Rugby

Helena Walker MMU sports medicine student

8th Jun

Parents, students and fans gather for an afternoon at the lockdown rugby league

Saturday was the last day of the lockdown rugby league. Manchester Metropolitan played Manchester Rugby Club in the final game of the season....

4th Jun

| By George Crafer

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Man Met Uni and Manchester Rugby in final game of Covid Lockdown league tomorrow

Manchester Met sports journalism students will present live coverage of the climax of the 'friendly' South Manchester Lockdown League tomorrow (...

17th May

| By Georgina Randall

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On home turf: behind the scenes at Platt Lane of the RISE sports broadcast internship

Two journalism students from Man Met have been producing live outside broadcasts of the university's rugby union matches as part of an award-...

11th Feb

| By Daniel Jones

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England recall big guns for test against Italy this weekend

England have called in the big guns in the hope to bounce back after last weekend's first round loss to Scotland. The familiar tried and tested...

22nd Nov

| By Daniel Jones

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Man Met clinch extra-time win over University of Liverpool and advance to next round

In a 100-minute thriller, Man Met clinched a win in extra time, scoring 10 points and leaving no way back for the home team, with the game...

18th Oct

| By Max Yeatman

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MMU seconds see off Uclan despite some sloppy errors in an evenly-contested match

MMU’s 2nds ran out comfortable winners against the University of Central Lancashire in the Men’s Northern Tier 3 on Wednesday afternoon. MMU scored...

22nd May

| By Matt Hartless

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First festival of sports journalism held at MMU

Manchester Metropolitan University held its first festival of sports journalism celebrating the achievements of both departments. The festival was...

18th Oct

| By Lewis Finney

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Action from first live broadcast of MMU Sport fixtures at Platt Lane training ground

Yesterday, for the first time, MMU sports team's fixtures were broadcast live to the public. The show was sent out live from Platt Lane Sports...

5th Oct

| By Maddie Leivers

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Varsity test match for rugby women as record numbers sign up

After a clean sweep of wins in their league matches last year, MMU Women’s Rugby team are coming back stronger than ever in this year’s Varsity match...