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Lions march on after major scare from Students

By LUKE MARSH Loughborough S....28 Leicester Lions.....34 Leicester Lions staged a second-half comeback as they edged out derby rivals Loughborough Students...

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Redruth dig in to batter Barnstaple

By BILL HOOPER Redruth.................... 31 Barnstaple.................0 REDRUTH coped with appalling playing conditions as they did the necessary to grind out a...

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Try-star Talbot leads Clifton rout

By ROGER ROPIE Clifton................55 Newport (S)....... 0 OUTSTANDING scrummaging provided the platform for Clifton’s decisive victory over Newport (Salop). The home...

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1 Midlands

By DAVID LAWRENCE A FORMIDABLE firsthalf display from Syston resulted in them beating leaders Dudley Kingswinford 24-17. Dudley went into the...

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1 South West

By STEPHEN SMITH FORMER leaders Chew Valley saw their ninegame unbeaten run come to an abrupt end as they were overpowered...

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Bury run brought to sudden standstill

By GABRIEL RAMSAY Barnes...............32 Bury St Ed’s...... 14 Barnes solidified their push for promotion with a fantastic result over an in-form...

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Foxes foxed by Albanian aces

By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury.............. 20 Old Albanians........32 It was a tough day at the office for Canterbury with Old Albanians making...

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First-half blitz from the red and whites

By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................59 North Walsham........0 Six first-half tries – a double from Austin Emens and one each for Johnny Ellis,...

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Records sent tumbling as leaders go try crazy

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 94pts Westcliff............. 0pts Winging in: Jake Lloyd scores the eighth try for Blackheath PICTURES: Andy Wansbury The...

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Thriller as islanders seal it late on to sink Hundred

By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford H..............26 Guernsey.................40 An ideal afternoon for fast, running rugby saw 10 tries scored in an even and...

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Adams shoots down Hawks

By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks..............28 Henley......................24 TWO late penalties by Ben Adams snatched a narrow win for Sevenoaks against Henley Hawks. Oaks...

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Barnes hat-trick jars Juddians

By GARETH WITHERS Worthing..................46 Tonbridge J............34 A HUGELY entertaining game saw two sides in the top half of the table share...

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1 South Central

By STEPHEN SMITH LEAGUE leaders Wimbledon RFC put down a marker as they continued their push towards promotion, smashing Banbury 102-22....

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1 South East

By DAVID LAWRENCE TWO late tries saw table-topping Westcombe Park fight back from a losing position against Colchester and extend their...

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Bright eager to team up with eldest son Bailey

By BEN JAYCOCK Mark Bright is still playing Championship rugby at the age of 44 and has no plans to retire...

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Doubles for Johnes and Sing stop Bears

By JESSICA TOLKIEN Glouc-Hartpury.....36 Bristol Bears............ 5 On a dreary day, Gloucester-Hartpury secured a convincing win against Bristol Bears at the...

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Exeter bounce back with 15-try win

By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks...............0 Exeter Chiefs.........95 Exeter Chiefs bounced back from their opening round defeat with a dominant win over...

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Champions hoping to build on fast start

By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Women’s Premier 15s Today. Kick-off 3.15pm PREMIER 15s champions Saracens will be hoping to continue their strong...

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Warriors relieved to return home

Preview Worcester v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 1pm WORCESTER Warriors women return to Sixways for the first time today since their...

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Scottish World Cup stars back for Quins

Preview .Loughborough v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm FOLLOWING last week’s defeat to Worcester, Harlequins have been bolstered by the return of...

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England got draw they didn’t deserve

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME How has the world of rugby become so predictable that you can...

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Coach O’Gara receives his fourth ban in a year

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara has been given a fourth suspension in a year after being banned for 10 weeks...

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Warriors prop Owlett beefs up Esher pack

Former Worcester prop Jack Owlett has joined National One side Esher. Owlett, 27, joins following the financial collapse of the Warriors...

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Results

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Brady so strong on family values at Harrogate

By BEN JAYCOCK Sam Brady has made over 200 appearances for Harrogate across a 10- year spell and feels it’s his...

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Regional results

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How Pope moved up the order at Bishop’s Stortford

By BEN JAYCOCK Having been a ball boy and running the water on as a kid, Austin Pope has made a...

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Durham fight hard to tame battling Exeter

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Durham gained revenge for Exeter beating them in last year’s Championship final as they battled to...

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Regional results

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How a few beers put us on the right road

MY LIFEIN RUGBY DAN MONTAGU THE FORMER LEICESTER, DONCASTER, BRISTOL AND NOTTINGHAM BACK ROWER Power house: Dan Montagu in action during...

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156 years on, match to commemorate first in Wales

By HUW S THOMAS Featured Image credit: Michael Day via Flickr The first organised game of rugby in Wales between St...

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Burcham aiming to go out on a high at Blackheath

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK Markus Burcham hopes to go out on a high this season by guiding Blackheath to the...

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Toulon’s Kolbe has Japan in his sights

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FIFTEEN months ago, news of Cheslin Kolbe’s switch from Toulouse to Top 14 rivals Toulon delivered an...

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Pressure on Pivac as Wales humbled

Pivac: I’m focused on building towards World Cup Wayne Pivac remains confident he is still the man to lead Wales to...

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Championship winners must go up, say rivals

By Luke Jarmyn Rival Championship clubs are calling for Ealing and Jersey to be given a chance in the Premiership next...

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We’re improving each time, says centurion Farrell

An emotional Owen Farrell spoke of his real pride at the amazing fightback which transformed his 100th cap from being a...

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Burrell honoured to play for Barbarians

By PAUL REES Luther Burrell had no hesitation in accepting an invitation to play for the Barbarians this month and on...

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Brooke shock as Edwards agrees France deal

By NEIL FISSLER Legend: Zinzan Brooke Zinzan Brooke cannot believe the RFU have let Shaun Edwards slip through their grasp again...

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MacGinty close to tears as Portugal stun USA

USA captain AJ Mac-Ginty was almost in tears after the Eagles missed out on the final qualification place to Portugal on...

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Two-try Stuart leads England’s great escape to stun All Blacks

By NICK CAIN England.............................. 25pts Tries: Stuart 72, 79; Steward 74 Conversions: Smith 75, 80 Penalties: Farrell 25, Smith 42 New...

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15 minutes that had Twickenham rocking

BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY LESS CAN MEAN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONALS Hard man: Will Stuart powers over PICTURES: Getty Images...

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Barrett’s yellow card let Smith and Youngs engineer revival

PAUL REES COMMENT Early strike: Ioane goes over for the All Blacks A FEATUREof the All Blacks over the years has...

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Crisis for Wales as Georgia celebrate

By PETER JACKSON Wales................................... 12pts Tries: Morgan 20, 24 Conversions: Rhys Priestland 22 Georgia................................ 13pts Tries: Todua 59 Conversions: Abzhandadze 60...

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Autumn Internationals

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ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON

WIN a pair of tickets to England v South Africa courtesy of Dove Men+Care! England host reigning world champions South Africa...

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Autumn Internationals

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WALES v AUSTRALIA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON

WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v Australia courtesy of Dove Men+Care! Wales face Australia in their final Autumn International...

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Autumn Internationals

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Pivac hasn’t learned from error of his ways

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Take that: Georgia celebrate after beating Wales in Cardiff yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images Are Wales...

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Russell’s return gives Scotland control in chaos

By BRYN PALMER Scotland............................ 52pts Tries: Tuipulotu 11, 55; Van der Merwe 23, Graham 27, 41, 77; Redpath 68, Hogg 73...

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Byrne steps off the bench to kick Ireland to gritty victory

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland.................. 13pts Tries: Aki 66 Conversions: Crowley 67 Penalties: Crowley 10, Byrne 76 Australia .............. 10pts Tries: Petaia...

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Springboks reach top gear to dispatch Italy

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Italy...................................... 21pts Tries: Capuozzo 11, Cannone 66 Conversions: Allan 12 Penalties: Allan 8, 21, 45 South Africa..................... 63pts...

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