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Brain leading battle cry for big final day
DIRECTOR of rugby John Brain insists Worcester will have to beat Saracens on the final day of the season if they are to stay in the Guinness Premiership. Despite losing to London Irish today, Warriors still have a one-point advantage over relegation
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City retain a slim hope of the play-offs
ANDY Preece is hoping Worcester City's player shortage does not come back to haunt them. With two games remaining, City still have an outside chance of making the Nationwide North play-offs. Saturday's 2-1 victory against Worksop Town left Preece's
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London Irish 26 Worcester Warriors 16
WORCESTER'S season-long fight to avoid relegation from the Guinness Premiership will go to the final weekend after they left the Madejski Stadium empty-handed. A converted try by Exiles skipper Bob Casey seven minutes from time denied the visitors what
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Not the weekend I had hoped for
Didn’t win the lottery and the Warriors didn’t get a point at London Irish. So like the end of our first season in the Premiership it will down to the last game before we know our fate. 80 minutes against Saracens will be the end of it either way. A
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Rushden & Diamonds 0 Kidderminster Harriers 1
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' hopes of reaching the Conference play-offs are over despite victory against Rushden and Diamonds. Russell Penn was the hero as Harriers notched their 10th Conference away win of the season. Penn, who starts a three-game ban against
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Keeper hits out at former manager
AXED Malvern Town goalkeeper Craig Humphries has hit out at his former manager Paul Molloy, who released him from the club after missing two games. Humphries claimed he was stuck in traffic and couldn't make the Southern League Division One Midlands
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Rothwell Town 4 Malvern Town 0
MALVERN Town produced the worst away display of their Southern League Division One Midlands season at Rothwell Town on Saturday. Malvern's goalkeeper Dean Smith made the first save of the game in the 15th minute when he pushed a shot from Danny Nicholls
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Hereford United 3 Boston United 0
HEREFORD finally brought their nine-game winless streak to a close against a poor Boston United side at Edgar Street. It was a happy day for on-loan striker Steve Guinan whose 56th-minute strike not only brought Hereford's unwanted club record of 630
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Aylesbury United 2 Bromsgrove Rovers 1
Bromsgrove Rovers lost 2-1 at fellow play-off hopefuls Aylesbury United. Richard Pringle headed the hosts ahead after 15 minutes. But Rod Brown's side drew level when Nick Leach turned Jermaine Clarke's shot past his own goalkeeper. The visitors had
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Stourport Swifts 1 Bedworth United 0
STOURPORT Swifts climbed off the bottom of Southern League Division One Midlands by virtue of goal-difference with a priceless victory at Walshes Meadow. Matt Aubrey came off the bench to fire the winner with 20 minutes remaining and register a first
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City 2 Worksop Town 1
CRAIG Wilding strengthened his case to be named supporters' player of the season with a double against Worksop. Voting slips were handed out before the match at St George's Lane with the winner due to be announced the day before City travel to Harrogate
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Woodford United 1 Evesham United 1
THE width of a post denied Evesham gaining the three points that would have virtually guaranteed a place in the Southern League Division One Midlands play-offs. Mark Owen, who had earlier given the Robins the lead with a cool finish after 16 minutes,
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Teenager seriously ill after street attack
A TEENAGER was left unconscious with a serious head injury after he was assaulted in Hereford. Police say the 17-year old is in a "serious condition" following the attack, at 10.45pm on Wednesday in Hunderton Avenue. The victim is thought to be have
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Simon fails to finish the course
WORCESTERSHIRE's only entry in the Grand National failed to complete the course, falling at the 25th fence. Simon, who was tipped as a 14-1 shot to win, was one of 27 horses which failed to finish Saturday's 4.5 mile long race. The eight-year-old horse
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THE REAL BUSINESS BEGINS
For all England supporters, the real World Cup starts soon with the winner takes all Super 8 match against South Africa on Tuesday. To all intents and purposes it is a quarter final with the winner virtually guaranteed a place in the semi finals. There
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The Tunisian Experience
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