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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoBarnstorming ‘Bill’ put even the Liddells in the shade
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I am indebted to Andrew Beattie, the archivist at Eltham College, for more ‘gen’ on AL ‘Bill’...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoMore to come warns Chiefs coach Appleby
By GEORGIE PRICE PREVIEW... Exeter v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, live on BBC Sport EXETER are determined to build on their...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoWasps keep control after Umaga sent off
By ROB WILDMAN Wasps ............... .30pts Tries: Alo 19, Shields 23, Barbeary 68 Conversions: Gopperth 19, 23, 68 Penalties: Gopperth 42,...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMaycock guides Gate to success
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon............. 12 Harrogate.........29 HARROGATE emerged victorious after winning this basement battle. The visitors broke the deadlock when Jack...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoGrand Slam glories 30 years on…
JEFF PROBYN IT’S FUNNY to think that 30 years ago this year I took part in something that happened only five...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoName of Ravenhill will always be special
PETER JACKSON FOR those born and bred on the northern side of the Irish border, Ravenhill will forever be synonymous with...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBishop’s edge to basement victory
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........ 12 Leeds Tykes............. 7 BISHOP’S Stortford narrowly came out on top in a low-scoring basement battle...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBlackett praise for star Barbeary
WASPS boss Lee Blackett applauded man-of-thematch Alfie Barbeary for his superb display. “You could see what he was made of today,”...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoGutsy Ospreys make it tough for French aces
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ..............10pts Tries: K Williams 21 Conversions: Anscombe 21 Penalties: Anscombe 31 Racing 92 ..........25pts Tries: Imhoff 34,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPark march on at top with huge win
By MYLES MCDEVITT Rosslyn Park..........68 Taunton Titans..... 21 ROSSLYN Park stormed to victory over Taunton Titans at The Rock to cement...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoSanderson knows Clermont pose major threat to Sale (but don’t mention the elephant in the room)
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Clermont v Sale Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade Marcel-Michelin Discipline: Tom Curry HAVING negotiated several hurdles and been...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoWe’ll throw the kitchen sink at them says Boyd
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Northampton v Ulster Sunday. Kick-off 3.15pm, Franklin’s Garen CHRIS BOYD wants to leave Northampton with something to...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoSexton on bench for ‘fired up’ Leinster
Preview Leinster v Montpellier Today, Kick-off 1pm IRELAND captain Johnny Sexton is back in the Leinster squad after a two-month injury...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGet the front row right, Eddie, and it all follows
NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK’S ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT WITH SOME ADVICE FOR EDDIE JONES SIX Nations Grand Slams are...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoItalian pack power is too strong for the Dragons
By ANDREW DEERING Benetton ..........23pts Tries: Herbst 14, Padovani 55, Baravalle 76 Conversions: Smith 57 Penalties: Smith 23, 71 Dragons ..............9pts...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoEngland don’t know what world class means
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Will the Arctic icecap last long enough to witness another Italian victory in the Six Nations? Why...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoQuins defeat cost me my form admits Simmonds
By PAUL REES A YEAR after captaining Exeter to the Premiership and Champions Cups double, Joe Simmonds found himself on the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPhil Dowson to succeed Chris Boyd as Northampton Director of Rugby
Northampton Saints forwards coach Phil Dowson has been appointed as Director of Rugby at Franklins Gardens from next year. Current Director...
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European Rugby
/ 4 years agoBath won’t travel to France unless French restrictions eased
Bath Rugby have confirmed that they will only fulfil Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup fixture against La Rochelle if French travel restrictions...
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European Rugby
/ 4 years agoPostponed European rugby matches cancelled amid future uncertainty
All postponed matches from round two of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have now been cancelled, while uncertainty hovers...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWRU hand out first full-time Wales Women contracts
The first full-time Wales Women players have been contracted by the Welsh Rugby Union. 12 players have accepted contracts – two...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAlex Dombrandt signs long term contract at Harlequins
Alex Dombrandt has signed a new “long-term” contract at Harlequins. Capped four times by England, the 24-year-old number 8 has become...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBath record first win of the season over 14 man Worcester
Bath………….22 Tries: Rokoduguni, Ojomoh, De Glanville Cons: Bailey 2 Pen: Bailey Worcester….19 Tries: Shillcock, Batley, Simpson Cons: Smith 2 HT 14-19 Bath’s first win of the season came against...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWasps end Leicester Tigers’ unbeaten record
Wasps………………………16 Try: Penalty Penalties: Gopperth (3) Leicester Tigers………..13 Try: Montoya Con: Ford Penalties: Ford (2) HT 7-13 A depleted Wasps ended...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMunster job not for me yet says O’Connell
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON FORMER Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has ruled himself out of the running for the Munster head...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMinnikin holds his nerve to earn point
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 18 Hull Ionians............ 18 A MAGNIFICENT touchline conversion from Lewis Minnikin 10 minutes into added time salvaged...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights go to Jersey bidding to keep pressure on
By BEN JAYCOCK Thriller: Hartpury on the attack against Nottingham THE Championship returns next Saturday with a full round of fixtures...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoGalthie: We have means to take title
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France coach Fabien Galthie will announce his 42-player squad for the Six Nations a week on Monday,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSmith kicks ‘are no fluke’
QUINS senior coach Tabai Matson was delighted with the win but that won’t spare Quins a tough debrief at training this...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWomen make their mark at Cambridge as well
HQ heroines: Cambridge women’s team at Twickenahm in 2017 WOMEN’S rugby started to really blossom in the late 1980s. England played...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoDuncan dares in Albion’s triumph
By NICK BURT Plymouth................. 31 Bishop’s Stort........ 17 FULL-BACK Craig Duncan bagged two tries as Plymouth Albion held off Bishop’s Stortford...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHookers and kickers are getting away with murder
SHANE WILLIAMS HANDS UP if you are tired of seeing scrum halves putting the ball into the second row. That is...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoZebo’s red can’t stop Munster momentum
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............18pts Tries: Haley 60, Kendellen 76 Conversions: Healy 77 Penalties: Crowley 33, 39 Ulster..................13pts Tries: Herring 8...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale undone by class of Broadley
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.............. 9 Sheffield Tigers.... 13 SHEFFIELD Tigers snatched an improbable victory with a try in the 74th minute....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLudlow’s late show grounds Saracens
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........24pts Tries: Morris 20, Segun 28, McFarland 54, Lewington 87 Conversions: Lozowski 21, 29 Gloucester ........25pts Tries:...
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Features
/ 4 years agoVarsity match was all important
CAMBRIDGE, Wales and Lions wing Rowe Harding –a future High Court judge – was a wonderfully acute and pithy observer of...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoJuddians denied by late Rams raid
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge Jud....... 19 Rams.........................22 RAMS scored a try with less than four minutes on the clock to take...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarksman Anscombe trumped by Tuipulotu
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ............38pts Tries: Forbes 22, Tuipulotu 27, 62; McKay 48, Brown 73 Conversions: Thompson 23, 28, 49, 63;...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoField find form to secure a vital win
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield...35 Blaydon............. 19 RELIEVED Huddersfield claimed a well-deserved bonus-point win in this bottom-of-the-table clash. Two tries each from...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKing: It’s a proud day for players
ALEX King feels the rare and memorable triumph in Saracens’ backyard will ensure Gloucester carry on the upwardly mobile curve towards...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSupermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCairns full of praise as Royle nicks it for Caldy
By GARETH DAVIES Caldy...................26pts Tries: J Dickinson 6, B Jones 35, Penalty 58, Royle 69 Conversions: B Jones 36, 70 Cinderford...........
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoEuro re-matches to be announced this week
By PAUL REES THE Champions Cup organisers will decide by the end of the week whether to rearrange the five matches...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoExeter power tells in one-way second half
By SAM BRETT Sale ....................7 Exeter ..............43 EXETER have proved tough opposition for Sharks this season and yesterday’s fixture did not...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEdinburgh too strong for wretched Cardiff
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........34pts Tries: Moyano 5, Boffelli 9, Bennett 30, 73; Lang 39 Conversions: Boffelli 6, 31; Van der...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPeel ‘wants Scarlets to be a ruthless team’
By STEFFAN THOMAS NIGEL Ashley-Jones has worked with some of the best coaches in world rugby from Eddie Jones to Steve...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHastings was the star in school’s best XV
ONE of the great names of Stowe rugby is PRH Hastings – Peter Robin Hood – who after the war morphed...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHema breaks Sale hearts to seal Cambridge win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge.............. 17 Sale........................... 14 IT’S now only one defeat in 12 matches for Cambridge after they edged out...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGet Eddie’s successor to ride shotgun for him now
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SUCCESSION plans for the England head coach role have been a lottery in...
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