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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGoss the boss as Chinnor dominate
By MATTHEW ALMOND Worthing R 14 Chinnor 73 CHINNOR racked up 11 tries at Worthing Raiders to put the Bishop’s Stortford...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
BEN MORRIS NOTTINGHAM BACK ROW So one game to go in what has been a mixed season? Yes, we want to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MARCUS SMITH ENGLAND U18s FLY-HALF His season could not have gone much better so far, but Marcus Smith is not done...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoJuddians have the champagne on ice
National League 3 London & SE TONBRIDGE Juddians are on the verge of claiming the title after an emphatic 46-5 win...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBroadstreet in control after Lions slayed
National League 3 Midlands NUNEATON’S end-to-end 48-26 victory over Lichfield is likely to be in vain after wins for all three...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoChampions Huddersfield marching on
National League 3 North HUDDERSFIELD extended their unbeaten league record to 25 games as they overcome second-placed Rossendale 41-11. Despite winning...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoLate tries secure Crusaders play-off spot
National League 3 South West TWO late tries saw Dings Crusaders come from behind to beat Ivybridge 23-17 to secure second...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoWasps’ defeat ends hopes of Lions call-up for Cipriani
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN As if to prove the point I made last week about the...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoNorton notches try record as England move into quarters
WORLD SEVENS SERIES HONG KONG By NICK VERDIER DANNorton became the most prolific try scorer in World Sevens Series history as...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLeicester axe hasn’t dimmed my enthusiasm says Mauge
By NEALE HARVEY Considering offers: Aaron Mauger AARONMauger insists his burning desire to coach at the highest level remains undimmed despite...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoIt’s all bash and carry as Lawes aims to continue improvement
By NICK VERDIER COURTNEY Lawes may have looked back to his best during the Six Nations but the Saints man has...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJames tops Tait’s list of outsiders to take on the Pumas
By NEALE HARVEY MATHEW Tait reckons England boss Eddie Jones must cast his midfield net wider by looking to Sale duo...
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National League 3
/ 9 years ago3G – sow the seeds of future success
IF Saracens can become reigning double champions, and set up another Champions Cup semi-final after beating Glasgow Warriors, what can other...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoDickson looking to a bright future at Bedford
TRANSFER WRAP LEE DICKSON will be leaving Northampton at the end of the season to join Bedford Blues as playercoach next...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRegular season winners ready for big finale
WOMEN’S ROUND-UP By NICK VERDIER BRISTOL dominated the Premiership’s regular season and head coach Roy Davies has now challenged his troops...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTitans duo turning fortunes at Tigers
A WEIGHT counsellor cum winger and a 115kg prop from Borders farming stock may seem an unlikely double act but Jamie...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCrossword
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS Across: 1 Hogg 3 Ojomoh, 7 Munster, 8 Earls, 9 Slack, 11 Black, 13 Butts, 15 Egerton, 16...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys cut open by Neath
Neath 59 Cross Keys 14 NEATH inflicted a first defeat of the season for Cross Keys after a dominant win in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRGC survive late Vale onslaught to secure win in thriller
By RICH JONES RGC 1404 37 Ebbw Vale 31 RGC 1404 held on to beat reigning Premiership champions Ebbw Vale in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHat-trick hero Baker the difference for Aberavon
By JOHN ARKLESS Aberavon 35 Pontypridd 20 A JAY Baker hat-trick inspired Aberavon to a fivetry win over second-placed Pontypridd as...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years ago14-man Bridgend battle to win over basement boys Cardiff
By ELGAN ALDERMAN Bridgend 33 Cardiff 26 BRIDGEND moved up to second place with a bonuspoint victory over basement side Cardiff...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMarvellous Murphy the man as Quins are quelled
By ROB COLE Merthyr 30 C’marthen Q 21 MERTHYR moved to within one win of a play-off place in Tier 1...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSwansea swept aside as Newport keep up unbeaten run
By BEN JAMES Newport 28 Swansea 10 NEWPORT kept their unbeaten record in Tier Two as they brushed aside Swansea with...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBudgen late show heaps gloss on Bedwas victory
By DAVID WILKINSON Bedwas 49 Llandovery 17 HE MAY be in his 45th year, but former Northampton Saints and Exeter Chiefs...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedlinog safe from drop with big win at Dunvant
SWALEC Championship round-up By JOHN ARKLESS THREEsides secured their Championship status for next season but the final relegation spot is yet...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAbergele remain winless after loss at Mold
SWALEC Division One round-up By ELGAN ALDERMAN TREORCHY were crowned winners in the Division One East-Central division after a 38-7 win...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade are enjoying their new lease of life
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Stade Francais, so recently facing extinction in a merger with Racing, have become a key element in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRaisuqe gets ten weeks for stamping
Banned: Josaia Raisuqe stamped on Keelan Giles STADEFrancais wing Josaia Raisuqe has been given a ten-week suspension for stamping on the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSonny Bill’s back and feeling fresh for Lions
By NICK VERDIER SONNY Bill Williams made his long-awaited Blues debut yesterday after nearly a year on the sidelines but it...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoWatch 7s at Richmond
THE Lord’s Taverners, the UK charity that provides young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with disabilities the chance to enjoy...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoWade named best in March
LETHAL Wasps finisher Christian Wade has been named the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month for March. The winger, who has...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoWilliams in the dock
A FRENCH court has fined former New Zealand international Ali Williams £1,280 for buying cocaine outside a Paris nightclub. The 35-year-old...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoFitness guru Morrow gets Gatland call
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS’ unsung hero Phil Morrow has been signed up by Warren Gatland for this summer’s Lions tour. Morrow, performance...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Week beginning Sunday, April 9th, 2017 ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago‘Mental health at risk over longer season’
BATH prop Kane Palma- Newport has blasted proposals to lengthen the English season, claiming it will increase the risk of star...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExiles confident in-demand Venter can retain club focus
By CHRIS JONES BRENDANVenter will continue as London Irish technical director despite joining the South African coaching team as well as...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoCastleford still hold Solomona’s ticket
IN ALL the discussion about whether Sale Sharks winger Denny Solomona should be selected for the Lions or England, there is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoSaracens debt is cause for concern
ARE the financial models being used by Wasps, Saracens, Bath etc. Sustainable in the long term? The Saracens accounts were formally...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoDon’t forget who pays your bills, George
THE papers tell us that George Ford quit Bath because of his father’s sacking. Who comes first, your Dad or your...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGuildford display their fighting spirit
AS a supporter of Guildford I’d like to point out that their recent efforts deserve more praise than has been given....
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Features
/ 9 years agoSexton’s world class – he expects rough stuff
COLIN BOAG It’s my favourite weekend of the whole rugby season: the quarter-finals of the European cups never disappoint, and the...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoLions have the ferocity up front to shock All Blacks
IT’S not long now until Warren Gatland makes the final call on what will be the biggest challenge of his coaching...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFrance’s cash crisis must be heeded say Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief executive Simon Cohen believes the on-off merger fiasco with Top 14 outfits Stade Francais and Racing...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMoore’s on the mend
FORMER England and Lions hooker Brian Moore is recovering in intensive care at St George’s Hospital in London after suffering a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBath finally run hot with general Ford in command
Bath…27pts Tries: Joseph 21, Watson 67, 71 Conversions: Ford 22, 68 Penalties: Ford 27, 49, 68, 72 Leicester …21pts Tries: O’Connor...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBlackadder proud his boys passed the character test
BATH had to come from behind to beat Leicester yesterday and Director of rugby Todd Blackadder couldn’t have been happier. He...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFletcher’s lads off to flyer against Canada
ENGLAND U18s scored nine tries as they got their international series off to a winning start at Taffs Well RFC yesterday....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years ago‘I was close to being an LA drop-out’
Monster hooker Joe Taufete’e has been a massive hit at Sixways but it was not so long ago that the huge...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Jamie Barden – Cranleigh School
A broken leg cost him his place in the Harlequins academy but Jamie Barden proved he is full of resource by...
International Rugby
Maro Itoje rested for England’s summer tour as Jamie George takes captaincy
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