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/ 4 years agoRichards confirms talks over new role
NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards confirmed he is negotiating an alternative role at the club as reported in last week’s...
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/ 4 years agoGiles, Botha sign for two more at Ospreys
OSPREYS winger Keelan Giles has signed a two-year contract extension. The 24-year-old has made 58 Ospreys appearances and scored 20 tries...
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/ 4 years agoBonus win boosts Gloucester’s bid
GLOUCESTER have been awarded five league points after their cancelled Premiership match last month against Worcester. Warriors called the game off...
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/ 4 years agoSaracens book place in European quarters
SARACENS overcame a spirited Cardiff fightback last Sunday to book a Challenge Cup quarter-final date with Gloucester. Max Malins scored a...
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/ 4 years agoScotland have eye on Chile warm-up
SCOTLAND are in talks to play Chile prior to their three-match summer series against Argentina, which start on July 2. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoNew dad Nathan leads the chase for Brownlie
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE being deprived of sleep having recently become a father, Cinderford’s Nathan Taylor is determined to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoLam’s double helps Blues fight off fierce Drua challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Double delight: AJ Lam WINGER AJ Lam scored a brace as the Blues overcame a stern challenge from...
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/ 4 years agoPumas end wait for glory
ARGENTINA won their first Sevens World Series Cup in 14 years as they took the crown in Vancouver after beating Fiji...
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/ 4 years agoWannenburg dies aged 41
FORMER Ulster and South Africa flanker Pedrie Wannenburg has died aged 41 following a car accident in Texas. Wannenburg played 20...
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/ 4 years agoEmergence of Richards the silver lining to Bath’s cloud
By PAUL REES WHEN Bath rake over the ashes of a season they will not be in a hurry to look...
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/ 4 years agoSimmonds, Lawes face fitness race
ENGLAND No.8 Sam Simmonds could miss the season run-in and the three-Test summer tour of Australia. England’s first Test against the...
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/ 4 years agoDragons increase firepower with Highlanders centre Sio
By BEN JAYCOCK Super Rugby experience: Sio Tomkinson THE DRAGONS have pulled off a major coup by signing hard-hitting Kiwi back...
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/ 4 years agoHat-trick king Finlay hot on heels of Henley flyer Norville
By BEN JAYCOCK FLYING winger Finlay Sharp scored his third hattrick of the season last weekend as Clifton put Rochford Hundred...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPack power tells for Pontypridd
Premiership By ALED BISTON Pontypridd ..........14 Ebbw Vale ..............3 PONTYPRIDD ended their season with a hard-fought victory at Sardis Road. The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLlanelli finish rock bottom
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli..................29 Llandovery ..........36 LLANELLI will end the season rooted to the bottom of the Premiership table after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoAce Thomas chasing the dream
Premiership By ROB COLE PREMIERSHIP CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Aberavon v Newport Kick-off 5,35pm THE last time Aled Thomas played in a...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 24, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoInjury to Thomas forces call off
Welsh leagues round-up By ALED BISTON PONTYPOOL’S Championship clash against Ystalyfera was abandoned at half-time after a serious injury to a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby missed a trick by ignoring USA
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ican’t believe that the chance to expand the game over the Atlantic...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBritish Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by RFU referee Craig Maxwell-Keys and The Rugby Paper regular columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher...
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/ 4 years agoProlific Smith wants Fylde to aim higher next season
By BEN JAYCOCK Ace: Fylde fly-half Greg Smith FYLDE fly-half Greg Smith is disappointed with the club’s fifth-place finish in National...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBeauxis: Time to hang up my boots
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Arguably the most wonderfully and frustratingly French of French fly-halves, Lionel Beauxis, confirmed he will call time on...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 4 years agoSilverware at Saints is my sole focus – Paul Hill
By PAUL REES PAUL Hill is one of a number of players who have had a taste of international rugby over...
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/ 4 years agoObano targets May return after ‘crushing’ knee injury
By BEN JAYCOCK Nearing full fitness: Beno Obano BENO Obano has been through some dark days on the road to recovery...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoYstrad shock unbeaten leaders
Championship round-up YSTRAD Rhondda came up with the performance of the season so far as they became the first team to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBridgend fight back with Strong at double
Premiership By DANIEL THOMAS Bridgend ..............17 Aberavon ..............13 AS dress rehearsals go, this was very much a mixed bag for Aberavon,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBonus win keeps Cardiff on course for title
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff ..................42 Pontypridd............10 SCHOOLBOY star Harrison James scored two first-half tries to set Cardiff on the road...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWarren hat-trick ends Quins hopes
Premiership By FREDDIE BENNETT Carmarthen ..........12 Llandovery ..........38 AARON Warren’s hattrick ended Carmarthen Quins’ slim Premiership title hopes. They are now...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoHopkins stars as Swans finish in style
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Swansea ..............31 Llanelli ..................21 SWANSEA rounded off their season with a bonus point win over historic rivals...
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/ 4 years agoIrish prop star Will hungry for more after his England taster
By PAUL REES Big impact: London Irish prop Will Goodrick-Clarke WILL Goodrick-Clarke’s call-up into the England squad during the Six Nations...
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/ 4 years agoChamppions Stockport on course for perfect season
By BEN JAYCOCK STOCKPORT are one game away from completing a perfect season and chairman Mike Drew says the club are...
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/ 4 years agoBlack Ferns boss Moore steps down
NEW Zealand women’s head coach Glenn Moore has resigned after allegations against him prompted a team culture review. Hooker Te Kura...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Week beginning Sunday, April 17, 2022 ... Continue reading......
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoChiefs fancy their chances in knock-out season finale
By PAUL REES EXETER are preparing for three knock-out matches in their last three Premiership rounds, knowing that one defeat could...
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/ 4 years agoWill swaps Newcastle for Wasps
FLY-HALF Will Haydon-Wood will join Wasps from Newcastle next season. The former England U20 international, 21, has appeared 13 times for...
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/ 4 years agoKelly has his head down to pass test for Eddie
By JON NEWCOMBE DAN Kelly hopes the distribution skills he’s layering onto his defensive work will see him go to Australia...
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/ 4 years agoPrem clubs eye Cov No.8 Betteridge
By BEN JAYCOCK COVENTRY’S Fred Betteridge has impressed in his breakthrough year at the club and is attracting interest from Saracens...
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/ 4 years agoRowntree gets the top job at Munster
GRAHAM Rowntree will replace Johann van Graan as Munster head coach in July. The former England prop, who is currently forwards...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoReview foul play in 20 minute window
ON the discussion about the 20-minute red card experiment, I understand the concerns that a permanent dismissal has the potential to...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoIncentivise schools to help broaden the player pool
LAST week’s TRP included Jeff Probyn’s interesting piece, contesting Brian Moore’s claim that payments to players should be banned in all...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoJamison deserved red
JAMISON Gibson-Park’s yellow card in the Heineken Cup last weekend has to be the most blatent disregard of the head-contact laws...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTeams in play-off race need clarity
COLIN BOAG Added spice: Worcester and Gloucester will clash in the Premiership Cup semi-final PICTURE: Getty Images It’s over three weeks...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoWhy France must find right cover for Dupont
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ANTOINE Dupont is captain of Toulouse for a reason, and as stand-in captain of...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSmith’s miss leaves Quins a point short
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........33pts Tries: Jones 1, Dombrandt 16, Marchant 29, Lynagh 38, 75 Conversions: Smith 2, 17, 30,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoMatson: Now we go for the Prem
QUINS head coach Tabai Matson backed his side to bounce back at Leicester next week. “Marcus will be disappointed like all...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoO’Mahony the star as Exeter fall short
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............26pts Tries: Carbery 26, De Allende 72 Conversions: Carbery 26, 74 Penalties: Carbery 6, 17, 60, 65...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoRacing look to take the Paris honours
PREVIEW... Racing 92 v Stade Francais Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, La Defense Arena RACING 92 head into their Round of 16 second...
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