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/ 4 years agoSmith gets drop on Sharks in injury time
Bulls ........................30 Sharks ....................27 CHRIS Smith scored an 84th minute match winning drop-goal to edge a thriller at Loftus and send...
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/ 4 years agoStormers prove too strong for Scots
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers ..............28 Edinburgh ............17 THE Stormers set up a home semi-final against Ulster with a victory over Edinburgh...
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/ 4 years agoRonan will be in hot demand after RWC
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The name of Ronan O’Gara is once again on the lips of rugby lovers across...
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/ 4 years agoDrovers return for former Wales centre Warren
By HUW S THOMAS Career change: Adam Warren PICTURE: Getty Images DRAGONS centre Adam Warren – brutally discarded at the last...
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/ 4 years agoWilliams shocked by MBE
FORMER Wales and Lions star Brynmor Williams says he is “blown away” at receiving an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours....
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/ 4 years agoWallabies will be no walkover says Deans
By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Australia head coach Robbie Deans believes England will be in for a stern test against a resurgent...
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/ 4 years agoKayaks revel in rewriting history
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Good value? Cheslin Kolbe has scored only four tries this season PICTURE: Getty...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoMarris crashes over at the death
By DAVID BALLHEIMER DIVISION 3 Berkshire ..........5 Oxfordshire ......7 OXFORDSHIRE snatched the Division Three final in the most exciting of ways...
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/ 4 years agoCornwall take centre stage at Twickenham
By BRIAN QUINN DIVISION 1 Cheshire............24pts Cornwall ..........37pts Champions: Cornwall celebrate with the Bill Beaumont Cup PICTURE: RFU TEAMS CHESHIRE: Barlow,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoCarter stars as Somerset turn on the power
By NATHAN EDWARDS DIVISION 2 Somerset ..............36 Staffordshire........20 CHARLIE Carter’s Twickenham brace helped Somerset win the Division Two trophy. Somerset’s...
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/ 4 years agoEastern Counties edge thrilling final
By DAVID BALLHEIMER WOMEN’S DIVISION 2 Eastern Counties..26 Hampshire ..............19 EASTERN Counties won the Division 2 Cup courtesy of Sophia John’s...
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/ 4 years agoStefinotti stars with a hat-trick
WOMEN’S DIVISION 3 Cornwall ................36 Notts, L & D............17 By DAVID BALLHEIMER CORNWALL won the Division Three Cup with a six-try...
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/ 4 years agoSmart and Solly hat-tricks blow Berkshire away
By CIERAN EDWARDS WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 Berkshire ..........5pts Leicestershire..40pts Ecstatic: Leicestershire show of their Gill Burns trophy PICTURE: RFU SARAH Smart...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGEORGE TAYLOR
YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL BEARS LOCK After enduring an injury-ridden first season at Bristol Bears, second row George Taylor has signed a...
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News Extra
/ 4 years agoParkes: Wales can give the Boks a test
FORMER Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes believes Wayne Pivac’s side can hit top form on this summer’s tour of South Africa. Wales...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI’ll always remember Dai’s helping hand
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER LEICESTER, WASPS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND CURRENT WASPS ATTACK COACH MATT EVERARD Breakthrough: Matt Everard in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWho’ll be next ace to ‘do a Niniashvili’?
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Is it me or is there suddenly a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEclectic mix make the Pumas a force to be reckoned with
IT is far from ideal that Argentina no longer have a Super Rugby team but I have always maintained the true...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSecond tier is worth backing
THIS column has been at the forefront of lionising the Championship over the years, highlighting the massive disservice to the English...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSam’s only Esher man to make the cut
BEN JAYCOCK canvassed the views of the National Two South directors of rugby, head coaches and reporters to compile The Rugby...
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/ 4 years agoAustralia win keeps heat on Blitzboks
WORLD 7s SERIES By BEN JAYCOCK HENRY Paterson scored a hat-trick including a golden-point try as Australia beat New Zealand 19-14...
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/ 4 years agoPerfect poise and balance of Nepia
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRelegation freeze makes sense in World Cup year
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There’s actually a reason the Premiership have been paid such a premium...
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/ 4 years agoBrumbies deny New Zealand clean sweep
SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC By BEN JAYCOCK Poacher: Tom Wright scores for Brumbies THE Brumbies will be flying the Australian flag in...
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/ 4 years agoPumas keep play-off hopes alive
CURRIE CUP A FAST start gave the Pumas just enough of a lead as they repelled a Cheetahs fightback to bolster...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoNo dead rubbers in final round of Top 14
JAMES HARRI NGTON FRENCH COLUMN Decider: Challenge Cup winners Lyon face Champions Cup winners La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images In less...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGaskell aims to prolong his career in Far East
By JON NEWCOMBE PREMIERSHIP stalwart James Gaskell feels a move to Japan will help prolong his playing career. The athletic loose...
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/ 4 years agoLewis one of nine to leave Worcester
WELSH openside Sam Lewis is leaving Worcester with a ‘heavy heart’ after not being offered a new contract. Lewis, 31, who...
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Features
/ 4 years agoReturn to normality in Wales
THE community game in Wales will see promotion returning in 2022-23 after three seasons affected by Covid. The Premiership will again...
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Features
/ 4 years agoUlster sign Wasps ace
ULSTER have signed Wasps tighthead Jeffery Toomaga-Allen on a oneyear deal to help cover the departures of Jack McGrath and Ross...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFia exits Ospreys
PROP Ma’afu Fia is leaving Ospreys after seven years with the region. The Tonga tighthead, 32, made just two appearances for...
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/ 4 years agoHeartache for Sexton as French grab glory
By HATHAWAY ADAM IN MARSEILLE LEINSTER skipper Johnny Sexton choked back the tears as his Irish province melted in the Med...
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/ 4 years agoCuthbert joins list of Welsh casualties
By PETER JACKSON WALES have been hit by yet another blow ahead of their series against the Springboks with Lions wing...
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/ 4 years agoEngland 7s back on track at Twickenham
By BEN JAYCOCK SPURRED on by a 50,000-plus Twickenham crowd, England reached today’s London Sevens quarter finals after finishing second in...
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/ 4 years agoWardy’s faith helped inspire me, Uzokwe
By JON NEWCOMBE EALING’S Simon Uzokwe is delighted to have repaid the faith shown in him by director of rugby Ben...
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/ 4 years agoEsterhuizen scoops top Premiership award
HARLEQUINS centre Andre Esterhuizen has been voted the Rugby Players’ Association’s players’ player of the year, getting the most votes in...
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/ 4 years agoHines to lead team on charity fundraiser
FORMER Scotland lock Nathan Hines will be joined by a team of rugby legends as they embark on the mammoth 750-mile...
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/ 4 years agoNational Two is to be split in to three
THE RFU have confirmed the structural changes to level three for the 2022/23 season with National Two set to be split...
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/ 4 years agoVan Graan gets top gig
INCOMING Bath boss Johann van Graan will become the head of rugby and take complete responsibility for rugby matters. Stuart Hooper,...
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/ 4 years agoBy George! Coach Skiverton has got big plans in place
By PAUL REES GEORGE Skivington marked his new longterm contract with Gloucester by declaring his intent to make the club a...
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/ 4 years agoBye weekends have been crucial in easing workload, insists Boyd
By PAUL REES Bonus ball: Tom James scores Northampton’s fourth try against Saracens a fortnight ago CHRIS Boyd believes the bye...
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/ 4 years agoWasps aim to give legend Jimmy a perfect send-off
LEE Blackett has paid tribute to Jimmy Gopperth who this weekend plays his final game for Wasps – against Leicester, the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPlease promote relegation, Colin
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk LIKE Colin Boag stated...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoLeague ‘pyramid’ now has a flat-top
REGARDING the restructuring of the National Leagues next season, please, please RFU stop using phraseology such as “re-branding, re-booting, re-energising” as...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoI miss final day drama
I NEVER usually watch football but I tuned in last Sunday to see who would be crowned champions – and who...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRugby atmosphere far more engaging
LAST Saturday, I enjoyed a superb day at Twickenham followed by the sight of Gloucester and Harlequins players walking around the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGood start, now put end to flying ruck clear-outs
COLIN BOAG Water boy: Rassie Erasmus goes onto the pitch to deliver instructions to his Bok players against the Lions PICTURE:...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoTop talent Steward must be managed so carefully
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE only surprise with Freddie Steward winning the double of the RPA England Men’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ......24pts Tries: Rhule...
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