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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 years agoLate try by Tietie secures vital win
By DARAGH SMALL Benetton ........17 Connacht ........21 CONNACHT arrested a run of terrible form to beat Benetton at Stadio Monigo. With...
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/ 5 years agoDoris takes the honours as Leinster floor Munster
By DARAGH SMALL Munster ............19pts Tries: de Allende 63 Conversions: Carbery 64 Penalties: Carbery 13, 21, 28, 38 Leinster ............34pts Tries:...
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/ 5 years agoCoetzee try gets Bulls on rampage
By KEVIN FALLON Bulls ................34 Ulster ..............16 ULSTER captain Iain Henderson knew his team had played into the Bulls’ hands at...
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/ 5 years agoRuthless Glasgow bag easy bonus
By GARY HEATLY Glasgow..........40 Zebre ................12 GLASGOW head coach Danny Wilson was pleased by the “ruthlessness” his side showed as a...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWarriors make history to earn last four spot
By BEN JAYCOCK WORCESTER Warriors secured their first ever win at The Rec to book a place in the Premiership Cup...
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/ 5 years agoQuins out to topple the French kingmaker
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW As befitting a billionaire at least four times over, Mohed Altrad is...
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/ 5 years agoNorth still waiting on sidelines
PETER JACKSON GEORGE North reaches another milestone this month irrespective of his fitness, one which marks the remorseless march of time....
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/ 5 years agoUnderdogs from England trail on money but not spirit
PAUL REES LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEKEND’S LAST 16 CHAMPIONS CUP DOUBLE-HEADERS The top three countries in this year’s Six Nations...
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/ 5 years agoOjo: Irish ready to rejoin the top table
WHILE the Champions Cup enters its knockout stage on the weekend, the Challenge Cup will reach the end of the group...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIt was a roller coaster ride around England
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER PLYMOUTH, BRISTOL, WORCESTER, LONDON WELSH, SALE, LEEDS, ROUEN AND NEWCASTLE FULL-BACK/WING TOM ARSCOTT MY playing...
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/ 5 years agoRugby is crying out for global database
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER So here we go again, I did warn...
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/ 5 years agoForever grateful to have John as mentor
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S nearly 40 years ago that I first encountered John Mason who passed away this week, aged...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoStudents are still leading the way
SW Premier EXETER University continue to lead the way at the top of the table following a convincing 59-10 bonus-point away...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe France fly-half with instincts of a bullfighter
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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/ 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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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoResults
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/ 5 years agoAttwood, Cloete add beef to Bath
DAVE Attwood will re-join Bath from Bristol Bears at the end of the season. Second row Attwood began his career at...
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/ 5 years agoO’Flaherty to join Hill at Sharks
SALE Sharks have signed Exeter Chiefs winger Tom O’Flaherty on a threeyear-deal ahead of next season, as revealed last month on...
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/ 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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/ 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
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/ 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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/ 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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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 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 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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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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Letters
/ 5 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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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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/ 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...
Autumn Internationals
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