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Blackburn set up camp

7:39pm Thursday 29th May 2008

THE popular summer scheme returns to Blackburn RUFC in July and this time it is bigger and better than before.

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Its a perfect 10 for Blackburn BLACKBURN 28 UPPER EDEN 8

5:42pm Tuesday 15th April 2008

BLACKBURN made it a perfect ten out of ten on home this season with another victory at Ramsgreave Drive.

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Blackburn 37 De la Salle 8

6:16pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

BLACKBURN stormed into the semi finals of the Lancashire Trophy following a comprehensive victory over their Salford opponents.

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Blackburn 13 Hutton 5

6:43pm Thursday 3rd April 2008

BLACKBURN were made to work hard for victory against a determined Hutton side in this friendly game.

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De la Salle 12 Blackburn 12

5:18pm Tuesday 18th March 2008

BLACKBURN secured the one point they needed to claim promotion and with it the North Lancashire/Cumbria league title.

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Blackburn 16 Workington 0

6:23pm Tuesday 11th March 2008

BLACKBURN go to struggling De La Salle on Saturday knowing that a point is all they need to secure the league championship.

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Oldham 10 Blackburn 18

6:23pm Tuesday 4th March 2008

BLACKBURN stretched their remarkable unbeaten league record to 16 games which proved to be the perfect parting gift for Ferdie Naude.

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Horden 26 Blackburn RUFC 22

6:46pm Tuesday 12th February 2008

BLACKBURN'S dreams of playing at Twickenham came to an end with an agonising four point defeat in the North East.

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Blackburn face Rossendale

5:18pm Tuesday 12th February 2008

Blackburn return to league action on Saturday when they face Rossendale in a top of the table clash.

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Horden 26 Blackburn 22

5:17pm Tuesday 12th February 2008

BLACKBURN'S dreams of playing at Twickenham came to an end with an agonising four point defeat in the North East.

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Blackburn set sights on Twickenham trip

7:43pm Tuesday 5th February 2008

UNDEFEATED Blackburn turn their attentions away from league duty as they attempt to move a step closer to a trip to Twickenham.

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VIDEO: Six Nations preview

4:50pm Friday 25th January 2008

Captains and coaches, including former East Lancashire man Brian Ashton, look ahead to this year's RBS Six Nations.

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Kirkby Lonsdale 7 Blackburn 17

12:27pm Tuesday 22nd January 2008

Burn moved six points clear at the head of the North Lancashire/ Cumbria league table following a scruffy win at Kirkby Lonsdale.

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Blackburn 38 Wigton 12

3:22pm Tuesday 15th January 2008

BLACKBURN marched triumphantly through to the last 16 of the EDF Senior Vase with a resounding victory over fellow league challengers Wigton.

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Blackburn 63 St Benedicts 0

1:28pm Tuesday 8th January 2008

BLACKBURN took on rock bottom St Benedicts and the class showed as the leaders cruised to a 10-try victory.

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Didsbury Toc 15 Blackburn 21

4:41pm Tuesday 18th December 2007

BLACKBURN have ended a hugely successful 2007 with a hard fought win at Didsbury Toc.

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Blackburn 12 Wirral 10

11:04am Tuesday 11th December 2007

IN conditions more akin to water polo, Burn and Wirral produced a high quality fourth round tie in the EDF Senior Vase.

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Pendle clinch first tag rugby title

7:21pm Tuesday 20th November 2007

RIBBLESDALE High School is planning on making its tag rugby festival an annual event after the inaugural competition proved to be a big hit.

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Scrum on England!

4:05pm Friday 19th October 2007

ALMOST everyone in the county will be cheering on England tonight as they bid to retain the Rugby World Cup.

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‘Their success is positive for all’

6:37pm Thursday 18th October 2007

THE stunning surroundings of Stonyhurst College can seem a million miles from the majority of East Lancashire, especially the industrial heartlands of Blackburn and Burnley, where football is the sporting religion.

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College's England rugby links

3:52pm Thursday 18th October 2007

AS England bid to retain the Rugby World Cup in Paris this week, the national team's phenomenal achievement once again has strong links to an East Lancashire college.

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Grayson: Semi will be tough

8:16pm Thursday 11th October 2007

PAUL Grayson knows all about being brought up in a football heartland as he played for Accrington Stanley before becoming an England Rugby World Cup record-breaker.

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Fletcher: Pitch battle is all in the head

7:35pm Thursday 11th October 2007

FIFA's head of artificial turf has told England's team psychologist the players need to overcome their mental fears of playing on a synthetic pitch in Russia next week.

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Balshaw: The day our boys ruled the world

6:16pm Thursday 11th October 2007

AS a member of England's East Lancs Four', Iain Balshaw can still barely believe he is the local boy who became a World Cup winner.

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Big scrum on the Channel rugby run

9:21am Thursday 11th October 2007

TRAINS, boats and planes making the journey across the Channel are set to be packed this weekend as rugby union fans snap up the last available travel places to Paris for the France-England World Cup semi-final.

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Taste of success at rugby open day

4:26pm Tuesday 9th October 2007

YOUNGSTERS from across Burnley got their first taste of the oval ball game at a recent tag rugby open day.

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Paddy powers Colne to derby victory

3:33pm Tuesday 9th October 2007

COLNE and Nelson's match-winning skipper Paddy Smith is confident his side can build on their first victory of the season.

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Ashton up for French test

9:40pm Sunday 7th October 2007

England moved into World Cup semi-final mode, with head coach Brian Ashton claiming: "We have a team to trouble the French."

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Ashton’s plotting Aussies demise

2:40pm Friday 5th October 2007

FORMER Stonyhurst College teacher Brian Ashton will be hoping history repeats itself as he plots another England victory over Australia in the Rugby World Cup.

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World Cup plans are born at Stonyhurst

6:30am Friday 7th September 2007

SHOULD England conjure up a Rugby World Cup winning move in France next month then it may well have been orchestrated on the pitches of Stonyhurst College.

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