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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoSigma Lions 14-56 Lions: ‘Warrenball’ no more as fluid Lions show flair
A RUNAWAY victory against markedly inferior opposition usually offers little value, but for Warren Gatland’s Lions every match in the build-up...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoScrum power keeps the Grand Slam alive
By ADAM ELLIS Ireland ..............15pts Tries: Soroka 58, De Buitlear 74 Conversions: Doak 59 Penalties: Doak 43 England ............24pts Tries: Brantingham...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne
Harlequins and England hooker Amy Cokayne moved to New Zealand when she was nine after her father, Ian, was recruited by...
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/ 4 years agoLions are criticised over Cowan-Dickie
THE Lions have been publicly rebuked for playing Luke Cowan-Dickie a mere seven days after he had been knocked-out at Twickenham....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSix-try Italy humiliate Scots in Cardiff rout
Scotland ............3 Italy..................43 ITALY stunned Scotland with a six-try demolition job at Cardiff Arms Park to keep Sean Lineen’s team winless....
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoChampionship may get new Thursday night TV slot
PREMIER Sports believe a successful Lions tour would help them achieve a breakthrough in England as they extend their rugby coverage...
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/ 4 years agoLions will beat the over-rated Boks says Nick Easter
FORMER England No.8 Nick Easter believes South Africa are over-rated and predicts a Lions series win. Easter, now defence coach at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoPetit general Le Garrec gets France marching
By SAM JACKSON France ..............36pts Tries: Haddad 3, Tchaptchet 16, 36, Reybier 30, Debaes 55 Conversions: Le Garrec 4, 31, 37,...
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/ 4 years ago‘Man strength’ helped make it best final ever
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Power play: Wilco Louw scores for Quins in...
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/ 4 years agoNational Leagues get online show to shine spotlight on 48 member clubs
NATIONAL League rugby is set for its own weekly highlights show, with part of the proceeds generated going back to its...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoCradle of game have made big strides to return to the top table
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ENTIRE books have been written about William Webb Ellis and the...
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/ 4 years agoLos Lelos need a few more like Davit
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER HAVE Georgia finally unearthed their first superstar outside back? The lack of firepower behind the scrum has...
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/ 4 years agoPassion of the fans got me hooked on my first outing
By WARREN MUGGLETON who is hosting the The National League Rugby Review Show My first experience of National League Rugby came...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoAlcock clocked him first, but Stoop helped Poulton become the star
RONNIE Poulton-Palmer might have attracted the attention of Adrian Stoop at an early stage but the Quins captain wasn’t the only...
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/ 4 years agoJoe Marler and Danny Care have last tango at Twickenham
JOE Marler fears that Harlequins stunning victory in the Premiership final will be the last dance he enjoys with Danny Care....
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/ 4 years agoPercival nurtures the gorilla in everyone
JAMES Percival, former Harlequins and Worcester star lock, has used his playing highs and lows to launch an exciting new brand...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoLions will need to stage their own full-on scrum sessions
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Possible bolter: Chris Harris LIONS trips to South Africa are glorious in so many ways but one or...
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/ 4 years agoMarler: I feel for Alun Wyn over Lions
JOE Marler says he is “gutted” Alun Wyn Jones may not get the chance to make more rugby history in South...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSorry, Conor it’s hard to find much to smile about
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST There is something unnatural about writing the words “British and Irish Lions” and “social distancing” in the...
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/ 4 years agoOxford jab medic brings bit of needle to Varsity match
Pride: John Henry WINNING a place in the Varsity Day squad can be all consuming, but Oxford prop John Henry has...
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/ 4 years agoRhodes was no Chuckle Brother
WHEN Michael Rhodes left the Cape Townbased Stormers, who were playing their rugby in the shadow of Table Mountain, for Saracens,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoJet-heeled Josh Adams gives lift-off to the Lions
JOSH Adams bagged four tries as Warren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions got off to a flyer against Sigma Lions in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWasps beef up the pack
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed All Blacks back five forward Vaea Fifita for next season and have re-signed Nizaam Carr from...
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/ 4 years agoBig Joe back after finding his confidence
By PAUL REES JOE Cokanasiga is ready to put two wasted years behind him when he resumes his Test career against...
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/ 4 years agoExiles unveil new recruits
LONDON Irish have signed Leinster scrum-half Hugh O’Sullivan, 23, and La Rochelle’s Springbok prop Marcel van der Merwe, 30, for next...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoPivac: Pumas so much tougher
WAYNE Pivac was happy with the performance of his Wales side shorn of 12 front line players due to injury and...
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/ 4 years agoPirates pilfer two more
CORNISH Pirates have signed Ampthill’s former Wales U20s hooker Syd Blackmore and Wasps winger Callum Sirker on one-year deals. Sirker, 23,...
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/ 4 years agoBoks must find right balance in back row
DANIEL GALLAN SOUTH AFRICAN COLUMN Last week Conor Murray described his appointment as British & Irish Lions captain as “unbelievable”. The...
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/ 4 years agoScott back at Scarlets
WALES centre Scott Williams is to rejoin Scarlets after leaving Ospreys. Williams, 30, who has 58 Wales caps, left Scarlets to...
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/ 4 years agoFormidable front five but weak around the fringes
A LOT has happened since the Springboks were last in action over 609 days ago. Corona was merely a drinkable beer....
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/ 4 years agoBlues bring in Bailey
BEDFORD have signed flanker Bailey Ransom from Newcastle. The 24-year-old former Millfield pupil joined Falcons’ senior academy set-up in 2019 and...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaints prepared if Toulon persist in Dan Biggar swoop
NORTHAMPTON Saints have set aside a ‘healthy budget’ as they search fora new fly-half that places question marks over the future...
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/ 4 years agoHeineken Cup tiers revealed ahead of pool draw
NEWS EXTRA THE ROAD to next season’s Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille will begin to be mapped out when the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoHow Quins found their jester spirit just in time
PAUL REES charts the remarkable transformation that made Quins champions The Premiership season finished as it had started more than seven...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley
EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to...
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/ 4 years agoSharks role too good to resist for League convert Langley
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL JAMIE LANGLEY has landed a unique job as Sale’s new peak performance coach – and is determined to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoThree generations of Fishers make history
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THREE generations of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoTEAM: Lewis Ludlow to captain England against USA
England head coach Eddie Jones has stuck with Lewis Ludlow as his captain for this weekend’s clash against the USA. The...
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/ 4 years agoHarlequins conclude six-month search for new head coach with Tabai Matson
Harlequins will have a new head coach oversee the team’s defence of their Premiership title, after confirming Tabai Matson as the...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEngland interim assistant coach Ed Robinson to leave Jersey Reds
Jersey Reds have confirmed backs coach Ed Robinson will be leaving the Championship this summer to join an unnamed Premiership club....
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/ 4 years agoNewcastle Falcons confirm signing of ex-Harlequins wing Nathan Earle
Nathan Earle has joined Mike Brown in leaving Premiership winners Harlequins behind to move to Newcastle Falcons. As reported in The...
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/ 4 years agoIreland include several senior players for Japan clash
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has named an experienced squad to take on Japan, with captain James Ryan cleared to play....
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEx-Wasps wing Callum Sirker lands at Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates have announced the signing of former Wasps flyer Callum Sirker on a one-year deal. Sirker was released by Wasps...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoStuart Hogg to captain Lions in tour opener
Stuart Hogg will lead the British & Irish Lions in their first match of the tour of South Africa, as they...
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/ 4 years agoEngland U20 name team out to deny Irish the Triple Crown
England U20 head coach Alan Dickens has made four changes to the starting line-up that will face Ireland on Thursday. For...
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/ 4 years agoWasps sign All Black back-five forward Vaea Fifita
Wasps have announced the signing of All Blacks back-five forward Vaea Fifita, who will join the club for the 2021-22 season....
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/ 4 years agoLeigh Halfpenny to reach 100 Test caps against Canada
Leigh Halfpenny will make his 100th test appearance when Wales host Canada at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, Head coach Wayne...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRFU approves 14-team Premiership expansion and voids relegation for further two seasons
Relegation from the Premiership has been suspended for two further seasons after the RFU, in collaboration with Premiership Rugby, approved plans...
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/ 4 years agoNizaam Carr cuts short Bulls deal to sign for Wasps
Wasps have signed Nizaam Carr for a third time in a move designed to ease the loss of Jack Willis to...
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/ 4 years agoSacked Hayward back in Cardiff with Canada
BYRON Hayward will be back on the international stage in Cardiff this week eight months after losing his job with Wales....
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