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Premiership Cup: Cornish Pirates off to a flier to put Hartpury in their place

By Mike Sinclair C Pirates .......... 43pts Tries: Price-Thomas 2, Jones 5, Moody 15, 42; Trewin 26, McCaig 73 Conversions: Houston...

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Premiership Cup: Alex Dombrandt grabs chance to make his case for England

By Gary Fitzgerald Harlequins ........................29pts Tries: Hammond 10, Lewies 23, Dombrandt 31, Green 54 Conversions: Halfpenny 23, 32, 54 Penalty: J...

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Benetton send Ulster packing

By Ben Jaycock Benetton ....... 34 Ulster ............... 19 Ulster were punished for woeful ill-discipline as they slipped up in Italy...

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Edinburgh left to sweat after Zebre’s final flourish

By Ben Jaycock Edinburgh ........ 17pts Tries: McCann 12, Tuipulotu 56, Crosbie 69 Conversion: Thompson 57 Zebre .................22pts Tries: Trulla 7,...

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Cardiff go close but Connacht snatch it

By Simon Thomas Connacht ........... 24pts Tries: Murphy 7, Hurley-Langton 17, Heffernan 48, Tierney-Martin 76 Conversions: Ioane 8, 18 Cardiff ....................

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Gavin Coombes gives Munster the edge over Scarlets

By Sam Jackson Munster ............29pts Tries: McCarthy 21, Coombes 45, 64, Kendellen 52, Farrell 80 Conversions: Burns 22, 53 Scarlets .................

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PWR: Exeter Chiefs blown away by classy Saracens

By Will Roberts Saracens .............. 21pts Tries: Bridger 12, Campbell 31, P Cleall 37 Conversions: Harrison 12, 31, 37 Exeter .......................

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PWR: Gloucester-Hartpury secure home semi-final with dominant display over Sale

By Sam Bytheway Gloucester-Hartpury secured a home PWR semi-final with a bonus point victory at Sale. First-half tries from Zoe Aldcroft,...

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Belgium looking good for RWC 2027

As signposted in this column a few weeks back, the four automatic qualifiers from Europe for RWC 2027 were decided in...

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Aquile Smith celebrates landmark in style for Birmingham Moseley

By Jon Meadows B Moseley .............. 19 Rams ...........................0 With 15 minutes left, Aquile Smith, marking his 100th appearance, effectively killed...

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Brough is so Hungary to build on early adventure

■By CHRIS COLLYER Speedy: Birmingham Moseley winger Daniel Brough BIRMINGHAM Moseley winger Daniel Brough says his love for rugby was solidified...

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Worthing hold off a late Bury blitz

■By ABI BENCE Worthing..................38 Bury St Edmunds..35 WORTHING secured a narrow victory over Bury St Edmund’s. The foundations for victory were...

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Coach hails his King for the day

■By BILL HOOPER Redruth..............17pts Cinderford......... 10pts REDRUTH had to dig deep to see off a physical Cinderford side who deservedly took...

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McKenzie at the double to floor Barrett

■ By BEN JAYCOCK DAMIAN McKenzie eclipsed All Blacks flyhalf rival Beauden Barrett as the Chiefs playmaker scored two tries to...

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Talling excited with her England return

■ By BEN JAYCOCK MORWENNA Talling is confident her performances for PWR strugglers Sale Sharks are enough to play a pivotal...

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Llandovery too strong for RGC

Super Rygbi Cymru Cup ■ By CARL FIELD IN-FORM Llandovery ran in nine tries in a crushing 61-28 Super Rygbi Cymru...

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Six Nations: England ecstasy as Fin Smith seizes the day against France

By Nick Cain at Twickenham England ............................. 26pts Tries: Lawrence 36, Freeman 58, Baxter 70, Daly 79 Conversions: M Smith 36,...

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Six Nations: French errors open the door for England

By Paul Rees It was like Messi blazing over in front of an open goal, Virat Kohli holing out in the...

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U20s Six Nations: Wales finally end their away day blues as Roberto Fasti fluffs his lines

By George Wellbelove Italy .......................18pts Tries: Ducros 15, Casartelli 39 Conversion: Fasti 40 Penalties: Fasti 1, 54 Wales ................... 20pts Tries:...

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Rugby Europe Championship: Georgia on their way to super seven

Rugby Europe Championship By Ben Jaycock Georgia booked their place at World Cup 2027 with a 40-7 victory over the Netherlands....

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Howard Packman enjoys his debut for Germany

By Jon Newcombe While he was denied a deserved England cap despite being one of the best finishers around in the...

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Bedford Blues on top from start to finish to down Bristol

By Frank Jones Bedford .............23pts Tries: Heffernan 14, Maisey 27, Tuilagi 54 Conversion: Maisey 28 Penalties: Maisey 36, 65 Bristol ................14pts...

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Finn Carnduff leads the way to put Leicester Tigers in the driving seat

By Rob Wildman Leicester ...........................57pts Tries: Woodward 6, Volavola 9, Carnduff 13, 72; Theobald-Thomas 15, Tom Manz 22, Whiteley 29, Pearson...

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Bath show their class to send Ampthill packing

By Ben White Bath ....................50pts Tries: Hennessey 2, Green 7, 48; Spandler 14, 58; Richards 25, Offiah 61, Kirk 80 Conversions:...

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Northampton Saints on charge to give Coventry a lesson

By Paul Smith Northampton ................. 50pts Tries: Kemeny 16, Scott-Young 30, Lockett 36, Seabrook 44, Pasco 58, Glister 65, West 69...

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Julia Schell stars for Ealing Trailfinders

By Sam Bytheway Sale ....................20pts Trailfinders .....33pts Trailfinders narrowed the gap to sixth place with this bonus point victory on the...

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Brough wins the chase to triumph

■By JOE BARNES TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........20 B Moseley ..............28 BIRMINGHAM Moseley took the honours in a frosty encounter. The visitors...

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Grafter Wrafter is Park’s inspiration

By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........52 Sale FC.....................33 ROSSLYN Park saw off the challenge of 14-man Sale FC to collect all five...

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Grieve sticks the boot into Dings

By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond................ 31 Dings Crusaders...14 ON a pitch heavy from the previous night’s Championship game, Richmond and Dings fought...

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Wood spoils Lymm plans for a title tilt

By ETHAN BENTS Lymm........................33 Tynedale.................47 LYMM suffered a big blow to their National League Two North title hopes after defeat against...

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Combe have Fryatt and Cook to thank for victory

By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P...22pts Canterbury........18pts On the charge: Jesse de Vries carries the ball for Cantebury Working hard: Nick Cook...

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A dream day for birthday boy Mills!

By ALEX GREGGOR Exeter Uni..........30pts L’ghborough S......29pts EXETER University beat arch-rivals Loughborough in high-scoring thriller at Millfield School. Exeter started the...

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Star man Gibbons guides side to comfortable win

By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................42 Devonport S............26 TWO early tries from Clifton led to expectations of a cricket score total. But although...

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Oliver hat-trick is in vain for visitors

By JACK TOZER Cinderford...............48 Macclesfield..........28 SIX first-half tries helped Cinderford to an impressive win over Macclesfield, with the visitors securing an...

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Priddey treble is the decisive factor

By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................39 Camborne............... 44 CAMBOURNE had a real battle to win at Hinckley, with Ben Priddey the star of...

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Wood making good at Trailfinders

By BEN JAYCOCK CANADIAN tighthead Rori Wood has hit the ground running in west London and wants to help Trailfinders to...

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Super Rugby Pacific Preview – Superstar Ardie Savea the man to ignite Moana Pasifika

Super Rugby Preview By Ben Jaycock Ardie Savea’s move to Moana Pasifika is the headline transfer and there’s a feeling of...

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Venues chosen for cup finals

NEWS EXTRA MACCLESFIELD rugby club and New Brighton RUFC have been selected as the two venues in the North West for...

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Five key talking points as England prepare to host France in Six Nations

England host France at Allianz Stadium on Saturday with the aim of reigniting their Guinness Six Nations title bid after falling...

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Fin Smith looks like a starting 10 to me, with Marcus Smith on the bench

By Brendan Gallagher There is no justice in this world and, despite the magnificent efforts of the other 28 players on...

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Huw Jones puts Scotland in cruise control to get opening Six Nations win

By Bryn Palmer Scotland's Six Nations campaign is up and running. Five tries, three of them to prolific centre Huw Jones,...

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Six Nations: Wales find reasons to hope but it’s a walk in the park for France

By Brendan Gallagher France................................ 43pts Tries: Attissogbe 18, 33; Bielle-Biarrey 23, 41; Marchand 55, Gailleton 68, Alldritt 78 Conversions: Ramos 19,...

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U20s Six Nations: Battling forwards put England in pole position over Ireland

By Dan Robertshaw Ireland................................3pts Penalties: Wisniewski 30 England ............................19pts Try: Penalty 68 Penalties: Coen 12, 27, 33, 79 Defending champions England...

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Jack Bracken: One challenge was to do some Irish dancing

Jack Bracken - England U20 & Saracens Winger With my dad being born in Dublin, it made Thursday night’s win even...

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Premiership

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Jimmy Martin and Tommy Mathews combine for Coventry

By Paul Smith Coventry ...........76pts Tries: Maunder 3, Hitchcock 15, 72; Tiueti 20, Martin 32, 38, 50; Biggs 59, 66; Barton...

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Bristol Bears go on the rampage to leave Ampthill reeling

By Ben White Ampthill ............14pts Tries: Cullen 19, McNulty 76 Conversions: Barton 20, 77 Bristol ............... 74pts Tries: B Grondona 7,...

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Premiership

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Gloucester’s second-half blitz enough to keep Cornish Pirates at bay

By Mike Sinclair C Pirates ........... 19pts Tries: Cannon 7, Hocking 66, Agbongbon 75 Conversions: Houston 66, 75 Gloucester .......26pts Tries:...

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Premiership

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Alex Wills speeds home to put Sale Sharls in the driving seat

By Luke Jarmyn Caldy ..................14pts Tries: Gallagher 47, 55 Conversions: Barker 48, 56 Sale ....................28pts Tries: Wills 11, 67; Davies 38,...

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Queensland stars leave Bristol Bears with red faces

By Roger Panting Bristol ................ 21pts Tries: Bazalgette 18, Lahiff 31, Ramply 69 Conversions: Bazalgette 18, 31, 69 Reds....................82pts Tries: Asiata...

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Premiership Women's Rugby

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Gloucester-Hartpury cement place at the top of PWR

By Sam Bytheway Leicester ................ 7pts Try: Gallagher 40 Conversion: Gallagher 41 Gloucester-H.......38pts Tries: Davies 13, Castellucci 17, Penalty 39, H...

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