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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCornish Pirates hooker Sam Matavesi gets Fiji call-up
Fiji's 30-man squad to take on Scotland, Uruguay and France next month
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones left precariously short at number 8 as Billy Vunipola breaks arm for third time
England now without Vunipola, Simmonds and possibly Nathan Hughes for November Tests
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWhat have we learned from the opening rounds of the Heineken Champions Cup?
The Champions Cup pools are taking shape after two intriguing rounds that served up an exhilarating blend of drama, entertainment and...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSeventh heaven as Firwood meet their Waterloo
Firwood Wat 10 Gloucs-Hart 43 By BRADLEY WEST Hat-trick: Kelly Smith GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY earned their second victory of the Premier 15s season...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoPivac: I don’t blame Davies
WAYNE Pivac insisted his team’s slow start to the game – and not the late penalty try – cost the Scarlets...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHoppers back on winning trail after slugfest
By ANTON JONES IN A hotly-contested game, Preston Grasshoppers overcame Macclesfield to end their run of defeats. Macclesfield started the brighter...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFelinfoel crash to Dunvant for first defeat
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD FELINFOEL failed to take advantage of the postponements in One West as they slipped...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoClements provides a sting in the tail
By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOP’S Stortford and Esher played out a cracker despite windy conditions, with the away side winning it late...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDavies ice cool to win it for Barnes
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J…20 Barnes…21 IT was heartbreak for TJs as Barnes snatched victory with the final kick of the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSaints ‘make an offer’ to Fekitoa
BY NEILFISSLER ON THE BLIND SIDE Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Choice: Malakai Fekitoa NORTHAMPTON Saints have joined the race to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoIn-form Quins run riot at struggling Valkyries
Worcester V 19 Harlequins 69 By ART DE ROCHE HARLEQUINS comfortably beat Worcester Valkyries to win in successive rounds for the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCockerill rues the famous victory that got away
By PETER WILLIS EDINBURGHmissed a golden chance to cause a major Champions Cup upset in Montpellier after dominating their hosts. As...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeaders downed in scoreless shocker…
By STEVE SMITH HINCKLEY have finally been beaten in National 2 League North – losing in a dramatic game at Chester....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFans want king Louis back on his throne
DAVID BARNES Priority case: Montpellier No.8 Louis Picamoles deserves a recall PICTURE: Getty Images France boss Jacques Brunel will signal the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMagical Mike breaks Mose hearts with a last-gasp try
By WILL PUGH On all fours: Mike MacFarlane scores for Park PICTURES: David E Whittam Arm-wrestle: A Park attack is put...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMcLean inspires Worthing revival
■By BRADLEY WEST Worthing …41 L’don Irish W…14 FLY-HALF Mathew McLean registered 21 points, including two tries, as Worthing produced a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoTigers join the hunt for Bok superstar Eben
Best in world: Eben Etzebeth LEICESTER Tigers have enquired about the post- World Cup availably of Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth. The...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSarries seek clinical edge ahead of derby
Saracens 21pts Wasps FC 5pts By MATTHEW LONG Breakaway: Lotte Clapp scores for Saracens ALEX Austerberry has challenged his Saracens Women’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung unfazed by Toulon galacticos
By JON NEWCOMBE Big game experience: Falcons scrum-half Micky Young PICTURE: Getty Images Ace: Julian Savea A TRIP to the Mediterranean...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHat-trick hero Riley lifts Sedgley to win
By STEFFAN JAMES SEDGLEY Park won a tentry thriller against Sheffield Tigers, although the visitors did come away with two bonus...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Gara soaks it all up for shot with Ireland
By STEFFAN THOMAS Fresh ideas: Ronan O’Gara, centre, with Scott Robertson, right, at Crusaders RONAN O’GARA believes his spell working at...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMorris over the moon as Albion downed by power pack
By NIGEL WILCE CINDERFORD edged out Plymouth Albion with a tremendous second-half display against the elements to record a first-ever victory...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBlaydon slip lets in Hull at the top
REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES Northern Premier SHOCK of the afternoon must be Sandal’s 43-35 win over leaders Blaydon who drop to third...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoMontpellier give Skelton yet another option
MONTPELLIER are the latest French club to ask Will Skelton about his plans for next season with his Saracens contract coming...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoBlacklock inspires Sharks to a narrow triumph
DMP Sharks 15 Richmond 7 By TOM BULMER DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks secured their second victory of the season after a...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBonus-point Hull charge to summit
■By WILL BECKMAN South Leics …12 Hull Ionians …24 HULL Ionians continued their excellent start to the season as a bonus-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCane on the mend after neck surgery
ALL BLACKS flanker Sam Cane is expected to make a full recovery after having surgery to repair a broken bone in...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLeague leaders rocked by Titans
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM produced the shock of the season so far by beating the league leaders in an outstanding contest...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoLightning strike the Bears to maintain perfection
Loughborough 36 Bristol 18 By PAULA SMITH LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning continued their perfect start to the season as a strong second-half showing...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoFreddie drops Bath in a real spot of bother
By NICK CAIN He got this right: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s second try Consoled: Stuart Hooper hugs Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStour stay strong to fell the Wharf
■By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…37 Wharfedale …27 STOURBRIDGE returned to winning ways but made hard work of beating resolute Wharfedale. Stour started...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents hit for six by OE class
By JON EDWARDS TWOtries from lock Fred Hosking helped Elthamians to an emphatic six-try victory over winless Loughborough Students at College...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoI’ll bounce back from this tweets Freddie
FREDDIE Burns tweeted last night: “Love this sport for the highs and the lows. Today was an ultimate low and a...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHughes double sparks visitors’ fightback
By KEVIN ROBINSON THERE was to be no lastminute winning score for DMP as visitors Sale FC turned a 22-7 half-time...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeinster launch title defence with brutal 8-try rout
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: James Lowe scores his second try for Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Juan de Jongh is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBealham try seals win after pair from Godwin
Pool 3 KYLE Godwin scored tries in each half as Connacht got their Cup campaign off to a convincing start at...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung upbeat despite drubbing
WASPS director of rugby Dai Young saw positives in his side’s defeat but knows there is much work to do before...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFowkes wants big response at the Bay
NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNeath 6 Merthyr 34
MERTHYR made it six victories from seven with a bonus-point victory. The champions took the lead against the run of play...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSharks tear chunks out of 14-man Perpignan
By SAM JACKSON BYRON McGuigan’s hattrick helped Sale Sharks to a bonus-point victory to start their Challenge Cup campaign on Friday,...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe could have nicked that at end says Baxter
By ROGER PANTING Driving in: Luke Cowan-Dickie goes over to score for the Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images On the run: Phil...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights fall short after storming comeback
By SAM ROBERTS BEDFORD fought off a mighty second half comeback by Doncaster to take the spoils at Goldington Road. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEbbw Vale 22 Cross Keys 7
EBBW Vale emerged from Storm Callum with their 100 per cent record intact. Playing into the teeth of the storm, Keys...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoToo big and too strong, Clermont bash Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Joy: Peceli Yato of Clermont celebrates scoring Consolation: Tom Collins breaks away to score for Saints PICTURE: Getty...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMunster delight at points on road
MUNSTER’S head coach, Johann Van Graan was overjoyed to pick up two points on the road. “Nobody gave us a chance...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie in crisis as Exiles run in 12 tries
By HOWARD LANE History man: Topsy Ojo scores in record-equalling game Rolling in: It’s a try for Saia Fainga’a PICTURES: Pinnacle...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAndrews wizardry a rare highlight in a forgettable game
Aberavon 10 Carmarthen Q 5 By JON DALY ABERAVON continued their excellent start to the season with a narrow victory over...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDee’s double helps Dragons earn the maximum
By ROB COLE THE Dragons quickly put the bitter disappointment of losing at home to Cardiff Blues last weekend behind them...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGloucester prepared to live or die by the sword
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Tom Hudson FULL-BACKTom Hudson promises Gloucester will adopt a rip-roaring approach to their first Champions Cup campaign...















