News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoBrave Lupus promise to take the attack to Spears
Japan League One preview Ace: Richie Mo’unga BRAVE Lupus second row Warner Dearns insists the defending champions will continue their expansive,...
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News Extra
/ 12 months agoExeter locks on their way
NEWS EXTRA LOCKS Franco Molina and Jack Dunne are to leave Exeter at the end of the season. Argentina’s Molina, 27,...
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/ 12 months agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 12 months agoPete Ryan: The ‘often overlooked’ Sam Davies still tearing up Pro D2
Arguably the most famous position on a rugby pitch, a fly-half is integral to any side at any level. Charged with...
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/ 12 months agoPete Ryan: Bridgend Athletic ready to write their next chapter in Welsh grassroots rugby
“Playing for Bridgend Ath is like being part of a big rugby family. It’s serious when it needs to be, but...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoSaracens boss Mark McCall declines to comment as Owen Farrell linked to Premiership return
Saracens boss Mark McCall declined to comment on reports that former club captain and England fly-half Owen Farrell could be eyeing...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoSam Underhill handed four-match ban for dangerous tackle in Challenge Cup final
England flanker Sam Underhill is set to miss Bath‘s bid for the Gallagher Premiership title after receiving a four-week ban. Underhill...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 12 months agoRWC Countdown: Halfway to Go, Why Are the Boks Not Favourites for Historic Three-Peat?
It feels like only yesterday that Siya Kolisi was lifting the Webb Ellis Cup aloft at the Stade de France after...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year agoHow the rise of online sports betting has impacted rugby in the UK
Rugby is comfortably one of the top five sports in the UK. And just as it is popular among fans and...
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Guest Blogs
/ 1 year agoRugby Superstitions: How Fans and Players Try To Affect The Game
As is the case with many sports, rugby is full of interesting and sometimes strange superstitions. Whether it’s fans who are...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year agoCan Leinster Win The URC? – What The Bookmakers Think
The 2024/2025 season for the United Rugby Championship began on the 20th of September 2024 and will conclude on Saturday the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSuper Rugby Americas Round 13 Review: Peñarol move top ahead of Warren Gatland addition
Selknam 20-17 Yacare Selknam produced a stirring performance to keep their playoff hopes alive by defeating Yacare 20-17 just six days after their historic...
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/ 1 year agoGreat Britain to cut its sevens project
Great Britain will cease to run full-time sevens programmes at the end of July. Players will still meet up to train...
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/ 1 year agoDoctor calls for concussion protocols to be revised
Doctor Ben Jones, a former scrum-half with Northampton, Worcester and England 7s, has called for concussion guidelines to be revised to...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoImmanuel Feyi-Waboso ‘raring to get stuck in’, says Steve Borthwick
Steve Borthwick says Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is ‘raring to get stuck in’ and hopes the ‘world-class’ Exeter winger will feature in England’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoDate for Rugby World Club Cup revealed
The first Rugby World Club Cup will be held in 2028 after “unanimous” agreement from the relevant leagues and unions. The...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBath pair Finn Russell and Thomas du Toit lead Premiership awards shortlist
Bath duo Finn Russell and Thomas du Toit are among five nominations for this season’s Premiership player of the season award....
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoBrave Northampton Saints didn’t have enough in reserve
Injuries have cursed Northampton Saints’ season and there was no relief on their biggest day of the decade.
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoBath 37-12 Lyon: Ben Spencer sparkles as Bath put Lyon to sword
Bath won their first major trophy for 17 years with the biggest margin of victory in a Challenge Cup Final since...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFinn Russell: We’ve worked hard and we are not finished yet
Bath remain in the running for a treble this season with them favourites to clinch the Premiership title and the Premiership...
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/ 1 year agoMax Ojomoh: Bath have the tools for any job
Max Ojomoh compares Bath, who in three seasons have risen from basement battlers to table toppers, to a Swiss Army knife....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFraser Balmain ‘excited’ to sign for Worcester Warriors
Saracens prop Fraser Balmain will join Worcester at the end of the season. Balmain previously played for Leicester, where he won...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoGabriel Hamer-Webb to quit Cardiff
Cardiff wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb will leave the club this summer, with Leicester favourites to sign him. Welsh-qualified Hamer-Webb, 24, joined Cardiff...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Saope Soko
SAOPE SOKO, THE FORMER CHESTER, OLD ALBANIANS, RAMS, HENLEY, WORTHING AND ZIMBABWE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Features
/ 1 year agoAnthony Watson: Bath may be favourites but it’s too close to call
Bath may be the favourites to win the Premiership after dominating the regular season, but Anthony Watson will never forget what...
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Latest News
/ 1 year ago‘I love it here’ – Chunya Munga extends deal with Northampton Saints
Chunya Munga had no hesitation in signing a new contract to remain at Northampton for another two seasons, even though he...
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/ 1 year agoThursday kick-off for Six Nations in 2026
Ireland will travel to defending champions France in the first-ever Thursday night fixture in Six Nations’ history when the 2026 tournament...
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/ 1 year ago2025/26 URC fixture list released
ROUND 1 Friday, September 26 Stormers v Leinster 6pm Ulster v Dragons 8.05pm Glasgow Warriors v Sharks 8.05pm Saturday, September 27...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoDan Kelly – ‘I want to enjoy my final weeks at Leicester Tigers’
Paul Rees talks to centre Dan Kelly, who joined Leicester back in 2020 and is now heading off to play for...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoDoncaster celebrate anniversary in fine style
■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........35pts Tries: Veainu 27, Rokoduguni 35, Smeaton 40, Mulipola 44, Olowofela 53, 70 Conversion: Dolly 40 Penalty:...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoAllen: It’s hard to score 43 away from home and lose
■By STEVE JACKSON Ampthill .......... 54pts Tries Bracken 2, 27, 57, 71; Vaenuku 44, 60; Sodeke 52, Courtney 65 Conversions: Davidson...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoRampaging Ealing get in mood to party hard
■By MO SHER Ealing Trailfinders ........ 55pts Tries: Montgomery 7, Dykes 13, 25; Reid 33, Moore 52, 63; Bezuidenhout 55, Cornish...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoChinnor can’t resist Bedford’s battering
■By JOE STEVENS Bedford .............61pts Tries: Tuilagi 3, Worley 11, James 19, 59, 74; Howard 46, Adamson 52, Lennon 77, Garside...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoMcMillan at the double as Scottish put on show
By OLLIE AUST L Scottish ........31 pts Tries: Wilkinson 11, Marshall 26, Bellamy 31, McMillan 37, 51 Conversions: Bellamy 12, 32,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoNottingham produce a comeback for the ages
By RHYS ANDERSON Nottingham ..... 54 pts Tries: Yarnell 26, Clayton 30, Graham 40, Williams 50, Cherry 53, Olowofela 59, Wright...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoStaffs & Cheshire unbeaten at top
■By LUKE JARMYN Division 2 CHESHIRE look unassailable in Pool 1 after scoring 12 tries in an 80-14 win over Durham...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLeicestershire and Herts on the march
■By GEORGE WELLBELOVE Division 3 LEICESTERSHIRE and Hertfordshire extended their unbeaten runs. Surrey and Essex also registered their first victories of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoKent on the hunt for a Twickenham hat-trick
■By BILL HOOPER Cornwall ...........18pts Kent ................... 34pts Star player: Kent scrum-half Mikel Davies box kicks PICTURE: Simon Bryant/ Iktis Photo...
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Latest News
/ 1 year ago10-try Yorkshire prove too good for Somerset
■By LUKE JARMYN Yorkshire ..........66pts Tries: Norman 3, F Crapper 6, 79, Hooper 28, 52, 56, Penalty 40, Mewburn 43, Parsons...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGloucestershire can’t keep up with Cornwall
nBy MO SHER THERE were just the two games in the Gill Burns Cup on Saturday, with Cornwall breathing new life...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoFive-star David Opoku-Fordjour’s in the record book
Record-breaking Coventry winger David Opoku says the deafening roar from the crowd of “get one more David!” spurred him on to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoJoyce-Butchers is expecting a baby
Mother-to-be: Alisa Joyce-Butchers WALES flanker Alisha Joyce-Butchers is expecting a baby with wife and teammate Jasmine Joyce-Butchers, below. The 27-year-old was...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoThere’s honour and pride in playing for your county – Tony Hill
Steve Hill talks to Tony Hill, below, head coach of Somerset county men (Division 1) and Nailsea & Backwell RFC in...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWallaby loosehead Bell signs for Ulster
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA prop Angus Bell will join Ulster on a short-term deal from Waratahs next season. The 24-yearold loosehead will...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoResults
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/ 1 year agoHooker Turner is heading to Quins
HARLEQUINS have signed 45-cap Scotland hooker George Turner. The 32-year-old made more than 100 appearances for Glasgow before joining Kobelco Steelers...
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/ 1 year agoAustralian back row Suttor joins Pirates
CORNISH Pirates have signed former Australia Under-20s back row Rory Suttor for the 2025-26 season. The 26-yearold, who can play across...
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/ 1 year agoProD2 climax to be shown on YouTube
AWAY from the troubles of Biarritz, there’s good news for British-based fans of French rugby’s second-tier ProD2 – it’s back on...
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/ 1 year agoBiarritz made to pay price – again
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HISTORIC French rugby side Biarritz were relegated from the ProD2 on Monday for financial reasons, just over...
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/ 1 year agoLloyd hits top form to start Newport party
Super Rygbi Cymru Trophy Final Winner: Jac Lloyd Newport............27 Ebbw Vale........18 JAC Lloyd stole the show as Newport rounded off their...














