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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJantjies to give back
ON THE BLINDSIDE FORMER Springboks fly-half Elton Jantjies, below, has taken up a coaching role with youth rugby programme Rugga Schools...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Mackenzie Martin
The Cardiff and Wales back row, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Rhys Carre – The...
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Features
/ 2 years agoLate drama as Scots hold on to deny Wales
SIX NATIONS 2024 ■By SAM JACKSON Wales................. 18pts Tries: Tuipulotu 58, Callender 78 Conversions: Bevan 59 Penalties: Bevan 5, 40 Scotland...
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Features
/ 2 years agoPacker’s proud to join the 100 club
■By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Italy v England Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi CAPTAIN Marlie Packer earns her 100th cap as...
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Features
/ 2 years agoIreland battle but can’t stop France taking the honours
■By TOM REYNOLDS France..................38pts Tries: Bourdon Sansus 3, Menager 31, Fall 46, Sochat 61, Riffonneau 74 Conversions: Queyroi 3, 33, 48,...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury lock Zoe Aldcroft
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Scarborough Date of birth: 19/11/96 Community club: Scarborough RFC Red Roses Debut: vs France July 2016 Caps:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoI’m ambitious. I want to coach as high as I can
My Life in Rugby with Alex Rae - The former Northampton Saints, Saracens, Wasps and Bedford Blues lock, now head coach...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoThe whistleblowers under the spotlight
Matthew Luddington talks to two referees at the lower end of the game about the trials of taking charge of a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoTen Italian tyros who will hit the headlines
RUGBY MATTERS IT’S BECOME almost a mantra or article of faith recently that reinforcements, in the form of a squadron of...
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Features
/ 2 years agoI’m delighted to be helping Ukraine prepare for big match
STEVE HILL While Ireland and Georgia have recently been crowned champions of their respective European tournaments, the fight to see who...
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Features
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Exeter & England U20 back row Kane James
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales-born back row Kane James has opted to represent England due to the support received by U20s head...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoYou must reward and value effort
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Ryan Watkins, head coach of Luctonians RFC, currently second in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 30: Nigel Owens reviews Six Nations 2024
What a Six Nations the 2024 edition has been! Super Saturday did not disappoint, and it was Ireland that ultimately claimed...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoNFL sides look set to take punt on Mallinder
ON THE BLINDSIDE Harry Mallinder’s dream of winning an NFL contract has moved a step closer after the former England U20...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoVermeulen open to England offer
ON THE BLINDSIDE By GRANT SHUB Jacques Vermeulen, who is eligible for England having been in the UK since 2019, has...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoAussies battling to keep Petaia
ON THE BLINDSIDE Australian utility back Jordan Petaia is being chased by the country’s leading rugby league clubs. Reds flyer Petaia...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Alex Day
The Bedford and former Cornish Pirates, Northampton & Saracens scrum-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1....
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoI was thrilled to bits to be picked for England
My Life in Rugby with Magnus Lund - The former England, Sale and Biarritz flanker talks about his life in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLucky? No, that was pure skill
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE sainted Antoine Dupont might be on a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDid that just happen? Five other jaw dropping moments
FRANS STEYN DROPPED GOAL (2010) The huge Bok centre was playing for Racing at Clermont. His side were trailing 14-12 when...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBeating Ealing proves anything is possible
Matthew Luddington talks to London Scottish flanker Jack Ingall about combining work and play in the Championship ANECDOTES from rugby’s amateur...
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Features
/ 2 years agoRosslyn Park Sevens will host 3,710 matches
By TOM JEFFREYS THE Rosslyn Park Sevens takes place this week with more than 3,710 fixtures to be played from Monday...
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Features
/ 2 years agoAndrews signs up at Sale
RUGBY SHORTS SALE have signed Sharks lock Hyron Andrews on a short-term deal until the end of the season. The 28-year-old...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens & England U20 lock Olamide Sodeke
By BEN JAYCOCK Powerful second row Olamide Sodeke is earning plaudits for his ferocious defence during the U20s Six Nations but...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 29: Maxime Mermoz previews final round and shares bold views on France
It is time to look ahead to Six Nations super Saturday! The best Saturday of the year is upon us, and...
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Podcast
/ 2 years agoPodcast reacts to stunning wins for England and Italy
What a weekend of rugby! The latest round of the 2024 Six Nations was without doubt its best so far, as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoQuins nab Lamositele
Harlequins look to have signed tighthead prop Titi Lamositele, below, to replace the Castres-bound Will Collier. Lamositele, 29, spent five years...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoMcNicholl goes home
Wales back Johnny McNicholl has rejoined Crusaders for the remainder of the season after leaving Scarlets to return to New Zealand....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCarre back at Saracens
Saracens have re-signed Wales loosehead Rhys Carre from Cardiff. The 26-year-old previously played for Saracens in 2019-20, moving back to Cardiff...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBaxter turns his attention to top Ealing pair
ON THE BLINDSIDE - EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Having already snapped up Coventry’s star centre Will Rigg in a mid-season swoop,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFrench setting sights on Tuilagi
Perpignan and Montpellier are chasing the signature of England centre Manu Tuilagi. Tuilagi would join up with his nephew Posolo Tuilagi...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Redford Pennycook
The former Bristol, Newcastle and Ealing Trailfinders back rower, chooses his best XV he has played with or against... 1. Ellis...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury back row Sarah Beckett
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Liverpool Date of birth: 14/02/99 Community club: Firwood Waterloo RFC Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2018...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoIt’s a huge honour to play for your country
My Life in Rugby with Marcus Rose - the former England, Cambridge University, Leicester, Coventry, Harlequins and Barbarians full-back looks back...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReid: We want to build new legacy
Jon Newcombe talks to Bath back rower Miles Reid who wants to see the glory days return, if only to keep...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoSorry Cockers, but it’s Portugal for me
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I wish the doughty warriors of Georgia no...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWe are going to miss you guys a lot
All career-ending injuries are to be mourned but the last couple of weeks or so have been hard to digest for...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoEach day, I can see the positive impact of rugby
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Alex Rae, below, the head coach at Championship side Coventry...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Sale Sharks second row Tom Burrow
By BEN JAYCOCK Towering Yorkshireman Tom Burrow has found his calling at Sale Sharks and, after transitioning from the U18s programme,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEpisode 100! Previewing England vs Ireland with Jonny Bell
This week, the Rugby Paper Podcast brings up 100 episodes! A huge thank you to all those who support and continue...
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Feature
/ 2 years agoMartin relishing playing with pals
George Martin is a familiar name to English rugby fans, but the man behind the player is still very much a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoAndre’s heading home
ON THE BLINDSIDE Andre Esterhuizen will leave Harlequins at the end of the 2023/24 season and return to South Africa for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoMcNicholl on his way
ON THE BLINDSIDE Wales wing Johnny McNicholl has left the Scarlets with immediate effect to take up a playing opportunity in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoNowell extends deal to stay at La Rochelle
ON THE BLINDSIDE By MARK STEVENS Jack Nowell’s French connection is set to go on for a few more years yet,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoTonkin gets the call to join Ealing
ON THE BLINDSIDE By JON NEWCOMBE Ealing Trailfinders have moved quickly to find a new forwards coach following the news that...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Michael Le Bourgeois
The Bedford Blues player-coach and former Wasps and Jersey Reds centre chooses the best XV he has played with or against...
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Q&A
/ 2 years ago‘It’s been a great start but there are tougher challenges ahead of us’
Q&A Ben Jaycock catches up with England U20 head coach Mark Mapletoft to assess the current state of play in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoHow one player really can make a team tick
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY have France fallen off a cliff ?Can...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoIt doesn’t feel right to see Italy at the bottom
Various non rugby specialists have contacted me this week asking why Italy are currently bottom of the Six Nations table. Patiently...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoThe team culture at Exeter blew me away
My Life in Rugby with Bryan Rennie - The former Scotland A, Border Reivers, London Irish, Exeter & Bristol centre, now...
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