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/ 4 years agoChiefs urge Wales not to rush Jenkins into action
By JARED EVITTS ROB Baxter has warned Wayne Pivac against taking young Exeter lock Dafydd Jenkins on Wales’ summer tour of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSavea calls for better refereeing standards
By BEN JAYCOCK HURRICANES captain Ardie Savea demands better from the referees as he was left speechless after a controversial finish...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoYoung lads keep injury-hit Titans in title hunt
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE being stripped to their ‘bare bones’ due to a mammoth injury list, Rotherham continue their...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHogg helps Chiefs take first blood
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................13pts Tries: Hogg 6, Vermeulen 38 Drop goals: Hogg 65 Munster ..............8pts Tries: Daly 66 Penalties: Healy...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoQuins aim to take Mercer’s boys out of their comfort zone
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Montpellier v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 1pm, GGL Stadium AS soon as England head coach Eddie Jones said...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBaxter backs spirit in defence
ROB Baxter questioned Olly Woodburn’s yellow card. He said: “I’m never really one to try and find fault with the process...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoGenge fired up for next round of French hostilities
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Clermont v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Marcel Michelin ELLIS Genge can’t wait to sample the atmosphere...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIrish reinforce prop stocks with Azzurri tyro Zilocchi
By BEN JAYCOCK Italian strongman: Giosue Zilocchi LONDON Irish have bolstered their front row stocks for the season runin with Zebre...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWarriors eye move for back row Licata
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted man: Licata STEVE Diamond is set to continue his rebuilding job at Worcester...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks snap up Roebuck for long-term
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks have moved quickly to tie Tom Roebuck down onto a new long-term...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBath showing interest in Saints centre Francis
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH are poised to make a swoop for former England international Piers Francis, who...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExeter still to decide on Hardwick
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER continue to look at former Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick, who left the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRec boys caught in crossfire
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH players travelled to the south of France last week and found themselves in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoToulon join queue for Radradra
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Options: Radradra TOULON are the latest Top 14 club to show an interest in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoMastermind Boyd ought to be top of the RFU list
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Few of the people charged with running English rugby are blessed with a sense of direction. If...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoDundee classroom served Tom well
CHRIS HEWETT TOM Smith was the best Scottish rugby player of the professional era. No question. We can also describe him...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoAlbornoz inspires Treviso fightback
By SAM JACKSON Benetton ........17 Perpignan ........7 ARGENTINIAN Tomas Albornoz jumped off the bench to inspire Benetton into the last 16...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoFalcons leave it late to steal the show
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle ........25pts Tries: Davison 17, Burrell 28, McGuigan 58, Nordil-Kelemeti 80 Conversions: Connon 80+1 Penalties: Connon 40+1 Zebre...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoEdinburgh on the Boyle with eight-try slaughter to stretch unbeaten home run
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ........54pts Tries: McInally 3, Boyle 10, 20; Pyrgos 32, Nel 39, Moyano 45, 79;, Phillips 69 Conversions:...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoAmitage leads way against his old club
By TOM SHEEDY Biarritz ............20 Toulon..............17 IN a superb contest, Steffon Armitage, now 36, rolled back the years to lead Biarritz...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoGloucester bank on Socino to save face
By ROGER PANTING Dragons..............21pts Tries: Basham 18, Rosser 26, Keddie 40 Conversions: S Davies 18, 26, 40 Gloucester ........26pts Tries: Socino...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNavy men clinch win but RAF women are flying
INTER SERVICES By TOM SANSOM THE Navy men defeated the RAF 18-10 in round two of this year’s interservices championship. It...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoIt’s shooting practice for ace Farrell
By GARY FITZGERALD Brive ......................5pts Tries: Tuicuvu 14 Saracens ..........55pts Conversions: Farrell 22, 37, 41, 58, 72, 76 Penalties: Farrell 6...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MARCO WENTZEL, THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, BULLS, TREVISO, LEICESTER, KINGS, LEEDS, WASPS AND SHARKS SECOND ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales must make more of age-grade production line
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND There are eight days of finals coming up at Principality Stadium this month and at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr’s 14 men overpowered at the end
By STEFFAN THOMAS Merthyr ................23 Carmarthen Q ......27 CARMARTHEN QUINS upset the formbook with a stunning away victory over Merthyr at...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHepher: We must be better mentally
EXETER coach Ali Hepher was proud of the Chiefs resolve to fight back but says they must improve to be title...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTime we all got with the program on head shots
COLIN BOAG There was an incident in a recent Super Rugby match between the Brumbies and the Western Force that illustrates...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps prop hit with ban
WASPS prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen has been banned for three games after admitting a charge of striking. The 31-year-old New Zealander made...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
BEN FOLEY, THE HARTPURY WINGER/ FULL-BACK AND FORMER CLIFTON, PLYMOUTH, ROTHERHAM AND NOTTINGHAM PLAYER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiamond wants Hill to lead his revolution from No.8
By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond has started his revolution at Worcester by signing two forwards and at least four more are...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoResilient Noot roars back after nightmare injury run
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OLD Albanian full-back Alex Noot has thrived on his return to rugby this season after suffering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFurbank’s fortified by new-found resilience
By PAUL REES GEORGE Furbank is a different player to the 23-year-old who won his first England cap at a noisy...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBarlot gets the better of big rival Mauvaka
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Castres Olympique hooker Gaetan Barlot scored his third Top 14 try of the season yesterday, scoring a...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoInconsistency from refs hard to fathom
CAN someone explain why in a game last Saturday, that a deliberate knock-on, a no-arms tackle and a player entering from...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Host Oliver Little is joined by regular Rugby Paper columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher plus former England fly-half Toby Flood...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 3, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoChiefs too strong for Bath in titanic battle
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................42pts Tries: Vermeulen 14, Ewes 38, Schickerling 41, Keast 65, Hogg 72, Grondona 76 Conversions: J Simmonds...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies sails over for Swans winner
By JAMES ROGERS Bridgend ..............23 Swansea ..............27 A BIZARRE last-gasp try from James Davies saw Swansea come out on top to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPathway to the top is Caldy’s route to success
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK ‘LITTLE old Caldy with a shed for a clubhouse’ are fighting for promotion to the Championship...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEnglish successor shows faith in coaching system
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN it comes to England head coaches I used to think that it was...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLam left frustrated by yellow decisions
BRISTOL boss Pat Lam called for greater consistency from referees in adjudicating high tackles which cost his team dearly. While Bristol...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHigh five for Saints lifts them into fifth
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..39pts Tries: Collins 24, 61, Hutchinson 27, Ludlam 34, Freeman 55 Conversions: Biggar 24, 27, 34, 55...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiamond: We had no option but to cancel
By PAUL REES AN independent panel will this week rule whether Worcester were justified in calling off their Premiership match at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStop head injuries or it will be game over
By PETER JACKSON JAMES Davies is the third international to be smashed into early retirement by concussion this season, prompting medical...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRobson’s practice pays off for Wasps
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........21pts Tries: Moyle 54, Penalty 72 Penalties: Hastings 15, 37, 59 Wasps ................27pts Tries: Umaga 45, Oghre...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWe got what we deserved today, admits Skivington
GLOUCESTER’S DoR George Skivington was unhappy with his side’s performance: “The best team won as we got what we deserved today....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoNewcastle party like it’s Christmas 1997
By PAUL REES Worcester ........10pts Tries: Humphreys 21, Hill 70 Newcastle ........45pts Tries: McGuigan 4, Connon 32, Radwan 40, Davison 51,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoThat was pathetic, blasts Diamond
STEVE Diamond ripped into his Worcester players after they suffered a record Premiership defeat to a Newcastle side that had gone...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoEarl’s double keeps Saracens on course
By BEN JAYCOCK Sale ....................12pts Penalties: R du Preez 10, 21, 64, 80 Saracens ..........18pts Tries: Earl 37, 71 Conversions: Goode...
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