Club Rugby
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoThe ringfence which is encouraging open play
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE have been a few articles written about how the Premiership has...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoCHAMPIONSHIP
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWorboys: I’m aiming to be first-choice 10 at Ealing
By BEN JAYCOCK George Worboys endured ‘the most testing five years of his life’ at Bath but is looking forward to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoTop two set up a final showdown
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE THE top two teams in the regular Premiership season will face off in the final on...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed show their worth
Championship round-up ALREADY crowned champions, Bargoed ran in nine tries as they came from 14-0 down to record a 59-21 victory...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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News Extra
/ 2 years agoEngland set up NZ date
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND Women will play world champions New Zealand at Twickenham on September 14 in preparation for October’s WXV 1...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoWales can’t stop England barrage
England ran out convincing 45-5 winners over Wales in a Women’s U20 international at Bristol’s Shaftesbury Park. A first half try...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBiarritz’s fight for survival goes on
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ten days ago, under-new-management ProD2 strugglers Biarritz gave themselves what looked a lot like a crucial safety...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 05/05/24
For only the second time in eight seasons there are two English teams in the Champions Cup semi-finals, and we’ll have action...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEPCR Challenge Cup semi-final preview
For the second year in a row each of the four Challenge Cup semi-finalists come from a different country, but it’s...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoItoje avoids ban for Barbeary tackle
Saracens second row Maro Itoje has avoided a ban for the last two games of the regular season of the Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 36: Ruan Ackermann on Prem weekend, residency rules and EPCR semis
Following a pivotal weekend of Gallagher Premiership action – not without its controversies – Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBaxter: “We are overachieving” this season
Rob Baxter praised his young side’s competitive edge and their ability to learn from mistakes after their comfortable victory against Gloucester....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoVunipola arrested and tasered twice in Majorca incident
Saracens and former England number eight Billy Vunipola has been arrested following a violent incident in a bar in Majorca. According...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChiefs boost top-four hopes with five-try win at Kingsholm
By TOM JEFFREYS Gloucester…………………………………………..17 Tries: May 29, Clement 40, Clark 50 Conversions: Atkinson 52 Exeter Chiefs……………………………………….38 Tries: Vermeulen 14, 60; John...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBattle for top four reaching climax
The battle for the Premiership play-off places heated up yesterday with leaders Northampton losing to Harlequins and a revitalised Bristol Bears...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoI’ll never stop looking for hidden gems – Lam
By PAUL REES Pat Lam says he will never stop plundering the rugby mine of the Championship and the leagues below...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens know how to win – Tompkins
By BEN JAYCOCK With the Premiership run-in hotting up, Saracens centre Nick Tompkins claims ‘experience matters’ in these blockbuster end-of-season contests...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeicester in discussions to hire new attack coach
By PAUL REES Dan McKellar has told Leicester fans to buckle up for the ride next season as the club closes...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLangdon is quick to make his point
By PAUL REES Northampton have placed an emphasis this season on putting pace in the legs of their players and that...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFalcons face battle to break their duck
By PAUL REES Time is running out for Newcastle as they seek to avoid joining Rotherham and London Welsh as clubs...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets move in to sign Hepburn
Scarlets have signed Scotland prop Alec Hepburn from Exeter for next season. The Australian-born 31-year-old helped the Chiefs win the Champions...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLeinster all-stars set for blockbuster battle
By BEN JAYCOCK Having finally toppled their Champions Cup bogey team La Rochelle, next up for Leinster is Premiership pacesetters Northampton...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Ben Adams
The Cambridge and former Coventry, Bedford Blues, Queensland Country & Australia Sevens back rower, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTime for Saints to be true to themselves
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE contest between the 9-10 pairings of Leinster’s Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPorter delivers as Quins stay in hunt
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........................41pts Tries: Northmore 1, 26; Lewies 33, Murley 45, Porter 67, 73 Conversions: Smith 27, 34, 46;...
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Premiership
/ 2 years ago‘For us today, it was do or die’
Quins skipper Alex Dombrandt was delighted after the Londoners' crucial victory over Northampton. “We make it tough for ourselves sometimes," he...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeicester stunned by Bristol late show
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester Tigers .............19pts Tries: Ollie Hassell-Collins 17, 48; van Wyk 63 Conversions: Pollard 18, 63 Bristol Bears ....................21pts...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoThacker made the difference, says Lam
Bristol boss Pat Lam lauded substitute Harry Thacker after his team had overturned a 19-0 deficit to beat Leicester. “This game...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSaracens take advantage in battle for top two spot
By ROGER PANTING Bath........................................... 12pts Tries: du Toit 57, Redpath 62 Conversions: Spencer 62 Saracens.................................15pts Tries: Parton 12, Segun 40 Conversions:...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe managed to rediscover our energy, says McCall
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall hopes his side’s improved display at Bath will be a springboard for the rest of...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSharks look to have edge in Diamond derby
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park SALE boss Alex Sanderson has thanked Steve...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDiamond still confident he can make a big difference
By PAUL REES Starting: Guy Pepper LAST season’s beaten Premiership finalists would not seem the ideal opponents after conceding a record...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoVermeulen: It’s payback time for the Chiefs
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm BRUISING back rower Jacques Vermeulen wants Exeter to put...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSkivington looking for players to prove themselves
By PAUL REES Dasher: Josh Hathaway GEORGE Skivington has told his players ahead of today’s clash with Exeter at Kingsholm that...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLeinster’s workload merits little sympathy
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK LEINSTER are worried about the pressure that could prevent them from winning a...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoKick off with Cup
The Papa Johns Cup has staggered into its second season with almost as many walk-overs as matches played, despite an increase...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoConnacht work hard for valuable five points
By ROGER PANTING Dragons.............27pts Tries: Hughes 5, R Williams 40, Dyer 54 Conversions: Evans 5, 40, 54 Penalties: Evans 49, 62...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster manage to stem the flow
By BRIAN FINN Stormers ....... 42 Leinster...........12 LEINSTER suffered another chastening experience in South Africa as their understrenth side were hammered...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCardiff left in a mess by lively Edinburgh
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................... 7pts Edinburgh.......... 24pts Tries: Carre 43 Conversions: de Beer 43 Tries: Schoeman 26, Ashman 62, Venter...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoKok hat-trick swings nail-biter Sharks’ way
By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............27pts Tries: Elias 18, Mathias 51, Nicholas 76 Conversions: Costelow 19, 52, 77 Penalties: Costelow 3, 9...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoNew low for Ospreys as Bulls go on rampage
By LUKE JARMYN Bulls ...................61pts Tries: Grobbelaar 7, Kriel 21, Arendse 29, 54, Moodie 38, 42, Papier 44, Penalty 61, Le...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLions …………….13 Munster ………33
By KEVIN FALLON GRAHAM Rowntree was extremely proud of his men as the champions wrapped up a second bonus point in...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoUlster …………..38 Benetton ……. 34
By JOHN FALLON ULSTER interim coach Richie Murphy is hopeful they have turned a corner and are poised to secure a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoGlasgow finally get act together
By BRYN PALMER @therugbypaper Zebre ................. 9 Glasgow..........40 GLASGOW overcame a stodgy first half in Parma to maintain their pursuit of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoThe day Sir John picked up the bill
Steve Diamond always had a way with words – some of his stories concerning Danny Cipriani during the wayward outside-half ’s...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoWales on a mission to survive or decline
Paul Rees asks whether the country which has won 12 Grand Slams can still afford to run four regional sides A...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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