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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoWales slump to third defeat as France power proves too much
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales U20 ........12pts Tries: Morse 23, Page 62 Conversions: Price 62 France U20 ...... 45pts Tries: Mousques 9,...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoItaly go on a second-half rampage to floor Scots
By SAM JACKSON Italy U20 .......... 47pts Tries: Gritti 7, 50; Gasperini 55, 59; Belloni 62, Scalabrin 77, De Villiers 80...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoQuins nab Lamositele
Harlequins look to have signed tighthead prop Titi Lamositele, below, to replace the Castres-bound Will Collier. Lamositele, 29, spent five years...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoMcNicholl goes home
Wales back Johnny McNicholl has rejoined Crusaders for the remainder of the season after leaving Scarlets to return to New Zealand....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCarre back at Saracens
Saracens have re-signed Wales loosehead Rhys Carre from Cardiff. The 26-year-old previously played for Saracens in 2019-20, moving back to Cardiff...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBaxter turns his attention to top Ealing pair
ON THE BLINDSIDE - EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Having already snapped up Coventry’s star centre Will Rigg in a mid-season swoop,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFrench setting sights on Tuilagi
Perpignan and Montpellier are chasing the signature of England centre Manu Tuilagi. Tuilagi would join up with his nephew Posolo Tuilagi...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for the real France to stand up
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK FOR crying out loud, when will the real France stand up and be...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoBattling U20s still have a lot to learn
England U20s entertaining 32-32 draw with Ireland in Bath on Friday night was pure curate’s egg. The good part was that...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoEn garde, England
World rugby’s absurd international residency qualification of just three years should put the RFU on its guard that England will not...
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Friendlies
/ 2 years agoFalcons get new boss Diamond off to flying start
By LUKE JARMYN Sale ....................28pts Tries: Taylor 6, Quirke 13, Reed 32, Bradshaw 77 Conversions: R du Preez 7, 14, 33;...
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Friendlies
/ 2 years agoBath get in the mood for restart
By JAMES EVANS Bath .................................. 59pts Tries: Reid 10, 35; Coetzee 13, Stewart 22, Wright 40, Richards 55, Gallagher 62, de...
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Friendlies
/ 2 years agoParty time as Stormers win 12-try thriller
By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton...29pts Tries: Glister 3, 29, Odendaal 40, Garside 63, Graham 77 Conversions: Salava 4, 40 Stormers.......... 45pts Tries:...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoIt’s a long walk but Wales on right road
CHRIS HEWETT We've all heard it: “You don’t beat Wales at rugby – you just score more points than them.” Like...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoCome on, Joe! Time to pay attention
JOE Schmidt, the recently-appointed coach of a Wallaby vintage who wear the same colours as Matthew Burke, David Campese, Tim Horan...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlues dodge a few bullets to take down Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......12pts Tries: M Williams 64, 80 Conversions: Benson 80 Bedford .............22pts Tries: French 16, Adamson 41, Maisey...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling are stunned by brave Coventry
By PAUL SMITH Coventry....................... 34pts Ealing Trailfinders.....32pts Tries: Betteridge 12, Poole 17, 40; Martin 64 Conversions: Pellegrini 12, 17, 40, 64...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAustin nails chance for bizarre win at Lady Bay
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham........ 0pts Hartpury.............. 3pts Penalty: Austin 61 BIZARRE. That was one way of describing how Hartpury squeezed to...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoMasterclass from Bennett gives Knights the edge
By LUKE JARMYN L Scottish .........20pts Doncaster........ 34pts Tries: Brown 23, Ingall 54, Ferdinand 71 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 55 Penalties: Lloyd-Seed 75...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoMilitary’s finest ready for battle
Inter Service Champs – A look ahead to this season’s big matches involving the Army, Navy and RAF “The win we...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoARMY NAVY
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoKobayashi hat-trick as Chiefs turn on power
By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs.. 43pts Tries: Menin 13, Kobayashi 22, 46, 77; Rogers 30, Fryday 59, Moloney 66 Conversions: Cantorna...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury back row Sarah Beckett
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Liverpool Date of birth: 14/02/99 Community club: Firwood Waterloo RFC Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2018...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoWin No.13 seals home semi-final for the champions
By JOSH THOMAS Gloucester-H...57pts Tries: Beckett 18, 38; Muir 24, Metcalfe 45, 52, 78; Hendy 49, N Jones 66, 72 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBonus win on the road but Mather isn’t satisfied
By JOSH THOMAS Sale Sharks ......................10pts Tries: James 70, Swailes 80 Trailfinders......................26pts Tries: Zackery 2, 75; Inman 16, Swards 36 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoKasolo predicts upfront battle
By BEN JAYCOCK @therugb Preview Bristol v Saracens Today. 3pm THE final match in the Premiership before a two-month pause for...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoPlayers or gladiators? Why the game is struggling to find the right balance
Paul Rees reports on World Rugby's attempts to broaden the sport's appeal but can see problems ahead It has become an...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoStars who followed in their father’s footsteps
Louis Lynagh’s debut for Italy, almost 30 years after his father Michael made his last stand for the Wallabies, completes the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoAfter signing, only Cliff came to my wedding
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW For the first time in more than 70 years, Wales will have to...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReid: We want to build new legacy
Jon Newcombe talks to Bath back rower Miles Reid who wants to see the glory days return, if only to keep...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoSorry Cockers, but it’s Portugal for me
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I wish the doughty warriors of Georgia no...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWe are going to miss you guys a lot
All career-ending injuries are to be mourned but the last couple of weeks or so have been hard to digest for...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s hurray for Henry on a very special occasion
■By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ........22 Blackheath ..... 13 ON the historic 160th anniversary of the oldest club fixture in world rugby,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoCraven finds Max power for Park!
■By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park .........35 Leicester Lions ...... 7 ROSSLYN Park strolled to a comfortable Max Craven-inspired victory as they...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLeaders triumph in war of attrition
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A .............. 5 Chinnor....................26 CHINNOR maintained their position at the top of the table with a bonus-point...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMulchrone is main man as super Sale impress
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................. 19pts Tries: Rossiter 5, Hayman 22, Humberstone 71 Conversions: Honey 6, 72 Penalties: 0 Drop goals:...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s joy for Johnson as late Louis
■By TOM MARKHAM penalty seals it Sedgley Park ........ 31 Darlington MP.......34 THERE was late drama at Park Lane as Louis...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMcNulty’s brace makes difference
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley...............26 Cinderford............... 14 MOSELEY just about had enough to see off battling Cinderford – thanks to Sam...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoVisitors profit from second-half surge
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....26 Bishop’s S................45 BISHOPS Stortford took the honours in a hardfought contest. The scores were level at...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPowell plotting a big finish in ‘best this league has ever been’
By BEN JAYCOCK Coming down from the Championship, Richmond were expected to compete for promotion, but director of rugby Rob Powell...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoKivalu at the double as Titans make it ten in row
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T... 42 Hull Ionians..... 17 ROTHERHAM Titans shrugged off a slow start to rack up a tenth...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoVassallo stars as Otley are denied
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................26 Otley..........................22 A BITTERLY cold day did not prevent a cracking game between two well-matched sides as Tynedale...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDavies’ late try grabs Tykes win
By JOHN CLARK Wharfedale.............. 8 Leeds Tykes........... 12 AN eagerly anticipated match after Wharfedale’s impressive second-half perfor mance in the first...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDrama as Smith’s big kick seals it
By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde...................23pts Sheffield............22pts FYLDE picked up a massive victory at the Woodlands to down high-flying Sheffield by a single...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoWhinn starts fightback as Tigers are finally tamed
By MIKE BROWN Billingham.............. 30 Sheffield Tigers.... 19 BILLINGHAM came from behind and survived a late onslaught to tame Tigers. Billingham...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBattling Hull find Shard too sharp
By MO SHER Lymm........................28 Hull............................22 THE unerring boot of Thomas Shard led Lymm to victory against Hull in an engrossing affair...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoField flattened by happy Hoppers
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G................. 70 Huddersfield.......... 19 A RUTHLESS Preston Grasshoppers blew away a sorry Huddersfield at Lightfoot Green with...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoSeabourne up for challenge as Tykes face tough run-in
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Leeds Tykes director of rugby Pete Seabourne is relishing the challenge as his side make the final charge...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcRae’s hat-trick highlight on a very tough day
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s......29 Dorking..............33 DORKING emerged victorious on a day when the home club remembered the 18 players...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBury bounce back in emphatic style
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury.............. 41 North Walsham..... 12 CANTERBURY bounced back from a disappointing run of games to secure the win....












