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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoRooster swoop is ruffling feathers
CHRIS HEWETT RELATIONS between the two rugby codes in faraway Australia are never especially cordial, so the decision of the new...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKnights put up a fight but Reds power tells
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster........ 24pts Tries: Smith 1, Penalty 34, Margetts 46 Conversions: Dolly 1, 46 Penalty: Dolly 16 Jersey ...............52pts...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMatthews keeps eye on the ball
By BEN JAYCOCK Ever-present fly-half Tommy Matthews has enjoyed a fine season off the tee for Hartpury University adopting a ‘less...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCoventry bring Ampthill run to an end
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............ 21pts Tries: Harris 13, Devine 25, Finlay 55 Conversions: Hardwick 14, 26; Bragmann 56 Coventry .............
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoHawkins highlights pathway problem
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND "Don't go Joe!" That was the plaintive cry around Wales last week as news emerged...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDale hit big six to secure safety
By STEPHEN SMITH Sheffield.......... 12 Wharfedale.....38 Wharfedale secured their place in National 2 North next season by seeing off Sheffield with...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Paul Jarvis: ‘Dream start with six tries at Twickenham’
The former Hartpury, Doncaster, Coventry and Darlington Mowden Park full-back talks about his life in the game Not many players will...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSo where have all the fly-halves gone?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Since the last World Cup, Wales have picked eight fly-halves. By the end...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMontpellier deserve better
PETER JACKSON THE organisers of Europe’s blue riband club event had all week to make a public apology for heaping one...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoOne man who made sure he went the distance
PETER JACKSON There have been no shortage of X-certificate England-Wales matches, notably the notorious 1980 scrap at Twickenham when all manner...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Scotland U20 & Glasgow prop Callum Norrie
Callum Norrie was forced to watch on from the sidelines after his U20s Six Nations campaign came to a premature end...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThere’s no place for jackals and crocodiles in rugby jungle
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I don't watch enough David Attenborough – frankly his droning voice is my go-to remedy for insomnia...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIt’s not British Bulldogs … needs of the defender matter as well
RUGBY MATTERS - BRENDAN GALLAGHER As the subject de jour seems to be rugby absurdities let me highlight an instructive moment...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKnights fighting hard despite their half rations
By JON NEWCOMBE After doing a “Leicester City” in 2021/22, Doncaster have found it tough to back up last year’s second-place...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJohnson steals it for Driffield
Papa John’s Cup round-up DRIFFIELD booked their place in the last four of the competition thanks to a dramatic, final-play, win...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday,April 9,2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading... Access all...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoHard to stop the drain of players going overseas
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only one thinking that Maro Itoje is living in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTon-up Ponty in 16-try rampage
Championship round-up By SEAN HOWE PONTYPOOL went on the rampage again as they ran in 16 tries to beat Glamorgan Wanderers...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish leads fightback in Cardiff’s crucial win
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................32 Aberavon................. 15 DAN Fish rolled back the years on his 100th appearance for his home town...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDrovers stay on course for top spot
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............52 Swansea.................24 THE Drovers did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins edge dramatic clash against RGC
Premiership By PAUL HOUSE Carmarthan............32 RGC............................. 31 CARMARTHEN Quins ended a run of fourstraight defeats, inflicting a fifth away defeat in...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoNewport homing in on play-off race
Premiership By SIMON HOGG Newport...................33 Merthyr....................27 NEWPORT made it three wins in nine days as they beat Merthyr to move closer...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBonus-point joy propels Vale into top four
Premiership By DAVE SINCLAIR Ebbw Vale...............32 Pontypridd.............. 10 JASON Strange’s side jumped back into the top four as they pushed Aberavon...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoHarvey hat-trick sparks Ravens triumph
By NIGEL HARDY Llanelli.............. 12 Bridgend.......... 47 REPLACEMENT hooker Gareth Harvey notched a hat-trick of tries as his Bridgend Ravens side...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Thomas brothers take different routes on Principality road
Cup finals round-up By ROB COLE THERE were mixed fortunes for the Thomas brothers at Principality Stadium as Steve saw his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRisca cut down to make it 16 on the bounce
Division One round-up NEWBRIDGE booked their ticket to the home of Welsh rugby last weekend with a 43-35 win over Ammanford...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoNon-stop season to challenge the best
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN No-one has ever denied – no-one has ever been able to deny – that the French rugby...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten Knights charge on against the Rams
Japan League One round-up By BEN JAYCOCK SHOTA Horie celebrated his 150th game for Saitama Wild Knights with a try to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRayasi double puts Hurricanes on top
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By CAM STEPHENS THE Hurricanes moved top of the table as winger Salesi Rayasi’s double powered Jason...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSpringbok stars help Blue Bulls end torrid losing run
Currie Cup round-up By BEN JAYCOCK THE Blue Bulls ended a horror run of 10 consecutive defeats with a convincing 40-3...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoPrem will keep its eight clubs in Europe
By PAUL REES The Gallagher Premiership will continue to supply eight clubs to the Heineken Champions Cup next season despite two...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBrown agrees new deal with Leicester
By PAUL REES Patience finally paid off for Mike Brown two months ago when the former England full-back’s determination to show...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoEx-Ireland full-back Jones joins Borthwick
Former Ireland full-back Felix Jones will leave South Africa’s coaching set-up and join England as an assistant coach after the 2023...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoHaskell: Billy can still star for England
By BEN JAYCOCK James Haskell feels the door could be open for an international recall for his former England teammate Billy...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLam dismisses Goode criticism of club spirit
By PAUL REES Pat Lam dismisses claims by former England fly-half Andy Goode that some of his Bristol players, including prop...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRegions agree six year deal
A new six-year deal between the Welsh Rugby Union and the nation’s four professional teams has been signed. The deal involving...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoI reckon there are three sets of laws…
I HAVE followed all the correspondence and the various comments by your contributors to The Rugby Paper over the interpretation of...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoThis ‘mish-mash’ does nothing for the game
LAST week’s TRP lists a bewildering array of cup, shield, bowl and plate competitions for grassroots clubs. Some are Round 1...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoKicking obsession is so boring for us all
I HAVE a revolutionary template to improve England’s rugby… try playing some! This obsession with kicking possession away makes for a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBlackheath delight as they go back up
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath bounced back up to National 1 last weekend with a resounding victory over Westcliff and free scoring...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jack Andrew
Jack Andrew, the Cornish Pirates and former Exeter and Plymouth prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or against......
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSaracens show they can thrive in adversity
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK The European Champions Cup doesn’t get mentioned very much when you’re living in Bath...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoGloucester so close to stunning triumph
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER La Rochelle ...................... 29pts Tries: Bourgarit 21, Thomas 25, 77; Kerr Barlow 45 Conversions: Hastoy 23, 46, 79...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years ago‘I’m very proud – and gutted’
Gloucester coach George Skivington had nothing but praise for his team after their narrow loss to reigning European champions La Rochelle....
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoToo little, too late as Quins wilt in the sun
By GARY FITZGERALD Stormers........................... 32pts Tries: Fourie 1, 28; Kitshoff 8, Willemse 47, Engelbrecht 74 Conversions: Libbock 2, 76 Penalties: Libbock...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoMatson: We were not at our best
Tabai Matson refused to blame the South African heat for Quins’ latest Champions Cup demise. “We’ve been here all week, acclimatising...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLeinster get the job done against Northern rivals
By KEVIN FALLON Leinster..............................30pts Tries: Baird 19, Gibson-Park 54, Porter 63 Conversions: R Byrne 19, 55, 64 Penalties: R Byrne 12,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoPoor discipline bites Munster in Shark tank
By TOM SHEEDY Sharks .............50pts Tries: Mbonambi 45, 49, Hendrikse 17, Etzebeth 25, Kok 54, Bosch 58, Mapimpio 64 Conversions: Bosch...
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