News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Kieran Murphy: Insulted in French, but I couldn’t understand!
The former Scarlets, Brive, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders will head for a job in the City
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Features
/ 5 years agoLeague great Steadman takes reins at Ionians
Boss: Graham Steadman GRAHAM Steadman is relishing his return to rugby after taking up a key role at Hull Ionians. The...
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/ 5 years agoWyles: Saracens will make top-flight tasty next season
Former Saracens Premiership winner Chris Wyles says the club have 'done their time' and should expect to challenge once again
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLions find themselves all at sea as Sharks circle
The Lions concede four first-half tries before being given a get out of jail free card when Jaden Hendrikse was red...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoThis twilight zone rugby is no fun, but I know it will come good
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Dazzling: Anthony Watson SOMETIMES you just have to keep the faith. I defer to nobody in my abiding love...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland 70-14 Canada: Radwan sets the pace for Eddie’s youth revolution
England finish the season on a high at Twickenham with speedy Adam Radwan celebrating a hat-trick with Falcons teammate Jamie Blamire
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/ 5 years agoPerfect day for me says Adam
HOOKER Jamie Blamire and wing Adam Radwan enjoyed Twickenham days they will never forget as the Newcastle Falcons duo grabbed hat-tricks...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoIreland 71-10 USA: Kelleher hits four in American thrashing
HOOKER Ronan Kelleher crossed four times as Ireland wrapped up their season in style against the USA. Kelleher, 23, said: “We...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland 43-29 USA: Underhill leads way for Eddie’s all-sorts
ENGLAND awarded so many new caps, Twickenham seemed like a millinery, but it was hats off to an older hand given...
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/ 5 years agoBig Joe back after finding his confidence
By PAUL REES JOE Cokanasiga is ready to put two wasted years behind him when he resumes his Test career against...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWales 68-12 Canada: Halfpenny injury takes the gloss off Wales’ ten-try romp
DESPITE a ten-try thrashing of Canada, an injury to Leigh Halfpenny marred the afternoon for Wales. On his 100th...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoPivac: Pumas so much tougher
WAYNE Pivac was happy with the performance of his Wales side shorn of 12 front line players due to injury and...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoSouth Africa 40-9 Georgia: Boks unleash flyer Fassi in warm-up win
IT TOOK a while, almost an hour in fact, for the Springbok machine to splutter into life but once...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWhat carnage as All Blacks hit a century against the troubled Tongans
■By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand..102pts Tries: McKenzie 2, Papalii 5, 37; Weber 7, 16, 50; Jordan 9, 20, 47, 55, 68;...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoIreland edge home for World Cup pay-back
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland ..............39pts Tries: Farrell 8, McCloskey 26, Bealham 40+1, Van der Flier 48, Stockdale 51 Conversions: Carberry 8,...
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/ 5 years agoBoks must find right balance in back row
DANIEL GALLAN SOUTH AFRICAN COLUMN Last week Conor Murray described his appointment as British & Irish Lions captain as “unbelievable”. The...
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/ 5 years agoFormidable front five but weak around the fringes
A LOT has happened since the Springboks were last in action over 609 days ago. Corona was merely a drinkable beer....
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Features
/ 5 years agoAnalysis: Marcus Smith must step up and shine the light ahead for Eddie
The last time England played the United States, in sultry Kobe, it was the start of a cycle that...
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Features
/ 5 years agoOLLIE LONGMORE
ROOM 101 THE SALE FC HOOKER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Clubhouse pundits...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRFU silence on Lynagh gets dad tweeting
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Future: Louis Lynagh EDDIE Jones has refused to be...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHelp us watch the Lions plead clubs
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER TEWKESBURY Rugby Club have called on the RFU to help clubs who fear they...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaints prepared if Toulon persist in Dan Biggar swoop
NORTHAMPTON Saints have set aside a ‘healthy budget’ as they search fora new fly-half that places question marks over the future...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoBotha adds to Bishop’s coaching positions
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Nous: Mouritz Botha FORMER England lock Mouritz Botha has been named the new forwards’...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley
EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to...
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/ 5 years agoRedpath is coach at Park
FORMER Scotland captain Bryan Redpath has joined Rosslyn Park as attack coach. Redpath, who won 60 caps for Scotland and appeared...
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/ 5 years agoTomas Lezana aims to get Scarlets back row on the front foot
GROWING up as a football-mad River Plate supporter in the Argentinian city of Santiago del Estero, Tomas Lezana dreamed of a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHow Quins found their jester spirit just in time
PAUL REES charts the remarkable transformation that made Quins champions The Premiership season finished as it had started more than seven...
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/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne
Harlequins and England hooker Amy Cokayne moved to New Zealand when she was nine after her father, Ian, was recruited by...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoThree generations of Fishers make history
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THREE generations of the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLions tour should not be going ahead now
COLI BOAG While not being as much of an enthusiast for the British & Irish Lions as some, I absolutely understand...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
LEE JARVIS, THE FORMER WALES, CARDIFF, PONTYPRIDD, NEATH, DRAGONS & CORNISH PIRATES FLY -HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoScrum power keeps the Grand Slam alive
By ADAM ELLIS Ireland ..............15pts Tries: Soroka 58, De Buitlear 74 Conversions: Doak 59 Penalties: Doak 43 England ............24pts Tries: Brantingham...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSix-try Italy humiliate Scots in Cardiff rout
Scotland ............3 Italy..................43 ITALY stunned Scotland with a six-try demolition job at Cardiff Arms Park to keep Sean Lineen’s team winless....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPetit general Le Garrec gets France marching
By SAM JACKSON France ..............36pts Tries: Haddad 3, Tchaptchet 16, 36, Reybier 30, Debaes 55 Conversions: Le Garrec 4, 31, 37,...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Worcester Warriors wing/centre Jack Johnson
Premiership defences will have to watch out for much more than Ollie Lawrence in the Worcester backline with the towering force...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCradle of game have made big strides to return to the top table
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ENTIRE books have been written about William Webb Ellis and the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAlcock clocked him first, but Stoop helped Poulton become the star
RONNIE Poulton-Palmer might have attracted the attention of Adrian Stoop at an early stage but the Quins captain wasn’t the only...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship may get new Thursday night TV slot
PREMIER Sports believe a successful Lions tour would help them achieve a breakthrough in England as they extend their rugby coverage...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRecord man Sam Simmonds did it the hard way – how the stats measure up
During the last season before the RFU plucked up the courage to organise League rugby, Dean Richards scored 20 tries for...
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/ 5 years ago‘Man strength’ helped make it best final ever
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Power play: Wilco Louw scores for Quins in...
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/ 5 years agoLos Lelos need a few more like Davit
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER HAVE Georgia finally unearthed their first superstar outside back? The lack of firepower behind the scrum has...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoErica decides to give her assets an outing
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 agoJoe Marler and Danny Care have last tango at Twickenham
JOE Marler fears that Harlequins stunning victory in the Premiership final will be the last dance he enjoys with Danny Care....
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/ 5 years agoMarler: I feel for Alun Wyn over Lions
JOE Marler says he is “gutted” Alun Wyn Jones may not get the chance to make more rugby history in South...
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/ 5 years agoOxford jab medic brings bit of needle to Varsity match
Pride: John Henry WINNING a place in the Varsity Day squad can be all consuming, but Oxford prop John Henry has...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWasps beef up the pack
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed All Blacks back five forward Vaea Fifita for next season and have re-signed Nizaam Carr from...
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/ 5 years agoExiles unveil new recruits
LONDON Irish have signed Leinster scrum-half Hugh O’Sullivan, 23, and La Rochelle’s Springbok prop Marcel van der Merwe, 30, for next...
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/ 5 years agoPirates pilfer two more
CORNISH Pirates have signed Ampthill’s former Wales U20s hooker Syd Blackmore and Wasps winger Callum Sirker on one-year deals. Sirker, 23,...
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/ 5 years agoScott back at Scarlets
WALES centre Scott Williams is to rejoin Scarlets after leaving Ospreys. Williams, 30, who has 58 Wales caps, left Scarlets to...
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/ 5 years agoBlues bring in Bailey
BEDFORD have signed flanker Bailey Ransom from Newcastle. The 24-year-old former Millfield pupil joined Falcons’ senior academy set-up in 2019 and...















