News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoPowerful first half sets up Steelmen
Ebbw Vale ............27 Llandovery ..........15 EBBW Vale made the most of facing a side saving their best for next week’s Cup...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoRavens get shot down
Bridgend..........17 Pontypridd ....54 BRIDGEND were sent crashing back to earth by Pontypridd having recorded their first win of the season against...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNo time to rest as pressures mount up
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN This should have been a weekend off for those Top 14 and ProD2 players not involved in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, March 20, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTop-flight wings set to fly for the Army at HQ
NEWS EXTRA By PIERS DUNHAM COME kick off on the April 30 it will have been three long years since the...
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/ 4 years agoFit-again Townsend ready to fight for Chiefs jersey
By PAUL REES STU Townsend hopes a run of injuries is behind him as he looks to challenge the Maunder brothers...
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/ 4 years agoEvans set to pump in extra £2.5m
CORNISH Pirates jointhead coach Gavin Cattle says Dicky Evans’ decision to carry on funding the Championship club for three more years...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoToo many red marks on Eddie’s report card
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT SO where are we with Eddie Jones and England at the end of his sixth Six Nations in...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoGibson-Park guides Irish to Triple Crown
By PAUL REES Ireland ..............26pts Tries: Sheehan 16, Healy 27, Van der Flier 59, Murray 78 Conversions: Sexton 17, 28, 60...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years ago‘There’s plenty more in team’
IRELAND hooker Dan Sheehan caught the eye and went over in the 16th minute to open the scoring for the hosts....
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoMighty Atom stuns Wales with last-minute dash to victory
By PETER JACKSON Wales..................21pts Tries: Watkin 28, Lake 51, Adams 69 Conversions: Biggar 28, 52, 69 Italy ....................22pts Tries: Padovani 79...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoJaminet’s boot has given France a new dimension
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MELVYN Jaminet is for me the key to France, winning Six Nations titles, Grand...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoDisillusioned with this tier two sham
LAST week I paid £25 to watch a sham match, as Ealing thumped London Scottish 81-0. As the Championship reaches its...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoBravo Brendan, I’ll be borrowing that!
LAST week’s 100th edition of Iconic Rugby Pictures of the Margam steelworks and the Talbot Athletic Ground has to be one...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTurn clock back to 1977 and safeguard players
COLIN BOAG We keep being told that player welfare is paramount, and alongside that we know that former players have developed...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
BYRON McGUIGAN, THE SALE SHARKS AND SCOTLAND WINGER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST 1. Joe Marler...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBears face a fight to keep hold of Frisch
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BRISTOL are locked in a battle to keep hold of highly-rated inside centre Antoine...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRyan set to extend stay at Dragons
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER DEAN Ryan is in advanced talks with the Dragons about extending his contract, which...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHammersley yet to commit on Sale deal
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks could be in the market for a new full-back this summer with...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoBad call on Dickson
WHO on earth decided former Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson could referee a Quins game (home v Newcastle last Friday)? I read...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFiji giant Nadolo keen for return to Super Rugby
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Homeward bound? Nemani Nadolo PREMIERSHIP are facing the prospect of losing Fijian superstar winger...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRoko finalises switch to France
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER England winger Semesa Rokoduguni has been in France this week tying up loose...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFour-star James sparkles for Uni
SW Premier TOP of the pile Exeter University continues to lead the way as they romped to a comfortable 45-5 bonus-point...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRainbow warrior Pienaar central to Boks success
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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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoDenying promotion wasn’t RFU decision
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I was surprised last week that so many people whom I thought...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoAli knew Beech Bottom by heart
JEFF PROBYN LAST week I attended a memorial for a player, Ali Mills, from one of my very first clubs which...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEngland’s resistance can’t hide limitations
From NICK CAIN at TWICKENHAM England ..............15pts Penalties: Smith 18, 33, 41, 53, 61 Ireland ..............32pts Tries: Lowe 6, Keenan 37,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoDurham seal title in record breaking style
BUCS ROUND-UP By NICK POWELL DURHAM thumped North-East rivals Northumbria 67-7 to claim the BUCS Super Rugby League title with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoBrighton boys gear up for big one with Surrey win
SCHOOLS ROUND-UP By NICK POWELL BRIGHTON College produced an excellent performance throughout the day as they won a first ever Surrey...
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/ 4 years agoSuntory go top as tries roll in across Japan
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK TOKYO Suntory Sungoliath moved to the summit of the Japan Rugby League One table after beating...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOwlett: We must keep donations rolling in
NEWS EXTRA By PAUL REES JACK Owlett has been organising donations for Ukrainians who are fleeing their homes in fear for...
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/ 4 years agoCrusaders stunned by resilient Chiefs
By BEN JAYCOCK TOURNAMENT favourites Crusaders were stunned at home by the Chiefs as Rameka Poihipi’s last gasp try delievered Scott...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDrovers fight their way to the last four
Premier Cup Q-F By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery ....12 Pontypridd........3 Pontypridd had won 34-18 in a league encounter at Church Bank...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrance keep championship hopes alive
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Wales ....................15 France ..................47 FRANCE produced a late flurry of tries as they eased past Wales to keep...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFinn’s treble sees leaders to victory
London & SE Premier DORKING still top the table after taking maximum points 12-47 away to Sutton and Epsom through tries...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMawr continue their title charge
By ROB COLE Welsh Leagues round-up Ryan Gardner ran in a hat-trick of tries for title chasing Brynmawr in the-Division 1...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoBrynmawr keep heat on Penallta with treble for Gardner
Welsh leagues roundup By ROB COLE RYAN Gardner ran in a hat-trick of tries for title chasing Brynmawr in Division 1...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBiarritz’s top-flight dream all but over
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Promotion and relegation matters returned firmly to the forefront of Top 14 rugby minds, after bottom side...
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/ 4 years agoBradbury signs for Bristol
EDINBURGH back row Magnus Bradbury will join Bristol Bears in the summer. The 26-year-old – who has 17 caps for Scotland...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoFarrell’s lads passed test with flying colours
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT I think we have all watched enough rugby in the professional era to know that when a team...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoItaly find some style but Scots too strong
By PAUL REES Italy ....................22pts Tries: Braley 29, Capuozzo 66, 80 Conversions: Garbisi 30, 67 Penalties: Garbisi 4 Scotland ............33pts Tries:...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoFirst 50 pleases Gregor
HEAD coach Gregor Townsend said Scotland will “take confidence” from the win despite a ragged finish in Rome. “We’re delighted with...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoChartered Physiotherapist Needed
Rochford Hundred RFC are currently looking for a Head Physiotherapist to lead the Medical Team for the 2022-23 season and beyond....
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWales left rueing their chance to bust French
By PETER JACKSON Wales ....................9pts Penalties: Biggar 4, 16, 39 France ................13pts Tries: Jelonch 9 Conversions: Jaminet 10 Penalties: Jaminet 2,...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoCaptain Jones fit to resume service against Azzurri
ALUN Wyn Jones will be available for Wales’ final Six Nations match against Italy next Saturday after making his latest stunning...















