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Latest News
/ 10 months agoEx-London Irish coach Jonathan Fisher finds exciting new life Down Under
By Paul Rees When London Irish went into administration two seasons ago, Jonathan Fisher was among those who suddenly found themselves...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoHarry Beddall: Tommy Reffell is my inspiration
By Simon Thomas Wales U20 captain Harry Beddall has revealed how he is taking inspiration from Test star Tommy Reffell. Beddall...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 10 months ago16-try Georgia start as they mean to go on in the Rugby Europe Championship
Richard Cockerill’s Georgia got off to a flying start in Pool A with a 16-try win against Switzerland in Tbilisi. The...
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Features
/ 10 months agoMoney or eyeballs? Once again, that’s the big question
Paul Rees looks at the pressures on the Six Nations to balance reach and revenue Is this the last year when...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoWhen living beyond your means makes it tough to survive
Main men: Santi Carreras playing for Gloucester and, inset, George Skivington SANTI Carreras stood out for Gloucester in the two seasons...
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Letters
/ 10 months agoBill Sweeney needs to run game for the good of us all
RFU CEO Bill Sweeney is head of English Rugby not England Rugby. His strategy is to make the England teams successful...
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Letters
/ 10 months agoSix Nations needs to be free-to-air
Blockbuster: France took on Wales in Friday night’s Six Nations kick-off THE Six Nations simply must be on terrestrial television for...
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Dream Team
/ 10 months agoDream Team – Michael van Vuuren
Michael van Vurren, the former junior Springbok, Cheetahs, Stade Francais, Kings, Leicester, Bath, London Scottish, London Irish, Northampton, Bedford, Ampthill, Ealing,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 10 months agoThe best Six Nations? Here are my top three
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed The turn of the century was as notable for the things that failed to happen...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoWell said, Martin! Give him a medal…
THE public prints have been full of dire predictions about the BBC and its future as a Six Nations broadcaster. These...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 10 months agoGloucester-Hartpury cement place at the top of PWR
By Sam Bytheway Leicester ................ 7pts Try: Gallagher 40 Conversion: Gallagher 41 Gloucester-H.......38pts Tries: Davies 13, Castellucci 17, Penalty 39, H...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 10 months agoCampbell hits burners for Saracens
By RORY MORROW Trailfinders ..... 17pts Tries: Wood 3, Inman 22, Cooksey 69 Conversion: Inman 4 Saracens .......... 31pts Tries: Campbell...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 10 months agoKrissy Scurfield swings it for Loughborough Lightning
By Stewart McCullogh Bristol ................22pts Tries: Bevan 33, David 40, Atkin-Davies 73, Bonner 76 Conversion: Bevan 33 Loughborough .. 31pts Tries:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoExeter v Harlequins
Preview Today. 12.45pm KIWI fly-half Liv McGoverne returns with Exeter needing a win to maintain their top four play-off hopes after...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoSix Nations: Thrilling three-horse race to beat them all
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Ten years after the most nerve-wracking climax to any Six Nations,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoSix Nations casualties would put on quite a match
The one certainty about the Six Nations is that not all those who came under starter’s orders this weekend will be...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoBillingham’s amateurs work like the professionals
By Dan Robertshaw As one of the only fully amateur teams in National 2 North, Billingham care about more than just...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoPoole leads the way for Titans
■ By CHRIS COLLYER TENACIOUS back row Zak Poole became Rotherham Titans’ joint highest all-time try scorer last weekend landing his...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoSaope Soko adds weight to Worthing survival bid
By Ben Jaycock Zimbabwe international Saope Soko has come out of retirement to help keep Worthing in the National Leagues but...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoWhy can’t we apply the laws fairly?
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, By Brendan Gallagher You can blow a mental gasket trying...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoBrown was right, that 1964 title should have been Scotland’s
MENTION of the late Peter Brown the other week following his passing reminded me of a small niggling grievance he never...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 10 months agoHarlequins are looking to get back to basics in the PWR
By Dan Robertshaw Harlequins are aiming for a top-two finish in the PWR having bounced back from last season’s disappointing seventh-place...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoSale FC send leaders Rams packing – again!
By Gareth Daniels Sale FC.....................25 Rams ........................22 Super Sale followed up their victory over previous league leaders Richmond with a success...
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National League One
/ 10 months agoConor Ganley provides the coup de gras for Esher
By Jon Meadows B Moseley ..............24 Esher ........................ 31 With the clock showing red, Esher’s Conor Ganley crashed through from short...
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National League One
/ 10 months agoTom’s penalty on top victory Putts seal for Albion
National League 1 ■By GREG ROBSON Leicester L ....... 17pts Tries: Taylor 27, Sterland 39, Satala 44 Conversion: Bouchier 45 Penalties:...
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News Extra
/ 10 months agoEarly Richmond blitz leaves Park on back foot
■By TOM DAVIES Darlington MP ....... 17 Richmond ............... 31 RICHMOND made the trip north looking to get back to winning...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoHowe’s that! Tom double sets up triumph
■ By KEVIN BEAL Dorking..............40 Guernsey.......... 20 FOUR tries in the second half secured the bonus-point victory as Dorking overcame a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoSin-binning is so costly for Oaks
National 2 East ■ By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.............. 17 Tonbridge J............24 TONBRIDGE Juddians grinded out a solid victory against a tenacious...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoVisitors hold edge in closest contest
■ By ABI BENCE Worthing..................25 Canterbury..............29 CANTERBURY just did enough to take the honours in what proved to be a great...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 months agoEarly tries help put Combe firmly in command
■ By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley................. 8 Westcombe P.. 12 DESPITE throwing the kitchen sink at Westcombe Park in the second half,...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoBurrows rounds off Sheffield romp with a flourish
■ By TIM THORLEY Harrogate......... 13 Sheffield.......... 46 SHEFFIELD maintained their push for promotion with a seven-try win over Harrogate. Straight...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoHull pay penalty for loose discipline
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................24 Leeds Tykes...........33 HULL overcame a heavy first-half penalty deficit and allowing Leeds a 21-0lead after just 15...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoSam’s the man to play Hoppers hero
■ By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....27 Preston G.................34 HOPPERS’ debut hero Sam Freeman snatched a dramatic late win in a nine-try...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoChester’s late tries break the Ionians
■ By DESMOND HICKIE End to end: Andy McMinime scores a breakaway try and, inset, Alan Hudson brings Ionians level PICTURES:...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoHamilton hat-trick in vain as Tyne take Dale derby
■ By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 41 Wharfedale............29 A rip-roaring battle of the Dales ended with Tynedale on top in a bruising...
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National League 2N
/ 10 months agoBillingham pull away as Dixon revels as try scorer
■ By STE GORDON Billingham.......39 Fylde.................. 17 BILLINGHAM continued their recent winning momentum with a comfortable win over Fylde after a...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoKyle’s kicking keeps Cam top
■ By BILL HOOPER Camborne................ 31 Clifton.......................24 SIXTEEN points from the boot of Kyle Moyle helped keep Camborne top of the...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoLate score ruins Jerrum’s party
■ By JACK TOZER Cinderford...............29 Hinckley.................. 31 CALLUM Dacey’s try in the dying minutes secured an impressive win for Hinckley at...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoStudents hang on to repel spirited fightback
■ By ALEX GREGGOR Exeter Uni......... 31 Luctonians.......26 EXETER University were forced to dig deep to resist a spirited fightback from...
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Features
/ 10 months agoRugby was a passport to travel the world
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MY KENT BRAY THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, QUEENSLAND AND NSW FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK I GREW up in Queensland Country, in a...
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Features
/ 10 months agoI’m surprised by £30m offer to community game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England leaders: Maro Itoje and Jamie George and, inset, Bill Sweeney PICTURES:...
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Young Gun
/ 10 months agoYoung Guns – Ralph McEachran
By Dan Robertshaw Sale Sharks academy prop Ralph McEachran is hoping to follow in the footsteps of young loosehead Asher Opoku-Fordjour...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoResults
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Features
/ 10 months agoTreadwell heading back to Quins
IRELAND lock Kieran Treadwell will rejoin Harlequins from Ulster for next season. The 29-year-old moved to Belfast in 2017 and has...
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Features
/ 10 months agoCheika to leave Tigers at end of the season
HEAD coach Michael Cheika will leave Leicester Tigers when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 57-year-old, below,...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoResults
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/ 10 months agoResults
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoDavidson set for take-off out in Japan
■By BEN JAYCOCK ANDREW Davidson is flourishing on and off the pitch in his new Japanese surroundings. The former Newcastle, Gloucester...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoHartpury give the edge to L’borough
BUCS RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH put one hand on the league trophy as Bath fell to defeat against Hartpury....
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoCinderford banking on youthful return
■By BEN JAYCOCK CINDERFORD prop James Elliott has been impressed by the standard of National Two West claiming several sides would...
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