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Features
/ 8 years agoWest Country production line keeping Chiefs in pole position
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER backs coach Ricky Pellow believes the “virtuous circle” being forged between Chiefs and other West Country sides...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt was a long old wait for Test lift-off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM PALMER FORMER ENGLAND SECOND ROW Pinnacle: Tom Palmer playing for England in the 2012 Six Nations PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Connor brought a hint of terror to his writing
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND had fallen to an abject home defeat in the early Seventies when the coach, captain...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClapp: We’ve learnt from Quins defeat
FINAL By GEORGE LAWRENCE PREVIEW… Saracens v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Trailfinders Sports Club Bragging rights: Jess Breach’s Harlequins beat Saracens...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBedwas’ late blitz for victory
Bedwas … 34 Bargoed … 19 FOUR second-half tries helped Bedwas ease past Bargoed at the Bridge Field and make it...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWizards’ magical first 40 sees them beyond Ebbw Vale
By JAY BAYFORD Ebbw Vale… 26 Aberavon… 30 ABERAVON held off a brave second-half comeback from Ebbw Vale to claim a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLock O’Rourke snatches late win for the Ravens
Llanelli … 22 Bridgend … 25 By JON DALY SECOND row Shaun O’Rourke’s try two minutes from time earned Bridgend only...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMaynard holds nerve to move Drovers up to fifth place
Llandovery … 28 RGC1404… 26 By HUW S THOMAS A LAST-GASP penalty from fly-half Jack Maynard secured a win that sees...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSieniawski spoils Quins party with last-gasp try
By JAY BAYFORD Pontypridd … 24 Carmarthen Q20 MORGAN Sieniawski dented Carmarthen Quins’ title hopes as his late try secured a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBOWL FINAL PREVIEW: Pembroke v Porthcawl
PEMBROKE captain Scott Powell will be immensely proud to lead his team out at the Principality Stadium this afternoon after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMerthyr searching for cup history
CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Newport v Merthyr April 29. Kick-off 5.35pm, Principality Stadium MERTHYR captain Craig Locke says his side are determined...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPLATE FINAL PREVIEW: Brynmawr v Nant Conwy
LIFTING the WRU National Plate this afternoon would mark redemption for Nant Conwy and their flanker Ifan Pyrs. Nant were beaten...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAnxious Skewen edging closer to the drop
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD SKEWEN’S National Championship safety is hanging by a thread after a 22-19 defeat to Rhydyfelin....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMcIntosh: League restructuring doomed to fail
WELSH rugby’s new toptier league structure will ‘fall flat on its face’ says a leading coach. The 2018/19 campaign will see...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agowin will make Felinfoel champs
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD FELINFOEL are just a win away from clinching the One West title after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLegends quit Toulon but future is so bright
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance PICTURE:...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJubilant Jaguares stun Blues in Auckland
By SAM JACKSON Close to tears: Nicolas Sanchez and Javier Ortega Desio celebrate the Jaguares’ victory over the Blues PICTURE: Getty...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoFixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 29, 2018 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Pinnacle: Charles Piutau...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDragons look to bring Williams back on loan
By STEFFAN THOMAS OWEN Williams is an audacious loan target for the ambitious Dragons. Wales international playmaker Williams has fallen out...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRob’s the man with Lancaster below
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoFour-team playoff would ensure fight until the death
AS an Ealing Trailfinders supporter my colours are firmly nailed to the ‘No Ringfencing’ mast, but I do have some sympathy...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGlad I’m not only one bemused by rebrand
I WAS disappointed not to have my previous letter published last weekend, regarding the unbelievable renaming of Bristol RFC to the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShields must prove he’s better than Prem rivals
Coming ‘home’: Brad Shields will play for Wasps next season COLIN BOAG All the talk of Brad Shields being chosen for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRevive the County Cup or scrap it
JEFF GAGE The Bill Beaumont County Championship begins in May. What ought to be the climax to the season for the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLam knows what it takes but he’s got a tough job
James Haskell and Danny Cipriani (inset) would boost Bristol’s chances of survival PICTURES: Getty Images IT would have been a shift...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath run hot as Glos play like a shower
By NICK CAIN Making them pay: Aled Brew scores Bath’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images WHILE Bath saved their best display...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath still hoping for place in Europe
TODD Blackadder said Bath still have “a glimmer of hope” to secure European Cup qualification for next season. With speculation rife...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPacked-out Sandy Park hails Chiefs’ table-toppers
By MIKE SINCLAIR ANOTHER bonuspoint win ensured Exeter will top the Premiership table as they head into a home playoff semi-final....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond: I can build team round MacGinty
USA fly-half AJ MacGinty was hailed by Sale boss Steve Diamond. “He’s come of age and you can build a side...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPlayers test their skills ahead of resuming Judgement Day rivalries
With Welsh Rugby‘s big calendar date, Judgement Day, just around the corner, the team at Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer have sat...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun – Wasps scrum-half Will Porter
The on-loan Rotherham back talks Wasps and his hopes of making the England U20 World Cup squad this summer
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoProbyn column: If this is how pros run our game, give me amateurs
Jeff Probyn takes at look at how the PR machines of national governing bodies and player Unions haven't got things right...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStirling wants Yorkshire Carnegie to savour local favour
(Photo: Getty Images) By Jon Newcombe AS Chris Boyd stands by to usher in the winds of change at Northampton, another...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNehe Milner-Skudder returns for Canes ahead of All Black series against France
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Nehe Milner-Skudder is set to return for the Hurricanes in their upcoming fixture against the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales’ ground-breaking match against South Africa in Washington DC in doubt due to poor ticket sales
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Wales‘ June Test in the USA is feared to be in serious doubt as unrest...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoBritish & Irish Lions mark 130th anniversary with one-off ceremonial caps
Lions chiefs launch idea to honour all current and previous players to have donned the famous jersey
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTake Chris Ashton to South Africa, Dallaglio urges Eddie Jones
Chris Ashton has been on hot form for Toulon in the Top 14 this season
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWe’re aiming for 3-0 against the Springboks, says Exeter Chiefs Sam Simmonds
The Exeter back row is building up some steam ahead of a tour of redemption to South Africa in June
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDragons sign prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont
Aaron Jarvis to return to Wales to link up with former Ospreys front row teammates Hibbard and Bevington
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGeorge North to return to Welsh rugby with Ospreys
George North to return to Wales with the Ospreys next season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJeff Hassler to leave Ospreys at the end of the season
Canadian, Jeff Hassler leaves Ospreys after five years of service
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeinster dominate European Player of the Year shortlist
Tadhg Furlong becomes first prop to be nominated for the EPCR accolade since 2011
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Featured
/ 8 years agoSpringbok great Bryan Habana announces retirement from rugby
Second on the Springboks' all-time appearances list behind Victor Matfield...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps scrum-half Dan Robson signs new deal
A new long-term deal for the scrum-half challenging Ben Youngs and Danny Care for their England spots
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeinster stalwarts to retire at end of season
Isa Nacewa and Richardt Strauss to bring curtains down on illustrious careers
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRing-fencing no cure-all warns boss of Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief executive Simon Cohen has spoken out against Premiership ring-fencing, insisting its proponents are misguided and that...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoScarlets routed by Leinster’s avengers
Fergus McFadden of Leinster dives over to score their third try PICTURE: Getty Images LEINSTER reduced the Scarlets’ Champions’ Cup dream...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRacing 92 are my Gallic Barbarians
Brendan Gallagher traces the romantic history of the famous French side which play with panache Influential: Maxime Machenaud PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEarls returns as Munster shake up the backs
MUNSTER, chasing their fifth appearanc in a European Cup final, have boldly moved their quarter-final hero Andrew Conway to full-back for...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoJackson and Olding face bigger trial among public
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK What happens next to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding is less about them...
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