Bill Beaumont Cup
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/ 11 months agoDevon and Hampshire claim county glory at Twickenham in style
By LUKE JARMYN Devon and Hampshire claimed the honours in the second day of the County Championships final weekend at Twickenham...
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/ 11 months agoKent hold on to take honours in thriller
Men’s Division 1 Kent …………………. 31pts Tries: Denham 48, Jones 50, 65 Conversions: Evans 49, 51, 66 Penalties: Evans 5, 36,...
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/ 11 months agoBeing in final is the pinnacle of community game – coach
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Division 1 Final Yorkshire v Kent Saturday, June 15. 3pm Touchdown: Garry Jones scores a try for...
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/ 11 months agoMacc lads looking to drive Cheshire on
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Division 2 Final Cheshire v Oxfordshire Saturday June 15. 11am BACKED by a strong Macclesfield contingent, Cheshire...
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/ 11 months agoIt will be tough, says Protherough
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Division 3 Final North Midlands v Devon Sunday June 16. 1pm NEXT Sunday’s action at Twickenham sees...
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/ 11 months agoMinikin sparks a party at Twickenham for Yorkshire
Yorkshire..........26pts Lancashire ....... 13pts By LUKE JARMYN Euphoric scenes swept around Ionians ground as Lewis Minikin dashed over to score Yorkshire’s...
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/ 11 months agoHat-trick for Reading – and Oxfordshire
Division 2 round-up By LUKE JARMYN Witney hooker Marcus Reading scored a try hat-trick to send Oxfordshire into their third county...
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/ 11 months agoCornwall enjoy day in the sun
Cornwall..................48 Hampshire..............24 By BILL HOOPER Cornwall completed their campaign scoring seven tries in the glorious Cornish sunshine to send Trelawny’s Army...
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/ 11 months agoNorth Mids and Devon book spot
Division 3 round-up By MO SHER A TRIP to HQ is every rugby player’s dream – and for those in the...
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/ 11 months agoKent show true grit to hold firm
By ADAM CLEARY Kent...........................34 Cornwall..................33 KENT continued their defence of the Bill Beaumont Cup with victory over Cornwall at Charlton Park,...
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/ 11 months agoYorkshire set up shootout with rivals Lancashire
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Somerset........... 31pts Yorkshire...........33pts YORKSHIRE secured a vital win in this Bill Beaumont Cup thriller to set up a...
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/ 11 months agoFive-star Oxfordshire power into last four
By LUKE JARMYN Division 2 round-up OXFORDSHIRE scored five tries with their best performance of the campaign to grab a 34-27...
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/ 11 months agoDevon secure place in semi-finals
By JOE SANTAMARIA Division 3 round-up DEVON continued their good form by dispatching a competitive Berkshire side at Maidenhead RUFC. Fresh...
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/ 11 months agoBarnes hits four in nine-try rout
By GEORGE WELLBELOVE Surrey.......................................... 7 Hampshire...............................63 HAMPSHIRE ran in nine tries to thrash Surrey and kick-start their campaign with Curtis Barnes...
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/ 12 months agoConductor Smith hits the right note
By ROB MORROW Lancashire..............54 Somerset.................33 LANCASHIRE commenced their campaign with a bonus-point victory over a spirited Somerset, conducted by fly-half, Greg...
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/ 12 months agoHolders Kent are back in business
By JOSH THOMAS Hampshire........ 30pts Kent.....................32pts KENT began their defence of the Bill Beaumont Cup with a thrilling victory over Hampshire....
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/ 12 months agoDevon on top in west points feast
By MO SHER Division 3 round-up DEVON are in pole position to quality for the knock-out stages of the third-tier competition...
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/ 12 months agoIt’s Harry Houdini as Cheshire steal it late
By LUKE JARMYN Division 2 round-up IN the penultimate round of County Championship group fixtures, 12 sides battled it out in...
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/ 12 months agoDream Team with Alex Loney
The former Leicester, Nottingham, Avignon, Rotherham and Fylde hooker, now head coach of Fylde & Lancashire, chooses the best XV he...
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/ 12 months agoEssex facing tough start to county champs
By BEN JAYCOCK At the end of last season, Essex were promoted to Division 2 but faced a daunting start to...
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/ 12 months agoOxfordshire in charge
By NATHAN EDWARDS Division 2 round-up IT was the opening weekend of the Bill Beaumont Cup and the return of county...
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/ 12 months agoYarrow sparks Durham
Division 3 round-up By MO SHER DURHAM opened up their campaign at Billingham with a hard-fought 43-34 win against Notts, Lincs...
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/ 12 months agoCall to attract players back into county tournament
By BEN JAYCOCK Surrey director of rugby Marc Bertrand feels the Bill Beaumont County Championship has lost its edge with players...
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/ 12 months agoAppleyard unhappy with date clashes
By BEN JAYCOCK Staffordshire head coach Andy Appleyard believes the RFU are ‘stealing opportunities away from quality players’ due to the...
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/ 2 years agoCall to hold all county finals at Twickenham
By LUKE JARMYN All men’s and women’s County Championship finals should take place at Twickenham as part of a weekend festival...
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/ 2 years agoAfter 96 years, Kent get to wear a county crown again
Bill Beaumont County Cup Division One By BEN JAYCOCK Kent are seen as an ‘unfashionable county’ with zero of their clubs...
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/ 2 years agoLancashire woe as Smith’s last-gasp kick goes wide
KENT secured their first Bill Beaumont Men’s County Championship in 96 years with an incredible 39- 37 comeback win over Lancashire,...
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/ 2 years agoLancashire find it pays to talk
Gill Burns Cup By BEN JAYCOCK Before the County Cup season started, Lancashire women’s head coach Chris Hall encouraged his side...
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/ 2 years agoTop two get ready for county showdown
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Lancashire v Kent Today. Kick-off 4pm, Twickenham Stadium THE Bill Beaumont County Cup has been overlooked and...
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/ 2 years agoCounties complain about selection criteria
By LUKE JARMYN Hundreds of players have missed the chance to represent their shire for the 2023 senior men and U20...
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/ 2 years agoHertfordshire sign off by smashing 50
By KIERAN FREE Cheshire ........ 24 Herts ................ 54 Hertfordshire signed off their championship with an emphatic victory on the road...
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/ 2 years agoSomerset go clear after early struggle
By HUGH DUDER Somerset ........41 Hampshire ..... 24 It took Hampshire just three minutes to open the scoring as Rory Penfold...
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/ 2 years agoBentley’s late score seals it for Lancashire
By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire ........ 29pts Tries: Higginson 2, Wilkinson 43, Bentley 72 Conversions: Smith 3 Penalties: Smith 15, 30, 40,...
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/ 2 years agoHennessy produces the late magic to break Cornish hearts
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall ......... 31 Kent ................. 34 Kent broke Cornish hearts with a deserved win in the Cornish sunshine...
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/ 2 years agoUnlucky Cumbria fall short of semis
By JAMES LEWIS Cumbria ...........36 Durham ...........26 Cumbria prevailed in a ferocious encounter at Aspatria – but missed out on a...
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/ 2 years agoShort’s fast start gets Glouc going
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Devon ............... 10 Glouc’shire .....40 Gloucestershire inflicted a big defeat on Devon at Plymouth Albion, but finished behind...
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/ 2 years agoHalf-century helps Dorset & Wilts ease past Berks
By ANDY ARTER Berkshire ........ 19 Dorset & W.....50 Dorset & Wilts travelled to Reading in search of the bonus point...
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/ 2 years agoEast Midlands book their place in final four despite defeat
By MO SHER Leic’shire ........ 15 E Midlands ..... 10 Leicestershire finished off their campaign with a hard-earned win against East...
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/ 2 years agoNorth Mids wrestle control to reach semis
By SAM THOMAS N Midlands .....38 E Counties ......26 A ten-try thriller at Droitwich saw North Midlands eventually win in comfortable...
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/ 2 years agoEssex set up decider with Oxfordshire
Division 3 round-up ■By MO SHER THE game of the day was in Thurrock, where Essex pipped Sussex 32-31 – the...
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/ 2 years agoGill Burns Cup
Round-up JUST Lancashire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey remain unbeaten in Division 1 after two rounds of action. Last year’s champions Leicestershire got...
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/ 2 years agoWiese wins the players’ player gong
NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of...
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/ 2 years agoPowell replaces Cokayne at Quins
LEICESTER have signed England and Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne for the 2023-24 Premier 15s season.The 26-year-old has won 72 caps for...
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/ 2 years agoSurgery ends Curry’s World Cup dream
Agony: Sale’s Ben Curry SALE Sharks flanker Ben Curry is set to miss the World Cup after being ruled out for...
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/ 2 years agoFront row pair extend deals with Gloucester
ENGLAND hooker Jack Singleton has signed a contract extension at Premiership side Gloucester. The 26-year-old, who has three caps, joined from...
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/ 2 years agoLancashire make sure in the end
Hert’shire .......39 Lancashire ... 44 By BRIAN QUINN It was nip and tuck for 80 minutes but Lancashire came out on...
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/ 2 years agoPocklington the star for Yorkshire
Yorkshire .......80 Cheshire ........ 19 By KIERAN FREE Yorkshire didn’t take their foot off the gas after last week’s convincing win...
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/ 2 years agoSouthworth makes it count for Cornwall
By MO SHER Hampshire .........20pts Tries: Carr 20, Fletcher 35, Perkins 77 Conversions: Fieldsend 78 Penalty: Searle 60 Cornwall ............ 24pts...
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/ 2 years agoProp Young powers over to seal it for Kent
Kent ................ 43 Somerset ......... 7 By LUKE JARMYN Loosehead Billy Young powered over for Kent’s sixth try in the final...
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/ 2 years agoStaffordshire can’t keep up as Durham go through the gears
Division 2 North Durham ........... 48 Staff’shire ......28 By NATHAN EDWARDS Durham fought off Staffordshire’s late surge to continue their flawless...
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