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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHero Henry helps Otley stay on top
Northern Premier OTLEY hold their lead at the top of the table, but it was close as they just held the...
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Features
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSalop still on song in charge for title
Midlands Premier NEWPORT (Salop) drew level on points with two games in hand at the top of the Midlands Premier as...
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Premiership
/ 5 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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James Harrington
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 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...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoRikki’s Stout defence crucial for Titans
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.............. 13 Sedgley Park......... 12 ROTHERHAM survived a second-half onslaught to notch a big win against promotion rivals...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLeaders Dorking coast to victory
London & SE Premier DORKING remain in pole position after taking the bonus point in a 42-0 win at home to...
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Features
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 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
/ 5 years agoNixon’s hat-trick can’t halt Hawks
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..............27 Henley Hawks..29 SHAE Nixon’s second-half hat-trick for Hinckley proved to be in vain as Henley Hawks held...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoThe genius of Liddell is recognised at last
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS column has long argued there should be...
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National League 2N
/ 5 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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Club Rugby
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUK is ‘closing the divide with South African schools’ now
Schools roundup By BEN JAYCOCK MOUNT St Mary’s College head of rugby Dylan Campbell believes school rugby in the UK is...
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National League 2N
/ 5 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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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoResults
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Premiership
/ 5 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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National League 2N
/ 5 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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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 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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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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National League One
/ 5 years agoMoseley battle to overdue victory
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 17 Moseley............22 TWO tries in the third quarter turned this game in Moseley’s favour and gave the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoUnderwood double savages the sorry Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............14 Glouc-Hart ......36 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury hit the ground running in both halves to secure a comfortable win...
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English Championship
/ 5 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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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 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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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThe game is nothing without jeopardy
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Apips-and-core Australian with vast experience of top-end rugby on both sides of the Equator sends his season’s...
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National League One
/ 5 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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSaracens look set to feast off the Sharks
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v DMP Sharks Sunday, Kick-off 2pm SARACENS head coach Alex Austerberry believes his team are entering...
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Latest News
/ 5 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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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoWe need Wray back in black as soon as possible
CHRIS HEWETT PLENTY of words have been written about Jackson Wray in this corner of the paper but, in light of...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBiggar on song as Saints put on a show
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle ..........8pts Try: McGuigan 54 Penalty: Hodgson 13 Northampton ..44pts Tries: Collins 23, Skosan 31, Matavesi 59, Furbank...
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National League One
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFrench double-header will be difficult for us, says Richards
NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards admitted he was less than impressed with Falcons performance, but spoke of greater concern around...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 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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National League One
/ 5 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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Premiership
/ 5 years agoMorahan gets Bears back on the prowl
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................32pts Tries: Capon 9, Morahan 20, 31; Uren 79 Conversions: Sheedy 9, 31, 79 Penalties: Sheedy 45,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 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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National League One
/ 5 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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