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/ 3 years agoIt’s time for WRU and the clubs to sort this mess out
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The United Rugby Championship kicks off this coming weekend and I sincerely hope the campaigns...
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/ 3 years agoHow Chris defied the medics to play again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Stanislau Czekaj survived the Second World War in Poland against brutal odds, from...
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/ 3 years agoI’m glad to tell you all that Tony is alive and well
PETER JACKSON MARK Twain was in London on a speaking tour in 1897, fending off rumours of a serious illness, when...
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/ 3 years agoVenables kicks on to keep Leeds in the hunt
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CHARLIE Venables balances his job as a strength and conditioning coach at Leeds Rhinos alongside his...
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/ 3 years agoVoice of Willie lifted Sevens
RUGBY MATTERS THE world of rugby and in particular the world of Sevens will be the poorer for the loss of...
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/ 3 years ago‘One club culture’ at Barnes produces results
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK FROM people running marathons, to hosting ‘Come Dine With Me’ experiences, Barnes RFC have helped out...
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/ 3 years agoRaiders thwarted by Red & Whites
By ARMAND ROUX Dorking.................... 44 Worthing..................24 A FINE second-half performance saw Dorking run out comfortable winners having turned round at half-time...
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/ 3 years agoDavies is the star of Barnes’ show
By MO SHER Guernsey................. 17 Barnes......................32 BARNES captain Josh Davies was in scintillating form as a hat-trick of tries from the...
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/ 3 years agoJuddians edge Kent rivals in Merton Lane showpiece
By MUHAMMED SHER Canterbury........35pts Tonbridge J..... 44pts Fightback: Duncan Tout scores for Tonbridge TONBRIDGE’S director of rugby, Peter Dankert, perfectly summed...
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/ 3 years agoHawks bounce back to thrash Old Albanians
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians........ 17 Henley...................... 41 HENLEY got their league campaign back on track with a commanding victory over...
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/ 3 years agoControversial red is costly for Lions
By NICK CROWE Rochford H..............29 Westcliff.................27 A TENSE local derby went the way of Rochford after a pivotal red was given...
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/ 3 years agoVikings conquered by Bury resistance
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Eds..............36 n Walsham..............27 BURY climbed up to third with victory over North Walsham, who are still...
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/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
1 South Central By STEPHEN SMITH MAIDENHEAD continued their perfect start to the season with a 29-14 bonus-point victory on their...
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/ 3 years agoUni boys impress in sinking Redruth
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter Uni........ 42 Redruth.............29 EXETER University and Redruth served up a summer sizzler at Topsham, as the students...
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/ 3 years agoBean stars as the Lions roar again
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.................. 15 Leicester L..............26 A LATE Hinckley fight back was not enough to deny Lions a second win...
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/ 3 years agoCrusaders see off city rivals with style
By JOHN WHITE Dings C...................43 Clifton.....................24 DINGS turned on the style, out-scoring their cross-city rivals by six tries to three, to...
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/ 3 years agoSix of the best for Luctonians as Old Reds suffer
By GEOFF VICKERS Luctonians............. 44 Old Redcliffians.... 15 IN their first home game of the season, Luctonians blew newcomers Old Redcliffians...
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/ 3 years agoLeonard’s boot seals Salop win
By PHIL GUTTUS Newport (Salop)...35 Bournville...............28 AFTER a chastening defeat at Old Redcliffians last week, Newport bounced back in style with...
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/ 3 years agoBrilliant Students blow Stour away
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge............25 Loughborough S....54 THE alarm bells are already ringing around Stourton Park as Stour succumbed to their second...
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/ 3 years agoBarnstaple sting Hornets at death
By JACK GADD Hornets.....................22 Barnstaple..............23 HORNETS welcomed Barnstaple to the Nest for the first time in a number of years and...
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/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
1 Midlands By DAVID LAWRENCE BROMSGROVE bounced back from their opening-day defeat in the Midlands Premier by scoring six tries during...
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/ 3 years agoAmbitious Gallagher aiming for top-flight contract
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK FREE scoring hooker Matt Gallagher has set himself a personal goal to earn a Premiership contract...
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/ 3 years agoVerbickas era starts in style as Dale hit quick fifty
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Wharfedale director of rugby Simon Verbickas made an emphatic start to his tenure in north...
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/ 3 years agoFlier MacDonald back to her best after neck injury
By BEN JAYCOCK Having once feared she’d never be able to play rugby again, Claudia Mac-Donald enjoyed a dream England return...
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/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL LEAGUES Premiership (3pm kick-off) Gloucester v Wasps Sale v Northampton WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 INTERNATIONALS Women’s England v...
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/ 3 years agoWRU ban on trans women
THE Welsh Rugby Union has banned transgender women from competing in female-only matches. The move follows similar decisions by the English...
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/ 3 years agoEnglish Rugby on, Scottish and Welsh games postponed following Queen’s death
All rugby in England can go ahead this weekend following a decision taken by the RFU to play on despite the...
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/ 3 years agoWorld of rugby mourns death of Queen Elizabeth II
The world of rugby at all levels were united as they mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday evening....
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/ 3 years agoOne year to go until the Rugby World Cup 2023 kicks off in France
The countdown to the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, which kicks off on 8 September next year, is well and...
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/ 3 years agoWRU join English and Irish unions in banning transgender women
Welsh rugby‘s governing body the WRU has become the latest union to ban transgender women from playing all forms of rugby....
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/ 3 years agoEngland men and women name squads for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022
England's men's and women's teams have named their squads for the Rugby World Cup sevens getting underway this Friday in Cape...
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/ 3 years agoRobertson on list for Eddie job
By PETER JACKSON England are compiling a dossier on Scott Robertson as part of their global search for Eddie Jones‘ successor....
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/ 3 years agoWRU’s £30m funding deal expected to face stiff opposition
By STEFFAN THOMAS The Welsh Rugby Union are set to table a six-year multi-million pound deal for the professional game which...
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/ 3 years agoBlackett is confident Wasps are over worst
By PAUL REES WASPS are among the clubs who have been counting the cost of Covid, but Lee Blackett is confident...
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/ 3 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 3 years agoWorld Cup carrot will inspire us – George
By GARY FITZGERALD Jamie George admits it will be “difficult” pushing thoughts of France to the back of his mind but...
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/ 3 years agoRelton returns home to take the Pirates route
Arthur Relton is returning to his Cornwall rugby roots this season keen to follow a well-trodden path into a Premiership career....
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/ 3 years agoCallard predicts brighter future for Leeds
By NICK POWELL LEEDS Tykes head coach Jon Callard is aiming high for this season. In the 2019/20 Championship season Leeds...
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/ 3 years agoWe must get off to a faster start this time, says Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson wants Northampton to take their form in the latter stages of last season into the new...
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/ 3 years agoSanderson: Ford’s best days to come
By GARY FITZGERALD Star man: George Ford, pictured playing for Leicester, has joined Sale PICTURES: Getty Images George Ford has “the...
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/ 3 years agoWorcester wage payments finally under way
WORCESTER owners said wage payments to players, coaches and staff were under way on Friday after resolving an electronic banking issue...
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/ 3 years agoSmith backing Fifita to light up Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Vaea Fifita has been tipped to take the United Rugby Championship by storm following his highprofile move from...
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/ 3 years agoMercer on his way to Gloucester
GLOUCESTER have signed Zach Mercer from Montpellier for the 2023-24 Premiership season. The 25-year-old No.8 made 21 starts for the French...
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/ 3 years agoEngland’s Jersey trip leaves RFU all at sea
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK English club rugby has never been more in need of coherent, strong, farsighted...
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/ 3 years agoTrying to fool the officials is no joke
AND the Oscar goes to…Nic White! That was the reflex reaction last weekend when Wallaby scrum-half White responded to an innocuous...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoHughes heading to Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Fol low me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former England No.8 Nathan Hughes has secured a move to...
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/ 3 years agoLa Rochelle keen on Warrior Hatherell
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler La Rochelle are lining up a move for Worcester lock Kyle...
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/ 3 years agoFrench clubs on alert as Sinckler CV goes round
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler French target: Kyle Sinckler Kyle Sinckler is a target for a...
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/ 3 years agoQuins are NOT after Steward
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler One of the most laughable ill-informed clickbait links of a move...
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