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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTries galore as Raiders power to home win
By PAUL MARTIN Worthing ........43 Barnes..............30 WORTHING Raiders came out on top in an entertaining try-fest against Barnes. The tone was...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHawks swoop to down Esher
By ALASTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks......46 Esher ......................20 HENLEY Hawks produced one of their best displays of the season to run out...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBrave Ben is the Lions hero
By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffians ..10 Leicester Lions ....13 BEN Young’s last-gasp drop goal saw Leicester Lions complete a dramatic comeback...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBig victory for Redruth as fine form continues
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..22 Redruth ..............41 IN-FORM Redruth extended their unbeaten run by beating struggling Sutton & Epson...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTonbridge withstand fightback to stay top
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge..........36pts Clifton ................32pts Going over: Mike O’Sullivan powers in to score for Tonbridge Juddians and Bentley Halpin scores...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoAnother defeat for OAs extends streak
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian....10 Westcliff........16 OLD Albanian collected their 21st bonus point of the season but were unable to get...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoMason at double in Titans triumph
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans....29 Dings Crusaders..22 NICK Mason struck twice as Taunton Titans overcame a dogged Dings Crusaders side at...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHosts stunned by Bury’s great start
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth........21 Bury St Edmunds ..34 BURY St Edmunds had wrapped up the bonus point before half-time on their...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MANNY IYOGUN NORTHAMPTON PROP For any aspiring prop, being able to lean on some gnarled experience is never a bad thing,...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland have a Will to win and avenge defeat in LA
By ADAM ELLIS VANCOUVER Two tries: Will Edwards ENGLAND came bursting out of the blocks to right the wrongs of their...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoBlitzboks take title in extra-time thriller
LOS ANGELES WRAP ENGLAND came away from the inaugural LA Sevens with just one win from their five matches, missing out...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWells triumphant and Dons win a thriller
London & South East Premier IN the Friday evening kick off in the London and South East Premier, Tunbridge Wells beat...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville toast sweet taste of success
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE are already preparing for next season after wrapping up the Midlands Premier title. The Birmingham side completed a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix of the best for clinical table-toppers
Northern Premier BLAYDONincreased their lead at the top of the table following a hardfought 34-29 win at home to Morpeth. Jordan...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBattle at top takes a turn in South West
South West Premier THE South West Premier title battle took another twist after runaway leaders Barnstaple suffered fourth defeat of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLlandow disaster turned triumph into tragedy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Aftermath: Royal Air Force men examine the wreckage...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFaingaa makes the ultimate donation
THERE was a time when a news story regarding a rugby player donating his brain, on the occasion of his death,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRemember Bill, Ashton honed his skills in National One
Lethal: Chris Ashton CHRIS Ashton often seemed to spend more time injured or pursuing his media ambitions during his time at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Giant Nadolo adds to Tigers’ firepower LEICESTER have recruited outsized Fiji wing Nemani Nadolo and Georgia hooker Shalva Mamukashvili for next...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoUndisciplined England just escape the jaws of defeat
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Off: Manu Tuilagi is shown red by referee Ben O’Keeffe ENGLAND emerged in credit at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMartin’s Lions take permanent residence at the Gnoll
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER CLASSIC Lions President Allan Martin is relishing the chance to take one of rugby’s most famous...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFlyer Hogg helps raise cash for Bill McLaren Foundation
NEWS EXTRA By SAM PARKHOUSE SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg is using his image to raise money for grassroots rugby in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Four weeks for Devoto EXETER centre Ollie Devoto has been banned for four weeks for a dangerous high tackle on Harlequins’...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoHurricanes blown away after Lomax sees red
By ADAM ELLIS Contentious: Tyrel Lomax saw red for a high tackle PICTURE: Getty Images LIFE after Beauden Barrett has not...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoTougher penalty for high tackles has effect
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Rugby’s strict crackdown on high tackles at last year’s World Cup resulted in a dramatic reduction in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPontypridd enjoy the derby day spoils
Premiership By ROGER THOMAS Merthyr ..........27 Pontypridd ....36 PONTYPRIDD headed back down the A470 with the derby day bragging rights after...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRavens fall at final hurdle again
By JOHN WILLIAMS Bridgend ........14 Carm Quins ....20 BRIDGEND’S luck ran out once again in the dying embers of yet another...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDebut to forget as Paulo gets red card
By ROB COLE Aberavon ........20 Cardiff..............18 SAMOAN international lock Filo Paulo picked up a yellow and then straight red card on...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFirst half blank can’t deter Ebbw
By IAN GOLDEN Ebbw Vale ......20 RGC1404 ..........17 EBBW Vale secured a valuable win in their fight against relegation, edging out...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSwansea’s long barren run continues
By HUW OWEN Llandovery ....21 Swansea ........10 LLANDOVERY held off a second half Swansea fightback to make it 19 consecutive wins...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBargoed on the move at top of the table
Bargoed on the move at top of the table By CARL FIELD BARGOED moved to within five points of Pontypool at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTyro hooker Oghre sets sights on France 2023
By NEALE HARVEY Packing a punch: Wasps hooker Gabriel Oghre Flatmate: Jacob Umaga RISING star Gabriel Oghre aims to follow flatmate...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe Pay-TV Golden Goose may be a turkey
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Over and out: England’s game yesterday will be their last in this...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLeeds’ relegation led to great days on the 7s circuit
MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHRISTIAN LEWIS-PRATT FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS, NORTHAMPTON, LEEDS AND LONDON IRISH FLY-HALF Dream move: Christian Lewis- Pratt scores for...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoIt just makes you regret that display in Paris
JEREMY GUSCOTT Impressive: Anthony Watson scored a superbly executed try ENGLAND have built on their performances week to week throughout this...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoWales showed their spirit but the front row is still a problem
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Struggled: Liam Williams failed to make an impact For a few spooky moments either side of half-time, Wales...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoEddie: It was 13 against 16 out there!
EDDIE Jones fiercely defended Manu Tuilagi after the hard-hitting star saw red at Twickenham as England celebrated a Triple Crown. The...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoThat was so brutal, there was blood all over the pitch
SHANE WILLIAMS COMMENT I KNEW IT was going to be brutal, but that was off the charts in terms of physicality....
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoMatthew never let you know he was suffering
I WANT to end my column this week by paying tribute to Matthew J Watkins after his tragic passing. I’d known...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoAshton exits Diamond’s salary cap roundabout
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WITH the blood from the Premiership lynching of Saracens still on the tiles,...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoStay-away Vunipola is on slide in rankings
THERE have been plenty of mixed messages surrounding coronavirus, and the RFU have not been immune, with England’s decision to send...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Leicester Tiger back Matt Smith
Now Leicester Tigers academy head coach after retiring last season
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCourtney Lawes could challenge Jason Leonard’s record number of caps, says Day
Former Northampton Saints teammate Christian Day can see Lawes playing for England for four more years
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Features
/ 6 years agoOwen Farrell v Dan Biggar: The Testosterone Test
Nick Cain looks at the intriguing battle between two Lions at Twickenham this weekend in the Six Nations
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Features
/ 6 years agoHow does Bernard Le Roux measure against the great French locks?
Brendan Gallagher looks at how South Africa-born lock duo Bernard Le Roux and Paul Willemse are excelling for France
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew Sale Sharks lock Lood de Jager hones in on Exiles
The Springboks giant will may his long-awaited debut for Sale Sharks on Friday night
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNational One Rams are head-butted by RFU points deduction
Rams chief executive tells TRP how the RFU's decision to fine and deduct the club five points was too excessive
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: The greatest teams have had special joy of six
As Eddie Jones pilots hybrid players in his Six Nations teams, Brendan Gallagher looks at the role of a No.6
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAnthony Watson starts for England against Wales, as Underhill misses out
Mark Wilson also starts for England at openside flanker against Wales in the Six Nations
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland’s Six Nations finale in Rome postponed due to coronavirus
Six Nations organisers are expected to announce the decision later on Thursday
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