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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBeaumont: Now we need a big reaction
By JON NEWCOMBE Frustrated: Josh Beaumont hopes the Sale cobwebs have blown away JOSH BEAUMONT admits this is a big year...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDickson has no complaints with ‘boring’ winning rugby
By MATT WRIGHT A LAST-GASP penalty try gave Bedford a dramatic victory over Jersey and ensured their forward dominance did not...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPooler just edge past the battling Steelmen
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL made it two wins from two but were made to work hard by Tata...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoJohnson leads the charge as Sale stride on
By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………26 Caldy…………….24 JUST two games into the new season, but newly-promoted Sale are already making headway after...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoEx-Bear Molloy inspires five-star Wasps
By BEN ADAMS Bristol Bears …17 Wasps……………32 CLAIRE Molloy went over twice as five-try Wasps got their campaign off to a...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHeem aims to honour Adams’ 50th game
By NEALE HARVEY Fighting talk: Bryce Heem says Warriors can flourish BRYCE HEEM insists Worcester can prove their critics wrong by...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights go riding high with late power play
By GUY WILLIAMS A STRONG second half performance by Doncaster at Castle Park in their first home match of the campaign...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Reilly boys keep Glynneath eyes on promotion
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLYNNEATH’S strong start continued with a 21-6 victory over Ystalyfera in One West Central....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoHats off to Goneva, the game needs clever plays
ALL power to Niki Goneva, below, for trying his little dummy touchdown for Newcastle against Saracens last week, the game will...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoIt’s been a difficult week – Diamond
Out: Francois Hougaard FORGOTTEN England No.8 Josh Beaumont returns to Sale’s starting XV as part of a back row shuffle, while...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEight-try Exiles bring in the bonus by half-time
By RAY CHILD LONDON Irish forwards coach George Skivington was delighted with his side’s resounding eight-try bonus-point victory at the Madejski....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoToulon boss says Ashton quit after money row
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has cast doubt on Chris Ashton’s motive for leaving his club for Sale....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoIslanders showcase stars of the future
Talent: Filimoni Botitu THE lack of any involvement from the three major Pacific nations at this year’s best ever Junior World...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNo CVs needed, Tigers tell would-be bosses
LEICESTER TIGERS are believed to have told agents that they are not going to be accepting applications to replace Matt O’Connor....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEaling hold on in face of fierce Exiles fight-back
By LUKE JARMYN FIVE tries and a man-of the- match display from flanker Andrew Durutalo got Ealing back on track after...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWimbledon look unstoppable at the top
London & South East Premier IT’S still early days but newly promoted Wimbledon top the table following a 52-8 win away...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoGreg’s awesome foursome battered the All Blacks
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Four-midable: Greg Cornelson goes over for one of...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGloucester prop Val eyes move to Top 14
Off? Rapava-Ruskin VAL Rapava-Ruskin could be looking to depart Gloucester when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoJake finds Leeds as good as advertised
By JON NEWCOMBE CANADIAN international Jake Ilnicki is delighted to be following in the footsteps of his international coach Mike Shelley...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuctonians on fire in Syston thrashing
Midlands Premier LUCTONIANS continued their stunning start to the season with a 64-7 thrashing of Syston. After hammering Lichfield 73-14 last...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAll change but Kiwis still pound the Pumas
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW Zealand ruthlessly took their chances to outscore the Pumas six tries to three in a match that...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRef Sara is on the up
SARA COX, below, is being tipped by many observers to become the first female to referee in the Premiership before the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAwesome Alnwick hold off Blaydon
Northern Premier IN THE battle of the newcomers relegated at the end of last season Blaydon beat promoted Alnwick 28- 13...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks edge out Barnes in nervy tussle
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………26 Barnes …………24 HENLEY Hawks withstood a strong second-half fightback from Barnes to win an exhilarating yet errorstrewn...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoHooper delight as Aussies break duck
By GARY FITGERALD Relief: Will Genia, Tom Robertson and try-scorer Matt Toomua celebrate their tight win PICTURE: Getty Images MICHAEL Hooper...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoItoje rubbishes French talk and stays at Sarries
New deal: Maro Itoje MARO ITOJE is set to pledge his loyalty to Saracens by penning a new three-year contract with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSix of the best for masterful McDonald
South West Premier BRACKNELL scored a host of tries as they clinched their first victory of National League 3 South West...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTovey steals it late for Crusaders
By ROGER OPIE Clifton ……………11 Dings Crus ……17 THIS Bristol derby produced a special atmosphere in a game which swung in...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoNZ reserves also contain six appeal
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The All Blacks duly delivered another average performance yesterday, average that is as...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord takes charge as Tigers find their claws
Fast out of the blocks: Adam Thompstone scores Tigers’ third try after just 14 minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Helping hand: Manu...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSlade ready to pledge his future to the Chiefs
HENRY SLADE could become the next big name Exeter Chiefs player to pledge his future to the Premiership finalists. Last week...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoShock and awe in first week, now it should settle down
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Talk it up as much as you like but, to me, last...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoJuddians floored in Kent derby
By BRAD HARPER Canterbury ….29 Tonbridge J….20 AFTER a poor season start, Canterbury rallied in a Kent derby victory against Tonbridge...
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Celtic Cup
/ 8 years agoSummerhill stars for battling Blues
By JAY BAYFORD Dragons A………………………21 Cardiff Blues A …………….23 CARDIFF Blues A got their Celtic Cup campaign off to a fine...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoPay-per-view silence
NO viewing figures have been divulged for the PRO14’s opening plunge into the often shallow pool of pay-per-view television. Whatever Premier...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRichards: Woeful first half cost us
DEAN Richards claimed he had not seen his Newcastle team defend as badly for a “very long time” in a dreadful...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSmith red card ends Bristol hopes of upset
By NEALE HARVEY Flat out: Alex Lewington touches down for Saracens’ second PICTURES: Getty Images Squeeze: Alapati Leiua touches down for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlandovery ….20 Cardiff ……………3
THE Drovers continued their impressive home form in racking up their 18th consecutive Premiership win at Church Bank. Their attacking flair...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBees hit Redcliffs for six in pacy try-fest
By NICK PULLEN B & Solihull ….42 Old Redcliffs…38 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees bagged their first victory of the season but...
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Celtic Cup
/ 8 years agoPhillips hat-trick clinches victory
By CARL FIELD Ospreys Development …41 Scarlets A………………………36 SKIPPER Ifan Phillips’ hat-trick inspired the Ospreys Development side to victory in a...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoRuddock’s family double
THE head honchos of the Robinson and Ruddock families go back a fair way, to a time when one had charge...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPetchey strikes for Otley derby delight
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….18 Huddersfield …11 PAUL Petchey ensured Otley pulled off a dramatic last-minute win in the West Yorkshire...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCVC takeover would spark rugby conflict
It is ironic that CVC Capital Partners, the private equity firm hoping to buy a 50 per cent stake in the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWilliams: My three tries came in 12m!
HAT-TRICK hero Liam Williams looked sharp after groin surgery. “Three tries and I think I covered about 12 metres! It was...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSwansea ………26 RGC 1404 ………34
RGC won an eight-try thriller thanks to the reliable boot of star fly-half Billy McBryde. The North Walians took an early...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBishops revival is too late to claim victory
By MATT BALDWIN Rosslyn Pk……25 Bishops Stort 17 AN explosive second-half display by Bishop’s Stortford fell short of a comeback against...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSimmonds debut try crucial for Redruth
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………….29pts Taunton Titans 27pts Power: Redruth’s Connor Gilbert on the charge, and Redruth’s Ed Pascoe is tackled...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoTomos the anthem
EVEN Horatio Nelson would have thought twice about navigating his way from Pwllehli to the seaport named after him half a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHoppers hang on in physical affair
By KEN MOORE Preston G’H ….18 Fylde …………….15 BEFORE a big home crowd, Hoppers shaded an epic, physical battle against local...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMighty Mouse Marcus is big cheese for Quins
THERE has not been much to recommend the run of new jerseys that have replaced the famous old Harlequins quartered shirt,...















