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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoAt least Bent had actually set foot on Irish soil
SIX years ago Ireland caused a stink by rushing Michael Bent, a New Zealander, straight from the arrivals hall at Dublin...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoWhat price for loyalty?
LONG after football abandoned the value of the one-club man, rugby is doing the same. Matt Banahan’s exit from Bath after...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTry-happy Charlie looking to make it a family double
By JON NEWCOMBE DEAN RICHARDS isn’t the only member of his family in line for silverware this season with son Charlie...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGuernsey building University bridges
PROMOTED Guernsey Raiders are banking on an innovative venture involving Loughborough and Cardiff Universities to bolster squad numbers for their first...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoProlific Coventry earn top billing as Ampthill lead chasing pack
Coventry took the league by storm but our Team of the Year shows there’s plenty of talent throughout Multi-talented: Coventry full-back...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMoyle confident Ma’asi factor will entice new talent
By NEALE HARVEY PETERBOROUGH Lions rugby director Simon Moyle believes his club’s bold ambition to reach National One will halt the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoPrice is just right as Hants continue fine start
Division Two Round-up By HENRY HOLLAND HAMPSHIRE made it two wins in a row in Pool Two with a comprehensive defeat...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoCrowe flies in to rescue Cheshire
By JEREMY TYRRELL East Mid’s …24 Cheshire…41 FAST starters Cheshire crossed five times as they comfortably swept aside East Midlands in...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoMoffat’s got the bottle for Gloucs
By TONY FIELDING GLOUCESTERSHIRE snatched victory from the grasp of Hertfordshire with a dramatic late comeback as they scored two tries...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoRigby hails the early power show by Lancs
By MAX CHESTERTON Touchdown: Phil Mills beats Mark Roberts and Mike Ayrton to score for Lancashire PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Lancashire…52pts E...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoDevon’s victory is not enough for safety
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall …19 Devon …20 DEVON built up a 17-point half-time lead playing down the slope and were able...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoNorthumber’d 21 Nolson notches double for Yorks
By DAN COOK Yorkshire …38 Northumber’d 21 YORKSHIRE maintained their 100 per cent record in this season’s Bill Beaumont Senior Men’s...
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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
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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