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Latest News
/ 7 months agoRegional results
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/ 7 months agoRegional results
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Schools / Universities
/ 7 months agoBrunel in charge as they prove too good for Cardiff
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY DEFENDING Women’s BSR champions Cardiff Met have been dumped out of the Cup Championship by debutants...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoBrighton set their sights on historic three-peat
ROSSLYN PARK 7S nBy JOSEPH TERRY BRIGHTON College chase a third consecutive Rosslyn Park 7s next week looking to become the...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoRegional results
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 months agoIt’s ten in a row for Hurricanes
nBy SAM JACKSON WINGER FEHI FINEANGANOFO SCORED A HAT-TRICK AS HURRICANES RECORDED THEIR 10TH WIN IN A ROW AGAINST HIGHLANDERS, 50-7...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoResults and tables supplied by the RFU
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 months agoNBS eclipse Epsom to claim place in history
SCHOOLSREPORT By josephterry NORTHAMPTON School for Boys completed a historic Schools Cup and Trophy double after defeating Epsom College 36-20, becoming...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 7 months agoNewport make it a triple affair
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD NEWPORT added the Super Rygbi Cymru Challenger Shield to the SRC Trophy and SRC Cup...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 7 months agoPonty work hard to stay on top
Premiership round-up ■By CARL FIELD Ebbw had taken an ear-Llandovery, in third, break but a dominant sec-a play-off eliminator. PONTYPRIDD remain...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoBRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Columnists
/ 7 months agoAfter three rounds, it all looked so easy…
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WELL, that was a remarkable end to what turned out to be an utterly astonishing Six Nations,...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoForthcoming fixtures
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 months agoMcGuigan to leave coaching role at Sale
BYRON McGuigan, who was part of England’s coaching set-up during the Six Nations, is to leave his role as Sale Sharks...
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Premiership
/ 7 months ago‘We took time to find our rhythm’
BATH head of rugby Johann van Graan was most impressed with the attitude of his side. He said: “We knew that...
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Guest Blogs
/ 7 months agoFree-to-Play Gaming Platforms Growing Among Rugby Fans – Here’s Why
Rugby has been a game about giving it your all: eighty minutes of relentless physical action with no stoppage time-outs, and...
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Guest Blogs
/ 7 months agoRugby’s Greatest Rivalries. A Deep Dive into Historic Clashes
Rugby, a sport steeped in tradition and passion, thrives on the intensity of its rivalries. From bone-crunching international showdowns to fiercely...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Best Six Nations ever? How does rugby crack America?
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by rugby analyst Sam Larner on this week’s Rugby Paper Roundup to reflect on what...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months ago2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Four summary: Peñarol beat Cobras as Pampas hit top spot
Peñarol backed up their first win of the season with a deserved 38-20 home victory over Cobras in Round Four of...
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Guest Blogs
/ 7 months agoFrom Rugby Star to All Black Slot – The Biggest Rugby Games to Try This Year
Rugby fans are known for their passion. Even when the weekend matches are over, there’s still the need to keep the...
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Six Nations
/ 7 months agoThe rugby number that says the most about 2026 is 7.4
That was the average number of tries per match in this year’s men’s Six Nations, after the tournament produced a record...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoSix Nations: Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says ‘The Irish fridge’ is his Triple Crown star
Head coach Andy Farrell led the congratulations for his Ireland team yesterday after they sealed their fourth Six Nations Triple Crown...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoDoris praises his big-match players
IRELAND captain Caelan Doris was proud his side could produce another huge performance to clinch their fourth Triple Crown in five...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoWales 31-17 Italy: At last! Aaron Wainwright leads the charge as the Welsh learn how to win again
After a run of 15 consecutive losses, Wales finally won a Six Nations game – their first since winning in Rome...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoThis result means everything to the players, says Lake
AFTER ending their three-year, 15-game losing streak in the Six Nations, Wales captain Dewi Lake said: “The win means everything to...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 7 months agoWales U20s vs Italy U20s: The Welsh aiming to hit par in Six Nations finale
Wales U20s head coach Richard Whiffin says his side must beat Italy today to deliver what he believes would represent a...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoFast Eddie & Co love tales of the unexpected
THERE are times you cannot help but conclude that some pro coaches have got so much time on their hands they...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoI still see a clueless rabble
IN November 2024, The Rugby Paper published a letter from me titled “England look like a clueless rabble.” After what is...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoWe need to select a ball-carrying 12
THERE has been a lot of criticism of Borthwick’s selections lately, however I want to comment on the backs. I might...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoRFU must tell us what it plans to do
DEFEAT by Italy means that another Six Nations passes by with England grossly under-achieving. The worst aspect is that large parts...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoThis is why I fear for England’s weak underbelly
THE build-up to this Six Nations and how it as unravelled seems reminiscent of the 2015 RWC and, like the group...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoBorthwick simply can’t stay in charge
I DON’T enjoy watching England losing any match, but if a first-ever defeat to Italy hastens the end of Steve Borthwick’s...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoThe game will truly miss this rugby man
BRISTOL is a rugby town as much as it is a football one: it has a well-financed Premiership team at the...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoAugustus steers Ulster home
Edinburgh .......19 Ulster ...............40 ■By BEN JAYCOCK ULSTER produced a stunning second-half display to boost their play-off push at Hive Stadium....
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoStormers climb up to second
Bulls .................19 Ulster ...............40 Stormers .........32STORMERS reignited their campaign by ending the Bulls four-match winning streak and climbing to second in...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoJansen leads way to down Scarlets
■By SIMON THOMAS Connacht ..........31pts Scarlets ............14pts Tries: Jansen 16, 38; Aungier 46, Barrett 57, De Buitlear 69 Conversions: Naughton 17,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 7 months agoSale demolish tame Tigers
■By MATT BROWN Leicester T ......... 3pts Penalty: Feury 9 Sale Sharks .....62pts Tries: Wright 19, Riconi 26, Perrin 39, Hogan-Rochester...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 7 months agoCliodhna leads Chief rampage
■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Exeter Chiefs . 47pts Tries: Cloidna Maloney-MacDonald 4, 19, 39; Rule 45, Claudia Maloney-MacDonald 58, Allen 64, 70...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 7 months agoRace to the top heating up
PREVIEW... Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, StoneX NEARLY a year on from Gloucester-Hartpury’s PWR final triumph over Saracens, the sides...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 7 months agoHat-trick for Westcombe-Evans
■By JOSHUA GREEN Loughborough43pts Tries: Maude 21, Hibbert-Jones 32, Westcombe-Evans 35, 40, 68; Belisle 44, Morrall 77 Conversions: Rowland 33, 37,...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoWhen four tries by the Lions were kicked off the park
NEVEN MacEwan, left, played in the Test match which did more than any other to ridicule rugby as a running game,...
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Features
/ 7 months agoJames is to leave Saints for Saracens
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS have signed Northampton scrum-half Tom James ahead of next season. The 32-year-old has spent his entire career so...
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Features
/ 7 months agoNewcastle keep Wade
CHRISTIAN Wade has signed on for another season at Newcastle. The 34-year-old winger is the second leading try scorer in the...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoLions get tamed as Stortford maintain fine form
■By JEAN BULL Leicester L ......35 Bishop’s S ........59 AN ENTERTAINING game, in which the lead changed hands ten times, was...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoDogs display their mettle with late try
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ...........33 Sale FC..................... 41 A GLORIOUS day at the Slade allowed for a fantastic game of...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoCrusaders on top after Tykes thriller
■By LILEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings Crusaders ..62 Leeds Tykes .......... 31 DINGS Crusaders and Leeds Tykes played out a high-scoring contest, with...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoTitle chase is as Club down hotting up the Titans
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ......22pts Tries: Sloot 2, Harding 7, 65; Hughes 54 Conversion: Morley 2 Rotherham T ...15pts Tries: Hayes...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoTigers claw onto bonus point as hosts triumph
■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............22 Sedgley Park ........20 SEDGLEY survived a frantic ending to hold onto a bonus point and...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoAlbion run riot as showdown looms
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Albion ..60 Rams ........................26 PLYMOUTH Albion moved to within one point of Rotherham at the top with...
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