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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoStars of the Seventies kept us all informed
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, five decades after their time ran out, the most celebrated European...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoWhy are we still waiting for verdicts?
PETER JACKSON When the RFU launched an inquiry into the violent nature of their Five Nations match in Cardiff in 1989,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoThompson’s terrible tale
PETER JACKSON In the occasionally harrowing BBC2 documentary, Head On: Rugby, Dementia and Me, Steve Thompson spoke with brutal candour, never...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBurton in control as Hartpury fight back
By JOHN BARNES Hartpury ............39pts Tries: Eadie 25, 53, Shipp 39, 61; Jones 47, Barton 73 Conversions: Barton 26, Williams 59,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoHutler helps make it five out of five for Jersey
By LUKE JARMYN Caldy ..................19pts Tries: Royle 21, Bibby 25, Higginson 78 Conversions: Hinchcliffe 22, 79 Jersey ..............34pts Tries: Owen 12,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDoncaster hit fifty to halt Blues in tracks
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights ........50pts Tries: Cardew 8, Kelly 25, 66; Smith 34, Ehizode 39, Edgson 47, Holling 80 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCoventry’s power shuts out Scottish
By DAVID CHALLIS L Scottish..........32pts Tries: Cleaves 2, Nutton 7, 11; Manihera 53 Conversions: Sheppard 4, 12, 54 Penalties: Sheppard 45,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoTizzano finds his feet as Ealing cruise home in style
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing ................56pts Tries: Smid 12, Daniels 17, Hampson 30, Tizzano 47, 54; De Wee 59, Burns 60, Penalty...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoMust-win if Pirates are to stay in title race
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Ampthill Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field GAVIN Cattle is looking for an ‘emotional reaction’...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoIonians turn up the heat to sink Otley
By NICK DOYLE Otley ……………………10 Hull Ionians ……….15 Hull Ionians had the better of Otley in a physical encounter. Ionians director...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRegional Prem
1 Midlands NUNEATON got the winless tag from their backs after holding on for a 29-32 away victory at Oundle. The...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoFylde looking to get better in defence
Fylde have scored a whopping 206 points in their opening five games as they sit top of National 2 North but...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCambriani sets his sights on try feast
By BEN JAYCOCK Ampthill's Ben Cambriani has set a clear goal of scoring at least 20 tries this season as the...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoI’m loving it, says rejuvenated Rossiter
The National League’s top try scorer Jak Rossiter is back enjoying his rugby again and is thankful everything “is now back...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPortugal looking good for final spot
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S all been a bit doom and gloom...
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Young Gun
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears centre Joe Jenkins
Joe Jenkins made a huge impact on his professional debut last week scoring a brace for Bristol in the Premiership Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRoberts try seals derby win for Cardiff
UNIVERSITY RUGBY By NICK POWELL CARDIFF recorded another narrow away victory as they beat Cardiff Met in a derby that came...
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Schools / Universities
/ 4 years agoChamps Trinity give Dulwich a 50-point mauling
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL The first round of the Schools Cup is now complete, with several exciting fixtures lined up...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRed Roses can give us all something to smile about
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup and full TV...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Neath savour a good day
Championship round-up By HARRY CORISH Neath took full advantage of the fact Tata Steel couldn’t raise a side to host Pontypool...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoIronmen show their strength in top triumph
By ROB COLE Merthyr....................35 Swansea................. 14 The Ironmen flexed their muscles and dominated a Swansea team that came into the game...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoGood Evans! Kall strikes in nick of time
By DOUG THOMSON Carmarthen ..........28 Llanelli..............27 Carmarthen Quins left it late, but Kallum Evans scored a dramatic try while the clock...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoSuper Sam conjures up another success
By ETHAN GEORGE Pontypridd.............. 18 Aberavon.................33 Aberavon made it five successive bonus-point wins to stay eight points clear at the top,...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoOlly on song as visitors keep up pace
By SIMON ROBERTS RGC............................. 21 Cardiff......................25 Cardiff maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with an impressive win on the road...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoDrovers relieved to hold on after late scare
By PETE BARROW Ebbw Vale............... 20 Llandovery.............23 Drovers head coach Euros Evans was a relieved man to see his side hang...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSt Peter’s are to the four in early race
Regional round-up By JOHN RUSHWORTH St Peter's made it four from four to remain four points clear at the top of...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilliams injury doubt for Wales
Scarlets centre Johnny Williams is a doubt for Wales’ autumn internationals after suffering another calf injury against Benetton. The 25-year-old suffered the problem...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWRU record profit of £3.2m for 2021-22
By SAM JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union recorded a profit of £3.2m for the year ending June 2022, with a turnover...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoLabit and Ghezal set to link up in Paris
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France attack coach Laurent Labit is set to replace Gonzalo Quesada at the head of Stade Francais...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, October 9, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBaxter promises to keep mixing up his backline
By TOM BRADSHAW Opposition defences are going to have to keep guessing as Exeter boss Rob Baxter vows to keep mixing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoArgentina prop joins Gloucester
GLOUCESTER have signed Argentina prop Mayco Vivas. The 24-yearold, who has 17 caps, represented his country at the 2019 World Cup...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHenry still needs to offer more, says Jones
By ADAM HATHAWAY Eddie Jones will tell Henry Arundell this week he still needs to get more runs on the board...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHalfpenny close to another return
By PETER JACKSON Wales are keeping a place open for Leigh Halfpenny to make his third international comeback from serious injury...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
■ The Rugby Paper’s print expenditure has doubled since this time last year so from next week – to offset these...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPlayers and fans also to blame, say Warriors duo
By JON COUCH The owners of Worcester Warriors have risked the further wrath from disillusioned players and fans by suggesting that...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoBradbury has Lam scouring URC market
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol boss Pat Lam is keeping a close eye on the United Rugby Championship for future signings following...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCoach Callard feels happy back at home
By JON NEWCOMBE Jon Callard says he is enjoying “the best of both worlds” after making a return to the Premiership...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoBack: Ireland are there to be shot at
By GARY FITZGERALD Andy Farrell and his Ireland stars head into a vital autumn campaign on top of the world –...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSkivington: Players will have to take big pay cuts
By TOM BRADSHAW The “brutal reality” of Worcester entering administration will be big-name players having to take massive pay cuts at...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLam: Attacks are taking us by storm
By TOM BRADSHAW Leaders of the pack: Saracens, in action against Gloucester, are showing us how to attack, says Pat Lam...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoManu the barista has Beaumont bouncing
By JON NEWCOMBE Sale Sharks’ Josh Beaumont is full of beans again thanks to the coffee-making skills of rehab partner Manu...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMaddock urges Bath to find the space to play
Joe Maddock was instrumental in helping Bath to their last piece of silverware – and the club’s new attack coach wants...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFijian Api has eyes set on one more World Cup
■By GARY FITZGERALD API Ratuniyawara believes his new club life at 36 can help him fulfil his dream of representing his...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPremiership must promote from within
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SO, it has been...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoEnglish rugby is rotten to the core
I HAVE written to The Rugby Paper on many occasions over the last five years with some success on the subject...
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