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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBarton’s hat-trick gives Paviors lift-off
Midlands Premier PAVIORS lifted themselves away from the drop zone with a thrilling 38-34 victory at home to Kettering. A hat-trick...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoStortford stroll past lacklustre Moseley
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ……29 B Moseley ……15 BISHOP’S Stortford secured a bonus-point win at home to Birmingham Moseley. Moseley...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoEngland boast host of starters for ten
RUGBY MATTERS Stellar: Exeter’s Joe Simmonds is one of several prospects at fly-half PICTURES: Getty Images Jacob Umaga James Grayson Max...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPack closing in as Islanders miss bonus
London & South East Premier IT’S getting interesting at the top of the table as league leaders Guernsey, who failed to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoOEs hold on for crucial victory
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians28 Sale FC………………21 OLD Elthamians withstood a late Sale fightback to begin the new year with a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWray vision leaves the league in a better place
TWITTER was in full spate this week when Nigel Wray stepped down as chairman of Saracens, with the more excitable tweeters...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPerfect response by wounded Barum
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE are still the team to beat in the South West Premier. after coming out unscathed from an...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoLike father, like son for Brooks
By WARREN MUGGLETON Canterbury……5 Rosslyn P ……38 JAMES Brooks honoured his father’s Rosslyn Park legacy with a superb debut as the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCarr eager to motor on after Bristol winner
By NEALE HARVEY Impressing: Jack Willis WASPS back row star Nizaam Carr has ordered his side to follow last week’s morale-boosting...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBillingham shock as chasers scent blood
Northern Premier THE gap at the top of the table is closing as league leaders Billingham went down 35-26 in the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIrish aim to muzzle Chiefs marksmen
Fighting for higher honours: Exeter’s Sam Hill LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss knows his side’s discipline must improve if they...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMighty Pooler’s victory is their 60th in a row
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD RUTHLESS Pontypool ran in ten tries as they inflicted a crushing 62-14 home defeat on...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoTop signing butWebb must earn Wales place
SHANE WILLIAMS Prodigal son: Rhys Webb is returning to Ospreys PICTURE: Getty Images RHYS Webb is a fantastic player and it...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCardiff prove untouchable to stay at the summit
By STEFFAN THOMAS Premiership CARDIFF extended their lead in the Premiership with a comprehensive win. Tries from Ioan Davies, Max Llewellyn,...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHoney-pot traps hosts as gritty Reds dig in
BY LYNDON EDNEY A FINE kicking performance from Fraser Honey helped Redruth come from behind twice to grind out a narrow...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs complete move for Scotland star Jonny Gray
Scotland teammates Stuart Hogg and Sam Skinner lure the tackling demon to Sandy Park
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Bath get dream back row together at last for Gloucester clash
Francois Louw skippers Bath against rivals Gloucester with Sam Underhill and Taulupe Faletau in tow
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020
Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAlan Dickens names first squad as England U20 head coach
Alan Dickens has retained eight players who played for England U20s in 2019 in a 32-man squad
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoHepher and Pellow see Champions Cup within touching distance for Exeter Chiefs
Past winners as players, head coach Ali Hepher and skills coach Ricky Pellow see Champions Cup glory as the next step...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHull Ionians to hold minute’s silence after recent death of player Billy Hardy
Hardy was in his second season at the reigning National Two North champions
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: A strong Dragons team can help Pivac make strides
Shane Williams shares his view on how Aaron Wainwright and Taine Basham can take Wales to the next level
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGrind of club rugby is killing player numbers, says Richmond DoR Steve Hill
Hill sends a strong message to the RFU that 30-games-per-season is far too much for National League clubs
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoObituaries: The rugby players and pioneers we lost in 2019
Brendan Gallagher remembers those influenced the sport greatly
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Six Nations excitement can light up the New Year
Jeremy Guscott lends some advice for any players set to grace the Test stage for the first time in the upcoming...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeone Nakarawa to rejoin Glasgow Warriors on short-term deal
The former European player of the year had his contract terminated by Racing 92 last month
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens chairman Nigel Wray retires citing need for ‘fresh start’
Nigel Wray has retired with immediate effect two months after Saracens were plunged into a salary cap scandal
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHomecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys
Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoMunster team doctor fined for verbally abusing Jamie George
Munster medic Jamie Kearns given €2,000 fine for comment which sparked mass brawl during Champions Cup trip to Saracens
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPeter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019
An alternative take on the year's events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoOne-eyed heroes defy the ravages of war
EXACTLY 100 years ago this week the Five Nations championship cranked back into action after World War 1 and it kicked...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoSalary cap? This is about forward scrap says Dennis
By NEALE HARVEY SKIPPER Dave Dennis insists Exeter are more concerned about the physicality Saracens will bring than salary cap breaches...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDiamond anger over ref’s late penalty call
By NEALE HARVEY NOT for the first time this season, Sale supremo Steve Diamond was left fuming at officialdom after a...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSix Nations excitement can light up the New Year
MY wish list for the New Year starts with the teams competing for the 2020 Six Nations title to either play...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoWigglesworth: Saracens spirit has been immense
Experienced head: Richard Wigglesworth SARACENS scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth says Exeter will provide the acid test of his side’s ability to overturn...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoA strong Gwent still makes strong Wales
Key man: Aaron Wainwright must stay with the Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images AS we head into 2020 there is a fair...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoFaletau lasts the entire 80 minutes
WHILE Sale felt aggrieved, Bath’s dogged forwards matched a powerful visiting pack, winning four lineout steals and forcing crucial scrum penalties....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPerfect Pooler hit half-ton to stay unbeaten
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL completed their second consecutive unbeaten calendar year in the Championship with a thumping eight-try...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoTandy is great choice to help give Scots a lift
STEVE Tandy is a great guy and a good friend, but more importantly he’s a superb rugby coach and that’s why...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWeir leads Warriors to win before toothache
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL HEAVEN knows it was not pretty, but Worcester can at least satisfy themselves with the fact they have...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHyatt hails Wizards after magic performance
By ROB COLE ABERAVON head coach Jason Hyatt reckoned his side’s six-try demolition of struggling Bridgend was among the best team...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoFamily matters as Blues have proved so well
WE TALK a lot about the rugby family. It’s what makes our game what it is and the Cardiff Blues have...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSolomons: Duncan’s lost a couple of teeth…but he’s tough
Late hit: Motu Matu’u WORCESTER fly-half Duncan Weir damaged a number of teeth in a dangerous late hit by Motu Matu’u...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCraig double Lockes up Ironmen win
By IAN BLACKWELL CRAIG Locke bagged two trademark driving lineout tries as the Ironmen leapfrogged their north Wales rivals to move...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCarr crashes over to work a Wasps miracle
By ROGER PANTING WASPS director of rugby Dai Young missed Nizaam Carr’s last minute matchwinner as his side pulled off a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJack’s the Lad as Drovers battle to draw
By ALEX BYWATER JACK Maynard’s 83rdminute penalty rescued a dramatic draw for Llandovery as Carmarthen Quins lost more ground on Cardiff...
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘They’re wolves in sheep’s clothing’
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam had warned his side to expect a backlash from Wasps. “They are wolves in sheep’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSwans glide to Turks league double
By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA secured a league double over old rivals Llanelli in a hard fought win at Parc y Scarlets....
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCobus’ golden winter glows ever brighter
By NICK CAIN LOUIS Rees-Zammit is the hottest try-scoring property in the Premiership. Man-of-the-match: Cobus Reinach scores for Northampton But even...
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