News By The Rugby Paper Team
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTynedale make Haigh in comeback win
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale 31 Preston Grass 29 TWO tries from replacement prop Ben Haigh saw Tynedale edge a pulsating clash...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDale resist Lions blitz in bonus win
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale 34 Leics Lions 30 A FEAST of nine tries was just edged by Wharfedale although a spirited...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSecond-half roar sinks sorry Stour
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge 18 Fylde 36 FABULOUS Fylde put sorry Stour to the sword with a stunning secondhalf display despite...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
TOM CHEESEMAN THE FORMER BATH, HARLEQUINS & ESHER CENTRE Getting dropped a week after scoring a hat-trick against Worcester in the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBest late show is enough for ‘Bury victory
By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey 13 Canterbury 15 A LATE score from Tom Best was enough as Canterbury battled past Guernsey in...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoIt’s the joy of six for lethal Hawks
By ALISTAIR BENYON Henley 47 Clifton 12 A RUTHLESS performance from Henley Hawks saw them secure their sixth successive victory in...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoEarly blitz powers Rams to success
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams 33 Dings Crus 15 A DOMINANT first-half showing helped the Rams en route to a comfortable victory...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRobinson penalty wins day for TJs in thriller
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J 29 Old Red’ians 27 FLY-HALF Will Robinson struck with a late penalty to snatch victory for...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHeald: ‘We can beat anyone on our day’
Points galore: Barnes back Matt Cornish protects the ball in contact, and Dan Lee,, battles for balance PICTURES: Jonathan Knight By...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWorthing winners after early onslaught
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed 22 Worthing 36 BURY conceded 21 points in the opening 13 minutes as they fell...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHagan strikes late to defeat Geese
By KIERAN WELLINGTON LI Wild Geese 12 B’ham and S….19 MICHAEL Hagan scored a late winner as Birmingham & Solihull narrowly...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWatt’s the story in Albanian triumph
By BRIAN QUINN O Albanian ……27 Redruth …………10 OLDAlbanian were clinical when it mattered as they sealed victory over a spirited...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
WORCESTER CENTRE OLLIE LAWRENCE Worcester’s academy is providing a rich seam of talent right now and amongst the promising teenagers pushing...
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Features
/ 7 years agoQuickfire try double fires Bath to top of the table
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES RESULTSwent with form as a full ticket of Wednesday fixtures gave some shape to the table....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWimbledon profit from Westcliff slip-up
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON return to the top of the table following a 29-19 win at home to Dorking....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChase still on to catch leaders Scunny
Midlands Premier THIRD met fourth as Bridgnorth and Luctonians, clashed, and it was Bridgnorth who edged a tight encounter 15-7. Tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHull seal battling win to stay top of shop
Northern Premier ALTHOUGHfailing to take maximum points in their 23-8 win away at Ilkley, Hull remain in pole position albeit in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBournemouth continue unbeaten start
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH continued their faultless start to the South West Premier by picking up their ninth win on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie has to reenact role as All Blacks’ myth buster
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the first game over, now is the time to get serious...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSale draft Sharks fly-half du Preez
SOUTH Africa international fly-half Robert du Preez has joined Sale on a shortterm loan from the Durban Sharks. AJ MacGinty has...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTrailfinders capture tyro prop star Els
EALING have signed South African prop Jordan Els, 21, from the Sharks in Durban. Els said: “I’ve spent three years with...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUmaga signs loan deal at Carnegie
WASPS academy flyhalf Jacob Umaga has joined Yorkshire Carnegie on loan. The playmaker, who signed for Wasps in 2015, has scored...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWallabies call for Tiger Polota-Nau
TATAFU Polota-Nau has been drafted into Australia’s squad for the three-Test tour of Wales, Italy and England this month. The Leicester...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCanada gear up for RWC repechage
CANADAcontinued preparations for the Rugby World Cup repechage tournament with a 26-20 win over Oxford University on Wednesday. Matt Evans, in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRed Roses kick off with trip to Dublin
ENGLAND travel to Ireland for their first match of next year’s Women’s Six Nations looking to go one better than last...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoFarrell gets out of jail as England find salvation
■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Catch me if you can: South Africa’s Sibusiso Nkosi and Duane Vermeulen pursue Maro Itoje...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRead will call time on All Blacks after Japan World Cup
By SAM JACKSON ALL BLACKS captain Kieran Read says he will bring down the curtain on his long and illustrious All...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBattler Griffiths returns to work at Knights
DONCASTER Knights boss Clive Griffiths will officially return to work at Castle Park tomorrow for the first time since heart surgery....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNo limits to how far pioneering ref Cox can climb
TRAILBLAZING referee Sara Cox climbs another step on the ladder to the top today when she becomes the first female to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoTemple at the double to down Sharks
By STUART LEE F Waterloo……22 DMP Sharks ….14 VANESSA Temple ran in a double as Firwood Waterloo came from behind to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoEight in a row for Lightning before Sarries
By BETHAN ZEIDLER L Lightning ….64 W Valkyries….12 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning made it eight straight victories in the Premier 15s and continue...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoCutting edge of Pury wins the day
By DUNCAN WOOD Glos-Pury……34 Richmond………15 IT WAS a case of the rapier proving more effective than the bludgeon on Saturday afternoon...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoClapp and Cleall on song for Sarries
By GEORGE WEST Bristol Bears …15 Saracens ………32 LOTTE Clapp and Bryony Cleall scored two tries apiece as Saracens recorded a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSasagi’s in but Tofua on his way
SARACENS have signed Samoa prop Hisa Sasagi on a short-term deal until the end of January. The defending Premiership champions are...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSexton on five-man short list
LEINSTER and Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton has been nominated for the World Rugby player of the year award. Sexton – the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoElliott quits Blues for Italian job
BEDFORD centre Jamie Elliott has joined Zebre with immediate effect. Elliot, 26, who made his Premiership debut for Northampton Saints at...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTigers cub Heyes hard at work to mimic Cole
By NEALE HARVEY UPWARDLY mobile Leicester prop Joe Heyes is ready to burst into the limelight and show why Dan Cole...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOsborne relishing task of making Mose great again
NEW Birmingham Moseley head coach Collin Osborne says work-rate and passion are non-negotiables as he begins the task of steering the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMorgan close to long-term Ospreys deal
By STEFFAN THOMAS Wales debutant: Luke Morgan LUKE Morgan is poised to commit his long-term future to the Ospreys and sign...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGrasshoppers begin search for Founders
PRESTON Grasshoppers RFC are searching for relatives of the club’s founders as part of their 150 year celebrations. While they hail...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCollazo’s ‘safe’ even if Toulon take drop
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has sworn he will stick by team boss Patrice Collazo even if his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGarside ‘punished’ for crack at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Cover: Karl Garside AMPTHILL prop Karl Garside fears his hopes of representing England Counties in Georgia next summer...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoGetting Te’o in right areas will give Kiwis a fright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK More aggression needed: Ben Te’o has to take the ball at pace for maximum destruction...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWarrior Farrell loves being in heat of the battle at 10
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Precision: Owen Farrell kicks a penalty If you want to truly understand the value of Owen Farrell to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoOur young guys did well says Eddie
ENGLAND head coach Eddie Jones heaped praise on his patched-up side who followed up last June’s final Test win over South...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoGallant Doddie forced to grin and bear it as Scots run into a red wall
■ From PETER JACKSON at the Principality Stadium Welcome back: Jonathan Davies scores Wales’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images DODDIE WEIR...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohnny Sexton the lone ranger in World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist dominated by All Blacks and Boks
Sale Sharks scrum-half Faf de Klerk one of five stars shortlisted
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Where have Eddie’s bullying forwards got to?
Time is running out for Eddie to sort out his pack
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Bath second row Dave Attwood
Attwood picks a XV from his time at the Rec, Bristol, Gloucester and Toulon
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVoting is open as Rhino Prop Star finalists are announced
Over 200 nominations have been narrowed down to three...











