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/ 10 months agoBlack day for hosts after the visitors’ hot start
By STEPHEN BULL BLACKHEATH caught their hosts Mowden Park cold by scoring after two minutes through Cavubati, and the scores kept...
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/ 10 months agoTitans survive scare with second-half blitz
By CONOR McLARNON A DOMINANT second-half performance saw Rotherham record an emphatic victory over their hosts – but not without a...
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/ 10 months agoDorking pay the penalty for yellow
By KEVIN BEAL Old Albanians........29 OLD Albanians took a deserved win as three moments of brilliance proved to be the turning...
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/ 10 months agoColchester edge Islanders in thriller
By RORY MORROW COLCHESTER edged a thrilling match as they survived a brave comeback from Guernsey to emerge victorious. The visitors...
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/ 10 months agoHappy to be a Hornet after time with the Bears stung
News By BEN JAYCOCK Top form: Hornets flyer Josh Sheppard JOSH Sheppard believes he has found a new home at Hornets...
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/ 10 months agoFin, not Finn, for Lions XV -Chalmers
The Rugby Paper Podcast ■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER Scotland flyhalf Craig Chalmers believes it might be best to exclude the ageing...
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/ 10 months agoDragons without their big names
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Dragons v Glasgow Today. 2pm DRAGONS’ injury crisis continues as the league’s bottom side go into today’s...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 months agoJeremy Guscott – France have a Grand Slam look about them
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week The 2025 Six Nations will tell us whether France are fully over...
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/ 10 months agoStop giving No.9s so much protection
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Welcome to the 2025 Six Nations, and, unfortunately, a new abomination...
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/ 10 months agoPromotion questions still need answers
REFERENCES in letters from RFU Board member Wayne Barnes and interim chair Bill Beaumont in support of the beleaguered current Twickenham...
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/ 10 months agoWhen living beyond your means makes it tough to survive
Main men: Santi Carreras playing for Gloucester and, inset, George Skivington SANTI Carreras stood out for Gloucester in the two seasons...
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Chris Hewett
/ 10 months agoThe best Six Nations? Here are my top three
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed The turn of the century was as notable for the things that failed to happen...
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/ 10 months agoWell said, Martin! Give him a medal…
THE public prints have been full of dire predictions about the BBC and its future as a Six Nations broadcaster. These...
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/ 10 months agoExeter v Harlequins
Preview Today. 12.45pm KIWI fly-half Liv McGoverne returns with Exeter needing a win to maintain their top four play-off hopes after...
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/ 10 months agoSix Nations: Thrilling three-horse race to beat them all
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Ten years after the most nerve-wracking climax to any Six Nations,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoWhy can’t we apply the laws fairly?
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, By Brendan Gallagher You can blow a mental gasket trying...
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/ 10 months agoBrown was right, that 1964 title should have been Scotland’s
MENTION of the late Peter Brown the other week following his passing reminded me of a small niggling grievance he never...
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/ 10 months agoHowe’s that! Tom double sets up triumph
■ By KEVIN BEAL Dorking..............40 Guernsey.......... 20 FOUR tries in the second half secured the bonus-point victory as Dorking overcame a...
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/ 10 months agoSin-binning is so costly for Oaks
National 2 East ■ By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.............. 17 Tonbridge J............24 TONBRIDGE Juddians grinded out a solid victory against a tenacious...
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/ 10 months agoVisitors hold edge in closest contest
■ By ABI BENCE Worthing..................25 Canterbury..............29 CANTERBURY just did enough to take the honours in what proved to be a great...
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/ 10 months agoEarly tries help put Combe firmly in command
■ By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley................. 8 Westcombe P.. 12 DESPITE throwing the kitchen sink at Westcombe Park in the second half,...
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/ 10 months agoDark clouds hanging over selection of duo
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN EVERY member of a France team must contribute to preserving an exemplary image,” reads the opening paragraph...
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/ 10 months agoLancaster leaves Racing
On his way: Stuart Lancaster and Racing 92 have parted company PICTURE: Alamy STUART Lancaster and Racing 92 have parted ways...
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/ 10 months agoI’m enjoying the challenge with Falcons – Dickens
■By PAUL REES No regrets: Alan Dickens is part of the Newcastle coaching staff NEWCASTLE may be bottom of the Premiership...
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/ 10 months agoMorse to focus on senior game
■By SIMON THOMAS WHEN the Wales U20s squad for the Six Nations was announced, one notable omission was the name Morgan...
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/ 10 months agoLam: We’ll keep defying critics
■By PAUL REES PAT Lam expects his Bristol side to continue defying the critics after going into the Premiership break second...
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Challenge Cup
/ 11 months agoCheetahs v Zebre Today. 1pm
Preview CHEETAHS will look to keep their hopes of qualifying for the play-offs alive today against fellow winless outfit Zebre. Following...
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/ 11 months agoYamasawa’s boot steers killer Knights past Rams
JAPAN RUGBY ■ By BEN JAYCOCK LAST season’s finalists Saitama Wild Knights are up and running with three wins from three...
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/ 11 months agoCentury of highs for La Rochelle
FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON AN IMPRESSIVE milestone at Stade Marcel Deflandre was reached last night, where La Rochelle hosted their 100th...
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/ 12 months agoHarlequins v Gloucester-Hart
Preview Dec 28. 3pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel has issued a rallying cry towards fans going to watch Big Game 16...
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/ 12 months agoHarlequins v Gloucester-Hart
Preview Dec 28. 3pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel has issued a rallying cry towards fans going to watch Big Game 16...
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/ 12 months agoHarlequins v Gloucester-Hart
Preview Dec 28. 3pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel has issued a rallying cry towards fans going to watch Big Game 16...
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/ 12 months agoBristol Bears v Sale Sharks Today. 2pm
Preview LUCY Burgess will bring up a century of appearances for Bristol when they host strugglers Sale today. Scrum-half Burgess partners...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 months agoI can’t believe the RFU chiefs will walk away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I CANNOT believe that anyone would expect that Bill Sweeney or Tom...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 12 months agoMy British & Irish Lions team are ready for take-off
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week... There is a view that picking a Lions Test team almost...
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/ 12 months ago‘Enforcer’ Udwin oversteps the mark
THE quango-like blindness to accountability in the top echelon of this RFU administration, and their erosion and disregard the democratic conventions...
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Chris Hewett
/ 12 months agoOh, for a one-stop TV shop for the lot
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Gogglebox: Bath taking on La Rochelle on Friday night PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S a brain teaser: if...
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/ 12 months agoGlad to hear the French say: Non!
FRANCE is a foreign country: they do things differently there. For one thing, they have a pyramid league system that works...
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Challenge Cup
/ 12 months agoCheetahs v Perpignan
Preview Today. 1pm INVITATIONAL outfit the Cheetahs, led by DoR Frans Steyn, picked up two wins from four last season and...
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/ 12 months agoGet rid of the regions and call for Cotter, says Ring
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW MARK Ring never thought Welsh rugby would come to this; their four regional...
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/ 12 months agoLowe’s running out of time to win the big one
Cutting a dash: James Lowe in action for Leinster PICTURE: Alamy NOBODY in recent seasons has cut a deeper swathe through...
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/ 12 months agoKabaya lines up to take on champs
Preview Loughborough v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. 3pm By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND international Sadia Kabeya makes her first start of the season as...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoThe Six Nations logo is an AI experiment that’s gone wrong
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game's other talking points I see the new Six Nations...
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/ 12 months agoIf you’re out for a 15, call Toulouse
WHERE have all the full-backs gone? Well you could start looking for them at Toulouse. When Belgium’s Matias Remue made an...
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/ 12 months agoWithout a doubt, we are living in the ‘shameless era’
IT was even worse than we first thought. To recap. The RFU were emerging from a ruinous Covid period, some of...
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/ 1 year agoExeter back in game mode
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Sale v Exeter Today. 12pm KATIE Buchanan returns for unbeaten leaders Exeter for their trip to winless...
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/ 1 year agoQuins set for derby battle
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens v Quins Today. 3pm SARACENS inside centre Sarah McKenna is preparing herself for a huge battle...
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/ 1 year agoKonkel brings up half century
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins v Sale Today. 2pm HARLEQUINS captain Jade Konkel makes her 50th appearance today as her team...
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/ 1 year agoTable toppers draft in Cramer
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Chiefs v Lightning Today. 3pm AUSTRALIA full back Lori Cramer returns to action for unbeaten Exeter, who...
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/ 1 year agoHost of stars back for Tigers
Preview Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the...
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