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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoConor is getting it right now says Masi
ITALY’S improved mental strength and fitness under head coach Conor O’Shea will ensure they can go toe-to-toe for 80 minutes against...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJoe’s out to show he’s no longer the shy guy
By NEALE HARVEY Running the show for Exeter: Joe Simmonds cuts through the Glasgow defence PICTURE: Getty Images RISING Exeter playmaker...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStrettle signs on at Sarries
SARACENS confirmed that David Strettle will return to the club next season from Clermont Auvergne. As revealed in Blindside a fortnight...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPivac swoops for Dragons ace O’Brien
SCARLETS are set to sign Dragons fly-half Angus O’Brien as the Champions Cup quarter-finalists begin to prepare for next season. The...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPhillips predicts big future for Wales
Women Wales WALES head coach Rowland Phillips has named 10 uncapped players in his 36-strong squad for the 2018 Women’s Six...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTrailblazer Brown aiming to hammer down on Italy
SAM PARKHOUSE talks to the England flanker who’s no stranger to international competition FRANCE Lise Arricastre, Cyrielle Banet, Camille Boudaud, Caroline...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoScotland
■Scotland get the honour of kicking of this year’s Championship, but start it with a tricky Friday-night trip to take on...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBriggs is back to guide Irish
Ireland NIAMH Briggs returns to the Ireland set-up after missing last year’s tournament because of injury. The full-back made her comeback...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFrance
■FRANCE are desperate to get their hands on the title again after a disappointing third-place finish last season. They improved steadily...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoForce yourselves into Eddie’s plan for Japan
NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge Under 20s Returning stars: Quins flier...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStrange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill
Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRhys has become the victim of politics
Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBurton knew how to pick a winner when he took Liz to Cardiff
FROM his vantage point somewhere in Milan, Marvin Hagler will be keeping a beady eye on Ireland’s fortune over the coming...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCan Wales half-backs hit it off like Gareth and Barry?
AN UNCANNY piece of Celtic history will be repeated in Cardiff next Saturday after exactly 50 years. When Wales and Scotland...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agowait for a win
On target: Sale’s Chris Johnson kicks more points PICTURES: Steve Wells Menace: Hinckley’s Jonny Sykes threatens the line The theme continued...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRiley runs riot as Park keep pace
By LUKE MADEIRA Macclesfield…18 Sedgley P………28 SEDGLEY Park closed the gap on the top two after a hard-fought victory over Macclesfield....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBlaydon battered by brilliant Bridge
By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….89 Blaydon ……….17 SUPREME Stourbridge put relegation-threatened Blaydon to sword as they ran riot by racing over for...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSuperb Street turn on the style at Geese
By BEN CARTER LI Wild Geese …0 Broadstreet….34 BOTTOM-PLACED Broadstreet produced a wet-weather masterclass as they cruised to superb a five-try...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks soar after late penalty try
By NICK PITSON A PENALTY try two minutes from the end gave Henley Hawks a bonuspoint win against a committed and...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDavis double act stuns the Raiders
By KEITH BROOKING Worthing ………19 Taunton ……….25 PAUL Davis scored two tries as Taunton Titans produced a superb second-half comeback to...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoNo joy for Dons on their travels to Kent
By JOSHUA JOHNSON CANTERBURY secured their 11th win of the season with a hard-fought victory against Wimbledon. In a low-quality affair,...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoAwesome Cinderford race clear at the top
By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor………………14pts Cinderford ……….26pts Unapposed: Reuben Norville scores for Cinderford PAUL Morris said he was “in awe” of his...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoJake pulls the strings to stump the Reds
By SIMON LORD Bury St E ……27 Redruth ……….14 BURY St Edmunds deservedly ground out a victory with a battling display...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoPrescott wastes shot at victory
By CAMERON TEMPLE Reding’ns ………12 Tonbridge J….12 LIAM Prescott missed the chance to kick Tonbridge Juddian to victory as he sent...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoClifton hold on to down Barnstaple
By WYN TINGLEY Clifton……………24 Barnstaple……19 CLIFTON secured a vital victory against Barnstaple and scored a late try to confirm a bonus...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM NIXON BATH PROP Having enjoyed a close-quarters view of Beno Obano’s rise to the top with Bath and England, tight-head...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHartpury show better form as Trent are hit by weather again
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP NOTTINGHAM Trent will be fizzing to get on the paddock next week as their fixture once...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGuernsey find Saxons tough proposition
London & South East Premier GUERNSEY continue at the top but had to come from behind for their 15-48 win away...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBees buzzing to maintain perfect record
Midlands Premier LICHFIELD came within ten minutes of ending Birmingham and Solihull Bees’ 100 per cent record, but Matt Spink’s try...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHoppers are beaten at last in niggly affair
Northern Premier THEbig shock was a first defeat for league leaders Preston Grasshoppers, who went down 17-12 away at Kirkby Lonsdale....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCrusaders win battle of the leading pair
South West Premier DINGS Crusaders stretched their advantage at the top to 15 points following a 30-13 victory over Bournemouth in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHeather’s bobbing in for new shot at gold
FORMER Canada rugby star Heather Moyse has a fighting chance of making it three Olympic gold medals on the bounce in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCrisis? What crisis? England are still so strong
IRELAND coach Conor O’Shea raised a cheer from minnows everywhere this week when, without pausing for breath, he reeled off an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMuldoon is deserving of a glorious Euro farewell
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS One-club hero: John Muldoon IT’S hard to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBarclay, the enemy within for Wales, joins a select quartet
IT’S not every day that the Scottish captain skippers his country against Wales at Cardiff while enjoying a spell playing for...
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/ 8 years agoI thought my career was over, says Luke
By NEALE HARVEY England duty: Chris Robshaw FRUSTRATED Harlequins back rower Luke Wallace has revealed the gruesome extent of last summer’s...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPreparation for Premiership begins now says Morahan
AUSSIE flyer Luke Morahan says Bristol must hit top-flight levels of performance over the remainder of the season to ensure they...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGalarza hoping for Pumas reprieve at Gloucester.
GLOUCESTER lock Mariano Galarza has revealed how proposed changes in Argentina’s Test eligibility rules could pave the way to him signing...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tigers beef up forwards LEICESTER have signed Wasps back rower Guy Thompson and Worcester lock Will Spencer for the start of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFowkesy right man to lead us forward – Hooper
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA NOTTINGHAM prop Ben Hooper is confident the club will have a smooth transition under forwards coach...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDavidson begins his hunt for next wave of Latvians
NEWS EXTRA THEY are a big name in the world of ice hockey and basketball and now the small Baltic nation...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler JOSH Charnley will be seeing out the rest of his Sale contract after the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRichards staying put as Saints eye Meyer
Sought: Heyneke Meyer NEWCASTLE Falcons appear to have won their tug of war with Northampton Saints to retain the services of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHaley on wanted list as Chiefs look for new full-back
Saxons star: Mike Haley EXETER Chiefs have been linked with a move for Sale Sharks full-back Mike Haley despite him having...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVillage hit for six as impressive Bargoed power into quarter-finals
By GEOFF CHAMPION Bargoed ……….40 Rhydyfelin………0 FLY-HALF Matthew Lewis steered Bargoed into the last eight of the WRU National Cup with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJarvis stars for Merthyr as they claim win at Arms Park
By PETER HUGHES Cardiff …………12 Merthyr ……….37 LAST season’s beaten semi-finalists Merthyr are through to the Cup quarterfinals once again after...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClinical Keys ease through to last eight after downing Bedlinog
By PAUL HOPKINS Cross Keys ….41 Bedlinog ……….7 CROSS KEYS booked their place in the Cup quarterfinals with a comfortable victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDrovers drive past Llanelli to sail through to last eight
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery ….38 Llanelli ……………9 FOURTEEN-time former winners Llanelli were unceremoniously dumped out of the Cup by local...
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