All posts tagged "Scrum"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFinancial stability is key, says World Rugby chair
By Paul Rees Brett Robinson, who last week became the first person from the southern hemisphere to be elected World Rugby...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoFrance fight back to snatch thriller against All Blacks
By James Harrington France................ 30pts Tries: Buros 32, Boudehent 44, Bielle-Biarrey 51 Conversions: Ramos 33, 45, 52 Penalties: Ramos 7, 57,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGatland: If I lose my job, I’ll go to beach
■ By SIMON THOMAS Wales v Australia PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 4.10pm, Principality Stadium Coach: Warren Gatland ONE of the more revealing...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWe are ready for a brusing encounter, admits Schmidt
Recalled: Samu Kerevi AUSTRALIA head coach Joe Schmidt feels that Wales will be “incredibly hard to beat” at the Principality Stadium...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoBuilding blocks for England’s future
England A’s fixture against their Australian counterparts at The Stoop at 2pm today is an essential building block for any head...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoPundits need that forward thinking
Ian Robertson put it most colourfully. “I work with backs,” said the celebrated BBC radio commentator on being asked to coach...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThe day France pulled a fast one on Grant
OF all the international coaches in all the world, none can have endured a stranger initiation than Scotland’s Derrick Grant, against...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoChalking off White’s try was a mistake
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER No try: Ben White’s touchdown was ruled out...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCoach who gave Hastings brothers their debuts
THERE was a time when the strength of rugby in the Borders was a weathervane for Scottish rugby generally. That period...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoAllsopp proves an Ollie good fellow for Birmingham Moseley!
By Rhys Stratton B Moseley ..............27 Rosslyn Park .........26 Birmingham Moseley scored at the death through Ollie Allsopp to record a...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoA brace from Botterill is key to victory for Esher
■By MIKE DAVIS Leicester L ....... 31pts Tries: Romano 7, Allen 11, Sterland 24, Murdoch 47, Tebbatt 80 Conversions: Bouchier 8,...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoVisitors celebrate Pim’s contribution
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth................. 15 Richmond................20 RICHMOND kept up the pressure on Rams at the top of the table with a...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoPower of Faraimo is vital as Hull edge contest
By RICHARD GORE Hull.....................23 Fylde.................. 21 HULL won a hard fought game which was a tribute to their great defence and...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoStar man Norman unlucky not to conquer hosts
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................24 Sheffield Tigers....24 SHEFFIELD Tigers got their ninth bonus point after the Yorkshire derby ended in a draw,...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoQuins’ first visit ruined by Raiders
By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey.......... 49 pts Oxford Quins....27pts OXFORD Harlequins found their first visit to Guernsey tough going, but battled well...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoJones answers Col’s SOS call in the dying stages
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks..............23 Colchester..............28 SEVENOAKS entertained Colchester in an encounter that represented high stakes for both toughing it out in...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoOld Redcliffians keep nerve to halt Bournville
By PAUL BOLTON Bournville............... 12 Old Redcliffians....23 OLD Redcliffians produced a superb defensive display to earn their first away win of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoYou need to have that buzz on pitch
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Tom Coleman, below, head coach at Bishop’s Stortford Why did you get into coaching...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoMatch Reaction: Scotland happy in defeat, Springboks frustrated in victory
By Tom Jeffreys Despite South Africa boasting a comfortable 17-point winning margin in their 32-15 victory at Murrayfield yesterday, the moods...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoScotland their own worst enemy as Springboks bomb squad revert to set piece dominance
By Tom Jeffreys Scotland…….. 32 (9)Tries:Conversions:Penalties: Russell 17, 22, 33, 44, 6120 min red cards: Cummings 11 South Africa:………. 15 (19)Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWe blew so many chances, says Lam as
■By ROGER PANTING Bristol Bears ... 10pts Try: van Rensburg 47 Conversion: Worsley 47 Penalty: Worsley 37 Australia A ....... 10pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBears can’t stop last-minute try
In addition there were very few players in their ranks who put their hand up for promotion to the first-choice squad...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoFour tries for Obi Ene puts Sale Sharks on road to take down Caldy
By Luke Jarmyn Sale .....................................40pts Tries: Ene 4, 10, 20, 39, Wills 56, McElroy 65 Conversions: Curtis 5, 11, 21, 40,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNon-stop Bath give Bristol the runaround
By SAM JESS Bath ....................78pts Tries: Staddon 5, Parry 12, 49; Hennessey 17, 69; Tuipulotu 22, Carr-Smith 38, 52; McConnochie 46,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFitz Harding wants to join England pals
By Paul Rees Bristol's strong start to the season has been rewarded with five players selected in England’s two senior squads...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoFour-try David calls the shots for Bears
■By WILL PERRINGWOOD Leicester ......................7pts Try: McGhie 25 Conversion: Feury 26 Bristol ......................... 62pts Tries: David 3, 34, 38, 53; Hesketh...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoTrailfinders make champions fight hard
■By TOM JOHNSON Trailfinders ..... 19pts Tries: White 55, Beukeboom 73, Clarke 77 Conversions: Taylor 56, 78 Tries: Sing 11, Rugman...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoClub hammer down Sale door to climb to fourth
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ...... 31pts Tries: Harding 9, 23, Hennessey 13, Burns 31, Fielding 56 Conversions: Ffitch 13, 23, 56...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoIn-form Rams run rings around Park
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams.........................40 Sedgley Park.........22 RAMS overcame a dreadful opening half-hour to make it nine league wins from nine with...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoChester make Hull pay for a lack of cutting edge
■By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.....................39 Hull............................ 19 CHESTER secured a bonus-point win with a strong second-half performance pulling away from a Hull...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoWallace stars in Combe thriller
■ By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P.........39 Colchester..............36 TOBY Wallace’s hat-trick and Harry Hudson’s last-gasp try saw Westcombe Park snatch victiry from...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoDramatic late win boosts leaders
■ By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes................25pts Tonbridge J......26pts A LAST-minute converted try saw Tonbridge Juddians snatch victory from the jaws of defeat...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoUni lads hang on in face of last-gasp barrage
■ By ALEX GREGGOR Exeter Uni........ 34 Bournville........ 31 DESPITE an incredible second-half comeback, Exeter University held on for victory against...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoIn-form Clifton cling on for win after red card
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................33 Taunton...................26 BOTH teams came into the game on winning sequences but it was Clifton who turned...
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Guest Blogs
/ 1 year agoHow to Bet on Rugby League: Latest Odds
Different countries like different sports and it does not mean that a popular sporting activity is equally big in all corners...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoDarcy Graham on the rampage to ignite Scotland
By Bryn Palmer Scotland ........................... 57pts Tries: Rowe 9, Graham 15, 18, 53, 62; Jones 21, 79; van der Merwe 72...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDoncaster let it slip as Sale come from behind
■By ANDREW SMITH Doncaster .........37pts Tries: Olowofela 33, 43; Wacokecoke 37, Currie 40, Veainu 65 Conversions: Bennett 33, 37, 40 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSpirited Caldy give Falcons a workout
■By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .......................12pts Conversion: Rabbette 58 Tries: Rabbette 57, Wynn 69 Newcastle ............ 33pts Tries: Spencer 4, O’Sullivan 8,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNew faces take the plaudits for Saints
■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ........31pts Tries: Pollock 15, Ramm 23, Litchfield 38, Hendy 53, Baker 59 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 15, 23, 53...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEaling delight as Sarries cut down
■By OLLIE AUST Ealing ..................... 29pts Tries: Farrar 2, Bird-Tulloch 5, 25, Penalty 32, Kernohan 43 Conversion: Jones 3 Saracens ...............19pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAmpthill given 11-try lesson in class from Bath
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ................. 0pts Bath ...................... 73pts Tries: McConnochie 2, 51; Tuipulotu 11, 25, 39; Staddon 42, Spandler 58,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMaesteg Harlequins a beacon of hope
AT a time when too many clubs all over England and Wales have gone to rack and ruin, Maesteg Harlequins shine...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoExeter on top in battle of the big guns
■By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ............................. 29pts Tries: Doidge 8, F Robinson 38, Sinclair 56, Rogers 66 Conversions: Tessier 9, 39, 67...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBeziers need to clean up their act
THE once-mighty Beziers are making the news in France again but for the wrong reasons. On the field they are becalmed...
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Features
/ 1 year agoYOUNG GUNS
JIMMY STAPLES HARLEQUINS HOOKER Harlequins academy hooker Jimmy Staples has adapted to men’s rugby but recognises there is much work to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBanned for three matches
BATH centre Will Butt and Sale scrum-half Nye Thomas have both been banned for three games following their red cards during...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoAll stand together
IN this PC, all inclusive, non-exclusive world that we are now supposed to be living in, the very idea of designated...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoBath pushing boundaries
Winners: Francois van Wyk scores a late try to help Bath defeat Harlequins last week PICTURES: Getty Images BATH put on...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoBath thump Sale Sharks to send them top of the Premiership
By Paul Rees Bath .................................... 40pts Tries: Muir 1, Reid 18, du Toit 26, Hill 45, Carr-Smith 64, van Wyk 78...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoWe had to win this one – George Skivington
Director of rugby George Skivington said this was a game Gloucester had to win. “We’ve been in a position in a...
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