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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoCarty crowns big week with late winner
■By JOHN FALLON Bordeaux ……27 Connacht ……33 A GLORIOUS week for Connacht was appropriately capped off by Jack Carty as he...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoOspreys sent crashing by Bouchet’s late winner
■By JAMES LLOYD A LATE Pau try dumped the Ospreys out of the Challenge Cup despite a brave effort in France....
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSharks cut loose to confirm title credentials
■ By ROSS HEPPENSTALL FIVE-STAR Sale smashed Perpignan to pieces to confirm a home quarter-final and encourage hopes of going all...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSleightholme grabs four in Timisoara slaughter
■By GARY FITZGERALD ALEX Waller quickly turned his sights on another hot and spicy East Midlands clash following the stunning 17-try...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDragons left feeling red after another hammering
■By ROGER PANTING DRAGONS’ deficiencies were ruthlessly exposed by a mightily impressive Clermont, who recorded a sixth bonus point win to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoHigh five for Uren on historic day for Bristol
■By WILL CARPENTER ANDY Uren broke a longstanding club record as Bristol set up their first quarter-final in 12 years at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTier 2 consider legal action over threat of ring-fencing
By NEALE HARVEY CHAMPIONSHIP clubs are united in their determination to see off the threat of ending promotion and relegation, according...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoJack’s back at his best to help Quins finish on top
■ By THOMAS WILSON JACK Clifford gave Eddie Jones a Six Nations selection nudge as the flanker capped his recall to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoHammond clinches dramatic comeback
■By GEOFF BERKELEY DEAN Hammond’s last-gasp try completed an incredible fightback at Sixways as Worcester stunned Stade Francais to seal a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBenetton bow out despite big win in France
ROUND-UP A PLACE in European history evaded Benetton as they were denied a place in the Challenge Cup quarterfinals despite breezing...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoPRO14
Kings …………….17 Cheetahs ……24 REPLACEMENT prop Luan de Bruin scored a dramatic 86th-minute try for the Cheetahs to clinch the derby...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBath in talks with former All Black ace Cruden
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wanted: Aaron Cruden BATH are looking to end their search...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoTop 14 show interest in Morgan
BEN MORGAN is attracting interest from French clubs after having his name circulated around the Top 14. No.8 Morgan, right, who...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoIrish put offers on the table for Aussie cavalry
Major bid: Adam Coleman is wanted by Irish LONDON IRISH have made Melbourne Rebels lock Adam Coleman a massive offer to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWill Adams choose the Blues or Scarltes?
WELSH regions will start making offers to the players they want to retain for next season at the start of February...
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Features
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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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Latest News
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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