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The biggest rugby sevens festival in the South West returns to Exeter on July 15th and 16th, with 12 international European teams competing in the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s at Sandy Park and the best amateur teams playing in the SW Rugby 7s at Topsham Sports Ground.

Thousands of spectators have packed Sandy Park in the previous two Exeter 7s events and this year’s tournament is set...

Plymouth Albion are urging fans to join them at the quickly approaching first game of the season on the 3rd September.

They have launched a #SellOutAlbi campaign with the aim to fill the stadium at Brickfields for their first match.

Dan Parks, PARFC Head Coach commented: “The fans are the 16th player on the field and we would love to be able to start the season with a bang, by...

Plymouth Albion RFC has launched it’s early bird season tickets for general sale.

The new club’s board are delighted to release tickets to loyal fans ahead of the 2016/2017 season.

The club has frozen ticket prices, to reward fans for their loyalty and are expecting the tickets to be snapped up quickly.

Former player and co-owner Bruce Priday commented: “We are...

ENGLAND and Exeter Chiefs rugby star Jack Nowell has discovered that a family member was among the soldiers who fell on the first day of the battle of the Somme and who will be commemorated in an astonishing centenary project this summer.

The 19240 Shrouds of the Somme project aims to remember all 19,240 allied soldiers who died on 1st July 1916. Artist Rob Heard has created hand-...

A Plymouth University student and her team are on their way to achieving Paralympic goals thanks to a new wheelchair funded by kind backers.

Faye West, who is captain of the Westcountry Hawks wheelchair rugby team, is one of the members who will benefit from the £3,000 chair for training and competition.

As well as reading for a degree in Media Arts, Faye is one of three Hawks...

A Plymouth Rotary Club that donated £1,000 to brain tumour research at Plymouth University has visited its laboratories to find out more about the work taking place to find effective treatments to fight the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40.

Saltram Rotary Club made the donation to match a gift made by club member Norman Proctor, MBE, of the Peninsula Medical...

Tackling should be banned in school rugby games due to the risk of "serious injury" among under-18s, a group of more than 70 doctors and health experts have warned.

Academics, doctors, and public health professionals are among those to have signed the letter, and said studies show children were being made vulnerable to "serious and catastrophic risk of injury".

They argue two-...

The Y11 Rugby team from Ridgeway School had a “wonderful win” against Lipson Community college in their first home fixture recently.

The rugby team welcomed Lipson Community college to Moorland road in this season’s first full fixture.

“After hours of hard work and commitment in training sessions throughout terms 1 and 2 the boys were in good shape and took to the field with...

History was made yesterday when Exeter played host to its first Rugby World Cup game.

In front of just over 10,000 people, Tonga bounced back from their opening game defeat to Georgia to re-establish themselves firmly back in the mix In Pool C following their 35-21 victory over Namibia at Sandy Park.

The South Sea Islanders produced a strong first half showing to lead 22-7 at...

“Plan your journey” is the message to rugby fans and commuters in Exeter ahead of this Tuesday’s Rugby World Cup 2015 match at Sandy Park.

Tonga will be playing Namibia on Tuesday 29 September in the first of three matches to be hosted at the Exeter Chiefs’ stadium.

With the kick-off at 4:45pm on Tuesday, transport links in and around Exeter are likely to be congested, so match...