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Six Nations: France in seventh heaven

By Bryn Palmer France………………. 35pts Tries: Moefana 18, 62; Bielle-Biarrey 43, Ramos 57 Conversions: Ramos 18, 44, 58 Scotland ………… 16pts Penalties: Ramos 4, 26, […]

Battling Italy make it tough for Ireland

■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Italy ………………………………. 17pts Tries: Ioane 12, Varney 63 Conversions: Allan 13, 65 Penalty: Allan 33 Ireland…………………………. 22pts Tries: Keenan 24, Sheehan 40, […]

Day when I was out in middle

BRENDAN Gallagher’s reference to the Somerset knock out semi-final between Gordon and Bath in Sunday’s Rugby Paper brought back memories, as I refereed that game. […]

Anscombe eyes 2027 World Cup

WALES fly-half Gareth Anscombe wants to play at the 2027 World Cup having returned to the side during this year’s Six Nations. Former head coach […]

Daley-McLean: Champions have the edge

KATY Daley-McLean is backing Gloucester-Hartpury to secure an unprecedented threepeat today and cement themselves as the greatest English club rugby side in the modern era. […]

Spain aiming for a Georgia upset

■By JON NEWCOMBE Preview Georgia v Spain Today. Kick-off 12pm, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi LOOSE forward Matt Foulds insists Spain can do what no other […]

Farrar: We can take on the best

■By MARK STEVENS EALING Trailfinders captain Rob Farrar believes his side have what it takes to compete with the very best in English rugby having […]

Dream Team – Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas

OSKAR HIRSKYJ-DOUGLAS, THE BLACKHEATH AND FORMER WASPS, HENLEY HAWKS, CHINNOR, ENGLAND SEVENS, LOUGHBOROUGH, BEDFORD AND SALE FC CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED […]

Final laps for the wacky races

PAUL REES SAYS PLAYER WELFARE IS TAKING A BACK SEAT AS THE PREMIERSHIP PREPARES TO RESUME NEXT WEEKEND Under pressure: Northampton’s Alex Mitchell, Henry Pollock […]

Celtic Challenge stars get chance

IRELAND HAVING taken notable scalps in 2024, a much-improved Ireland go into this year’s tournament without talismanic skipper Sam Monaghan. The Gloucester-Hartpury PWR winner, who […]

It’s many happy returns for Luckas

■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ………38 Sedgley Park ……..29 WINGER Luckas Sableman-Blue marked his return to Rotherham Titans with a try as the promotion contenders […]