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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSomerset go clear after early struggle
By HUGH DUDER Somerset ........41 Hampshire ..... 24 It took Hampshire just three minutes to open the scoring as Rory Penfold...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoBentley’s late score seals it for Lancashire
By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire ........ 29pts Tries: Higginson 2, Wilkinson 43, Bentley 72 Conversions: Smith 3 Penalties: Smith 15, 30, 40,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHennessy produces the late magic to break Cornish hearts
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall ......... 31 Kent ................. 34 Kent broke Cornish hearts with a deserved win in the Cornish sunshine...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoUnlucky Cumbria fall short of semis
By JAMES LEWIS Cumbria ...........36 Durham ...........26 Cumbria prevailed in a ferocious encounter at Aspatria – but missed out on a...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoShort’s fast start gets Glouc going
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Devon ............... 10 Glouc’shire .....40 Gloucestershire inflicted a big defeat on Devon at Plymouth Albion, but finished behind...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHalf-century helps Dorset & Wilts ease past Berks
By ANDY ARTER Berkshire ........ 19 Dorset & W.....50 Dorset & Wilts travelled to Reading in search of the bonus point...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoEast Midlands book their place in final four despite defeat
By MO SHER Leic’shire ........ 15 E Midlands ..... 10 Leicestershire finished off their campaign with a hard-earned win against East...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoNorth Mids wrestle control to reach semis
By SAM THOMAS N Midlands .....38 E Counties ......26 A ten-try thriller at Droitwich saw North Midlands eventually win in comfortable...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoEssex set up decider with Oxfordshire
Division 3 round-up ■By MO SHER THE game of the day was in Thurrock, where Essex pipped Sussex 32-31 – the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoGill Burns Cup
Round-up JUST Lancashire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey remain unbeaten in Division 1 after two rounds of action. Last year’s champions Leicestershire got...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoWiese wins the players’ player gong
NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoPowell replaces Cokayne at Quins
LEICESTER have signed England and Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne for the 2023-24 Premier 15s season.The 26-year-old has won 72 caps for...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSurgery ends Curry’s World Cup dream
Agony: Sale’s Ben Curry SALE Sharks flanker Ben Curry is set to miss the World Cup after being ruled out for...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoFront row pair extend deals with Gloucester
ENGLAND hooker Jack Singleton has signed a contract extension at Premiership side Gloucester. The 26-year-old, who has three caps, joined from...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSharks deserve far more recognition
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rugby has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoNew Zealand schools side in ’93 was the best ever
The greatest national schools team ever? That debate kicked off on Twitter recently and my mind immediately went back 30 years...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoRefs must demand immediate release
Another game, yet another big “jackal” injury, this time it was the unfortunate Ben Curry as he bent low to turnover...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRiley back as Park lead the field
Now that the National Two North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoAcademy at TJs thriving with Withers at the helm
By BEN JAYCOCK At a time when participation levels have fallen across the country, Tonbridge Juddians’ academy are revelling in healthy...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIf Sale win it could be a real game-changer
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson was close to tears after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPontypool run in 13 tries to finish perfect season
Championship round-up Pontypool brought down the curtain on their remarkable season by running in 13 tries in an 83-7 win at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMaynard aiming to sink his old mates
Premiership Final preview By ROB COLE Cardiff Llandovery v Today, Kick-off 5.15pm JACK Maynard helped Cardiff to win the Premiership title...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoThe Rocks edge out Rumney to lift title
National 1 round-up ST PETER’S held their nerve to win 17-7 at Rhydyfelin to pick up the points they needed to...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoGalthie’s message of hope to top 100
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoChiefs bounce back to tame Hurricanes
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Tupou Vaa’i scored two tries as the Chiefs bounced back from their first loss...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWestern Province stake claim
Currie Cup round-up Western Province staked their claim for the Currie Cup playoffs by beating the defending champions Pumas 22-14. The...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoSpears secure their first championship
Japan League One round-up Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay caused a major upset by winning their first ever piece of silverware and...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Champions Cup final preview
357 days and 62 matches later, the Heineken Champions Cup final is poised for a hugely-anticipated rematch as Leinster take on...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSquads announced for Barbarian F.C. vs World XV
Barbarian F.C. and the World XV are delighted to confirm the two playing squads for next weekend’s Killik Cup match at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Challenge Cup final preview
The word “historic” is often overused when it comes to sporting triumphs, but there can be no doubt that will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBarnes fears impact of social media on grassroots referees
Wayne Barnes believes that ignoring social media is the best way for referees to operate, but is also concerned that online...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 19: Wayne Barnes on the World Cup, social media and bilingualism
World Rugby has announced its refereeing roster for the 2023 World Cup, and it was no surprise to see the highest-capped...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSharks end 17-year wait to reach Premiership Final
By Nick Powell, Online Editor Sale Sharks………………………………21 Tries: Roebuck 20, Reed 64 Conversions: Ford 21 Penalties: Ford 47, 57, 69 Leicester...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoGB Women end tough Toulouse campaign on a high
Amy Wilson Hardy’s length of the field extra time try meant Great Britain Women finished seventh at the Toulouse Sevens after...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoToulouse 7s: GB eliminated from Cup in both men’s and women’s
Great Britain endured a disappointing day two as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of both the men’s and women’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThorburn: Test rugby becoming a ‘circus’
By PETER JACKSON World Rugby stands accused of ‘ruining the international game’ by allowing Wales to pick England prop Henry Thomas....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaracens on track for sixth Prem title
By GARY FITZGERALD Mark McCall hailed “outstanding and controlled” Owen Farrell after the England star pulled the strings at StoneX Stadium...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMorgan: Move away from culture of debt
By LUKE JARMYN Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan has called for a complete refocus so rugby can move away from a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPut an independent person in charge – Goode
Alex Goode, who this week signed a contract extension at Saracens, has called on Premiership Rugby to provide “clarity” and “certainty”....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSalary cap hurting, not helping – Biggar
By BEN JAYCOCK Dan Biggar feels the Premiership’s exodus of players to France is a result of the league’s reduced salary...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKelly ready to work hard for starting place
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle's new recruit John Kelly has come a long way from working as a nightclub doorman in Plymouth,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBath battle back to grab elite spot
By PAUL REES The final round of the regular Premiership season boiled down to who would claim England’s final place in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSteward: Wiggy’s the main driver
By ADAM HATHAWAY Richard Wigglesworth, the Leicester interim head coach, is not happy taking the plaudits for Tigers’ resurrection but Freddie...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks keen to get Veainu back in Prem
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale Sharks are set to bring former Leicester fullback Telusa...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester swoop for Kata
NEIL FISSLER Leicester have snapped up Solomone Kata, who is leaving Exeter after only one season when his contract runs out...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoLawrence bounces back from adversity
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Most of the players who get awards are deserving, and I think that is...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLudlam: It hurts to miss out on history
Deflated Saints flanker Lewis Ludlam was left emotionally exhausted at the end of a pulsating but ultimately losing contest where the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattling Saracens seize the moment
By PAUL REES Saracens .......................... 38pts Tries: Maitland 5, 21; van Zyl 29, Penalty 70, Malins 75 Conversions: Farrell 6, 22,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoebuck aims to rise high for Sale
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...
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