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/ 3 years agoFrance are too strong for battling Welshmen
POOL A By BEN JAYCOCK Wales................ 19pts Tries: Driscoll 40, Florence 47, Houston 71 Conversions: Edwards 41, 48 France.............. 43pts Tries:...
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/ 3 years agoAnother failure for New Zealand
N Zealand ..........62 Japan................... 19 MACCA Springer scored a hat-trick but New Zealand fell short of the 67 point margin that...
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/ 3 years agoSeven-try Ireland beat Fiji to finish top of the group
By SAM JACKSON Ireland.............. 47pts Tries: Gleeson 8, 35; Sheahan 12, Hadden 22, McCarthy 57, 78, Osborne 68 Conversions: Lynch 9,...
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/ 3 years agoBracken sparks England defiance
POOL B By BEN JAYCOCK England .............. 22pts Tries: Bracken 4, Cleaves 36, Jibulu 43 Conversions: Slevin 5, 37 Penalties: Slevin...
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/ 3 years agoBeets double does it for SA
POOL C S Africa ........... 24 Argentina ....... 16 CORNE Beets scored two late tries as hosts South Africa beat Argentina...
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/ 3 years agoThe day I couldn’t land a blow on McCaw
It's impossible to avoid the Ashes at present and I was musing last week when we had that kerfuffle over the...
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/ 3 years agoHill and Fisher helping out in Kuala Lumpur
THE Penguins international coaching academy continued its worldwide campaign by funding two coaches to work with schools and Cobra RFC in...
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/ 3 years agoIn this Sunday’s Rugby Paper (09/07/23)
We might be in midsummer but there’s still plenty of match action to find in The Rugby Paper on a busy...
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/ 3 years agoSeries 2 Episode 26: Championship future, U20 World Cup and building up to the main event
On this week’s edition of the podcast, Brendan and Chris assess Simon Halliday’s comments on the future of the English second...
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/ 3 years agoU20s World Cup: France, Ireland, South Africa and England through, New Zealand and Wales out
Reigning champions France topped the seeds heading into the semi-finals of the U20s World Cup with England, Ireland and South Africa...
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/ 3 years agoEngland edge through despite Australia stalemate
By BEN JAYCOCK Australia……….. 22pts Tries: Talataina 30, Craig 40, McLaughlin-Phillips 79 Conversions: Bowen 31, 40 Penalties: Bowen 19 England ……………………....
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/ 3 years agoHalliday’s collective ultimatum
By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league...
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/ 3 years agoMontpellier U-turn blocks Thomas from playing in Wales
By PETER JACKSON Montpellier have done a U-turn on Henry Thomas, slamming the door on the former England prop playing in...
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/ 3 years agoGlobal tournament to kick off in 2026
By SAM JACKSON The global season is taking shape with a biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the Six Nations...
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/ 3 years agoArundell’s deal a blow for England
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Henry Arundell, one of England’s most exciting talents, could be...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoRFU needs to strike the right financial balance
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter...
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/ 3 years agoO’Kelly’s backing his boys to triumph
By NICK POWELL Grand Slammers: Malcolm O’Kelly believes Ireland will win the World Cup PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Ireland lock Malcolm...
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/ 3 years agoPremiership Women’s Rugby rebrand
THE women’s Premier 15s will be rebranded as Premiership Women’s Rugby next season. The change is part of a 10-year plan...
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/ 3 years ago“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007
Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...
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/ 3 years agoGB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland
A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...
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/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 25: Mal O’Kelly on Ireland’s World Cup prospects and Leinster’s end to the season
This week on The Rugby Paper Podcast, joining host Ollie Little, columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher and Digital Editor Nick...
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/ 3 years agoWomen’s top tier re-branded as Premiership Women’s Rugby
The RFU hailed a new era for women’s rugby on Tuesday as it re-branded the Women’s Premier 15s as Premiership Women’s...
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/ 3 years agoAgen on the trail of top Welsh trio
By NEIL FISSLER French ProD2 outfit Agen, who are in the middle of a takeover battle, are courting a trio of...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling add Collins to list of star recruits
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Big-spending Ealing Trailfinders have come to the rescue of Tom Collins who had been left high and...
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/ 3 years agoCohen: Mental strength is the key ingredient
By GARY FITZGERALD Ben Cohen insists England have the physical talent and power to be true World Cup contenders but he...
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/ 3 years agoHassell-Collins out of England training squad
WING Ollie Hassell-Collins was dropped from England’s World Cup training squad last week when players from the Premiership’s losing semi-finalists, Northampton...
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/ 3 years agoBorthwick to take team to Japan next year
ENGLAND will travel to Japan next year for a historic first Test match between the two sides in the country. Steve...
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/ 3 years agoWilliams heading for Japan
WALES and Lions wing Liam Williams has left Cardiff midway through his contract to join Kubota Spears in Japan. The 32-year-old...
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/ 3 years agoIrish weren’t given enough time – Ojo
■By NICK POWELL LONDON Irish’s record try scorer Topsy Ojo says it’s regrettable that the club weren’t given more time to...
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/ 3 years agoDeath of former Kynoch captain
SUTTON Coldfield man and keen rugby player Daniel Higgs recently passed away, aged 49. Higgs, below, played for many years with...
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/ 3 years agoTwo-year trial for tackle law in Wales
THE WRU is introducing a restriction on the height of the tackle allowed in the community game in Wales in a...
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/ 3 years agoBizer’s the latest star to join Ealing
USA fly-half Meya Bizer is the latest international to join Ealing Trailfinders’ new Premier 15s side. The 30-year-old has won 27...
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/ 3 years agoPienaar keeps control to guide Cheetahs home
Currie Cup Final By DAN LYON Cheetahs ..........25pts Tries: Fortuin 29, Jasper 39, Kruger 52 Conversions: Pienaar 40, 53 Penalties: Pienaar...
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/ 3 years agoGloucester and Exeter prepare for “Queensholm” showdown
A new winner will be crowned as the champions of the Women’s Premier 15s as Gloucester-Hartpury and Exeter meet at the...
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/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 24: European Cup format and reattempting an England XV
This week on the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little is joined by columnists Brendan Gallagher, Nick Cain and Chris Hewett...
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/ 3 years agoHeineken pull plug on Europe
By SAM JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Global brewing giants Heineken are to step down as title sponsors of rugby’s Champions Cup, leaving tournament...
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/ 3 years agoEngland squad on £100,000-a-man at World Cup
By PETER JACKSON & JON NEWCOMBE England's World Cup squad will be paid £100,000-a-man at the World Cup in France this...
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/ 3 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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/ 3 years agoWe’ll keep on fighting, says Newcastle owner
By PAUL REES Newcastle owner Semore Kurdi has rubbished claims that the club is willing to be relegated to the Championship...
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/ 3 years agoKingsholm showdown to decide the title
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Gloucester-Hartpury v Exeter Chiefs June 24. Kick-off 3.30pm, Kingsholm The Premier 15s top two sides Gloucester-Hartpury and...
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/ 3 years agoTalling’s happy to be joining Sharks
By BEN JAYCOCK SALE Sharks have signed England international Morwenna Talling from Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2023-24 Premier 15s season....
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/ 3 years agoChampions Cup reverts to multi-pool
By PAUL REES Triumph: La Rochelle celebrate victory THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams...
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/ 3 years agoNo excuse, Warren
WARREN Gatland on the start of his second coming as Wales head coach, December 13, 2022: “How do you create an...
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/ 3 years agoNational League fixtures
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/ 3 years agoBeale pleads not guilty to assault charges
By DENNIS EVANS AUSTRALIA international Kurtley Beale will go to trial over a number of sexual assault charges after an alleged...
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/ 3 years agoOjo wishes Irish were given more time
London Irish‘s record try scorer Topsy Ojo says it’s regrettable that the club weren’t given more time to try and find...
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/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 23: Topsy Ojo on London Irish’s suspension from the Prem
London Irish have officially become the third club to be suspended from the Gallagher Premiership this season. The Exiles demise subsequently...
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/ 3 years agoGatland would have rejected Wales with hindsight
Warren Gatland has claimed that had he been aware of the full extent of Welsh rugby’s problems, he would not have...
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/ 3 years agoRowe fires back at reports of financial difficulty at Chiefs
Exeter Chiefs Chairman Tony Rowe has labelled reports on social media that his club are in financial trouble as ‘wide of...
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/ 3 years agoCare and Marler return as England World Cup preparation squad announced
Harlequins duo Danny Care and Joe Marler have been named in the England squad for the first time under Steve Borthwick...
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