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Moseley pay price for lineout calamity

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By PAUL SMITH B Moseley 19 DMP 21 JAMES FITZPATRICK secured an unlikely Darlington Mowden Park win over Birmingham Moseley as they overcame a 19-point […]

Patient Lions earn reward in the end

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■By ED WILLIAMS LEICESTER Lions had to be patient as they broke down a resilient Wharfedale for a resounding win. Lions had the upper hand […]

‘Periodisation’ is a training concept from years back

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Acres of space: Elliot Daly receives the perfect pass from Owen Farrell to skin Alex Cuthbert PICTURE: Getty Images With the first break in the […]

Llandovery bounce back as cup defence continues

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By ALEX BYWATER Llandovery 27 Bargoed 5 LLANDOVERY’S impressive season continued at Church Bank as the defending WRU National Cup champions made it through to […]

Enforcer Latu raring to be let off the leash

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By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park Newcastle v Northampton HAVING fought back from a career-threatening knee injury, Newcastle’s back row enforcer Nili […]

Tandy left fuming by refereeing anomaly

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By ALEX BYWATER STEVE Tandy hit out at referee Marius Mitrea after seeing his side’s 13-match unbeaten run brought to an end by Munster. Dave […]

RFU cost-cutting threatens to cripple County game

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EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY LANCASHIRE head coach Mark Nelson has slammed cost-cutting proposals that could see the England Counties team and the County Championship axed. […]

Ionians can’t cope with White’s show

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By JOHN WILKINSON COVENTRY returned to winning ways on home soil, but after leading 28-3 within 12 minutes they were pushed all the way by […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

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NIKKI WALKER THE FORMER BORDERS, EDINBURGH, OSPREYS AND WORCESTER WINGER Winning the Celtic League in my first season at Ospreys with a victory at the […]

Tigers splash out to bring home prodigal son George

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■By ED HUTSON GEORGE Ford this wek ended months of speculations by confirming he will be heading back to Leicester next season in a move […]

Pontypool add sorry Cardiff to their Cup collection

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By ROB COLE Cardiff 32 Pontypool 43 PONTYPOOL beat Llanelli in the last round and the Championship leaders added the scalp of another Principality Premiership […]

JP sentences Bristol to an eight-try lashing

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Going over: Pat Cilliers scores Leicester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Well done, pal: Owen Williams congratulates Brendon O’Connor, left, after he scores Leicester’s sixth […]

Dragons put frighteners on

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By DARAGH SMALL REIGNING champions Connacht kept their top six hopes alive but crucially failed to secure a bonus point in their victory over Dragons. […]

It’s going to be stormy for Hurricanes says TJ

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Nick Verdier assesses the upcoming season and the issues that will help determine the title The Hurricanes got the monkey off their backs in 2016 […]

Sneddon gets wish as Park fell Club with blinding starts

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By GRAHAM COX AN ELECTRIC start to each half saw Rosslyn Park cruise to a victory almost as convincing as the one they claimed in […]

Cockles clinch it at death through Wathes

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■By HANNAH GREGORY Exmouth…32 Barnes…25 A LAST-MINUTE Mark Wathes try gave Exmouth a vital bonus point victory. Earlier, Barnes had capitalised on a number of […]

England expect Venter backlash after humbling at hands of Irish

19 February 2017 1 comment

Defence guru: Italy coach Brendan Venter By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard claims his old Saracens pal Brendan Venter will arrive at Twickenham a ‘hurt’ man […]

Rhydyfelin go top in East with rivals on plate duty

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SWALEC round-up NEWBRIDGE celebrated their first home league win since December 3 as they ran out 15-13 victors over Glynneath in the only Championship match […]

after seven-month injury lay-off

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Until making his seasonal bow off the bench against Bath in the Anglo- Welsh Cup a fortnight ago, followed by another half an hour against […]

Blues back to winning ways with Cuthbert a late try hero

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By JAMES CANDY CARDIFF Blues attack coach Matt Sherratt admitted emotions were running high as Alex Cuthbert left a bad week and a trail of […]

Kiwis will have to deal with resurgent Aussies and Boks

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By NEALE HARVEY FRANCHISES in Australia and South Africa are set to deliver a 2017 Super Rugby backlash on behalf of their nations, according to […]

Albion edge out Students as Cox makes refereeing history

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By EVIE PROBERT AS SARA COX became the first female to referee in National One history, Loughborough more than made amends for their heavy away […]

Forrest ends the Worthing drought

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■By CHARLIE BENNETT Worthing R…32 Barnstaple…28 HARRY FORRESTscored a hat-trick as Worthing Raiders ended a tenmatch losing streak. The full-back was in inspiring form and […]

Bath reap benefits from Cheika snub

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By NEALE HARVEY BEN Tapuai admits leaving Australia left him “scared” but says a fresh start was necessary after being snubbed by Wallabies boss Michael […]

It’s seven heaven for Armitage with Pau

19 February 2017 1 comment

FRENCH COLUMN Life has been somewhat eventful for Steffon Armitage, the back row forward voted the finest player in Europe not too long ago. Those […]

Tainton’s rap after collapse to Tigers

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BRISTOL head coach Mark Tainton ordered his strugglers to have “hard look at ourselves” after this thumping. Bristol have not won since New Year’s Day […]

Fast start for Evans but it’s far from pretty

19 February 2017 1 comment

By ROGER PANTING STEFF Evans proved he is ready for a Wales call with a try on his return as Scarlets ran out convincing winners, […]

No excuses, Rob, you did get it wrong overMoriarty

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During the wash-up over the raging tidal wave of emotions unleashed in Cardiff all week, Wales found it necessary to deny that Ross Moriarty’s withdrawal […]

Fylde bag bonus despite slow start

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By GALILEO SUTHERLAND SCOTT ARMSTRONG’S second-half double secured a third consecutive Fylde win as they fought back from a halftime deficit to down Blaydon. Their […]

Early charge puts Rams in control

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■By MATTHEW McCRORY Redin’sians R 25 Bury St Ed…21 A STRONG opening half set the scene for Rams’ victory. They were quickly knocking on the […]

Priestland enjoying life alongside Tapuai

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By TOM BRADSHAW RHYS Priestland says the arrival of a Southern Hemisphere cavalry at Bath has given the West Country side fresh vigour. Director of […]

Cracknell battling to avoid the scrapheap

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By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Fiji 7s coach Chris Cracknell fears he may have to quit rugby after failing to find work following last August’s stunning […]

Farrell can lead Lions like Johnno says Telfer

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By PETER JACKSON OWEN FARRELL has emerged as a candidate to captain the Lions this summer according to one of the game’s most revered figures. […]

ROOM 101

19 February 2017 1 comment

RICKY ALEY THE SOUTH LEICESTER FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Noisy eaters It really gets me […]

Welsh should stop knocking Eddie, he went extra mile for Gethin

19 February 2017 1 comment

SOMEdelicate souls took umbrage at Eddie Jones for trotting out such Welsh stereotypes as goats and daffodils. They climbed on their high horses and called […]

Game Esher can’t handle hot Steff

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By RICHARD DORE A POWERFUL six-try performance from Ampthill saw off Esher and strengthened their third-place position in the league. All was level after 30 […]

Robinson keeps his cool to fend off Redruth

19 February 2017 1 comment

■By BILL HOOPER Redruth …17 OEs …20 WILL ROBINSON’S injurytime penalty proved the match winner for promotion- chasing Old Elthamians in the Cornish sunshine. There […]

Cragg demands changes to tier two schedule

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■ By NEALE HARVEY HACKED-OFF Rotherham chairman Nick Cragg has called for a review of the Championship fixture list amid a growing cash-flow crisis afflicting […]

Montpellier boss must wait for Gloucester ruling

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MOHEDAltrad faces a further wait to find out if his proposed takeover of Gloucester will be allowed to go ahead. The France-based billionaire was in […]

Why I worry for Wales in Edinburgh showpiece

12 February 2017 1 comment

Wales usually expect to win in Scotland, but I think this month’s trip to Murrayfield could be the toughest game of the Six Nations for […]

Mermoz joins party as Tigers regain mojo

12 February 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY FRENCHMAN Maxime Mermoz notched his first Premiership try as rampant Leicester reignited their title hopes with a convincing bonus-point win. Gloucester huffed […]

DREAMTEAM

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1. Luke Cowan-Dickie – I only played with him a few times down at Plymouth Albion and he was still a loosehead. Very aggressive and […]

Let George prove he’s starting Lion says Chuter

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By NEALE HARVEY JAMIE George is this summer’s first choice British Lions hookerin-waiting and must be given the chance to prove it by starting for […]

Front rowers prove the key for Chester

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By MICHAEL JONES Chester 31 Luctonians 26 A STRING of tries from the front-row brigade helped Chester come out with a bonus point in a […]

Ilkley torn apart by unstoppable leaders

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National League 3 North HUDDERSFIELDcontinue to power away at the top of the table and emphasised their dominance once more with a nine- try rout […]

Thrush confident Cherries will be in title mix

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By NEALE HARVEY KIWI general Jeremy Thrush reckons Gloucester are on course for a first Premiership title by following the development path of Southern Hemisphere […]

N’Tamack leads French resistance

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By PHIL REES France U20 36 Scotland U20 8 FRANCE bounced back from a big opening defeat to England as they eased to a bonus-point […]

Slater: We must scrap for everything

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TIGERS lock Ed Slater urged his side to build on this performance On the day of his 100th Premiership appearance, Slater said: “It’s great to […]

Woodward’s confidence is rubbing off on Bristol

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By NICK VERDIER JASON Woodward has no doubt about his ability to play Test rugby for England and hpes to prove it by helping keep […]

Hat-trick hooker Antonio joins the big time at Wasps

12 February 2017 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE SCORING a ten-minute hat-trick for Nottingham has clearly done wonders for Antonio ‘TJ’ Harris’ profile as the Nottingham hooker has earned himself […]

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