All posts tagged "Championship"
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoGreat shout, Warren! Rhys justifies his recall
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Buzzing: Rhys Webb celebrates Taulupe Faletau’s try Right: Rio Dyer PICTURES: Getty Images LET’S hope...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFord backing Hogg to race past his record
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Scotland v Ireland Today. Kick-off 3pm, Murrayfield Scotland's most capped men’s player Ross Ford has backed Stuart...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoThis is the best Scottish team I have faced – Sexton
By PAUL REES Johnny Sexton’s travelling in the Six Nations started in Paris 13 years ago and it is set to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGeorgian beefcake on menu for Baxter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs have signed Georgian international loosehead Nika Abuladze, above, on a two-year deal as...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo much fog to see where we are going
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The English club game has a great opportunity right now for an urgent...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAway form is work on for Bedford says French
By BEN JAYCOCK Winging in: Sean French scores Blues Bedford Blues have turned Goldington Road into a fortress this season but...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks keep ahead of pack
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................23 Bridgend.................. 18 CARDIFF hit back from their defeat at Llandovery to ensure they remain top of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTon-up skipper is thwarted
Championship/ Div 1 round-up By ROB COLE CROSS Keys made it three wins in a row with a 34-7 home win...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaints sign Lyon’s Fijian forward Mayanavanua
NEWS EXTRA NORTHAMPTON have signed Fiji lock Temo Mayanavanua from Lyon for the 2023-24 season. The 25-year-old has spent three seasons...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBiljon’s Reds battling hard on both fronts
By BEN JAYCOCK Jersey Reds had a Saturday off last weekend with their game at Doncaster postponed, a welcome rest having...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHill calls for big cut in dual registrations
By PAUL REES Steve Hill has called for a reduction in the number of dual registration and loan players at Championship...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoAllowing Wasps move reflects badly on RFU
SEVERAL years ago, Wasps relocated to Coventry, thereby sabotaging any hopes which Coventry rugby club may have had about reaching the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe’re preparing to feel Sharks at full force, says Dan
By GARY FITZGERALD Theo Dan and his Saracens team-mates are bracing themselves to feel the full force of a revenge-fuelled Sharks...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoEaling close in on Ospreys merger
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Ealing Trailfinders are close to completing the paperwork for a merger with the Ospreys, which...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMajor changes set for County Champs
By BEN JAYCOCK THIS season’s County Championships will feature numerous changes which the RFU believe will enhance player experience. Following the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGopperth has plenty more gas in the tank
By PAUL REES Jimmy Gopperth will be 40 in June but intends to carry on playing next season, crediting his interests...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoItalian fire is starting to burn brightly
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I used to love playing against Italy. Nine tries in nine games! But I also...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoVenner glad to be back after 51-week layoff
By LUKE JARMYN The “practiced hands” of Jersey’s backroom team is what Toby Venner believes rescued his career after a 51-week...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe should have won by 30 points says Barnes
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham...... 31pts Tries: Stronge 10, Cox 48, Williams 60, 65; Tweedy 75 Conversions: Hollingsworth 10, Bunting 49, 60...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTry star Asiedu strikes again as ’Bridge run riot
By MO SHER Esher ........................22 Cambridge .............56 Nana Kwaku Asiedu bagged a hat-trick of tries to take his tally for the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLewis off but Ponty still win with ease
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL were forced to play with 14 men for 52 minutes at Trebanos after Pat Lewis...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBlockbuster to kick off 2024
FRANCE will host Ireland in the first match of the 2024 Six Nations, with England taking on the French in the...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoTownsend: Gray in the form of his life
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... France v Scotland Today. 3pm, Stade de France, Paris SCOTLAND coach Gregor Townsend believes Richie Gray is...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFrance looking to return to best
Defending champions France are looking to bounce back after their defeat to Ireland in Dublin in round two of the championship....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoOulton is ready to take the next step up
By BEN JAYCOCK Jack Oulton is revelling in his first season at third tier Plymouth Albion – and has set his...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTurner hails the ‘clinical’ nature of his Ampthill
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Skelcey 1, Blackmore 25, 36, Bacon 32, Strong 48, Morris 64 Conversions: Hardwick 33, 37,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoOld Brodleians bid for crowning glory
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL OLD BRODLEIANS Ladies will today bid to put the crowning glory on a momentous season by sealing the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCurry ruled out of Six Nations
SALE confirmed that Tom Curry’s Six Nations campaign is over after his latest injury setback. The 24-year-old flanker had just recovered...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints switch paying off for hooker Smith
By PAUL REES On the ball: Northampton hooker Robbie Smith Robbie Smith joined Northampton from Newcastle last summer because he wanted...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoItoje ready to silence Welsh roar
By GARY FITZGERALD Maro Itoje is fired up for England’s visit to Cardiff as they look for their first Six Nations...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago£2m and rising – the cost of shambolic start to Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON Wales are paying a fearful price for their shambolic start to the Six Nations in lost prize money...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling hold merger talks with Ospreys
By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE Ospreys are the Welsh region that Ealing Trailfinders have sounded out about a potential merger that would...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoTompkins set for Wales recall
By JON NEWCOMBE Saracens DoR Mark McCall says he will be surprised if Nick Tompkins was available to him in the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoThat’s the height of hypocrisy
BEN Jaycock described last week how Stourbridge RFC is being used as a means to prevent Worcester being demoted to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 South West
By MO SHER CAMBORNE wrapped up the championship and promotion to the National Leagues with a barnstorming 42-38 win at Brixham,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNumber 13 proves lucky for Pooler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL completed the double over Admiral rivals Neath to make 13 wins out of 13 and...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe are taking the cup seriously, says Holden
By BEN JAYCOCK Doncaster have taken this season’s Championship Cup by storm and, while other teams are using the competition to...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSnow glad to leave the bad days behind
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry scrum-half Joe Snow admits he visited a few dark places on his journey back to the first...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAnger as new owners close down Warriors
By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester Warriors will rebrand as Sixways Rugby next season and merge with National Two West side Stourbridge after...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHaag joins Scotland set-up with eye on England
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Junior World Cup-winning coach Martin Haag is poised to join the Scotland Women’s team as an assistant...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGraham enjoys serving up the goods for Saints
By PAUL REES Impact: Saints back rower Sam Graham in action Sam Graham worked as a chef in a Michelin starred...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNational One standard is rising all the time -Rossiter
By BEN JAYCOCK Jak Rossiter believes the standard of National One is increasing so much that any of the current top...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe should have been out of sight says Rae
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........33pts Tries: Ma’asi 9, 20; Wilson 33, Ball 40, Penalty 56 Conversions: Mitchell 9, 20, 33 Bedford...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoStorming Pirates cruise into semis
By MIKE SINCALIR C Pirates ...........52pts Tries: Williams 10, King 19, Elderkin 38, Nelson 42, Haylor 61, Crane 67, Cant 71,...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Sale & England U20s centre Reketi Ma’asi-White
By BEN JAYCOCK Introvert Rekeiti Ma’asi-White is hoping to use the Six Nations U20s experience with England to improve on his...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoMcLean targets 3,000 points for Worthing
By BEN JAYCOCK Potent points scorer Matthew McLean scored his 150th try in 300 appearances for Worthing last weekend and is...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTop two warm up for main event
Championship round-up THE stage is set for the biggest game of the season next weekend in the Championship when Neath host...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTransition to hooker paying off for Terry
By BEN JAYCOCK It's almost two years since Cameron Terry made the transition from the back row to hooker at Ealing...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick: We’ll learn from pain
By GARY FITZGERALD New head coach Steve Borthwick admitted his England team will have to go through some pain to develop...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoRampant Romania run in 11 tries to stun Poland
By SAM JACKSON Under pressure: Poland coach Chris Hitt Romania got their Rugby Europe Championship campaign of to fine...















