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Allen leaves Blues for Luton

Bedford Blues centre and captain Matt Allen is to join Luton, on a two season contract, as player coach ... (13/05/2008)

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Bedford Blues face a home game against promoted Manchester on the opening day of the 2008/9 season. National League One have published a provisional fixture list for the coming season which ... (13/05/2008)

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Blues win National Colts Cup

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Denis Ormersher signed off as Blues Colts manager by leading the team to their second National Colts Cup in two years ... (06/05/2008)

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Blues herald saintly arrival

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford Blues have wasted no time in building the squad for next season by agreeing the signature of Samoan international Paul Tupai from Northampton ... (03/05/2008)

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Blues have a sorry finish

BY MIKE GREEN

Bedford RUFC - Arthur Brenton, middle, gets stuck in as Jon Elrick tackles. But Brenton had more on his mind when his wife seemed to go into labour in the stand.

Not the sort of game that will leave Blues supporters counting the days until the start of the new season. Only in the closing stages did Bedford show any sparkle at ... (13/05/2008)

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Cecere stays on

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The Blues have continued to strengthen their team for next year by confirming that Australian prop Marco Cecere has extended his stay for another 12 months ... (13/05/2008)

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Blues put an end to great escape

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford had to dig deep late on as Launceston fought tooth and nail to hold onto their place in National Division One right up until the final whistle ... (13/05/2008)

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Rayer issues end of season report

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

"Could do better." That is the view of director of rugby Mike Rayer as he reflected on the Blues season during their weekend off ... (13/05/2008)

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Blues Colts make the national final

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford Blues Colts have earned a place in the National Colts Cup final after a very hard fought win against London Welsh ... (13/05/2008)

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Blues say hello and goodbye

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

It's been a week of comings and goings at Goldington Road this week with two players departing and two extending their stay ... (13/05/2008)

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Colts coach off to Luton

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Bedford Blues Colts manager is to leave the club at the end of the season. Denis Ormesher, a coach at the Blues for eight years, will become director of rugby at ... (13/05/2008)

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Team effort pays dividends

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - A big hit from Ben Pienaar. Pictures by Nigel Rudgard

Bedford Blues ran in eight tries as they battered their Yorkshire rivals in a thrilling game at Goldington Road. A hat-trick for Alex Page as well as a brace for James ... (05/04/2008)

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Strauss and Page call time on Blues careers

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Nic Strauss leaves the Coventry defence in tangles

Bedford Blues favourite Nic Strauss has revealed that he is to leave the club at the end of the season. The big South African turned down the offer of a new ... (03/04/2008)

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Players punished for off-field scrap

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Doncaster's prop Ngalusele Ta'u, right, shows little remorse after punching Dan Richmond in Y orkshire. Pictures by Nigel Rudgard

Bedford Blues and Doncaster Knights have taken internal action against two players who were involved in an off the field incident during Saturday's National League One game ... (02/04/2008)

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Hard day against Knights

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Mouritz Botha tries to bring down a Doncaster forward

The Blues impressive away winning streak came to an end at Castle Park yesterday in a blustery and physically challenging encounter ... (02/04/2008)

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England cap joins new blood at Blues

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford Blues have continued to strengthen their side for next season by snapping up former England scrum half Nick Walshe. The 33-year-old who is currently at Guinness Premiership club Bath ... (22/03/2008)

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Blues' plan comes together

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Arthur Brenton with the ball

Bedford expelled the ghost of Moseley from last year as they ran in seven tries in one of their most impressive outings of the season ... (13/05/2008)

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Baa Baas run out winners in Mobbs Memorial

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Ollie Dodge runs in the Blues opening try

Goldington Road was treated to a pure rugby spectacular on Tuesday night as the Baa Baas paid a visit with a particularly strong side in tow... (19/03/2008)

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Awesome Colts in first team training

Seven members of the Bedford Academy Colts, which yesterday annihilated Caldy in a national quarter final, have been invited to train with the Blues first team during March ... (13/05/2008)

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Colts stroll into semi-finals

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Hat-trick hero Gareth Clarke powers his way through an outclassed Caldy defence

Annihilation isn't a word regularly used to describe a game of rugby but it is exactly what the Blues Colts did to Caldy ... (13/05/2008)

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Showcase for Blues in Baa Baas match

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

The visit of the Barbarians to Goldington road on Tuesday night will give a number of players a chance to showcase their talents ... (13/05/2008)

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Mates sign up for 'Hinko' ten-year testimonial

The season may be finishing on April 26 but Blues fans will have an opportunity the next day to celebrate 10 years at the club for winger James Hinkins ... (13/05/2008)

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A comfortable but messy win

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - There's no stopping Botha as he presses towards the line

Three tries made the victory comfortable but in all honesty this was a stinker of a match. For long periods neither side was able to take hold of the game but tries for Mouritz Botha, James Lumby and James Pritchard ... (13/05/2008)

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Colts ready to seize Cup chance

Despite the Blues being out of the EDF Energy Trophy there will still be plenty of rugby at Goldington Road next weekend ... (13/05/2008)

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Blues take treble chance

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford put last weekends cup disappointment behind them as they made it a hat-trick of wins over Sedgley Park...

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Same old story in derby clash

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Bedford’s Jon Phillips, who was sin binned in the dying minutes, gets hold of the Saints

Bedford's dreams of another Twickenham final came to an end yesterday as they were defeated by the impressive Northampton Saints. The champions elect continued to juggernaut their way to a league ... (23/02/2008)

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Blues set for Saints in EDF Trophy clash

THERE will be a lot of nerves around Goldington Road tomorrow as Northampton Saints visit for a second time this season but this time a place in the EDF Energy Trophy semi-final is up for grabs ... (22/02/2008)

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Winn pinches it for Pirates

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford Blues' winning streak came to an agonising end yesterday as they were cruelly beaten by the Cornish Pirates deep in stoppage ... (13/05/2008)

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Blues on a winning roll

By Simon Hutchinson

Bedford made it five wins in a row as they battled to a tough victory against Plymouth on Saturday... (13/05/2008)

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Blues draw Saints in EDF Energy Trophy

BEDFORD Blues will have one final chance to beat champions elect Northampton Saints this season after the pair were drawn together in the quarter final of the EDF Energy Trophy... (05/02/2008)

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Straeuli to the rescue

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford Blues have made three new signings amid an injury crisis. Matt Volland has been ruled out until the end of the season with a serious neck problem while Marco Cecere ... (02/02/2008)

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Mission accomplished with win

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Karl Dickson dives for the line in the EDF Trophy fifth round win over Sedgley Park. Pictures by Nigel Rudgard

Bedford Blues cruised into the quarterfinals of the EDF National Trophy with a comfortable win over Sedgley Park Tigers ... (02/02/2008)

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Volland ruled out with neck injury

Bedford Blues have confirmed that long serving prop Matt Volland will miss the rest of the season with a serious neck injury... (30/01/2008)

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Blues triumph in close encounter

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Bedford's Alex Page scores in the win away at Coventry

The scoreline was close and it was a thumping affair but the Blues came through far from unscathed to secure another four league points ... (26/01/2008)

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Club's £535k cash boost

Bedford Blues have had their bank balance boosted by more than half a million pounds thanks to the latest rights issues ... (26/01/2008)

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Patston winner makes amends

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Ben Patston's late drop goal which snatched victory for the Blues

There was a collective held breath at 4.36pm yesterday as Bedford won their home match against Exeter in the most exciting of circumstances ... (19/01/2008)

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Rugby double bill this weekend

Rugby fans will get a double serving this weekend when Goldington Road host two huge clashes. Kicking off at 3pm is the National League One crunch match between Bedford Blues and ... (16/01/2008)

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Blues draw against Sedgley Park in National Trophy

Bedford RUFC - Ben Pienaar on the rampage for the Blues in their narrow over Sedgley Park Tigers

Bedford have been drawn to play Sedgley Park in the fifth round of the EDF Energy National Trophy. After overcoming Otley at the weekend the Blues will face a sterner test ... (15/01/2008)

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Blues safely through - in the end

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Bedford's Sacha Harding puts in a tackle to stop Otley in their tracks

Being in the hat for Monday's fifth round draw was always the goal from this encounter but the Blues made hard work of it. First-half tries from Dan Richmond, James Pritchard ... (15/01/2008)

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Blues beaten by superior Saints

BY SIMON HUTCHINSON

Bedford RUFC - Bedford's Jon Phillips, left, gets in the thick of the action in the crunch match at Franklin's Gardens

The gulf between Premiership and Division One rugby was exposed at Franklin's Gardens as Northampton brushed aside the Blues ... (05/01/2008)

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