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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPack power fuels second half blitz
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..........14 Chester ..................19 CHESTER walked away with a win at the Avenue after their tireless forwards delivered...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix of the best for clinical table-toppers
Northern Premier BLAYDONincreased their lead at the top of the table following a hardfought 34-29 win at home to Morpeth. Jordan...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDrama as Club fall to late penalty try defeat
Cinderford ......21 Blackheath ....16 By NIGEL WILCE THERE was late drama at Cinderford when the referee awarded the home side a...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoBlitzboks take title in extra-time thriller
LOS ANGELES WRAP ENGLAND came away from the inaugural LA Sevens with just one win from their five matches, missing out...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoMatthew never let you know he was suffering
I WANT to end my column this week by paying tribute to Matthew J Watkins after his tragic passing. I’d known...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRegionalised leagues would strengthen the club game
MARK NELSON LANCASHIRE COUNTY COACH Change is in the air apparently, the structure of league rugby in the English club game...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattle at top takes a turn in South West
South West Premier THE South West Premier title battle took another twist after runaway leaders Barnstaple suffered fourth defeat of the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRampant Rams run over OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians.....15 Rams........................31 AN IMPRESSIVE Rams were pushed all the way by this Old Elthamians side at College...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoAshton exits Diamond’s salary cap roundabout
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WITH the blood from the Premiership lynching of Saracens still on the tiles,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLlandow disaster turned triumph into tragedy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Aftermath: Royal Air Force men examine the wreckage...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoIonians lose in basement fight
By PAUL MARTIN Canterbury............24 Hull Ionians ..........15 CANTERBURY staged a second half comeback to claim victory in the battle between the...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoStay-away Vunipola is on slide in rankings
THERE have been plenty of mixed messages surrounding coronavirus, and the RFU have not been immune, with England’s decision to send...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEight-try Chiefs show their attacking edge
By MIKE SINCLAIR Heavenly: Olly Woodburn dives over for Chiefs’ seventh try PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER belied the often-peddled but mistaken...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFaingaa makes the ultimate donation
THERE was a time when a news story regarding a rugby player donating his brain, on the occasion of his death,...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten Caldy on track for perfect promotion
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE WHATEVER happens in the last two months of the season, Caldy RFC’s unbeaten run has already...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTwinkling Nowell back with star quality
THE return of fans’ favourite Jack Nowell, whose Six Nations was wrecked by injury, put the icing on the Exeter cake....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRemember Bill, Ashton honed his skills in National One
Lethal: Chris Ashton CHRIS Ashton often seemed to spend more time injured or pursuing his media ambitions during his time at...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoHurricanes blown away after Lomax sees red
By ADAM ELLIS Contentious: Tyrel Lomax saw red for a high tackle PICTURE: Getty Images LIFE after Beauden Barrett has not...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSopoaga helps keep impressive Wasps on right road
By ROGER PANTING WASPS completed a hat-trick of Premiership wins for the first time since September 2018 as Gloucester crashed to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Giant Nadolo adds to Tigers’ firepower LEICESTER have recruited outsized Fiji wing Nemani Nadolo and Georgia hooker Shalva Mamukashvili for next...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTries galore as Raiders power to home win
By PAUL MARTIN Worthing ........43 Barnes..............30 WORTHING Raiders came out on top in an entertaining try-fest against Barnes. The tone was...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoTougher penalty for high tackles has effect
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Rugby’s strict crackdown on high tackles at last year’s World Cup resulted in a dramatic reduction in the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBlackett: We can do even better
DESPITEWasps winning three on the bounce, their interim head coach, Lee Blackett, wanted more. “We were really clinical but I believe...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMartin’s Lions take permanent residence at the Gnoll
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER CLASSIC Lions President Allan Martin is relishing the chance to take one of rugby’s most famous...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks swoop to down Esher
By ALASTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks......46 Esher ......................20 HENLEY Hawks produced one of their best displays of the season to run out...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoWales show ‘calon’ as Sam drops late winner
By SAM JACKSON SAM Costelow’s late drop-goal secured a memorable victory for Wales with a performance the young Leicester fly-half says...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMako leads the charge to cage Tigers again
By GARY FITZGERALD MAKO Vunipola admitted he was “gutted” at missing out on a 60th Test cap yesterday due to England’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFlyer Hogg helps raise cash for Bill McLaren Foundation
NEWS EXTRA By SAM PARKHOUSE SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg is using his image to raise money for grassroots rugby in the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBrave Ben is the Lions hero
By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffians ..10 Leicester Lions ....13 BEN Young’s last-gasp drop goal saw Leicester Lions complete a dramatic comeback...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoCleall claims hat-trick in 10-try blitz
By ADAM ELLIS Powerplay: Poppy Cleall blasts through Kayleigh Powell to score her third try POPPY Cleall scored a hattrick as...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMurphy: We must finish strongly
GEORDAN Murphy called for his Tigers to regroup and finish the season strongly after suffering another loss. The Irishman was disappointed...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Four weeks for Devoto EXETER centre Ollie Devoto has been banned for four weeks for a dangerous high tackle on Harlequins’...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBig victory for Redruth as fine form continues
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..22 Redruth ..............41 IN-FORM Redruth extended their unbeaten run by beating struggling Sutton & Epson...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoFrench bench power proves the difference
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Scotland U20…22 France U20……29 FRANCE edged past Scotland at Netherdale with the bonus point secured just after the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHaywood try helps Saints turn the corner
By ROGER PANTING JAMES Grayson kicked 11 points to give Northampton a win in the battle of the strugglers. Going into...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDangerous Dan returns to break Tyne hearts
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ........27 Stourbridge....29 FORMER Tynedale favourite Dan Rundle returned to haunt his former club with a matchwinning try...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPontypridd enjoy the derby day spoils
Premiership By ROGER THOMAS Merthyr ..........27 Pontypridd ....36 PONTYPRIDD headed back down the A470 with the derby day bragging rights after...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTonbridge withstand fightback to stay top
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge..........36pts Clifton ................32pts Going over: Mike O’Sullivan powers in to score for Tonbridge Juddians and Bentley Halpin scores...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHastings can ease the noisy Russell debate
Brendan Gallagher looks at the key areas where Scotland can halt the French Grand Slam march WHAT with post World Cup...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons: We should have won, we created more opportunties
Outstanding: Chris Pennell WORCESTER director of rugby Alan Solomons believed his side deserved to win and blamed ‘soft moments’ that let...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRavers rock to emphatic title
By MIKE MITCHELL Preston G’h ..............5 Caldy ......................49 CALDY were crowned champions after completing a characteristically comfortable victory over Preston Grasshoppers....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens fall at final hurdle again
By JOHN WILLIAMS Bridgend ........14 Carm Quins ....20 BRIDGEND’S luck ran out once again in the dying embers of yet another...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoCourtney Lawes could challenge Jason Leonard’s record number of caps, says Day
Former Northampton Saints teammate Christian Day can see Lawes playing for England for four more years
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNew Sale Sharks lock Lood de Jager hones in on Exiles
The Springboks giant will may his long-awaited debut for Sale Sharks on Friday night
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNational One Rams are head-butted by RFU points deduction
Rams chief executive tells TRP how the RFU's decision to fine and deduct the club five points was too excessive
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoRugby Matters: The greatest teams have had special joy of six
As Eddie Jones pilots hybrid players in his Six Nations teams, Brendan Gallagher looks at the role of a No.6
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAnthony Watson starts for England against Wales, as Underhill misses out
Mark Wilson also starts for England at openside flanker against Wales in the Six Nations
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland’s Six Nations finale in Rome postponed due to coronavirus
Six Nations organisers are expected to announce the decision later on Thursday
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn Jones needs to walk tall at Twickenham
Wales need their captain and Ken 'The Sheriff' Owens to be on point for their Six Nations clash against England
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester’s Ryan Mills to make Premiership switch to Wasps
'He can play in that Jimmy Gopperth mould' - Mills to join Wasps ahead of the 2020-21 season
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