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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSkipper Holcombe leads from the front
By JOHN WHITE Dings.........................48 Barnstaple..............24 DINGS returned to winning ways with a try bonus-point victory over Barnstaple at Shaftesbury Park. The...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoQuins out to prove title run was no fluke
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop SECOND in the table meets third at The Stoop...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDalton’s treble keeps Dorking in hunt
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON remain in pole position beating Brighton with a bonus point, 38-15. Nat Opedo, Ted Burns,...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoPlucky Hundred pipped by Lions
By PETER REED Rochford H.............. 19 Leicester Lions..... 20 STILL smarting from their loss away to Barnstaple, Rochford Hundred hit the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JENNY MAXWELL THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND SCRUM-HALF Loughborough...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIsiekwe chasing his dream of England recall
Progress: Nick Isiekwe NICK Isiekwe has not played for England since the summer of 2018 when he was substituted 35 minutes...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLugsden hits four to sink lowly Paviors
Midlands Premier LEADERS Bromsgrove showed their title winning credentials by running out 85-5 winners against Dudley Kingswinford. After scoring 57 points...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoWestcliff go west in OA thrahsing
By NICK CROWE Westcliff....................0 Old Albanian...........89 WESTCLIFF’S challenging season got no better as they were comprehensively beaten at The Gables by...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoTigers edge it in tightest of tussles
By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro St.......... 31 Sheffield Tigers....33 SHEFFIELD Tigers just had the edge to hold out hosts Loughborough in a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPioneer Flores put women on world map
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHILE singing the praises of the Black Ferns it would be remiss not to tip a hat...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSpittle’s last minute winner gets Knights out of jail
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............18pts Tries: Wallis, Beckett 33, Harding 36 Penalties: Bennett 5 Doncaster ........20pts Tries: Peters 62, Best 76,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFord is the maestro again in Tigers romp
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..26pts Tries: Skosan 40, 76; Mitchell 47, Waller 56 Conversions: Grayson 47, 56, 76 Leicester ..........55pts Tries:...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMorgan hat-trick helps Otley go clear
Northern Premier OTLEY are clear at the top of the table following a 74-5 win at home to Kirkby Lonsdale. Elliot...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoChinnor’s early blitz is too much for TJs
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge........ 15 Chinnor............. 34 CHINNOR proved too strong for a Tonbridge Juddians side who yet again allowed the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNeath GS was hard as nails rugby melting pot
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE was a time when the blue and gold of Neath...
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Shane Williams
/ 5 years agoWales threw away 20 points – that’s criminal
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Big doubt for the Boks: Alun Wyn Jones walks off injured PICTURE: Getty Images Rhys...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoStuttering Sedge are still too strong
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........38 Luctonians................ 7 THE Tigers maintained their position at the top of the table with a mixed...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoDebutant Holly fills Scarratt void in midfield
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v New Zealand Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Sandy Park, Exeter HOLLY Aitchison has big boots to fill...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPirates profit from Cov’s failure to execute
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates............40pts Tries: Duncan 3, O’Meara 38, Cant 43, Kessell 50, Schickerling 74, Tucker 77 Conversions: Robson 3,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThree go in the bin yet Bears roar on
By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....33pts Tries: Stokes 21, Willemse 39, Rogerson 41, Hepetema 69, Rowe 78 Conversions: Jackson 39, 42,...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoTop two make it eight wins from eight
South West Premier IT’S been like men against boys for the two top teams in the South West Premier with eight...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoWarren Seals fine Darlington draw
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............26 Darlington MP.......26 IT was deja vu all over again on the pitch and on the scoreboard at...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCharlie Capps top derby win for Titans!
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham........ 20pts Hull...................... 15pts Duel: Rotherham’s Charlie Capps takes on Simon Humberstone Made it! Loma Kivalu crashes over...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoClarke try kills off Richmond fightback
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond ..........20pts Tries: Bright 46, Anyanwu 50, Kane 60 Conversions: Kane 61 Penalties: Kane 80 Jersey ................26pts Tries:...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoResults
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National League One
/ 5 years agoCaldy find long trip to their liking
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth................... 7 Caldy.........................26 CALDY made light of a 300-mile coach journey on the morning of the match, securing...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoMorton try seals remarkable fightback by visitors
By PAUL SUMNER Bourneville.............43 Hull Ionians............46 HULL Ionians travelled to Bournville for the first meeting between these two clubs – but...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling show gulf in class between top and bottom
By TOM SANSOM Ealing T...............101pts Tries: Walker 9, 71; Campher 27, 40+3, 43; Penalty 35, Gordon 37, Smid 39, Burns 50,...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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National League One
/ 5 years agoDylan proves a Flashman as gritty Park end Cinderford run
By MYLES MCDEVITT Rosslyn Park....38pts Tries: Ellis 8,68, Flashman 24, Lovell 36, Spencer 47, Piper 74 Conversions: Holland 8, 36, 47,...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoBeaten Blaydon get Phil of Mills!
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 20 Fylde ........................40 PHIL Mills led the way as Fylde took the honours at Blaydon. The...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBlues take advantage of Hartpury indiscipline
By ANDREW BEAVCHAM Hartpury ................19pts Tries: R Smith 25, Crane 28, 43 Conversions: Williams 26, 44 Bedford..............42pts Tries: Uru 22, Marshall...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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National League One
/ 5 years agoMagic Johnson makes difference as Rams home rule goes
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams......................... 21 Sale FC.....................32 RAMS lost their unbeaten home record as Sale produced an efficient all-round performance to...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Harrogate are only just denied
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate ................11 Chester .................... 14 HARROGATE started this match with a catastrophic list of injury unavailabilities. Before the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoAmerica’s RWC bid is dream for World Rugby
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Who said that dreams don’t come true? First we had the Premiership’s...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBattered Sandy takes his secret to the grave
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Every now and then, whenever the x-certificate stuff reared its ugly head during...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLate Stour scores so crucial in big battle
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..... 20 Stourbridge .... 30 ANOTHER thriller at the Avenue was edged by the visitors with two...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoThe old guard will be on bus to France for 2023
JEFF PROBYN HOW old is too old to play interational rugby – and who should be the judge? That’s a question...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNonu’s coming to America, better tell San Diego!
PETER JACKSON MA’A NONU’S tendency to make Vasco da Gama look a trifle seasick by comparison still knows no bounds. As...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoAzema in for Collazo at Toulon – at a price!
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Two stories have gripped French rugby this week – the changing of the coach at Toulon, and...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPerfect match for Eddie to unleash his new generation
NICK CAIN SAYS ENGLAND MUST BLOOD THEIR NEW BOYS AGAINST TONGA IF England were playing Tonga’s top team of players at...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoIslanders winning run grinds to a halt
By ROB BATISTE Guernsey.......... 21 Redruth.............27 REDRUTH ended Guernsey Raiders’ run of seven straight wins, with a tight 27-21 victory at...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby must act to battle the lure of the yen
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE devaluation of the international game was emphasised this week after it was...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoFull-back deserves to be a specialist position
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE image of a fullback that sticks in the memory during my early years...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBury shrug off their false start
By ANDY HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..40 Hinckley..................25 IN the first-ever league meeting of these two sides, Bury overcame a slow start...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHawks swoop with late show
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Canterbury.............. 10 Henley Hawks....... 19 HENLEY Hawks scored three second-half tries to see off the determined challenge of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoArgentina makes more RWC sense than USA
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST There is a very good reason why rugby’s dollar-desperate establishment has failed to secure a place for...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoRed card wrecks any hope for Bath
By ROGER PANTING Bath ....................17pts Tries: De Glanville 28, Rokoduguni 75 Conversions: Bailey 28, Cipriani 75 Penalties: Bailey 20 Wasps ................27pts...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoDowding decides thriller for Raiders
By PATRI MARKS Worthing.......... 34 Barnes...............32 WHAT an incredible game of rugby! Nine tries, bonus points and last-minute drama. Ken Dowding’s...















