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/ 1 year ago

Injuries are tough but I’m a fighter – Johnny Williams

Simon Thomas talks to Johnny Williams about beating cancer, life as a Scarlet and his Wales ambitions For Johnny Williams, the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 1 year ago

Hansen’s comments proved the final straw for Chris Busby

Ireland and Connacht winger Mack Hansen has provided guaranteed entertainment to the game of rugby by means of his exciting style...

By Ben Jaycock
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

Scarlets in the mood as Dragons set adrift

By Simon Thomas Scarlets ............32pts Tries: Murray 8, 16, Macleod 30, Mee 43 Conversions: Costelow 9, 17, 31 Penalties: Costelow 11,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

Dan Edwards gives Warren Gatland a little to think about

By Roger Panting Cardiff ................... 13pts Tries: Botham 6, Hughes 54 Penalty: Thomas 70 Ospreys ................. 13pts Try: Edwards 50 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

New Year’s Day URC action: 14-men Ospreys draw in Cardiff whilst Scarlets dispatch Dragons

Two fiery Welsh derbies kicked off 2025 with a bang as Ospreys managed a draw at third-placed Cardiff, despite playing more...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

Edinburgh edge the honours in slug-fest

By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh ......... 10pts Try: Schoeman 69 Conversion: Healy 70 Penalty: Thompson 23 Glasgow .............. 7pts Try: Penalty 68...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

Dragons still can’t get better of Cardiff

■By ROGER PANTING Dragons ........................... 22pts Tries: Wainwright 14, Dyer 19, Williams 68 Conversions: O’Brien 14, 68 Penalty: O’Brien 17 Cardiff...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

Timoney leads the charge as Ulster close out Connacht

■By JOHN FALLON Connacht ............ 7pts Try: Hansen 35 Conversion: Carty 36 Ulster ................. 17pts Tries: O’Sullivan 10, Timoney 54 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year ago

Prendergast guides Leinster to perfect 10

■By JOHN FALLON Munster .....7pts Try: Ahern 45 Leinster .. 28pts Conversion: Burns 46 Tries: McGrath 9, Prendergast 32, Van der...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Steyn looking forward to a sibling showdown

By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Glasgow v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3pm, Hampden Park Fit again: Kyle Steyn FIT-AGAIN Scotland wing Kyle Steyn...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Steyn looking forward to a sibling showdown

By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Glasgow v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3pm, Hampden Park Fit again: Kyle Steyn FIT-AGAIN Scotland wing Kyle Steyn...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Farrell treble is enough to wrap it up for Munster

By JOHN FALLON Ulster................. 19pts Tries: O’Toole 7, Sheridan 64, McNabney 75 Conversions: Cooney 8, 76 Munster............22pts Tries: Farrell 27, 51,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Tom Farrell treble is enough to wrap it up for Munster

By John Fallon Ulster................. 19pts Tries: O’Toole 7, Sheridan 64, McNabney 75 Conversions: Cooney 8, 76 Munster............22pts Tries: Farrell 27, 51,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Farrell treble is enough to wrap it up for Munster

By JOHN FALLON Ulster................. 19pts Tries: O’Toole 7, Sheridan 64, McNabney 75 Conversions: Cooney 8, 76 Munster............22pts Tries: Farrell 27, 51,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

By ROGER PANTING Ospreys.............................. 23pts Tries: Parry 36, Tipuric 47, Hopkins 80 Conversion: Edwards 47 Penalties: Edwards 10, 58 Scarlets............................. 22pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Iestyn Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

By Roger Panting Ospreys.............................. 23pts Tries: Parry 36, Tipuric 47, Hopkins 80 Conversion: Edwards 47 Penalties: Edwards 10, 58 Scarlets............................. 22pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

By ROGER PANTING Ospreys.............................. 23pts Tries: Parry 36, Tipuric 47, Hopkins 80 Conversion: Edwards 47 Penalties: Edwards 10, 58 Scarlets............................. 22pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Masterful Barrett lights up Leinster

By JOHN FALLON Leinster.............. 20pts Tries: Osborne 20, Tector 27 Conversions: Byrne 20, 28 Penalties: R Byrne 43, 80 Connacht........... 12pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Masterful Jordie Barrett lights up Leinster

By John Fallon Leinster.............. 20pts Tries: Osborne 20, Tector 27 Conversions: Byrne 20, 28 Penalties: R Byrne 43, 80 Connacht........... 12pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Masterful Barrett lights up Leinster

By JOHN FALLON Leinster.............. 20pts Tries: Osborne 20, Tector 27 Conversions: Byrne 20, 28 Penalties: R Byrne 43, 80 Connacht........... 12pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Smith’s on target to snap up dramatic win

Benetton.......... 11 Zebre................. 10 AN 80th-minute penalty from full-back Rhyno Smith spared Benetton’s blushes as they secured a gritty win over...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Rhyno Smith’s on target to snap up dramatic win for Benetton

Benetton.......... 11 Zebre................. 10 An 80th-minute penalty from full-back Rhyno Smith spared Benetton’s blushes as they secured a gritty win over...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Smith’s on target to snap up dramatic win

Benetton.......... 11 Zebre................. 10 AN 80th-minute penalty from full-back Rhyno Smith spared Benetton’s blushes as they secured a gritty win over...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Schoeman red makes it easy for Stormers

Stormers..........29 Lions................. 10 THE Stormers ended a four-game losing streak as they cruised to a bonus point win over an ill-disciplined...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Ruben Schoeman red card makes it easy for Stormers

Stormers..........29 Lions................. 10 The Stormers ended a four-game losing streak as they cruised to a bonus point win over an ill-disciplined...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Schoeman red makes it easy for Stormers

Stormers..........29 Lions................. 10 THE Stormers ended a four-game losing streak as they cruised to a bonus point win over an ill-disciplined...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hendrikse brothers combine for Sharks

Sharks..............20 Bulls.................. 17 BROTHERS Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse combined to score 13 points as the Sharks saw off the Bulls. Jaden...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hendrikse brothers combine for Sharks

Sharks..............20 Bulls.................. 17 BROTHERS Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse combined to score 13 points as the Sharks saw off the Bulls. Jaden...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hendrikse brothers combine for Sharks

Sharks..............20 Bulls.................. 17 Brothers Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse combined to score 13 points as the Sharks saw off the Bulls. Jaden...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Shane Lewis-Hughes puts his faith in the finger of fate…

For more than 60 years, Red Conway stood in a class all on his own: the only international player to undergo...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Cardiff are too strong for spirited Dragons

■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff.................................31pts Tries: Mann 31, Millard 39, Sheedy 42, Lee-Lo 50 Conversions: Sheedy 31, 39, 42, 50 Penalties:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Zebre stun Ospreys to climb off the bottom

By Simon Thomas Zebre..................22pts Tries: Gesi 6, 25, Trulla 43 Conversions: Da Re 7, 44 Penalty: Da Re 57 Ospreys............. 17pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Duncan Weir steps up to have final say in tense affair

By Simon Thomas Glasgow............. 17pts Tries: Matthews 36, Venter 50 Conversions: Weir 37, 51 Penalty: Weir 66 Scarlets............. 15pts Tries: Macleod...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Munster end their losing run

By Kevin Fallon Munster........... 17 Lions................. 10 Munster captain Jack O’Donoghue hopes they can build on this win heading into the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Sharks survive Stormers comeback to take derby victory

Sharks survived a stunning fightback to triumph in Durban. Sharks were cruising going into the final few minutes with a 13-point...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Edinburgh keep Benetton at bay

By Tom Wilson Edinburgh........50 Benetton..........33 Edinburgh survived an enthralling Augustin Creevy-inspired Benetton comeback in the second half to finish on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Connacht are blown away by Bulls

By John Fallon Connacht.........14 Bulls..................28 Connacht, down to 14 men for almost three-quarters of the game, were blown away by the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Leinster make it seven wins in a row

By Jim Short Ulster................20 Leinster............27 Leinster's second string proved far too strong for Ulster to make it seven wins on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

This weekend’s best matchups in the Gallagher Premiership and United Rugby Championship

By Charlie Elliott With most players back from the Autumn Nations Series, the Premiership and URC return with a bang. With...

By Charlie Elliott
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Cardiff Rugby vs Dragons – Match Betting Preview

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports On Saturday, it’s derby day in the Welsh capital as Cardiff Rugby welcomes Dragons RFC to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Glasgow Warriors vs Scarlets – Match Preview

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports After a long break, the URC is finally back! This Friday, Dwayne Peel’s Scarlets will head...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

A look at Liam Belcher – Wales’ future hooker?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Often referred to as the heartbeat of the pack, the hooker position is vital to the...

By Cam Stephens
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

My life’s a bit like spinning plates, says Dan Lydiate

By Simon Thomas For Dan Lydiate, life is a bit like spinning plates these days. Having moved into a player-coach role...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Evan Lloyd making the most of his late switch to hooker

By Simon Thomas It's safe to say Evan Lloyd’s story is pretty unique. Not only did he play for Wales before...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Scarlets – A good bet to make the URC playoffs?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Now that the first block of URC games is ending, the league table is beginning to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Connacht too strong for slack Dragons

By Luke Jarmyn Connacht .......... 31pts Tries: Boyle 6, Blade 19, Prendergast, 39 Forde 73, Devine 80 Conversions: Forde 7, 20,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Cardiff’s second-half fightback stuns Ulster

By Simon Thomas Cardiff ............... 21pts Tries: Stephens 49, Hughes 64, Young 68 Conversions: Sheedy 50, 65, 69 Ulster ................. 19pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Ospreys in charge as power pack call shots

■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys .............22pts Tries: Lake 4, Thomas 52, Parry 75 Conversions: O Williams 4, 75 Penalty: O Williams 60...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Rising stars thrive for Scarlets

■By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............ 30pts Tries: Rogers 28, Page 43, Murray 47, Macleod 57 Conversions: Lloyd 45, 58 Penalties: Lloyd...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Leinster made to dig deep

■ By KEVIN FALLON Leinster........... 24 Lions................... 6 LEINSTER maintained their winning start to the URC but they dropped a point...

By The Rugby Paper Team