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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCracknell grafting for Wales call like Tommy
By JON NEWCOMBE From South Shields to South Africa and beyond, Olly Cracknell is used to doing the hard yards. Driven...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBaldwin back in the mix at 36 aiming for 300
By BEN JAYCOCK Rob Baldwin stood down from his post as Wharfedale director of rugby at start of this season to...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoLucu gets chance to show what he can do
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Opportunity: Maxime Lucu steps up for France in today’s match against Japan PICTURE: Getty Images When an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoSinckler eagerly anticipates Haka
Kyle Sinckler is looking forward to facing the infamous Haka at Twickenham, but stresses the performance that follows must take priority....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoFarrell is best I played with – Robshaw
Chris Robshaw has revealed that he believes Owen Farrell is the best player he played with during his illustrious career, speaking...
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Test Rugby
/ 3 years agoZinzan Brooke “quietly confident” England can beat the All Blacks
ZINZAN Brooke believes that England will be “quietly confident” ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham showdown after watching the All Blacks struggle to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoEngland and All Blacks name teams for Twickenham showdown
England and New Zealand have named their teams for the much-anticipated game the pair are set to play this Saturday. Manu...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoJones sets his sights on beating All Blacks
By GARY FITZGERALD Eddie Jones vowed his men will “go after the All Blacks” as he fixed his sights on a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoSteward puts England on road to resurrection as Japan fall apart
By NICK CAIN England ............................. 52pts Tries: Steward 12, Smith 24, 74; Porter 40, 50; Genge 48, Penalty 70 Conversions: Farrell...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoThe Farrell-Smith axis in the spotlight again
PAUL REES COMMENT Attacking axis: Owen Farrell and Marcus Smith Guy Porter scores for England PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell bristled...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoSluggish Ireland labour to tame Fiji
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland............................... 35pts Tries: Timoney 15, 20; Baloucoune 25, Hansen 61, Healy 74 Conversions: Carbery 15, 21, 26; Crowley...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoRed for Dupont in French triumph
France............... 30 South Africa....26 France secured a 12th consecutive victory with a statement performance in Marseille against current world champions South...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoWarrior Faletau has Wales on a high
By PETER JACKSON Wales...................................20pts Tries: Faletau 32, T Williams 48 Conversion: Anscombe 33, 48 Penalties: Anscombe 37, Priestland 63 Argentina........................... 13pts...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to England v New Zealand courtesy of Dove Men+Care! England continue their autumn campaign against New...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoWALES v GEORGIA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v Georgia courtesy of Dove Men+-Care! Wales come up against Georgia at the Principality...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoThat’s what you call a birthday celebration…
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Man of the match: Taulupe Faletau takes on Juan Martin Gonzalez and Julian Montoya HAPPY...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoReprieve for Russell as Harris eyes historic win
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW - Scotland v New Zealand Today. Kick-off 2.15pm, Murrayfield Finn Russell starts for Scotland today against New...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoItaly claim first win against Wallabies
Italy....................28 Australia...........27 Full-back Ange Capuozzo scored twice as Italy held on for a first ever victory over Australia at the 19th...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need to get a lot better, very quickly
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND making root-and-branch changes to their coaching team so close to a World Cup...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoFrance secure another bronze
France...............36 Canada................ 0 FRANCE ran in five tries to thrash Canada in the third-place play-off and secure bronze for the seventh...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoIt ends in tears for battling England
By BEN JAYCOCK England............................... 31pts Tries: Kildunne 3, Cokayne 13, 32, 54; M Packer 21 Conversions: Scarratt 4, 15, 33 New...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoMiddleton: Players could not have given more
Having lost one of the most dramatic World Cup finals the game has ever seen, England head coach Simon Middleton was...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoHats off to NZ as they win sixth world crown
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER THE National Grid will surely have got a surge when hundreds of thousands of people...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWoodburn helps put Chiefs on right track
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter Chiefs .................. 22pts Tries: Ewers 11, van Heerden 23, Woodburn 35 Cons: Simmonds 11, 35 Pens: Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKidney: We have to learn to play against good defences
Declan Kidney was heartened by his Irish side’s battling second-half display but he said: “We have to look at the whole...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIs RFU getting value for money? Not from Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has become a millionaire courtesy of the RFU, for doing what...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTime to stop petty gamesmanship
NICK CAIN THE high-five cheerleading that breaks out every time a decision or penalty goes England’s way is a sure sign...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGive some thought to Belize’s struggles
NICK CAIN AS a recession looms, the World Rugby mandarins who jetted to New Zealand in first or business class for...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFalcons dig deep to keep Gloucester out
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gloucester......................... 21pts Tries: Seabrook 37, Jordan 62, Penalty 72 Conversions: Barton 38, 62 Newcastle......................... 27pts Tries: Radwan 6,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘They won all the little battles’
GLOUCESTER’S head coach George Skivington admitted it was a tough afternoon for his side. “We had a disappointing result last week...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHooker Haywood taking his chances as Saints prepare for showdown with Saracens
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Saracens v Northampton Today. Kick-off 12.15pm, Stone X Stadium BY rights, Southend-born and Colchester raised Mike Haywood...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoButt’s late winner makes it three in a row for Bath
By BEN JAYCOCK Bath...................................... 19pts Tries: Hill 29, Butt 81 Penalties: Bailey 3, 57, 70 Leicester............................ 18pts Tries: Nadolo 5, Cronin...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘We’ve become tough to beat’
BATH head coach Johann van Graan was delighted with the second half display and is pleased they’ve turned into a team...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoOne-sided games do no favours for anyone
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DEVOTEES of the union game have spent decades laughing at the idea of the “other code” staging...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoFailing to select a kicker is a major sin
CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, rugby had its own version of the Seven Deadly Sins: biting, gouging, bag-snatching, head-stamping, shaving...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHow Kevin kept 1991 pioneers on right track
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW KEVIN O’Brien grew up within walking distance of Cardiff docks, round the corner...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSinfield shows he’s in a class of his own
PETER JACKSON THERE are an elite group of impressive men involved in English rugby and then there is Kevin Sinfield, the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNo surprise to see more trouble
PETER JACKSON ANOTHER match at the world’s biggest pub and another outbreak of crowd trouble, this one over a fight between...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIrish referee Brace kept Itoje in line
PETER JACKSON MARO Itoje had a lot to say for himself during England’s non-performance against Argentina last Sunday. His verbosity extended...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMaisey puts the boot into his old Cov mates
By CONOR O’HARA Bedford B...........27pts Tries: Elliott 20, Irvine 43 Conversions: Maisey 44 Penalties: Maisey 11, 51, 59, 64, 71 Coventry...............
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoScottish put to the sword by Knights pack power
By MO SHER London S........... 12pts Tries: Ferdinand 34, Wallis 69 Conversion: Slevin 70 Doncaster K.... 24pts Tries: Yarnell 3, Parkin...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTrewin has it all covered as Pirates derail Caldy
By JOHN LYON Caldy...................................... 7pts Tries: Caine 46 Conversions: Jones 47 Cornish Pirates............... 26pts Tries: Relton 9, 67, Wyatt 53, Nagle...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAmpthill in charge thanks to Strong control
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill.............29pts Tries: Strong 7, 19, 26, 68 , Skelcey 60 Conversions: Rankin 20, 61 Richmond............ 5pts Tries: Stafford...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCook happy as Jersey learn to stick to their plans
By TOM INNES Jersey R............55pts Tries: B Owen 6, 54, Clarke 15, Brown 34, Scott 40, Chapman 62, Woollett 65, Hutler...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHolmes is back in for Ealing
Preview Nottingham v Ealing Today. 3pm EALING will be looking to continue their impressive start to the season at the Lady...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley snatch it in penalty try drama
By DAVID LAWRENCE B Moseley........29 Cambridge.......26 A LAST-GASP penalty try handed Moseley a nail-biting victory over title-chasing Cambridge at Billesley Common....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoEsher off mark in basement battle
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.....................33 Esher......................... 41 ESHER produced a superb performance o beat fellow strugglers Chinnor and record their first win...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSix of the best as Mowden triumph
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......40 Taunton Titans..... 13 DARLINGTON Mowden Park turned in a season’s-best performance to run out bonus-point winners...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSale stave off a spirited late Bishop’s fightback
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S..........22pts Sale Tries: Lloyd 14, Stannard 41, Powell 52 Conversions: Lloyd15 & 42 Penalties: Lloyd 60 FC...............29pts...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHull denied first win as visitors hit back for a draw
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................ 30 Cinderford............... 30 HULL were within a minute of claiming their first win of the season before...
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