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National League 2E

/ 1 year ago

OAs made to work hard for tough win

By RICHARD HOMER Old Albanians........38 Colchester.............. 12 OAs came out on top in a tight game with strong defence from both...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Flying wing Armstrong eyes history for Islanders

By CHRIS COLLYER In form: Guernsey wing Anthony Armstrong ANTHONY Armstrong hopes his free scoring form can fire Guernsey to a...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

I was astonished when Leicester got in touch

MY LIFEIN RUGBY MICHAEL VAN VUUREN THE FORMER JUNIOR SPRINGBOK, CHEETAHS, STADE FRANCAIS, KINGS, LEICESTER, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LONDON IRISH, NORTHAMPTON,...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 1 year ago

Bill’s tour depends on fame, not facts

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, it hasn’t taken long for Bill Beaumont to reveal what we...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

REGGIEHAMMICK

YOUNG GUNS SARACENS FLANKER A brasive back row Reggie Hammick has joined Mark Mapletoft’s England U20s set-up aiming to make his...

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Results

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Regional results

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Regional results

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Champs looking to keep on top

BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS AFTER a six-week break, BUCS Super Rugby returns for round 12 as Loughborough look to extend...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Whitgift bounce back in fine style

SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS AMONG a smattering of games cancelled due to the weather in the second week back of...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

I tell them we are all in this together

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Baz Basra, below, the head coach at Letchworth Garden City RFC in Regional 1...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Hartpury aiming for top four, says Short

By BEN JAYCOCK HARTPURY University continue to punch above their weight in the Championship and influential back row Harry Short says...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Hat-trick for Griffiths as Ponty stay ahead of the field

Welsh Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD WING Iwan Griffith’s hat-trick inspired leaders Pontypridd to victory 66-28 over Llangennech in a 14try...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Spandler hits four for Bath

England U20 By BEN JAYCOCK Bath United.................. 50pts England U20................ 28pts JASPER Spandler scored four first-half tries as Bath came out...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Kitamura stars with try double for Blue Revs

Japan League One round-up By BEN JAYCOCK SHIZUOKA Blue Revs ended Brave Lupus Tokyo’s unbeaten start to the season with scrum-half...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Drovers make it nine on the spin

Super Rygbi Cymru LLANDOVERY are the new leaders in Super Rygbi Cymru after seeing off Pontypool 38-27 at Church Bank to...

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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James Harrington

/ 1 year ago

Encore for exiled prop star Rabah Slimani

French Column by James Harrington Last Wednesday, Fabien Galthie named six uncapped players in his 42-strong list for the first match...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Forthcoming fixtures

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Rob Baxter: Tom Hooper will be the first of a few big-name signings for Exeter Chiefs

By Paul Rees Tom Hooper is the first of a number of big signings Exeter intend to make before the end...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Will Wand enjoying life as a Leicester Tiger

By Paul Rees Will Wand is living his dream with Leicester, the club he supported as a boy, having become a...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Lam on the lookout for cover at No.10

PAT Lam is looking to add an outside-half to Bristol’s squad with only one fit 10 on the books. AJ MacGinty...

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Philippe Saint-Andre challenges Sale Sharks to win something

Philippe Saint-Andre has assessed Sale’s title prospects and declared: "It’s about time they won something again."

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International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Handre Pollard: Argentina will test Steve Borthwick’s England

England have been warned to expect “tough battles” when they enter the backyard of the Pumas later this year.

By Gary Fitzgerald

Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Newcastle Falcons to open player contract talks despite relegation worry

Steve Diamond is set to start contract talks this week with players he wants to retain, although the threat of relegation...

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International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Bill Sweeney facing SGM following Six Nations

The RFU will hold a special general meeting after the men’s Six Nations with chief executive Bill Sweeney facing demands for...

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

‘Je ne regrette rien’: Lewis Ludlam loving life at Toulon

Lewis Ludlam insists he will return to Northampton one day but has no regrets about leaving the town or England behind...

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International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Sam Underhill to undergo surgery and miss Six Nations

England flanker Sam Underhill is an injury doubt for the Six Nations after Bath announced that he requires ankle surgery.

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

New signing Regan Grace out to seize his chance at Cardiff

Cardiff have revealed how the signing of Regan Grace was made possible by an injury to one of their Wales stars.

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Jack Singleton on breaking into the England set-up, again

Much time has passed since Jack Singleton's leg break sustained against Northampton two years ago and the hooker is looking to...

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

James Ramm: Player rivalry is pushing Northampton to success

James Ramm believes the rivalry among Northampton’s backs off the field can help inspire the club to more silverware on it.

By Gary Fitzgerald

Letters

/ 1 year ago

Sorry, Nick, but it’s different in France

NICK Cain has spent several issues arguing the case for promotion from the Championship and made an unfavourable comparison with French...

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Letters

/ 1 year ago

No room for Gerald

PETER Jackson’s excellent tribute to rugby’s latest knight in last week’s paper gave rise to the thought: Would Gerald Davies get...

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Letters

/ 1 year ago

Flag of inconvenience

I AM glad to see the authorities have finally caught up with Kirill Gotovtsev and the Russian flag that has been...

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Letters

/ 1 year ago

Is Bill Beaumont the right man for the job?

Rugby Union’s dire inability to handle the crisis threatening a great sport’s future is reflected in Sir Bill Beaumont’s hasty appointment...

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Dream Team

/ 1 year ago

Dream Team – Matt Corker

MATT CORKER, THE CANTERBURY HEAD COACH AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH & RICHMOND PLAYER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...

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Columnists

/ 1 year ago

Jeremy Guscott: Four changes to fire up England

Whoever makes the England Six Nations squad, to be announced on Tuesday by Steve Borthwick, I cannot imagine much in the...

By Jeremy Guscott

Champions Cup

/ 1 year ago

Stade Francais 45-35 Northampton Saints: Henry Pollock power show can’t rescue Saints

By Adam Hathaway at Stade Jean Bouin Stade Francais- 45 Tries: Dakuwaqa 22, Van der Mescht 29, Tanga 40+2, 57, Penalty...

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Champions Cup

/ 1 year ago

Phil Dowson: Henry Pollock is ready for England

Northampton Saints boss Phil Dowson insists Henry Pollock is ready for an England call-up if it comes on Tuesday when their...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Alex Sanderson – We were taught a lesson

Alex Sanderson said his Sale side will “own it” after suffering their biggest defeat in 15 months. It’s the first time...

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Champions Cup

/ 1 year ago

Munster 17-12 Saracens: Saracens miss out but still in contention

Saracens – high in effort, determination and ticker but low in poise, finesse and attacking nous – missed a golden opportunity...

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Champions Cup

/ 1 year ago

“We’re in good shape to take on Northampton” , says Tadhg Beirne

Star man Tadhg Beirne wants Munster to take this form into the clash at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday to secure a...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

11-try blitz as Chiefs suffer record defeat

By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs ................... 17pts Tries: Brown-Bampoe 8, 48, Hammersley 70 Conversion: Slade 49 Bordeaux Begles ........... 69pts Tries:...

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