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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoAnother player to call time on URC
By NEIL FISSLER Dragons flanker Aaron Wainwright could be the latest Wales international to leave the URC when his contract runs...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoFears ‘it will take years’ to sort sport out
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury University’s senior coaches believe it will take several years before English Rugby’s landscape across the Premiership and...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWinterbottom: New tackle law ‘unhelpful’
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Peter Winterbottom believes that the RFU’s new tackle height laws are pointless because community rugby never had a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoChief Yeandle still has a lot more to offer
Mark Stevens talks to one of Exeter’s elder statesmen When it comes to Exeter’s biggest triumphs, he’s the Chief often front...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoHastings close to Gloucester return
By PAUL REES Adam Hastings is close to a return for Gloucester after an injury-plagued 2023 that has seen the Scotland...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoCaulfield loving life back with the Bears
By PAUL REES Josh Caulfield grew up supporting Bristol and the second row’s despair in the summer when London Irish collapsed...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRussell: I’ve come here to win titles
By JON NEWCOMBE While Henry Arundell has chosen to stay at Racing 92 and turn down a move to Bath, Finn...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFreeman’s switch to 13 has sparked Borthwick’s interest
By PAUL REES Northampton's decision to turn Tommy Freeman into a 13 this season has been far from unlucky for the...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoEwers happy to take on new challenge
By MARK STEVENS For years the imposing figure of Dave Ewers made a habit of steamrollering his way around Premiership pitches...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHowley back with Wales
ROBERT Howley will return to the Wales coaching staff as a technical coach for the Six Nations following a fouryear absence....
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFarrell to stick with Ireland
ANDY Farrell will remain Ireland head coach until the end of the 2027 World Cup. Ireland lost to New Zealand in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSurprise U-turn by Snyman
Bath appear to have missed out on signing Springbok World Cup winner RG Snyman, who it seems has changed his mind...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoRussell in the running
Finn Russell has led Bath to six wins in eight games prior to this weekend, while a horse named after the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBoost for Quins and Tigers as Horne gets job
BY NEIL FISSLER World Rugby high performance director Peter Horne is set to become the Australian Rugby Union’s new head of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBayonne poised to move for Chisholm
ON THE BLINDSIDE Harlequins could lose back rower James Chisholm, below, to France when his contract runs out at the end...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Ashley Johnson
The former Springboks, Cheetahs, Wasps & Moseley hooker/no. 8 chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Os...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoHenry’s French leave won’t hold him back
JEREMY GUSCOTT IT’S time for the RFU/Premiership to wake up and go, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with us that a young player...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoGonzalez is enjoying his new lease of life
By ADAM HATHAWAY Saracens .......................... 55pts Tries: Gonzalez 7; George 32,40, Hartley 42, 63, Maitland 54, Cinti 56, Dan 70 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoConnacht holding on to the positives
CONNACHT head coach Pete Wilkins praised his side’s never-say-attitude as they grabbed a bonus point to keep their knockout hopes alive....
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRegard has the final word for Lyon in pulsating win over the Bulls
By ALFIE ROSE Lyon....................29pts Tries: Dumortier 22, Pacheco 38, Parisien 45, Charcosset 61, Regard 71 Conversions: Page-Relo 23, Jackson 62 Bulls...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBordeaux put Bears through the mixer
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bordeaux.......................... 36pts Tries: Lucu 4, Bielle-Biarrey 16, Penaud 32, Tapuai 55, Nanette 66 Conversions: Lucu 5, 33, 56;...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLam: I’m proud of how we played
ALTHOUGH his team were well beaten, Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam was pleased with much of what he saw. He...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoCardiff push Bath’s all-stars to the limit
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff .............................. 32pts Tries: Adams 4, 19; Hamer-Webb 37, Thomas 43 Conversions: de Beer 5, 20, 44 Penalties:...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoMcCloskey confident Ulster can get back on right track
By KEVIN FALLON Ulster .................31pts Tries: Timoney 3, 46; McCloskey 22, Rea 36 Conversions: Cooney 4, 23, 37, 47 Penalties: Cooney...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoQuins out to collect another big scalp
■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Toulouse Today, kick-off 3.15pm Twickenham Stoop FULL of confidence after their brilliant 31-28 win away...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLockett’s late score has Saints believing
ROB WILDMAN Northampton................... 22pts Tries: Seabrook 6, Furbank 28, 57; Lockett 77 Conversions: Smith 77 Toulon ................................19pts Tries: Jaminet 54, Ribbans...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years ago‘We had resilience to see it through’
SAINTS boss Phil Dowson praised his team’s resilience. He felt Northampton has lost momentum like the previous win over Glasgow but...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoHunt is on for next generation of props
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Five years ago there was a scrum feature in The Rugby Paper which...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoSo-called ‘partners’ deserve justice
NICK CAIN One of the most incomprehensible aspects of this season is that the PGP (Professional Game Partnership) is missing one...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoWarriors win ugly to keep Euro hopes alive
■By BRYN PALMER Bayonne............ 11pts Try: Bosch 33 Penalties: Lopez 28, 49 Glasgow............12pts Tries: Miller 37, McKay 56 Conversion: Thompson 38...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBaxter: We must be ready for war
■By MARK STEVENS PREVIEW... Exeter v Munster Today, kick-off 1pm Sandy Park Delight: Exeter celebrate their last-gasp win in Toulon PICTURE:...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoEngland don’t need a comfort blanket
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED According to the industrious Alex Sanderson, who will surely be in the running for a senior place...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDungeon of obscurity needs to be shut
CHRIS HEWETT Barely able to buy a round of drinks, let alone a win – the good men and true of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSale give Leinster plenty of problems
By JOHN FALLON Leinster............................. 37pts Tries: van der Flier 40, Gibson-Park 43, Henshaw 57, Baird 62, Healy 70 Conversions: Frawley 57,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRingrose relieved to get win
LEINSTER joint captain Garry Ringrose was relieved to get the win after being forced to dig deeper than anticipated. “We are...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLa Rochelle beaten again as Libbok lands 81st-minute conversion
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers...........21pts Tries: Loader 52, Venter 79 Conversions: Libbok 81 Penalties: Libbok 36, 41, 44 La Rochelle......20pts Tries: Kerr-Barlow...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRogerson is aiming to shine in Paris
By LUKE JARMYN FLANKER Matt Rogerson has re-found his love for rugby at Leicester Tigers after going through the turmoil of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoScarlets stunned by Matkava’s history boys
By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets .............. 7pts Try: Fifita 4 Conversion: Lloyd 5 Black Lion ........23pts Tries: Modebadze 34, Mamrikishvili 58 Conversion:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMercer leads the charge at Kingsholm
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester .........28pts Tries: May 16, Socino 32, 35 Conversions: Carreras 32, 35 Penalties: Carreras 40, 56, 68 Clermont................
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMorgan rested as Booth makes changes for Ospreys’ French test
By BEN JAYCOCK THE Ospreys go into today’s trip to Top 14 basement side Montpellier without Wales captain Jac Morgan, who...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPrisciantelli drives Zebre fightback
By SAM JACKSON Oyonnax .........14 Zebre ............... 21 ZEBRE fly-half Geronimo Prisciantelli kicked eight points as his side fought back from...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTry double gets record for Rhyno
By BEN WILLIAMS Benetton ……..29 Perpignan …….. 7 Full-back Rhyno Smith became Benetton’s all-time leading try scorer in EPCR competitions as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLate drama as Dragons denied at the death
By DAVID JOHN DRAGONS were denied back-to-back Challenge Cup victories in the final play of the game as Pau registered their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSharks excited for derby tear up
Preview Cheetahs vSharks Today. 1pm By BEN JAYCOCK THE Sharks and Cheetahs both go into today’s Challenge Cup derby in high...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTenth defeat in a row for battling Falcons
By LUKE JARMYN Lions blindside Emmanuel Tshituka scored two second-half tries as Newcastle were taken back to school by a brutally...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEdinburgh coast home after Cocagi sees red
By BRYN PALMER With Paterson failing to return from an HIA, Darcy Graham made an earlier than anticipated return to action...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoToulouse’s victory over Quins is top of my list
RUGBY MATTERS THE greatest single performance in the Heineken Cup? That’s a tricky one, there have been so many, but when...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMillar knew how to keep ref onside
RUGBY MATTERS Dr Syd Millar was many things – Ballymena stalwart, redoubtable Ireland Test prop, successful Ireland coach and innovative rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoFollowing in fathers’ footsteps
RUGBY MATTERS The tradition of “sons of” playing for France U20 is well and truly established now and seems to know...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBazalgette steals it with the final kick of the game
■By NATHAN EDWARDS Hartpury Uni ....33pts Tries: Gray 13, Benz-Solomon 46, Smith 51, Crane 62, 79 Conversions: Bazalgette 14, 47, 52,...
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