British & Irish Cup
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s British & Irish Cup news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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/ 8 years agoHartpury fall short despite dominance up front
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets …24 Hartpury …21 SCARLETS forwards coach Richard Kelly praised his side’s character after defeating Hartpury. The Welsh...
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/ 8 years agoReds clock up another bonus
By TOM WALKER Dragons…7 Jersey Reds …34 JERSEY boss Harvey Biljon is refusing to think of a quarter-final spot despite his...
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/ 8 years agoIrish know-how sinks Blues
By JOHN FALLON Leinster A …29 Cardiff Blues …10 THE Blues Select fell to their second defeat and lie bottom of...
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/ 8 years agoBig guns guide clinical champs to victory
Ospreys.6 Munster A 24 ■By ROB COLE REIGNING champions Munster punished the Ospreys with two tries in a clinical ten-minute spell...
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/ 8 years agoDeegan’s double puts Leinster clear
Doncaster.17 Leinster A.41 ■By STEVE HOSSACK LEINSTER threw down the gauntlet to their cup rivals when romping to victory in their...
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/ 8 years agoLate sin-bins let Exiles claw back
L Scottish.27 Dragons 20 ■By LUKE JARMYN TWOsin-bins at the end of the first half saw the Dragons throw away a...
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/ 8 years agoTitans are fired up by Burns to land first win
Rotherham.28 Connacht A 23 ■By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM are celebrating their first win of the season after six consecutive league defeats...
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/ 8 years agoBlues given Bristol keep bruising as on winning
Cardiff Blues 7pts Bristol 31pts ■By EMILY GILL At the double: Two-try hero Aaron Chapman scores for Bristol PICTURES: JMP BRISTOL...
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/ 8 years agoFast-starting Ealing go on an 11-try romp
Ealing T 67 Richmond 12 ■By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders got off to the perfect start with a dominant win over...
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/ 8 years agoKolo’ofa’i leads the way for improving Islanders
Jersey.32 Y Carnegie 3 ■By TIM PRYOR JERSEY Reds put their Championship struggles behind them with a dominant win over a...
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/ 8 years agoSettled Pirates put students to sword
Hartpury 19 C Pirates 35 ■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY were muchchanged from their recent league performances and paid the price against...
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/ 8 years agoMisfiring Scarlets pay heavy price
Ulster A.24 Scarlets 18 ■By TOM JOHNSON POOR goal kicking cost the Scarlets heavily in a tight cup opener as they...
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/ 8 years agoCostello gives his kids their chance
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Blues Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM head coach Ian Costello has retained just four of his...
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/ 9 years agoSeymour gives the credit for tour place to Gregor
By GARY HEATLY TOMMY Seymour has praised Gregor Townsend for helping him turn around his career as he prepares for the...
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/ 9 years agoSutherland at the double for Esher
By BEN CARTER Esher …………….35 B’ham Mose …24 ESHER extended their winning run to four games with a near-flawless display in...
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/ 9 years agoFarrell earns plaudits from suffering Meads
By PETER JACKSON Impressive: Owen Farrell goes past Wales’ Dan Biggar for England PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell will pose the...
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/ 9 years agoStudents rampant in their home finale
By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury Coll’ 92 Macclesfield….7 HARTPURY ran riot on a sun-soaked afternoon, in the final home game of an...
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/ 9 years agoIreland have shown us how to win, says Spencer
By GUY WILLIAMS THE Lions are more than capable of achieving a massive upset against the All Blacks this summer if...
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/ 9 years agoIrvine’s treble is just the tonic for Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …46 Old Albanian …33 SO the relegation battle goes down to the wire. Ionians did what...
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/ 9 years agoHow Marler and Sinckler got back on the front line
NICK VERDIER talks to Harlequins’ barnstorming front-row duo on mission to bring down the All Blacks NICK VERDIER Quins pair Kyle...
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/ 9 years agoRowntree: Quick ball essential to beating All Blacks
FORWARDS guru Graham Rowntree knows the Lions will have to match New Zealand up front if they are to win their...
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/ 9 years agoSorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative...
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/ 9 years agoSurely Warren’s playing mind games
WARREN Gatland has had the entire season to pursue a single objective, identifying a team of 23 to win two Tests...
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/ 9 years agoIslanders denied by Munster comeback
By TOM INNES Cup delight: Munster’s Cian Bohane lifts the British & Irish Cup PICTURES: Getty Images MUNSTER ‘A’ staged a...
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/ 9 years agoHartley in starting XV for prolific non-Lion Test stars
Dylan Hartley DYLAN Hartley’s fate has prompted his late inclusion into a team he would rather not be part of, the...
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/ 9 years agoThese All Blacks aren’t invincibles that they are cracked up to be
Nick Cain says Lions coach Warren Gatland is the man to convince his squad Kiwis are beatable Nick Cain By the...
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/ 9 years ago“The tour book along with daily Press reports was how the Lions story was told”
Picture this: John Bentley holds aloft the trophy in front of Lions supporters after the third Test against South Africa in...
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/ 9 years agoHowley backs power and pace of Lions
By NICK VERDIER All Black conquerer: Ireland centre Jared Payne ROB Howley will soon have to make his mind up about...
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/ 9 years agoIn a New Zealand deluge
Peterkin and Bruce King on drums. The tape was mixed and edited by Peter Hitchcock at the EMI studios in Wellington...
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/ 9 years agoLions have the talent, do they have the time?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Head start at No.6: Ireland blindside CJ Stander It was always going to be...
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/ 9 years agoCarwyn’s class of ’71 spoke and All Blacks learned
Masterclass: Lions skipper John Dawes, with Carwyn James to his right, reveals the strategies behind his team’s success in New Zealand...
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/ 9 years agoScots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT Brilliant: Stuart Hogg one of only two Scots to tour My heart sunk a little for the Scots...
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/ 9 years agoBlaydon stay alive thanks to big win over Park
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon ……….40 Rosslyn Park 24 BLAYDON ensured their bid for survival will go down to the final day...
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/ 9 years agoLIONS SQUAD
SAM WARBURTON (c) Position: Flanker Age: 28 Height: 6ft 2in Weight: 16st 3lbs Caps: 73 Lions Caps: 2 CARDIFF BLUES/WALES Emulates...
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/ 9 years agoBlood & Sand are thwarted by Amps
By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….35 Cambridge ……12 AMPTHILL spent the majority of this game defending as Cambridge dominated possession and territory,...
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/ 9 years agoFarrell: Lions must impose own game on New Zealand
Winner: Andy Farrell ANDY Farrell was the main instigator of two of New Zealand’s most famous defeats in recent years and...
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/ 9 years agoWill pulls strings to put DMP to sword
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry ………36 DarlingtonMP16 COVENTRY stretched their winning run to seven games as they completed a home campaign showing...
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/ 9 years agoWarburton: I’m ready now to captain this side again
Captain Sam Warburton on form, fitness and accepting the honour to lead the Lions’ challenge in New Zealand Sam Warburton became...
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/ 9 years agoArnie signs off in fine style as Fylde avoid a nervous wait
By GALILEO SUTHERLAND Bonus time: Greg Smith scores Fylde’s vital fourth try. Right, acrobatic Jack Turley secures line out ball for...
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/ 9 years agoThis can be when North becomes a true great
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions...
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/ 9 years agoAlbion make it 12 straight wins by Clubbing Blackheath
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….7 Plymouth A …46 RECENT form suggested a one-sided contest and so it proved as Plymouth Albion...
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/ 9 years agoExiles romp away after turnover turnaround
By LUKE JONES LONDON Irish assistant coach Clark Laidlaw cut a delighted figure after seeing his side book their place in...
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/ 9 years ago12-try rout takes Trailfinders into last four
By JEREMY INSON EALING Trailfinders marched on to the semifinals with a hugely emphatic victory over Scarlets Premiership Select to top...
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/ 9 years agoEvans on target in last play to deny Scottish
By NICK VERDIER L Scottish 21 Cardiff Blues 24 JARROD Evans slotted a penalty on the last play to hand the...
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/ 9 years ago‘Explosive’ Jersey sink the Pirates
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds cruised into the semi-finals for the second straight season thanks to a powerful and dominant display...
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/ 9 years agoMunster to be tested by Ulster experience
PREVIEW…Munster A v Ulster A Today. Kick-off 3pm, Musgrave Park, Cork MUNSTER A will put their unbeaten Cup campaign to the...












