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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFarrell to 10 as England change three for Italian clash
England have made three changes as they take on Italy in the Six Nations, with Owen Farrell moving to fly-half in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScott Hastings: Scotland must profit from winning start
Scott Hastings insisted that Scotland need to capitalise on momentum ahead of their round two Six Nations clash with a wounded...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: S2 E5 – Scottish celebrations with Scott Hastings
WHAT a start to the tournament! A thriller in Rome, an Irish statement in Cardiff and the headline act of one...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMiddleton to depart England following Six Nations
Simon Middleton is stepping down as England Women’s head coach after the 2023 Six Nations. Middleton said: “Representing England in a coaching or...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJalibert winner gives France pulsating victory in Rome
By Nick Powell, Online Editor Italy…………………24 Tries: Capuozzo 33, Penalty 51 Penalties: Allan 14, 23, 40+2, 62 France………………29 Tries: Flament 5,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick: We’ll learn from pain
By GARY FITZGERALD New head coach Steve Borthwick admitted his England team will have to go through some pain to develop...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNo happy return for Gatland as Ireland blow Wales away
By ROGER PANTING There was no fairytale return for Wales head coach Warren Gatland as his side were blown away by...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBracken: Six Nations battle is wide open
By GARY FITZGERALD Kyran Bracken feels the battle for the Northern Hemisphere crown is “wide open” this year and says England...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDazzling solo try leaves England for dead
By NICK CAIN AT TWICKENHAM England ............................. 23pts Tries: Malins 24, 38; Genge 48 Conversions: Farrell 49 Penalties: Farrell 43, 65...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoRuthless Ireland take no time to quash talk of a Welsh restoration
By PETER JACKSON Wales .................................. 10pts Tries: Williams 46 Conversions: Biggar 46 Penalties: Biggar 14 Ireland............................... 34pts Tries: Doris 2, Ryan...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFrance have the drive to stay on track
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Italy v France Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Olimpico, Rome THE last time France won back-to-back Six Nations...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoLamaro: It’s time for someone else to get Wooden Spoon
By GARY FITZGERALD Confident: Lamaro MICHELE Lamaro feels it is time for “someone else” to be awarded the Wooden Spoon and...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoRampant Romania run in 11 tries to stun Poland
By SAM JACKSON Under pressure: Poland coach Chris Hitt Romania got their Rugby Europe Championship campaign of to fine...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoPrendergast on song as Ireland master Wales
By SAM JACKSON Wales...............................27pts Tries: Hennessy 9, Morgan 18, 77; Scarfe 52 Conversions: Edwards 11, 78 Penalties: Edwards 16 Ireland............................ 44pts...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoHathaway’s quick-fire treble puts England on right course
By BEN JAYCOCK England ................ 41pts Tries: Hathaway 2, 8, 14; Cunningham-South 18, Carnduff 24, Elliott 68 Conversions: Harris 10, 19,...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFrance hold on as Italy send out a message
By JOHN RILEY Italy...................27pts Tries: Berlese 7, Gallorini 24, Rubinato 32, Mey 51, Douglas 83 Conversions: Sante 8 France...............28pts Tries: Moustin...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoSpears point the way with victory at Verblitz
JAPAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK Kubota Spears moved top of Japan Rugby League One with a 44-34 victory away to Toyota...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick and Itoje back hard working returnees
Steve Borthwick and Maro Itoje have praised the resilience of the players in the current England team who have fought to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoRugby World Cup 2023: Six Matches to Get Excited About
Rugby is unquestionably one of the finest sports in the world. It may not draw as many spectators as football or...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPodcast Predictions League: Week 1
The Rugby Paper Podcast predictions league is back! Just like round one last year, guest Jeremy Guscott, columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoCan The French Go Back-to-Back in the 2023 Six Nations?
The 2023 Guinness Six Nations is right around the corner, with the opening fixtures taking place on the afternoons of February...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘We want the crowd behind us’
By ADAM HATHAWAY Sam Simmonds has vowed to put the smiles back on the faces of the Twickenham faithful after England’s...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoCritics pile in as shell-shocked WRU faces ‘worst crisis ever’
By PETER JACKSON Wales kick the Six Nations off on Saturday with their employers ‘shellshocked’ by explosive public anger over the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBurns bids farewell to Tigers and joins Highlanders
Fly-half Freddie Burns made his 115th and final appearance for Leicester in yesterday’s East Midlands derby at Northampton. Burns, who has...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoLaunchbury: I won’t ever lose the desire to play for England
By BEN JAYCOCK Ambitious: Joe Launchbury in action for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images Harlequins-bound lock Joe Launchbury claims the desire to...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDupont: For us to win two titles in a row won’t be easy
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: France France find themselves in the unfamiliar position of going into a Six Nations campaign as champions. The...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoIt’s now more expectation than hope for Sexton & Co
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Ireland If you glance westwards as we approach the Six Nations you can witness a strange phenomenon across...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoInner steel that can lift Azzurri off the bottom
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Italy What a difference a win makes. Twelve months ago the almost perennial debate about Italy’s Six Nations...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoScots need Russell to pull everything together
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Scotland It is possibly surprising to realise that Scotland coach Gregor Townsend is embarking on his sixth Six...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoAnother day, another destiny
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: England Steve Borthwick may have been groomed as a coach by Eddie Jones, but the former apprentice does...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoReturn of the ringmaster gives hope of a revival
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Wales Warren Gatland’s return as Wales’s head coach coincided with the Welsh regions making an overdue impact in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoKnights are riding high after downing Eagles
JAPAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK Asaeli Ai Valu dotted down on the stroke of full time and Rikiya Matsuda nailed the...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoI don’t expect call from Warren, says Cardiff boss Young
By LUKE JARMYN It will be an unexpected surprise if Warren Gatland contacts the head coaches of the four Welsh regions...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoAll change! It’s time to work, says Borthwick
By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick has slapped a travel ban on his squad ahead of the Six Nations and declared it...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPearson is on Borthwick’s radar – Kidney
By PAUL REES Declan Kidney says London Irish flanker Tom Pearson is on England’s radar despite being left out of Steve...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBen plays through pain for his place
By JON NEWCOMBE Focused: Ben Curry on the attack for Sale PICTURES: Getty images Alex Sanderson has revealed how Ben Curry...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSkivington: Jonny will be back for England
By PAUL REES Fighting hard: Jonny May in action for Gloucester and, inset, head coach George Skivington PICTURES: Getty Images George...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHogg ready for big clash
Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg should be fit for the Six Nations opener against England on February 4, says Exeter director of...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: Wales
Scarlets hooker Ken Owens has been named as captain for Wales’ Six Nations campaign, taking over from Justin Tipuric. Returning coach...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoMcConnochie aims to fulfil boyhood dream
By BEN JAYCOCK Bath wing Ruaridh McConnochie is eager to fulfil his boyhood dream of playing for Scotland after being called...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: Italy
Michele Lamaro captains the Azzurri, with World Rugby’s breakthrough player of the year Ange Capuozzo spearheading the attack for Kieran Crowley’s...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: France
Grand Slam champions France go into this year’s Six Nations without several key players as Fabien Galthie endures an ever growing...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: Ireland
Ulster's Jacob Stockdale has been recalled to Ireland’s 37-man Six Nations squad, but Munster fly-half Joey Carbery is a notable absentee....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoHat-trick star Mafi shines for Eagles to soar
JAPAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK Amanaki Mafi scored a hat-trick of tries for the second straight match as Yokohama Eagles shot...
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Women's International
/ 3 years agoMassive interest in France showdown
By BEN JAYCOCK On the run: Zoe Harrison in action for England against Ireland last year PICTURE: Getty Images England have...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoRobinson: English rugby will miss Jones
By LUKE JARMYN Former Red Rose assistant coach Ed Robinson feels the RFU’s controversial decision to sack Eddie Jones nine months...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoA history of the Springboks and Nike: is it a bad omen for the 2023 World Cup?
The start of 2023 marks a significant and enthralling milestone for rugby fans given that we have officially entered a World...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoJapan Rugby League One: Round Five Preview
The return of a fresh Springbok Malcolm Marx is probably the last thing a bruised Kobelco Kobe Steelers need as the...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoCan Gatland Get Wales Firing Again?
Wales, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, and Italy are all putting their final preparations in place ahead of the 2023 Six Nations...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSeason 2 Episode 2 – Eddie’s back, England’s squad and Gus Warr on the Champions Cup
Eddie Jones is back in green and gold! The Jones saga takes yet another turn as he replaces Dave Rennie at...
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