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/ 7 years agoPressure’s on Ireland, it’s how they handle it
NICK CAIN sits down with England’s most-capped player Jason Leonard to preview the Six Nations JASON Leonard is one of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWainwright has timed his rise to perfection
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS IWAS DELIGHTED by Wales’ Six Nations squad selection – now Warren Gatland must give the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy Wales XV to face France
15. Liam Williams – Gets the nod with Leigh Halfpenny out. World-class back three operator. 14. Josh Adams – Had a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoNo joke, Nowell has the skills to be Eddie’s Tipuric
SO, EDDIE Jones reckons Jack Nowell can play flanker? Well if that’s the case, then Wales have their own man who...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFit squad has Eddie looking on bright side
NICK CAIN CONSIDERS ENGLAND’S PROSPECTS IN THEIR OPENING SIX NATIONS GAME AGAINST IRELAND ANALYSIS THERE is one thing you can bank...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSIX NATIONS SQUADS
Wales Thomas Young is in the Wales squad as Warren Gatland finally gives the Wasps flanker his chance. Leigh Halfpenny also...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTyro Saints centre on mission to impress after injury
NEWS EXTRA ■By NEALE HARVEY GIFTED Northampton midfielder Rory Hutchinson is desperate to prove to boss Chris Boyd why he is...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBig defence pleases Biljon as Reds gear up for Irish
■By TOM INNES A CLINICAL display saw Jersey claim the spoils against the side who had been level with them on...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCarnegie respond to half-time roasting
■By NEALE HARVEY YORKSHIRE Carnegie put a shocking first half display behind them to ease relegation concerns with a come-from-behind victory...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPatience pays for Coventry with Tolmie double
■By PAUL SMITH TWO fourth-quarter tries from replacement hooker Scott Tolmie plus Tony Fenner’s nerveless 78th minute touchline conversion saw Coventry...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTrailfinders bounce back after slip up at Bedford
■By OLI SHAPLEY EALINGmanaged to get back to winning ways with a hard-fought victory over Scottish having trailed at half-time. The...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStudents in danger of being cut adrift
■By ANDREW BEACHAM ULTIMATELY this was another disappointing performance from Hartpury, who made it all too easy for the Knights to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTired Exiles cling on after being given the runaround
■By ROB WILDMAN LONDONIrish head coach Les Kiss praised Nottingham’s attacking zeal on a night when the power of his pack...
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/ 7 years ago‘Old school’ West given Sharks their bite back
■By JON NEWCOMBE Dominant: Rob Webber gets stuck into Sarries PICTURE: Getty Images DORIAN WEST has urged the Sale pack to...
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/ 7 years agoMullan to Warriors?
WORCESTER head coach Rory Duncan says he would be interested in taking “a closer look” at former Worcester prop Matt Mullan....
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/ 7 years agoGatland in Lions talks
WALES coach Warren Gatland says ‘informal conversations’ have occurred over a coaching role for the Lions tour in 2021. The Kiwi...
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/ 7 years agoLambie to call time
SPRINGBOKS star Pat Lambie is set to call time on his playing career following a series of concussions according to reports...
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/ 7 years agoAll-change Wales aim for 6 Nations RWC double
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON When Wales open the Six Nations in Paris on Friday week, their team...
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/ 7 years agoWhen JPR started at openside
■Andrew Trimble, one of a veritable battalion of ex-players to migrate from the dressing room to the commentary box, summed up...
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/ 7 years agoSexton finds the time to make new friends
JOHNNYSexton had a ready-made excuse for giving the Rugby Union Writers’ Club annual dinner in London a miss. The knee damage...
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/ 7 years agoIt’s coming of age time for late bloomer Slade
By NEALE HARVEY All rounder: Henry Slade scores Exeter’s fifth try during the Champions Cup match against Castres PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 7 years agoTurnbull: I can be an asset at World Cup
JOSH Turnbull’s last Six Nations appearance came in 2011, but now the Cardiff Blues forward believes he’s found the key to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDeadly Davis in for two as Albion cruise
By NICK BURT Plymouth A… 29 Cambridge… 17 PLYMOUTHemerged with the victory over Cambridge in a fairly close encounter, scoring the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents stutter to Stortford loss
By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro’ S… 26 Bishop’s S… 41 BISHOP’S Stortford ran in six tries in a high-scoring win at bottom...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoCinderford in the frame with Alex!
By JOHNNY VAUGHAN Chinnor… 27 Cinderford… 29 CINDERFORD came from behind to take the spoils in another gripping contest as Alex...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAmps turn up the power to jump to top of the pile
By CHARLIE RICHARDSON Blackheath… 24pts Tries: Perks 34, Pickersgill 43, Herriott 52, Owen 80 Conversions: Tarrant 44, Clements-Hill 80 Ampthilll… 31pts...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoWarren’s last-gasp kick Seals DMP upset
By MUHAMMED SHER Rosslyn P… 31 Darlington MP… 32 DANNY Brown insists Darlington Mowden Park were down in the dumps before...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoResilient 13-man Esher see off Caldy
By BRADLEY ADAMS ESHER held on with 13 men for the final five minutes to complete a backs-against-the-wall victory over Caldy....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOEs show their mettle in victory
By DAVE LAWRENCE Moseley… 10 Old Eltham’s… 14 OLD Elthamians kept up their National One title push with a hard-fought win...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBradley keeps his cool at the death
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC… 13 Rotherham… 12 SALE FC withstood a savage Rotherham onslaught to eke out a 13- 12...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPitch side saliva test to improve concussion diagnosis
By MATT WALKER NEWS EXTRA A SIMPLE pitch side saliva test could in future make almost instant decisions as to whether...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoKicking woes fell Lions as Field stay on track
By CHRIS HUGHES Leics Lions… 23 Huddersfield… 28 HUDDERSFIELD were clinical when it mattered most as Leicester Lions were left to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPack power sees Dale beat leaders
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale… 24 Hull Ionians… 12 WHARFEDALE put the blues of the last few weeks behind them and produced...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTom Terrific gives strugglers a boost
By MICHAEL MARJORAM P’boro Lions… 21 South Leics… 18 BOTTOM-of-the-table Peterborough Lions recorded a potentially pivotal win over South Leicester to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIn-form visitors are snow match for Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T’s… 17 Fylde… 12 FYLDE’S nine-game unbeaten run came to an end in a fiercely competitive encounter...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFive-star Dale led by Passman and Pike
By LUKE JARMYN Tynedale… 35pts Chester… 5pts WINGERS Morgan Passman and Guy Pike scored five tries between them as Tynedale’s dominant...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc get knifed as Park edge a thriller
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 24 Sedgley Park… 26 MACCLESFIELD came into this one with high hopes but slipped to defeat. Macc...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers enjoy sweet revenge
By ANTON JONES Preston G’s… 25 Otley…10 HOPPERSgot revenge for a narrow defeat at Cross Green earlier in the season as...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoStour not good en-Hough in loss
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley… 15 Stourbridge… 7 TWO first-half tries from Hinckley meant that they secured their 12th win of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
LEE ROBINSON THE FORMER BRISTOL, PLYMOUTH & LEICESTER WINGER IT’s fair to say my first taste of Premiership rugby wasn’t exactly...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoFighting display leaves Hawks soaring
By NICK PITSON Henley… 42 Old Red’ians…31 THE Dry Leas crowd was treated to ten tries as Henley Hawks got back...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes stays calm to steady Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton… 24 Redruth… 15 CLIFTON’S mid season form continued to improve in a game where they enjoyed territorial...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoGeese inspired by marvellous Moore
By MATTHEW BALDWIN Wild Geese… 31 Dings… 24 SKIPPER Scott Moore’s excellent all-round performance set Wild Geese on their way to...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBattling Bury run into red wall of defiance
By SIMON LORD Bury SE… 3 Rams… 19 RAMS’ promotion juggernaut powered on but they were forced to work over time...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCanterbury responseis ideal tonic says Pratt
By BRAD HARPER Canterbury… 26pts Taunton… 24pts Full stretch: Canterbury’s Sam Rogers scores and, right, Taunton’s Nik Mason attemps to break...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRaiders’ fans go wild for Batiste clincher
By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey… 22 Barnes… 21 LAYTON Batiste’s try five minutes into overtime notched his side a late victory and...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTonbridge race to nine-try rampage
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian… 12 Tonbridge… 57 DESPITE the scoreline, Albanians were adequate in many areas of an ultimately one-sided...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBees see daylight in show of power
By NICK PULLEN Birmingham… 18 Worthing… 0 BEES produced a dogged defensive display to pull off a prized victory and boost...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOSH HODGE NEWCASTLE FULL-BACK To say Josh Hodge is a multi-talented sportsman is an understatement. As a youngster he was a...
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