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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFive-star Merthyr make it eight wins on the spin
By IWAN GABE DAVIES Newport ……….30 Merthyr ……….34 CHAMPIONS Merthyr made it eight straight wins but they were given a real...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMulchrone confident Exiles can finally snap their seven-match losing streak
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish defensive linchpin Fergus Mulchrone believes his side possess the resolve and attacking firepower to upset in-form...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoCrusaders fightback to leapfrog Abbott
South West Premier DING Crusaders replaced Newton Abbott at the top of the table as they beat Newbury 42-10 while the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTigers ‘ fine spell ended by Chester
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tig…10 Chester …………13 A LIAM McGovern penalty eight minutes from time was enough to deny Tigers their...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTitans are denied by Holland ‘s late show
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMTitans were within a few minutes of winning their first league game of the campaign in ten attempts....
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National League One
/ 9 years agoFylde put to the sword by Esher
By WARREN MUGGLETON Esher …………….50 Fylde …………….12 WILL Harding ‘s brace led Esher to a ruthless victory against strugglers Fylde at...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLowrie ‘s storming return in Barum revival
By ANDREW JONES CHRIS LOWRIE made a try-scoring return to Barnstaple as they ended a run of three defeats. The former...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoSo far so good for England but scrum coaching must be reviewed
JEFF PROBYN COMMENT Still winning: Eddie Jones after Samoa victory With the autumn internationals drawing to a close, what have we...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedwas continue revival as they down rivals Cross Keys
By IWAN GABE DAVIES Bedwas ……….32 Cross Keys ….24 BEDWAS continued their form after they overpowered Gwent rivals Cross Keys at...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAckermann ‘s acumen for attack rubbing off
By COLIN NEWBOULT Try-scorer: Andy Symons makes a break for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images Held: No way through for try-scorer Mark...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoWoodman is leading candidate for player of the year
THERE has been much talk about who will receive the World Rugby Player of the Year award in Monte Carlo tonight...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSuper six for Sale as they romp to victory
By ED WILLIAMS Sale ………………48 Wharfedale ….16 SALE turned on the style with a magnificent display in the second half to...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoInjuries leave OAs ripe for the taking
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian ….7 Cambridge……54 WITH the Old Albanian squad depleted they were put to the sword by Cambridge,...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoMcLean remains cool to clinch win
By ROGER OPIE Clifton……………34 Worthing ………36 CLIFTON led by ten points going into the final quarter but ended as losers against...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoChatty refs have aided the growth of dissent
Clear as day? Owen Farrell, right, appeals as Marika Koroibete touches down DISSENT is an evil genie that was always going...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoFive-timer by Breach condemns Canada to whitewash
England W ……69 Canada W………19 ENGLAND women ran in 11 tries as they beat Canada in the final Test at Twickenham...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLockyer seals bonus-point triumph for Pontypridd
By CARL FIELD Pontypridd ….26 Bargoed ……….13 SKIPPER Dafydd Lockyer ‘s try two minutes from time bagged a bonus point for...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRichards fumes at ineffectual Falcons
GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann praised the work-rate of his charges after their victory over Newcastle. Despite having a penchant for...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoSANZAAR need to see bigger picture
Japan fans JAPANhave been predictably getting it in the neck from some quarters ‘down south ‘ for voting for France rather...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTynedale lead the way after 11-try win
By BRIAN TILLEY RUTHLESS Tynedale stepped up their title challenge with an 11- try demolition of injury-ravaged Otley at a chilly...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoNorth ‘s good for Wales but what about the region?
George North arrived at Franklin ‘s Gardens from West Wales one year after Chris Ashton left for North London. The Welsh...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMorris making system work at Scottish
By LUKE JARMYN LONDONScottish director of rugby Dave Morris is confident there ‘s more to come from his mixture of professionals...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRed card proves costly for Street
By BEN RODEN Old Redcliff ‘ns22 Broadstreet ….19 OLD Reds broke their duck to record a hardfought first win. Broadstreet dominated...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoTwo nation bid would harm, not help, the Islanders
YOU cannot blame Tim Nanai Williams for wanting a change in the World Cup eligibility rules to allow players qualified through...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoWelsh dreams are blown All Blacks shooting star to dust by called Ioane
From NICK CAIN at Principality Stadium Determination: Gareth Davies breaks the All Black defence to score PICTURES: Huw Evans & GettyImages...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRGC stay on track after edging past Swansea in a thriller
By DEAN JONES RGC1404……….35 Swansea ………34 RGC remain in control of the Principality Premiership West after a tense home win over...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Hooper heads yellow list… but how come no Kiwis? BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game ‘s other talking...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLea try snatches draw for the Bridge
By ROSS BARNETT South Leics …26 Stourbridge 26 A LATE Jack Lea try sealed a draw and a bonus point for...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoLack of stardust on show in Swansea
A GRAND total of 44 players, the majority of them internationals, will be missing when Ospreys kick off against Glasgow in...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoChinnor power is vital as Redruth stutter
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………13 Chinnor …………20 CHINNOR beat Redruth at their own game, out-powering the home pack in the red...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMaynard drives the Drovers to a hard-fought victory
By PETER HUGHES Llandovery ….21 Aberavon ……….8 JACK Maynard produced a fine display for Llandovery as they laboured to victory over...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoIt certainly was a good year for Oxford ‘s Grand Slam winning duo
ACCORDINGto a recent survey, 1957 was the ‘best and happiest year ‘ in history to live in Britain. I have no...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPark stay on the tails of leaders
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sedgley Park 43 Blaydon ……….26 SEDGLEY Park made it three from three in November as they finished bonus-point...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoChurlish to suggest Farrell ‘s action anything but generous
AFTER a week when England ‘s players ended up on the back foot over their refusal to donate a penny of...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoYou ‘ve had here today good value – Reynolds
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton Titans 31pts Redingensians…21pts On the charge: Taunton pair Aron Struminski, THIS was billed as the game of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGlover gets nod for Dubai
By SAM JACKSON SIMON Amor has named an experienced squad as England Sevens kick-off their World Sevens Series in Dubai next...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHinckley run riot with half-century
By LEE SIMS Hinckley……….50 Luctonians……12 HINCKLEY kept the pressure on at the top of the table after they made it six...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoFijian flyers rule the wings this Autumn
AT THE last count the number of Fijian wings seen flying across the Test stage this year has risen to eight,...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoCinderford have to dig in with man short
By WILL THOMPSON Wimbledon …23 Cinderford ….31 CINDERFORD held on after going down to 14 men to fight off a spirited...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoProtheroe benefiting from time with Bruce
GIFTED full-back Mat Protheroe believes testing himself under Premiership legends Pat Lam and Bruce Reihana at Bristol will help him fulfil...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoSilence is deafening seven days on from that scrum farce
GEORGIAmade an immediate protest to World Rugby over the scrum farce in Cardiff, understandably so given that it denied them the...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoKohler leads way for hungry Bury
By SIMON LORD Bury St Eds ….35 London IWG….24 THE Bury St Edmunds ‘ wolfpack had just enough in the bank...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Brookes out for 6 weeks TIGHT-HEADKieran Brookes has been ruled out for six weeks after fracturing his hand in Saints ‘...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoAgony as late kick misses for Hawks
By RICK PARR Canterbury ….25 Henley …………24 A MISSED conversion in the final two minutes cost Henley Hawks the chance to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoFive more tries, but Wales had them rattled
PETER JACKSON COMMENT The gulf in tries between the old rivals has widened with every mis-match since that blessed last Saturday...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFive-try Warriors silence the Tigers faithful
By ROB WILDMAN WORCESTER deservedly recorded a first win at Welford Road to stun the huge Tigers support. A brilliant start...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity
Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCowan-Dickie is back and gunning for Tom Dunn’s spot in England squad
The Exeter Chief hooker adds that Rob Baxter has recruited as well as anyone
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGeorge North takes decision to leave Northampton and return home
The Saints wing will be on his way back to an undisclosed region at the end of the season
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCain column: It’s a mad, mad world as Laporte bashes Bill
By Nick Cain THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray on Wednesday in London when...












