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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago12-year wait over as Blue & Blacks power through to final
By CARL FIELD Llandovery …17 Cardiff …35 CARDIFF are into their first WRU National Cup final for 12 years after defeating...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNewport v Pontypridd
Preview… Sun April 7. Kick-off 2.30pm PONTYPRIDD will get the chance to force themselves back into the Principality Premiership title race...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanelli v RGC 1404
Preview… MARK Jones will take his RGC 1404 side back to his old stamping ground seeking to do the double over...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNightingale swoops to keep Bulls’ survival hopes alive
By PAUL HOPKINS Bargoed …31 Swansea …26 BARGOED kept their faint hopes of Premiership survival alive with a thrilling bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKeys are almost Crossed off as relegation looms
By ROB COLE Aberavon…52 Cross Keys …15 CROSS KEYS are now ten points from safety and look as though they need...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVale’s title hopes fade as Quins rally to cause upset
By JOSH HARDING Carmarthen Q26 Ebbw Vale …18 EBBW VALE’S hopes of mounting a late challenge for the Principality Premiership title...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLate try secures Ravens a vital losing point at Bedwas
By MAX BENNETT Bedwas …31 Bridgend …24 BRIDGEND picked up what could yet prove to be a priceless losing bonuspoint after...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVictory can’t save Newbridge from the big drop
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up NEWBRIDGE became the first side to be relegated from the WRU National Championship despite claiming...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWanderers take the title with bonus point win
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers sealed the One East Central title with a convincing 30-10 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoToulouse stung by new Wasp Fekitoa
Dangerous: Malakai Fekitoa scored twice for Toulon World Cup-winning winger Malakai Fekitoa has Wasps looking forward eagerly to having him in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMulvihill had to talk me down from the cliff admits Dacey
By STEFFAN THOMAS Skipper: Kristian Dacey KRISTIAN Dacey has admitted the uncertainty which engulfed Welsh rugby in recent months almost forced...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoI’ll be fully fit for World Cup camps vows Navidi
By STEFFAN THOMAS Operation: Josh Navidi JOSH Navidi’s Wales career will come full circle when he rocks up at the World...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEncourage more refs of all abilities
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I THINK that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWebber’s actions should also have been investigated
WE have finally seen a decision in the citing of Newcastle second row Callum Green for his alleged bite on Sale...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoHappy Flatman set the record straight
COLIN Boag said that in the Premiership Cup final “one club observed the spirit of the competition, whereas the other simply...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYes, European Cup is more intense than Tests
COLIN BOAG Unfair: Shalk Brits is sent off after the punch-up with Akker Van Der Merw Well done to Ben Kay...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFord’s experience pivotal to Tigers beating the drop
Family affair: Mike Ford and son George in the Bath days PICTURE: Getty Images JEREMY GUSCOTT NOW that Leicester are at...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSeven-try thrashing humbles Tigers again
By ROB WILDMAN Oh yes! Olly Woodburn celebrates Santiago Cordero’s try for Exeter, one of seven against the Tigers PICTURE: Getty...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMurphy: At least our heads stayed up
GEORDAN Murphy indulged in a bit of gallows humour after this thrashing. Asked how he felt about seeing some spectators leave...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJoseph is quick to make most of Bristol’s generosity
By NEALE HARVEY Four-midable: Rhys Priestland celebrates with team mates as he scores try No.4 for Bath PICTURES: Getty Consolation: Dan...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath are unfazed by injury to Joe
BATH supremo Todd Blackadder played down Joe Cokanasiga’s injury. He said: “He got an AC joint whack and it’s sore. We’ll...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTom Savage to leave Gloucester for Japan’s Top League
The former Cherry and Whites skipper will join Kieran Read and Ryan Crotty in playing in Japan's ten-team league
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks full-back Israel Dagg forced to retire
World Cup-winner ends career at the age of 30 on medical advice
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoArgentine veteran Marcelo Bosch to leave Saracens
Mark McCall hails 'enormous integrity' of centre
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Guns: Worcester Warriors fly-half Luke Scully
Learned under Dan Biggar at the Ospreys and now Jono Lance at Sixways
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLima Sopoaga admits it’s been slow progress for him at Wasps
An honest assessment from the Wasps fly-half, but he's stout in his ability and the chance to shine next season
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoShane Williams column: Top foreign imports will drive up Welsh standards
Shane Williams argues the case for Johnny McNicholl to be involved with Wales
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTait: Eddie Jones has to be careful about Elliot Daly
Jack of all trades, master of none?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens captain Brad Barritt suffers ankle ligament damage
Forced off against Glasgow Warriors at the weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoElbow surgery shouldn’t rule Josh Navidi out of Wales World Cup prep, says Mulvihill
Cardiff Blues head coach John Mulvihill gives update on Wales flanker's condition
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDarren Cave pens letter to Ulster fans after announcing intention to retire
The Ulster centre will call it a day after 13 years with the province
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani signs bumper deal to commit to Gloucester
Gloucester are set for a first Premiership semi-final appearance in eight years since his arrival last summer
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Featured
/ 8 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: Get voting and honour your rugby heroes
We are proud to announce the first Rugby Paper Awards will be held at the end of this season. It is...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoTigers call for Ford to end fear of the drop
By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE SOS: Mike Ford LEICESTER TIGERS are set to parachute in Mike Ford tomorrow in a late attempt...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBristol lure Anscombe with £500k contract
By PETER JACKSON BRISTOL are waving the largest cheque book in the Premiership at Gareth Anscombe in a move that could...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoKiller start puts Sharks on scent for silverware
By ROB WILDMAN Flying start: Byron McGuigan dives over for Sale’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images No way through: Sale try-scorer...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFriend defends selection policy
CONNACHT coach Andy Friend accepted his team had made too many errors to really push Sale in this quarter-final. “With it...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoCatrakilis keeps his nerve to win thriller for Quins
By GARY FITZGERALD DEMETRI Catrakilis kicked the crucial winning penalty four minutes from time as Quins left Warriors shell-shocked and booked...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDallaglio predicts seismic shift in Far East
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA LAWRENCE Dallaglio predicts the Northern Hemisphere invasion to Japan later this year will be the ‘strongest...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFranks craving more of winning feeling at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Learning from the master: Paul Hill PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Franks says he is relishing his role as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFrench trip holds no fear for Daniels
Confident: Bristol utility back Luke Daniels LUKE Daniels insists Bristol go into their first European knock-out match in 12 years full...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoRFU fear over Six Nations relegation is spineless
THERE were signs this week that the RFU have adopted a ‘Little England’ mentality, matching the insularity of the Scots, Italians,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoNever on Sunday please, for sake of the fans
THE 20,000 empty seats at the Stade de France for the host nation’s opening game of the 2019 Six Nations against...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoHONOUR YOUR RUGBY HEROES
THE RUGBY PAPER AWARDS Feel the passion: Bristol win the Championship to gain promotion to the Premiership Lunch venue: Quins’ Twickenham...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPriestland about-turn to remain at the Rec
Change: Rhys Priestland BATH are talking to Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland about extending his stay at the Rec for another one...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHands off Shaun, WRU tell troubled Tigers
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLIND SIDE THE WRU have blocked an attempt from Leicester Tigers to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDeano stays in hunt for South African No.8
Wanted: Philip van der Walt DEAN RICHARDS is pressing ahead with a bid to sign South African Philip van der Walt...
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Features
/ 8 years agoProp Kitshoff says No to the Sharks
SPRINGBOK prop Steven Kitshoff is this week widely expected to reject the chance of a move to the Premiership after the...
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