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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoLeicester Tigers 28-19 Newcastle Red Bulls: Tigers dig deep to keep control
Leicester Tigers needed to dig deep into their reserves to stay afloat over a determined Newcastle Red Bulls team on one...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoIt’s seven-up for Blues in the battle of Bedfordshire
■By JACOB SMITH Bedford .............35pts Tries: Uru 33, Hill 43, Herman 51, Ward 54, Worth 78 Conversions: Maisey 34, 44, 52,...
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/ 8 months agoBrownhill on hand to grab it at the death for Richmond
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond ........17pts Tries: Spring 32, Brownhill 76 Conversions: Grieve 33, 76 Penalty: Grieve 2 Nottingham .....15pts Tries: Dickinson...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoEaling Trailfinders 36-34 Coventry: Visitors just fail to halt record run
Ealing Trailfinders clung on to level the Champ rugby win streak record at 21 matches as they edged out Coventry in...
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/ 8 months agoGonzalez strikes to steal it for Warriors
■By JEAN BULL Worcester ........25pts Tries: Wallis 9, Chapman 16, Gonzalez 76 Conversions: Reed 17, 77 Penalties: Reed 34, 46 Doncaster...
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/ 8 months agoCambridge can’t break duck (on a day for them)
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ..... 24pts Tries: Irvine 37, Dawson 43, Currie 66, Timpson 75 Conversions: Mausia 44, Thompson 76 Caldy...
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/ 8 months agoBazalgette makes it a certainty for Hartpury
■By LUKE JARMYN Chinnor ..............21pts Tries: Walker 5, 37, Hall 51 Conversions: Chamberlain 6, 38, 52 Hartpury ............39pts Tries: Clark 18,...
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/ 8 months agoPirates forced on the road again after storm issues
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v L Scottish Today. Kick-off 2pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates will look to bounce back...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 8 months agoPacker joins the 100 club
PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, The Stoop IN-FORM Harlequins will look to extend their winning run to five...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 8 months agoUren in right place to deny Bears
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Bristol ................26pts Tries: Bern 5, Gallagher 20, Bevan 23, Bonner 57 Conversions: Bevan 6, 21, 24 Trailfinders .....26pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 8 months agoSaracens aiming for top spot
PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Saracens Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road SARACENS travel to Welford Road knowing a bonus-point win could send...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 8 months agoSharks sink while champs swim
■By BEN SHEARD Sale ...................... 7pts Try: Hyndman 18 Conversion: Aitchison 18 Gloucester-H ...22pts Tries: Venner 2, K Jones 12 ,...
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/ 8 months agoAll this tinkering with the laws doesn’t really add up
AS night follows day rugby continues to change and tinker with the laws with an OCD obsession that I am sure...
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/ 8 months agoRyan made life tough for 1953 All Blacks
ENGLAND in the mid-1950s, not unlike now, had an abundance of back row talent which probably explains why former Cambridge University...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoDouble delight for DMP is down to Douglas
■By NEIL MORRIS Darlington ...... 24 Wharfedale .....17 MOWDEN celebrated a Friday night success as they completed the double over Wharfedale,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoLeslie leads Dale to battling victory
■By STEVE WILSON Otley ......................... 18 Tynedale ................23 OTLEY were edged out by Tynedale after a first-half blitz from the visitors...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoIt’s top of the Bill! Hosts win a thriller
By MIKE BROWN Billingham .............27 Fylde ........................24 BILLINGHAM showed grit and resilience to overturn a half-time deficit and claim a dramatic...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoDefensive duty holds key for the impressive Ionians…
■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians ....38 Macclesfield .... 7 MACCLESFIELD made a good start with an early Harry Blackwell try and...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoCallum is top Titan as he snares club record
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ..... 54pts Tries: Norman 3, 78, Shaw 10, Toerien 34, Metcalfe 40, Bustin 49, Veness 58, 71...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoA magnificent seven for terrific travelling Tykes
■By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........ 17 Leeds Tykes ..........46 LEEDS Tykes secured a hard-earned, seven-try away triumph. The visitors started...
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/ 8 months agoQuick-fire treble is downfall for plucky students
By BRIAN NORMAN Redruth.............30 Exeter Uni.........14 REDRUTH scored three tries in 12 second-half minutes to beat Exeter University. It looked like...
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/ 8 months agoOliver’s out to finish with a big bang for Bishop’s
By BEN JAYCOCK Looking up: Bishop’s Stortford flanker Oliver Jones BISHOP’S Stortford blind-side Oliver Jones believes his side have turned a...
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/ 8 months agoBevan’s backing Bristol to succeed
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK BRISTOL and Wales scrum-half Keira Bevan believes momentum is building as the Bears enter a pivotal...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoSam Kildunne: Ampthill winger on life in the Champ and sister Ellie’s rise to stardom
Paul Eddison talks to Ampthill winger Sam Kildunne about life in the Champ - and his famous sister...
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/ 8 months agoOverseas players are not to blame
THERE are currently some hugely popular gameshows in the UK – The Traitors and Pointless being two examples. But in Welsh...
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/ 8 months agoWeston puts his retirement on back burner
OLD Redcliffians No.8 Jack Weston admits his return from retirement has come quicker, and at a higher level, than he anticipated...
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/ 8 months agoCanterbury are driving hard
■By AMELIE CLAYDON CANTERBURY head coach Matt Corker says steady progress has put his side firmly into the promotion conversation in...
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/ 8 months agoHooper hits double hundred for Sheffield
■By BEN JAYCOCK SHEFFIELD winger Christian Hooper admits reaching 100 tries in 100 games for the club was a moment he...
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/ 8 months agoWilson happy with law tweaks ahead of the big kick-off
Super Rugby Pacific Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Champs: Crusaders celebrate last year’s success PICTURE: Getty Images WALLABIES skipper Harry Wilson has...
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Features
/ 8 months agoMATTHEW BOWLER
YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL BEARS BACK Bristol back row Matthew Bowler has opted for a demanding five-month programme in South Africa to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoResults
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Features
/ 8 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Aled Jenkins – I dreamt about pulling on an Ospreys shirt
The former Ospreys, Wales Sevens and Ealing Trailfinders centre, Aled Jenkins, reflects on his life in rugby.
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/ 8 months agoStrong Seaford make it a double success
SCHOOLS REPORT By JOSEPH TERRY SEAFORD College won their second tournament in two weeks to clinch the Sussex Open 7s at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoRegional results
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/ 8 months agoExeter fall to Bath in final play of the game
BUCS RUGBY ■By JOSEPH TERRY BATH silenced a sold-out Sandy Park to defeat Exeter 20-18 in the final play and create...
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/ 8 months agoWe aren’t facing a financial crisis, say Cambridge
NEWS EXTRA CAMBRIDGE, currently bottom of the Champ, deny the club are in financial crisis adding all players and staff have...
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/ 8 months agoSpringbok flanker dies at 52
FORMER South African flanker Russell Nelson has died ‘unexpectedly’ at the age of 52, with tributes being paid to the “larger-than-life...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 months agoRegional results
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Welsh Rugby
/ 8 months agoDrovers fire a Cup warning
Super Rygbi round-up ■By CARL FIELD HOLDERS Llandovery put one foot firmly in the semi-finals of the Super Rygbi Cymru Cup...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 8 months agoIronmen keep up heat at the top
Premiership round-up REIGNING champions Merthyr narrowed the gap on leaders Beddau to four points with a 22-3 bonus-point victory at Cardiff...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 8 months agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Well, we have reached our fourth Manager of the Month award for the 2025/26 TRP Fantasy Rugby Season. This award is...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 8 months agoBRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 8 months agoDream team are back in harness
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THERE should be caveats and codicils – a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos. But...
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/ 8 months agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, February 8, 2026 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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International Rugby
/ 9 months agoImmanuel Feyi-Waboso to miss England’s Six Nations opener against Wales due to injury
England enter Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Wales without the electric Immanuel Feyi-Waboso in a late change that sees Tom...
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Friendlies
/ 9 months agoBen Foden: England v Ireland Legends game “means more” amid Lewis Moody’s battle with MND
Northampton Saints Premiership winner Ben Foden says this year’s Legends charity match carries added weight following Lewis Moody’s diagnosis with motor...
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Guest Blogs
/ 9 months agoXbox or PlayStation? Which Console Should You Choose in 2026?
Buying a gaming console is a significant investment, and in 2026 the decision has never been more nuanced. Both major platforms...
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/ 9 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Six Nations 2026 Round 1 preview – Rassie Erasmus insight ft Ben Coles
In this week’s episode of the Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Ben Coles from The Observer...
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International Rugby
/ 9 months agoBen Foden’s England XV: Bring back Marcus Smith + Joe Cokanasiga
While Steve Borthwick went very early this week selecting his England team against Wales, 34-time Test full-back Ben Foden picks what...
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International Rugby
/ 9 months agoSix Nations predictions: Favourites for top tryscorer and points scorer with French on top
Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Thomas Ramos are the favourites to top the tryscorer and points scorer tables this 2026 Six Nations.
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