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Diamond: I saw a lot of positives

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STEVE Diamond saw seeds of encouragement despite Falcons slipping to a 13th league defeat. “It could have been closer,” said Diamond. “Our first-half discipline wasn’t […]

Bristol put leaders Saints to the sword

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By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bristol………………………….. 52pts Tries: Batley 5, Randall 18, Sinckler 50, Dun 56, Malins 62, Davies 71, Ibotoye 79 Conversions: MacGinty 6, 19, 52, […]

Lam confident Bears can push on for a place in play-offs

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BRISTOL boss Pat Lam is confident his side can make a push for the play-offs if they continue in this vein. “That is what we’ve […]

Dismay for Leicester as Varney snatches it

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By ROB WILDMAN Leicester …………………….. 25pts Tries: Reffell 40, Kata 42, Wiese 54, Shillcock 72 Conversions: Shillcock 72 Penalty goals: Shillcock 22 Gloucester ………………….. 27pts […]

On-form Mercer: I can’t believe it

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ZACH Mercer summed up the Gloucester elation after this narrow win by saying: “I can’t quite believe what’s happened. Everyone wrote us off before we […]

Sale keen to send Tuilagi off in style

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By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Bath v Sale Today. Kick-off 3pm, Recreation Ground ALEX Sanderson will use the impending loss of Manu Tuilagi as fuel to […]

Van Graan backing Lawrence to put Bath in overdrive

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By PAUL REES On fire: Ollie Lawrence JOHANN van Graan is expecting Ollie Lawrence to play a big part in Bath’s push for the Premiership […]

Relegation saga still a shadow over game

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NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is so much that makes so little sense in the English club game. Nothing made this […]

Ireland hold whip hand

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Power player: Maro Itoje is still one of the most effective locks on the planet PICTURE: Getty Images ANY team of the 2024 Six Nations […]

England are Six Nations wonders

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ENGLAND’S remarkable two-match transformation from a kick-chase side into a team which hit all the highs in terms of attacking tempo, skill, and risk, was […]

Late drama as Scots hold on to deny Wales

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SIX NATIONS 2024 ■By SAM JACKSON Wales…………….. 18pts Tries: Tuipulotu 58, Callender 78 Conversions: Bevan 59 Penalties: Bevan 5, 40 Scotland ……….. 20pts Tries: Grant […]

Packer’s proud to join the 100 club

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■By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW… Italy v England Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi CAPTAIN Marlie Packer earns her 100th cap as England begin their quest […]

Ireland battle but can’t stop France taking the honours

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■By TOM REYNOLDS France………………38pts Tries: Bourdon Sansus 3, Menager 31, Fall 46, Sochat 61, Riffonneau 74 Conversions: Queyroi 3, 33, 48, 62; Bourgeois 76 Penalties: […]

Red Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury lock Zoe Aldcroft

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By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Scarborough Date of birth: 19/11/96 Community club: Scarborough RFC Red Roses Debut: vs France July 2016 Caps: 48 Why I Play […]

Penalty so unfair on Earl

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BEN Earl has reason to feel aggrieved with the decision to award a penalty for a no-arms tackle in the last minutes of England’s final […]

Ford’s resolve is impressive to see

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ALL the top sports players have one standout quality – composure – which George Ford has in abundance, along with his stoicism! A masterful player, […]

My Lions for 2025

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BASED on performances in 2024 Six Nations Championship and potential retirees, how about this as a potential Lions touring squad to Australia in 2025, with […]

Referees are too quick to take the easy option

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I READ the match report for last week’s Hull Ionians v Tynedale game with interest. The report asked a very pertinent question, “why is a […]

Time to ban tactical subs

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CHRIS Hewett’s article bemoaning the size of French players offered what I believe to be the correct solution to the future of professional rugby, namely, […]

Credit Borthwick for changing his approach

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ENGLAND’s revival in their inspirational final Six Nations displays v Ireland and France thankfully should end the failed power rugby ethos inherited from the side’s […]

That’s above expectations

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WELL that was an agonising way for England to lose to France! So close! But three wins in this Six Nations, including a humdinger against […]

Beware this move to 15-a-side Rollerball

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CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IF THE Six Nations failed to meet expectations, it was in a good way. Italy’s knee-clenching World Cup humiliation turned out […]

It’s time to consider talent, not geography

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If everyone is heading to French club rugby, including the England centurion Courtney Lawes, it makes Courtney Lawes right: rival unions need to rise above […]

Munster too hot in the red zone for Ospreys

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By ROGER PANTING Ospreys …………. 17pts Tries: Giles 33, Parry 54, Cuthbert 74 Conversions: O Williams 54 Munster …………27pts Tries: Daly 3, O’Brien 5, 17; […]

Dempsey in control to lead Glasgow fightback

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■By SIMON THOMAS Glasgow……….. 17pts Tries: Williamson 43, Sordoni 51 Conversion: Weir 44, 52 Penalty: Weir 67 Cardiff ………….. 13pts Try: Thomas 31 Conversion: De […]

Dragons show some style but fade away

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■By ROGER PANTING Dragons…………. 10pts Tries: Baldwin 79 Conversions: Red 79 Penalties: Evans 20 Bulls ………………. 31pts Tries: Arendse 27, Gumede 44, Papier 76, Grobelaar […]

Sharks ……….22 Ulster ………… 12

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THE Sharks recorded their first league win since November to climb off the URC basement as Ulster’s play-off bid took a knock. Sharks scored tries […]

Zebre …………… 7 Leinster …….. 31

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LEADERS Leinster secured a bonus-point victory at Lanfranchi Stadium. First-half tries by Rob Russell and debutant Andrew Osborne, and further scores in the second by […]

Stormers overwhelm makeshift Edinburgh

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By BRYN PALMER Stormers …….. 43 Edinburgh ……. 21 EDINBURGH’S URC play-off hopes suffered a major dent as Stor mers leapfrogged them in the table […]

Connacht left at the gate by proud Lions

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By JOHN FALLON Connacht ……..14 Lions …………….38 MAN of the match JC Pretorious said a first ever win in Ireland could now propel them into […]

Hammond’s happy to take the points home

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■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……. 15pts Tries: Edwards 43, Caven 74 Conversion: James 44 Penalty: James 80 Nottingham…… 20pts Tries: Olowofela 12, Williams 14, 48 […]

Adamson leads from the front to keep Bedford in the running

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■By MICK JACOBS Bedford ………….27pts Tries: Adamson 7, 78; Conway 13, Worley 29 Conversions: Maisey 14, 30 Penalties: Maisey 50 Caldy ……………… 14pts Tries: Kilcourse […]

Knights make the most of lifelines

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■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster………………….. 27pts Tries: Margett 53, Simpson 57, 77 Conversions: Bennett 53, 57, 77 Penalties: Bennett 42, 75 Cornish Pirates ………… 27pts Tries: […]

Ealing keep their heads to take down brave Scots

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■By RICHARD WESTABY Ealing T ………….52pts Tries: Cornish 3, Holgate 12, De Wee 15, Willis 24, Alo 51, Holmes 55, Newman 71, Bird-Tulloch 75 Conversions: […]

Record for Wand as Coventry move on up

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■By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury………… 17pts Tries: Ward 57, 77; Smith 75 Conversions: Bazalgette 77 Coventry ………. 47pts Tries: Wand 5, 40, 62, 69; Wilson 8, […]

I’m ambitious. I want to coach as high as I can

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My Life in Rugby with Alex Rae – The former Northampton Saints, Saracens, Wasps and Bedford Blues lock, now head coach at Coventry, talks about […]

Wales look like missing out again

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PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW As Wales ‘wails over the embarrassing state of its national sport’, a club coach raises an issue […]

Questions Gatland needs to answer

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The day after offering his resignation, Warren Gatland appeared on BBC Wales’ flagship rugby programme, Scrum V. A shame that two questions went unanswered because […]

Ireland’s finest take control

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Paul Rees picks his Six Nations team of the tournament with the men in green providing six of the best THIS year’s Six Nations […]

The whistleblowers under the spotlight

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Matthew Luddington talks to two referees at the lower end of the game about the trials of taking charge of a match IN TODAY’S digital […]

Ten Italian tyros who will hit the headlines

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RUGBY MATTERS IT’S BECOME almost a mantra or article of faith recently that reinforcements, in the form of a squadron of hungry young guns, are […]

Stortford tame the Lions on own turf

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Bishop’s S……………39 Leicester Lions …. 12 By JOHN ALLANSON STORTFORD edged the fierce territorial battle in the early exchanges and after 16 minutes scored the […]

Rams roar back to beat Blackheath

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Rams ……………………33 Blackheath …………25 By RICHARD ASHTON A FABULOUS second-half fightback helped Rams keep their title hopes alive. The visitors were 10-0 up inside six […]

Warren seals Tigers’ league status in thriller

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By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ..30pts Tries: Ailes 18, Bradley 39, Seals 66 Conversions: Seals 18, 39, 66 Penalties: Seals 5, 45, 54 Cinderford……..25pts Tries: […]

Second-half blitz sees leaders put on a show

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Richmond …………… 16 Chinnor……………….. 41 By TIMOTHY FORRESTER AFTER a tightly contested opening 55 minutes, Chinnor pulled away with five second-half tries. Looking full of […]

Rosslyn Park keep the Dogs on leash

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Rosslyn Park………. 41 Sale FC………………… 19 By RHYS STRATTON ROSSLYN Park ran in seven tries at The Rock to sweep aside Sale. The hosts started […]

Titans pinch glory with last-gasp try

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Taunton Titans…..22 Darlington MP……. 20 By MIKE JAMOS TAUNTON mustered two tries at the death to somehow snatch a win from the jaws of defeat. […]

Villagers in fine fettle on and off the pitch under Easter

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By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor are thriving on and off the pitch with director of rugby Nick Easter overseeing a “change of culture” that has contributed […]

The Green Machine nearly let 31-point lead slip

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Wharfedale….. 31 Preston G………. 21 By EDWIN WILLIAMS WHARFEDALE bounced back from last weekend’s defeat to Sheffield by beating Preston Grasshoppers, but did survive a […]

Dixon’s try-scoring feat caps a rout

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Billingham…………..53 Huddersfield……….29 By MIKE BROWN BILLINGHAM ran in nine tries in a highscoring clash yesterday. Huddersfield started brightly and scored first through hooker Tom Haywood […]

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