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Latest News
/ 4 years agoVersatile Ealing ace Uzokwe glad to finish off the job in style
By BEN JAYCOCK CHAMPIONSHIP winner Simon Uzokwe is enjoying some well-earned time off as he awaits the outcome of Ealing Trailfinders’...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Latest News
/ 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 agoAll Black trio face backlash
NEW Zealand stars Damian McKenzie and Anton Lienert-Brown, along with former All Blacks fly-half Stephen Donald have been scrutinised for advertising...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLam calls on Hull to bring consistency
By PAUL REES PAT Lam expects greater consistency over offences that warrant a red or yellow card when Paul Hull takes...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoScottish line up new partnership with Harlequins
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE LONDON Scottish are set to announce an exciting strategic partnership with Harlequins on similar lines to the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoTime for players to wear head protection
AS a rugby fan, I consider this paper to be a first class ‘window’ into every aspect of the beautiful game...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoForward passes have crossed line
WHEN is a forward pass not a forward pass? Why does rugby union go against the laws of motion? What is...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPenalise the pitch invading hookers
IT wasn’t long ago one of your regular columnists mentioned Adam Hastings nicking a few yards to make a kick easier....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoCommon sense law changes to revitalise rugby
RUGBY Union is in desperate need of an injection of common sense! So many aspects of the game aren’t right. 1....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoCaldy were allowed to exploit weakness
LAST weekend a weak referee allowed Caldy to play like a soccer team against Rosslyn Park. Players were arguing with the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCentral deal helps Johnny be good
COLIN BOAG Well managed: Johnny Sexton plays only the big games for Leinster PICTURE: Getty Images BT Sport’s ‘Rugby Tonight’ programme...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoErratic Eddie failing to develop England
PETER WINTERBOTTOM ENGLAND GREAT NOW ESHER DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Eddie Jones has had his time, but the RFU have made the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSam’s been the man for Esher, we’re lucky to have him
PETER WINTERBOTTOM I’M really enjoying my role as director of rugby at Esher, we’re very lucky that we’ve been able to...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLast year’s runners-up show title credentials
By GARY FITZGERALD Bordeaux ..........13pts Tries: Woki 51, Mori 68 Penalties: Lucu 11 La Rochelle ......31pts Tries: Rhule 21, Danty 53,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoRadradra comes to the rescue for Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale ......................9pts Penalties: R du Preez 4, 9, 77 Bristol ................10pts Tries: Radradra 70 Conversions: Sheedy 71 Penalties:...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBaloucoune hat-trick leaves Toulouse up against it
By JOHN FALLON Toulouse ..........20pts Tries: Meafou 6, Ntamack 80 Conversions: Ramos 7, Ntamack 80 Penalties: Ramos 17, 40 Ulster ..................26pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoProud of the boys-Lam
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was proud of the guts his side showed. He said: “I’m pleased with that and...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoConnacht believe upset still possible at the Aviva
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..........21pts Tries: Porch 3, Fifita 61 Conversions: Carty 62 Penalties: Carty 34, 40, 46 Leinster ............26pts Tries:...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTitans still in the hunt as Poole impresses
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham....... 47pts Loughborough...17pts Crash landing: Tom Lewis dives in at the corner for Rotherham Late try for Loughborough...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMewburn keeps the Tigers at bay
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 21 Sheffield Tigers.... 17 THIS game was as every bit as close as the scoreline suggests....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale duel proves delight for fans
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............37 Tynedale.................42 A FEAST of rugby was served up by the two Dales who made the best of...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoFylde feel the relief as victory secured
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde..................35 Luctonians.......22 FYLDE managed to hold on to beat Luctonians after playing the last 20 minutes with 14...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLeaders made to work by Burnage
Northern Premier OTLEY keep their lead at the top of the table following a 22-33 win at Burnage. Jack Scott-Paul, Adam...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNewport edging closer to glory
Midlands Premier LEADERS Newport (Salop) took another giant step towards the Midlands Premier title after easing to a 55-8 victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years ago30-point ace Sam proves a winner
By JON BATHAM Guernsey.......... 12 Esher..................57 ESHER skipper Adam Bullet hailed teammate Sam Morley as “a different level of player” after...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSterland’s late try seals extra point
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....35 Old Albanian........... 14 PERSISTENCE won the day for Lions against an OAs side whose powerful pack...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoNel steers Clifton to bonus-point triumph
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury..............24 Clifton.......................38 A TOPSY turvy game ended with a bonus point for Canterbury, but it was Clifton who...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoAffleck double as Westcliff buried
By ANDREW HERHILY Bury St Edmunds.. 61 Westcliff....................0 BURY shrugged off two defeats by West Country opposition to claim a huge...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes treble fails to prevent Caldy victory
By SHAUN WREN Worthing............ 17pts Redruth..............22pts Delight: Redruth celebrate as Richard Brown scores the winning try WING ace Curtis Barnes scored...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoField victorious in big basement battle
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate................ 13 Huddersfield.......... 21 HUDDERSFIELD took the honours – and deservedly so – in a tense bottom-of-the-table clash....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHull still on course as Bourns beaten
By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville............... 14 Hull............................40 TABLE-TOPPING Hull maintained their title charge with another win. Bourns made a good start, but...
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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 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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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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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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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 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 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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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarris looking up after Six Nations downer
Frustrated: Chris Harris CHRIS Harris aims to use his frustration at Scotland’s Six Nations campaign by helping propel Gloucester into the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHardwick given his chance to impress
EXETER Chiefs have brought in former Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick on a trial period. The Chiefs have registered the 23-year-old so...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHughes back with the Bears
NATHAN Hughes’ loan to Bath will end on Monday and he will return to continue playing under his contract with Bristol....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoChairman Ilube is our only hope now
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@the rugbypaper.co.uk I AM in...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoHarness talent we have
JERYY Guscott says we haven’t got enough world class players but doesn’t say why not. It needs world class coaches as...
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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 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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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 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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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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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...
