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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGloucester claim local bragging rights in style
By JOANNA MCGREGOR Worcester V 0 Gloucester H 43 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury made it four wins from five games in this season’s Tyrrells...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCaldy winless in five after killer blow
By PETER RUTZLER Rosslyn Park 36 Caldy…32 A PENALTY try in overtime ensured Rosslyn Park saw off Caldy in a scintillating...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
It’s time the RFU honoured the first black international BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoWe’ve put our marker down now says Hill
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond…35pts Rotherham …5pts TWO tries in three minutes near the hour-mark sealed Richmond’s first ever bonus-point win in...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoFrantic Saints facing uphill task to qualify
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SAINTS, bouncing back from a first round mauling against Saracens, displayed plenty of ticker and endeavour but absolutely...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoSadly, RFU doesn’t have bottomless pit of money
■ JEFF PROBYN Adequately compensated: Premiership clubs receive £228 million for releasing players to England PICTURE: Getty Images It’s strange how...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoQuins maintain fast start with Bristol win
By AILISH CLARKE Harlequins 49pts Bristol 12pts Strong arm: Leanne Riley hands off Cat McNaney to score for Quins HARLEQUINS put...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoWatkin back on top after long injury nightmare
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA A FORTNIGHT ago Owen Watkin was lining up for Bridgend against Carmarthen Quins in front of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoMiddle-man Moore has ended up out on his own
BEING slap bang in the middle of the Australia front row has been a thankless task at times over the past...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoOspreys fall to Bedford’s second half blitz
By MATT WRIGHT Bedford …43 Ospreys …19 STAR man Elliott Clements-Hill was one of seven try-scorers as Bedford produced a stunning...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMallinder: We must be more accurate
NORTHAMPTON boss Jim Mallinder insists there was no intent involved in Dylan Hartley’s latest yellow card, issued in the first half...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoScoreless draw keeps both sides winless
By STUART LEE Waterloo 0 Darling’n MPS 0 DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks and Firwood Waterloo must wait for a first win...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPivac tips his grafter Jones to fill Wales’ prop void
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA SCARLETS boss Wayne Pivac has backed prop Wyn Jones to star for Wales next month. Rob...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIrish backs Academy lads to maintain winning run
PREVIEW…Bristol v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 2pm BRISTOL Grammar School’s highly rated England U18 duo Will Capon and Charlie Powell are named...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoPlaudits go to Ospreys but Sarries hold nerve for victory
By GARY FITZGERALD SARACENS were pushed all the way by a hungry Ospreys side but stretched their incredible unbeaten European run...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaracens flex their muscles to batter Richmond
By KATE CLEMENTS Richmond 0 Saracens 29 Opener: Poppy Cleall SARACENS overpowered Richmond to maintain their 100 per cent winning start...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years ago@Pirates beef up for Ulster test
PREVIEW…Cornish Pirates v Ulster A Today. Kick-off 2.30pm FLY-HALF Will Cargill will make his 50th appearance for Cornish Pirates as they...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoChiefs set for toughest assignment in Europe
By SAM JACKSON Familiar face: Nic White EXETER captain Jack Yeandle has challenged his men to take it to the mammoth...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoThat was tough admits Barritt
BRAD Barritt breathed a huge sigh of relief after Saracens had to fight furiously to deny a battling Ospreys at Allianz...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHarvey’s double inspires ruthless Hinckley
By TOM GALLAGHER Hinckley…36 Sheffield …22 STEVE HARVEY scored two tries as Hinckley earned a bonus-point win in an enthralling battle...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPooler stretch clear with tight win over Tata
Championship round-up PONTYPOOL stretched their lead at the top to 15 points on a weekend when the heavy rain and winds...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoBen’s back but Biggs calls time
PREVIEW…Yorkshire Carnegie v L Scottish Today. Kick-off 3pm FORMER Bristol star Ben Mosses returns to the line-up after a few weeks...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoResurgent Wallabies end the Bledisloe barren spell
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER AUSTRALIA’S steady improvement this season continued apace in Brisbane yesterday with a thoroughly deserved Bledisloe Cup win over...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSexton sizzles as Leinster front up
By RONAN O’BRIEN Rumbling over: Cian Healy scores his second try of the game for Leinster PICTURE: Getty Images JOHNNY Sexton...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHome comforts for super Sedgley
By MARK THOMPSON Sedgley Park 31 Luctonians…13 SEDGLEY PARK extended their unbeaten home run with a battling win. On an exciting...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCrymych move off bottom with first win in five
Division One round-up ONE West leaders Dunvant suffered their first loss of the campaign, 16-5 at home against Gowerton. Keiron Giles...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoTen-try Edinburgh turn up heat on Siberians
Krasny Yar …14 Edinburgh …73 EDINBURGHsurged to the top of Pool 4 as they breezed past Krasny Yar at Moscow’s Fili...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoO’Leary handed the reins against his old club
PREVIEW…Connacht A v Ealing T’finders FLY-HALF Shane O’Leary makes his first start for Ealing Trailfinders and is is relishing the trip...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoWhat ever happened to that war on gouging?
Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoGatland scorched by heat in Lions kitchen
SINCE Warren Gatland decided to retire himself as Lions coach earlier this week his motives have been questioned. It’s been suggested...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoJohnson keeps his cool for Sale
By FRASER SMITH Sale …19 Macclesfield…3 CHRIS Johnson delivered a 14-point performance as Sale secured an important win against local rivals...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoOjo seals his record night in Paris with brace of tries
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Record man: Topsy Ojo LONDONIrish sealed a memorable bonus point victory at Stade Français. The Exiles were in...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoBilly’s back to mend the bridges
A BERLINWall occasion takes place in Cardiff next Friday evening. More than 60 years after leaving Union for League during the...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWhy don’t fans flock to watch these great Saracens?
IF anyone needed persuading that Saracens are one of the great club sides of any era, pro or amateur, last weekend’s...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTigers put Otley to the sword in victory
By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T …35 Otley …21 SHEFFIELD Tigers made it back-to-back victories after a dominant opening 40 minutes sunk...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoBarum’s day as they’re blown to victory
■ By ANDREW JONES Barnstaple 15 LI Wild Geese 6 BARNSTAPLE made it three wins out of four at home this...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoWarriors’ fightback cut short by Healy
By JOHN FALLON Stopped: Chris Pennell is tackled WORCESTER head coach Carl Hogg said he was pleased to come away from...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoGripping? New kit strangles wallets
WALES heralded the advent of their Autumn series with another gripping yarn over the ‘match-winning’ quality of their new kit. Official...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoTigers zoom to bonus then take a snooze
By NICK CAIN TELUSA Veainu was back to his sparkling best with a hat-trick, while wing Tom May – with a...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPenalty try drama as Stour go clear at top
By PAUL JOANNOU Leicester Lions 13pts Stourbridge…27pts LEICESTER Lions director of rugby Jack Heald hit out at referee Ben Rayner’s decisionmaking...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoTurner try eases Chinnor worries
■ By JOSHUA JONES Broadstreet 21 Chinnor 31 CHINNOR maintained their strong start to the season with five tries. Kieran Goss...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoDragons beat travel bug but lose Griffiths
By ROB COLE THE long wait for an away win is over for the Dragons after their revenge win over Continental...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoJohn Hardie suspended by SRU pending investigation
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Scotland openside flanker John Hardie has been suspended by the SRU with immediate effect to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJackson column: Why no one is quite able to wing it like the All Blacks
(Photo: Getty Images) By Peter Jackson Of all the assembly lines in all the world, there is none to compare with...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAmbitious Olly Woodburn stating his case for Test call
(Photo: Getty Images) By Neale Harvey Exeter speedster Olly Woodburn is ready to back up Philippe Saint-Andre’s fervent assertion that it...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoItaly helps restore careers of stricken half-back talents
By Brendan Gallagher ITALIAN rugby can be proud of the part it has played in the rehabilitation – physically and mentally...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoDavid Barnes column: It’s got to be Sarries for the Cup, says Yachvili
The former France maestro on Richard Wigglesworth's integral role in the Saracens squad
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoGreig Laidlaw ruled out of autumn Tests with fractured ankle
By Adam Ellis Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw will miss matches against Samoa, New Zealand and Australia this autumn after Clermont Auvergne...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSimon Zebo unsure on future at Munster
(Photo: David Rogers / Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Munster back Simon Zebo admits he is no clearer to deciding where...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoWilliams column: Time for Warren Gatland to blood new Dragons
By Shane Williams NOW IS the time for Wales to roll the selection dice. Warren Gatland will name his squad for...
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