News By The Rugby Paper Team
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/ 4 years agoEngland stretch clear after tight first-half
England ........51 Canada ..........12 ENGLAND overpowered Canada last Sunday with try doubles from debutant wing Heather Cowell and prop Sarah Bern....
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/ 4 years agoGriffin goes out in style with gutsy try double
Ireland ............15 Japan ..............12 RETIRING Ireland captain Ciara Griffin ended her career with two tries and a win over Japan. Griffin,...
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/ 4 years agoAt long last, the in-depth story about Obolensky
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was back in February 2009 that a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS: ZOE TEECE
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ZOE TEECE THIS WEEK... DMP DURHAM SHARKS TIGHTHEAD DMP Durham...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDodgy wine cost me England cap!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND U21, BARBARIANS, BRISTOL, COVENTRY, STOURBRIDGE AND BERRY HILL BACK ROW JULIAN HORROBIN Club legend:...
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/ 4 years agoBaby faced, but Pearce is a ref to be reckoned with
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Saturday, April 11, 2015 at The Stoop and Harlequins are playing Gloucester in...
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/ 4 years ago‘I was watching Wales game when drunk fell on us from two rows up’
PETER JACKSON ANOTHER victim of drunken behaviour at the Principality Stadium has asked the Welsh Rugby Union for his money back...
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/ 4 years agoBolton’s late try secures crown for Army lads
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON THE Army U23 team won the 2021 Inter-Services Championship last week, coming back from doubledigit deficits...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 4 years agoStellar cast of Scottish champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools STEWART’S Melville College in Edinburgh might not be among the oldest...
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/ 4 years agoLobbe confident Pumas can make history
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER ARGENTINA legend and current Jaguares head coach Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe believes the Pumas can cause...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoCrane stands tall as Newport stay in form
Premiership Cup By JAMES CANDY Merthyr.................... 31 Newport...................52 NEWPORT stayed top of the eastern conference with a high-scoring win, inspired by...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoFish leaves his opponents all at sea
By IOAN DYER Pontypridd................ 6 Cardiff......................46 DAN FISH inspired Cardiff to a hammering of regional rivals Pontypridd. The visitors took a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoRGC overcome red alert to snatch victory
By JAMES LLOYD Ebbw Vale............... 21 RGC.............................22 RGC continued their encouraging growth under head coach Ceri Jones with victory by the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWizards in top shape for showdown
By ROB COLE Aberavon..............22 Carmarthan Q......... 17 ABERAVON will battle it out with Llandovery for the top spot in the Premiership...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoJoy for Jones on such a big day for Rhodri
By HUW THOMAS Bridgend.................... 7 Llandovery.............27 LLANDOVERY recorded their eighth win in nine Premiership Cup games to avenge their surprise loss...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Williams adds to Llanelli’s misery
By PAUL HOPKINS Llanelli.............. 19 Swansea..........27 SWANSEA survived a second-half scare to clinch victory and leave Llanelli winless after nine matches....
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/ 4 years agoCardall hopes cup run leads to league starts
By PAUL REES TIM Cardall is closing in on 50 appearances for Wasps after joining three years ago, but the second...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoPremiership highlights show set for Welsh makeover
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Gallagher Premiership is set to hit Welsh language television with S4C poised to show highlights of English...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoSuccess of Ruiz puts refs in hot demand
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN You’d be forgiven for thinking – especially after World Rugby’s sanction against Rassie Erasmus following his video...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 21, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 4 years agoTravel-weary Boks fall to England’s young dashers
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT Strength: Manu Tuilagi beats Handré Pollard to score England’s first try One way or another it’s been a...
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/ 4 years agoAzzurri finally end long run of defeats
Italy..................17 Uruguay ..........10 ITALY were made to work hard for their narrow victory in Parma which ended a 16-Test losing streak....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoIce-cool Priestland provide Wales with
By PETER JACKSON Wales ................29pts Tries: Elias 23, Tompkins 48 Conversions: Biggar 24, 48 Penalties: Biggar 6, 16, 38, 65; Priestland...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoFive-star show from four-try wing Warren
Premiership Cup By HUW THOMAS Llanelli..................... 12 Llandovery.............54 LLANDOVERY continued their winning ways in the West Conference with a dashing eight-try...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMagic stuff as Wizards stay on top
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT Aberavon.................36 Bridgend.................. 15 ABERAVON came out on top after putting five tries past Bridgend as the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMarshall rides to the rescue for the Quins
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q.........24 Swansea................. 21 A LAST-MINUTE Steff Marshall penalty saw Carmarthen Quins defeat Swansea in a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoSix-guns Pooler are off to a flyer
National Championship round-up By ALED BISTON PONTYPOOL got their Championship campaign off to a flying start with a comprehensive 42-3 bonus-point...
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/ 4 years agoFive-try Newbridge pick up where they left off
Welsh National One roundup By FREDDIE BENNETT & ALED BISTON NEWBRIDGE ran in five tries as they kicked off their league...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoPeace at Biarritz as row starts in Bayonne
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 side Biarritz look set to remain where they belong – in the heart of the...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 14, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 4 years ago‘Data backs 60-cap rule’
By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoAmerican Indians call on Chiefs to change
NEWS EXTRA THE National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has called on Exeter Chiefs to drop their Native American branding. Last...
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/ 4 years agoLifetime ban for pitch invader
RUGBY SHORTS WALES have handed a lifetime stadium ban to 28-year-old Callum Rowe of Caerphilly, who ran on to the pitch...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOLLY HARTLEY
YOUNG GUNS WASPS CENTRE OLLY Hartley yesterday took his first steps towards emulating his England trialist dad Gary when he made...
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/ 4 years agoMarcus stirs Eddie’s new gravy but it’s still lumpy
From NICK CAIN at TWICKENHAM England ............32pts Tries: Steward 7, Blamire 80+1 Conversions: Farrell 8; Smith 80+2 Penalties: Farrell 13, 18,...
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/ 4 years agoButcher keeps Welsh chair for next year
NEWS EXTRA WRU chair Rob Butcher has been re-elected for a further year. The former schoolteacher and longserving Bargoed official took...
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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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/ 4 years agoIreland end turbulent week with gutsy win
Ireland ............20 USA ....................10 IRELAND battled to a hard-fought win in Dublin after a week dominated by comments made by IRFU...
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/ 4 years agoFresh faces earn call for Canada challenge
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v Canada Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Twickenham Stoop TEENAGE flanker Sadia Kabeya and wing Heather Cowell will...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRosslyn Park robbed of Winterbottom class
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ROSSALL, situated in the Lancashire coastal town of Fleetwood, have a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRossall beach hockey was just bonkers
EVERY rugby player at Rossall will at some stage have played Rossall Hockey, a unique version of the game which relies...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr rack up six of the best in late show
Premiership Cup By DAFYDD HUGHES Merthyr............. 61 Pontypridd.......32 MERTHYR went into overdrive in the second half as they hit their nearest...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBlack and Ambers are left black and blue
Premiership Cup By ARWEL DAVIES Newport...................28 RGC.............................34 THE North Walians gained revenge for their 27-15 home defeat to the top team...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLaw men hit back from slow start
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................32 Ebbw Vale................. 7 CARDIFF bounced back from a derby defeat to Newport by hammering Ebbw...
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/ 4 years agoTiger Steward’s taken to Test rugby like a duck to water
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT If you were a rugby fan who, for reasons I cannot readily think of, had spent the last...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEngland must play smart to beat these Springboks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa’s 31-29 win over New Zealand at the start of last month said...
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/ 4 years agoPumas pile more misery on Azzurri
Italy..................16 Argentina ......37 ARGENTINA outscored Italy by five tries to one to end their run of seven successive losses – Italy...















