News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HOLLY AITCHISON THIS WEEK... SARACENS AND CENTRE Holly Aitchison’s rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoEngland are torpedoed by Eddie’s call on subs
By NICK CAIN Scotland ............20pts Tries: White 18, Penalty 66 Conversions: Russell 19 Penalties: Russell 41, 72 England ..............17pts Tries: Smith...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIntercept try keeps Durham one clear of Exeter
BUCS ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK DURHAM remain at the top of BUCS table after their 30-17 away win over third place...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoCardiff last up for unbeaten Christ College
SCHOOLS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK CHRIST College Brecon face Cardiff High Scool on Wednesday aiming to complete an unbeaten season in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNATHAN DOAK
YOUNG GUNS ULSTER SCRUM-HALF Nathan Doak has shone for Ulster since breaking into the first team, but the scrum half’s immense...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJourney through history has been educational
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Well that was fun. Way back in the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGolden memories frozen in Lansdowne Rd fridge
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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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoRapid Ryan aims to claim spot out wide
By STEFFAN THOMAS SCARLETS speedster Ryan Conbeer is hoping to use the next block of league fixtures to cement his place...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJet-heeled Clow claims hat-trick
By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC ........................42 Merthyr ................19 A ZAK Clow hat-trick helped RGC to a big win over Merthyr in a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSteelmen just too strong up front
By TOM PROSSER Ebbw Vale ............22 Llanelli ..................12 EBBW Vale’s power told in the end as they ground out the win...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBaldwin granted Warriors release
WALES hooker Scott Baldwin has been released from his Worcester Warriors contract on compassionate grounds. The club say the 33-yearold wants...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBartlett stars for Stoddard
Championship Cross Keys......17 Maesteg Q ........7 CROSS Keys ground out a hard-fought victory over a well-drilled Maesteg Harlequins side at Pandy...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoOverseas players facing the squeeze
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It turns out the week leading up to the first round of the Six Nations – the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPittman confident Reds have set-up for success
By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY fly-half Tom Pittman believes the islanders have the coaches, facilities and resources to win the Championship. The...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGopperth, Fekitoa to exit Wasps
WASPS centres Jimmy Gopperth and Malakai Fekitoa will leave the club at the end of the season. New Zealander Gopperth, 38,...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSmith does enough to give England hope
JEREMY GUSCOTT Bright spark: Marcus Smith Considering this was the first away game for Marcus Smith in an England jersey, and...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoJones pays heavy price for his obsession with ‘finishers’
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Key moment: Luke Cowan-Dickie sees yellow WATCHING a sports team going into meltdown is an excruciating business. From...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoChamps are dumped on canvas in devastating fashion by Ireland
By PETER JACKSON Ireland ..............29pts Tries: Aki 3, Conway 44, 51; Ringrose 60 Conversions: Sexton 3, 45, 53 Penalties: Sexton 21...
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/ 4 years agoPirates help prop pair get chance in Europe
NEWS EXTRA By MIKE SINCLAIR JAMES Kenny and Patrick Schickerling, who began the season competing for Championship places in the Cornish...
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/ 4 years agoDurham lead way as top four battle intensifies
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK BUCS Super Rugby returned on Wednesday after its mid-season break with another enthralling round of action....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 4 years agoLord Sugar was only person to tell me ‘You’re Fired!’
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEINSTER, CONNACHT, LONDON IRISH & IRELAND U20 FLANKER AND RECENT STAR OF THE APPRENTICE CONOR...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHart leads welcome return to form for the Turks
Premiership By TOM PROSSER Llanelli..............26 Bridgend........... 14 LLANELLI skipper Nathan Hart scored two tries as his side claimed their first win...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBanfield the star turn for fired-up Wizards
Premiership By GARETH JAMES Pontypridd.............. 16 Aberavon.................25 ABERAVON’S Chris Banfield delivered a controlled performance to ensure his side left Sardis Road...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCushion wraps up bonus for Ironmen
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................. 15 Merthyr....................32 MERTHYR clinched a last-minute bonus point in an entertaining win over Swansea. It was...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRed-hot Rees gives Ebbw the runaround
Premiership By ALED BISTON Cardiff......................58 Ebbw Vale................. 8 CARDIFF continued their ruthless form with a convincing victory over Ebbw Vale. The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed dig deep to keep run going
Championship round-up By FREDDIE BENNETT & TOM PROSSER CHAMPIONSHIP leaders Bargoed just about managed to make it an impressive eight league...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHook: I’d give Adams shot at 13
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMES Hook does not expect Wales to retain their Six Nations title but the former Ospreys, Perpignan, and...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBattling Skewen make it five wins from five
Welsh National One roundup By FREDDIE BENNETT and TOM PROSSER SKEWEN made it five wins from five in the Division One...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoRelief as Dupont returns to action
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Forty-nine days after he last played rugby, scrum-half, Antoine Dupont returned to action last night, alongside international...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCONNOR DOHERTY
YOUNG GUNS SALE OUTSIDE CENTRE Sale born-and-bred Connor Doherty has achieved his lifelong dream of playing for the Sharks; now his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 30, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 4 years agoColeman aims to play his way back into Wallabies
By DANIEL GALLAN ADAM Coleman still harbours ambitions to play for Australia. The 30-year-old London Irish lock last donned his nation’s...
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/ 4 years agoHostile Murrayfield fans will bring the best out of Sinckler
KYLE Sinckler is relishing the gauntlet of fire that England players will endure from opposing fans during the Six Nations –...
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/ 4 years agoGeorge Skivington: Atkinson must start
GEORGE Skivington has called on England to be bold and pick Marcus Smith and Mark Atkinson as their midfield axis against...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWALES v SCOTLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v Scotland courtesy of Dove Men+Care! Wales continue their 2022 Guinness Six Nations campaign...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoHow to make B&1 league a success
I READ Chris Hewett’s article in last week’s edition with great interest as the idea of a B&I League is one...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoWe are losing heart and soul of game
IF this game ‘gets its very breath from the Community’ as Derek Gilbert states, and we have lost 65 per cent...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoSilence of the RFU
REGARDING the growing gulf between ‘elite’ and ‘community’ rugby, Jeff Gage felt that Colin Boag’s debatable views meritted a response from...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWales fans don’t care about clubs
COLIN BOAG Packed out: A full Principality Stadium but where are crowds for regions? PICTURE: Getty Imagesr At last the Welsh...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoBattle of the 10s will be exciting at Murrayfield
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MARCUS Smith playing opposite Finn Russell at fly-half is an intriguing head-to-head going into...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJackson dazzles to leave Chiefs at sea
By DAN GALLAN London Irish ....18pts Tries: Cornish 21, Stokes 40 Conversion: Jackson 40+3 Penalties: Jackson 28, 30 Exeter ................14pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBattling defence was key- Kiss
LES Kiss, London Irish’s head coach, praised his side’s character after turning around a 14-0 deficit against Exeter Chiefs inside 20...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDiamond: We need some fine tuning
By TOM VICKERS Worcester ........13pts Tries: Sutherland 61, Beck 65 Penalty: Smith 25 Northampton ..29pts Tries: Hutchinson 22, Matavesi 29, Mitchell...














