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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter get 28-0 win
EXETER have been awarded a 28-0 win over Bath from their cancelled Premiership Cup match. They were scheduled to play on...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChester refuse to bow to pressure
By DES HICKIE Chester.............. 18 Luctonians....... 13 CHESTER overcame the blustery conditions – as well as Luctonians – to claim the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoReikiti is a Bourn winner for visitors
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate................ 17 Bournville...............24 BOURNVILLE’S sound tactical game and boosting the stand-out player in centre Ma’asi Reikiti made all...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSuper Fylde start is student stunner
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough.......28 Fylde.........................32 FYLDE held the edge in this contest after setting a blistering early pace. The away side’s...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoAdlard the hat-trick hero as Hull shine
By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 48pts Stourbridge........ 5pts HULL recorded their biggest winning margin of the season against third-placed Stourbridge in what...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRikki’s Stout defence crucial for Titans
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.............. 13 Sedgley Park......... 12 ROTHERHAM survived a second-half onslaught to notch a big win against promotion rivals...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMinnikin holds his nerve to earn point
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 18 Hull Ionians............ 18 A MAGNIFICENT touchline conversion from Lewis Minnikin 10 minutes into added time salvaged...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale undone by class of Broadley
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.............. 9 Sheffield Tigers.... 13 SHEFFIELD Tigers snatched an improbable victory with a try in the 74th minute....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoField find form to secure a vital win
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield...35 Blaydon............. 19 RELIEVED Huddersfield claimed a well-deserved bonus-point win in this bottom-of-the-table clash. Two tries each from...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSupermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHastings was the star in school’s best XV
ONE of the great names of Stowe rugby is PRH Hastings – Peter Robin Hood – who after the war morphed...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoArrival of Lomu was seismic moment
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The start of the new year always brings hope, and the hope...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMACKENZIE GRAHAM
YOUNG GUNS BATH FLANKER Bath-born and bred Mackenzie Graham has achieved his childhood dream of signing a contract with the club...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Features
/ 4 years agoElias eager to shake off the rust after Covid break
By STEFFAN THOMAS RYAN Elias has lived in the shadow of Ken Owens since breaking into the senior Scarlets squad in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCole is inspiration for me says Collier
By ADAM HATHAWAY More confident: Will Collier scores for Harlequins against Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images WILL Collier is using rugby’s own...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago…and Jones tips Will for an England call
WILL Collier is in the form of his life and deserves to get a Six Nations chance with England. That’s the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff best for me now says Liam
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON CARDIFF have confirmed the signing of Wales fullback Liam Williams from Scarlets for the 2022-23 season....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTigers roar on with late bonus point
NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIP leaders Leicester Tigers maintained their unstoppable start to the season with a 31-0 bonus-point win over Newcastle Falcons...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDupont, Jones and Smith vie for award
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK THE shortlist for the Rugby Union Writers’ Club Personality of the Year has been released, with...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter keep heat on Durham at top
By BEN JAYCOCK DURHAM lead the way as the BUCS Super Rugby season moves past halfway, with Exeter and Loughborough hot...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoUK is ‘closing the divide with South African schools’ now
Schools roundup By BEN JAYCOCK MOUNT St Mary’s College head of rugby Dylan Campbell believes school rugby in the UK is...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPeel ‘wants Scarlets to be a ruthless team’
By STEFFAN THOMAS NIGEL Ashley-Jones has worked with some of the best coaches in world rugby from Eddie Jones to Steve...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMarshall helps Quins edge home in a thriller
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff ..................25 Carmarthen ........27 A TREMENDOUS individual performance from Steffan Marshall fired Carmarthen Quins to a significant victory...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilliams lands try double as Bedwas go second
Championship & Div 1 round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS BEDWAS moved up to second in the Championship after a comprehensive 38-13 away...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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News Extra
/ 4 years agoToulon boss raps Etzebeth as club handicap
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON TOULON president Bernard Lemaitre has referred to Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth as a “handicap” to the...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoGalthie: We have means to take title
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France coach Fabien Galthie will announce his 42-player squad for the Six Nations a week on Monday,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 9, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSarries’ giant new forward has only one fear – the cold!
By GARY FITZGERALD THEO McFarland is still cutting his teeth with the Wolf Pack but has already demonstrated he can back...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHome care the secret of Saints’ health
By PAUL REES NORTHAMPTON’S players and coaches are conducting lateral flow tests at home every morning before going to training to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTompkins is chasing his World Cup dream
By STEFFAN THOMAS NICK Tompkins insists Wales will see the benefit of his move back to Saracens as he targets his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoUnlucky Nanai may miss rest of season
WORCESTER Warriors full-back Melani Nanai could miss the rest of the season after injuring his knee against Saracens on Boxing Day....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoKolisi: My big battle with the bottle
SPRINGBOK captain Siya Kolisi has revealed how heavy drinking almost destroyed his career. In his autobiography Rise, Kolisi recalls his battle...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoNFL is usurping rugby fan base
APART from Six Nations coverage for five weeks a year there is no Rugby Union on the BBC, ITV, or any...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRugby needs fans
I FULLY endorse Louis Rees-Zammit’s tweet that ‘rugby is nothing without fans’, even if it means Wales play their home games...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRegulate the drunks
RE THE problems with crowd drunkeness at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and the WRFU’s failure to act as highlighted by...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSix Nations must follow government guidelines
COLIN BOAG With the Six Nations still four weeks away, it’s already dominating the rugby headlines. First we had the storm...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NICK WALSHE, THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS, SARACENS, BATH, SALE AND BEDFORD HALF-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont nowhere near Gareth – but he’s got time
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE amount of hype surrounding France’s brilliant scrum-half Antoine Dupont raises the question whether...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMarcus and his giant mate settle a thriller
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........14pts Tries: Northmore 3, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 4, 79 Exeter ................12pts Tries: Slade 32, Innard 65...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSmith kicks ‘are no fluke’
QUINS senior coach Tabai Matson was delighted with the win but that won’t spare Quins a tough debrief at training this...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLudlow’s late show grounds Saracens
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........24pts Tries: Morris 20, Segun 28, McFarland 54, Lewington 87 Conversions: Lozowski 21, 29 Gloucester ........25pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKing: It’s a proud day for players
ALEX King feels the rare and memorable triumph in Saracens’ backyard will ensure Gloucester carry on the upwardly mobile curve towards...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoFeel for Borthwick, but inquiry is right
WHEN it was revealed Saracens had broken the salary cap and were to be relegated to the Championship two years ago,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHero Hogg has final say as Chiefs get back on song
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................19pts Tries: O’Flaherty 13, Hill 31, Hogg 75 Conversions: J Simmonds 14, 76 Bristol ................13pts Tries: Purdy...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDiscipline will be key for Falcons to keep danger man Ford at bay
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Leicester v Newcastle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road In swing: Brett Connon JUST as Newcastle United had...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoIt’s great start to New Year – Hogg
STUART HOGG was delighted to celebrate his decision to stay at Exeter with a man-ofthe match performance. “The smile on my...
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