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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoField find their form to push Gate aside
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield....23pts Harrogate............ 7pts THE resurgence of Huddersfield has continued with a well-deserved threetry victory against Yorkshire rivals Harrogate....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStroll in the Park for ever-reliable Collins
By STEVE SMITH Chester..................... 14 Sedgley Park.........42 STEVE Collins had a perfect day from the tee as Sedgley Park put their...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThinking prop Ray believed persistence trumped all
Peter Jackson remembers the life of Ireland‘s great British Lion Ray McLoughlin When they laid Ray McLoughlin to rest last Wednesday,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSheffield knocked off top by rivals
Midlands Premier LEADERS Sheffield suffered their second defeat of the season against Scunthorpe, throwing a tight division wide open. The sides...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoAgony for West in Bury reverse
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................... 9 Bury St Edmunds.. 17 A DISPLAY of wholehearted commitment in atrocious conditions went unrewarded as Westcliff...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHawks hang on to deny Dings
By ALISTAIR BENYON Henley Hawks.......33 Dings Crusaders...22 IT WAS a classic case of a game of two halves as Henley Hawks...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHammett puts seal on Barnes success
By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes...............33 Barnstaple......... 8 BARNES took control of the second half to secure a comfortable 33-8 win over Barnstaple...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWorthing storm to gutsy win over Reds
By BILL HOOPER Redruth.............. 10pts Worthing........... 24pts We’re in! Worthing celebrate a try, PICTURES: Simon Bryant/Iktis Photo Richard Brown ploughs over...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRed card fails to halt the Hinckley charge
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................22 Rochford Hun......... 17 HINCKLEY came back from a red card for hooker Adam Johnson to earn a...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoYoung shines as Lions oust OAs
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 14 Leicester Lions..... 16 A HAUL of 15 points from fly-half Ben Young helped Leicester Lions...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoClifton stave off comeback threat
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................22 Canterbury.............. 19 CLIFTON managed to cling on for a narrow victory in a competitive tussle with Canterbury....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDorking downed by Sevenoaks
London & South East Premier LEADERS Dorking went down for the first time this season, losing 8-6 at Sevenoaks. The hosts...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Marquee man’ Marcus will not get distracted
Well grounded: Harlequins poster boy Marcus Smith PICTURE: Getty Images HARLEQUINS have no concerns that fame will go to the head...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCup gives glimpse of future – Kidney
By PAUL REES THE Premiership Cup has the reputation of being filler material in the club calendar, but Declan Kidney believes...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSharks wing Solomona heads home
RUGBY SHORTS SALE winger Denny Solomona has left the club and plans to return to the southern hemisphere. New Zealand-born Solomona,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWorcester sign prop McCallum
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER have signed Glasgow’s Scotland prop Murray McCallum on an 18-month deal from January 1 until the end of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChiefs plan more talks on branding
RUGBY SHORTS EXETER are to have further talks over the club’s Native American branding. The branding was discussed at the Chiefs...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoOnojaife, Williams suspended
RUGBY SHORTS JORDAN Onojaife of Bedford Blues has been banned for three weeks after receiving a red card last weekend for...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Amazing’ Sinfield raises over £1m for MND
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER coach Kevin Sinfield completed his epic run of 101 miles in 24 hours in aid of motor neurone...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCabango hungry to join big bro Ben in Wales red
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE THERE was a bit of a tossup in the Cabango household last weekend over whether to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoEMMA SWORDS
WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS scrumhalf...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHunt hits a double for Baa-Baas
Barbarians ........60pts Tries: Levy (3), Daley-Mclean, Hunt (2), Lloyd, Peat, Pam, Griffin Conversions: Daley-Mclean (5) South Africa ......5pts Tries: Malinga Dominant:...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoArwen causes a storm as key clash called off
Premiership By MATT EMERY STORM Arwen blew the vital WRU Premiership East Cup game between RGC and Pontypridd off course, and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIronmen show strength for last-eight surge
Premiership By JACK NAISBITT Cardiff......................29 Merthyr....................45 MERTHYR confirmed their place in the cup quarter-finals as they completed a notable double over...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoIt’s a magnificent seven for leaders!
Premiership By ETHAN GEORGE Newport...................48 Ebbw Vale............... 10 NEWPORT ensured they finished on top of the table with a seven-try rout...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLewys leads the way to leave Llanelli losers
Premiership By BENJAMIN RHYS-HILL Carmarthan Q.........26 Llanelli..................... 15 WITH the Quins already guaranteed a knock-out place in the Premiership Cup and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoJones’ boys do business for Drovers
Premiership By HUWS THOMAS Llandovery.............27 Aberavon................. 21 RHODRI Jones was the Llandovery hero as he crossed for a decisive late score...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoHowley uses his Edd to snatch stunning win
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................. 13 Bridgend.................. 20 A FREAK try by Edd Howley helped Bridgend book a place in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoUnbeaten Pontypool run ended by Neath
Premiership By ROB COLE Championship round-up PONTYPOOL’S glorious unbeaten run in the Admiral National Championship is over after they were beaten...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHook: Rugby must find room for entertainers
By ALEX BYWATER JAMES Hook has urged rugby’s authorities to ensure the game’s great entertainers are given a platform to star...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPerfect Penallta extend run of bonus point wins
By ROB COLE Welsh National One roundup PENALLTA went soaring to the top of the Division 1 East table as they...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMercer in top form as Eddie looks on
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The Top 14 returned after a three-week international break for two rounds ahead of the start of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 28, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRFU seek answers to alarming ref shortfall
By JON NEWCOMBE THE RFU has surveyed its community rugby referees for a second time to gauge whether an early season...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoPack power drives Cambridge’s advance
By WARREN MUGGLETON CAMBRIDGE are seeing the fruits of their recruitment labours in their National 1 form, says director of rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHooper rejects claims that his staff face axe
By PAUL REES STUART Hooper has dismissed a report that Bath’s coaches had a month to sort out what has been...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFormer France ace Ellis on Rec shortlist
BATH have sounded out former France defence coach Dave Ellis about coming to The Rec. Ellis is well known to head...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTrailfinders open £2.5m sports centre
EALING Trailfinders took a step nearer to their goal of supplying a super stadium to their area of London with the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoYes to proper cup, with cap on seniors
I AGREE with Jose Mourinho, it’s time to bring back the real RFU Club Knockout Cup competition for all clubs in...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoEnthralling series but the big issues need addressing
WORLD Rugby recently dispensing lifestyle advice you could find in a GP surgery leaflet reflects their woeful inability to resolve the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRespect for refs is rugby cornerstone
AS bad as some of the officiating was in last weekend’s internationals (referees and TMOs) I still agree with everything in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIt’s confirmed: Italy must leave the Six Nations
COLIN BOAG With the autumn international moneyspinners over for another year, what did we learn? The first is that the gulf...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
JON CLARKE, THE FORMER BRISTOL, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER & LEEDS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoBest thing about England’s autumn was their tries
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE last round of the autumn series made everyone’s weekend – it was pretty...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoExiles show they mean business this season
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........19pts Tries: Beard 28, 66, Northmore 35 Conversions: Allen 29, 36 London Irish ....22pts Tries: Creevy 28,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThat was full of emotion says Kiss
LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss enjoyed the emotion of the day. “We put two wins together in the Prem Cup...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSimmonds bulldozes Bath hopes of revival
By MIKE SINCLAIR Bath ....................16pts Tries: Reid 19 Conversions: Bailey 19 Penalties: Bailey 2, 47, 63 Exeter ................23pts Tries: Iosefa-Scott 42,...
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