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In a final hit-out before the new CHAMP Rugby campaign kicks off at home to Bedford Blues in a fortnight, champions Worcester Warriors welcomed Cardiff Rugby - Rygbi Caerdydd to Sixways Stadium.

The hosts came within a whisker of upsetting their BKT United Rugby Championship opponents, eventually pipped at the post 26-27.

The Rugby Paper

📸 For Worcester Warriors

Worcester Warriors Supporters' Trust

Goldington Road, home of Bedford Blues, played host to an enthralling schoolboy rugby encounter under the Friday Night Lights, as Rugby School’s powerful forwards and slick backline showed great maturity in a cauldron containing 2,000 Bedford School supporters.

Following an even first half, the visitors - with the slope in their favour - scored 24 unanswered points after the break, clinching a memorable 12-42 victory.

A fantastic advert for schools rugby!

📸 For Rugby School

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Almost 43 years after I first saw IQ, at The Granary Club in Bristol, the band are still creating sublime music and delivering powerful live performances.

A few images from night 2 of the superb IQ Weekender at Zentrum Altenberg in Oberhausen, Germany on Sunday 30 August 2026.

Under the Friday Night Lights at the Nick Newbold Stadium, a seasoned Ampthill Rugby Club U23 outfit - hoping to catch the eye of Head Coach Dave Ward, ahead of the senior team’s pre-season friendly against fellow CHAMP Rugby side Worcester Warriors next weekend - overpowered Coventry Rugby Club U23’s 7-46.

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A commanding century from Bethan Ellis helped Berkswell Cricket Club book a place in the Warwickshire Women’s 100-Ball Final, courtesy of an entertaining victory at Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club last night.

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In the England and Wales Cricket Board Vitality UK National T20 Women’s Club Cup Final at Wormsley Estate, despite a swashbuckling knock by Ellie Phillips, Dorridge Cricket Club’s total of 135 proved too few against St Cross Symondians CC, the Wintonians clinching a 6-wicket victory.

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The Cricket Paper

On a verdant pitch, resembling an oasis in a rugby desert, Leicester Tigers’ Oval Training Ground at Oadby Wyggs hosted a Defender PREM Rugby Next Gen U18 round 2 clash, in which Newcastle Red Bulls edged a thriller 38-40.

The match was followed by an equally tight U17’s contest between the 2 clubs, in which the Geordies took the spoils, 19-21.

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People gather at Kenilworth Castle to watch the partial solar eclipse on on 12 August 2026.