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/ 2 years agoItaly sign up Hodges
FORMER Cardiff defence coach Richard Hodges has been named Italy defence coach. Hodges left Wales in 2023 to join Zebre and...
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/ 2 years agoNew owners provide financial guarantees
BIARRITZ’S new owners this week provided French rugby’s financial watchdog with suitable guarantees of their finances, and revealed an eight-year plan...
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/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 12/05/24
The Premiership returns with every team in the top seven heading into this weekend still having a chance of clinching a home semi-final,...
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/ 2 years agoPremiership previews: Round 17
Heading into the penultimate round of the Premiership season seven teams still stand a chance of reaching the play-offs, with each...
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/ 2 years agoVunipola warned again by RFU over drunken arrest
Billy Vunipola has received a formal warning from the RFU for the second time in just over five years, on this...
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/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 37: Champions Cup, Dupont and Olympics with Mike Friday
There’s plenty on the agenda for the Rugby Paper Podcast this week. Ollie Little and columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris Hewett and...
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/ 2 years agoCare extends Quins stay into 19th season
Harlequins and former England scrum-half Danny Care has signed a new contract to spend a 19th season at the London club....
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/ 2 years agoFord loving dramatic end to the season
By PAUL EDDISON George Ford is relishing the ‘do-or-die’ nature of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby run-in as his Sale Sharks side...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoToulouse overcome Quins to join Leinster in eighth final
By NICK POWELL Toulouse………………………………………….38 Tries: Lebel 4, Mauvaka 19, Flament 27, Dupont 33, 37; Mallía 68 Conversions: Kinghorn 21, 35, 38;...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlame RFU for lack of confidence – Halliday
By NICK CAIN The Cornish Pirates statement that the future of professional rugby in Cornwall is in jeopardy – citing RFU...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSaints so close to stunning Leinster
From ADAM HATHAWAY at Croke Park Northampton boss Phil Dowson was left to rue the one that got away after Saints...
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/ 2 years agoEight-year PGP deal expected next month
By PAUL REES The ground-breaking new agreement between Twickenham and the Premiership clubs is expected to be announced after next month’s...
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/ 2 years agoOrlando leaves Falcons
ARGENTINA international Matias Orlando has been released from his Newcastle Falcons contract early. The 32-year-old has been allowed to leave Kingston...
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/ 2 years agoBrown will miss two matches
LEICESTER full-back Mike Brown has been suspended for two weeks after he swore at match officials following his red card in...
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/ 2 years agoVunipola warned over behaviour
SARACENS have warned England forward Billy Vunipola about his future conduct after he was arrested in Majorca on Sunday but will...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLeinster made to fight all the way
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................20pts Tries: Lowe 10, 15, 43 Conversion: Byrne 11 Penalty: Byrne 29 Northampton Saints...... 17pts Tries: Hendy 58,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoIt’ll be tough for us but we’ll meet fire with fire, says Care
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Toulouse vs Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadium de Toulouse WHEN Harlequins went to Bordeaux last month they...
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/ 2 years agoKinghorn: Move to Toulouse has given me fresh impetus
By BEN JAYCOCK BLAIR Kinghorn feels his move to European giants Toulouse has been a career revitalisation after ‘becoming stagnant at...
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/ 2 years agoRoebuck out to impress England
By LUKE JARMYN Sale's Tom Roebuck is a man on a mission as he looks to use the final weeks of...
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/ 2 years agoCarter gets three-game suspension
DRAGONS second row Ben Carter has been banned for three games following his red card for a dangerous tackle against Connacht...
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/ 2 years agoSaracens lift Cup
SARACENS women produced a clinical secondhalf display to beat Bristol 31-17 and win the Allianz Cup at Shaftesbury Park. Trailing 12-7...
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News Extra
/ 2 years agoEngland set up NZ date
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND Women will play world champions New Zealand at Twickenham on September 14 in preparation for October’s WXV 1...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 05/05/24
For only the second time in eight seasons there are two English teams in the Champions Cup semi-finals, and we’ll have action...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEPCR Challenge Cup semi-final preview
For the second year in a row each of the four Challenge Cup semi-finalists come from a different country, but it’s...
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/ 2 years agoRed Roses announce first Twickenham match against Black Ferns for 12 years
England women will play their third standalone fixture at Twickenham in less than 18 months later this year, taking on New...
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Feature
/ 2 years agoHow one match at Croke Park changed European Rugby
They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. 15 years since Leinster dominated Munster in front of a world...
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/ 2 years agoItoje avoids ban for Barbeary tackle
Saracens second row Maro Itoje has avoided a ban for the last two games of the regular season of the Premiership...
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/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 36: Ruan Ackermann on Prem weekend, residency rules and EPCR semis
Following a pivotal weekend of Gallagher Premiership action – not without its controversies – Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain...
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/ 2 years agoEngland could be one of world’s best teams – Care
England legend Danny Care feels it is “frightening” to consider just how good the national team can become. Care called time...
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/ 2 years agoBaxter: “We are overachieving” this season
Rob Baxter praised his young side’s competitive edge and their ability to learn from mistakes after their comfortable victory against Gloucester....
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/ 2 years agoVunipola arrested and tasered twice in Majorca incident
Saracens and former England number eight Billy Vunipola has been arrested following a violent incident in a bar in Majorca. According...
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/ 2 years agoChiefs boost top-four hopes with five-try win at Kingsholm
By TOM JEFFREYS Gloucester…………………………………………..17 Tries: May 29, Clement 40, Clark 50 Conversions: Atkinson 52 Exeter Chiefs……………………………………….38 Tries: Vermeulen 14, 60; John...
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/ 2 years agoEngland celebrate Grand Slam treble
By BEN JAYCOCK England secured their sixth straight Six Nations title and third Grand Slam in a row yesterday by beating...
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/ 2 years agoBattle for top four reaching climax
The battle for the Premiership play-off places heated up yesterday with leaders Northampton losing to Harlequins and a revitalised Bristol Bears...
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/ 2 years agoFaletau ruled out for rest of season
WALES No.8 Taulupe Faletau has fractured his shoulder and will not play again this season. The 33-year-old was injured on his...
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/ 2 years agoLawes inducted into Hall of Fame
COURTNEY Lawes will be inducted into the RPA Hall of Fame at the RPA Awards on Wednesday May 29. The 34-year-old...
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/ 2 years agoScotland lock Gray heads for Exeter exit
SCOTLAND lock Jonny Gray has left Exeter with immediate effect to “explore other playing opportunities”. The 30-year-old joined the Chiefs in...
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/ 2 years agoBears ready to battle for silverware
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Final Bristol Bears v Saracens Today. 2pm Driving: Akina Gondwe in action for Saracens DAVE Ward has...
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/ 2 years agoPreview Seventh place play-off
Harlequins v Trailfinders Today. 2.30pm HARLEQUINS head coach Amy Turner makes two changes from the side that ran in five tries...
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/ 2 years agoLightning are too strong for Sale
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Fifth place play-offf play-offf Loughboro’ .....26 Sale...................22 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning claimed fifth place with a 48–34 aggregate win at...
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/ 2 years agoExeter in the mood to land bronze
Preview Third place play-off Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester-H Today. 12.30pm EXETER Chiefs will be gunning for third place in this season’s...
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/ 2 years agoSetting up for a super centenary
AMERSHAM & Chiltern have just finished one of the best seasons in the club’s history, with the first, seconds, col ts...
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/ 2 years agoHolders out as big rivals York snatch narrow win
■By MO SHER DEFENDING champions Driffield were dramatically beaten 31-30 by York to ensure there will be a new name on...
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/ 2 years agoFormer Lions prop O’Shea dies at 83
FORMER Wales and British and Irish Lions prop John O’Shea died last week in Australia aged 83 after a lengthy illness....
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/ 2 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with clubs ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as...
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/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 28/04/24
For the third time in a row England and France meet in a Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider, and you...
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/ 2 years agoCokayne in for Red Roses decider
Amy Cokayne comes in for the injured Lark Atkin-Davies as England take on France in a third-consecutive Grand Slam deciding match...
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/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 35: Grand Slam decider preview with Marlie Packer
It all comes down to this! The Women’s Six Nations is heading for an epic conclusion in Bordeaux on Saturday as...
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/ 2 years agoKata banned for three games after Dingwall tackle
Solomone Kata has received a three-match ban for his tackle on Fraser Dingwall that saw him red carded in the East...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoEx-Lions and Wales prop O’Shea dies at 83
Former British and Irish Lions and Wales prop John O’Shea has died aged 83 after a lengthy illness. O’Shea made five...
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