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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoA new culture requires a new captain for England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Whoever is next in line as England head coach, whether it’s Steve Borthwick or...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChiefs find their form to blast out a Euro warning
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Castres................................ 12pts Penalties: Dumora 22, 30, 34, 40 Exeter................................. 27pts Tries: S Simmonds 19, Ewers 27, Maunder 44,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLeinster smash Racing and prepare for Gloucester duel
By GARY FITZGERALD Racing............... 10pts Tries: Wade 74 Conversions: Russell 75 Penalties: Russell 25 Leinster............ 42pts Tries: Porter 3, Sheehan 32,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBattling Quins can’t survive in Shark Tank
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sharks................................ 39pts Tries: Mbonambi 11, Mapimpi 17, 27; Kok 50, Chamberlain 78 Conversions: Bosch: 12, 18, 51, 80...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoPlisson has the drop on Stormers to steer Clermont home
By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont.......... 24pts Tries: Newsome 46, Raka 62 Conversions: Plisson 48 Penalties: Plisson 17, 54, 73 Drop-goal: Plisson 70...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChapman comes on to break the gloom
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester.......22pts Tries: Varney 24, Tuisue 63, Socino 68, Chapman 76 Conversions: Carreras 76 Bordeaux.......... 17pts Tries: Falatea 2,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoCall for Sir Clive! It’s time to rebuild bridges
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE end of Eddie Jones’ seven-year era following his sacking on Tuesday has...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoThis is one ludicrous idea we don’t need
NICK CAIN The RFU has plumbed the depths by considering a raft of changes which would reduce a new Premiership-Championship Cup...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoLight Blues still attract a good crowd
NICK CAIN While some Premiership clubs had been struggling to draw crowds of 4,000, the annual Cambridge University v Steele-Bodger’s XV...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoAll set for another round of Warrenball
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST SHOULD the Twickenham top brass ever try to recruit a head coach from the local job centre...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoYet again, France show us the way
CHRIS HEWETT WORCESTER have now accepted the inevitable: they must start next season in the second tier of English rugby after...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWe’re back right where we want to be – McCall
By JON NEWCOMBE Preview Saracens v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3.15 Last proper hit out: Ben Earl scores in win over Northampton...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoCreevy’s red puts Irish on back foot
By ROGER PANTING London Irish.......27pts Tries: Gonzalez 25, 37; Cinti 30 Conversions: Jackson 25, 30, 37 Penalties: Jackson 9, Jennings 78...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoEngland stars are back in
Preview Sale v Ulster Today. Kick-off 1pm SALE welcome back four England players for Ulster’s visit to the AJ Bell Stadium...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBorthwick keeps his focus on Tigers task
By GARY FITZGERALD Preview Ospreys v Leicester Today. Kick-off 5.30pm STEVE Borthwick pushed aside thoughts on his own coaching future to...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoTime for players to impress Gatland
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND New coach, clean slate, new opportunities. Every player who has played for Wales in the...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoScarlets looking to prove worth
Preview Scarlets v Bayonne Today. 3.15pm SCARLETS welcome Wales internationals Dane Blacker, Ryan Elias and Josh Macleod back into their starting...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoCardiff cruise home as Williams hits 250 in style
By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff............... 41pts Tries: Dacey 4, 18; Adams 22, L Williams 48, T Williams 60, Grady 77, Cabango 80...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoWeir keeps his cool to guide Glasgow home
By HAMISH STUART Bath....................... 19pts Tries: White 22, Lee-Warner 28, Gallagher 61 Conversions: Francis 29, 62 Glasgow...............22pts Tries: Bean 3, Turner...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoRelief for Moriarty after he loses head
By MATT LLOYD Lions................... 31pts Tries: Lombard 15, Ntlabakanye 30, van der Merwe 44, 48 Conversions: Lombard 10, 30; Hendrikse 44,...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoWalder: We couldn’t put them under any pressure
By JOHN FALLON Connacht..........22pts Tries: Boyle 4, Byrne 37, Killgallen 77 Conversions: Hawkshaw 4, 38 Penalties: Hawkshaw 60 Newcastle.......... 8pts Tries:...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoZebre……………….. 21 Toulon…………….. 24
GAEL Drean’s 71st minute try won the match for Toulon against a plucky Zebre side. The visitors made a strong start...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoPau…………………… 16 Cheetahs………… 21
SOUTH African franchise the Cheetahs made a victorious start to their Challenge Cup campaign as they edged Top 14 strugglers Pau....
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoStade Fr……………24 Benetton………… 14
STADE Francais produced a stunning second half to overcome a resilient Benetton at the Stade Jean-Bouin on Friday. In a turgid...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoCrane delight as Bears put on ‘best show of the season’
By GARY FITZGERALD Perpignan.......... 5pts Tries: Shahn 40 Bristol Bears... 19pts Tries: Piutau 3, Harding 11, Jenkins 34 Conversions: MacGinty 4,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIsrael banking on the Heat to build profile
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER One of the more unusual modern days...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSo who is the real villain here?
RUGBY MATTERS - Brendan Gallagher Newcastle's Carl Fearns has been at the sharp end of professional rugby for nearly 14 years...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoEngland toiling in the foothills
RUGBY MATTERS I will leave it to others to do the heavy lifting in dissecting the sacking of Eddie Jones but...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoTime for the forgotten men to return
Tom Bradshaw urges the new England coaching team to give these players a chance Decisions, decisions, decisions. Or maybe that should...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTizzano and Malton put Trailfinders back on top
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing................. 42pts Tries: Malton 9, 50, Tizzano 28, 46, Howard 35, Terry 75 Conversions: Willis 10, 29, 36,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRichmond fight back to share the spoils
By TIM FORRESTER Richmond......... 21pts Tries: Vajner 7, 39, Stafford 77 Conversions: Johnston 8, 40, Atkins 78 Ampthill............ 21pts Tries: Montgomery...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHartpury make it matter in red zone
By DAVID EVANS Hartpury............................. 45pts Tries: Morgan 3, Walker 22, Short 44, Smith 60, Davies 65, Tarling 74 Conversions: Mathews 3,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy defy blizzard to overcome Pirates
By JOHN LYON Caldy................... 15pts Tries: Royle 41, Cartmill 60 Conversions: Gourlay 61 Penalties: Gourlay 28 C Pirates............ 14pts Tries: Dawson...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHarris fires hat-trick to keep Jersey in the hunt
By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham.....22pts Tries: R Olowofela 17, 52; D Williams 74 Conversions: Bunting 18, Hollingsworth 75 Penalties: Bunting 8 Jersey..................
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRelieved Doncaster sneak past Scottish
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster.......... 15pts Tries: Holden 46, Simpson 52, Holling 71 L Scottish.......... 14pts Tries: Morris 37, Bradley 42 Conversions:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWales simply have to take Rowlands to the World Cup
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Those who drew up the four top seedings for the World Cup defied...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSo where have all the Welsh coaches gone?
PETER JACKSON By the time Warren Gatland’s second coming runs its contractual course, Wales will have gone 20 whole years without...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley hold off Titans comeback
By MIKE AMOS Taunton T......... 21 B Moseley........26 Birmingham Moseley managed to come out on top in a close contest at...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSlick Cinderford topple the leaders
By JOSHUA MATHESON Cinderford...............37 Rams......................... 17 Dominant Cinderford stormed to victory over table-topping Rams. Top try-scorer Nathan Taylor scored the opening...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIn-form Sale are homing in on top spot after Park win
By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC.............. 24pts Tries: Brown 20, Cecil 33, Mulchrone 60, Onasanya 64 Conversions: Robins 21, 34 Rosslyn Park.......
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMorley’s magic boot snatches the victory for gutsy Esher
By TOM SANSOM Esher......................... 18 Darlington MP....... 17 Sam Morley’s penalty gave Esher the narrowest of home wins over Darlington Mowden...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoQuins claim bonus-point triumph to halt Sharks run
By ELISE WALSH Harlequins..............40 Sale Sharks.............. 3 Sale Sharks’ unbeaten run in the Premier 15s came to an end after Harlequins...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoChiefs make three on the bounce
By BETHAN CLARGO Exeter Chiefs.........52 Loughborough L...... 5 Exeter Chiefs secured their third win on the bounce with a demolition of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoChampions are put to the sword
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens................... 7 Gloucester-H..........53 Gloucester-Hartpury put the rest of the league on notice with a statement victory over reigning...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDrama as Reeve wins it late for Chester
By MO SHER Chester............ 24 Wharfedale....22 A dramatic finish at Hare Lane saw Chester pip their visitors at the death, Liam...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHoppers down the Titans to end winless sequence
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G........... 21pts Rotherham T.... 16pts Preston Grasshoppers secured their first win in seven games with a hardfought...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoJoy for Juddians as Sevenoaks come up short
By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks................ 5 Tonbridge J............ 17 Tonbridge Juddians came out on top in their first competitive clash with hosts...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBillingham bulldoze rivals Alnwick to go clear at top
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT With the weather intervening overnight, only four out of the 12 scheduled matches in Regional One North West...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoValley edge out Ivybridge to go joint top of the table
South West By STEPHEN SMITH Chew Valley’s Tom Bryan kicked a last-gasp penalty to ensure his side won a classic against...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWimbledon romp to massive win
South Central By STEPHEN SMITH Wimbledon continue to lead the way at the top of the league after they stormed to...
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