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/ 2 weeks ago‘Hardest season I have ever had’
ALEX Sanderson surveyed Sale’s disappointing season and admitted: “It’s been the longest, hardest and most challenging season I’ve ever had.” The...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoSale Sharks 38-17 Bristol Bears: Alex Sanderson’s men enjoy a taste of what may lie ahead
Goodness knows it has been a season to forget for Sale Sharks, but this was a final-day victory to savour as...
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/ 2 weeks agoGilmore is happy to finish on a high
JASON Gilmore was happy with the way his Quins finished a dismal Premiership campaign but also bemoaned the failure to secure...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoHarlequins 38-31 Northampton Saints: Tom Lawday snatches it at the last for Quins
Phil Dowson fixed his attention on a mouth-watering East Midlands play-off battle for a place in the Premiership Final after seeing...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoGloucester 54-21 Newcastle Red Bulls: Ben Redshaw makes it a Champions finale
Former Falcon, Ben Redshaw, scored a hat-trick of tries as Gloucester comfortably earned a European Champions Cup spot by securing an...
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/ 2 weeks agoJones praises players for effort
IT was head coach Stephen Jones’ final game in charge of Newcastle as their season ended with only two wins in...
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/ 2 weeks agoReferees need to get it right this summer
SOUTH Africa may be quadruple world champions, but their influence does not extend to all corners of the game in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoLeinster 20-11 Stormers: Tempers flare as Leo Cullen’s side battle to get over the line
Leinster booked their place in a second successive United Rugby Championship final after edging out the Stormers in a tense, fiery...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoGlasgow Warriors 21-22 Bulls: Warriors are broken by Bulls fightback
The Bulls produced a stirring comeback to stun Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield and book their place in a fourth United Rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoExeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks: Oli Bishop – We’re sure Sharks will come full noise at us
Exeter Chiefs require just a single point from their final regular-season fixture to guarantee third place and a semi-final trip to...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoGloucester-Hartpury vs Bristol Bears: Tatyana Heard back in action for the champions
Gloucester-Hartpury will be eager to rediscover their momentum against Bristol Bears today heading into the play-offs after suffering their first defeat...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoLong wait for de Goede return over
■By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens v Trailfinders PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, StoneX TWO play-off sides collide in a London derby that could...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoPride at stake in final derby showdown
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Loughborough Lightning Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Welford Road LOCAL pride is the main prize on...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoUmaga’s words set juices flowing
CHILLING statement of the week? No contest. Tana Umaga, one of the more ferocious All Blacks of the modern age, is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 weeks agoChris Hewett: Yes, Nick, Afolabi Fasogbon deserves his chance with England
Chris Hewett argues England are missing a World Cup opportunity by overlooking Gloucester prop Afolabi Fasogbon, whose rise could provide Steve...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoMartin agrees deal at Beziers
EXTRANEWS WALES back row Mackenzie Martin has signed a three-year deal at French ProD2 side Beziers. The 22-year-old, below, who has...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoMy Life in Rugby: Huw Taylor – I’ll never forget scoring for England’s U20s
Huw Taylor, the former Worcester Warriors, Dragons, RGC 1404 & Seattle Seawolves lock/blindside, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoHennessey ruled out
BATH centre Louie Hennessey has been ruled out of Wales’ summer internationals with injury with a shoulder injury sustained during their...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoChapman a Warrior
CHAMP Rugby winners Worcester Warriors have signed Exeter scrum-half Charlie Chapman. The 27-year-old has made 23 appearances for the Chiefs in...
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/ 2 weeks agoSorry Leinster aren’t feeling the love
IN an age when Test arenas are littered with trophies for anything and everything, it is perhaps a tad surprising that...
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/ 2 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Stewart McKinney recalls his great old pal Fergus Slattery
Peter Jackson shares Stewart McKinney’s poignant memories of Fergus Slattery and the devastating toll dementia took on the Ireland and Lions...
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/ 2 weeks agoHampshire and Leicestershire meet in clash of styles
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Leicestershire v Hampshire Today. Kick-off 11am, Twickenham Bill Beaumont Division 3 Final HAMPSHIRE and Leicestershire kick off...
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/ 2 weeks agoImpressive campaigns ahead of showdown
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Northumberland v North Midlands Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Bill Beaumont Division 2 Final NORTHUMBERLAND and North Midlands...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 weeks agoLancashire 24-39 Cornwall: Sam Matavesi heaps praise towards his fellow warriors
Cornwall ended a four-year wait to regain the Bill Beaumont Cup as they beat Lancashire at Twickenham to secure their eighth...
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/ 2 weeks agoHayley is star for East Mids
E Midlands ..... 44 Hertfordshire .29 Jason Leonard’s Men’s National U20’s Final AN entertaining contest in the final of the Jason...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoYorkshire 37-5 Surrey: White Roses finish as the queens of Twickenham
A dominant Yorkshire side continued to exert nigh on total dominance in this competition, this seven-try win over Surrey ensuring their...
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/ 2 weeks agoRoberts makes the running
By MO SHER Durham ............27 Cornwall ........ 46 Gill Burns Division 2 Final CORNWALL, on their first visit to Twickenham, held...
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/ 2 weeks agoYorkshire stay on course
Gill Burns Roundup YORKSHIRE remained on course to retain their Gill Burns County Championship crown after powering into the Division 1...
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/ 2 weeks agoDefence is key for Sussex
■By BEN JAYCOCK Gill Burns Division 3 Final Preview Sussex v Gloucestershire Today. 1pm, Twickenham SUSSEX and Gloucestershire meet in the...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoRyan Lamb: If it was my choice, I’d give Fin Smith the No.10 shirt for England and back him properly
Now helping drive the resurgence of Plymouth Albion, former England Saxons fly-half Ryan Lamb – who enjoyed spells at Gloucester, London...
