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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPerfect Chiefs pull clear
By SAM BYTHEWAY Exeter ................47 Loughborough 15 EXETER Chiefs made it a perfect three from three in the Cup with a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExtra-time delight for Moana Pasifika
By BEN JAYCOCK DANNY Toala’s goldenpoint extra-time winner gave Moana Pasifika their first ever win in Super Rugby, with a 24-19...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJones lets Wizards off hook
Premiership Cup By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery ..........23 Aberavon ..............24 LLANDOVERY had beaten Aberavon twice in the Premiership Cup West Conference...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Brien leads Newport into final
By SAM JACKSON Newport ................34 Cardiff ..................28 AFTER 146 years of trying, Newport finally achieved their ‘Holy Grail’ of beating archrivals...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDavies fluffs chance to be the hero
Premiership By ANTHONY WILSON Swansea ..............24 Pontypridd ..........25 JAMES Davies had the chance to be the hero for Swansea with a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWorsley stars for England schoolboys
U18 International England ................37 Wales ....................20 FLY-HALF Sam Worsley kicked 12 points as England U18s comfortably beat Wales at Taunton last...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoRoberts hits high five for Neath
Championship round-up By ROB COLE JAMES Roberts ran in five tries for Neath as they destroyed Beddau 68-14. Neath dominated up...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoPhillips try puts Hendy to sword
Welsh National One roundup A TRY from Tomos Phillips enabled Crymych to topple Hendy 13-10 and allow unbeaten Newcastle Emlyn to...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoLes Bleues inspired to follow the men’s lead
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A little over 24 hours after England’s statement win over Scotland in the first match of the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, March 27, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoArmy earn bragging rights with treble win over RAF
INTER SERVICES By CHRIS WEARMOUTH THE Army secured an Inter-Services Championship treble over the RAF in sunny Gloucester. The tone...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoOdogwu close to the form that turned Eddie’s head
By PAUL REES PAOLO Odogwu says he is close to the form that took him into the England squad before a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarrison departure confirmed
NORTHAMPTON Saints’ former England flanker Teimana Harrison is leaving the club in the summer, the club has confirmed. As reported in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEarl aims to prove to Eddie he’s still got it
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Earl was left “frustrated and disappointed” at missing out on England’s failed Six Nations campaign but is...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoI don’t see Eddie’s plan, or progress
I AM astounded by the comments from the RFU regarding Eddie Jones. They say he is “building a team with a...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoWorld Cup draw is looking lopsided
WHILE the French celebrate their deserved Grand Slam, and everybody else works out what went wrong, the impact of the tournament...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoSouth Africans have aided Ireland’s rise
SINCE the departure of Joe Schmidt, Ireland fans hoped that Andy Farrell would bring a new and exciting plan to our...
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Features
/ 4 years agoUnderdogs had their day …but it changes nothing
COLIN BOAG For those of us who believe that Italy should be dropped from the Six Nations, last week’s result was...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
SAM LOCKWOOD, THE FORMER LEEDS, JERSEY AND NEWCASTLE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS EVER PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST. 1....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEddie’s an easy target but he deserves to stay
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IF we go back to The Rugby Paper round table in January, most of...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoFarrell rides his luck to keep Bears at bay
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........27pts Tries: Malins 9, 47, Daly 39 Conversions: Farrell 11, 40, 47 Penalties: Farrell 26, 31 Bristol...
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Premiership
/ 4 years ago‘Great to see Joe create chance’
PAT Lam sympathised with lock Joe Joyce after his forward pass to Jack Bates at the death turned the visitors’ celebrations...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoIrish party falls flat as Saints turn it on
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER London Irish ....22pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 4, Phipps 73, 80 Conversions: Jackson 74, 80+1 Penalties: Jackson 10 Northampton ..42pts...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSpirited fightback pleases Boyd
NORTHAMPTON boss Chris Boyd was planning a celebratory St Patrick’s Day Guinness after what he described as a classic game of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoInga taught Edwards to box clever
PETER JACKSON VA’AIGA Tuigamala, the cross-code superstar, lay in state at Waitakere Stadium in suburban Auckland the day before his funeral...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDuncan at the double to keep heat on leaders
By NATHAN EDWARDS C Pirates............31pts Tries: Channon 10, 49; Duncan 13, 56; Sirker 76 Conversions: Robson 14, 50, 76 Hartpury ..........24pts...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoUzokwe focussed on his job of winning
By BEN JAYCOCK EALING flanker Simon Uzokwe isn’t getting carried away with the club’s appeal to get into the Premiership insisting...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDolly hopes to join younger brother Nic in top-flight mix
By JON NEWCOMBE DONCASTER sit proudly on top of the table with one of their 20 league games left to play...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoSimmons treble helps Reds to best ever finish
By CIARAN THOMAS Coventry ..........38pts Tries: Nayalo 8, Stanton 12, Ma’asi 22, Tyas 48, Owen 64, Martin 73 Conversions: Mitchell 8,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLeones licked wounds and came back fighting
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF at first you don’t succeed... roll up...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRobbie grabs hat-trick on glory day for Stapley family
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ..................38pts Tries: Henderson 7, R Stapley 16, 36, 70; Rossiter 50, Bird 80 Conversions: Humberstone 8, 17,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPark hold on to ease relegation fears
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ........22 Darlington MP ......23 LEEDS Tykes left to rue the absence of a regular kicker as...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTry-happy Brownlie’s hooked on first place
By BEN JAYCOCK Prolific: Ben Brownlie has 21 tries from 22 games CAMBRIDGE hooker Ben Brownlie has scored a remarkable 21...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMaasi leads the charge for Moseley
By DAVID LAWRENCE Birm Moseley ........45 Plymouth Albion ..28 MOSELEY entertained their home fans with seven tries to bolster their midtable...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoAdamson grabs four as Blues hit turbos
By TOM SANSOM L Scottish ..........21pts Tries: Anderson 3, Tuilangi 30, Dawes 40 Conversions: Nutton 3, 30, 40 Bedford ..............62pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDJ Downhill on the up and chasing smash hits
By JON NEWCOMBE BUDDING DJ Sam Hill is fit again and ready to leave opposition defences in a spin after returning...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChosen 30 to make the final hurdle
PETER JACKSON GIVEN the Six Nations’ capacity for wreaking havoc on a Grand National scale, it is all too easy to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoLate drama as leaders hit back in added time
Swansea ..............17 Newport ................24 THE Premiership leaders were pushed all the way by Swansea and had to rely on two tries...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoPowerful first half sets up Steelmen
Ebbw Vale ............27 Llandovery ..........15 EBBW Vale made the most of facing a side saving their best for next week’s Cup...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoRavens get shot down
Bridgend..........17 Pontypridd ....54 BRIDGEND were sent crashing back to earth by Pontypridd having recorded their first win of the season against...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNo time to rest as pressures mount up
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN This should have been a weekend off for those Top 14 and ProD2 players not involved in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, March 20, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTop-flight wings set to fly for the Army at HQ
NEWS EXTRA By PIERS DUNHAM COME kick off on the April 30 it will have been three long years since the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFit-again Townsend ready to fight for Chiefs jersey
By PAUL REES STU Townsend hopes a run of injuries is behind him as he looks to challenge the Maunder brothers...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEvans set to pump in extra £2.5m
CORNISH Pirates jointhead coach Gavin Cattle says Dicky Evans’ decision to carry on funding the Championship club for three more years...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoToo many red marks on Eddie’s report card
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT SO where are we with Eddie Jones and England at the end of his sixth Six Nations in...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoGibson-Park guides Irish to Triple Crown
By PAUL REES Ireland ..............26pts Tries: Sheehan 16, Healy 27, Van der Flier 59, Murray 78 Conversions: Sexton 17, 28, 60...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years ago‘There’s plenty more in team’
IRELAND hooker Dan Sheehan caught the eye and went over in the 16th minute to open the scoring for the hosts....
International Rugby
Alex Coles encourages England team to fill Maro Itoje void
Autumn Internationals
Jamie George: Henry Pollock’s self-belief is inspiring for England
International Rugby
George North signs off with a try double for Barbarians against Wales
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