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The Championship Blog — B & I Cup Week 8 round-up
By Richard Grainger WINTERY CONDITIONS decimated the last week of pool stage action in the British & Irish Cup. Although seven of the 16 matches were postponed, all but two pools have been...
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The Championship Blog – Week 14 round-up
By Richard Grainger DESPITE WINTRY conditions, four Championship games managed to go ahead, with only Newcastle and London Scottish conceding postponements. On Friday night Bristol reaped the reward...
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Championship and B & I Cup round-up
By Richard Grainger WHILE HALF of the second tier clubs enjoyed the luxury of a rare free weekend, the other six had the pleasure of A re-scheduled league or cup fixture to fill the void. On Friday...
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The Championship Blog – Week 15 round-up
By Richard Grainger LEEDS CAME close to ending Newcastle’s perfect 20 at Otley on Sunday where they pushed the Falcons all the way, but had to be content with a losing bonus point, as the...
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The Championship blog – Week 16 round-up
By Richard Grainger BRISTOL PICKED up a valuable bonus-point win over Rotherham with relative ease, watched by their new director of Rugby, Andy Robinson. The former Scotland national coach’s first...
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The Championship blog – Week 17 round-up
By Richard Grainger NEWCASTLE HAVE qualified for the knock-out stages of the Championship; not that this was ever in much doubt. And, with five rounds remaining, even if they do not score another...
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The Championship blog – Week 18 round-up
By Richard Grainger ANY THOUGHTS of prematurely engraving the name of Newcastle Falcons on the Championship silverware were put firmly on hold when Bedford came within seconds on inflicting a first...
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The Championship blog – Week 19 round-up
BRISTOL HAVE parted company with Liam Middleton, following their defeat by Moseley at Billesley Common. The former Westcountry giants’ second consecutive league loss means that making the play-offs is...
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The Championship blog – Week 20 round-up
By Richard Grainger DONCASTER, WHO began league life in Yorkshire 2, and rejoice in being the ‘most promoted club in England, have three games left to avert relegation to National League One. But...
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B&I and Championship round-up
By Richard Grainger A CHAMPIONSHIP club is guaranteed a place in this year’s final of the British and Irish Cup; and it is little surprise that they will meet one of the Irish Provincial ‘A’ sides....
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The Championship blog – Week 21 round-up
By Richard Grainger IT’S QUIET, drinking in the last chance saloon. The barman has gone home and told London Welsh to lock up on their way out. Because, unless someone from the Championship can defeat...
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The Championship blog – Week 22 round-up
By Richard Grainger Bristol clip the Falcons’ wings IN A cruel twist of fate, Bristol became the only side to defeat Newcastle this season in any form of competition, only to learn that Leeds had...
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RFU Championship: The battle for promotion
Roaring up: Jimmy Gopperth celebrates one of many Newcastle Falcons tries in the Championship this season By Alan Dymock THE RHETORIC of battles is always used in professional rugby, as if the weeks of...
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The Championship blog – Play-offs: Round 1
By Richard Grainger A dose of the yips for the falcons? “ANYONE WHO thinks that life is fair,” Richard M. Nixon once said, “has been seriously misinformed.” A view held, amongst others, by many of the...
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The Championship blog – Play-offs: Round 2
By Richard Grainger Falcons claw their way back towards promotion LEEDS FAILED to end Newcastle’s bid to bounce back into the Aviva Premiership at Kingston Park on Sunday. After 160 minutes of rugby...
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The Championship blog – Play-offs: Final Round 1
By Richard Grainger NEWCASTLE HAVE one foot back in the Aviva Premiership following their 9-18 win over Bedford in the first leg of the Championship final at Goldington Road on Thursday night. But...
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Rugby World’s Championship team guide
THE CHAMPIONSHIP season is finally here, arriving just a week after the Aviva Premiership kicked off. With Ealing jumping up to the division and London Welsh dropping down, clubs running out of money...
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The Championship Blog: Round Two
The Greene King IPA Championship’s newest side — Ealing Trailfinders, founded in 1871 — are also the longest established side in the division. However, this was of little consolation to the West...
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The Championship Blog: Round Three
After Week Three, eight clubs are sandwiched between the two unbeaten sides and the two still looking for their first win in the Greene King IPA Championship. Few would have predicted that last year's...
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The Championship Blog: Round Four
Week four of the Greene King IPA Championship leaves one side unbeaten and another three still winless, as the second tier of English rugby continues to provide more try value than the Aviva...
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