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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoCallard backing Portugal to shine
By JON NEWCOMBE Jon Callard hopes Portugal can show the world what they are all about at the World Cup. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoFrance’s love of the game is clear to see
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK - AT THE WORLD CUP THE French love nothing more than a good...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoSweeney must be held to account
BILL Sweeney has ducked so far below the parapet when it comes to answering questions about the RFU’s administration of the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoDolly calls the shots as Knights take over
By STEVE JACKSON Doncaster.........38pts Tries: Simpson 8, Holden 38, 73; Tait 40, Cant 44, 48 Conversions: Dolly 38, 40, 48 Holden...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHassell-Collins has flying start
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester .......................50pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 2, Whiteley 35, Ilione 46, 71; van Wyk 48, Atkinson 58, Cokanasiga 73, Shillcock...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCleaves on song as Quins run riot
By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ......................54pts Tries: Cleaves 2, 36, 38; Trenholm 7, 12; Bradley 17, Slevin 63, Zheng 80 Conversions: Slevin...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFalcons take time to get their show on the road
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............ 17pts Tries: Skelcey 10, Bacon 72 Conversions: Parks 11, 73 Penalties: Parks 42 Newcastle........40pts Tries: Stevenson...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoGloucester too strong for battling Nottingham
By CONOR O'HARA Gloucester ...... 42pts Tries: Clement 5, 55; Dunn 11, Hathaway 22, Morris 32, Penalty 44 Conversions: Barton 6,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTwo scores for Thomas helps Sale coast home
By DAVID PRICE Sale ................... 47pts Tries: Thomas 5, 52; Caine 14, 34; Ene 25, Reed 40, Birch 70 Conversions: Curtis...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSaracens left stunned as Coventry grab the glory
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ............................28pts Tries: Ma’asi 16, Wand 39, Hutler 44, Pellegrini 80 Conversions: Pellegrini 16, 39, 44, 80 Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSlade in starring role as Chiefs too hot for young Bears
■By DAN ANJOS IN the last throws of summer, the Exeter sizzled as they blew away a vastly less experienced Bristol...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJersey go for three new faces to take on Scottish
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... L Scots v Jersey CHAMPIONSHIP winners Jersey Reds have named three new signings in their starting XV...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGraham in charge as Saints take on Ealing
■By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing v Northampton PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 1pm, Vallis Way SAM Graham will captain Northampton Saints for the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPirates make Bath battle all the way
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ........... 23pts Tries: Grubb 27, Trewin 64, Moyle 76 Conversions: Jenkins 65 Penalties: Pittman 8, 23...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoCipriani’s spat more suited to Colosseum
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED ONE of these fine days, with the grace of God and a following wind, a World Cup...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoToo many clubs, not enough players
If it ever turns out that the governing body at Twickenham has a monopoly on rugby wisdom, we are all up...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for islanders to prove their worth
Analysis >> Paul Rees says Bill Beaumont's slow but steady approach as chairman of World Rugby is seeing its reward WORLD...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBristol set to revive big match
Bristol are looking to revive plans to play a ‘big match’ across the Severn Bridge in Cardiff ’s Principality Stadium next...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoToo costly to dismiss Borthwick
The RFU can’t afford to sack Steve Borthwick even if they wanted to, with the under-performing England boss in line for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRetired? No, I’m available, says Cipriani
BY NEIL FISSLER Danny Cipriani will consider any offers to continue his playing career despite not pulling on his boots for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBaxter: I’d have stuck by Luke
Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter admits that he was ready to step in and offer Luke Cowan-Dickie the chance of staying...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoMoore agrees Saints deal
Northampton Saints have handed former London Irish back row Izzy Moore a short-term contract after he joined the club on trial....
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoDai Watkins, a magnet for every hit-man in north
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW David Watkins used to be fond of telling two anecdotes from his bruising...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoCamberabero was light years ahead of his time
Didier Camberabero is in his early Sixties now, twice as old as when he decorated a work of French art at...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale take a lesson in Finnish resolution
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson spent the summer mugging up on Finnish philosophy to ensure Sale finish matches and the coming...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoStick with 20 teams but bring in Trophy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S very rare, in fact unique, for me...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoDiagram shows how difficult it is to tackle head-on
THE RFU are of course totally correct in their desire to improve and “make safe” tackling techniques at grassroots and junior...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoLate Ram raid floors visitors on a night to remember
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................29 Chinnor.............19 B Moseley .............. 21 Sedgley Park ....... 44 RAMS produced a second stunning comeback in...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIt’s another stroll in Park for new boys
■By JON MEADOWS SEDGLEY Park made it two wins out of two with a top away triumph. The newly-promoted visitors were...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoLate Kelly try is enough to take derby honours
■By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ........ 24pts Rosslyn Park...31pts Tries: Caddy 9, Te Mete 15, Post 47 Conversions: Landray 9, 15, 47...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTierney secures tightest encounter
■By MO SHER A PULSATING, see-saw encounter, in the capital went the way of the visitors, Toby Tierney’s try four minutes...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNathan proves to be Taylor-made to inspire victory
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford..............23 Leicester Lions .... 17 THE first-ever meeting between these two teams went the way of Cinderford, as...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAlbion on song in eight-try triumph
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............54 Taunton T................29 PLYMOUTH Albion recorded a comprehensive victory over their West country rivals Taunton Titans by...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoJoshua is the Reel deal for the victors
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC..................... 21 Darlington MP.......28 DARLINGTON Mowden Park opened their account for the season, with Sale still looking...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSedgley boss Barrow wants Park to do much better
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Sedgley Park marked their return to National One by beating former Championship side Richmond in a shock result...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIt’s derby delight again – for Fylde!
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G.................27 Fylde......................... 41 FYLDE’S derby dominance continued with a win over Preston Grasshoppers after the visitors capitalised...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTykes triumph in cross-city clash
By BEN CROPPER Lanigan got his sec-Thomas Leeds Tykes........... 31 Otley.......................... 18 LEEDS Tykes maintained their unbeaten start to the season,...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMinikin is main man as Ionians celebrate
By RICHARD GORE Hull......................25pts Hull Ionians......30pts LEWIS Minikin steered Hull Ionians to victory in a classic derby game that ebbed and...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField find last-gasp try to break hearts of hosts
By NEIL ALLEN Lymm........................ 41 Huddersfield..........48 HUDDERSFIELD took the honours in the last few seconds to break Lymm hearts. After seven...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFisher helps net points for visitors
Sheffield Tigers....28 Sheffield..................32 ■ By NATHAN EDWARDS AS much as a derby win is a ‘must’ in every teams calendar, after...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoForward power is key for the Titans
Wharfedale............ 19 Rotherham T..........34 ■ By JOHN CLARK ROTHERHAM turned on the second-half style down the slope to emerge victorious. Wharfedale...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoJosh backs Byron to put Tigers in hunt for honours
By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield Tigers lost their head coach four weeks into pre-season, but Adam Byron stepped up and led his...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoOpening blast puts Guernsey on the right path
Guernsey..........36 Sevenoaks.......27 By MIKE MARSHALL AN early blitz within the first 12 minutes helped ensure Guernsey Raiders were victorious in a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoWimbledon rue Roberts hat-trick
Barnes......................59 Wimbledon.............22 ■ By FRANK MCARTHUR BARNES emerged decisive winners in South West London despite a tight opening period, beating local...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBury sweep aside poor Walsham
Bury St Ed’s............. 50 North Walsham..... 17 ■ By ANDREW HERLIHY BURY St Edmunds decisively dispatched of the visiting North Walsham...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoGeorge: OAs not clinical enough
O Albanians...... 31pts Henley H.............20pts ■ By RICHARD HOMER OLD Albanians head coach Dan George posed a conflicted figure following his...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoMagnificent Morris’ four-try day secures victory
Canterbury..............45 Tonbridge J............ 19 ■ By CARRICK BLAKE NATHAN Morris’ sensational four tries ensured Canterbury left Merton Lane with a bonus...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoDominant Dorking crush the Raiders
Dorking.....................38 Worthing.................. 10 ■ By KEVIN BEAL DORKING sealed a fine win over Worthing Raiders with a sizzling performance in front...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoEsher remain on promotion path
Westcombe P.........27 Esher.........................42 ■ By JOHN DVALLELY WESTCOMBE Park’s late fightback was not enough to overcome promotion contenders Esher. Winger James...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoCook relishing Barnes switch after 20-point haul on debut
■ By BEN JAYCOCK BEN Cook starred on debut with a 20-point haul that helped Barnes see off National Two East...
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