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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBarns lead the chasing pack in title race
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE pulled clear in the chase behind South West Premier leaders Bournemouth as both sides took victories with...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoA dream day four Smith as Glos big winners
By ART DE ROCHE Worcester ………7 Glos-Hartpury …27 KELLY Smith starred with four tries as Gloucester- Hartpury kept their top four...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMackinder at the double for fearsome Wasps
By BRADLEY ADAMS Richmond FC …12 Wasps…38 GARNET Mackinder ran in two second-half tries as Wasps Ladies came from behind to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCasey’s late heroics settle capital classic
By SARAH GWYNN Saracens……………31pts Harlequins ……….28pts Group hug: Saracens celebrate victory HANNAH Casey’s late try helped Saracens Women maintained their unbeaten...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSin-bins no skin off nose of rampant Bears
By KIERAN WELLINGTON Firwood W ………0 Bristol Bears…14 TWO sides in desperate need for a win went headto- head but Bristol...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLightning back to their best in Sharks success
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks ….14 Loughboro ……53 Bonus try: Olivia Jones LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning got back to winning ways with an...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJoe hoping to March into Eddie’s future plans
By NEALE HARVEY Flying: Joe Marchant is in line for his best ever season PICTURES: Getty Images SIZZLING centre Joe Marchant...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAnd don’t count Sales’ James out from being a bolter
SALE centre Sam James has come of age and can rival the best the Premiership has to offer to be England’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Hardie stays at Falcons SCOTLAND international flanker John Hardie has signed a new two-year deal at Premiership side Newcastle Falcons. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattling Brynmawr keeping tight grip on crown
WELSH BOWL & PLATE ROUND-UP By JAY BAYFORD BRYNMAWR marched into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Plate with a hard-earned...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWell, well…Holmes divines road to top
By NEALE HARVEY Success: Ed Holmes has had a breakthrough season FORMER hydrography student Ed Holmes aims to prove water can...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Ebbw Vale……27 RGC 1404 ………26 EBBW Vale ensured they remain in the title race by battling back from a sixpoint deficit...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens run riot to extend fine run after duo see red cards
By TRP REPORTER Swansea ………22 Bridgend ………12 SWANSEA continued their rich vein of form with a hard fought victory over Bridgend...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKeys find combination to crush crisis-hit Neath
By GUTO DAVIES Neath…………….17 Cross Keys ….34 POINTS were at a premium in this relegation dogfight at the Gnoll as Cross...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThree-try blitz bursts Bulls’ bubble as Quins take spoils
By ALEX BYWATER Carmarthen …39 Bargoed ……….17 THREE tries in seven minutes either side of half-time break Bargoed apart and allowed...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFive-try Drovers reap rewards of clinical display
By JAMES LLOYD Llandovery ….38 Bedwas ……….17 LLANDOVERY moved into the top half of the Principality Premiership with a bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIronmen show steel in second half to remain at summit
By ROB COLE Merthyr ……….26 Llanelli…………20 LLANELLI almost came up with their biggest win of the season after stretching the champions...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlack and Ambers have flashes but visitors triumph
By JAY BAYFORD Newport……….32 Cardiff …………38 CARDIFF’S impressive league form continued as they came from behind to clinch a bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Luke keeps Met on the trail of Pooler
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD CARDIFF Met took advantage of Pontypool’s postponement as they thrashed Tata Steel 40-14 to narrow...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRumney’s five tries underline their title credentials
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD RUMNEY remain in the hunt for the One East Central title after a 36-20...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNtamack can make Les Bleus great again
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Poster boy for French youth: Romain Ntamack French rugby supremo Bernard Laporte says his country will find...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPriestland: I’ve no idea what future holds
By SAM JACKSON On the move: Wales star Rhys Priestland WALES fly-half Rhys Priestland is to leave Bath at the end...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRobson returns to stake England claim
By NEALE HARVEY DEFIANT Dan Robson is confident his lack of Test experience will not hinder his chances of achieving his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoQuotas?Not for Mandela says Kolisi
SOUTH Africa’s first black captain Siya Kolisi has spoken out against the selection policy regarding racial parity in the Springboks squads,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBonus pts bring big incentives
GARETH Pitt (TRP letters January 6) either has a very short memory or has not been following rugby for long. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoYellow cards made game a mockery
RUGBY is meant to be a contest between 15 players on each side. The red card given to Bath’s Ross Batty...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPivac has made errors at Scarlets
I HAVE a season ticket at the Scarlets and I ask what next from our coach Wayne Pivac, the next Welsh...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoYou can’t compare amateur golfers with rugby players
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk COLIN Boag’s com parison...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet’s have earlier kick-offs in winter
IS it really necessary in winter months to start as late as 3pm when invariably the lights have to be switched...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTrue fact of rugby: People do get hurt
COLIN BOAG Concern: Injuries are part of a contact sport It’s a Champions Cup weekend, which means the rugby will be...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI would love to be playing today despite injury scares
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Injuries have always been newsworthy in Rugby Union, but these days the increase in them never...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPriestland gives fans reason to remember
By GARY FITZGERALD RHYS Priestland was praised by Todd Blackadder after helping Bath regain some European pride and leave a despairing...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoJoe rap for late penalty decision
JOE Launchbury kept his cool after remonstrating with referee Ben Woodhouse over the late penalty which piled on Wasps’ European misery....
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNow only Wasps stand in the way of Leinster
By RONAN O’BRIEN LEINSTER reclaimed top spot in Pool 1 as second-half tries from Dave Kearney, Sean Cronin and Adam Byrne...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCullen: We took the legs off them
LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen was delighted with his side’s patience and eagerness for the battle as they gained revenge on Toulouse...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath have turned a corner since the Leinster game, says Freddie Burns
Bath fly-half credits attack coach Girvan Dempsey with influence on team's confidence
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Featured
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers flanker Taylor Gough
Neale Harvey discovers the emerging Tigers back row forward didn't start playing until he was 14
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoHenry Slade can be England’s third no.10, says Toby Flood
Flood expects Eddie Jones to move away from Danny Cipriani with Slade's form
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDai Young on Elliot Daly’s future and Lima Sopoaga’s form at Wasps
"This time next year we'll probably all be in the same boat," says Wasps director of rugby
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Why Wales can put the heat on Six Nations opponents
"A centre combination of Hadleigh Parkes and Jonathan Davies are a big attacking threat"
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDanny Cipriani return deals vital boost to Gloucester ahead of Munster clash
Munster visit Kingsholm on Friday night in a must-win game for Gloucester in the Champions Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFaf de Klerk interview: Winning the World Cup would give our country a much-needed lift
The Sale Sharks scrum-half reveals how the club made it easy for him to sign a new long-term contract
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Boxing Day derby ties would bring fans back to Welsh PRO14 clubs
Peter Jackson reflects on the attendances of Welsh clubs over the festive period
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPriestland: I’ve not a clue what’s going to happen to me next year
Wales fly-half to leave Bath at the end of the season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints held talks with Bath centre Jonathan Joseph
Luther Burrell is attracting interest from a number of French clubs
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeigh Halfpenny doubtful to be fit for start of Six Nations
Wales star full-back to miss further three to five weeks with concussion problem, Pivac confirms
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol power back Alapati Leiua signs extension
"There is a clear vision in place at the club and everybody knows what is expected of them"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChris Pennell extends contract at Worcester Warriors
“He is a Warriors man to his bootstraps" – Solomons
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSaints in bid to take Joseph from Bath
By NEIL FISSLER Switch: Jonathan Joseph NORTHAMPTON Saints have held talks with England and Lions centre Jonathan Joseph about making a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoOspreys aim to keep Alun-Wyn until 2021
By PETER JACKSON Roaring home: George Ford scores for Leicester in the win over Gloucester PICTURE: Getty Images THE OSPREYS are...
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