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Letters
/ 2 years agoStop tinkering with laws
WORLD Rugby needs to stop tinkering with the laws to try and eliminate some of the problems in the professional game....
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Letters
/ 2 years agoJeff’s right, we must protect the grassroots
I COULDN’T agree more with Jeff Probyn highlighting the importance of the RFU being able to ensure a fair slice of...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoSo which is the fairer?
JEFF Page wrote last week a letter headlined ‘easier to spot the fairer competition’ in which he compared Leicester unfavourably with...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoChamp teams must hold on to players
READING letters, Sunday 14/4, Alec Jones makes a very valid point re Newcastle’s non relegation. Then alongside I see Exeter is...
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Top 14
/ 2 years agoI’m loving every single minute
Mark Stevens finds former Exeter Chiefs playmaker Joe Simmonds enjoying his new life in France In the picturesque town of Pau...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoRobertson will cash in on Barrett move
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED LOOKING at it from Leinster’s point of view, the signing of the world’s best inside centre is...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoTry-fest with big issues below the surface
The Paris Games, more formally known as the XXXIII Olympiad, are almost upon us and the Rugby Sevens schedule is full...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLong wait for away win goes on for Dragons
By SIMON THOMAS Benetton...........36pts Tries: Smith 7, Lucchesi 30, Uren 35, Ratave 45, Iachizzi 71, Lamaro 75 Conversions: Albornoz 8, 36,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoGoosen red card is game changer
By BRIAN FINN Bulls ................22 Munster ..........27 GRAHAM Rowntree was pleased with the way his men came from behind to carve...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFaletau injured again in gutting defeat to Ulster
By SIMON THOMAS Ulster .................19pts Try: McCann 58 Conversion: Cooney 59 Penalties: Doak 28, 35, Cooney 65, 79 Tries: Cabango 11,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster seconds suffer a mauling
By JIM COUCH Lions ............... 44 Leinster ..........12 LEINSTER crashed to a heavy defeat at Emirates Airline Park. Leo Cullen’s side...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWarriors miss out on bonus point
By SAM JACKSON Glasgow .........21 Sharks ............ 10 GLASGOW kept themselves firmly in the playoff hunt with a convincing win at...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMorgan at the double for Ospreys history boys
By SIMON THOMAS Stormers...........21pts Try: Du Plessis 13, Roos 43, Penalty 80 Conversions: Libbok 14, 44 Ospreys.............27pts Tries: Morgan 8, 40;...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLivewire Devine the star of show
By JOHN FALLON @therugbypaper Connacht ...... 54 Zebre ..............16 CONNACHT skipper Dave Heffernan said they need to build on this easy...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoOutsiders aiming for a place in the final
Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher waste no time in bouncing back up
By BEN JAYCOCK Esher prop Matt Lowes says securing promotion back to National One against their title rivals Dorking in a...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWorboys repays Easter’s support
By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor secured promotion to the Championship last weekend and star man George Worboys thanks director of rugby Nick...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoAmazing to finish in top spot, says Smith
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Dings Crusaders secured promotion to National League 1 last weekend for the first time in the club’s history...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoLion who enjoyed a taste of Italy
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ANDREA Gazzi’s grave lies on the Inner Hebridean island of Islay, a long...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoBarrett, the man for every occasion
As a centre-three-quarter par excellence, there is nothing Jordie Barrett cannot do. Nobody in his position can truck it up the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe Sheriff will be sorely missed
PETER JACKSON The gods played a dirty trick in denying Ken Owens a farewell appearance for his beloved Wales and...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoFlyer Hutler haunts old Blues mates with hat-trick
By NICK TAYLOR Coventry.......... 54pts Tries: Hutler 7, 50, 57; Ball 19, Pellegrini 41, Nkwocha 48, Martin 65, Wand 78 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBracken makes it safe for Ampthill
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill..........................49pts Tries: Bacon 32, 76; Bracken 38, Elliot 61, 80; Hallett 69, Moore-Aiono 74 Conversions: Barton 33, 39,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates aiming for a three-peat over lowly Cambridge
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW Cornish Pirates v Cambridge Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates and Cambridge meet for the third...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoTrailfinders make sure they get it right this time
By JOHN LYON Caldy..................18pts Tries: Sproston 60, Hearn 70 Conversions: Kilcourse 70 Penalties: Jones 2, 17 Ealing T............ 49pts Tries: De...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoScottish on a roll with three wins in a row
By MO SHER @therugbypape L Scottish ........ 45pts Tries: Ingall 4, Musk 11, 15, 69; Huis 29, Nutton 63, Wilkinson 74...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNavy set sights on retaining Babcock Trophy
NEWS EXTRA ROYAL Navy head coach Dave Pascoe hopes a tougher build-up to this season’s Inter Services Championship will ensure his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoScoring in Hell Fire Corner was great
My Life in Rugby with Greg Goodfellow - The former Cornwall, Chinnor, Redruth, Cornish Pirates, Coventry, Mounts Bay & Hawick scrum-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoS Africa is crying out for its own league
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF I remember my A level geography...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGreat to see Swiss move up the ladder
There will be a new name mixing it with the bigger teams in the Rugby Europe Championship next season after Switzerland...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChampions Driffield get defence off to fine start
Papa John’s Cup By MO SHER LAST year’s inaugural winners of the Papa John’s Community Cup, Driffield, opened up the defence...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChiefs flier ‘Fury’ puts Gladiators career first
News EXETER Chiefs winger Jodie Ounsley – who is Fury on the Gladiators television show – is to stop playing professional...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans go top with one game to play
National 2 North By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield T........14pts Rotherham T....36pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans overcame a strong challenge from neighbours Sheffield...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBotterill hat-trick as champions Esher put on a show
National 2 East By RORY MORROW Esher......................... 80 Guernsey.................24 NATIONAL Two East champions Esher celebrated in style as they romped to...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCaptain Fox leads the way to a final home win
National 2 West By BILL HOOPER REDRUTH rounded off their home games with a bonus point win in the Cornish sunshine....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBurton takes centre stage for Trailfinders
Allianz Cup Preview By BEN JAYCOCK TRAILFINDERS host Leicester Tigers today in an Allianz Cup seventh place play-off. The two sides,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLoughborough hold on to get it right this time
Men’s Final By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough............ 35pts Exeter.............................31pts LOUGHBOROUGH claimed their first ever BUCS Super Rugby Championship title, and first in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDale takes control as Hartpury make it three in a row
Women’s Final By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough............ 22pts Hartpury........................ 34pts HARTPURY University secured their third Women’s National League title in a row...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoHow Lomu changed the way we played
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT SEEMS the spectre of size has raised its head again with...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoKirkby survive difficult season
By BEN JAYCOCK Kirkby Lonsdale created headlines for suffering a pointless 2022/23 that included a 190-0 defeat but thanks to the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCrane: Sinckler’s an emotional guy
By NICK POWELL Hard to handle: Kyle Sinckler in action for England against South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images JORDAN Crane feels...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoThe RUGBY Paper
Podcast with special guest Jordan Crane Host Oliver Little and TRP columnists Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris Hewett get to...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons hooker Jacob Oliver
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle Falcons have endured a dismal campaign in the Premiership but tyro hooker Jacob Oliver believes the future...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoHurricanes storm in despite triple yellow
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Hurricanes overcame a poor second half in which they conceded three yellow cards to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoWallaby Koroibete leads way again for Saitama
Japan League One round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Saitama Wild Knights thumped Toyota Verblitz 40-7 to stretch their perfect record to 14...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoThe four clubs in Kyiv have to share one pitch
Coach to Coach Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill puts the questions to Dimitri Basilaia, the Ukraine assistant coach Why did you...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoDefeated, but Ukraine show grit and pride
Special report STEVE HILL Switzerland was always going to be Ukraine’s toughest match of this three Test series and so it...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoRegional results
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeguizamon’s off to a flying start at Pampas
By JOE SANTAMARIA Former London Irish back row Juan Manuel Leguizamón is enjoying a flying start to his coaching career with...
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