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/ 3 years agoHow Jake managed to keep it in the family
PETER JACKSON IN 25 Tests for the Wallabies over a period of eight years, Greg Cornelsen scored four tries. They all...
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/ 3 years agoEngland’s awkward encounter
PETER JACKSON NO Greek team can have borne quite as many gifts to a World Cup as their Rugby League lads...
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/ 3 years agoAll hail, the slayers of All Black slayers …
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER CORRECTION c orner. Last week I mistakenly said that Munster got thumped 33-6 by London in their...
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/ 3 years agoBlackett joins Scarlets as more Wasps move on
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wasps head coach Lee Blackett has joined the Scarlets for the remainder of the season. Blackett, 39, becomes...
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/ 3 years agoRed card pair hit with three match bans
LONDON Irish back row Ben Donnell and Harlequins winger Nick David have both been banned for three games. Donnell was charged...
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/ 3 years agoHeward is third Warrior to sign for the Bears
FORMER Worcester back-three player Noah Heward has joined Bristol on a two-year deal. The 22-year-old is the third Worcester player Bristol...
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/ 3 years agoAmpthill sign quartet from the Premiership
AMPTHILL have signed James Tunney, Tomas Bacon, Rob Hardwick and Beck Cutting. Back rower Tunney, full-back Bacon, both 21, and 20-yearold...
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/ 3 years agoDelve takes reins at Gloucester academy
GARETH Delve has become Gloucester’s new academy manager. The 11-cap former Wales No.8 captained Gloucester in 2009 having joined from Bath...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHoney’s eager to show he’s ready for next level
By BEN JAYCOCK Deadeye Fraser Honey hopes to put himself in the shop window for a Championship club by leading Redruth...
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/ 3 years agoMet close in on top two after Hartpury nail biter
BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL CARDIFF Met moved up to third in the table within a point of rivals Cardiff Uni...
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/ 3 years agoNational Cup sees big guns collide in last 16
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL WITH half-term finished, the calm of the last two weeks is to be lifted by the...
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/ 3 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU Wrong not to award penalty I...
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/ 3 years agoMusk taking his chances at Quins
By PAUL REES JACK Musk had not started a Premiership match before this season but now he has made four in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoOne more step in getting the team right for France
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AT last we can put the woes of the rugby world behind...
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/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoDon’t lose rugby in some tiny corner of cyberspace
CHRIS HEWETT Jeff Bezos is some piece of work. One of a tiny handful of people who can legitimately argue that...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoClermont set sights on George
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Clermont Auvergne are preparing an offer to tempt England and Lions hooker Jamie George into leaving...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs eye up another two Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER Chiefs have made moves for two more players without a club after Wasps went...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaints are now heading the chase for Willis
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In demand: Jack Willis, above, and Alfie Barbeary, right, are wanted by other clubs PICTURES:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoCanada looking for a repeat
Preview Canada v USA Today. Kick-off 3.30am USA head coach Rob Cain has named an unchanged match-day 23 for their quarter-final...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoI’m so proud: Hunter takes Rocky record
Preview By BEN JAYCOCK England v Australia Today. Kick-off 1.30am CAPTAIN Sarah Hunter will become England’s most capped player when she...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoCardiff moving forward-Young
Preview Cardiff v Edinburgh Today. 3pm CARDIFF are looking to build on last weekend’s away win at the Stormers when they...
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/ 3 years agoMoore leads way for Ulster
By JOHN FALLON Munster .............. 14 Tries: Daly 67 Penalties: Crowley 10, 48, 54 Ulster ................... 15 Tries: Murphy 4, Stewart...
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/ 3 years agoLions ……………….. 22 Stormers………. 31
STORMERS fought back from 12 points down to claim an impressive win. Jordan Hendrikse slotted two early penalties for the Lions,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoBulls v Sharks
Preview Today. 1pm SHARKS director of rugby Neil Powell believes last week’s postponed game against Ulster may aid his team today...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWasps results for the season to be expunged
RUGBY SHORTS Wasps have been suspended from the Premiership and Premiership Cup for the rest of the season. As with Worcester,...
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Features
/ 3 years ago‘Talented’ Hill signs long-term Rec deal
RUGBY SHORTS Former Worcester captain Ted Hill, 23, has followed Ollie Lawrence’s lead by signing a long-term deal at Bath having...
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Features
/ 3 years agoQuins Bok star Louw set for switch to Bulls
RUGBY SHORTS THE Bulls have signed South Africa prop Wilco Louw from Harlequins for next season on a three-year deal. Tighthead...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBarbarians call for Yarde and Cipriani
RUGBY SHORTS Former Sale winger Marland Yarde is set to make a return to rugby with the Barbarians this November against...
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Features
/ 3 years agoShields, Odogwu, Koch agree deals in France
RUGBY SHORTS Wasps have seen numerous star players depart the club this week. Former England flanker Brad Shields, 31, has agreed...
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Features
/ 3 years agoArmstrong agrees early Bears release
RUGBY SHORTS Tighthead Jake Armstrong has left Bristol Bears with immediate effect. Armstrong, 28, spent four and a half seasons at...
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/ 3 years agoDurham crash to heavy defeat at The Rec
BUCS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL BATH underlined their credentials for title contention with a 40-13 win over reigning league champions Durham...
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/ 3 years agoPooler run riot against Wands
■By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL scored eight tries and won 54-0 against a depleted Glamorgan Wanderers side. Ashley Sweet provided the power...
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/ 3 years agoChaos as matches end in walkovers
■By ROB COLE THERE was chaos in the final round of matches in the WRU Division 1 Cup as no fewer...
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/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, October 30, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoMore International Stars confirmed for Barbarians
Three more international stars will join up with Barbarian F.C. ahead of the Killik Cup against All Blacks XV on Sunday...
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/ 3 years agoFrancis Baron’s full, exclusive report
A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FACING THE RFU & PRL WITH PROPOSALS FOR A FUNDAMENTALLY NEW APPROACH BY BOTH...
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/ 3 years agoBaron calls for radical review to save game
By NICK CAIN Francis Baron, one of the most authoritative figures in Rugby Union administration, has called for a radical root-and-branch...
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/ 3 years agoPriestland is the last kicker standing
By PETER JACKSON Wales are in the throes of a goal-kicking crisis barely a fortnight before their date with the All...
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/ 3 years agoEx-owners banned as directors
Former Worcester Warriors owners Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring have been disqualified as company directors for 12 months following a court...
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/ 3 years agoPivac: Time for Costelow to show he can step up
By STEFFAN THOMAS WAYNE PIVAC has challenged 21-year-old Sam Costelow to prove he is the long-term successor to Dan Biggar after...
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/ 3 years agoJones has faith in the silent treatment
By ADAM HATHAWAY EDDIE Jones is ready to give his squad the silent treatment when they fly to Jersey tomorrow for...
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/ 3 years agoRussell left out as Ritchie takes charge
By BEN JAYCOCK FINN Russell is the surprise omission from Scotland’s autumn internationals squad, which also sees Stuart Hogg lose the...
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/ 3 years agoStockdale back as Farrell calls up six
By BEN JAYCOCK ULSTER winger Jacob Stockdale has returned to the Ireland squad after a 15-month absence as head coach Andy...
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/ 3 years agoRFU chief puts central contracts on the agenda
By PAUL REES CENTRAL contracts are on the agenda after the collapse of Worcester and Wasps and a Department of Culture,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years ago‘It’s been a privilege’ – Robshaw retires
ON THE BLINDSIDE FORMER England captain Chris Robshaw has announced his retirement. Flanker Robshaw, right, played over 300 games for Harlequins,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAgents are circling after Wasps demise
ON THE BLINDSIDE Wasps demise last week started a massive scramble for some of their best talent, just as it did...
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/ 3 years agoJohnson shows his bottle to kill off Tigers
By NICK POWELL Try time: Alex Tait crossed twice for Falcons LOUIE Johnson’s late conversion earned Newcastle Falcons a first away...
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/ 3 years agoDragon Lloyd brings up 150
Preview Dragons v Ospreys Today. 3pm PROP Lloyd Fairbrother makes his 150th Dragons appearance today – only the 11th player to...
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/ 3 years agoRelief for Friend as Mack grabs a try double
By JOHN FALLON Connacht...........36pts Tries: Murray 1, Hansen 35, 78; Aungier 54, Penalty 75 Penalties: Carty 8, 28, Hawkshaw 61 Scarlets................















