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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoColy looks destined to be rival for Dupont
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Depending on your point of view, the fact that France’s so-called ‘golden generation’ shows no sign of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoFlying Frewen fires Ambers
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................25 Newport .................. 30 A BRACE of tries from flying wing Elliot Frewen fired Newport to...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoCaptain Genge is given the Euro chop
Preview Leicester v Connacht Today, Kick-off 1pm DEPARTING prop Ellis Genge has been left out of the squad for Leicester’s Champions...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoKolbe returns in Toulon’s bonus win
By BEN JAYCOCK Toulon ............28 Zebre................14 CHESLIN Kolbe made his long-awaited Toulon debut as his side eased past Zebre at Stade...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThis rugby vote is just game for a laugh
CHRIS HEWETT THE right to vote is a deadly serious matter, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good for a laugh:...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoGriffiths cuts loose for Quins
By STEFFAN THOMAS Carmarthan Q ........ 30 Llanelli .................... 13 CARMARTHEN Quins earnt the west Wales bragging rights as they comprehensively...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoQuins aces trump the brave lads of Cardiff
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins........43pts Tries: Care 10, Smith 18, Dombrandt 57, 62, Marchant 67, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 11, 19, 58,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoRumney keeping St Peter’s at bay
Welsh National One round-up ALED BISON and JACK NAISBITT RUMNEY solidified their position at the top of Division One East Central...
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National League One
/ 4 years ago‘Immense’ Caldy bring a halt to Sale home record
By STEVE SMITH Sale..................... 21pts Tries: Metcalf 5, 79 Conversions: Robins 6 Penalties: Robins 26, 40, 48 Caldy...................26pts Tries: Titherington 23,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoMisfiring Chiefs get lost in Glasgow fog
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ............22pts Tries: Matthews 79 Conversions: Weir 80 Penalties: Thompson 14, 49, 53, 60, 76 Exeter ..................7pts Tries:...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTry-star hookers help Cinderford surge to victory
By ANNA WASH Cinderford...............26 Moseley................... 13 HOOKERS Nathan Taylor and Jack Preece stole the show for Cinderford, scoring all four tries...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoWalker at double for Cambridge
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........ 19 Cambridge..............24 TWO second-half tries by Billy Walker helped Cambridge break the resistance of hosts Bishop’s...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRecord crowd for big Titans triumph
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....35 Plymouth Albion...25 A RECORD crowd of 1,200 saw Taunton Titans get the better of Plymouth Albion...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLoughborough fight back with late penalty try
By MATT MERRITT Loughborough ..17 Bristol ................14 LOUGHBOROUGH sent the table-toppers crashing to just their second defeat of the season after...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth to miss start of the Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON In the roar: Joe Marchant celebrates scoring Harlequins’ fourth try against Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE North’s comeback...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoJefferies hits four with Chiefs in total control
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP ..0 Exeter ..............88 EXETER Chiefs rounded off 2021 with an emphatic victory at the Darlington Arena....
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeineken Champions Cup preview
The Heineken Champions Cup has been torn apart once more by the coronavirus cancellation controversy with six matches called off, as...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEnglish Championship Preview
It’s another huge Saturday of English Championship rugby. Here, The Rugby Paper looks ahead to some thrilling ties in the second...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJohann van Graan appointed as Bath head coach
Bath Rugby have appointed Johann van Graan as Head Coach for the 2022/23 season on a long-term contract. Yesterday, it was...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoEngland men’s 2022 autumn internationals announced
England men will play four home matches at Twickenham Stadium as part of the 2022 Autumn Nations Series. England will first...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWinless Bath appoint Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach
Bath Rugby have confirmed the appointment of Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach for the remainder of the 2021/22 season....
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland’s fledglings still have a point to prove
Eddie Jones was rewarded for placing his faith in the next generation of English talent as his side enjoyed a series...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoGlasgow ask Exeter fans to not wear Native American-style headdresses
Glasgow Warriors have asked Exeter fans not to wear Native American-style headdresses at their Heineken Champions Cup match this Saturday evening...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChris Ashton leaves Worcester Warriors
After weeks of media speculation, Worcester Warriors have parted company with ex-England winger Chris Ashton. Ashton was “unavailable for selection” all...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoDanielle Waterman launches women’s players union
Former England full-back Danielle Waterman has launched a players union for women in the Premier 15’s. The Women’s Rugby Association (WRA)...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSale win away at Ospreys
Sale overcame a second-half Ospreys fightback to claim victory in the Heineken Champions Cup opening round in Swansea. Tries from Rohan...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoStrange return rocked by Thompson
By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr.................... 31 Ebbw Vale............... 13 JASON STRANGE’S first game back in charge of Ebbw Vale ended in disappointing...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoPollard’s all-round game will suit Tigers
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HANDRE Pollard is a brilliant signing for Leicester Tigers to replace the Sale bound...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHawks downed by ruthless Lions
By NICK PITSON Henley...................... 30 Leicester Lions.....36 LEICESTER Lions produced a clinical performance in a deserved bonus-point victory over Henley at...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGalvanised Ospreys can spring a surprise
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS with James Hook at the start of last week when he mentioned Ifan...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoMarcus must put his stamp on Europe
PAUL REES TALKS TO BRIAN O’DRISCOLL ABOUT THE HEINEKEN CUP WEEKEND The group stage of the Heineken Champions Cup is sandwiched...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoValiant Gloucester kids fall just short
By GARY FITZGERALD Lyon ....................19pts Tries: Taufua 46 Conversions: Doussain 47 Penalties: Doussain 10, 24, 58; Pelissie 70 Gloucester ........13pts Tries:...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Brien leads by example to fire Ambers
By JACK NAISBITT Newport...................25 Bridgend.................... 9 NEWPORT kicked off their Premiership title bid with a winning start after a strong second-half...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont or Am? They’re both great
JEREMY GUSCOTT I’VE got no complaints with the World Rugby team of the year and Stuart Hogg will be very pleased...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes make OA pay for mistakes
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 19 Barnes......................35 OLD Albanian’s rollercoaster season hit another downer as they followed last weekend’s away win...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFord kicks Tigers to stunning away win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bordeaux ..........13pts Tries: Dubie 40 Conversions: Lucu 40 Penalties: Lucu 2, 52 Leicester ..........16pts Tries: Potter 20 Conversions:...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoBilly blow makes bad day worse for Sarries
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........18pts Tries: Goode 13, Christie 26 Conversions: M Vunipola 27 Penalties: M Vunipola 42, 57 Edinburgh..........21pts Tries:...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBird back with vengeance for Ponty
By JAMES LLOYD Pontypridd..............32 Carmarthen............24 DIGGY BIRD put the boot into Carmarthen by kicking a mammoth 23 points in his first...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSix-hitting Hinckley turn on the style
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.......... 46 Barnstaple....... 13 HINCKLEY put on a magnificent show for a bumper crowd, running in six tries...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoCrying out for candid cameras to shed light
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF nothing else, this week has shown the extraordinary effect of secret tapes and recordings or...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFabulous Finn puts Saints to the sword
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..14pts Tries: Skosan 29, Fraser 48 Conversions: Biggar 29, Furbank 49 Racing 92..........45pts Tries: Lauret 8, 42,...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoBiarritz send the Warriors a warning
By SUFIAN ALAM Zebre ................13 Biarritz ............26 BIARRITZ scored four tries as they dispatched Zebre in Palma in a match between...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBlackburn sparks a rout for Tynedale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale......... 48 Bournville........ 12 TYNEDALE ended their 2021 home programme with a scintillating seven-try demolition of Bournville, making...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Rees leads Llandovery rout of RGC
By HUW THOMAS Llandovery.............32 RGC............................... 3 LLANDOVERY continued their rich vein of form with this five tries to nil win over...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDonncha helped turn tide back CBC’s way
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools LIMERICK might be considered the modern-day heart of Munster Rugby, and...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCambridge beat leaders in thriller
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............34 Rosslyn Park..........29 CAMBRIDGE saw off table-topping Rosslyn Park in a ten-try thriller where the lead changed hands...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoQuickfire Wright sets try record to get Falcons going
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle ........31pts Tries: Wright 1, Brown 24, McGuigan 40, Lindsay-Hague 46 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 1, 25, 40+1, 47 Penalties:...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSpirited Harrogate seen off by Titans
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate................ 10 Rotherham..............26 THIS was expected to be a one-way contest, but two teams, at opposite ends of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRef Pearce has shown how to end back-chat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Watching the Exeter/Sara cens game it was great to see a referee...
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