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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoLions squeeze past Albanian
By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian…………8 Leicester Lions ….10 LEICESTER Lions edged a low-scoring affair at Woolams as Harry Glynn sealed the...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoS&E distanced from the drop
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..43 Bournemouth……..19 FOR Sutton it was the rare moment when the sequel was better than...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoEsher take Friday-night spoils as Barnes fall
By MATT BALDWIN Esher …………….34 Barnes …………..10 DEFENCE was the order of the day for Esher as they dominated Barnes from...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoComeback sees Caldy lengthen winning run
By GEOFF BERKELEY Sedgley Park ….10pts Caldy ………………29pts Tries: Cheshire 8, Ailes 80 Tries: Collister 19, Barker 23, Dickinson 26, 79...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoChester hit 100 as sorry Scunthorpe try to forget
By ALICE BATCHELOR Chester ……..109 Scunthorpe ..12 CHESTER ran riot at bottom side Scunthorpe as Mark Dixon scored a hattrick in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGuernsey keep Rochford at bay as title race hots up
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYmaintained their position at the top of the table following a bonus point 31-7 win away...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSalop end Bournville record
Midlands Premier THE Midlands Premier kicked off in midweek when Newport Salop upset the runaway league leaders Bournville, defeating them 30-25...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoPack lose ground in West
South West Premier A MATCH winning Oliver Francis try saw Okehampton clinch victory in the dying moments to beat promotion hopefuls...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBlackburn put nine past Carlisle
Northern Premier IN THE one game in North Premier Blackburn were 60-12 winners at home to Carlisle. Myles Harrop led the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBarrow has no regrets after quitting game age 26
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Leicester lock Dom Barrow has explained how the crushing disappointment of England rejection in 2017 proved to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMitchell concerned over Sevens future
By ADAM ELLIS On the ball: Tom Mitchell in action against Fiji during the semi-final of the Australia Sevens PICTURE: Getty...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU must rethink this Tier Two funding cut
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The despair and desperation that has flooded the game, and not just the Championship,...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe Farrell show is compelling
Farrell v Farrell: It’s Andy v Owen at Twickenham today PICTURE: Getty Images THIS afternoon’s game between England-Ireland offers a unique...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe biggest mistake made by Nigel Wray? Loving rugby!
David Norrie, ex-Rugby World editor, in defence of Nigel Wray Let’s start with disclosure. Premiership Rugby is keen on that. I...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGoode: I’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to
By NEALE HARVEY Committed: Alex Goode SARACENS full-back Alex Goode wants to finish his career at Saracens and has mounted a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM CREAN SARACENS PROP Saracens are up to their knees in strife but a positive by-product of their impending demotion to...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoRomain holds glory in his gifted hands for France
By NICK CAIN Power: Paul Willemse scores France’s second try ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Mitcham enjoy a dramatic recovery IN UNDER two years since Mitcham & Carshalton RFC underwent crisis talks and faced terminal decline,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVolunteers step up to aid clubs caught in the storm
By ROB COLE THE true spirit of Welsh rugby has been revealed in the flood-ravaged community clubs who battled all week...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Chiefs sign Scots ace SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne will move to Premiership leaders Exeter in the summer from French side Lyon....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoBanks leads the way for resurgent Aussies
By ADAM ELLIS HEAD coach Dan McKellar is determined to make sure his Brumbies side ‘buck the trend’ of Australian rugby’s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CATHERINE SPENCER THE FORMER ENGLAND, BRISTOL, KENT AND FOLKESTONE No.8 FOR years I defined my life by the all-encompassing drive to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhite wall keeps Wizards at bay
By ROB COLE Premiership Swansea ……………13 Aberavon ……………10 SWANSEA staged a remarkable defensive display in injury time to repel a 50-phase...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDrovers earn bragging rights
By ALEX BYWATER Carmarthan Q …12 Llandovery ……14 LLANDOVERY dented Carmarthen Quins’ title hopes with a narrow victory at The Park....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGriffiths puts the boot in for Otters
Championship & Division One round-up A LAST minute Ianto Griffiths penalty sealed a stunning 20-19 win for Narberth against Cross Keys...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales face top two in world rankings
WALES will face World Cup winners South Africa and New Zealand in two of their four 2020 Autumn Internationals. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPatchell close to comeback
Return: Rhys Patchell WALES fly-half Rhys Patchell could return for the Scarlets trip to Munster on February 29 after three months...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMulvihill in market to reinforce front five options
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA CARDIFF Blues are looking at a quartet of South African locks in a bid to strengthen...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoChairman Davies may ask to break own rule
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA THE WELSH Rugby Union is already head hunting a new chief executive to replace Martyn Phillips...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTyro Luke aiming to emulate his hero Biggar
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA LUKE Scully hopes he can follow in the footsteps of his childhood hero Dan Biggar after...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAll-rounder Kolbe wows Toulouse as a fly-half
FRENCH COLUMN It’s official. There are more active ingredient molecules in a homeopathic remedy than there are things Cheslin Kolbe cannot...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoNorth looked magnificent – for 11 minutes!
PETER JACKSON VERDICT He came blasting out of the tunnel like a man on a mission as if nothing would stop...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoHeartbreaker Shaun is the difference
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Crunch: George North collides with Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Flashback: Emile Ntamack of France...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoCaptain Hogg showshis class on Roman holiday for the Scots
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER End of a 17-phase siege: Chris Harris goes over for Scotland’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images IT WASN’T...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years ago‘I wasn’t going to mess up that one’
SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg was delighted to bury the memory of his butchered try against Ireland – and even more pleased...
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoHow Will the Saracens Squad Look in the Championship?
The story of Saracens rugby club being relegated to the Championship and fined for breaking the wage cap has dominated club...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJonathan Joseph on the wing for England, Daly to full-back
England head coach makes changes to the backline after George Furbank is ruled out of Ireland clash
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoItaly plot a new shock victory over Russell-less Scotland
Scotland are a team Italy know they can beat, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby to hold expert forum before outlining transgender policy
London forum will discuss the biology of transgender rugby players to ascertain selection guidelines
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath flanker Francois Louw eyes last hurrah in MLR
World Cup-winner Francois Louw talks Bath, Major League Rugby interests, and how he also retired as a Springbok
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGareth Davies preferred to Williams at scrum-half for Wales’ clash with France
Wales head coach places faith in Gareth Davies and Ross Moriarty against Les Bleus
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Features
/ 6 years agoElliot Daly and George Furbank expect Irish bombardment
Ireland's variety in kicking have been the focus of England's preparations
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: 2020 is no comparison to the thuggery of 1980
Brendan Gallagher recalls the most brutally physical of Five Nations championships in 1980
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoHuw Jones dropped as Scotland seek to extend Italy’s drought
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has named his team to face Italy
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs hunt centre seen as Wales’ long-term successor to Jonathan Davies
A player future Scarlets head coach Glenn Delaney does not want to see leave
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps seek to rekindle old flames in search for new DoR
Joe Worsley and Dave Walder in the frame to be Wasps' new coaching figureheads
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoIreland stick to their guns for trip to Twickenham
Andy Farrell names an unchanged starting line-up for the head-to-head with England
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRFU CEO Bill Sweeney responds to outcry from Championship clubs
Sweeney justifies cuts to Championship funding in reply to clubs' letter voicing grave concerns
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Advent of Josh Adams puts North at big risk
Josh Adams is showing his true Test class for Wales, writes Peter Jackson
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears move quick to sign Henry Purdy to new deal
It has taken Purdy two games to persuade Pat Lam to offer a substantial extension
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