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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHughes is the star of the show as the Quins are flattened
RGC 1404 38 Carmarthen Q20 By ROB COLE RGC 1404 38 Carmarthen Q20 RGC 1404 stayed on course for a possible...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRavens dominate and give play-off hopes a boost
By ELGAN ALDERMAN Bargoed 26 Bridgend 42 BRIDGEND gave their play-off hopes a boost as they left Bargoed with a four-try...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDouble trouble as Tomlinson scores a timely pair of tries
By BEN JAMES Cross Keys 10 Cardiff 33 A BRACE of tries for hooker Joe Tomlinson helped Cardiff notch up their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBlack & Ambers downed to suffer a rare defeat
By SEBASTIAN CLAYTON Newport 9 Llanelli 26 NEWPORT lost for the first time since the Premiership split as Llanelli dented their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowley’s leveller is crucial in fight for play-offs
By JAMES LLOYD Swansea 32 Neath 32 NEATH remain on course for a Tier Two play-off place after Ed Howley’s last-gasp...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStudents rally to condemn Dunvant drop outs
By ROB COLE SWALEC round-up CARDIFF Metgave Dunvanta humiliating goodbye from the National Championship with a thumping 80-14 victory at Cyncoed....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDusautoir will end his career at Twickenham
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Thierry Dusautoir will bring the curtain down on a phenomenal career with his first-ever match for the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoReds regain Babcock trophy
By MATT DAVIDSON Army 29 Navy 20 IT WAS a 100th Army vs Navy match to savour for the boys in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoPlay-off contenders dominate Dream XV
Flier: Yorkshire Carnegie wing Jonah Holmes CHAMPIONSHIP play-off semi-finalists London Irish, Yorkshire Carnegie and Doncaster Knights are all well represented in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDickson mystified over Eddie’s decision to dump Robson
By NEALE HARVEY DAN ROBSON must show England boss Eddie Jones why he was wrong to leave him out of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoWhat more does Wade have to do?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk CHRISTIAN Wade…if you are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGive A game players a proper platform to show their skills
I WAS delighted to see so many youngsters included in the England squad to tour Argentina but it might be worth...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoEddie’s driving his men ever forwards
WARREN Gatland could not have asked or a better motivational speech for the Lions from Eddie Jones. To tell his England...
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Features
/ 9 years agoVaughan: Altrad veto was so short-sighted
COLIN BOAG Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan this week broke his silence over the aborted takeover bid of the club by...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
SHAUN KNIGHT, THE BATH AND FORMER GLOUCESTER TIGHTHEAD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Marcos Ayerza...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMallinder must make sure he is not this year’s Devoto
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has gone left field by announcing a next-generation squad to tour Argentina. In...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNowell’s spirit lights way for the Chiefs
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER coach Ali Hepher believes Jack Nowell’s selection for the Lions tour has given the England winger and...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig guns back for Saints’ Euro bid
NORTHAMPTON boss Jim Mallinder is hoping to have big guns George North, Louis Piccamoles and Courtney Lawes fit for Saturday’s winner-takes-all...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBurns hits 19 points but how Tigers miss Ayerza grunt
By NICK CAIN FREDDIE Burns is headed for Bath this summer, but he probably put paid to his new club’s chances...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor: No-one wants to play us
MATT O’Connor was in upbeat mood after Leicester’s five try victory and insisted no-one would be relishing tangling with the Tigers...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Rory McMichael – Scotland U18s centre
The journey to professional rugby can be a treacherous one for youngsters trying to break through, but Rory McMichael will take...
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Guest Blogs
/ 9 years agoEngland to tour Argentina in June
England have played well in recent international tournaments, but as everyone knows, it’s easy to get the team ‘up for it’...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: This can be when North becomes a true great
We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions tour. That might sound as if...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoBilly and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau
Taulupe Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching to flanker for the Lions if it means starting alongside his cousin...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Isaac Green – Hull Ionians scrum-half
1. Slow walkers This kills me. There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind slow walkers in town, taking up the whole...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago2013 Lion retires
Ian Evans has been forced to retire from professional rugby on medical advice following a knee injury. In a career that...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoLozowski is ready to state case for England
Alex Lozowski has declared himself ready to stake a claim for England‘s coveted No.10 jersey on the back of a stellar...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Steve Hill – Richmond DoR
How about that for a first season in the Championship? The boys were desperate to prove they deserved to be in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGary Gold to become Warriors’ permanent DoR
Gary Gold will become the Worcester’s permanent director of rugby after signing a new contract to remain at Sixways until at...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEllis Genge agrees new Tigers contract
Genge, 22, arrived at Tigers during the closing months of 2015/16, initially on loan before making the move from Bristol permanent...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoQuins scrum-half to retire
Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson will retire from rugby at the end of the current season. Joining Harlequins in 2009 from Bedford...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNorthampton announces new chief executive appointment
Northampton Saints have appointed Mark Darbon as the club’s new chief executive. Darbon arrives at Franklin’s Gardens in late July with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoO’Callaghan signs new Worcester deal
Worcester have announced that British & Irish Lion Donncha O’Callaghan has signed a new deal with the club. O’Callaghan, who made...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity
Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Wage bills will push clubs to the brink
By NEALE HARVEY Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake is...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Gary Powell – former Gloucester prop
After countless hours playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PlayStation at Llandovery College it was surreal to suddenly find myself sat...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Alex Crockett – former Bath centre
1. David Flatman – He would get you six or nine points per game just by talking to the referee and...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMistake to pick Marler over Evans says Cotton
By PETER JACKSON THELions have made a mistake by failing to pick Wales loosehead Rob Evans, according to the only prop...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJenkins ramps up pressure on Barrett
By NICK VERDIER BEAUDEN Barrett might be the best player in the world but his goal kicking could be the All...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoBack row dominance will be key for Leinster
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: I’m coming home to push bid for 2019 World Cup
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Abendanon could yet compete for an England full-back spot at the 2019 World Cup after revealing he...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLopez relishing his chance on the big European stage
By NICK VERDIER CLERMONT have not been at their best in recent weeks but fly-half Camille Lopez reckons only one game...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSaint on ‘heritage’ route for England
By NEALE HARVEY IMPOSING Northampton lock David Ribbans has set his heart on an England future after becoming the latest South...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoRed-hot Burns fires Gloucester into final
By GARY FITZGERALD Burn ’em up: Gloucester’s Billy Burns breaks away to score his crucial try PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER showed...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPalma-Newport: Bath simply must end the 9-year drought
By NEALE HARVEY Demanding success: Kane Palma Newport LONG-SERVING prop Kane Palma-Newport reckons it is high time Bath shook off their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPlissons relishing Ford test
STADE Francais fly-half Jules Plissons is looking forward to once again lock horns with George Ford in the Challenge Cup semifinals...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WALLABY Tatafu PolotaNau is looking for a move to the Premiership when his contract...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEngland fans face Puma tour black out
THE RFU are working to ensure that England fans don’t suffer a telly black out of the two-game summer tour to...
International Rugby
Maro Itoje rested for England’s summer tour as Jamie George takes captaincy
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