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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Edinburgh are too good for Ospreys

By SIMON THOMAS Edinburgh......... 19pts Try: Watson 17 Conversion: Healy 18 Penalties: Healy 22, 25, 35, 73 Ospreys ............. 15pts Tries:...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Haley quickly back to business

By JOHN FALLON Munster ......... 45 Zebre ................29 MUNSTER full-back Mike Haley crowned his first match back from injury in eight...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Smith finishes a proud man

By SAM JACKSON Benetton ........... 9 Glasgow .......... 19 GLASGOW head coach Franco Smith was proud of how his side stuck...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Bulls ……………..40 Stormers ………22

By JAMES RILEY THE Bulls kept themselves in URC title contention by defeating their fierce South African rivals at a sold-out...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Lions …………….40 Sharks ………….10

By TOM JEFFREYS THE Lions condemned the Sharks to their 10th loss of the season, defying torrential weather conditions to score...

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Premiership Women's Rugby

/ 2 years ago

I want to get that England shirt back, says Scarratt

By MARK STEVENS The smiles said it all, after 13 painstaking months on the sidelines, the pure joy of returning to...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

De Beer happy to welcome Sheedy

By SIMON THOMAS Cardiff's Tinus de Beer says he will welcome the arrival of fellow fly-half Callum Sheedy at the Arms...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Browne out to give Scottish an extra edge

By BEN JAYCOCK Upon his return from England U20s camp, London Scottish loanee Harry Browne is determined to help his side...

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Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Borthwick should put faith in this trio

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED PETER Winterbottom knows a thing or three about our sport, so you would expect him to make...

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Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Best ever? It has to be NZ’s 1987 masters

ON the subject of six-seven-eight combinations from dreamland, those of us who spent our rugby careers (for want of a better...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Houston in control to take Caldy to cleaners

By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .................. 14pts Tries: Penalty 50, Sproston 79 Conversions: Barker 80 Cornish P ..........32pts Tries: Stevens 7, Trewin...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Cornish hits treble top to keep Ealing top of the pile

By EDDIE McATEER Ealing T .............52pts Tries: Twelvetrees 4, Cornish 29, 38 58; Penalty 44, Alo 53, Kernohan 63, Holmes 70...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Smith’s masterclass has Hartpury firing on all cylinders

By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury............ 61pts Tries: Adderly-Jones 4, R Smith 12, 24, 73, Morgan 19, Hillman-Cooper 35, Austin 42, Short 59,...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Coventry show McGeechan there’s a lot of work to do

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster.......................... 12pts Tries: McBryde 66, Greenwood 78 Conversion: Bennett 66 Coventry ............................27pts Tries: Ball 38, Penalty 61, Hitchcock...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Mob weather early storm for first win in four months

By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............35pts Tries: Jackson 9, Elliott 25, Adejimi 53, Strong 70, Hallett 80 L Scottish ......... 12pts Tries:...

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Q&A

/ 2 years ago

‘It’s been a great start but there are tougher challenges ahead of us’

Q&A Ben Jaycock catches up with England U20 head coach Mark Mapletoft to assess the current state of play in the...

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U20 Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Fasogbon’s making most of his seat in the front row

Afolabi Fasogbon says England U20s forwards get excited for scrum time and with the 6ft 4in, 20 stone-plus powerhouse on their...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 2 years ago

Appleton confident Portugal can meet Spanish challenge

By NICK POWELL PREVIEW... Portugal vSpain Today. Kick-off 3pm, Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon PORTUGAL host Spain in today’s second semi-final...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 2 years ago

Majestic Georgia march on into final

By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia.............................. 43pts Tries: Tabutsadze 4, 37, 75, 80, Modebadze 50, Gorgadze 56, Ivanishvili 64 Conversions: Lobzhanidze 52, Niniashvili...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 2 years ago

Germany to take on Dutch for fifth place

Play-offs round-up GERMANY and the Netherlands will contest the fifth-place final. Poland have been relegated to the Rugby Europe Trophy after...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

How one player really can make a team tick

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY have France fallen off a cliff ?Can...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

It doesn’t feel right to see Italy at the bottom

Various non rugby specialists have contacted me this week asking why Italy are currently bottom of the Six Nations table. Patiently...

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Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

It’s time for take – off, England

Paul Rees says that, with Ireland at home and France away to come, Borthwick's men must become relentless IT WAS three...

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My Life in Rugby

/ 2 years ago

The team culture at Exeter blew me away

My Life in Rugby with Bryan Rennie - The former Scotland A, Border Reivers, London Irish, Exeter & Bristol centre, now...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

JPR, rugby’s supreme warrior

PETER JACKSON THEY packed Llandaff Cathedral to its 12th century rafters on a St David’s Day like no other for 80...

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Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

The flying Scot who still leads the field

PETER JACKSON Until Scotland’s converted Junior Springbok struck last weekend, England had not been hit by a Five or Six Nations’...

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Red Roses

/ 2 years ago

Red Roses: Saracens prop Kelsey Clifford

By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Barnet, Date of birth: 11/12/01 Community club: Finchley RFC, Red Roses debut: vs Scotland March 2023, Caps:...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Six-try Bears capitalise on Trailfinders’ ill-discipline

Women’s Premiership By EDDIE McATEER Trailfinders ..... 10pts Tries: Blanco 10, Laflin 39 Bristol ................38pts Tries: Pyrs 18, 40; Atkin-Davies 27,...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Hartpury made to work hard by battling Chiefs

By JOSH THOMAS Gloucester-Hartpury.......31pts Tries: Sing 6, Hendy 12, Brock 35, 65; Hunt 50 Conversions: Sing 38, 53, 66 Exeter Chiefs........................

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Campbell determined to counter Leicester’s box of tricks

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v Leicester Tigers Today. Kick-off 1pm, StoneX Stadium MAY Campbell is looking forward to getting back...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Scarratt ready to get in swing

By BEN JAYCOCK @therugby Preview LoughboroughvSale Today. 3pm LOUGHBOROUGH star Emily Scarratt is looking forward to playing her part in showcasing...

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National League 2E

/ 2 years ago

We need to take more control, says Ford

By BEN JAYCOCK Bury St Edmunds have seen their National Two East title hopes shattered away in recent weeks with five...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Benson leads the way for Cambridge

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Oxford..................11pts Cambridge........ 56pts Tries: Hamilton 66 Penalties: Tries: King 2, 20 Holdroyd 4, Gompels 28, Kantolinna 31, Hughes...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Light Blues hold the line and take the honours

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Oxford................... 5pts Tries: Wilkinson 27 Cambridge........ 10pts Try: Heathfield 23 Conversion: Boothroyd 24 Penalty: Boothroyd 16 THERE has...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Every time my name is called out, I get excited

Jon Newcombe catches up with Northampton’s Sam Graham as the Saints look to keep hold of top spot in the Premiership...

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National League 2N

/ 2 years ago

Billingham boys hope to March way to survival

By BEN JAYCOCK Newly-promoted Billingham are up against it at the tail end of their campaign, and head coach Peter Evans...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Titans pile on the misery for Field

National 2 North By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield ......... 12 Rotherham ............. 31 A STRONG first-half perfor mance from Rotherham proved too...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Wells leads way in another big victory

National 2 North By NICK DOYLE Otley......................... 41 Preston GH.............. 12 OTLEY rattled up another 40 points against Preston Grasshoppers in...

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National Leagues

/ 2 years ago

It’s top of the props as James steps up!

National 2 North ■By JOHN CLARK Wharfedale....................... 18pts Tries: Meehan 21, 48 Conversion: Davidson 22 Penalties: Davidson 30, 77 Tynedale............................ 17pts...

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National Leagues

/ 2 years ago

Late Tawanda try gives Vikings victory

National 2 East By PAUL MORSE North Walsham ....35 Henley .....................26 AFTER a string of improved performances, North Walsham deservedly got...

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