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England will need to tame Sua’ali’i

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THE Wallabies may be stuck between a rock and a hard place, but England will still need to be wary of Joseph Sua’ali’i, the new […]

Doncaster let it slip as Sale come from behind

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■By ANDREW SMITH Doncaster ………37pts Tries: Olowofela 33, 43; Wacokecoke 37, Currie 40, Veainu 65 Conversions: Bennett 33, 37, 40 Penalties: Bennett 4, 16 Sale […]

Spirited Caldy give Falcons a workout

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■By LUKE JARMYN Caldy …………………..12pts Conversion: Rabbette 58 Tries: Rabbette 57, Wynn 69 Newcastle ………… 33pts Tries: Spencer 4, O’Sullivan 8, Lockwood 40, Greenwood 65, […]

New faces take the plaudits for Saints

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■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ……..31pts Tries: Pollock 15, Ramm 23, Litchfield 38, Hendy 53, Baker 59 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 15, 23, 53 Leicester ……………12pts Tries: Satala […]

Opoku grabs his chance to make sure for Cov

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■By PETE MURDOCK Nottingham …… 15pts Tries: Olowofela 44, Ecclesfield 70 Conversion: Arden 45 Penalty: Arden 13 Coventry ………. 34pts Tries: Robson 23, Johnson 28, […]

Battling Scottish make Quins work hard

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■By DAN ROBERTSHAW L Scottish ………22pts Tries: Scot 30, Simonds 40, Wardell 58, Brown 80 Conversions: Wilstead 80 Harlequins …….35pts Tries: Hyde 3, 65; Joseph […]

Ealing delight as Sarries cut down

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■By OLLIE AUST Ealing ………………… 29pts Tries: Farrar 2, Bird-Tulloch 5, 25, Penalty 32, Kernohan 43 Conversion: Jones 3 Saracens ……………19pts Tries: Jackson-Richards 39, 77; […]

Bears get in the mood with Blues demolition

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■By MARK STEVENS Bristol …………. 67pts Tries: J Jenkins 2, Marmion 6, Fricker 12, Thacker 19, 71; Bates 23, Elizalde 25, Thomas 30, Heenan 54, […]

Ampthill given 11-try lesson in class from Bath

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By BEN WHITE Ampthill …………….. 0pts Bath …………………. 73pts Tries: McConnochie 2, 51; Tuipulotu 11, 25, 39; Staddon 42, Spandler 58, 74; Le Roux 65, […]

Gloucester are made to battle all the way

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■By CARWYN HARRIS Hartpury …………26pts Tries: Morgan 11, Denty 35, Austin 43, Penalty 72 Conversions: Bazalgate 11, 35 Gloucester ……. 31pts Tries: Clarke 5, Tuisue […]

Ten-try Chiefs show Pirates no mercy

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■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ……………… 7pts Try: Houston 23 Conversion: Houston 23 Exeter ……………….. 68pts Tries: Rigg 2, 40; Brown-Bampoe 7, 17, 74; Hodge […]

Shame that Georgia are kept out of sight

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By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed The most significant contest of the November international series? Take your pick. Ireland-New Zealand in Dublin on Friday night? […]

France have talent to spare

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ON the face of it – and, indeed, at the heart of it – a back row combination of Charles Ollivon (a former captain of […]

Aussies facing reality check

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ANALYSIS PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR THE HOME NATIONS AS THE AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS GET UNDER WAY AUSTRALIA start only their third grand […]

South America look to keep on building

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By JOE SANTAMARIA Top dogs: Argentina celebrate beating Australia in Rugby Championship PICTURES: Getty Images AS Sebastián Piñeyrúa’s historic six-year term as President of Sudamérica […]

Assiratti’s making the most of his second chances

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By SIMON THOMAS WALES prop Keiron Assiratti has revealed how close he came to dropping out of professional rugby – just months before making his […]

Wales get set for big Sunday crunch…

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By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know One weekend five summers ago, Wales went to No.1 in the rankings based on a […]

Maesteg Harlequins a beacon of hope

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AT a time when too many clubs all over England and Wales have gone to rack and ruin, Maesteg Harlequins shine through the gloom as […]

Host of stars back for Tigers

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Preview Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the season. England hooker Amy […]

Scarratt excited by new pathway

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■ By MAX HARRIS Champions: Gloucester-Hartpury celebrate their title triumph ENGLAND centurion Emily Scarratt is delighted with the new women’s BUCS programme which aims to […]

From shelf stacker to first-team contender

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■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is now expressing himself at […]

Cheika has instilled fight and grit into Tigers -Smith

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■ By GARY FITZGERALD Battle-hardened: Leicester coach Michael Cheika MICHAEL Cheika is a throwback to the old head coaching days at Welford Road when Tigers […]

Don’t let these tasty clashes pass you by

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RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S always famine or feast with international rugby and I guess that’s […]

Beziers need to clean up their act

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THE once-mighty Beziers are making the news in France again but for the wrong reasons. On the field they are becalmed mid table after three […]

Rowntree’s old charges fall short in a thriller

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■By BEN JAYCOCK Munster ……….. 24pts Tries: Haley 35, Penalty 40, Hodnett 50, Farrell 60, Conversion: Butler 60 New Zealand …38pts Tries: Lam 23, Fihaki […]

Baxter: I want to make things better

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■By PAUL REES ROB Baxter will not be walking away from Exeter, the only club still looking for a Premiership victory this season, believing he […]

I’ll stick with La Rochelle -O’Gara

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NEWS EXTRA RONAN O’Gara has ruled himself out of the running to replace Graham Rowntree as Munster head coach. Munster announced Rowntree’s departure this week […]

Pearce walks in his father’s footsteps

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■ By PAUL REES PADDY Pearce is living a dream after emulating his father and great-uncle by playing for the club he supported as a […]

Sylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup

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■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were left twiddling their thumbs, […]

Blackheath have promotion in sight

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■ By DAN ROBERTSHAW BLACKHEATH prop Will Davis says his side are aiming to secure one of the two promotion places available in National One […]

Devonport finding the going tough

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■ By BEN JAYCOCK DEVONPORT Services have lost every game in their inaugural National Two West campaign but homegrown talent Liam Jarvis says they are […]

Davies keen to bring new direction to Barnes

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■ By BEN JAYCOCK RECENT retiree Josh Davies has moved into the world of coaching at the age of 31 and offers a fresh perspective […]

New England group will cause uncertainty

3 November 2024 0 comments

By Jeff Probyn – A front-row view of game So just when we thought that everything was getting sorted between the RFU, the clubs and […]

Cardiff go down to shock defeat

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BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK CARDIFF Met suffered a shock loss to Hartpury which allowed Bath to claim second place and remain within touching distance […]

Potter hoping for Aussie debut

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FORMER Leicester wing Harry Potter would love the chance to lock horns against his old boss at Twickenham on Saturday. The 26-year-old, nicknamed ‘Wizard’ by […]

It is important to develop core skills

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Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Andy Davies, below, head coach at Lymm RFC Why did you get into coaching rugby and what has […]

Dragons split with coach Flanagan

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NEWS EXTRA DRAGONS have parted company with head coach Dai Flanagan with assistant Filo Tiatia taking over on an interim basis. The Newport-based region said […]

Kelleher expects to be fit

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IRELAND hooker Ronan Kelleher is on track to recover from injury in time to face New Zealand in Dublin on Friday night. Kelleher, 26, hurt […]

Williams is quick to learn at Grasshoppers

3 November 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK OWAIN Williams has stepped up to senior rugby this year and is flourishing at Preston Grasshoppers. The 19-year-old Manchester Met student has […]

Noon has heart set on France

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LEWIS Noon, the 19-yearold son of former England centre Jamie, has his sights set on playing for France. The full-back, who is part of Brive’s […]

We will see fewer full reds -Pearce

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Podcast By CHARLIE ELLIOTT LUKE Pearce believes that with the introduction of the new 20-minute red card law, direct sending-offs will be few and far […]

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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WRU to apologise to players

3 November 2024 0 comments

THE Welsh Rugby Union says it intends to apologise for its handling of contract negotiations with the senior women’s team. In September, the WRU announced […]

Davies in fine form as Ponty triumph

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Welsh Premiership round-up WING Joe Davies ran in a hat-trick as table toppers Pontypridd defeated Bonymaen 47-7 to make it six wins out of six. […]

Galthie turns his sights to the future

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JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Not wanted: Charles Ollivon has been omitted from the France squad by coach Fabien Galthie PICTURES Getty Images FRANCE head coach […]

Forthcoming fixtures

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Week beginning Sunday, November 3, 2024 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs … Continue reading… Access all our premium […]

Gilmore has tightened up our defence – Anderson

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By PAUL REES CAMERON Anderson has hailed the impact made by defence coach Jason Gilmore, below, since he arrived at The Stoop in the summer. […]

Banned for three matches

3 November 2024 0 comments

BATH centre Will Butt and Sale scrum-half Nye Thomas have both been banned for three games following their red cards during their Premiership match last […]

Heartbreak for England as All Blacks leave it late

2 November 2024 0 comments

England 22-24 New Zealand By Ben Jaycock at Twickenham George Ford missed a late penalty and last gasp drop goal as a heartbroken England suffered […]