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National League One
/ 8 years agoMoseley punish wasteful hosts
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……15 Birm’ham M……22 CAMBRIDGEwere again the architects of their own downfall at Grantchester Road as they failed...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCaldy’s winless run ends in thrilling fashion
By JOHN LYON Caldy…………….27 Hull Ionians …26 CALDY won their first game in seven but they almost lost it in the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoI’d have picked Slade at No12 for England in 2015 – Walder
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE head coach Dave Walder says England must fight fire with fire when they face Australia in Saturday’s...
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/ 8 years agoFrom Exiles junkyard to Test starter
By NEALE HARVEY Advice: James Buckland RENAISSANCE man Darryl Marfo is targeting a long and fruitful Test career with Scotland after...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow Boer War camps brought a new breed to the game
BRITISH Prisoner of War camps on St Helena in the mid-Atlantic and even more so in Sri Lanka played a surprisingly...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhen Springboks did the sweep against best of rest in the Stalag
On remembrance Sunday, BRENDAN GALLAGHER tells how rugby helped steel the mind in the Stalag 1VB POW camp HOW to stay...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoWelsh flyer Czekaj hits first treble in a decade
By MATT WRIGHT CHRISCzekaj had a Friday night to remember as the former Wales international full-back scored a hat-trick in Bedford’s...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds ride out the storm as Exiles pay for ill-discipline
By TOM INNES JERSEY claimed a valuable win in the battle between the league’s 10th and 11th-placed sides. The Reds came...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFree-scoring Bristol extend lead with 8-try rout
By WILL CARPENTER UNBEATEN league leaders Bristol racked up 50 points for the second time this season as they brushed aside...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoWe can still beat Bristol to title insist Trailfinders
By NEALE HARVEY RAYN SMID bagged two tries and laid on an impressive all-action display as Ealing maintained pressure on leaders...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoHill’s heroic amateurs take another huge scalp
By LUKE JARMYN A BATTLING try in the dying minutes by Richmond replacement prop William Goodrick-Clarke secured the win in a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPirates braced for Hartpury backlash
Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm PIRATES coach Gavin Cattle is expecting another fierce battle with Hartpury after...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt’s a night of Lions magic…
SPECIAL OFFER IT’S a unique occasion – two great Lions captains brought together for a night of stories to remember. Willie...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of Eddie’s back row mobility
Payback. It’s 4-0 to ‘English’ Eddie Jones on Michael Cheika’s watch, and that bashing by the Poms will be more toxic...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBig place in history for the famous Lithuanian émigrés
LOUISWashkansky and Cecil Moss shared something in common before their paths crossed almost exactly 50 years ago in a way neither...
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/ 8 years agoMurphy, from Bridgend to Berlin
NO shortage of Murphys have flitted across the global stage in their time from Noel Murphy of Munster, Ireland and the...
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/ 8 years agoSandy was key for Shedden
WAY back in the Seventies when rugby really was a game for all shapes and sizes, the Scotland selectors enforced an...
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/ 8 years agoBeal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham
Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most...
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/ 8 years agoEdinburgh sign Bristol ace Hurrell
BRISTOL have lost their battle to keep centre Will Hurrell when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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/ 8 years agoLaunchbury turns down Sale money
Staying at Wasps: Joe Launchbury WASPS have won their tug of war with Sale Sharks to keep England second row Joe...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ HARLEQUINS have eyes for Gloucester’s influential centre Henry Trinder when his contract runs...
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/ 8 years agoBooth tops wanted list to replace Wilson
BATH head coach Toby Booth has emerged as a surprise target for Cardiff Blues in their hunt to replace Danny Wilson...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBurns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY Hitting top form: Bath fly-half Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew lock star Salmon aiming for big catch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRedpath proves class as Sharks bite back
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTigers’ pack suffer mauling at the death
By ROGER PANTING Comeback: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images Threat: Tigers’ Harry Simmons makes a break THE...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVesty rules himself out of filling the Gold void
By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Elia Elia WORCESTER backs coach Sam Vesty has revealed he has no interest in becoming the club’s...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoHogan insists Newcastle will make the grade
NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan insists his club will meet its English-qualified player (EQP) targets despite falling short over the first...
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/ 8 years agoPlans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville
By NEALE HARVEY PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed...
