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/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: Get voting and honour your rugby heroes
We are proud to announce the first Rugby Paper Awards will be held at the end of this season. It is...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRussell’s back for revenge mission
Preview Racing 92 v Toulouse Today, Kick-off 3.15pm SCOTLAND fly-half Finn Russell starts for Racing 92 as one of seven alterations...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoByrne takes advantage of Stockdale’s sloppy finish
By RONAN O’BRIEN ROSS Byrne fought off cramp and kicked a touchline penalty to send champions Leinster into the semi-final after...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBarritt injury potentially devastating says McCall
MARK McCall said Saracens had adapted impressively to losing Owen Farrell on the morning of the match after his wife went...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNo deception, Dave, Sarries did just score seven tries!
By NICK CAIN Joy: Brad Barritt celebrates with Jackson Wray and Sean Maitland after scoring Saracens’ third try SARACENS were meant...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEarls double tops and tails composed Munster win
By GARY HEATLY MUNSTER showed great resolve and defensive strength to edge out Edinburgh in a cracking last eight tie at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDeano is still my man for the England job after Eddie
Best qualified: Newcastle director of rugby Dean Richards PICTURE: Getty Images VERY few countries in the international game appear to have...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe’re in for a thriller with everything still to play for
COLIN BOAG Basement battle: Bristol must travel to Newcastle on the final weekend After this Champions Cup weekend, there are just...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThe ‘DC’ defence
QUINS demonstrated a new tactic for the smart defence coach – the DC. The DC (Danny Care) defence provokes an attacker...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s a joke already
READING your headline last week – World Rugby are ‘turning the game into a joke’ – I wonder if it’s too...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWorrying divide is growing between Wales and Regions
ONE part of Peter Jackson’s excellent article “Regions need to find more Caped Crusaders” struck home in a very big way....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoStop these cringy try celebrations
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PROFESSIONAL rugby players are...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRFU face mammoth repair bill
THE Rugby Football Union face a multi-million pound bill to replace the roofs of three of the four stands at Twickenham....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoX-ray vision ironing out creases in Ant’s game
By NEALE HARVEY Under the microscope: Bath flyer Anthony Watson BATH coach Darren Edwards is convinced a unique system of skeletal...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSolomons sceptical new laws would improve game
Warning: Alan Solomons LAW trials aimed at enhancing player welfare by producing a more freeflowing game risk ruining Premiership rugby, warns...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTait: Using Daly as a Jack-of-all has risks
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Mathew Tait Options at 13: Jonathan Joseph and Henry Slade Versatile: Elliot Daly shows his attacking prowess...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlues are ‘closer’ to keeping Gareth in Wales
>Continued from Page 1 interest in Anscombe but the revelation of Bristol’s interest increases the prospect of Wales’ No. 1 choice...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGunter on target as Brecon win battle of the leaders in the Plate
Welsh Plate /Bowl s-finals THE top two in One East clashed for a place in the final of WRU National Plate...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRock ‘n’ roll rugby is on the bill at Racing
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The new Parisian home of Racing, the biggest indoor stadium in Europe, was inaugurated by three performances...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEvans’ double boosts One East leaders
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers took a huge step towards the One East Central title with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler take title with five games to go
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL have successfully defended their WRU National Championship title for a second consecutive season with...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas still look in trouble as The Gogs run riot
■By ROB COLE Bedwas …17 RGC1404 …45 RGC1404 helped themselves to seven tries as they put Bedwas to the sword and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBulls take basement battle by horns with emphatic win
■By GUTO DAVIES Bargoed …55 Neath…13 A CLASH between the bottom clubs in the Premiership proved to be an entertaining affair,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhites find true colours as Jeffries bags winner
■By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q…19 Swansea …21 ALEX Jeffries’ last-gasp try secured victory for Swansea in a Carmarthen Park thriller. It...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJones kicks for glory as Vale turn the tables on their hosts
■By JAY BAYFORD RHYS Jones broke Newport hearts as his late drop goal earned Ebbw Vale a thrilling victory in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrydie inspires a scintillating Llanelli comeback
■By JIM CANDY LLANELLI scored 25 unanswered second-half points to claim a vital bonus-point victory over Aberavon at Parc y Scarlets....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Davies takes Ironmen back to the summit
■By ALEX BYWATER Cross Keys …28 Merthyr …53 HARRI Davies and Merthyr made hay while the sun shone as the wing...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWomen’s game needs new laws to avoid head injuries
JEFF PROBYN Brick wall: England fly-half Katy Daley-Mclean is hit hard by Ireland’s Lindsay Peat PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoTop two pile on the points ahead of the semi-finals
■By TOBY SMITH Treble: Lotte Clapp SARACENS Women and Harlequins Ladies warmed up for their home Premier 15s semi-finals in emphatic...
