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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoCrowley try double gets Irish title defence off to a flyer
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Try: Jack Crowley FLY-HALF Jack Crowley capped a man of the match performance with a stunning try double...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHinckley catch the eye as run continues
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde………………17pts Hinckley …………27pts CHRIS Campbell hailed his Hinckley team as they made it eight wins from nine, powering...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSkinner makes his return to lead charge for Chiefs
SCOTLAND international back-rower Sam Skinner, right, makes his first start of the season after injury to captain an Exeter side showing...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLast-gasp block frustrates Esher
By JACQUI TURNER Old Redcliffians 25 Esher ………………25 THERE was nothing to separate Old Redcliffians and Esher as the hosts dramatically...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoGallagher jumps ship to join Bok stars at Munster
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Cup winning pair Damian de Allende and RG Snyman will join Munster from the start of next season...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStour run up the board at Scunthorpe
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe … 15 Stourbridge…76 STOURBRIDGE ran in 12 tries on the road to further dent bottom-of-the-table Scunthorpe’s points...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLineen led the way for Six Nations invasion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Trail-blazer: Sean Lineen playing for Scotland in 1990 The entire cast for the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRuthless Guernsey edge up on Rochford
London & South East Premier IN THE battle between first and third, league leaders Rochford Hundred just edged it 12-3 at...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHodgson stars as Richmond cruise
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……10 Richmond……25 LEAGUE leaders Richmond proved too strong for a battling Cinderford team as they secured a...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoAoife’s back to boost the Irish
MUNSTER wing Aoife Doyle makes her return to the Ireland side after a fouryear absence playing Sevens. With a World Cup...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDale take spring out of Hoppers
By MIKE MITCHELL Preston G’h…………14 Tynedale …………29 TYNEDALE took the spoils at Lightfoot Green as composure near the try line let...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPosponed game puts a sudden spoke in Les’ bicycle wheel
AS A WING for Aberavon and Wales, Les Keen always knew where to go, hard and fast, ideally along the line...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEight is great for wind-assisted Newport
Midlands Premier THE TIE of of the round was to be found in Shropshire, where Newport ran in eight tries on...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoMcKirdy hat-trick sees OEs home
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ….28 Darlington MP…….26 BATTLING Elthamians withstood a second-half Darlington fightback to secure a thrilling bonuspoint victory....
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoMiddleton’s determined to see England improve
By ADAM ELLIS Happy memories: Lydia Thompson scored a lastminute try as England beat France 17-15 in November PICTURE: Getty Images...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPark stand up to Chester questions
By HARRY GRAY Sedgley Park……27 Chester ………………14 SEDGLEY PARK saw off a second-half fightback from Chester as they secured an eventually...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpecifically our Terry was simply one of the very best
TERRY Cooper was an old-fashioned reporter with an innate love of the game he wrote about. As Rugby correspondent of the...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFalcons give nod to a new creator
Preview Newcastle v Ampthill Today, Kick-off 1pm FLY-HALF Brett Connon makes his first start of the season as Newcastle make five...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMacc knife Gate to take over top spot
Northern Premier MACCLESFIELD take over at the top of the table following a 35-14 win at home to former league leaders...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBlackheath Cooke up a major storm
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams …………….18 Blackheath ….31 RAMS’ National One title hopes suffered a major blow as an impressive Blackheath side...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSevens speedsters return after Australian sojourn
By SAM JACKSON JASMINE Joyce and Hannah Jones return to the starting line-up for Wales having missed the fivematch autumn series...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKnights rely on their Olver ‘get out of jail’ card again
By GUY WILLIAMS ONCE again Doncaster can be grateful for the accurate goal kicking of fly-half Sam Olver whose successful 78th...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBarnstaple tripped up by students
South West Premier A LAST-MINUTE try from winger Toby Williams threw a spanner in the title race as Exeter University beat...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHot start puts Chinnor path to fourth on win in five
By DAVID BEDDOWS Driving through: Nick Selway goes low to score from the maul for Chinnor PICTURES: Gareth Lyons MATCH STATS…...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoPressure can turn even the best refs into homers
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has a habit of stirring the pot, and he did it...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoMartin flies solo to sink Pirates
By PAUL SMITH Flyer: Kyle Moyle makes yards for Pirates A WONDERFUL solo try from debutant James Martin clinched an against-the-odds...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie is wrong to mention ‘brutal physicality’ in France
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Violent: Grégoire Lascubé is sent off by referee Stephen Hilditch against England...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoEllis grabs three as super Park go on the rampage
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 50 Cambridge ….19 ARTHUR ELLIS’ hat-trick saw Rosslyn Park hammer Cambridge in a ruthless second-half performance...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoEarly RWC draw risks French pool of death
IF World Rugby can make a mess of a World Cup draw, invariably they do. Their current plan is to hold...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWorthington picks up the points for Bedford
By LUKE JARMYN AN injury time try by replacement No.8 Huw Worthington sealed a nailbiting comeback for the Blues in an...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSuper sub Wilson wings in for late winner
Welsh Premiership Llanelli ……….24 Llandovery ….21 LLANELLI ended a run of six successive defeats to Llandovery with a vital victory that...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBishops shake off woeful beginning
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St……40 Hull Ionians….22 STORTFORD banished a sloppy start to record a convincing win over Hull. The hosts...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoFace-off with Canada for place in the semi-finals
DAY ONE WRAP ENGLAND men won both their games on day one of the Sydney Sevens to sit top of Pool...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSmall, strong, stroppy – Dupont is ideal France 9
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Feisty: Scrum-half Antoine Dupont is exciting the French...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders up intensity to continue perfect run
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders kept up their perfect start to 2020 with a dominant nine-try victory over Hartpury at Trailfinders...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoStruggling Steelmen put to the sword
Newport ……….20 Ebbw Vale ……3 NEWPORT came up with three tries in the mud to ease their relegation concerns and plunge...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoMoseley profit from sinners
By DAVE LAWRENCE Canterbury …………13 Moseley …………….29 MOSELEY picked up a vital away win against basement boys Canterbury, but needed to...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoWorld changed the day Jonny flattened N’tamack in Paris
THE Stade de France has proved tough going for England with just four wins in 12 Championship encounters. It did, however,...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSpittle hits high-five as Carnegie crumble
By LUKE JARMYN WING Jack Spittle ran in five tries as Nottingham romped to a comfortable win against struggling Yorkshire Carnegie...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPooler on course for fourth successive title
Welsh round-up PONTYPOOL took another stride towards a fourth consecutive National Championship title with a 15-12 home defeat of rivals Bedwas....
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSale sneak off with the points
By ALICE DEARMORE Sale ……………………26 Plymouth Alb……25 SALE held on to record victory by the slimmest of margins as they kept...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoDance of death starts for RWC rankings
WORLD Rugby’s plans for a World League, designed mainly to add spice to the groundhog day summer Tests and the increasingly...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPeterson eager for second crack in top flight
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE STANDING 6’8 and weighing 18-and-a-half stone, there’s no doubting which side Newcastle lock Greg Peterson is...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoCool finish by Young earns Lions their win
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L ……17 Dings Crus ……15 LIONS just about deserved victory after a nail-biting finish. Dings had the...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoA blunder like Hogg’s will drive the tartan army straight to the pub
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Defiance: Nick Haining pushes off Garry Ringrose of Ireland As playing for Scotland has obviously turned Finn Russell...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoPass-masters help Pivac through his first big test
By PETER JACKSON Starters: Josh Adams dives in for his first Three and easy: Josh Adams beats Italy’s Danilo Fischetti and...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoReds not there just for the ride
By SIMON LORD Bury St Edmunds 17 Redruth ………………33 REDS maintained their excellent run of form with a hard-fought win. The...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoFast, furious England must overcome the French power
Nick Cain considers the forward battle we can expect today at Stade de France Mobile: Toulouse hooker Julien Marchand Challenge: Mohamed...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoThere’s still lots to work on, stresses Wayne
By ALEX BYWATER ALUN Wyn Jones and Wayne Pivac told Wales the real challenge is around the corner after this opening...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoThompson spot on to lift OAs
By WILL JENNINGS Worthing…………….29 Old Albanian ……30 MORGAN THOMPSON was the hero as his late kick secured a thrilling victory for...
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