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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes make OA pay for mistakes
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 19 Barnes......................35 OLD Albanian’s rollercoaster season hit another downer as they followed last weekend’s away win...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSix-hitting Hinckley turn on the style
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.......... 46 Barnstaple....... 13 HINCKLEY put on a magnificent show for a bumper crowd, running in six tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDorking edge out Dons to pull clear
London & SE Premier LEADERS Dorking overcame second-placed Wimbledon 25-24 to go seven points clear. Paul Hendry, Archie Brosch and Kain...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCarter milestone as Hornets win
SW Premier TOP of the table Hornets’ undefeated record was handed its sternest test of the season – but they held...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDonncha helped turn tide back CBC’s way
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools LIMERICK might be considered the modern-day heart of Munster Rugby, and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGarrett led charge in Munster success
CBC Cork have a notable list of former internationals among their alumni but arguably their most influential rugby old boy was...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRef Pearce has shown how to end back-chat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Watching the Exeter/Sara cens game it was great to see a referee...
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Features
/ 4 years agoANEURIN OWEN
YOUNG GUNS DRAGONS CENTRE A NEURIN Owen is a real student of the game and intends to base his style on...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoZoe’s on top of world along with Middleton
Drive: Zoe Aldcroft on the attack for Red Roses ENGLAND second row Zoe Aldcroft was crowned World Rugby women’s player of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJosh aims to be the centre of attention
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOSH Adams has forged himself a reputation as one of the best wings in world rugby, but he...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIrish following same points pattern as their glory year
By PAUL REES WHEN London Irish reached the Premiership final in 2009, they took at least a point from every match...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFormer England ace Hull oversees referees
NEWS EXTRA THE RFU has appointed former England full-back Paul Hull as head of professional game match officials to replace Tony...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 4 years agoAtkinson extends Glouc stay
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER and England centre Mark Atkinson has signed a “multi-year” deal to stay at Kingsholm. The 31-year-old is in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAdkins joins Pirates on loan deal
RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Gloucester prop Olly Adkins on a shortterm deal after Exeter loanee Patrick Schickerling returned to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMarshall in to cover Irish injuries
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed hooker Reece Marshall from Northampton on a short-term deal. Marshall, 27, has made 59 appearances...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKingsholm, Welford Rd host Roses
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND will play their 2022 Women’s Six Nations home games at Gloucester’s Kingsholm and Leicester’s Welford Road. Kingsholm will...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWinless, injury-hit Bath bring in backline cover
NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIP basement boys Bath have signed former Scarlets wing Tom Prydie on a short-term deal and Edinburgh centre Jordan...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players IZZY MAYHEW THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS CENTRE One of the biggest...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRingrose commits his future to Leinster
IRELAND and Leinster centre Garry Ringrose has agreed a three-year extension to his IRFU contract. The contract will see the 26-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLouie steers Hartpury to the ACE title
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK WAYNE Thompson’s Hartpury College cruised to back-to-back titles as they lifted the ACE League on Wednesday...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProp Moody commits to All Blacks
NEWS EXTRA CRUSADERS and All Blacksw prop Joe Moody has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby through to 2024, following Ardie Savea...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies on fire as Aberavon open their account
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................29 Swansea................. 13 ABERAVON opened their Premiership account with a hard-fought bonus point victory. Jason Hyatt’s...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoStrange return rocked by Thompson
By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr.................... 31 Ebbw Vale............... 13 JASON STRANGE’S first game back in charge of Ebbw Vale ended in disappointing...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Brien leads by example to fire Ambers
By JACK NAISBITT Newport...................25 Bridgend.................... 9 NEWPORT kicked off their Premiership title bid with a winning start after a strong second-half...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBird back with vengeance for Ponty
By JAMES LLOYD Pontypridd..............32 Carmarthen............24 DIGGY BIRD put the boot into Carmarthen by kicking a mammoth 23 points in his first...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Rees leads Llandovery rout of RGC
By HUW THOMAS Llandovery.............32 RGC............................... 3 LLANDOVERY continued their rich vein of form with this five tries to nil win over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoProsser’s penalty rescues Bargoed
Championship Cup round-up By ANDREW DEERING LEAGUE leaders Bargoed defeated Cross Keys 13-10 at Pandy Park, as they failed to claim...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIeuan vice-chair at WRU
FORMER Wales and British Lions wing Ieuan Evans has become vicechair at the WRU. Evans takes up the role to succeed...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDavies takes step back
ROB Davies is to stand down as Ospreys chairman and from his role on Welsh rugby’s Professional Rugby Board (PRB). Ospreys...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWatkins double keeps heat on Penallta
Welsh National One roundup By ANDREW DEERING NEWBRIDGE recorded a thumping 33-0 victory over Pontypool to keep pressure on Penallta at...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNew loans aiming to return with interest
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN What do Top 14 back rows Jordan Joseph and Martin Devergie, hookers Guillaume Marchand and Bastien Soury,...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoMid-table Racing on top of the JIFF chart
JAMES HARRINGTON THE argument that the French Top 14 is a haven for overseas megaplayers is increasingly hard to defend –...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLoan system prepared me for Chiefs’ call says Harvey
By BEN REDWOOD HARVEY Skinner has praised Exeter Chiefs relationships with local clubs in his development from academy to first team....
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Tougher now to lift Euro Cup’
EXETER boss Rob Baxter says English clubs could find it more difficult to win in Europe with a reduced Premiership salary...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie makes a U-turn on Itoje
EDDIE Jones has changed his mind on Maro Itoje’s potential as a future England captain, saying he has seen the Saracens...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPity Bears could not cut Scarlets a break
WITH a 13-team Premiership there are going to be free weekends. Looking ahead, Bristol have no game on the weekend of...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRightly, long-term future of the game is RFU’s priority
IF THE Championship is such a good product as Martin Stonecliffe suggested last week, why does its ability to develop players...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoMaro may have lost but he was star man
WHY do TV’s rugby pundits always give the Man of the Match award only to a player from the winning team?...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSpringboks in 7 Nations? That’s plain daft Sir Ian!
COLIN BOAG Writing in the Telegraph last week, Sir Ian McGeechan called for there to be a Seven Nations tournament rather...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT BANAHAN, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, BATH, GLOUCESTER & ENGLAND WING/CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoPollard’s all-round game will suit Tigers
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HANDRE Pollard is a brilliant signing for Leicester Tigers to replace the Sale bound...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont or Am? They’re both great
JEREMY GUSCOTT I’VE got no complaints with the World Rugby team of the year and Stuart Hogg will be very pleased...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFord kicks Tigers to stunning away win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bordeaux ..........13pts Tries: Dubie 40 Conversions: Lucu 40 Penalties: Lucu 2, 52 Leicester ..........16pts Tries: Potter 20 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBorthwick: Privilege to work with them
STEVE Borthwick praised the “magnificent effort” of his team. The Tigers director of rugby said: “When Bordeaux kicked the ball to...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFabulous Finn puts Saints to the sword
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..14pts Tries: Skosan 29, Fraser 48 Conversions: Biggar 29, Furbank 49 Racing 92..........45pts Tries: Lauret 8, 42,...
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