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/ 2 years ago

Sharks take Munster apart

■ By JOHN FALLON Sharks..............41 Munster.......... 24 A SHARKS side laden with Springboks was too powerful for Munster but head coach...

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

Glasgow keep marching on

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers.......... 17 Glasgow...........28 NEW Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu continued his red hot form as Glasgow powered to...

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

Connacht vs Dragons – United Rugby Championship Preview

By Peter Ryan The Dragons will hit the road this weekend and travel to Northern Ireland to face Connacht. Dai Flanagan’s...

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

Ospreys vs Edinburgh – United Rugby Championship Match Preview

By Peter Ryan The Ospreys will host Edinburgh at the iconic Brewery Field as the URC’s first block of games concludes...

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

Scarlets vs Zebre Parma – United Rugby Championship Match Preview

It is another Friday night game for the Scarlets as they welcome Zebre Parma to Llanelli. We are entering the final...

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

Dragons fall to Benetton as they run out of puff

By Roger Panting Dragons ............. 21pts Tries: Westwood 27, Evans 50, Lewis-Hughes 73 Conversions: Evans 27, 50; O’Brien 74 Benetton ..............

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

Jacob Stockdale at the double as Ulster put Ospreys away

By John Fallon Ulster ................36pts Tries: McCormick 5, 52, Stockdale 10, 65, Marcus Rea 32, Penalty 24 Conversions: Cooney 33, Doak...

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

Scarlets on fire to send the Bulls to first defeat

By Simon Thomas Scarlets ............................ 23pts Tries: Macleod 11, Murray 41, Rogers 72 Conversion: Lloyd 12 Penalties: Lloyd 40, 52 Bulls.......................................

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

Scottish stars prove their worth for Edinburgh

By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh .........27pts Tries: Van der Merwe 46, Schoeman 60, Graham 64, Ashman 79 Conversions: Thompson 47, 79 Penalties:...

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

Glasgow’s salvage mission

Sharks .............28 Glasgow ......... 24 ■By BRYN PALMER GLASGOW salvaged two losing bonus points with two tries in the final two...

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

Snyman shows who’s boss

Connacht ........ 12 Leinster ...........33 ■ By JOHN FALLON RG SNYMAN again showed his class as an understrength Leinster side proved...

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

Munster facing tough test

Stormers ........ 34 Munster .......... 19 ■ By KEVIN FALLON MUNSTER have a huge game on their hands next week against...

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

Zebre ……………… 9 Lions ……………. 10

THE Lions continued their unbeaten start to the season by edging Zebre in a rain-soaked tight affair. Ivan van Rooyen’s side...

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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Japan will be latest destination for Richie Gray

By Bryn Palmer Scotland lock Richie Gray will link up with World Cup winners Pieter-Steph du Toit and Aaron Smith when...

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

Darcy Graham gets the ball rolling for Edinburgh

By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh ......38 Stormers ........... 7 Edinburgh earned a much-needed bonus-point win to kick-start their season after three straight...

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

Bulls have too much in reserve for Ospreys

By Simon Thomas Ospreys ............ 19pts Tries: Lake 27, Conbeer 54, Morris 79 Conversions: Edwards 55, Walsh 80 Bulls ..................29pts Tries:...

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

Scarlets made to fight all the way

By Simon Thomas Cardiff ................. 19pts Tries: Millard 23, 40; Penalty 66 Conversion: De Beer 24 Scarlets ..............25pts Tries: Davies 33,...

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

Leinster turn on the style in front of 80,000 at Croke Park

By Kevin Fallon Leinster .............26pts Tries: Lowe 6, Doris 11, Keenan 15, Snyman 40 Conversions: Frawley 7, 12, 15 Munster ...............

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

Glasgow Warriors warm up for trip in style

By Bryn Palmer Glasgow ………33 Zebre ……………… 3 Defending champions Glasgow warmed up for their return to South Africa next week...

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

Murphy has the last word over his son

By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................32pts Tries: Andrew 2, Postlethwaite 11, Cooney 28, McCann 49, Timoney 76 Conversions: Cooney 3, 29 Penalty:...

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

Benetton ……..38 Sharks …………. 10

BENETTON got their season up and running with a convincing bonus-point win at Stadio Monigo. First-half tries from Paolo Odogwu, Rhyno...

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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Double boost for the Dragons

Preview Dragons v Lions Today. 3.30pm THE Dragons are boosted by the return of Wales prop Leon Brown and back row...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Harri Deaves – Wales’ next backrow superstar?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports At a time when the national team is looking for world-class talent across the pitch, the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Do Wales have a chance at landing young gun Cameron Hanekom?

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Over the past decade, there has been a trend of players coming from overseas to compete...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

I can take the pressure at No. 10, says Ben Thomas

By Simon Thomas Much is made about the difference between club and international rugby and it’s something Ben Thomas is able...

By Simon Thomas
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Ulster blown away in Pretoria

By THOMAS DANIELS Bulls ................ 47 Ulster ............... 21 Last season’s finalists the Bulls secured backto-back wins by scoring seven tries...

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

Tuipulotu’s power is too much for Cardiff

By SIMON THOMAS Cardiff .................36pts Glasgow ..............52pts Tries: D Thomas 12, Winnett 20, Byrne 47, Martin 53, Donnell 68 Conversions: Sheedy...

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

Davies double not enough for Scarlets

By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............23pts Tries: Davies 22, 30 Conversions: Costelow 22, 30 Penalties: Costelow 42, 73; Lloyd 52 Connacht ............

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

Ospreys can do nothing to stop Munster taking charge

■By JOHN FALLON Munster ...........23pts Tries: McCarthy 1, Farrell 26, Nash 40, O’Donoghue 64. Penalty: Crowley 9 Ospreys .............. 0pts IRISH...

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

Leinster top with perfect 15 pts

By SAM JACKSON Benetton .......... 5 Leinster ...........35 LEINSTER maintained their perfect start to the season with a bonus point victory...

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

Heartbreak for Dragons as Sharks snatch win

By SIMON THOMAS Dragons ............. 30pts Tries: Basham 18, Coleman 27, Williams 38, Carter 55 Conversions: Evans 19, 39 Penalties: Evans...

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

Three defeats in a row for sorry Edinburgh

By BRYN PALMER Lions ................55 Edinburgh ......21 EDINBURGH suffered a savage mauling by a rampant Lions outfit to leave their ambitions...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

I’m happy to play anywhere – Mason Grady

By Simon Thomas How best to utilise the talents of Mason Grady is one of the big debates in Welsh rugby....

By The Rugby Paper Team
International Rugby
/ 2 years ago

Dan Edwards – Wales’ next fly-half?

By Peter Ryan As a national side, Wales is still trying to find its feet after the 2023 World Cup. Many...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Iwan Stephens enjoying life with Cardiff

By Simon Thomas Growing up, rugby league was very much the sporting love for Iwan Stephens, with his heroes being the...

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

Ben Thomas leads the charge for Cardiff

By Simon Thomas Scarlets .............. 15pts Tries: Page 1, Plumtree 11 Conversion: Costelow 2 Penalty: Costelow 5 Cardiff ................ 24pts Tries:...

By Simon Thomas
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years ago

Dan Edwards finds his feet to lead Ospreys home

By Roger Panting Ospreys .............37pts Tries: Morgan 25, Morgan-Williams 48, Edwards 64, Penalty 79 Conversions: Edwards 25, 48, 64 Penalties: Edwards...

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

Sean Everitt: Accuracy is letting us down

By Phil Evans Bulls ................22 Edinburgh ....... 16 Jaco van der Walt put in a pivotal performance against his former side...

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

Leinster take control to put Dragons in their place

By Simon Thomas Leinster ........... 34pts Tries: Conan 18, R Byrne 38, Deegan 47, J McCarthy 64, Larmour 69, King 81...

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

Lions on song to subdue Ulster

By Sam Jackson Lions ................35 Ulster................22 The Lions grabbed a bonus point win to kick off their season in front of...

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

Zebre stun Munster with almighty comeback win

By James Lyons Zebre, beaten in all 20 previous games by Munster, pulled off one of the biggest shocks in URC...

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

Connacht launch incredible second half comeback to down the Sharks

By Matt Couch Connacht overturned a 20-point half-time deficit to clinch a five-try victory to go third in the table. First...

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

Glasgow Warriors get back in the groove

By Luke Jarmyn Glasgow ......... 42 Benetton.......... 10 Captain Kyle Steyn scored two tries as champions Glasgow bounced back from last...

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

URC Welsh Round Up

Last weekend marked the return of the URC and our website correspondent Darren Powell fills us in on the Welsh side’s progress in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Gareth Thomas: I want to hold on at No.1

By Simon Thomas Having finally established himself as Wales’ number one No.1, Gareth Thomas, above, is determined to hold on to...

By Simon Thomas
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

James Ratti enjoys his ‘weird ride’

By Simon Thomas James Ratti is the first to admit his “mad journey” to becoming a Welsh international has been “a...

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

Scarlets denied in final minutes

By Simon Thomas Benetton ........20 Scarlets ..........20 The Scarlets were denied a memorable victory at the death out in Treviso, but...

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

Alex Nankivell the difference as Munster win a thriller

By John Fallon Munster ...........35pts Tries: Nankivell 29, Haley 32, Hodnett 45, Coombes 60, Daly 70 Conversions: Burns 29, 33, 46,...

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

Luke Yendle in place to steal it for Dragons

By Simon Thomas Dragons...............23pts Tries: Keddie 28, Yendle 84 Conversions: Evans 29, 85 Penalties: Evans 1, 24, 77 Ospreys ............... 21pts...

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

Emiliano Boffelli injury woes add to Edinburgh problems

By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh......... 31pts Tries: Schoeman 11, Van der Merwe 32, 65, Cherry 42, Scott 80 Conversions: Thompson 12, 43,...

By The Rugby Paper Team