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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
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The great thing about Eurovision, is that when it’s all over, Engelbert Humperdinck — win or lose — will return to relative obscurity. Sadly, the same will apply to one, if not both, of the teams who will contest the … Continue reading
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The fog on the Tyne, made thicker by Newcastle’s failure to take a bonus point win from Wasps on Saturday, has lifted somewhat this morning with news from west of the Tamar. With a defence that was about as effective … Continue reading
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Championship Play-off Featured Game London Scottish 26, Esher 31 The irony of Charlie Hayter’s interception to cement London Scottish’s place in the Championship for another year wasn’t lost on most of the sizable crowd at Richmond last Saturday. A year … Continue reading
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Champagne rugby – plenty of fizz but no pop. This pretty much sums up London Welsh’s efforts in the first half of the clash with promotion favourites Bristol, at the Old Deer Park yesterday. Having enjoyed 79 per cent of … Continue reading
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The Championship play-offs exist to decide two issues — who goes up and who goes down — and one of these issues was decided, at Molesey Road on Saturday. Unless Esher can win with a try bonus point from their … Continue reading
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Three down and three to go! For the first time this season I can say with some certainty that two of the three play-off pools are virtually decided. Bristol and London Welsh should progress from Pool A to the semis, … Continue reading
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With two games down and four to play, this division remains as hard to predict as the Stuart Lancaster saga. In Pool A Bristol, the clear post Stage One favourites, dropped two points against a well organized and highly charged … Continue reading
