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/ 1 week agoThere is plenty for us to do – Farrell
ANDY Farrell praised his side’s character while acknowledging there’s plenty of work to be done. “It was a hell of a...
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International Rugby
/ 1 week agoSix Nations 2026: Wales v France – Olly Cracknell gets the nod as Steve Tandy urges his side to put things right
Wales head coach Steve Tandy has brought in Scarlets centre Joe Hawkins and Leicester No.8 Olly Cracknell, with props Rhys Carre...
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/ 1 week agoFrench power too much for Wales
Wales .......................24 France......................34 WALES delivered an impressive performance but didn’t have enough to topple France as the reigning champions pulled away...
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/ 1 week agoBattling Italy push Ireland all the way
Ireland.....................30 Italy ..........................27 IRELAND bounced back from their heavy defeat to France to win a thrilling eight-try spectacle in which the...
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/ 1 week agoNuu: I want to pay back Doncaster
■ By CHRIS COLLYER NEW Zealand-born Junior Nuu has made the leap up to Champ rugby by signing at Doncaster after...
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Letters
/ 1 week agoStop tinkering with the laws, please
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WHY do we have...
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Letters
/ 1 week agoRefs have a better ‘feel’ for the game
AS A retired referee of some 15 years standing, I read with interest Chris Hewett’s article on referee suffering being a...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoDREAM TEAM
JOE MAKYSYMIW, THE FORMER LEICESTER, CONNACHT, DRAGONS AND AGEN LOCK, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1....
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 week agoTime for the scrum to have its own clock
CHRIS HEWETT ANYONE watch the Super Bowl, which used to be the most ad-intrusive sporting event on the planet until ITV...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoUnbeatable Ealing push Hartpury out of the way
■By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury ............19pts Tries: Holliday 25, 43, 64 Conversions: Bazalgette 26, 65 Ealing T ............ 46pts Tries: Stronge 2,...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoCoventry take their time to get into gear
■By PAUL Tries: Reeves 7, Ferrie 18, 65; Barton 29, Adderly-Jones 47, Bavadra 61, Opoku 68, Strong 79 Conversions: Mathews 18,...
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/ 1 week agoScottish left at the gate as Worcester go on rampage
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS L Scottish ..........7pts Try: Ferdinand 55 Conversion: Sheppard 55 Worcester .......66pts Tries: Wallis 3, 26, 60; Lane 12,...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 week agoDoncaster Knights 50-12 Bedford Blues: Darren Fearn’s dazzling side put the boot into Blues
Doncaster Knights produced a dazzling display at Castle Park, where they surprisingly smashed one of the form sides in the league,...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoSinclair hits the target to make sure for Pirates
■By JOHN LYON Caldy .................21pts Tries: Gallagher 24, Higginson 53, Akehurst 75 Conversions: Wilkinson 24, 53, 75 C Pirates ..........41pts Tries:...
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/ 1 week agoGoss in at the corner to snatch it for Chinnor
■By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............29pts Tries: Kildunne 3, Mapapalangi 8, Jones 31, 36; Auvaa 49 Conversions: Grimoldby 37, 50 Chinnor ..............30pts...
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/ 1 week agoNottingham do enough to thwart Cambridge
■By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham ......21pts Tries: Ecclesfield 27, Roper 41, Allen 60 Conversions: Parks 28, 42, 61 Cambridge .......17pts Tries: Eckersley...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 week agoSaracens stick with Sellors
PREVIEW... Saracens v Bristol Bears Today. Kick-off 1.30pm, StoneX FREE-SCORING Saracens return to the StoneX for the first time in nine...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 week agoTable toppers turn on the style
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Gloucester-H .. 45pts Harlequins .......22pts Tries: Williams 9, Tuipulotu 26, 31; Jones 50, Heard 60, Muir 68, Simpson...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 week agoWe need to dig deep – Salvin
PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Loughborough Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park EXETER will look to go one better than last weekend when...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 week agoSharks keep Trailfinders at bay
■ By JOSEPH TERRY Trailfinders .....31pts Sale Sharks .....36pts Tries: Penalty 16, Blanco 30, 40+5; Leatherman 43, Ponsonby 56 Conversions: N...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoFrenchman in a hurry
PETER JACKSON Starlet: Fabien Brau-Boirie PICTURE: Alamy PAU introduced him to the Top 14 last season at the age of 18...
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/ 1 week agoHighlanders too good for Crusaders
By BEN JAYCOCK Triple top: Highlanders trio Caleb Tangitau, Cameron Millar and Tanielu Tele’a celebrate their win PICTURES: Getty Images CAMERON...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoTravelling fans can’t be left at side of the road
THERE aren’t many downsides to being a staunch supporter of Les Bleus but this year’s compressed Six Nations itinerary – with...
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News Extra
/ 1 week agoGulley believes Exeter’s best yet to come
By JOSEPH TERRY EXETER University loose-head Tom Gulley believes his team will show they have the most heart in BUCS Super...
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National League One
/ 1 week agoPoints machine Hayes at it again
National League 1 By DAVID BEADOWS Rotherham T .........47 Dings C..................... 12 LLOYD HAYES weighed in with 22 points as league...
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News Extra
/ 1 week agoCleet is difference in big Park battle
By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ........ 19 Rosslyn Park .........33 RAMPANT Rosslyn Park cruised to victory over Sedgley Park. The game...
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News Extra
/ 1 week agoThunder helps Sale storm to top triumph over Lions
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC...............52pts Tries: Robins 1, Dixon 9, Green 20, Thunder 22, 43, 67; Boxall 76, Walsh 79 Conversions:...
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News Extra
/ 1 week agoMoseley are beaten by Smeaton in win for Heath
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............55 B Moseley .............. 12 BLACKHEATH celebrated a half-century of points in beating Moseley. A position of...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoIt’s 10 out of 10 in pursuit of glory…
By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ............26 Tonbridge J ...........20 PROMOTION-CHASING Plymouth Albion avenged their October defeat to a high-tempo and exciting...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoHayman hat-trick for happy hosts
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................45 Clifton ......................25 MAX HAYMAN’S hat-trick helped Rams return to winning ways with a helter-skelter home triumph....
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoEarle feels honoured to be having a Ton of fun!
By BEN JAYCOCK Speedy: Tonbridge Juddians wing Nathan Earle NATHAN EARLE admits his move to National One side Tonbridge Juddians was...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoHosts put up a Hull of a fight against leaders
National League 2 North By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 10 Sheffield.......... 24 HULL put up a brave fight against runaway league leaders...
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/ 1 week agoMackenzie magic makes it a big day for Mowden
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Rossendale............26 Darlington MP........54 DARLINGTON Mowden Park didn’t have it all their own way before running away in a...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoHarrison helps his Tigers win again
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....38 Otley.............................0 SHEFFIELD Tigers’ sparkling mid-season form continues to gain momentum with another highly impressive Yorkshire derby...
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/ 1 week agoOliver boys at the heart of late surge
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............28 Macclesfield..........36 MACCLESFIELD produced a stirring second-half comeback to snatch victory in a pulsating encounter that swung dramatically...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoTrees standing tall as Dale take victory at the death
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians......29pts Wharfedale......31pts TEAMS HULL IONIANS: Watts, Burn-hill, Holden, Minikin, Hotchen, Smith, Pocklington, Edwards, Stephenson, Melhuish, Makin, Khalil,...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoLate Dale charge sinks the hosts
By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G ................37 Tynedale ................42 PRESTON Grasshoppers were on the wrong side of a high-scoring encounter with Tynedale....
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoBeresford seals a stunning fightback
By WILL JUDD Fylde ........................33 Scunthorpe ............36 SCUNTHORPE completed a stunning 25-point comeback to claim victory at Fylde. The hosts took...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoHoppers can still save their status, says Russell
By BEN JAYCOCK Driving on: Grasshoppers centre Sammy Russell INJURY disruption, squad turnover and disciplinary issues have made it a testing...
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/ 1 week agoChiefs get relief after Lucs man Aikman’s heartache
National League 2 West By BEN MORRIS Barnstaple...... 24 Luctonians.......23 BARNSTAPLE were made to keep fighting by visitors Luctonians for a...
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/ 1 week agoHinckley stem late surge to make it three in a row
By JOSH THOMAS Hinckley..................37 Cinderford............... 31 HINCKLEY maintained a three-game winning run, seeing off a second-half surge from visitors Cinderford. Hinckley...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoMatavesi’s hands help take matters
By RORY MORROW Old Redcliffians....28 Camborne................59 A VIRTUOSO display from Josh Matavesi helped Camborne cruise to a comfortable nine-try victory over...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoPitcher try denies Syst picture finish
By ANDY WARD Syston......................14 Lymm........................ 19 JAMES PITCHER’S try, just on the hour mark, proved enough to send Lymm home with...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoUniversity challenge success is Exeter’s
By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni..........36pts L’ghborough S..28pts THRILLED Exeter University were brave to recover from a nightmare start and claim victory...
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National League 2W
/ 1 week agoReds’ try in sight is Sheppard’s delight
By HUW GRIFFIN Hornets ....................38 Redruth ................... 31 HORNETS’ hat-trick hero Josh Sheppard broke Redruth hearts, with his decisive third try...
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National League 2W
/ 1 week agoBrilliant Elliott leads dancing Titans win
■By MIKE JAMOS Taunton Titans .... 61 Chester ....................14 NINE-TRY victorious hosts Taunton Titans hit Chester, with Freddy Elliott’s hat-trick the...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoJosh will fight the fury after latest hit had landed hard
■By BEN JAYCOCK Upbeat: Lymm back row Josh Hadland VICE-CAPTAIN Josh Had-land insists Lymm remain in a good space despite a...
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National League 2E
/ 1 week agoGuernsey learn to love again in Sevens’ off-date
By AMELIA LINE Guernsey..........21 Sevenoaks.......12 GUERNSEY were rewarded with a Valentine’s Day success at home, following a triple threat of losses...
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National League 2E
/ 1 week agoMcDermott dares Barnow to dream
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes......................40 Esher.........................22 MARK McDERMOTT’S two-try haul added gloss to Barnes’ comfortable victory over Esher. Esher hit their hosts...
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National League 2E
/ 1 week agoExiles banish Park in first-half charge
By JONATHAN SHANKLAND London Welsh....... 44 Westcombe Park..22 HOSTS London Welsh shocked Westcombe Park with a rapid first-half rally, riding out...
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