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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProject Reset: Ospreys break their silence with strongly-worded statement
An astonishing 36 hours in Welsh rugby
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChampions Cup and Challenge Cup finals to support Doddie Weir foundation, EPCR announce
Newcastle and St James' Park will host the two European finals in May
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins avert scrum-half injury crisis with loan signing
Danny Care and Charlie Mulchrone are both nursing injuries
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales continue with Anscombe at 10, as Adam Beard partners Alun Wyn Jones
Wales have named their squad to travel to Murrayfield in the Guinness Six Nations
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Featured
/ 7 years agoFrance keep the faith with squad which beat Scotland for Dublin trip
Head coach Jacques Brunel names unchanged squad to face Ireland in the Six Nations
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhich is your safest bet?
None of us play games to lose, of course we play for the challenge and the enjoyment and inclusion but when...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoProject Reset: Merger between Ospreys and Scarlets to be discussed at WRU meeting
Players of both regions have been informed of potential merger with contracts up in the air
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAubrey try scant consolation for bullied Ospreys
By DECLAN ROONEY ALLEN Clarke admitted his side were bossed from start to finish as Connacht took a big step towards...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoYasmin driving Dombrandt’s bid for the top
NEALE HARVEY talks to Alex Dombrandt, one half of a sporting couple on the rise Elite sporting couples are rare but...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRef robbed us say Wasps
Protests: Wasps players react after Biyi Alo’s try was disallowed on the final play PICTURE: Getty Images WASPS boss Dai Young...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRuthless Warriors surge to the top
By SAM JACKSON Zebre …………….10 Glasgow……….42 GLASGOW surged to the top of PRO14 Conference A with a thumping six-try win over...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSteenson not calling time on No.10
GARETH Steenson insists winning silverware comes ahead of pulling pints as Exeter’s most popular landlord targets a fourth successive Premiership final...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoOspreys battling to keep club alive
By PETER JACKSON ALUN-WYN Jones starts another Grand Slam week caught in the crossfire of a major political row between his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoChampions book place in last four
By RONAN O’NEILL Leinster ……….19 Cheetahs ……….7 LEINSTER secured a home semi-final with a tight win over Cheetahs. Tries from Conor...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMitchell: Cardiff defeat is blessing in disguise
By GARY FITZGERALD JOHN Mitchell surprisingly suggests Wales may have done England “a nice favour” by bringing them back down to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHigh time for fresh blood at scrum-half
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU BEN Youngs has never been considered...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFlier Amos returns for underfire Dragons
Preview Dragonsv Ulster Today, Kick-off 3pm DRAGONS head coach Ceri Jones has made nine changes for the visit of play-off chasing...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDallaglio: European game still playing catch-up on Kiwis
By GARY FITZGERALD LAWRENCE Dallaglio fears the present battle for Six Nations supremacy has demonstrated that Northern Hemisphere teams are still...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWe were crying out for a Cipriani cameo in Cardiff
AS GOOD a start that England have had in the two opening rounds of the Six Nations it was always apparent...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDon’t count England out yet says former All Black
By NEALE HARVEY Prop star: John Afoa FORMER New Zealand prop John Afoa insists England still have a team to rival...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSad to see injured Tait go out like this
TIME catches up with all of us but it is sad to see Mathew Tait retire with Achilles issues. He’s 33,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEaling have a ground fit for the Premiership says Ward
By NEALE HARVEY EALING have a stadium on standby and would be able to take a place in the Premiership if...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoExiles replace head coach Rouse with Steadman
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NIC ROUSE is looking for new opportunities after being told he is to be released as London...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoCurry can be even better than McCaw insists Ross
By JON NEWCOMBE Hard grafter: England star Tom Curry ENGLAND sensation Tom Curry has the ability to walk into any current...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMitchell up to speed like his idol Dickson
By NEALE HARVEY High tempo: Alex Mitchell brings pace to Saints’ playmaking PICTURE: Getty Images LIVEWIRE Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell is...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup lure as Pisi presses for game-time at Saints
NORTHAMPTON wing Ken Pisi knows he needs a storming end to the season to earn a new contract and keep his...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSeymour wants to hit 50 as a winner
By GARY HEATLY Happier times: Tommy Seymour scores Scotland's third try against Fiji in the Autumn TOMMY Seymour and Jonny Gray...
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/ 7 years agoCardiff win has made Moon into a believer
By GARY FITZGERALD RUPERT Moon insists Wales’ shining victory over England proves they are now ready to get their hands on...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCockerill: Errors let us down again at key times
By GARY HEATLY Benetton……….18 Edinburgh……..10 BENETTON boosted their own play-off hopes and dealt Edinburgh’s a huge blow with a comeback win...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago‘Control freak’ Ansell utilising his grounding at Letchworth
By ART DE ROCHE TOM ANSELL ditched rugby to chase a career in boxing but the welterweight contender says he is...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMagic touch from Morgan sparks Blues fight-back
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues solidified their position in the PRO14 play-off places with a hard-fought bonus point win over the...
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/ 7 years agoBooth’s backing for quick-healer Obano
By NEALE HARVEY Power surge: Beno Obano back in the picture for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images MIRACLE man Beno Obano can...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHalfpenny proves he’s battle ready for Scotland
By ALEX BYWATER LEIGH Halfpenny and Uzair Cassiem delivered outstanding individual displays as the Scarlets produced a crucial win to give...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe can still turn up the heat on Irish says Burns
WING-HEELED Ealing pivot Jordan Burns pledges to pile the psychological pressure on London Irish as he plots a route back into...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoKyle’s critics know nothing about game, raps George
By GARY FITZGERALD JAMIE George has fired a broadside at critics claiming England’s Cardiff defeat is evidence that Eddie Jones’ men...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoPacific island players’ union to explore nuclear option of boycotting 2019 Rugby World Cup in light of proposed ‘World League’
Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have all qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff Blues and Wales flanker Josh Navidi commits to new deal
Josh Navidi has pledged his future to Cardiff Blues by signing a new contract to remain at the Arms Park. The...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations
The story of the year may have just hit the sport
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks sign Rob Webber to contract extension to solidify strong hooker department
Rob Webber and Akker van der Merwe to be Sale's strike force next season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s offer to Manu Tuilagi is ‘fairly stingy’, says ex-Tiger Lewis Moody
Racing 92's megabucks stokes conversation of loyalty towards Leicester and if it works both ways
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSchalk Burger to end Saracens stint and return to South Africa
Springboks legend to leave Allianz Park a 'happy man'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers back Mathew Tait announces immediate retirement from rugby
Full-back/centre has been struggling with an achilles injury all season and brings to an end an outstanding 15-year professional career
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRonan O’Gara plotting route to senior coaching job with Crusaders… or All Blacks
'Everything is possible' says former Ireland fly-half
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWelsh rugby to keep status quo after crisis meeting in Cardiff between WRU and regions
Project Reset changes knocked back by regions in meeteings, but uncertainty remains
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s ‘entertainment’ …but is it Rugby?
NOW that referees routinely ignore the laws of the game, the scrum and line-out have just become a mechanism for restarting...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScots have no answer to a top treble from Vernier
France Women… 41 Scotland Women… 10 A HAT-TRICK from inside centre Gabrielle Vernier kept France well and truly in the three-way...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago‘World class’ Minozzi can plug Le Roux gap says Masi
By NEALE HARVEY X-factor: Italy full-back Matteo Minozzi MATTEO Minozzi is an “incredible talent” whose dancing feet and pace will ensure...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProfessional sport must not have such amateur handicaps
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IN no other sport...











