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Maitland to call time in summer

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Saracens wing Sean Maitland, 35, will retire from rugby at the end of the season. The 53-cap Scotland flyer, who represented New Zealand at U20 […]

Flyer Kildunne wins player of Championship

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Full flight: England star Ellie Kildunne ENGLAND full-back Ellie Kildunne has been named the Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship – one of nine […]

Walkerburn’s centenary sevens gets green light

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By LUKE JARMYN A huge community effort and overwhelming support from around the world has ensured that one of rugby’s oldest tournaments is set to […]

Bears in hunt for a home play-off

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Preview Bristol v Leicester Today. 3.30pm By BEN JAYCOCK ELLA Lovibond will lead Bristol Bears out on her 50th appearance, while Millie David makes her […]

Sarries looking to hit top gear

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Preview Exeter v Saracens Today. 3pm By BEN JAYCOCK SARACENS full-back Sarah McKenna feels her side will be able to find another gear against Exeter. […]

Leaders hand Hyatt first start at fly-half

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PREVIEW… Gloucester Hartpury v Trailfinders Today. Kick-off 2pm By BEN JAYCOCK REIGNING champions and league pacesetters Gloucester-Hartpury make nine changes ahead of hosting Trailfinders at […]

Lightning Bo bags ‘amazing’ fab four

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By TOM CASTLE Loughborough L ……. 38pts Tries: Westcombe-Evans 3, 42, 62, 71, Wassell 17, Scarratt 77 Conversions: Scarratt 17, 62, 71, 78 Harlequins ………………19pts […]

Lawes is level with England’s greatest

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RUGBY MATTERS Members of the Rugby Writers club have recently been voting for the Pat Marshall award which we scribes use to honour the outstanding […]

Mias made his mark in land of the giants als

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Lucien Mias, below, who died this week aged 93, was never a giant of a man physically but when the force was with him, the […]

Conductor Smith hits the right note

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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 Smith. In both team’s […]

Holders Kent are back in business

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By JOSH THOMAS Hampshire…….. 30pts Kent…………………32pts KENT began their defence of the Bill Beaumont Cup with a thrilling victory over Hampshire. The reigning champions, who […]

Devon on top in west points feast

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By MO SHER Division 3 round-up DEVON are in pole position to quality for the knock-out stages of the third-tier competition after beating Dorset & […]

It’s Harry Houdini as Cheshire steal it late

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By LUKE JARMYN Division 2 round-up IN the penultimate round of County Championship group fixtures, 12 sides battled it out in Division Two. Harry Hughes […]

I put everything into coaching, emotion is key

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Steve Hill puts the questions to Pete Davies head coach of Oxford Harlequins who have just been promoted to Level 4 Why did you get into […]

Priddey is Dawe’s Captain fantastic

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By MO SHER Surrey……………………..0 Cornwall………………55 WHEN it comes to County Championship rugby, Cornwall are kingpins. And on a stunning day just outside of the capital, […]

Top three dominate but real gems to be found across entire league

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THE BEST XV FROM 2023-24 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR REPORTERS Following Esher’s National Two East title success, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our […]

Southend’s Twickenham memories will last a lifetime

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By CHRIS PHILLIPS A resurgent Southend Saxons are celebrating a superb league and cup double following their first ever Twickenham triumph. Southend were crowned Regional […]

A thrilling ride but now it’s time to call it a day

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MY LIFE IN RUGBY CHARLIE BECKETT – THE DONCASTER AND FORMER LEICESTER, LONDON WELSH, GLOUCESTER, JERSEY, AMPTHILL AND EASTWOOD SECOND ROW For one last time […]

New law changes will hurt the game

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JEFF PROBYN Am I the only one who thinks that something is wrong with ‘those in charge’ of our game as once again the laws […]

NICK LILLEY

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YOUNG GUNS by Ben Jaycock Exeter Chiefs centre Nick Lilley wishes he could have a notepad and pen to hand in training to write down […]

Anscombe unavailable for tour to Australia

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NEWS EXTRA Wales fly-half Gareth Anscombe has ruled himself out of the summer tour of Australia. The 33-year-old, who has joined Gloucester for the 2024-25 […]

Addison and Ewers among Ulster leavers

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Will Addison will be among nine players to leave Ulster at the end of this season. The 31-year-old arrived from Sale in 2018 and has […]

Results

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Damian strikes as Knights edge out Eagles

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Japan League One round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Saitama Wild Knights continued their unbeaten run to secure a place in the Division One final, while Division […]

Strange ending adds to Crusaders’ misery

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Super Rugby Pacific round-up By TOM JEFFREYS The Crusaders suffered yet another sucker punch in their nightmare season with a last-minute 31-24 loss to the […]

Dramatic finale puts Brive into play-offs

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By JAMES HARRINGTON The ProD2 supplied a final glorious regular-season round for the ages in a perfectly timed reminder to broadcasters interested in bidding for […]

Reeves driving Brazil’s bid to join global party

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Joe Santamaria talks to Brazil technical director Josh Reeves about his adopted country’s mission to qualify for RWC27 Josh Reeves has crammed a lot in […]

Newcastle flyer signs for Cardiff

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CARDIFF have signed Wales-qualified wing Iwan Stephens from Newcastle. Stephens, 22, is the son of former Llanelli and Wales fly-half Colin Stephens and represented England […]

Stevens steps up to take lead at St Ives

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Former Leicester Tigers and London Irish hooker Jimmy Stevens is the new director of rugby at St Ives, his Cornwall home-town club. He has stepped […]

Forthcoming fixtures

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Scarlets pay price for lack of discipline

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By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ………….. 20pts Tries: Tuipulotu 60, Lewis 67 Conversions: Costelow 61, 68 Penalties: Costelow 10, 26 Ulster ………………. 31pts Tries: McCloskey 42, […]

‘Play big matches at neutral venues’

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By PAUL REES Danny Wilson’s has backed calls to play Champions Cup semi-finals at a neutral venue after Toulouse and Leinster enjoyed home city advantage […]

I’m still supporter of relegation – Diamond

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By PAUL REES Newcastle may be adrift at the bottom of the Premiership but Steve Diamond remains an advocate for promotion and relegation. The Falcons […]

WRU ramps up its scouting operation

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The WRU will ramp up its exile programme to identify players qualified to play for Wales. They are also determined to hold on to Welsh […]

New-boy Roots has his eye on NZ return

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By PAUL REES One of England’s Test debutants this year has a big incentive to make the summer tour to New Zealand – he would […]

It’s been a crazy six months, says new Welsh star

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By SIMON THOMAS Alex Mann is the first to admit his “crazy” journey over the past six months hasn’t really sunk in yet. Before this […]

I want to win title before I leave Bristol – Luatua

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By PAUL REES Few overseas signings have had a more lasting impact in the Premiership than Steve Luatua who looks like finishing his career at […]

Game in England is good, says Ford

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By PAUL REES George Ford feels English rugby is on the up after a testing couple of years on and off the field and has […]

Graham: Guys were in tears after that defeat but we’ll fight back

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Sam Graham believes Northampton can turn the heartache of losing last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-final to their advantage as they set their sights on the […]

Warning for Vunipola but Sarries carry on as usual

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By BEN JAYCOCK BILLY Vunipola put his club Saracens through a PR disaster when he was arrested in Mallorca but director of rugby Mark McCall […]

Stop this constant disregard for laws

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LAST weekend I witnessed one of the most blatant forward passes this season. During the Challenge Cup semi-final between Gloucester and Benetton, Zach Mercer tried […]

Courtney is so good, both on and off the pitch

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CREDIT where it’s due for the Saints’ own Courtney Lawes. For such a big fella he consistently tackles low, plays a strong game and holds […]

Ten in the Prem is right for England

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GREAT to read in your paper that there are no plans to increase the number of teams from the current 10 in the Premiership, particularly […]

Focus on aspiration

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THE Championship clubs deserve far more than they are getting in terms of RFU funding and access to the top flight. Numerous internationals have learnt […]

Tiueti out to make most of Cov move

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By JON NEWCOMBE Inspired by his old Uni mate Will Rigg, Dafydd-Rhys Tiueti is hoping that joining Coventry this summer will do wonders for his […]

Dream Team with Alex Loney

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The former Leicester, Nottingham, Avignon, Rotherham and Fylde hooker, now head coach of Fylde & Lancashire, chooses the best XV he has played with or […]

Leicester have the class to rule again

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JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Leicester are not where their fans want them to be – and a minority have been warned by […]

Saracens closing in on finishing line

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By PAUL REES Bristol Bears ………………..20pts Tries: Batley 4, Thacker 52 Conversions: MacGinty 5, Williams 53 Penalties: MacGinty 11, 20 Saracens ………………………41pts Tries: Itoje 22, […]

Farrell: We play with our heads up

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OWEN Farrell said Saracens remained on course for another Twickenham final because of their ability to adapt their gameplan. A close victory at Bath was […]

Dominant Chiefs set up shot at the semis

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By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs ……………… 58pts Tries: Slade 20, Feyi-Waboso 33, 65, John 40, Skinner 43, 71, Jenkins 77 Conversions: Slade 21, 33, 40, […]

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