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Features
/ 9 years agoYoung and Solomona top the list of outside bets for summer crusade
Stand-out Premiership openside: Wasps’ Thomas Young IS THERE any chance of Warren Gatland coming up with a genuine bolter for the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBentley is king of my Lions bolters
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the proud history of Lions bolters coming up fast on the rails As far as I can...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoReds resist late charge to finally get one over Carnegie
By TOM INNES IN A tense, compelling contest Jersey held on to break a run of nine straight defeats to Carnegie,...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoAll Black Franks is difference for Irish
By GEOFF WINTERS LONDON Irish boss Nick Kennedy insists his side need to improve following yesterday’s bonus-point derby victory. Kennedy, 34,...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoAnother big Richmond win brings Titans into range
By LUKE JARMYN ROCK-SOLIDdefence that kept a clean sheet for 77 minutes plus three first half tries saw Richmond win their...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTrailfinders prove they’re proper play-off contenders
By MATT WRIGHT EALINGhad to fight hard in picking up their third win in a row, but a strong finish at...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPlunder in Leeds gives Pirates top four vision
By STEVE RIGBY Rested: Alex Cheesman PERFORMANCEhas been the Cornish Pirates’ focal point this season but following their stunning win at...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMarshall the star as Moseley falter
Blaydon ……….25 B Moseley ……12 By JOHN BRENNAN FOR 60 minutes there was little to separate the two sides, but Blaydon...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSmith sparkles as Ionians fell Macc
Hull Ionians..45 Macclesfield..21 By MALLY KNOWLES HULL IONIANS secured five points in this crucial re-arranged match against Macclesfield, a vital fixture...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHoppers jump off foot of table after crucial victory
PRESTON moved off the bottom of National League Two North after securing a vital win over Leicester Lions. The result ended...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBurridge batters Tynedale for vital bonus point
Wharfedale..27 Tynedale ……..3 By ED WILLIAMS FIVE tries and a late Josh Burridge double helped Wharfedale to a muchneeded bonus-point win...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoStortford go clear with seven-try win
Bishop’s S ……46 Canterbury ….30 By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOP’S STORTFORD came out on top of a freeflowing encounter with a determined...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHall double fires Henley fightback
Henley Hawks18 Barnes…………..16 By JIMMY BOOKER A LATE George Jackson penalty snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for Henley as...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLespierre hat-trick inspires a raid on Worthing
Worthing R……21 OEs ………………..51 By JON EDWARDS WINGER Dom Lespierre scored a hat-trick of tries as OEs ran up a half...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoWaterloo and Morley strife intensifies as drop looms
NATIONAL 3 ROUND-UP THERE were two important relegation clashes in National Three North, but with Morley and Waterloo both going down,...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoCounties gain revenge with second-half surge
Impressive: Ampthill fly-half Joe Tarrant PICTURE: TRP photographer TEAMS ENGLAND COUNTIES: Mike Wilcox (Hartpury); Leo Fielding (Blackheath), Markus Burcham (Blackheath), Steve...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoSecond half blitz sees USA home in Chile
AMERICAS CUP By TOM RILEY SIX tries in the second half propelled the US Eagles to a 57-9 win in Chile...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoDeadly Kvirikashvili brings up the ton in style
RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP By NICK VERDIER GEORGIAsecured back-toback bonus point victories to top the standings in the Rugby Europe Championship after...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoToo high a price for ‘fame’ but it’s not the game’s fault
Tragic loss: Wallaby star Dan Vickerman PICTURE: Getty Images Writing this article every week often makes me think and reflect over...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoFalcons swoop for Scarlets’ finishing king to fill Watson void
TRANSFER WRAP By ED HUTSON MARCUS Watson will leave Newcastle at the end of the season after the Olympic silver medallist...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoSensational Scots send a warning to England
By NICK CAIN SCOTLAND posted a warning to England ahead of their Calcutta Cup meeting at Twickenham in two weeks time...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoBath pair banned for two weeks
RUGBY SHORTS BATH’S Kahn Fotuali’i and Francois Louw have been banned for two weeks following the club’s 22-12 Premiership win over...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoFacundo free to link with Lyon
ARGENTINAand Jaguares No.8 Facundo Isa has had the final year of his contract paid off, leaving him free to move to...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoCarrick set for Sahara challenge
PREMIERSHIP assistant referee Nigel Carrick is in training to take on the gruelling Marathon des Sables ‘ultra-marathon’ for the Matt Hampson...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFE INRUGBY
THE FORMER ROTHERHAM AND LEEDS CENTRE AND CURRENT WASPS BACKS COACH LEE BLACKETT I’d love to say that the biggest crowd...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
TOM CALLADINE ROTHERHAM FLANKER How’s your week been? Pretty hard to be honest after two big defeats to Yorskhire Carnegie and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTeen star Reiko grabs a hat-trick
Super Rugby By NICK VERDIER KIWI teenage sensation Reiko Ioane propelled himself into All Blacks reckoning ahead of the Lions tour...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHarper hoping for a Macc makeover
LUKE JARMYN gets the lowdown on how Macclesfield are trying to build for the future LUKE JARMYN Macclesfield chairman and former...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MAX COYLE HARLEQUINS FULL-BACK Concussion may have cut his U18s Premiership final appearance short but Max Coyle is determined to create...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLate kick secures dramatic triumph for Vale
C’marthen Q 26 Ebbw Vale 30 By ANDREW MCQUARRIE REIGNING champions Ebbw Vale made it two wins on the bounce as...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSix of the best as Pontypridd down Llandovery to go top
Pontypridd 42 Llandovery 24 By JAMES LLOYD PONTYPRIDD hit Llandovery for six as the Sardis Road side made it two bonus-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBarnett at the double for the table-topping Keys
Swansea 0 Cross Keys 26 By RICH JONES ABERAVON managed to avoid another trademark RGC 1404 comeback as they recorded the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMagic Matt on song as Merthyr outclass Bedwas
Bedwas 20 Merthyr 40 By RHYS THOMAS MERTHYR secured a first win in Tier One as they came away from the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThird defeat on the spin as Cardiff downed by Newport
Newport 17 Cardiff 8 By ELGAN ALDERMAN NEWPORT consigned Cardiff to their third defeat since the Premiership split at a wet...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBrilliant Bridgend battle back for first Parc victory
Llanelli 21 Bridgend 28 By JOHN ARKLESS BRIDGEND snatched their first-ever win at Parc y Scarlets with a comeback victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPark hope fortress will hold firm against Hartpury
NEWS EXTRA RESULTS AND FIXTURES IN-FORMRosslyn Park are set to face unbeaten Hartpury College at home next Saturday and coach Scott...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSettled England out to go one better in Vegas
WORLD SEVENS By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND coach Simon Amor has named an unchanged squad for a fifthsuccessive tournament ahead of next...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRougerie’s aiming for record- with a little help
Of all the 95 tries scored by Aurelian Rougerie during his monumental career with Clermont, the most recent evokes human values...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoForthcoming fixtures
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 INTERNATIONALS Six Nations England v Italy (15:00) NATIONAL LEAGUES Aviva Premiership Bristol v Bath (13:00) Wasps v Gloucester...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMissed chances again, now let Giles try and take them
SHANE WILLIAMS Despair: A dejected Sam Warburton and the Welsh team walk off the pitch PICTURES: Getty Images WALES AND LIONS...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoThis Scotland team are a serious item
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Scotland reaffirmed their status as title contenders yesterday by treating the faithful to something they had not witnessed...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIrish ride out the early storm with half-back pairing back in groove
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, guided by the old firm of Connor Murray and Johnny Sexton at half-back, beat France without undue...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoMurray: Sexton’s in good shape now
STAR man Conor Murray is expecting half-back partner Jonny Sexton to kick on for the remainder of the tournament after returning...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Will Butler – England U20s centre
Will Butler faced a race against the clock to be fit for the Six Nations but he is now looking to...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTe’o to make first England start against Italy
Ben Te’o will make his first England start against Italy in the third round of the Six Nations outside Owen Farrell...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoChris Cracknell battling to avoid the scrapheap
Former Fiji 7s coach Chris Cracknell fears he may have to quit rugby after failing to find work following last August’s...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Billy Burns – Gloucester scrum-half
1. Hoovering My girlfriend may disagree but I like to think I do my fair share of tidying up. One thing...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMercer to captain England U20s against Italy
Bath teenage sensation No.8 Zach Mercer will captain England U20s against Italy as they chase their third win of the tournament....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSteve Diamond hit with six-week ban
Steve Diamond has been banned for six weeks for verbally abusing the match officials after Sale‘s Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Harlequins...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJJ dropped by England
England have dropped Jonathan Joseph ahead of their Six Nations clash against Italy at Twickenham on Sunday. Eddie Jones has retained...
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