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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWin not enough for doomed South
By NICK DOYLE Otley ................38 S Leicester ....41 SOUTH Leicester ended a seven-game losing streak with a bonus-point win but results...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoAviss try secures derby joy for Lions
By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChester crumble as title race heats up
By CHRIS PRATT Sedgley Park ....45pts Chester....................7pts A STUNNING secondhalf performance by Sedgley Park saw them run in 38 points and...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoField keep play-off hopes alive in thriller
By ANDREW SMITH HUDDERSFIELD bounced back from last week’s disappointment at Chester to claim maximum points. The try bonus win maintains...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDebut delight as Roberts bags two
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ........27 Wharfedale ....21 TWO debut tries for teenager Will Roberts took Tynedale to victory in a Yorkshire...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoArnold bows out on a high in epic
By ANTON JONES Preston G ........40 Stourbridge....34 IN Paul Arnold’s 450th and final appearance, Preston Grasshoppers edged out Stourbridge. Hoppers took...
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Features
/ 7 years agoKEVIN SORRELL
THE FORMER SARACENS CENTRE AND CURRENT BACKS COACH MY LIFEIN RUGBY After one year as an amateur the game went professional...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDuncan’s highly Touted after his hat-trick
By BILL HOOPER Redruth............23 Tonbridge J ..37 A DEPLETED Redruth side gave Tonbridge a good run for 65 minutes before the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes pulls the strings for Hawks
By PAUL NICHOLAS Henley..............60 Guernsey ........28 DANIEL Barnes scored 21 points as Henley secured an emphatic 60-28 bonus-point victory at home...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJack’s double lifts Barnes to safety
By WILL ALSOP Birming’ & S......5 Barnes..............41 BARNES stormed to a six-try victory, securing their place in National Two South in...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSecond-half salvo enough to see off Edmunds
By JACK WILLIAMS Canterbury ....35 Bury St E..........23 CANTERBURY scored 21 second-half points to secure a home victory against Bury St...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams wrap up the title in fine style at Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................21pts Rams......................45pts THE large crowd of Rams supporters who travelled down the M4 to Bristol arrived with the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWatt a performance! Dan does damage
By CIAN CHEESBROUGH L Irish WG ......5 Old Albanian 61 OLD Albanian scored nine tries in a dominant performance against bottom-of-the-table...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoKingdom comes good at the death
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ..........32 Dings ................30 WHAT a way to close the season off at the Commsplus Stadium with a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRaiders now on verge of survival
By PHIL JONES Worthing ........39 Old R ................33 WORTHING are just one point from safety after they edged out Old Redcliffians...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
NATHAN POPE SALE FULLBACK Nathan Pope might have been a footballer had things turned out differently. Born and bred in the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRelegation won’t alter Richmond says Hill
By LUKE JARMYN Beliefs: Steve Hill will stick with his philosophy RICHMOND director of rugby Steve Hill vows that the club...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTring spring a serious surprise at Sutton
London & South East Premier THE shock of the afternoon must be Sutton & Epsom’s 25-19 defeat at home to Tring...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBournville beat the drop despite defeat
Midlands Premier LICHFIELD and Syston were condemned to relegation after Bournville clinched the point they needed to avoid the drop. Syston,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDan’s the man to keep Blaydon on track
Northern Premier League winners Hull denied any slim chance Billingham had of reaching a second-place play-off following a 26-7 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWill is Topp dog as Barnstaple press on
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE are heading into the South West Premier play-offs after sealing second place following a 51-17 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll’s well in the rugby world after my trip to Hong Kong!
JEFF PROBYN World class weekend: The Hong Kong Sevens were a delight PICTURE: Getty Images Sometimes it can be all too...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDenman joins the Coventry import drive
RUGBY SHORTS COVENTRY’s impressive recruitment drive has continued with the capture of Gloucester and former Northampton Saints prop Gareth Denman, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBarritt assessed on ligament damage
SARACENS will monitor captain Brad Barritt this week after scans revealed he has minor ankle ligament damage. The 32-year-old centre was...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWigglesworth to coach at Ealing
ENGLANDand Saracens scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth has joined Ealing Trailfinders as the club’s attack coach. The 35-year-old has been coaching on a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProp McGrath on move to Leinster
ULSTER have signed Leinster prop Jack McGrath for the start of next season. The 29-year-old British and Irish Lions loose-head has...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSarries switch big game to Spurs
SARACENS have agreed a five-year deal to play their annual showpiece match at Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium. Sarries have staged selected...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEngland’s second-half blips fixable says Nowell
By NEALE HARVEY Ace: Scott Wisemantel JACK Nowell insists England’s second half implosions in the Six Nations have failed to dent...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFrustrated Ewels demands Bath boys shape up
Pushing: Charlie Ewels CHARLIE Ewels knows Bath’s squadron of England hopefuls must rescue their club’s season or risk becoming nearly men...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll-clear for Best softens Leavy’s Cup blow
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON IRELAND captain Rory Best has eased fears over his participation at the Rugby World Cup but...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCheika’s ‘tough’ decision to axe Larkham
NEWS EXTRA By JEFF ROGERS THE decision to sack Australia attack coach Stephen Larkham in February was a tough one but...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJennings blames demons for assault charge
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON SALE Sharks centre Mark Jennings has admitted his behaviour was “unforgiveable” following his conviction for assaulting...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoTry-star Norton puts England into quarters
By ANTON CLARKE HONG KONG Record man: Dan Norton excels in Hong Kong Scorer: Phil Burgess Fiji flyer: Vilimoni Botitu NOT...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIronmen last the distance as Jarvis keeps his cool at the death
By JAY BAYFORD Merthyr …20 Pontypool …18 MERTHYR showed plenty of experience and tactical nous as they edged a tough WRU...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago12-year wait over as Blue & Blacks power through to final
By CARL FIELD Llandovery …17 Cardiff …35 CARDIFF are into their first WRU National Cup final for 12 years after defeating...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNewport v Pontypridd
Preview… Sun April 7. Kick-off 2.30pm PONTYPRIDD will get the chance to force themselves back into the Principality Premiership title race...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLlanelli v RGC 1404
Preview… MARK Jones will take his RGC 1404 side back to his old stamping ground seeking to do the double over...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNightingale swoops to keep Bulls’ survival hopes alive
By PAUL HOPKINS Bargoed …31 Swansea …26 BARGOED kept their faint hopes of Premiership survival alive with a thrilling bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKeys are almost Crossed off as relegation looms
By ROB COLE Aberavon…52 Cross Keys …15 CROSS KEYS are now ten points from safety and look as though they need...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVale’s title hopes fade as Quins rally to cause upset
By JOSH HARDING Carmarthen Q26 Ebbw Vale …18 EBBW VALE’S hopes of mounting a late challenge for the Principality Premiership title...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLate try secures Ravens a vital losing point at Bedwas
By MAX BENNETT Bedwas …31 Bridgend …24 BRIDGEND picked up what could yet prove to be a priceless losing bonuspoint after...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVictory can’t save Newbridge from the big drop
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up NEWBRIDGE became the first side to be relegated from the WRU National Championship despite claiming...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWanderers take the title with bonus point win
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers sealed the One East Central title with a convincing 30-10 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoToulouse stung by new Wasp Fekitoa
Dangerous: Malakai Fekitoa scored twice for Toulon World Cup-winning winger Malakai Fekitoa has Wasps looking forward eagerly to having him in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMulvihill had to talk me down from the cliff admits Dacey
By STEFFAN THOMAS Skipper: Kristian Dacey KRISTIAN Dacey has admitted the uncertainty which engulfed Welsh rugby in recent months almost forced...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoI’ll be fully fit for World Cup camps vows Navidi
By STEFFAN THOMAS Operation: Josh Navidi JOSH Navidi’s Wales career will come full circle when he rocks up at the World...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEncourage more refs of all abilities
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I THINK that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWebber’s actions should also have been investigated
WE have finally seen a decision in the citing of Newcastle second row Callum Green for his alleged bite on Sale...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHappy Flatman set the record straight
COLIN Boag said that in the Premiership Cup final “one club observed the spirit of the competition, whereas the other simply...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYes, European Cup is more intense than Tests
COLIN BOAG Unfair: Shalk Brits is sent off after the punch-up with Akker Van Der Merw Well done to Ben Kay...
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