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Leicester axe hasn’t dimmed my enthusiasm says Mauge

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By NEALE HARVEY Considering offers: Aaron Mauger AARONMauger insists his burning desire to coach at the highest level remains undimmed despite the brutal nature of […]

Abergele remain winless after loss at Mold

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SWALEC Division One round-up By ELGAN ALDERMAN TREORCHY were crowned winners in the Division One East-Central division after a 38-7 win away to Rumney. Ystrad […]

DREAMTEAM

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NIC GROOM, THE SAINTS AND FORMER STORMERS SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Steven Kitshoff – We started at […]

Lions need tough guy at ten

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MA’A NONU may not be around to scare the life out of defences anymore, but you can bet that the All Blacks will still send […]

Valiant Edinburgh fightback falls short

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Edinburgh…19 Connacht …22 CONNACHT just about held off a brave comeback from Edinburgh to edge a tight victory at Myreside. Having dominated the first 60 […]

Mugford aims to prove Sale were wrong to dump him

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FRUSTRATED fly-half Dan Mugford insists he still has a Premiership future despite the disappointment of being deemed surplus to requirements by Sale. Having fought his […]

Fylde hit by full force of Law trio

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By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington …66 Fylde …22 DARLINGTON overwhelmed visitors Fylde at the Northern Echo Arena, scoring ten tries in the process, with a 30 […]

Clifton rub salt into Exmouth wounds

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By ROGER OPIE Clifton 36 Exmouth 20 CLIFTON threw caution to the wind from the kickoff and ran the ball from all parts of the […]

It’s all bash and carry as Lawes aims to continue improvement

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By NICK VERDIER COURTNEY Lawes may have looked back to his best during the Six Nations but the Saints man has warned his would-be summer […]

Stade are enjoying their new lease of life

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FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Stade Francais, so recently facing extinction in a merger with Racing, have become a key element in the fixture wrangle dividing […]

Lions have the ferocity up front to shock All Blacks

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IT’S not long now until Warren Gatland makes the final call on what will be the biggest challenge of his coaching career – and it’s […]

Stimmo learns a painful lesson

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OLD men really should know better. Tim Stimpson is paying the price for taking me on at football in a Bet Stars Challenge with two […]

Scarlets do enough to keep playoff dream alive

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By ROB COLE Scarlets …51pts Tries: Van der Merwe 5, 16, 67, S Evans 9, 36, Owens 25, Price 43, Davies 69 Conversions: Jones 17, […]

Judgement Day – for the regions … and Wales

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Wales can’t afford to let this summer’s tour pass without blooding some youngsters – and that’s why Judgement Day is going to be so important […]

Protheroe runs the show as perfect streak continues

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By DAVID LAWRENCE Molesey …14pts Tries: Fidler 35, Crane 77 Conversions: Williams 35, 77 Hartpury College …32pts Tries: Cochrane 23, Protheroe 28, Polledri 40, Gilbert […]

Tom on target as Stortford close in

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By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S …36 R’gensians R…33 TOM Banks late penalty ensured Bishop’s Stortford took a big step towards the league title against a […]

James tops Tait’s list of outsiders to take on the Pumas

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By NEALE HARVEY MATHEW Tait reckons England boss Eddie Jones must cast his midfield net wider by looking to Sale duo Sam James and Will […]

Raisuqe gets ten weeks for stamping

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Banned: Josaia Raisuqe stamped on Keelan Giles STADEFrancais wing Josaia Raisuqe has been given a ten-week suspension for stamping on the head of Ospreys wing […]

France’s cash crisis must be heeded say Tigers

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By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief executive Simon Cohen believes the on-off merger fiasco with Top 14 outfits Stade Francais and Racing 92 must act as […]

Ackermann will give Gloucester some steel

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ON the face of it Gloucester’s appointment of Johan Ackermann, below, as their new head coach for 2017-18, seems a shrewd one. The Lions improved […]

It’s Byrne’s night after Biggar kick flies wide

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By JAMES CANDY Ospreys …19pts Tries: Davies 5, Tipuric 61 Conversion: Davies 62 Penalties: Biggar 8, 40 Leinster …20pts Tries: Cronin 25, Leavy 45 Conversions: […]

Maiming of O’Driscoll was cynical, the cover-up was simply shameful

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Anatomy of an assault: Long after the ball has gone Tana Umaga and Kevin Mealamu spear tackle Brian O’Driscoll, who is carried off PICTURE: Getty […]

Plymouth look set for second as Cooper crosses late on

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By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …19 Ampthill …14 ALTHOUGH it’s not mathematically certain, Plymouth Albion virtually secured second place in the league table after beating […]

Barnes bask in summer sun with rare win

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By PETER HAYES Canterbury 11 Barnes 17 BARNES upset the form book to take just a fifth win of the season as mid-table Canterbury slipped […]

3G – sow the seeds of future success

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IF Saracens can become reigning double champions, and set up another Champions Cup semi-final after beating Glasgow Warriors, what can other clubs do to replicate […]

Sonny Bill’s back and feeling fresh for Lions

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By NICK VERDIER SONNY Bill Williams made his long-awaited Blues debut yesterday after nearly a year on the sidelines but it wasn’t enough to prevent […]

Moore’s on the mend

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FORMER England and Lions hooker Brian Moore is recovering in intensive care at St George’s Hospital in London after suffering a heart attack. The 55-year-old […]

Slade’s slip-ups give Bristol hope of upset

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Exeter…38pts Tries: Woodburn 1, Parling 40, Whitten 41, Waldrom 52, 77 Conversions: Slade 1, 40, 41, 52; Steenson 77 Penalties: Slade 21 Bristol…34pts Tries: Hurrell […]

Dragons complete a year of misery on the road

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By ROB COLE Zebre…29pts Tries: Ruzza 14, Minnie 30, Padovani 50, Meyer 52 Conversions: Canna 30, 50, 52 Penalty: Canna 5 NG Dragons…14pts Tries: Hill […]

Lions humbled by best side ever

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Brendan Gallagher looks back on the harsh reality of Clive Woodward’s 2005 Lions tour to New Zealand Broken ankle: Lawrence Dallaglio First a statement of […]

Blues’ fast start finished by Barker

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By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield…24 Blackheath …12 A FIRST-half blitz proved enough for Macclesfield although they were given a scare by Blackheath before Lewis Barker’s late […]

Reds grab draw with a last-gasp Phillips try

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By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T 33pts Redruth 33pts No doubt: Richard Brown is awarded a try fro Redruth Lewis Webb runs with the ball for […]

Dickson looking to a bright future at Bedford

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TRANSFER WRAP LEE DICKSON will be leaving Northampton at the end of the season to join Bedford Blues as playercoach next season, as revealed in […]

Watch 7s at Richmond

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THE Lord’s Taverners, the UK charity that provides young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with disabilities the chance to enjoy sport, is launching its […]

Bath finally run hot with general Ford in command

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Bath…27pts Tries: Joseph 21, Watson 67, 71 Conversions: Ford 22, 68 Penalties: Ford 27, 49, 68, 72 Leicester …21pts Tries: O’Connor 5, Veainu 12 Conversion: […]

Baxter: Mistakes gave us problems

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EXETER head coach Rob Baxter, relieved that his side have twice hit back from 14 points down to take ten points in successive home matches […]

Warburton limps off as Ulster strike late blow

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By RONAN O’BRIEN Ulster …24pts Tries: Jackson 11, pen try 28, L Marshall 69 Conversions: Jackson 12, 29, 70 Penalties: Jackson 56 Cardiff Blues…24pts Tries: […]

JPR’s a Wales legend but was Price even better?

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Anniversaries have been all the rage of late, from the 25th of England’s last Grand Slam double under Will Carling to the 50th of Gareth […]

Trimble terrific as Cov go try crazy

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By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …8 Coventry …73 MAX TRIMBLE scored a hat-trick as Coventry ran in 11 tries with Will Maisey racking up 21 […]

Gibson pops up at death to save Geese

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By WARREN MUGGLETON LI W Geese 41 Henley H 35 KARL Gibson scored a late try for London Irish Wild Geese against Henley Hawks at […]

Regular season winners ready for big finale

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WOMEN’S ROUND-UP By NICK VERDIER BRISTOL dominated the Premiership’s regular season and head coach Roy Davies has now challenged his troops to go all the […]

Wade named best in March

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LETHAL Wasps finisher Christian Wade has been named the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month for March. The winger, who has 14 league tries so […]

Blackadder proud his boys passed the character test

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BATH had to come from behind to beat Leicester yesterday and Director of rugby Todd Blackadder couldn’t have been happier. He said: “I am just […]

Scrum boys give Joel his shot at redemption

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By JOHN RILEY Newcastle …16pts Tries: Socino 22 Conversions: Delany 24 Penalties: Hodgson 46, 65, 81 Gloucester …14pts Tries: May 37, Marshall 48 Conversions: Twelvetrees […]

Munster make it six in row over Scots

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By DARAGH SMALL MUNSTER kept pace with leaders Leinster as they backed up their Champions Cup form with their fourth win of the season over […]

Irish give Champions Cup a six-figure boost…

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NOWthat the Irish have brought the crowds back to the Champions Cup, the semi-finals are likely to reach 100,000 for the first time in eight […]

Leonard keeps survival dreams alive

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By DANIEL SAWYER Rosslyn Park …29 Hull Ionians…30 HULL IONIANS handed their survival hopes a timely shot in the arm with a hard-fought victory at […]

Wings sting Bury in first-half blitz

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By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 47 B St Edmunds 12 DOM Lespierre and Huw Roberts scored two tries apiece as Old Elthamians secured a crucial […]

Titans duo turning fortunes at Tigers

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A WEIGHT counsellor cum winger and a 115kg prop from Borders farming stock may seem an unlikely double act but Jamie Broadley and Robin Hislop […]

Williams in the dock

9 April 2017 1 comment

A FRENCH court has fined former New Zealand international Ali Williams £1,280 for buying cocaine outside a Paris nightclub. The 35-year-old lock was arrested alongside […]

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