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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoSeven-try win thanks to first-half barrage
By MIKE HOWKINS LEICESTER Lions showed their class in a splendid first-half performance that welcomed in the New Year. Westcliff opened...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoEnd-to-end thriller as Dalton try wins day
By MIKE AMOS Power play: Taunton’s Cory Teague bursts through. Right: Worthing on top at a line-out PICTURES: CJ Photos A...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoMid-table rivals begin with a banger
By NEIL IRELAND THE first game of the new decade for both teams was a thriller, the home side triumphing 24-22...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLate tries edge 12-score cracker
By JOHN WHITE DINGS made a fantastic start to the new decade thanks to a bonus-point win over Esher at Shaftesbury...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoOAs come from behind in thriller
By JOHN CROYSDILL SUTTON & Epsom opened their 2020 account in disappointing fashion, losing at Rugby Lane to Old Albanian by...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTalent spotter Boden hunting for ‘fit, hungry’ new recruits
By JON NEWCOMBE Big plans: Steve Boden STEVE BODEN wants Doncaster to be a club that can help players fulfil their...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBarton’s hat-trick gives Paviors lift-off
Midlands Premier PAVIORS lifted themselves away from the drop zone with a thrilling 38-34 victory at home to Kettering. A hat-trick...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPack closing in as Islanders miss bonus
London & South East Premier IT’S getting interesting at the top of the table as league leaders Guernsey, who failed to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPerfect response by wounded Barum
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE are still the team to beat in the South West Premier. after coming out unscathed from an...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBillingham shock as chasers scent blood
Northern Premier THE gap at the top of the table is closing as league leaders Billingham went down 35-26 in the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU need a strategy to find Eddie’s successor
Flare up: Exeter Chiefs players clash with Saracens at Sandy Park last Sunday PICTURE: Getty Images As we start the New...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoClassy Umaga has the genes to succeed
By NEALE HARVEY Making his mark: Malakai Fekitoa MALAKAI Fekitoa credits fly-half Jacob Umaga with transforming Wasps’ attack and reckons the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoTaufua urges Crusaders boss to follow him north
Physical: Jordan Taufua HARISMATIC Crusaders coach Scott Robertson could enhance his All Blacks credentials by becoming a smash-hit in the Premiership...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMiracle man Cooney’s got Ulster fans dreaming big
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the strength of Ulster’s challenge for the top prize in Europe History boys: Ulster win in 1999...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHow the Pools stand
REMAINING FIXTURES: Round 5 – Leinster v Lyon, Northampton v Benetton Round 6 – Benetton v Leinster, Lyon v Northampton Leinster,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoChallenge Cup nears boiling point with Pool deciders aplenty
Building steam: Dean Ryan WHATwith no live Thursday night game on the TV these days the Challenge Cup seems to have...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDickens’ lads start prep for French test
NEWS EXTRA ALAN Dickens has named his 32-man England U20 elite player squad for the 2020 campaign with their first game...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Nakarawa to Glasgow FIJI lock Leone Nakarawa, 31, has rejoined Glasgow Warriors until the end of the season as revealed on...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMighty Pooler’s victory is their 60th in a row
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD RUTHLESS Pontypool ran in ten tries as they inflicted a crushing 62-14 home defeat on...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCardiff prove untouchable to stay at the summit
By STEFFAN THOMAS Premiership CARDIFF extended their lead in the Premiership with a comprehensive win. Tries from Ioan Davies, Max Llewellyn,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSiggery surge to line seals it for Quins
By GUTO DAVIES CARMARTHEN Quins consolidated second place after coming from behind. In a game of contrasting halves, a stubborn defence...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNip and tuck before Drovers turn on the power
By MARTYN PERKINS THE lead changed hands four times in the second half before the power of the Llandovery pack finally...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBridgend charge halted by O’Brien winner
By ROB COLE MATT O’Brien broke Bridgend hearts as he snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a 45-metre penalty...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEbbw haunted by spectre of returning Jones
By ROB COLE RHYS Jones came back to haunt his former teammates with a starring performance that made it three wins...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago91-0! It’s a mauling as Bridge prepare for Plate
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWBRIDGEwarmed up for next weekend’s Specsavers National Plate quarter-final showdown against holders and One...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSamson looks strong for Six Nations recall
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dropped: Samson Lee SAMSON Lee has been backed to return to his dynamic best for the Six Nations...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie plots his opening gambit from Paris hot seat
Key man for Clermont: France centre Virimi Vakatawa This weekend’s Top 14 matches – the 13th round of the season –...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoCharteris: ‘Incredible’ Stooke now Test ready
By NEALE HARVEY Leading from front: Elliott Stooke in action against Quins PICTURES: Getty Images ELLIOTT Stooke’s durability in an improving...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBlues keen to lure loosehead Heyes away from Leicester
CARDIFF Blues are interested in signing Leicester loosehead Joe Heyes. The England U20 prop is Welsh qualified and highly rated by...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWhizz kid Rees-Zammit is speeding into Six Nations
By NEALE HARVEY WING sensation Louis Rees-Zammit has the talent and mental strength to take a Wales call-up in his stride,...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGray joins Hogg at Chiefs
EXETER have signed Scotland lock Jonny Gray from Glasgow on a two-year deal, starting next season. The 25-year-old has 55 international...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBulked up Lawday making big strides
By NEALE HARVEY On the ball: Tom Lawday on the charge for Quins against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images SUPER-SIZED Harlequins No.8...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEaling eager for Codling
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE ALEX Codling is in talks with Ealing Trailfinders about rejoining them as head coach for next season....
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoTMO must become louder on foul play
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE TMO is...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoQuestions remain if‘rental’ system is best way forward
IF ONL0Y things were as black and white as Colin Boag suggests, and making the unions of Tier One countries “primarily...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSupporters deserve voice to be heard
READING last week’s letters, the overriding conclusion is that World Rugby, Premiership Rugby and CVC are overlooking the one area which...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSalary cap makes decent run in Europe a tough ask
COLIN BOAG Dead rubber: Bath take on Quins in Pool 3 next week but neither can qualify After this weekend’s round...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
PETER WHITE, COVENTRY, ENGLAND COUNTIES AND FORMER STOURBRIDGE & BEDFORD NO.9, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. James...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoFinding more centres to punch their weight is key
JEREMY GUSCOTT Options for Eddie: Gloucester’s Mark Atkinson and right Ollie Devoto, top, Nick Tompkins and Piers Francis PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoImperfect Sarries start decade with super ten
By GARY FITZGERALD Icing on the cake: Elliot Daly evades the efforts of Tom Howe to scores Saracens’ final try PICTURES:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoFatialofa suffers ‘serious’ injury
ALAN Solomons admits there was little his team could do to stop being steam-rollered into the Allianz Park artificial surface. The...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEngland stars ease Tigers’ fears of relegation
By NICK CAIN Eye of the Tiger: Jonny May beats Luke Morahan to score the final try PICTURES: Getty Images Going...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoMurphy confident May will sign on
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy said that he was hopeful that two try winger Jonny May will stay at Welford Road...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Wasps, Bath and Yorkshire Carnegie prop Charlie Beech
Now shifting his career into an office after 15 years in the front row
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs complete move for Scotland star Jonny Gray
Scotland teammates Stuart Hogg and Sam Skinner lure the tackling demon to Sandy Park
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Bath get dream back row together at last for Gloucester clash
Francois Louw skippers Bath against rivals Gloucester with Sam Underhill and Taulupe Faletau in tow
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020
Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAlan Dickens names first squad as England U20 head coach
Alan Dickens has retained eight players who played for England U20s in 2019 in a 32-man squad
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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