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Last-gasp Furbank the hero for Saints
GEORGE Furbank scored a last-minute try to defeat Gloucester and secure Northampton Saints home advantage in the Prem semi-finals. ■By GARY FITZGERALD League leaders Saints –...
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/ 2 hours agoWilliams looking to finish on a high
■By ALEX REED FORMER Wales scrum-half Lloyd Williams aims to bow out today as a Champ winner when Worcester clash with...
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/ 2 hours agoWilliams out to end his career on a high
> Continued from Page 1 involved in the club and the city.” Williams is proud to have played his part in...
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/ 2 hours agoBath lead the way as Prem’s big spenders
CHAMPIONS Bath were the Prem’s biggest spenders in their treble-winning season of 2024/25. Bath invested around £8.5million into their playing squad,...
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/ 2 hours agoMcCarthy is ruled out
Lock: Paddy McCarthy LEINSTER prop Paddy McCarthy has been ruled out for the remainder of their season after sustaining a foot...
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/ 2 hours agoTrio to leave Saracens
FIRST team backs Gareth Simpson, Louie Johnson and Sam Spink will all leave Saracens at the end of the season. Scrum-half...
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/ 2 hours agoPearson sets sights on England return
■By PAUL REES TOM Pearson has had another strong season for Premiership leaders Northampton but has not come closer to adding...
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/ 2 hours agoMcParland to step up after Mitchell blow
ARCHIE McParland will play a key role in Northampton’s title charge with England scrum-half Alex Mitchell likely to miss the rest...
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/ 2 hours agoBarker on way back to Pirates
CORNISH Pirates have resigned lock Steele Barker from Bristol two years after the 25-year-old left to join the Prem side. He...
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/ 2 hours agoWelsh pair to leave Bristol
ALISHA and Jasmine Joyce will leave Bristol this summer to return to Wales. In total, 11 players are leaving the Bears....
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/ 2 hours agoStevens decides to call time
CORNISH Pirates back row John Stevens – the son of former British Lions and England forward Brian ‘Stack’ Stevens – has...
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/ 2 hours agoExeter’s Sio keen to bow out in style
PROP star Scott Sio aims to sign off at Exeter Chiefs with a Prem winner’s medal before he joins Cardiff this...
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/ 2 hours agoLuatua and MacGinty agree new deals at Bristol
By SAM JACKSON BRISTOL Bears flanker Steven Luatua has extended his contract into a 10th season with the club. The 35-year-old,...
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/ 2 hours agoYapp: Lions will be the best of all of us
■By SAM JACKSON FORMER England captain Jo Yapp wants to “help shape the future of women’s rugby for years to come”...
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/ 2 hours agoDavid enjoying life in the fast lane
■By BEN JAYCOCK IT has been a whirlwind year for Millie David, but the Bristol Bears flyer insists she is only...
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/ 2 hours agoChampions focusing on four in a row
GLOUCESTER-Hartpury head coach Dan Murphy is determined to finish the season on a high despite the distraction of three of his...
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/ 2 hours agoMcCall: That was a case of job done
SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall felt it was a case of job done as his side gear up for a...
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/ 2 hours agoSaracens get set for an Exeter shootout
SARACENS secured the all-important five points ahead of their Sandy Park showdown with playoff rivals Exeter Chiefs on Saturday. ■By BEN...
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/ 2 hours agoClark: We feel like we were robbed
ARTHUR Clark admitted the Cherry and Whites felt “robbed” after George Furbank’s last-minute try. “We arrived with no pressure as no-one...
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/ 2 hours agoFurbank’s on hand to snatch it for Saints
■By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton Saints ..... 36pts Tries: Hendy 20, F Smith 22, Hutchinson 33, Freeman 53, Graham 65, Furbank 79...
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/ 2 hours agoHealy: It’ll be nice to share a drink with the lads after that
BEN Healy’s remarkable cameo from the bench inspired Newcastle to a dramatic second half comeback. The fly-half kicked eight points and...
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/ 2 hours agoHearle hits burners as Red Bulls stun Sale
■By SAM JACKSON ALEX Hearle’s hat-trick of tries secured an almighty comeback for Newcastle Red Bulls over Sale Sharks. Sale suffered...
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/ 2 hours agoVan Rensburg leads the Bristol fightback
■By ROGER PANTING BENHARD Janse van Rensburg celebrated his call-up to the England squad with a stunning second-half performance to spearhead...
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/ 2 hours agoWe failed to take chances – coach
BATH head of rugby Johann van Graan saw his side miss the chance to go back to the top of the...
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/ 2 hours agoWe are in control of our own destiny, says Parling
LEICESTER face a potential shootout against Bath at The Rec on Saturday for home advantage in the play-offs, but must first...
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/ 2 hours agoBaxter: It’s going to be tough challenge for us
Starting: Ethan Roots in action for Exeter LEICESTER have lost just once in their last eight Prem games and Exeter boss...
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/ 2 hours agoFeel-good factor firing the Champ
THE uplift in the Champ, and the sense the second tier league now has greater command over its own destiny irrespective...
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/ 2 hours agoTrailfinders make history
■By CÓILÍN DUFFY TRAILFINDERS inflicted Gloucester-Hartpury’s first defeat of the PWR season to secure a maiden play-off berth with a dramatic...
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/ 2 hours agoRobinson leads the way as Exeter take charge
■By RORY MORROW EXETER excelled at Shaftesbury Park, embarrassing Bristol with an emphatic away win. Chiefs were on it from the...
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/ 2 hours agoSmith’s play-off hopes on line
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s play-off hopes will go on the line when they host Saracens in their final PWR...
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/ 2 hours agoPowell puts Harlequins into cruise control
■By FRANKIE DRAPER HARLEQUINS secured a bonus-point victory over Leicester Tigers in their final league game of the season to send...
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/ 2 hours agoBig guys taking a cut in earnings
NOT so very long ago, we argued in this corner of the paper that England’s successes in the Test arena tend...
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/ 2 hours agoDay: A win would be pinnacle of my career
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Bedford Blues v Worcester Warriors Today. Kick-off 3.0pm, Goldington Road BEDFORD and Worcester will battle it out...
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/ 2 hours agoBassett: What we’ve done this year has been fantastic
■By BEN JAYCOCK Experienced: Worcester wing Josh Bassett JOSH Bassett believes Worcester are on the verge of completing one of the...
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/ 2 hours agoWhen Newcastle broke records
Record breaker: Va’aiga Tuigamala in Newcastle colours PICTURE: Getty Images AS befitting their rock bottom status, Newcastle spent less money on...
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/ 2 hours agoSecond tier alive Morgan Strong with style and flair
Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of The Rugby Paper’s Champ reporters to select the 2025/26 Team of the Season Tobi Wilson...
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/ 2 hours agoStudents prepare to show talents in Celestial 7s
THIS year’s University Celestial Sevens could be the most important edition yet with the tournament able to provide a pathway into...
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/ 2 hours agoCornwall go on rampage
Bill Beaumont Division One ■By GRAHAM COX Kent ...................19pts Cornwall ......... 56pts Tries: Ivell 5, Williams 51, 66 Conversions: Begbie 51,...
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/ 2 hours agoNorth Mids take control
Bill Beaumont Division Two round-up ■By CÓILÍN DUFFY NORTH Midlands will face Northumberland in the Division Two final at Twickenham on...
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/ 2 hours agoHampshire win in a thriller
Bill Beaumont Division Three round-up ■By MO SHER HAMPSHIRE booked their spot in the Twickenham showpiece following a pulsating – and...
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/ 2 hours agoYorkshire & Surrey leading the pack Gill Burns
Gill Burns Championship ■By BEN JAYCOCK SURREY take on Staffordshire and Eastern Counties visit Yorkshire in today’s Division 1 semi-finals. Yorkshire...
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/ 2 hours agoChamp final is too tight to call – it should be a cracker!
IT’S difficult to think of a more satisfying conclusion to a stellar season of Champ Rugby than this afternoon’s clash between...
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/ 2 hours agoSuccess in Europe not all about the money
RUGBY MATTERS THE European finals in sweltering Bilbao proved to be a humbling weekend for Irish sides with both Ulster and...
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/ 2 hours agoYOUNG GUNS
GEORGEALEXANDER GLOUCESTER PROP George Alexander jokes that once you get thrown into the front row “you can’t go back”, but the...
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/ 2 hours agoGalthie looks close to giving Edwards le chop
FABIEN Galthie is on the brink of making a major change to his coaching set-up ahead of their Nations Championship challenge,...
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/ 2 hours agoCrusaders on course for a Blues battle
Super Rugby Pacific round-up CRUSADERS leapfrogged Blues to secure a home quarter-final next week with a 47-14 victory over Hurricanes. At...
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/ 2 hours agoRising stars will be looking to shine at Rosslyn Park 7s
By BEN JAYCOCK LUKE Mehson believes Rosslyn Park London Floodlit 7s remains one of the best shop windows in English rugby...
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/ 3 days agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Why are France dominating Europe? Top 14 boom + Rugby overtaking football
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Robert Graham from the Rosbifs Rugby podcast to break down the extraordinary rise of...
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/ 6 days agoLeinster’s focus turns to the URC after Champions Cup heartbreak
Despite being significantly higher in the attack statistics Leinster once again came out on the wrong side of the Champions Cup...
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