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/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 5 years agoSwansea leave no room for doubt
Welsh round-up By ROB COLE NEATH’S 150th anniversary celebrations got off to a familiar start as they welcomed their oldest rivals,...
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/ 5 years agoHawks call off game in memory of Dave
By SAM JACKSON HENLEY Hawks postponed yesterday’s match with Hinckley as a mark of respect for second row forward Dave Hyde....
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/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Weekend beginning Friday September 18th, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 5 years agoSanderson calls in the SAS for a pre-season boot camp
By NEIL FISSLER ALEX Sanderson has sent his Sale Sharks on a pre-season camping trip with members of the SAS. Sharks...
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/ 5 years agoBen Earl expects warm welcome in Bristol Bears
BEN Earl labels Bristol ‘my second club’ and is relishing a swift return to the place he claims has helped make...
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/ 5 years agoLaunchbury tells Wasps, let me come back to better
Upbeat: Joe Launchbury is battling back from injury JOE Launchbury remains up beat despite approaching a new season resigned to being...
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/ 5 years agoCommunity game future worries me
I TOTALLY agree with the article from Peter Winterbottom, and as a past president of Cumbria Rugby Union, I am very...
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/ 5 years agoHewett a joy to read
CHRIS Hewett is a consistently great columnist to enjoy. His points are well presented and I always feel he knows what...
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/ 5 years agoLevel 4 should forgo third promotion place
RE PETER Winterbottom’s remarks last week... While I understand, of course the frustrations that Nat 2 clubs would feel, were they...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBarrett fiasco underlines bias towards All Blacks
COLIN BOAG What is the role of World Rugby? To me it implies that the game should be played and refereed...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
ED WILLIAMSON THE FORMER NEWCASTLE, LONDON WELSH, LEEDS & ROTHERHAM BACK- ROWER TURNED ARTIST, CHOOSES HIS FAVOURITE XV FROM PLAYERS HE’S...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoIt’s a thriller as Gloucester share 90pts with Coventry
By BOBBY BRIDGE Coventry ..........40pts Gloucester ......50pts Fast start: Jake Morris scored after four minutes COVENTRY and Gloucester served up a...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoIrish give Chiefs true workout in final match
By ROGER PANTING Exeter ................19pts Munster ............31pts AS pre-season friendlies go, this was one of the more meaningful ones as both...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHooker Riley makes his case for more game time with Quins
By JOHN FALLON Leinster …………40pts Harlequins……..21pts Talent: Sam Riley PROMISING hooker Sam Riley is hoping he can build on scoring his...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPriestland’s imperious as Cokanasiga blow hits Bath
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ..............25pts Bath ....................14pts RHYS Priestland tormented his former club as Cardiff looked in better shape for the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorcester victory run is halted by Mclean
By ADAM ELLIS Worcester ........22pts Glasgow............27pts Double: Rufus Mclean grabbed two tries WORCESTER lost the battle of the two Warrior tribes...
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/ 5 years agoMoffett: Our game is boring. Change it!
■By STEFFAN THOMAS DAVID Moffett has slammed rugby’s current state, labelling the game a “dog’s dinner” and added his concern that...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoFly-half factory wobbles in Wales ahead of All Blacks clash
WALES are in danger of being hit by an unprecedented No.10 crisis for the All Blacks Test in Cardiff next month....
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRichmond hold out to claim bragging rights
■By TOM SANSOM Richmond ........17 London Scots ..13 IT WAS only a friendly contest in name at the Athletic Ground as...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRichards happy to see his kids kicking on
■By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ..............7pts Newcastle ........12pts NEWCASTLE edged a tight arm-wrestle but Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards was just...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoGloucester left hanging on by Trailfinders comeback
■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........38pts Ealing ................36pts Under presure: Craig Hampson sends up a boxkick for Ealing GLOUCESTER avenged last week’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoOspreys class tells as Hartpury benchmen capitulate
■By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury ............24pts Ospreys ............49pts IN WARM sunshine, this game entertained a good pre-season crowd, swollen by large numbers...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoUlster 21-45 Saracens: Hat-trick from Ben Harris gets Sarries over the line
SARACENS coach Mark McCall was content as his men ran in seven tries against his former side in a good pre-season...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDragons’ charge is worry for Borthwick
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….35pts Dragons …………28pts LEICESTER Tigers stumbled to this narrow win by five tries to four after the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones open to all offers post World Cup
EDDIE Jones dropped his biggest hint yet that he will be leaving his job as England coach following the 2023 World...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSevens ace Richard in Bath switch
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Trial: De Carpentier BATH have had former England Sevens star Richard de Carpentier training...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSky fight for Campbell
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER Glasgow Warriors and Jersey Reds lock turned heavyweight boxing prospect Nick Campbell has...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie
LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSpreadbury set for RFU exit
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER THE exodus from the RFU continues with referees’ boss Tony Spreadbury set to leave...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps miss out on lock Meihuizen
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Searching: Blackett WASPS’ plans to get a second row into their squad before the...
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/ 5 years agoSnowflakes beware – Cockers is here!
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE fanfare for Richard Cockerill’s arrival in the England camp as forwards coach...
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/ 5 years agoRennie changes the rules in battle to beat All Blacks
THE determination of Australia’s new Kiwi coach Dave Rennie to bridge the gap between the Wallabies and the All Blacks after...
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/ 5 years agoChunya Munga hungry for more after his taster at Twickenham
CHUNYA Munga has developed a huge appetite to feast on the international scene following his call up to train with Eddie...
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/ 5 years agoDrake connecting dots at Warriors
By PAUL REES Last league win: Worcester beat London Irish on opening day of 2020-21 season PICTURES: Getty Images WORCESTER have...
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/ 5 years agoCarnage among No.7s makes Navidi key man
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE of the biggest things that has gone under the radar this summer is the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoHarries kills off Sharks for away day spoils
By SAM BRETT Sale ..................24 Worcester ......29 WORCESTER Warriors come out on top in their visit to Heywood Road to kick...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSing gets ball rolling in 12-try demolition job
By JANE MARSHALL Glo-Hartpury ..84 DMP Sharks ......0 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury made an emphatic start to the season with 12 tries against Darlington...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSarries show class to grab bonus point win
By MATT MERRITT Wasps ................20pts Saracens ..........26pts IT MIGHT be the first week of the season, but this game had a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurford unfazed by pressure of being champs
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning Today, The Stoop, Kick-off 3pm THE HUNTERS become the hunted as reigning champions...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurgess try seals the points for Ward’s Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol..............38 Exeter ..............21 ELINOR SNOWSILL‘S kick-off marked the beginning of the new Premier 15s season and a return...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMatson is welcome addition to melting pot
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers will find this hard to believe, but the art historian Kenneth Clark knew so much...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBorthwick knows his captains, have faith!
MANY an eyebrow has shifted in a northerly direction since the news broke late last month, but Steve Borthwick knows what...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe brooding Lamaison is victim of a bar brawl
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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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNight horrors keep Will Hurrell so worried about future
Two seasons after it happened at Welford Road, Will Hurrell is still suffering from the ‘really horrible’ effects of the tackle...
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/ 5 years agoHansen’s right, the Lions turned people off rugby
EVEN when he lost nine in a row with Wales, Steve Hansen never shied away from speaking his mind, much less...
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/ 5 years ago‘Borzov’ Morgan sped to hearts of the fans
RHYS Morgan played 539 matches for Newport over the best part of 20 years and one for Wales back in those...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoTell us European Cup dates, clubs urge EPCR
EUROPEAN Challenge Cup organisers are coming under pressure from clubs to announce the format of this season’s competition which remains under...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFarrell’s time at No.10 is over
NICK CAIN TALKS TO PETER WINTERBOTTOM ABOUT NATIONAL LEAGUE RUGBY, ENGLAND AND THE LIONS PETER Winterbottom was fearless as an England...
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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