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BBC News
11-05-2025
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- BBC News
Exeter overcome youthful Saints in scrappy contest
Gallagher PremiershipExeter (21) 42Tries: Lilley, Skinner 2, Brown-Bampoe 2, Moloney Cons: Slade 5, Hodge Northampton (7) 14Tries: Garside, Lockett Cons: James 2 Exeter Chiefs gained some late season pride with a scrappy 42-14 victory over a youthful Northampton Saints at Sandy debutant Nick Lilley and Saints' Jake Garside exchanged tries before the home side took control on the verge of half-time with scores from Harvey Skinner and Paul Lockett reduced the deficit for the Saints soon after the break, but Martin Moloney's opportunistic score put the game beyond the visitors before Brown-Bampoe and Skinner added late gloss to the result leaves the Chiefs in ninth, 12 points behind eighth-placed Saints who have only the Champions Cup left to play to follow... Exeter: Hodge; Lilley, Slade, Rigg, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Townsend; Sio, Yeandle, Street, Tuima, Jenkins, Vermuelen, Capstick, Frost, Blose, Iosefa-Scott, Tshiunza, Moloney, Cairns, Haydon-Wood, Rigg (21).Northampton: Garside; Cousins, Seabrook, Litchfield, Glister; James, Weimann; West, Walker, Millar Mills, Prowse, Munga, Lockett, Brown, Wright, Haffar, Green, Hunter-Hill, Logan, Benson, Witheat, Karl Dickson.
Telegraph
07-03-2025
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- Telegraph
France v Scotland, Six Nations 2025: What time is kick-off and what TV channel is it on?
France and Scotland bring the curtain down on their 2025 Six Nations campaigns with a fifth-round clash at Stade de France. When is France v Scotland? Saturday, March 15, in Paris. Kick-off is at 8pm. Where is France v Scotland taking place? At Stade de France in Saint-Denis just north of Paris. France's national stadium has a capacity of 83,300 and hosted the athletics, football, rugby and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games. Built for the 1998 Fifa World Cup, two Rugby World Cup finals – South Africa's 15-6 victory over England in 2007 and South Africa's 12-11 triumph over the All Blacks in 2023 – have also been staged at the stadium. How to watch France v Scotland on TV It will be on ITV1. The BBC and ITV are once again sharing coverage of the Six Nations in the UK. Who is the referee? England's Matthew Carley will be the man in the middle, assisted by Karl Dickson (England) and Eoghan Cross (Ireland) running the lines, with South Africa's Marius van der Westhuizen the TMO. What is the latest team news? Gregor Townsend, Scotland's head coach, has raised concerns about benches comprising seven forwards – a tactic France have been using during this Six Nations. Les Bleus utilised a 7-1 bench against Italy and Ireland. Other nations are understood to be sympathetic towards Townsend's position with questions raised around whether the practice is truly been in the spirit of the game. Opponents argue that replacements were originally intended to act as injury cover rather than as a mechanism to deploy an entirely fresh forward pack. Six Nations 2025 table When did France and Scotland last win the Six Nations? France were victorious in 2022, but have since finished second in consecutive years with Ireland winning back-to-back titles. Scotland have never won the Six Nations – they did, however, win the last iteration of the Five Nations in 1999. What was the score last year? Scotland went down to an agonising 20-16 defeat against France at Murrayfield, despite having been the superior team throughout against a continually out-of-sorts Les Bleus. The Scots were a clear camera angle away from snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, with one of the longest TMO reviews in history simply unable to show conclusively whether Sam Skinner had grounded the ball over the line. Was it a try? Almost certainly, but without enough evidence it simply could not be given and Scotland, perhaps fittingly given their failure to close the game out when it was in their hands, were crushed.
South China Morning Post
02-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
From Hong Kong to refereeing Antoine Dupont: why rugby official credits city for success
International rugby referee Karl Dickson said his time in Hong Kong was key to him reaching the pinnacle of his sport. Advertisement One of a handful of elite players who have successfully swapped competing for refereeing, Dickson, who was in charge of France's Six Nations rout of Italy last Sunday, will return to the city for this month's Tradition HKFC10s, after officiating in last year's edition. Dickson's relationship with the tournament, however, dates back to 2003. After becoming 'demotivated' following his failure to gain county rugby selection, he turned to football while at university and, after graduating, spent time in Hong Kong. 'I wanted another go at rugby, so I played a few games for DeA Tigers, and played in the 10s,' Dickson said. 'I loved it and it had a big part in me wanting to play again.' Five years after a senior debut for Bedford in 2004, Dickson joined Harlequins, where he won Premiership, European Challenge Cup and Anglo-Welsh Cup titles. In 2017, three years after starting refereeing training, Dickson quit playing. Former Harlequins scrum half Karl Dickson, now working as a referee, during a visit to Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP 'I had no specific ambitions, I just wanted to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible, and keep moving to the next level,' Dickson said.
The Independent
23-02-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Italy vs France referee: Who is Six Nations official Karl Dickson?
England's Karl Dickson is one of the officials for the 2025 Six Nations. The former professional player ended a long top-level career in 2017 having narrowly missed out on an England cap. Younger brother Lee, also a scrum half, appeared 18 times for his country between 2012 and 2014. While he may not have reached the international level as a player, the elder Dickson sibling has rapidly risen through the refereeing ranks after starting his officiating journey while still playing for Harlequins. He joined the Rugby Football Union's Professional Game Match Officials Team (PGMOT) on retirement, and three years later made the step up to Test level. A Six Nations debut arrived last year and made the cut for a first World Cup in the autumn of 2023 as one of four English referees. Dickson refereed a number of pool matches at the tournament, before being pressed into emergency duties during the first quarter-final between Wales and Argentina. Having been appointed as an assistant, Jaco Peyper's Achilles injury meant that the 41-year-old was forced to take over as referee, overseeing the Pumas narrow victory. An appointment as one of Wayne Barnes's assistants for the final followed as part of an all-English officiating team. Italy vs France match officials
Yahoo
26-01-2025
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- Yahoo
English Premiership clash mired in controversy after time-keeping confusion
English referee Karl Dickson's time keeping has come under scrutiny after a serious clock malfunction in the Gallagher Premiership clash between Sale Sharks and Bath. Sale were leading Premiership leaders Bath 16-5 at the AJ Bell Stadium when the hosts knocked the ball on with the clock already in the red. In usual circumstances the referee would have blown for half-time but Dickson allowed for one more scrum with Bath in possession which they subsequently scored from. When both sets of forwards were preparing to pack down the TMO could be heard saying: "Karl, what time have you got?" READ MORE: Rising Welsh-qualified talent reveals why he's opted for England over Wales READ MORE: Cardiff win race to sign Wales international from Welsh rivals Dickson replied: "There's three seconds left. Is that the same as you?" "No, that's fine," replied the TMO." The TNT Sports commentators were equally as bemused. In the lead-up to the scrum, lead commentator Alastair Eykyn said: "It was knocked on by the Sharks and that will take us to half-time." "Maybe not unless someone tells Karl what the time is," said former England playmaker and TNT Sports pundit Austin Healey. "Anyone looking at the clock? Anyone," joked Eykyn. Bath were permitted to take the scrum, with Ruaridh McConnochie scoring a try which Finn Russell converted to cut the deficit to 16-12 in Sale's favour at the interval. "And Bath striking at the end of this first half, striking well-beyond the end of this first half seemingly," said Eykyn in commentary. "It will be a score which might cause a stir." "Won't it just!" replied Healey. "It was a great score but the question is, what's the time Alli?" But Bath's official X account moved to clear up the confusion, saying Dickson's clock was correct with the stadium and TV clock out of sync. Bath Rugby wrote: "For clarity, the commentary team on TNT have clarified that referee Karl Dickson's clock was correct at the end of the first half. "The stadium and TV clock seemed to be slightly out of sync, which caused some confusion at the end of the first half."
