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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoCoughlan rules the roost for Kent
By GRAHAM COX Kent …22 Surrey …15 LUKE Coughlan’s secondhalf try and man of the match performance lifted Kent to victory...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoSussex & Essex produce fine fight backs
Division Three Round-up By JASON TAMS RENE Pavlides left it late to go over as Sussexproduced an outstanding comeback to down...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
BARRY STEWART THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, SALE AND NORTHAMPTON PROP My journey from medical write-off in my mid-20s to winning Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJoe certain ‘team man’ Cips will sing for Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS captain Joe Launchbury dismisses any notion that Danny Cipriani is not a ‘team player’ and expects the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGustard, Edwards on Quins’ wanted list
ENGLAND defence coach Paul Gustard has emerged as a contender for the head coach role at Harlequins, along with Wales counterpart...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSwift bamboozled by Banahan’s departure
CLUB record try-scorer Tony Swift admits he was as puzzled as anyone when he found out fellow Bath legend Matt Banahan...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSurprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops
JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Cross Keys …28 Pontypridd …56 PONTYPRIDD ended their Principality Premiership season in style by hammering Cross Keys for an eighth consecutive...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDelight for Merthyr as visitors secure league title in style
By CARL FIELD Bargoed …7 Merthyr …35 MERTHYR made it backto- back Principality Premiership titles with this victory at Bargoed –...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBridgend leap Aberavon in table with narrow win
By HOWARD EVANS Aberavon…14 Bridgend …17 BRIDGEND finished their campaign with a narrow victory at Aberavon at the Talbot Athletic Ground....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVale bite back to deny hosts Cardiff a superb comeback
By ROSS DAWSON Cardiff RFC …17 Ebbw Vale…20 CARDIFF came agonisingly close to finishing their season in style as Ebbw Vale...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins limp to uninspiring victory over Mourners
By HUW S JONES Carmarthen Q 18 Neath …14 CARMARTHEN Quins finished the season on a low note at The Park,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEvans wins a thriller for RGC over the Black and Ambers
By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …43 Newport…36 RGC signed off in style with a thrilling victory over Newport, with Iolo Evans...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrooks breaks Swans at the death for Drovers win
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Llandovery …28 A LATE Richard Brooks try saw Llandovery win an entertaining encounter against Swansea at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPowell’s double helps Otters go second
Welsh round-up By CHRIS SMART NARBERTH secured second spot in the WRU National Championship with a 43-7 home victory over already...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland struggle to repel the power of Boks driving lineout
By ROGER PANTING England…12 South Africa …26 Just short: England’s Ben White is halted before the line ENGLAND head coach Steve...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuton earn promotion
LUTON beat Midlands 2 East (North) runners-up Matlock 35-22 at Newlands last weekend to gain promotion. Ben Murphy, Jake Hobbs, Jordan...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoMugford off to France
PLYMOUTH Albion fly-half Dan Mugford has announced he is off to pastures new after just one season back at the club....
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoGrenoble go back up by routing Oyonnax
DAVID BARNES Back up: David Mele delivered on his promise to Grenoble FRENCH COLUMN Grenoble will join Perpignan in the Top...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTigers top despite end to playoff run
Peter Jackson reveals his exclusive table of European rugby’s best supported clubs For those in Tigerville still smarting over their team’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MATT WILLIAMS LONDON IRISH CENTRE In the rush to write off London Irish as a potential Premiership force, it easy to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBystander Ben wants Six Nations redemption
By NEALE HARVEY BEN Youngs is a man on a mission to right the wrongs of England’s sub-standard Six Nations campaign...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHougaard putting Boks on ice for Warriors
SPRINGBOK ace Francois Hougaard will not rule out a return for the World Cup but says he is “at peace” with...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMistake to leave Welch at home says Vickers
By JON NEWCOMBE SOON-TO-RETIRE Newcastle prop Rob Vickers believes Eddie Jones has missed a trick by not including Falcons captain Will...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRegions scrap for Adams
JOSH Adams is at the centre of a tug of war between Wales’ four regions, despite having a year left to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBacking Newbury to bounce back
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk NOW the season has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAll-English Cup is a must now Welsh have pulled out
WITH both the unloved Anglo-Welsh and British and Irish Cups dying due to lack of interest and lacklustre Welsh region participation,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGood to see Cips, but why no Wade?
GREAT news to see Danny Cipriani back in the England squad – by why’s it taken so long? He’s been playing...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMystery that Eddie has not cut Quins boys adrift
COLIN BOAG My reaction to the England squad was a mixture of delight and disappointment. Delight because so many of ‘yesterday’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCipriani can be the catalyst for England to cut loose
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Chance to impress: Danny Cipriani deserves his England call PICTURE: Getty Images DANNY Cipriani’s club form...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNo fireworks but Leinster willpower wins the day
By NICK CAIN Cutting through: Robbie Henshaw on the charge LEINSTER won their fourth European title, equalling Toulouse’s record haul, but...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLancaster: It means so much to all my family
CAPTAIN Isa Nacewa, crowned European player of the year in his final season with the province, booted the match-winning penalty in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens tighthead Vincent Koch desperate to play part in Boks resurgence under Rassie Erasmus
The prop reveals he has held discussions with new South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBumper crop of Tier Two are set to make the step up to Premiership
Bristol won't just be relying on the international stardust of Steven Luatua next season, actually they have an armoury of Championship...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season
Bristol dominate our XV, but there are some worthy mentions for other stars who were certainly in with a shout...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTEAMS: Champions Cup final squads released by Leinster and Racing 92
Leo Cullen names Leinster squad, as Pat Lambie is selected over Dan Carter by Racing
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Straight-talking Johan Ackermann has Gloucester on track
Nick Cain writes how Ackermann's arrival has been timed perfectly with the breakout seasons by Jake Polledri and Lewis Ludlow
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Paddy Jackson signed for Sale before the outcry
Neil Fissler reveals details of what Sale offered the fly-half, per sources
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEd Slater to captain Gloucester in Challenge Cup final clash with Cardiff
Rested players come back into the starting XV for Gloucester's trip to Bilbao
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names squad to tour South Africa that includes Brad Shields and Danny Cipriani
Seven uncapped players named for tour Eddie says is one of the 'most challenging' of his England tenure
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Rhys Thomas’ plight puts injury into perspective
By Peter Jackson Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLondon Irish seek to bounce back with Stephen Myler signing
33-year-old Premiership winner join Kidney and Kiss' mission at Exiles
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSharks CEO Gary Teichmann plays down following Southern Kings and Cheetahs to PRO14
Former Springbok wants to bring the challenge to New Zealand's dominance in Super Rugby rather than be lured by the money...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIreland coaches sign contract extensions
Ireland tour Australia in June and have locked down the futures of some of their coaching staff
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKyle Eastmond joins Cipriani and Haskell in leaving Wasps
Eastmond tops quartet not offered new deals by play-off contenders Wasps
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Featured
/ 8 years agoScotland select emerging players for summer tour of the Americas
Gregor Townsend rests seven first-teamers for June Tests
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoAnglo-Welsh Cup dies as Welsh clubs withdraw
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP club owners will this week discuss options for a new internal cup competition after being told that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoJackson signed for Sale before the outcry
By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE SALE SHARKS could be looking at a huge compensation bill if they pull out of deals to...
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