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English Championship
/ 4 years agoMagical McBryde leaves Blues with nothing
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Doncaster ........24pts Tries: McBryde 27, 60; Margetts 53 Conversions: Dolly 28, 54, 60 Penalty: Dolly 48 Bedford ................0pts...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDoolan’s try double repays faith of Webber
By GARY FITZGERALD Nottingham ......31pts Tries: Allen 9, Graham 20, D Williams 48 86; Bunting 66 Conversions: Bunting 10 49 87...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOutstanding Ulster lads stake claim for Ireland
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................32pts Tries: Baloucoune 40, 80; Jones 14, Moore 20 Conversions: Doak 54, 74 Penalties: Doak 15, 21,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStormers spring a surprise
Stormers ........20 Sharks ..............10 THE Stormers continued their winning momentum by stunning highly-fancied Sharks in Cape Town. Since the URC resumed,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTwo wins a row for the Bulls
Bulls ................21 Lions ................13 THE Bulls claimed backto-back URC victories for the first time after last week’s 24-10 win against the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoVan Zyl keen to stay with Sarries for long haul
SOUTH African scrumhalf Ivan van Zyl would be happy to see out the rest of his playing days in the Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester’s away day blues are in the past
By PAUL REES GLOUCESTER are on course for their best season on the road in the Premiership, but George Skivington is...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOllie’s England call up spurs fit-again Loader
By GARY FITZGERALD THE spring is back in Ben Loader’s stride and the smile back on his face...now he aims...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAbsent stars level the playing field
COLIN BOAG Enthralling: Wasps come back to beat Exeter by a point yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images There’s a full programme of...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoLeagues impede players’ progress
I WOULD like to add my own experiences to the debate that Jeff Probyn has initiated regarding the effect of leagues...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPremiership fans pay to see all their stars on display
WHY should Premiership club rugby be devoid of their best players for the Six Nations? I am fed up watching club...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoGatland-Edwards is still the dream team
I AGREE with Nick Cain’s comments in last week’s paper regarding Warren Gatland as a (possible) replacement for Eddie Jones after...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoNorth needs a thriving Counties scene
SEVERAL seasons ago, West Hartlepool were in the upper echelons of English rugby, and able to field England internationals, thanks to...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMoney alone can’t buy success
PAUL REES SPEAKS TO PREMIERSHIP DIRECTORS OF RUGBY ABOUT THE SALARY CAP CUTS As Pat Lam wrestles with the question whether...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSerendipity enhances Euro Cup’s Round of 16
CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game, whether the governing class is ring-fencing the Premiership...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThese late, late shows are a test of nerve
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Funny places, rugby Press boxes. It was comedy gold, listening to the antediluvian correspondent of a middle-market...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoQuins must sharpen up to avoid Sharks bloodbath
By GARY FITZGERALD Versatile: Oscar Beard JERRY Flannery has warned his players to sort out their discipline or risk getting “pumped”...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoManu’s back to provide firepower off the bench
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 1pm, Twickenham Stoop AFTER a win against Leicester and a manof-the-match...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKidney: Cute play slowed our flow
LONDON Irish’s director of rugby Declan Kidney was disappointed to come away with nothing. He said: “We had a tremendous amount...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAckermann ‘the beast’ swings it to Gloucester
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester........24pts Tries: Ackermann 15, 79; Thorley 47 Conversions: Evans 15, 47; Hastings 79 Penalties: Hastings 72 London Irish...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRichards laments missed chances
NEWCASTLE director of rugby, Dean Richards, bemoaned his side’s failure to take their opportunities. “We didn’t expect to go 28-7 down...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLam’s men too good for spirited Falcons
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................37pts Tries: Uren 3, Naulago 11, Morahan 19, Leiua 27 Conversions: Whiteley 3, 11, 19, 27 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRegions soon to hear loan repayment deal
By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH Rugby Union chief executive Steve Phillips is confident negotiations over the refinancing of the £20m CLBILS loan...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlackett admits better side lost
WASPS head coach Lee Blackett admitted that the better side lost as he reflected: “Exeter were the far better team for...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoOdogwu steals it for Wasps in red zone
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................26pts Tries: O’Flaherty 15, Pearson 27, Innard 38, Capstick 44 Conversions: J Simmonds 15, 27, 38 Wasps...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSome of our final passes not good enough, says Shaw
INTERIM Saracens head coach Joe Shaw was still left wanting more after a comprehensive win against struggling Bath. “I thought we...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRampant Vunipolas put Bath to sword
By DANIEL GALLAN Saracens ..........40pts Tries: Woolstencroft 37, 39 Goode 46, Lewington 58, McFarland 70 Conversions: Lozowski 40, 59, 71 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDiamond: Weight of tackles decisive
NEW Worcester boss Steve Diamond described himself a “little frustrated” after a second defeat under his command. Diamond felt Leicester’s physicality...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTigers keep a grip as their power pays off
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........36pts Tries: Saumaki 9, Burns 28, pen try 33, Liebenberg 51, Reffell 76 Conversions: Burns 28, 51,...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
DAVID SISI, THE ITALY, ZEBRE AND FORMER BATH, LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND U20s BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
