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/ 7 years agoWinters is back at Esher with plans for revival
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY LEGENDARY England & British & Irish Lions flanker Peter Winterbottom aims to spearhead an Esher revival...
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/ 7 years agoNow Parkes takes aim at getting Scarlets firing
STEFFAN THOMAS sits down with a star of the Six Nations, Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes Finishing in style: Hadleigh Parkes scores...
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/ 7 years agoOwens demands reaction after Blues ‘embarassment’
KEN Owens has warned it will be unacceptable if his Scarlets team become the first in the region’s history not to...
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/ 7 years agoAnscombe can help make Blues great again
SHANE WILLIAMS Inspirational: Gareth Anscombe has some big decisions to make PICTURE: Getty Images IT’S not about breaking the bank, but...
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/ 7 years agoNathan so right to get his final fix
Big stage: Thomas IT WAS great for me to read that the former Wales No. 8 and Bath European Cup winner...
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/ 7 years agoCarty’s penalties keep Connacht in frame
By JOHN FALLON Zebre ..................5 Connacht ..........6 CONNACHT head coach Andy Friend says attentions have turned to Cardiff Blues after a...
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/ 7 years agoBlues’ try brilliance eclipsed by Irish power
By ROGER PANTING BLUES’ hopes of a securing a Pro 14 play-off spot took a savage blow as the Munster pack...
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/ 7 years agoEdinburgh end-game scorches Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Scarlets are on the brink of missing out on qualification for next seasons Heineken Champions Cup as...
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/ 7 years agoTerrific Tipuric tracks down Cheetahs for flying Ospreys
By ALEX BYWATER THE Ospreys kept alive their Heineken Champions Cup qualification hopes with a stunning bonus point triumph over the...
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/ 7 years agoSeymour inspires clinical Glasgow
By LUKE JARMYN Glasgow ..........30 Ulster..................7 GLASGOW tighthead Zander Fagerson got on the end of a speculative Sam Johnson off-load to...
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/ 7 years agoTavuyara’s late try earns thrilling draw
By RONAN O’BRIEN Leinster ..........27 Benetton ........27 RATUVA Tavuyara scored an added-time try and Tomasso Allan landed the tricky conversion to...
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/ 7 years agoDragons aim to end the shame
Preview Kings v Dragons Sunday, Kick-off 2pm LEON Brown insists the Dragons must use the pain of last season’s thrashing against...
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/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 7 years agoOsborne opposed to taking ‘artificial’ American route
By NEALE HARVEY REGARDLESS of Leicester’s parlous position, promotion and relegation must remain an intrinsic feature of top-flight rugby says former...
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/ 7 years agoNoves discovers ‘serious misconduct’ charge at last
FIFTEENmonths after his sacking as France coach, it will finally be known tomorrow what wrongdoing – if any – was done...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoWHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?
THE RUGBY PAPER AWARDS Muddy marvels: Our awards cover all rugby levels WE’RE looking for your Club of the Year to...
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/ 7 years agoSam striving to stake Scots claim at Quins
By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne is now at Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Mission: Danny Care ON-LOAN Harlequins No.9 Sam Hidalgo-...
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/ 7 years agoBlacker to bolster scrum-half options
SCARLETS look set to bolster their ranks with the signings of Cardiff Blues scrum-half Dane Blacker and Ospreys prop Alex Jeffries....
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/ 7 years agoFrancis staying a Chief
WALES prop Tomas Francis has extended his deal at Premiership leaders Exeter and will still be eligible to play for his...
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/ 7 years agoNo stain on Green character says QC
NEWCASTLE lock Calum Green has been cleared of biting Sale’s Rob Webber during their match last month. The 28-year-old was suspended...
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/ 7 years agoWillie thanks Wasps for his return to the Boks
By NEALE HARVEY Mercurial: Willie le Roux touches down for Wasps’ third try against Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images Recall: Rassie Erasmus...
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/ 7 years agoAckermann: Cipriani deal is credit to our environment
GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann believes Danny Cipriani has many more years at the top after the 31-year-old fly-half penned a...
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/ 7 years agoBilly was a hard nut, but so was his mum!
PETER JACKSON Super fan: Evelyn Mainwaring at Cardiff Arms Park before the 1975 Welsh Cup final between Aberavon and Llanelli. Full...
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/ 7 years agoTomas ducks that 60-cap rule again
EXETER re-signed Tomas Francis last week and in doing so appear to have reduced the Welsh Rugby Union’s 60-cap rule to...
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/ 7 years agoBeirne in the running for diving award
TADHGBeirne has been shortlisted for the Irish Supporters’ Player of the Year award. After events at Murrayfield last week, Edinburgh head...
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/ 7 years agoBig Ben’s back in full working order again
NICK CAIN TALKS TO GLOUCESTER NO.8 BEN MORGAN ABOUT THE PREMIERSHIP TITLE RACE – AND ENGLAND Culture: Johan Ackermann BEN Morgan...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoAll Black Crotty confirms switch to Japan
NEWS EXTRA NEW Zealand centre Ryan Crotty has joined the exodus of senior All Blacks who will move to Japan after...
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/ 7 years agoNonu defies the age gap in his bid for World Cup
By ADAM ELLIS A VINTAGE display by All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu put the Blues on the path to a chest-thumping...
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/ 7 years agoThese veterans could still get call for Japan
NEIL DE KOCK Superfit: Schalk Brits THE impact veterans Ma’a Nonu and Schalk Brits have made for the Blues and Bulls...
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/ 7 years agoCrusaders flair puts All Blacks on pole, but defence is key too
Almost six months after the Autumn Internationals, the picture in the Southern Hemisphere is beginning to take shape with the 2019...
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/ 7 years agoDon’t write off my Munster pals, Keatley tells Saracens
By NEALE HARVEY Exiles star: Ian Keatley scores against Coventry ON-LOANMunster star Ian Keatley has warned Saracens to expect a full-on...
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/ 7 years agoSwashbuckling Navy in warning to Army
By ADAM ELLIS Trophy pride: Ben Priddey, left, and captain Scott Makepeace lift the Wavell Wakefield Trophy THE Royal Navy ended...
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/ 7 years agoInjury-free MacGinty delighted to be back
By JON NEWCOMBE Fit again: AJ MacGinty, left, tackles Tom Daly of Connacht HAVING fully recovered from the injuries that have...
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/ 7 years agoScaysbrook convinced U20s can challenge for World Cup
By NEALE HARVEY Driven: James Scaysbrook ENGLAND U20s coach James Scaysbrook hopes success in this year’s Junior World Cup will underpin...
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/ 7 years agoJersey chasing best-ever season
By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY Reds director of rugby Harvey Biljon says their comprehensive win over Richmond last week puts them on...
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/ 7 years agoUnder-pressure Cheika calls for help from Smith
By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIVE Strategist: Brian Smith FORMER England attack coach Brian Smith could return to haunt his old employers after...
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/ 7 years agoYoungs in double blow for Murphy
LEICESTER are fearing they could be without both Ben and Tom Youngs for the relegation dogfight in the Premiership, Tigers announced...
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/ 7 years agoHarry hat-trick sets up fightback victory
By JONNY VAUGHAN Chinnor............23 Blackheath ....33 HARRY Fry helped himself to a hat-trick while Chinnor old boy Leo Fielding kept the...
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/ 7 years agoSecond-half blitz keeps Caldy alive
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP14 Caldy................22 CALDY live to fight another day in National One, in this dour game at DMPRFC’s...
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/ 7 years agoStudents run riot in bid for survival
By RYAN STEVENS L Students ......43 Esher ................29 THIBAUD Flament and Will Brown each scored two tries as Loughborough Students powered...
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/ 7 years agoAmps close on title as Bercis haunts former team Moseley
By DAVID LAWRENCE Six of the best: Ampthill get over the line PICTURES: Harish Chavda AMPTHILL took another giant stride towards...
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/ 7 years agoPark show character to Power past the Blood & Sand
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Pk ..37 Cambridge ..28 KIERAN POWER praised Rosslyn Park’s character as they held off Cambridge in a...
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/ 7 years agoMoffat pops up to keep OEs in title race
By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 22 Cinderford ......17 A 78TH-MINUTE try from centre Kieran Moffat completed a late Elthamians’ fightback to...
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/ 7 years agoLeake doubles up in Titans fightback
By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham T ..41 B Stortford......35 ROTHERHAM winger Dan Leake scored two exciting tries as the Titans finished their...
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/ 7 years agoSale are safe with win against Albion
By STEFFAN JAMES Sale ..................31 Plymouth A ....22 SALE finished strongly to record a bonus-point victory over Plymouth Albion and secure...
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/ 7 years agoHenri Packs in four as Tigers soar
By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...
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/ 7 years agoMacc down but leaders march on
By BEN JAYCOCK Macclesfield 26 Hull Ionians ..47 HULL Ionians took full advantage of Chester’s slip-up to take the sole lead...
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/ 7 years agoWin not enough for doomed South
By NICK DOYLE Otley ................38 S Leicester ....41 SOUTH Leicester ended a seven-game losing streak with a bonus-point win but results...
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/ 7 years agoAviss try secures derby joy for Lions
By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...
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