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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRampant Bath storm to the winning post
By PAUL REES Bath .................................... 37pts Tries: Cokanasiga 27, 73; Dunn 45, du Toit 69, Gallagher 79 Conversions: Spencer 46, 70;...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSeven-try Toulouse too swift for Cardiff
By SIMON THOMAS Toulouse .......................... 52pts Tries: Lebel 5, Arnold 9, Kinghorn 26, 80; Jelonch 38, Retiere 46, Placines 70 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSlade leads Chiefs on smash and grab raid
By MARK STEVENS Toulon ................................ 18pts Tries: Gigashvili 20, White 24 Conversion: Herve 21 Penalties: Herve 35, 38 Exeter ................................. 19pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoFreeman double has Saints on the march
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow............................. 19pts Tries: Cancelliere 4, Smith 68, Penalty 77 Conversions: Thompson 69 Northampton................... 28pts Tries: Lawes 13, Freeman...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLions set to ring the changes
■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview... Perpignan v Lions Today. 1pm LIONS head coach Ivan van Rooyen will be banking on the strength...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoFour-try Lake guides Ospreys safely home
■By ROB COLE Ospreys ............................. 43pts Tries: Lake 7, 26, 46, 56; Thomas 17, Morris 76 Conversions: Williams 8, 19, 27,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoClermont dominate to see off Edinburgh
By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont........... 31pts Tries: Moala 25, Newsome 31, 62; Bibi Biziwu 69 Conversions: Belleau 27, 32, 64, 70 Penalties:...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoThe Viking will put steel back into Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE Viking – a.k.a. RG Snyman – is expected to arrive in Bath...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSorry to see European Champions Cup lose its shine
The quality of rugby union’s competitions is crucial to its future as a professional sport. However, what we are witnessing is...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years ago£750,000 payoff for Jones just staggering
We have now discovered that Eddie Jones was almost certainly paid the equivalent of a full year’s £750,000 salary in a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLloyd blow a problem for Scarlets and Gatland
■By ANDY HOWELL Castres ............. 34pts Tries: Raisuqe 5, Fernandez 32, Papali’i 38, Dumora 43, Le Brun 66 Conversions: Le Brun...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoBarton is on target to rescue Gloucester
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Black Lion .......... 10pts Try: Matkava 20 Conversion: Matkava 21 Gloucester ......... 15pts Penalty: Matkava 68 Penalties: Barton...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoNewcastle are hoping for a cold front in basement battle
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Montpellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Kingston Park IT will be a case of bottoms up at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPau no match for powerful Sharks
By SAM JACKSON Sharks ........... 45 Pau ..................... 5 LUKHANYO Am and Eben Etzebeth scored two tries apiece as the Sharks...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPerfect Pienaar downs Zebre
By BEN JAYCOCK Zebre ...............15 Cheetahs .......33 CHEETAHS scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar was perfect off the tee as the South African invitational...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDyer at the double to seal victory for Dragons
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons............ 24pts Tries: Hewitt 43, Davies 74, Dyer 77, 80 Conversions: Reed 44, 80 Oyonnax.............. 7pts Tries: Treilles...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRocketing ticket prices proving tough on fans
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock surveys the top two divisions to find out which clubs charge the most - and where you...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoMinnows can make splash of a whale
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED ACCORDING to Donald J Trump – you may have heard of him – “losers” are the lowest...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWe need outcome that we can trust
It has been heading our way for many months, but now it seems horribly real. The concussion lawsuit laid against three...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoCoach to Coach with Paul Morris
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill talks to Cinderford director of rugby Paul Morris Steve Hill: How and why did...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoA team stuffed full of captains
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I was having one final lingering look at...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoI can’t see how a single action can cover it all
Lawyers and the legal system move in mysterious ways but as a layman it’s difficult to understand how the law firm...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoToo many are being pushed to the edge
Paul Rees says it's time to ensure players spend less time in the gym and more with the ball in their...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoRace for the top is going to be close
The Premiership is taking a short rest after eight rounds and by Christmas will have reached the halfway stage. It is...
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Columnists
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for Lions to hunt change
By JOE SANTAMARIA Crunch: Jonny Wilkinson weathered the storm to kick three late points to earn the Lions a draw against...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoNo room at the top for Welsh regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS Anglo-Welsh duels of the blood-and-guts variety go, one springs foremost to mind:...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoOnly right that the Lions play in Ireland
The Lions used to go out of their way to make friends in little towns not much bigger than villages. Now...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoVarley gets Bears back in winners’ enclosure
By JAMES GALLAGHER Loughborough L ........... 17pts Tries: Morrall 11, Treder 51, Williams-Morris 76 Conversion: Rowland 12 Bristol Bears .............. 46pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoDoidge on fire as lively Exeter prove too strong for Harlequins
By EDDIE MCATEER Harlequins.............27pts Tries: Robinson 41, Sims 66, Cromack 73 Conversions: Tuima 42, 67, 74 Penalties: Tuima 16, 28 Exeter...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoCrake leads from front as Trailfinders win at last
By BEN CONEYBEARE Trailfinders ....36pts Tries: Crake 3, 30; Haflin 9, Barwick 36, Dow 57, Zackary 73 Conversions: Green 4, 37,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMann happy he made the switch from football
By SIMON THOMAS Football's loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of URC top tackler Alex Mann. He...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoA walk in the Park as Benji inspires visitors
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ....... 0 Rosslyn Park..15 THREE unconverted tries for Rosslyn Park gave them a comfortable win in a...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWarboys claims it in dramatic style
By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor....................27 Birmingham M......24 CHINNOR snatched a dramatic win deep into injury time when George Worboys kept his cool...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHosts celebrate a ‘must-win’ victory
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford..............40 Taunton Titans .... 31 CINDERFORD boosted their season with a thrilling win over Taunton in a must-win...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate Hayman try seals fine success for Rams
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond .........40pts Tries: Jones 1, 48, Spring 17, Mpiko 58, Hitchcock 71, Kaye 77 Conversions: Burrage 18, 49,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoYates leads the way as Park take maximum points
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......29 Leicester Lions ...... 3 DARLINGTON Mowden Park returned to winning ways with a dominant display against...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMead is in at the double for hosts
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............22 Sedgley Park........... 3 ALBION made it six from six at home this season with a hardearned...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFC weather storm to earn vital victory
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC....................... 8 Bishop’s S.................. 7 SALE secured the narrowest of victories in the tightest of contests. The...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoIs promotion to Championship far too big a gamble to take?
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath have aspirations to go as far as they can in the rugby pyramid, but head coach James...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHarrison helps the in-form Dalesmen
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 12 Wharfedale............26 A LATE try from Rian Harrison secured a bonus-point win on the road for in-form...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIonians undone by late Otley scores
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............34 Otley..........................39 WHEN Hull Ionians scored after 65 minutes through Ben Stephen and scored again three minutes...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFisher to the fore as hosts fall short
By RICHARD GORE Hull...................... 10pts Sheffield............33pts HULL found a welldrilled Sheffield side too much for them to handle in an entertaining...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoForeman holds his nerve to earn home side draw
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............25 Lymm........................25 Deadeye: Ryan Foreman BOTH sides walked away with two deserved points in what was a great...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans prove too good for Hoppers
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G............ 7 Rotherham T.. 34 THERE was to be no early Christmas present for Preston Grasshoppers as...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTerrier-like Tykes are back to showing Yorkshire grit
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON When Peter Seabourne took on the role of Leeds Tykes director of rugby last summer, the club had...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoTry-star Ferguson fires up superb students
By FREYA COLLINGTON Exeter Uni.........29 Clifton............... 24 EXETER University eventually came out on top in a tight encounter against Clifton at...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoRampant Walsh turns on the style
By JAMES GALLAGHER Loughborough S....50 Chester.....................26 LOUGHBOROUGH Students produced some free-flowing rugby to come out on top in a high-scoring thriller...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoOld Reds triumph in 11-try classic
By JACK TAYLOR Old Redcliffians ...45 Dudley K ..................29 IN terms of value for money, there was no better place to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoCampbell joy as Dutton try wins it for Hinckley
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.......... 7pts Hinckley............12pts HINCKLEY head coach Chris Campbell was delighted as his side extended their unbeaten run to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoIt’s looking Priddy good for Cam after Salop first
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Newport (S)............ 19 Camborne................40 CAMBORNE came away victorious after their first meeting with hosts Newport (Salop) at The...
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