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/ 7 years agoMunster get ready for altitude test
By ANDREW JACOBS Kings……………30 Munster……………31 MUNSTERcoach Johann van Graan expects an even tougher test next week when they travel to Bloemfontein...
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/ 7 years agoDragons end the drought with 50-point rout
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Dragons ended their away day hoodoo with a crushing bonus point victory over Zebre in Parma. Dean...
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/ 7 years agoMulvihill: Our missed tackles not acceptable
By ROGER PANTING Early promise: Owen Lane runs in to score for Cardiff Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans JACO Van der Walt...
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/ 7 years agoSecond-half try blitz gets brave Scarlets over the line
By GARY HEATLY BRAD MOOARpraised his side’s battling qualities after the Scarlets made it two wins from two with an away...
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/ 7 years agoConnacht get back on track in style
Connacht……………41 Benetton……………5 ANDY FRIEND said this was the perfect response to Connacht’s opening round loss in Llanelli as they put Benetton...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoThese spoilt brats need to be pinned down
Nick Cain assesses France and discusses the key areas ahead of Saturday’s big match Double header: Jacques Brunel and Fabien Galthie...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDenny’s double has Diamond drooling
By LUKE JARMYN SALE wing Denny Solomona scored two second half tries as Sharks fought back from a tenpoint half-time deficit...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEden feeling Tiff-top again as he bids to make mark
By NEALE HARVEY Impact: Tiff Eden Upbeat: Barney Maddison BRISTOL fly-half Tiff Eden is determined to make an impact after a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRibbans out to press his England claims
By NEALE HARVEY WITH a new three-year contractpouched, lock forward David Ribbans starts for Saints in a game his side must...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBrown adds his stardust to an 11-try super show
By NEALE HARVEY Setting the bar: Mike Brown scores the opening try for Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Scorer: Twelvetrees MIKE Brown...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBattling Tigers manage to ride out Polota-Nau red card storm
By GARY FITZGERALD TIGERS defied a red card for veteran Australia hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau to produce a battling performance to grab...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPack power swings it Chiefs way at the death
By ROGER PANTING TOM Howe’s hat-trick was not enough to stop Exeter Chiefs going top of Pool 3 and assume pole...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLeague ace Sivo tempted by Prem
MAIKA SIVO, the Parramatta Eels winger who is the leading try-scorer in the NRL, has got his CV doing the rounds...
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/ 7 years agoChiefs keep eye on Webb
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Coming home? Rhys Webb RHYS WEBB could be set to leave Toulon at the...
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/ 7 years agoAshton still keen to make Test splash
CHRIS ASHTON has told Blindside that he still has ambitions to add to his 44 England caps next season. The 32-year-old...
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/ 7 years agoCut out the Pools and go straight to quarter-finals
COLIN BOAG Humiliation: New Zealand blitz Canada as Rieko Ioane goes over for their fifth try Are you enjoying the RWC...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTruism…but it’s true!
IT IS a truism that teams who win Rugby World Cups have world class scrum-halves. That does not mean it is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRise above the ‘win at all cost’ mentality
WATCHING Alun Wyn Jones over the years, and especially since he has become the captain of Wales, has been a pleasure....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoFed up listening to the referees coaching players
I HAVE been increasingly upset at the constant advice being given to players at the Rugby World Cup. I believe that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoOfficials need to enforce the laws
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOUR observations from the...
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/ 7 years agoBurger: World Cup would lack romance without T2
By JON NEWCOMBE Bruiser: Jaques Burger JACQUES BURGER insists the Rugby World Cup would be a much poorer spectacle if the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoHope has turned into belief after Aussie win
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Word class rugby: Hadleigh Parkes score against Australia PICTURE: Getty Images THERE will be no...
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/ 7 years agoMcKee plots to spoil pal Gatland’s party
By ALEX BYWATER JOHN McKee has known Warren Gatland for nearly two decades, but the Fiji head coach is still determined...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoBall’s back on steam in Welsh boiler room
By ALEX BYWATER Hard yards: Jake Ball on the charge against Australia FROM forgotten man to irreplaceable World Cup star, Jake...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoFast games suit super-fit Wales says training guru
By ALEX BYWATER Belief: Ryan Chambers WALES’ World Cup campaign couldn’t have gone much better to date and off the field...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoDan will be ‘ready to go for Fiji’
DAN Biggar should be fit to face Fiji after a head injury forced him off. “As far as I understand, he...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoWales withstand Wallaby revival to claim epic win
By SAM JACKSON Diving in: Gareth Davies goes over to score Wales’ second try WALES held off a fierce Wallaby fightback...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoGeorgia turn on the power to bury Los Teros
Georgia……………33 Uruguay……………7 GEORGIA scored five tries to bring Uruguay crashing down to earth at Kumagaya Stadium following the South Americans’ shock...
