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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNewcastle party like it’s Christmas 1997
By PAUL REES Worcester ........10pts Tries: Humphreys 21, Hill 70 Newcastle ........45pts Tries: McGuigan 4, Connon 32, Radwan 40, Davison 51,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThat was pathetic, blasts Diamond
STEVE Diamond ripped into his Worcester players after they suffered a record Premiership defeat to a Newcastle side that had gone...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEarl’s double keeps Saracens on course
By BEN JAYCOCK Sale ....................12pts Penalties: R du Preez 10, 21, 64, 80 Saracens ..........18pts Tries: Earl 37, 71 Conversions: Goode...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoChuffed to leave with win -McCall
SARACENS d irector of rugby Mark McCall was thrilled with his side’s commitment to the cause as they responded to last...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEddie’s gift-wrapped route to the semis
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE 2023 World Cup has the uplift of France, the hosts, having a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDevil is in the detail of buyback option
NICK CAIN AFTER a couple months of putting down a smokescreen the RFU has finally given an answer to what happens...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoParton eyes tries galore in battle of the attacks
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... London Irish v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium TOM PARTON hopes Irish can serve up...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEngland boys are chomping at the bit says Evans
By PAUL REES MARCUS Smith, Alex Dombrandt, Joe Marler and Joe Marchant all start for Harlequins as the champions look to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoCatt’s made his mark by doing it the Ashton way
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It does no violence to the truth to state that Italy are half as good a rugby...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoHigh price to pay for switching to satellite
CHRIS HEWETT IT WAS just a little discombobulating, listening to a sports presenter on BBC R4’s flagship Today programme talking about...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWilliams earns top mark after stellar season for Hartpury
By BEN JAYCOCK Leading the field: Hartpury’s James Williams CHAMPIONSHIP top points scorer James Williams is enjoying a new lease of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoDream ticket for Spurs fan Lozowski
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler SARACENS fly-half Alex Lozowski lived out his childhood dream...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit leaders not taking RGC lightly
By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Newport v RGC Today, Kick-off 2.30pm TY MORRIS insists Newport cannot afford to take their foot off...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoDavies sails over for Swans winner
By JAMES ROGERS Bridgend ..............23 Swansea ..............27 A BIZARRE last-gasp try from James Davies saw Swansea come out on top to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoPerfect Bargoed five clear at the top
Round-up BARGOED made it a perfect 10 out of 10 in the Championship and took a giant step towards clinching the...
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 years agoResilient Noot roars back after nightmare injury run
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OLD Albanian full-back Alex Noot has thrived on his return to rugby this season after suffering...
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoNext coach shouldn’t be shaped by Eddie
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Era of success: Will Carling is chaired from the pitch after Geoff...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoVisible action must be taken to safeguard the majority
JEFF PROBYN SADLY, so soon after the untimely death of 27-year-old Jack Jeffrey while playing for Evesham RFC as the result...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoQuins stay helps Tom take off at Falcons
By JON NEWCOMBE TOM PENNY says moving to Harlequins on loan just before the pandemic helped to give him a new...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRyan forced to step away
CHINNOR captain Caolan Ryan has made the decision to retire after enduring concussion problems. The 30-year-old fly-half is a popular figure...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFoden calls time
England ace: Ben Foden FORMER England fullback Ben Foden has retired from the game at the age of 36. Foden, who...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter seal place in the final against Durham
BUCS ROUND-UP By NICK POWELL ALEC Lloyd-Seed’s boot twice halted fightbacks from Cardiff Met as Exeter joined Durham in the final...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGlory for Kirkham after their Twickers agony
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL KIRKHAM Grammar overcame hosts Sedbergh 25-7 in the final of the Super 10s competition to end...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 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
/ 5 years agoDefensive desire has been key to Hull success
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK HULL director of rugby Gary Pearce says his side’s defensive mentality has been the key this...
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Features
/ 5 years agoISAAC SHAW
YOUNG GUNS EALING FULL-BACK After being dropped by Saracens, 18-year-old Isaac Shaw describes Ealing Trailfinders as a ‘lifeline’ and after training...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoReds move top despite card frenzy
By BEN JAYCOCK QUEENSLAND Reds surged to the top of the table after ending the Brumbies’ unbeaten record with a 21-7...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPowerful Wizards leave the Steelmen in a spin
Premiership By FREDDIE BENNETT Aberavon ........33 Ebbw Vale ......14 ABERAVON gained their fifth victory of the Indigo Premiership campaign to keep...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoGrady grabs hat-trick for classy Cardiff
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery ..........21 Cardiff ..................41 HELPED by a fine hattrick from centre Mason Grady, Cardiff put in their...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoPontypridd survive late try line siege
By JARED EVITTS Pontypridd ..........19 Llanelli ..................13 PONTYPRIDD withstood a ferocious late comeback from Llanelli at Sardis Road to move up...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoMerthyr’s 14 men overpowered at the end
By STEFFAN THOMAS Merthyr ................23 Carmarthen Q ......27 CARMARTHEN QUINS upset the formbook with a stunning away victory over Merthyr at...
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Letters
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 years agoTime we all got with the program on head shots
COLIN BOAG There was an incident in a recent Super Rugby match between the Brumbies and the Western Force that illustrates...
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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...
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