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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Nut case’ Martin Gleeson will sort out England
ENGLAND’S new attack coach Martin Gleeson is a ‘mad genius’ – but a world-class operator in breaking down defences. That is...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExclusive: Ex-Scarlets head coach Glenn Delaney gets job in Japan
GLENN Delaney has landed a job in Japan, four months after leaving his position as head coach of Scarlets. The 47-year-old...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHarrogate off and running at last!
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate......... 17 Blaydon............. 12 HARROGATE finally broke their duck to record their first National 2 League win since...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHayes the hero as he holds his nerve
By DAVE BEDDOWS Rotherham..............48 Bournville...............46 ICE cool Lloyd Hayes slotted a stoppagetime penalty to settle a terrific encounter. A converted try...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale win the battle of the strugglers
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 18 Luctonians.............. 10 TYNEDALE opened their account for the season with a hardearned victory against their fellow...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMasterly Mills such a boon for Fylde fliers
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.... 15pts Fylde...................22pts THREE first-half tries proved enough for Fylde as the Lancashire side maintained their winning formula...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLate Park blitz leaves Wharfedale in daze
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............26 Sedgley Park.........43 SEDGLEY Park scored four tries in the final quarter to secure victory in an enthralling...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStourbridge play the waiting game
By DES HICKIE Chester ....................27 Stourbridge ...........36 STOURBRIDGE came from behind to secure victory with a strong second-half display. The visitors...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRowntree seals sweetest of wins
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough ......29 Hull Ionians ...........24 THE students from Loughborough secured a thrilling last-minute win over Hull Ionians. The...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoAdlard’s double tonic for happy Hull
By CHARLIE MULLAN Hull.....................29 Sheffield T ........ 0 WINGER Mike Adlard scored twice as Hull beat Sheffield Tigers in a top...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEMILY SCOTT
WOMEN'S GAME IN FOCUS Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS BACK Harlequins’ Emily...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSeven-try Lions are finally up and running
By NICK CROWE Westcliff.......... 17 Leicester L....... 50 LEICESTER Lions bounced back from defeats by Clifton and Redruth to overpower hosts...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoOA cling on as hosts hit back
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................26 Old Albanian...........32 THIS was a classic game of two halves at Leicester Road with Old Albanian hanging...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoGreat Scott is Esher’s try star
By NIGEL SCOTT Esher.........................64 Barnstaple..............22 ESHER produced a dominant display against Barnstaple, scoring 10 tries to give the visitors another tricky...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSharp shines as Clifton hit max in big home win
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.................57pts Barnes................ 10pts Treble tops: Clifton’s Fin Sharp (no.14) gets his hat-trick and Alex Howman, right PICTURES: Ian...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoThomas puts boot in as Raiders edge Crusaders
By JOHN WHITE Dings C’saders...... 31 Guernsey.................34 DINGS suffered a second straight home defeat, going down to a buoyant Guernsey Raiders...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRochford suffer a Bury breakdown
By ANDY HERHILY Bury St Eds..............29 Rochford.................... 3 BURY St Edmund’s were comfortable winners over Rochford in the first meeting between...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCanterbury thwart battling Worthing
By TIM MACKEW Canterbury..............29 Worthing..................24 QUESTIONABLE decision-making and naivety cost Worthing the chance of a third win and handed Canterbury a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThrashing by Wasps gave Ali incentive to leave Saracens
BOBBY BRIDGE Looking forward: Ali Crossdale is now at Wasps ALI Crossdale’s chastening Premiership debut for Saracens 18 months ago at...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJACK METCALF
YOUNG GUNS SALE SHARKS CENTRE One year on from the collapse of the prestigious academy at Yorkshire Carnegie, homegrown product Jack...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNo away-day blues for rising Dorking
London & South East Premier DORKING take over at the top of the table following a 20-43 win away to Maidenhead....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLeech’s treble continues Sandbach run
Midlands Premier A HAT-TRICK of tries courtesy of Jack Leech gave Sandbach their third win from as many games in they...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoOtley flex their muscles to edge Macc
Northern Premier IN THE battle of the top two, Otley came out the better beating Macclesfield 24-48. Luke Cole, Ben McGee...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCockles and Old Cents in thrilling draw
South West Premier EXMOUTH surrendered their faultless start to the new season, but remain unbeaten after their clash against Old Centralians...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHard-man Terry lays down the law to Lions
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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Features
/ 4 years agoStars of genius from school of diligence!
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THE school motto of Fettes, the famous Edinburgh school, is –...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMaverick brothers who just excelled
FETTES has always been a sanctuary for the talented allronder and there were two prime examples during the school’s early history...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRingfence is here, so let’s see adventure
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Friday night’s Bristol v Saracens match showed some of the drama we...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDon’t ignore Ross, Ryan tells Pivac
By ALEX BYWATER ROSS Moriarty is a star Wales head coach Wayne Pivac just can’t afford to ignore this autumn. That’s...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWebb: Ease off on Anscombe
RHYS WEBB has pleaded for fans to give his Ospreys halfback partner Gareth Anscombe time to work his way back into...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoKicking ace Jenkins has taken Callum Sheedy to new level
CALLUM Sheedy is braced for a four-way tussle for Wales’s outside-half jersey and believes his presence in the Bristol side that...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoI can do things on rugby pitch that others can’t says X-factor Thorley
By PAUL REES Danger man: Ollie Thorley in typical scoring fashion OLLIE Thorley is anxious to make up for last season...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMerigan out to emulate big Billy
By STEFFAN THOMAS NAHUM Merigan grew up wanting to be the next Owen Farrell but now has his sights set on...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBok giant Vermeulen at Ulster
RUGBY SHORTS ULSTER have signed South African World Cup winning back-row forward Duane Vermeulen, who will join the club following the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJones dies at age 49
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Wales B international second-row Paul Jones has died at the age of 49. Bridgend-born Jones played for Llanelli,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDe Chaves joins Wasps
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS brought in lock Sebastian de Chaves on a short-term deal two days before the Premiership season started. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoQuins name Big Game
RUGBY SHORTS BIG GAME 13 will mark Harlequins’ second-ever Double Header, with both the club’s Men’s and Women’s teams in action...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTop four for Bath and England for me, says Tom Dunn
TOM Dunn hopes a top four finish for Bath this season can help him in his quest to become the best...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAustralia 30-17 South Africa: Wallabies trample on Boks’ crown
THE Springboks‘ claim to be the best side in world rugby was dealt a devastating blow as Australia handed out a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWizards put on style in second half blitz
Premiership By ALEX BYWATER Aberavon ........43 Llanelli ............17 ABERAVON released a video with Hollywood actor Michael Sheen ahead of their first...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLewis holds nerve to seal famous victory
By GAVIN HOWELLS Merthyr ................24 Ebbw Vale ............26 LEWIS Williams’ last gasp penalty secured a famous away victory for Ebbw Vale...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoQuins comeback shoots down Ravens
By TIM LEWIS Bridgend ..............15 Carmarthen Q ......38 CARMARTHEN QUINS produced a stunning second-half comeback to down Bridgend Ravens. Back on...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPontypridd defence holds out in tense finale
By IOAN DYER Pontypridd ..........19 Newport ................16 PONTYPRIDD edged out Newport in a fierce affair at Sardis Road. This was an...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI’m predicting season full of entertainment
COLIN BOAG With the new Premiership season under way, the old cliché about this being the most competitive season ever has...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
PHIL DOWSON THE NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FORWARDS COACH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH 1. Soane Tonga’uiha - Giant of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoWales to beat All Blacks? They could lose by 30pts!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WALES have a few players that are on the cusp of the end of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLeicester 34-19 Exeter: Tigers come roaring into the new season
LEICESTER powered to a first win over Exeter in eight games to leave the Premiership runners up looking well beaten at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBaxter: Our guys have to improve
STEVE Borthwick insisted Leicester will not carried away by this upbeat victory. “We know we are a long way off other...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoNorthampton 34-20 Gloucester: Patched-up Gloucester get mauling by Grayson
JAMES GRAYSON scored 17 points as Saints got their Premiership campaign off to a winning start in a thriller at Franklin’s...
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