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/ 7 years agoAmbitious Ampthill just keep on getting promoted
AMPTHILL rugby director Mark Lavery admits being ‘surprised’ by the quality of players looking to join if promotion to the Championship...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGalthie and Ibanez set to reshape the French
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN They have been talking heads on TV for some time now. Amazingly with contracts that once allowed...
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/ 7 years agoOspreys ready to move for £400k Moriarty
■By ALEX BYWATER ROSS Moriarty is an early transfer target for the Ospreys as they look to further strengthen their squad...
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/ 7 years agoSexton versus Sexton in PRO14
■By JON NEWCOMBE JERRY SEXTON is set to come face to face with his older brother, Ireland and Leinster fly-half Johnny,...
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/ 7 years agoCipriani is world class – can’t Eddie see that?
■By NEALE HARVEY In the title hunt: Ed Slater is driving Gloucester on GLOUCESTER enforcer Ed Slater admits he is among...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCeltic’s victory decides destiny of the title
■By CARL FIELD Welsh Division One round-up YSTALYFERA were crowned champions of One West Central with two games to spare yesterday...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDouble win puts Quins free from trouble
■By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up WHAT a difference a few days make. Heading into their crunch clash with Tata Steel...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIronmen roll on as Bargoed go down with honour
■By ROB COLE Merthyr …42 Bargoed …26 FORMERWales wing Tom James turned on the style to put his hometown team back...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSeven on spin for Drovers as Watkins aids comeback
■By JOHN MURPHY Llandovery …24 Carmarthen…13 PROP Berian Watkins was the toast of Llandovery as he scored one and made another...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRees double downs Whites as Llanelli ease fears
■By PAUL HOPKINS Llanelli …34 Swansea …21 LLANELLI eased their relegation fears with a five-try bonus-point win over Swansea. The home...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKeys relegated as Black and Ambers run riot after break
■By TOM PRITCHARD Newport…43 Cross Keys …24 NEWPORTrelegated Cross Keys to the Championship with a 43-24 bonus-point win. Morgan Stoddart’s side...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHowells hat-trick increases danger for Bedwas
■By IAN GOLDEN Ebbw Vale…47 Bedwas …24 BEDWAS are now in serious danger of automatic relegation after they fell 47-24 to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens still fighting as Morgan inspires lung-busting win
■By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …43 RGC 1404 …39 BRIDGEND Ravens kept their Principality Premiership survival hopes alive as it rained tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
■By ROB COLE Pontypridd …28 Cardiff …19 CARDIFF played for 10 minutes with 13 men and another 10 with 14 as...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN ATKINS LONDON IRISH HOOKER Reading-born hooker Ben Atkins might be forgiven for taking a dim view of London Irish’s decision...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoFoley leads Tahs to victory post-Folau
■By ADAM ELLIS Big contribution: Bernard Foley makes a break for the Waratahs PICTURE: Getty Images Impressive: Kurtley Beale ISRAEL FOLAU’S...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUK registered 66 doping violations in ten years
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Bradshaw highlights the potential drugs problem in English rugby RUGBY runs the risk of players taking performance- en hancing...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRolling subs are the only way to stop ‘Bloodgates’
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I can’t believe that it’s ten years since Deano ‘carried the can’...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTrailfinders insist they will only get stronger
■By NEALE HARVEY EALING’S promotion dream is over for now but defiant rugby director Ben Ward insists they are not going...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoGritty Greens keep Reds’ second half rally at bay
■By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMcombined grit and speed to fend off a determined rally by Jersey at Lady Bay. Tries by wings...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCoventry get it right at last to stun Griffiths
■By GUY WILLIAMS COVENTRY may have left it a bit late, but in their penultimate match, they won their first league...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAmbitious Irish end exile from top-flight
■By NEALE HARVEY Bright start: Jesse Liston goes over to score LONDON Irish hammered Richmond to seal promotion to the Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPack power gets Hartpury across the line to safety
■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY head coach, Mark Cornwell, was a relieved man after his team won a breathless game in the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates prepared for Stirling ‘magic’
Preview Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire C Today, Kick-off 2.30pm SCRUM-HALF Alex Day returns to the Cornish Pirates lineup as the only...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWasting time is name of game for the Tigers
RUGBYused to be big on ‘the ethos of the game’, ensuring it stayed immune to all those nasty bits of gamesmanship...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThis Welsh Brexit from Europe is shameful
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW More than 50,000 will converge on Cardiff ‘s Superdome next weekend for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI used to be a nervous kicker admits Twelvetrees
PREMIERSHIP hot-shot Billy Twelvetrees says he relishes the pressure of goal-kicking but admits that the responsibility once scared the life out...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup defeat by Wales still bites
MY LIFEIN RUGBY KEVIN SIMMS THE FORMER ENGLAND, WASPS AND LIVERPOOL ST HELENS CENTRE On the attack: England centre Kevin Simms...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWharfedale stretch clear in dominant second half
■By ED WILLIAMS Ace: Blakeney-Edwards WHAREFDALE coach Jon Feeley praised his side’s big effort in the sun as they overwhelmed Stourbridge...
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