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Division newcomers Jersey travelled to Headingley on Friday for what is believed to have been their first-ever evening fixture. Despite losing 32-19 to a Leeds side who were far from clinical but too strong for the visitors, Jersey were level … Continue reading
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The revamped Championship kicked off with a bonus point win for promotion favourites Newcastle Falcons over last season’s front-runners Bristol at the Memorial Stadium on Sunday. Falcons’ Director of Rugby Dean Richards said: “We knew they would be very competitive … Continue reading
DAY ONE It’s a well-known fact that there is a certain point when one becomes institutionalised, be it in boarding school, hospital or even prison. I’ve no experience — so far — of the latter, but I’d imagine that there … Continue reading
There are still a few nationalities that are generally happy to be racially stereotyped, and one of them is the Irish. Of course, they don’t quite see it like that — more a celebration of their unique national characteristics — … Continue reading
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The Leicester back row will be dusting off their tuxedos in anticipation of giving Gavin Henson a dancing lesson at the Kassam Stadium, come September 2. For 30-year-old Henson, the lifeline thrown by London Welsh this week may well represent … Continue reading
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London Welsh have belatedly been confirmed as the new boys in England’s rugby master-class. But will they still be there this time next year? An old proverb made famous in the 1902 short story The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs, … Continue reading
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Mark Twain once said: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” Bet he’d never been to Manchester — the coldest I’ve ever been at a rugby match was last Sunday, the first in June, … Continue reading
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LONDON WELSH 29 — CORNISH PIRATES 20 (66-41 AGGREGATE) London Welsh were crowned kings of the Championship last night at the Kassam Stadium — a palace deemed unfit for the round table of Premiership rugby by the RFU. A week … Continue reading
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London Welsh are to be denied entry to the Aviva Premiership, even if they win the right to dine at English rugby’s top table by beating the Cornish Pirates. The RFU’s Board of Directors announced this afternoon that they have … Continue reading
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The day Mandy Grimshaw won the lottery was, as one would expect, life changing. But not in a way that either she, or anyone else, could have predicted. Mandy awoke that Sunday with a splitting red wine headache and the … Continue reading
