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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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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHooker Doughty gets the call up
TOM Doughty makes his first Premiership Rugby start as Stuart Hooper’s side attempt to turn around their dismal campaign. The hooker,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoOld Redcliffians close on top spot
SW Premier EXETER University saw their lead at the top cut to only three points as they were beaten 21-19 on...
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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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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHougaard: Tigers have Bok qualities
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Wasps v Leicester Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, The CBS Arena FRANCOIS Hougaard agrees playing Leicester is a bit...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Paul Rees
/ 4 years agoDiscipline is still a concern for me admits Borthwick
By PAUL REES Banned: Jasper Wiese LEICESTER’S rise to the top this season has coincided with a significant improvement in their...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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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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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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Features
/ 4 years agoCharlie Ewels: Ingredients for success are here at Bath – we just need the recipe
PAUL REES TALKS TO BATH CAPTAIN CHARLIE EWELS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AT THE REC As Mike Ford reflected on Bath’s 2015...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMarshall helps Quins edge home in a thriller
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff ..................25 Carmarthen ........27 A TREMENDOUS individual performance from Steffan Marshall fired Carmarthen Quins to a significant victory...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLight Blues shone golden light upon the great game
Brendan Gallagher charts the rich history of 150 years of Cambridge University rugby As we nudge into 2022 it’s time to...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRed card fails to stop Raiders
By ANDY HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds.. 14 Worthing.................. 20 BURY ST Edmunds were left to rue their missed opportunities as they...
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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 agoChester refuse to bow to pressure
By DES HICKIE Chester.............. 18 Luctonians....... 13 CHESTER overcame the blustery conditions – as well as Luctonians – to claim the...
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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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Features
/ 4 years agoTompkins is chasing his World Cup dream
By STEFFAN THOMAS NICK Tompkins insists Wales will see the benefit of his move back to Saracens as he targets his...
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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 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 2E
/ 4 years agoMcPhun gives hosts the slip
By JON BATHAM Canterbury................ 3 Old Albanian........... 12 SCRUM-HALF Elliott McPhun produced a wet conditions master-class to lead Old Albanian to...
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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 agoReikiti is a Bourn winner for visitors
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate................ 17 Bournville...............24 BOURNVILLE’S sound tactical game and boosting the stand-out player in centre Ma’asi Reikiti made all...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAlfie’s part in Ruddock resignation is revealed
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ashred of new evidence is shining a light on the most intriguing St...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMarcus and his giant mate settle a thriller
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........14pts Tries: Northmore 3, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 4, 79 Exeter ................12pts Tries: Slade 32, Innard 65...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilliams lands try double as Bedwas go second
Championship & Div 1 round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS BEDWAS moved up to second in the Championship after a comprehensive 38-13 away...
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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 2E
/ 4 years agoFarquhar’s late show steals win for Barnes
By BILL HOOPER Redruth............. 14 Barnes............... 17 BARNES saved the best until last as flanker Angus Farquhar powered over the line...
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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 agoSuper Fylde start is student stunner
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough.......28 Fylde.........................32 FYLDE held the edge in this contest after setting a blistering early pace. The away side’s...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLiddell’s values honoured by SRU
PETER JACKSON ON A sharp New Year morning at his farm in the Borders, John Jeffrey switched off the engine of...
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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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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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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 2E
/ 4 years agoSalter full of praise for his Clifton Lions tamers
By MIKE BARBER Clifton.................40pts Leicester Lions...22pts First blood: Clifton flanker Harry Bate scores the first try early in the game PICTURES:...
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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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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoAdlard the hat-trick hero as Hull shine
By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 48pts Stourbridge........ 5pts HULL recorded their biggest winning margin of the season against third-placed Stourbridge in what...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoArrival of Lomu was seismic moment
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The start of the new year always brings hope, and the hope...
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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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News Extra
/ 4 years agoToulon boss raps Etzebeth as club handicap
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON TOULON president Bernard Lemaitre has referred to Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth as a “handicap” to the...
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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 2E
/ 4 years agoEight in a row for Esher as Crusaders fall short
By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher.........................37 Dings Crusaders...32 ESHER started 2022 with an eighth consecutive win as the home side fended off a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTwickenham ‘too costly’ for Wales to switch Six Nations matches
By PETER JACKSON WALES will almost certainly abandon a contingency plan to use Twickenham as their home base for the Six...
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Features
/ 4 years agoElias eager to shake off the rust after Covid break
By STEFFAN THOMAS RYAN Elias has lived in the shadow of Ken Owens since breaking into the senior Scarlets squad in...














