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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSorry, Brian Moore, but it’s time to take your own advice
Brian Moore’s reputation as a wind-up merchant was assured after his goading of the French forwards before, during, and after their...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoOwners should be careful what they wish for
By Chris Hewett The ambition among some Premiership owners to turn the league into rugby’s version of cricket’s T20 is a...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoNorthampton Saints 46-24 Clermont: Tommy Freeman’s hat-trick steers Saints home
By Rob Wildman Northampton Saints ..... 46pts Tries: Smith 18, Freeman 23, 29, 60; Augustus 40, 46; Pollock 71 Conversions: Smith...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoFraser Dingwall: Players took charge for Northampton Saints
Saints acting captain Fraser Dingwall put Friday night’s win down partly to a players’ meeting held without the team’s coaches present....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoBritish and Irish Lions: Come on, Andy Farrell, put a bolter on your list
Thinking Allowed by Chris Hewett Henry Pollock is the most headline-grabbing talent to emerge in English rugby since Maro Itoje, who...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHoskins Sotutu poses a difficult question
What's the difference between an MP like Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, chair of the Public Accounts Committee at Westminster, and an MVP...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoBordeaux vs Ulster Preview: Zac Ward on alert for Damian Penaud battle
By Ben Jaycock Ulster winger Zac Ward is chomping at the bit to be facing off against France star Damian Penaud...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoToulouse vs Sale Sharks Preview: We’re out to beat the odds, says Alex Sanderson
By Jon Newcombe Sale's French intelligence network has revealed how seriously defending champions Toulouse are taking their English opponents in the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFijian captain Waisea Nayacalevu fails to make appearance for Ospreys
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know In the natural world of all things ornithological, the sighting of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBordeaux pushing crowd boundaries
The best-supported rugby club in Europe raised its average attendance to new heights last weekend, leaving Toulouse and Leicester further behind...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThe day when Mick Quinn kept out of Alexander John Wyllie’s way
As the meanest of the Silver Fern brothers who used to dress in all black from tip to toe and glower...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoOspreys set for Scarlets repeat
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Ospreys v Scarlets Today. 5.30pm OSPREYS head coach Mark Jones has rung the changes for the last...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoChallenge Cup: Cardiff have no answers as Connacht charge home
By John Fallon Connacht .........35pts Tries: Devine 2, Jansen 40, Treacy 41, Bolton 66, Boyle 76 Conversions: Hanrahan 3, 40, 42;...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoPau 24-49 Bath: Premiership’s table-toppers book Challenge Cup quarter-final spot
By Ben Jaycock Pau ....................... 24pts Tries: Tuipulotu 27, Brau Boirie 62, 69 Conversions: Desperes 28, 62, 69 Penalty: Dsperes 20...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoPerpignan 18-24 Racing 92: Owen Farrell steers Parisians to quarter-finals in return
Owen Farrell scored five points on his return to action as his Racing 92 side gained some much-needed positivity in their...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoChallenge Cup: Bulls travel well to beat rotated Bayonne side
Jake White’s Bulls overcame a hostile crowd in Bayonne to reach the Challenge Cup quarter-finals for the first time. Leading 15-8...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoChallenge Cup: Edinburgh battle it out against Lions to book quarter-final spot
Edinburgh avenged their 55-21 humiliation in Johannesburg back in October to book their place in the last eight. Sean Everitt’s side...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoI’ve still got a good few years left in me, promises Francois van Wyk
By Jon Newcombe Francois van Wyk is revelling being around world-class players and feels moving to Bath has given him a...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Ricky Cano
RICKY CANO, THE CLIFTON AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, CHINNOR, HARTPURY, WHARFEDALE, HULL IONIANS & ROTHERHAM PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoChampionship: Connor Slevin steps up to earn Chinnor a fair share
By Rhys Anderson Hartpury ............17pts Tries: Protheroe 29, Short 36, Smith 50 Conversion: Bazalgette 36 Chinnor ..............17pts Tries: Passman 15, Carter...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoChampionship: It’s sweet revenge for Jonah Holmes as he gets late winner for London Scottish
By Will Perringwood Nottingham .....28pts Tries: Ramage 24, Olowofela 36, Cherry 48, Graham 54 Conversions: Arden 24, 36, 48, 54 L...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoChampionship: Senitiki Nayalo hits heights to give Coventry a timely lift
By Paul Smith Coventry ........................... 49pts Tries: Robson 1, 43; Nayalo 23, 54; Owen 58, Barton 71, Mannion 75 Conversions: Mathews...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoDoncaster maintain push up the table
■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ......... 41pts Tries: Bennett 46, 59; Mulipola 21, Green 27, Olowofela 40, Ene 72 Conversions: Dolly 27,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoHarris leads the charge to put Ealing in top gear
■By BEN WHITE Ampthill ........... 17pt Tries: Barton 8, Qorowale 49, Mapapalangi 76 Conversions: Barton 50 Ealing ................53pts Tries: Dykes 1,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoWalsh calls on Pirates to get it right this time
PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Cambridge ■By BEN JAYCOCK Today. Kick-off 2.30pm Coach: Joe Walsh CORNISH Pirates coach Joe Walsh says his...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoLawrence Dallaglio: Old hands need to state their British and Irish Lions case
Paul Rees talks to Lawrence Dallaglio about the crucial selection choices facing British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell George Ford...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoBurger serves up a tasty treat for Albion
■By JEAN BULL Darlington MP26 Plymouth A .....39 PLYMOUTH made the long trip north to Darlington Mowden Park worth while, with...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoDeclan’s delight as treble does trick
■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................26 Bishop’s S ...............34 DECLAN MURPHY grabbed a hat-trick as Bishop’s Stortford celebrated victory at Sale. The...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoDefeat ends the Titan bid for glory
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............ 31 Rotherham T .........24 THIS result moves Blackheath up to fourth place in the table, while...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoMond’s title Schmid after secured hat-trick
■By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ........ 47pts Rams ................. 24pts Tries: Litchfield 8, Goffey 15, 28; Schmid 40, 54, 61; Hastings 73...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoRichmond added their Grieve. Forwards and touchline
■By BAZ JOHNSON Dings C..................... 41 Leicester Lions ....39 Win flows Dings’ way as Rivers DINGS and Leicester Lions delivered a...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoMoseley prove too dominant for hosts
By OLLIE AUST Esher......................... 19 B Moseley...............59 A DOMINANT performance from Birmingham Moseley helped them cruise past Esher. It didn’t take...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoFenley goes from Park villain to hero
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........45 Sedgley Park.........24 ROSSLYN Park secured their seventh win on the bounce against Sedgley Park as they...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoLewis Barker’s at his best as Caldy look for strong season’s finish
By Ben Jaycock Its been a campaign of near misses for Caldy as their end-of-season targets have gone from mid-table to...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoHull edge home in relegation battle to savour
By MARK GARRETT Harrogate.........26 Hull..................... 31 HULL took home the points in what could be a pivotal game in the National...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoHooper’s hat-trick proves in vain
By ETHAN BENTS Lymm........................38 Sheffield .................29 LYMM beat Sheffield in a jaw-dropping 10-try thriller at Crouchley Lane. Rory Riddell’s two tries...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoFun in the sun as Chester blast Dale
By RORY MORROW Chester....................45 Wharfedale............28 CHESTER scored seven tries on route to a bonus point win over Wharfedale, on a gloriously...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoIt’s Tykes’ title party thanks to Seremaia
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T....... 24pts Leeds Tykes ....27pts A LATE penalty from Seremaia Turagabeci crowned Leeds Tykes league champions in...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoFylde made to scrap all the way by brave Bills
By WILL JUDD Fylde.........................22 Billingham.............. 12 FYLDE held on to victory at the Woodlands despite a shaky and scrappy second-half. The...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoCentury of points in a classic match
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............53 Preston G.................52 A MATCH of eight tries a-piece, 105 points, won by a single point, with...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoKeller flies in to see off Otley
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................54 Otley..........................22 TYNEDALE stormed to their biggest win of the season with an eight -try demolition of Otley....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLymm’s local boys ready for a stronger title tilt next season
By BEN JAYCOCK FOLLOWING a run of three successive defeats, early season pacesetters Lymm have been reduced to the role of...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoBaker has recipe for success in win for Hornets
By HOLLY DAISY Devonport S.... 34 Hornets.............. 41 HORNETS returned to winning ways with victory over Devonport. The hosts took the...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoClifton wins won’t be much better – Salter
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.................41pts Camborne..........26pts Danger man: Marcus Nel looks to create an attack for Clifton and, right, Zak Hamid on...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoBournville close to drop after defeat
By JACK TOZER Cinderford............... 61 Bournville...............24 BOURNVILLE just about clung on to their National Two status thanks to a losing bonus...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoInfluential Vowles shows his class
By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................57 Old Redcliffians....26 HINCKLEY rattled up a half-century of points in their victory over Old Redcliffians. The game...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoWhiteman leads the way as hosts cruise to victory
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.............. 61 Exeter Uni................26 LUCTONIANS put an energetic Exeter University side to bed with some ease. The hosts...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoLate tries decisive in tightest contest
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................29 Taunton Titans.....27 TWO converted tries for Redruth in the final ten minutes when Taunton were down to...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoMacc do enough to stay in division
By WILLIAM BULL Macclesfield..........42 Loughborough S....45 MACCLESFIELD came into this needing a point to be safe after giving Taunton a fright...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoRatu battling to help make Titans a top force again
By CIARA FEARN Main man: Ratu Vakalutukali TAUNTON Titans flanker Ratu Vakalutukali balances his demanding career as a Royal Marine with...
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