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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSeven defeats in a row for lowly Ravens
Premiership ■By DAVID RICHARDS Bridgend ……….5 RGC ………………24 BRIDGEND’S seventh defeat in a row has left them six points adrift at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJacks scrap to vital victory to ease pressure
Premiership ■By PAUL HOPKINS Ebbw Vale ……10 Swansea ……..13 SWANSEA dug deep to win the first of two vital battles in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrovers drive clear of the relegation zone
■By GUTO DAVIES Llandovery ….18 Pontypridd ……8 LLANDOVERY put some daylight between themselves and the bottom of the table. A wind-assisted...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChampions toppled as Turks run wild in thriller
■By IAN GOLDEN Merthyr ……….20 Llanelli…………22 LLANELLI stunned champions Merthyr thanks to a late Gareth Havard try. The away side took...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoClassy Cardiff flying high at the summit
■By JAY BAYFORD Newport …………7 Cardiff RFC ….24 CARDIFF maintained their perfect start to the season with a convincing derby win...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBrilliant Bevan inspires Athletic to go top
Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE BRIDGEND Athletic went top of Division 1 West Central with a six-try home win...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBrecon stay on track to retain the crown
Welsh National Plate round-up ■By CARL FIELD HOLDERS Brecon remain on course to become the first side to successfully defend the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorthington penalty sees Saracens march on
Welsh National Shield round-up CARDIFF Saracens maintained their unbeaten run in league and cup this season as they won 10-7 at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDazzler Dafis helps Aberaeron into the quarters
Welsh National Bowl round-up ■By STEFFAN TOMAS ABERAERON marched into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Bowl with a 22-7 victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCole will carry the can just as Rendall did
JEFF PROBYN Scapegoat: Dan Cole is likely to be cut for failing to contain The Beast PICTURE: Getty Images Another week...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBoyd notletting goof Vesty
NORTHAMPTON Saints head coach Chris Boyd is not ready to let one of his coaches go and join England’s backroom staff....
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Features
/ 7 years agoDon’t neglect Italianspleads Campagnaro
■By NEALEHARVEY Mighty Quin: Michele Campagnaro has settled in well at the Stoop PICTURE: Getty Images HARLEQUINS centre Michele Campagnaro insists...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTigers confident of keeping their key men
HEAD coach Geordan Murphy is ‘hopeful’ Leicester can keep their in-demand England stars at the club despite interest in them intensifying....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPiutau makes his Bears appealing on and off field
■By NEALE HARVEY Expressing himself: Charles Piutau on the attack BRISTOL winger Charles Piutau says earning power was only part of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSaints lead the chase for Fearns
LYON No.8 Carl Fearns is potentially on his way back to the Premiership. Fearns is not expected to extend his fruitful...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Can the relegated team...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHow long before the first coach gets fired?
Views COLIN BOAG Smart move: Declan Kidney is a world class coach at London Irish It has become a cliché that...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
SHAUN MALTON, BRISTOL AND FORMER NATAL SHARKS, NOTTINGHAM, LONDON IRISH AND EXETER HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt beggars belief that the Lions are treated so badly
JEREMY GUSCOTT Stretching the Springboks: Matt Dawson scores for the Lions in the third Test against South Africa at Ellis Park...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLyon finally break their Champions Cup duck
LYON cruised to their first ever win in the Heineken Champions Cup at Matmut Stadium de Gerland after eight successive defeats...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoFeel the gap – Saints are hit by 7-try pummeling
■From NICK CAIN at Franklin’s Gardens Rout: Ed Byrne dives over for the final Leinster try PICTURE: Getty Images NORTHAMPTON may...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoStorming comeback keep the Warriors’ hopes alive
■By GARY HEATLY On target: Adam Hastings GLASGOW Warriors battled back from 18-6 down just before half-time to defeat La Rochelle...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSexton waits on knee scan
JOHNNY Sexton is on the injury-list again after sustaining a ligament injury to his right knee. Leinster rugby director Leo Cullen...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCurry orders Sharks to put on a killer show
■By JON NEWOMBE Disciplined: Ben Curry has given away just three penalties in ten games for Sale PICTURE: Getty Images BEN...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoKirsten out to bully his Bok mates
SOUTH African bruiser Jannes Kirsten says Exeter are hell-bent on putting one foot into the Champions Cup quarter-finals by making it...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoSeeds of Springboks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’
Brendan Gallagher recalls the 'Protest Tour' of 1969, fifty years on
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Leinster take counter-measures to combat Naiyaravoro
Full team news for this weekend's Champions Cup action
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRacing 92 sack former European Player of the Year Leone Nakarawa
A total breakdown in relations between Racing 92 and Leone Nakarawa has led to the sacking of the Fiji star
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRory Best reveals the reasons why he turned down shock approach from Bristol
Rory Best's admiration for Pat Lam runs deeper than you think
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWho let the ‘dawgs’ out – Mike Friday has made USA a major force
Can Mike Friday take USA Men's Sevens one step further to their maiden World Sevens Series crown?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDragons prop forced to retire at 25 after serious training ground injury
Jack Cosgrove has retired upon medical advice as one of Bristol's Championship-winning squad members
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones offers a pointer to Wallabies on how to fix their failures
England head coach Eddie Jones believes Rugby Australia need to loosen up to help Dave Rennie
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoHSBC World Sevens Series: England begin road to Tokyo in Dubai
A look at the opening round of the Men's World Sevens Series, which sees England seeking to banish their wait for...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore
Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Sale Sharks and ex-Stade Francais back row Jono Ross
This is just a ridiculous team named by the Sale Sharks captain, who has played in England, South Africa and France
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAdam Jones made a man out of me – Lewis Boyce
Summer arrival at Bath, Lewis Boyce, admits his scrummaging wasn't up to scratch until he met Adam Jones at old club...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘Tireless’ Sam Lewis commits to Worcester’s redefinement under Solomons
Sam Lewis has signed a new contract to commit to Worcester Warriors beyond the current season. The dynamic openside flanker has...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFive of the best rugby scrum-halves in history
The rugby scrum-half is perhaps the most influential and important position on the field; the link between the forwards and the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoBritish & Irish Lions 2021 tour of South Africa schedule release
The Lions will play the world champion Springboks at three massive stadiums in 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol Bears build fearsome back three with Piutau signing extension
Another big piece of business completed at Ashton Gate
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester continue streak of contract extensions with new deal for Schonert
Tighthead prop Schonert becomes fourth Warrior to commit inside a week
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Wayne Pivac hasn’t done bad after one week’s work
Shane Williams saw plenty of positives in Wales' win over the Barbarians
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBritish & Irish League ‘coming in 2022’ says club owner
Stakeholders CVC are driving a merger between the Premiership and PRO14
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail
Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoACME whistle up some of the best Christmas gifts for umpires & referees
On the pitch, referees are charged with managing the flow of a game, overseeing its fairness and being an authority figure...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints fill Dylan Hartley void with new hooker signing
Sam Matavesi has left Cornish Pirates to move to Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHIGHLIGHTS: All the action and drama from Round 5 of the Premiership
Haven't got round to watching the weekend's action yet? Here are the extended video highlights
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSaints set to move if Youngs talks fail
■By NEIL FISSLER NORTHAMPTON Saints are ready to launch an audacious move for England scrum-half Ben Youngs if he does not...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBritish League ‘coming in 2022’
By PETER JACKSON A BRITISH and Irish League could be launched in two seasons’ time. Ospreys owner Rob Davies has confirmed...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDu Preez red card has Sharks treading water
■By ROGER PANTING THE first half sending off of Sale lock, Jean- Luc du Preez, ruined any chance his side had...
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