 years agoArmy leave it late to regain services crown
By TOM SANSOM Army Men ............35 Navy Men ............27 THE ARMY once again lifted the Babcock Trophy at Twickenham with a...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 4 years agoSuper Scott leads 10-try rout
Army women ......68 Navy women ..........0 THE ARMY Women put on a dominant performance as they beat the Navy in the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoShelford enjoy double delight
NEWS EXTRA By IMOGEN AINSWORTH SHELFORD have done the double this season, with both their men’s and women’s 1st XV teams...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoAll to play for as it begins to get serious
JAMES HARRINGTON Like any other league, the business end of the Top 14 season is played in a haze of permutations...
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/ 4 years agoRedpath new Scottish boss
By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Scotland scrum-half Bryan Redpath has been appointed director of rugby at London Scottish following Matt Williams’decision to...
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/ 4 years agoRed cards for fighting overturned
FACUNDO Gigena and Gary Graham have had their red cards for fighting rescinded. The pair were sent off by Karl Dickson...
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/ 4 years agoWinter’s departure confirmed
COVENTRY have confirmed Rowland Winter’s exit from the club. The director of rugby has not been present at a Coventry game...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPark inspired by Smith treble strike
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge Judd.... 12 Rosslyn Park..........46 A BUMPER crowd for the final home game of the season failed to...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBen strikes to see Caldy to victory and the title
By JOHN LYON Caldy................... 13pts Try: Aigbokhae 32 Conversion: Jones 33 Penalties: Jones 77, 80 Sale....................... 9pts Penalties: Robins 5, 13,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSeven-up Blood & Sand claim big derby triumph
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge.............. 41 Bishop’s Stort........ 19 THIRTEEN-man Cambridge came out on top against their nearest geographical rivals in National...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPenalty try settles feisty encounter
By DAVID LAWRENCE Molesey................... 10 Cinderford............... 14 CINDERFORD bagged a brace of second-half tries to deny Moseley victory in their final...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoJukes calls tune for happy Tykes
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER Darlington MP....... 15 Leeds Tykes........... 30 TYKES took a vital bonus-point win from their trip to the Darlington...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChester held on home soil by Fylde
By DES HICKIE Chester.............. 20 Fylde.................. 20 AS the scoreline suggests, this match was close throughout. A strong easterly wind largely...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStudents hold off late Bourns’ rally
By LILY PATEY Loughborough....... 19 Bournville............... 16 LOUGHBOROUGH took the honours in a game in which the wind played its part....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRiley sets the tone for Park’s success
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield............ 7 Sedgley Park.........35 TWO first-half tries from Andy Riley laid the foundations for a solid Sedgley Park...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHull clinch promotion in thrilling derby win
By RICHARD GORE Hull...................... 31pts Hull Ionians......29pts IN a match that had everything, Hull yet again raised their game to win...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSalter and Ducker see off local rivals
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth Albion...54 Taunton Titans..... 17 NEEDING a win to secure National One status, Plymouth Albion achieved their target...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLam’s double helps Blues fight off fierce Drua challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Double delight: AJ Lam WINGER AJ Lam scored a brace as the Blues overcame a stern challenge from...
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/ 4 years agoPumas end wait for glory
ARGENTINA won their first Sevens World Series Cup in 14 years as they took the crown in Vancouver after beating Fiji...
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/ 4 years agoWannenburg dies aged 41
FORMER Ulster and South Africa flanker Pedrie Wannenburg has died aged 41 following a car accident in Texas. Wannenburg played 20...
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/ 4 years agoSimmonds, Lawes face fitness race
ENGLAND No.8 Sam Simmonds could miss the season run-in and the three-Test summer tour of Australia. England’s first Test against the...
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/ 4 years agoDragons increase firepower with Highlanders centre Sio
By BEN JAYCOCK Super Rugby experience: Sio Tomkinson THE DRAGONS have pulled off a major coup by signing hard-hitting Kiwi back...
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/ 4 years agoHat-trick king Finlay hot on heels of Henley flyer Norville
By BEN JAYCOCK FLYING winger Finlay Sharp scored his third hattrick of the season last weekend as Clifton put Rochford Hundred...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPack power tells for Pontypridd
Premiership By ALED BISTON Pontypridd ..........14 Ebbw Vale ..............3 PONTYPRIDD ended their season with a hard-fought victory at Sardis Road. The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLlanelli finish rock bottom
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli..................29 Llandovery ..........36 LLANELLI will end the season rooted to the bottom of the Premiership table after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoAce Thomas chasing the dream
Premiership By ROB COLE PREMIERSHIP CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Aberavon v Newport Kick-off 5,35pm THE last time Aled Thomas played in a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 24, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoInjury to Thomas forces call off
Welsh leagues round-up By ALED BISTON PONTYPOOL’S Championship clash against Ystalyfera was abandoned at half-time after a serious injury to a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby missed a trick by ignoring USA
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ican’t believe that the chance to expand the game over the Atlantic...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBritish Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by RFU referee Craig Maxwell-Keys and The Rugby Paper regular columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProlific Smith wants Fylde to aim higher next season
By BEN JAYCOCK Ace: Fylde fly-half Greg Smith FYLDE fly-half Greg Smith is disappointed with the club’s fifth-place finish in National...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBeauxis: Time to hang up my boots
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Arguably the most wonderfully and frustratingly French of French fly-halves, Lionel Beauxis, confirmed he will call time on...
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/ 4 years agoVeteran Bright is still top dog in the Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK RICHMOND No.8 Mark Bright was given a pleasant surprise ahead of the club’s end of season prize giving...
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/ 4 years agoLouis takes lesson from Wales axe
LOUIS Rees-Zammit is aiming for a winning end of season with Gloucester after learning from being dropped by Wales during the...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond: There’s no ill-feeling, we do not hold grudges
By PAUL REES THE semi-finals of the Premiership Rugby Cup would usually struggle to command attention at a stage of the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThree weeks for Chessum
LEICESTER lock Ollie Chessum has been banned for three weeks for his high tackle in Saturday’s European Cup win over Clermont...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoTwo strong ten-team divisions is the way forward
THE Rugby Football Union long ago deserted its historic, if often misused, role as guardians of the sport’s best interests. Sadly...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoChiefs can feed off their underdog tag
DESPITE losing nine games in the league and wrestling for a fourth place finish instead of pushing for a home semi-final...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoTrial GGA rules… punish the player not the whole team
THERE is no doubt that red cards are spoiling the competitiveness of games but at the same time it is right...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoInsulting to say it’s all about location
WE at Hull Ionians take issue with comments made by Hull RUFC DoR Gary Pearce. Mr Pearce says: “Ionians are on...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHead shots deserve tougher sanctions
COLIN BOAG Seeing red: Leicester flanker Ollie Chessum was sent off in the 64th minute against Clermont-Auvergne PICTURE: Getty Images A...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCopy Exeter’s lead and be ready
Colin Boag THE news that Ealing Trailfinders had withdrawn their appeal against the decision that they didn’t meet the Premiership’s Minimum...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoLeicester’s pack power has put them in the mix
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT is no surprise that there are four French quarter-finalists in the European Cup,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoEsterhuizen powers home to trap Tigers
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........26pts Tries: Collier 2, Murley 12, Esterhuizen 73 Conversions: Smith 3 Penalties: Smith 34, 66, 80 Leicester...
