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/ 7 years agoFolau has contract terminated
ISRAEL Folau’s sacking by by Rugby Australia was upheld at an appeal hearing after the player said ‘hell awaits’ gay people...
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/ 7 years agoLaunceston promotion is career high for Westren
By NEALE HARVEY On the up: Launceston celebrate beating Old Centralians PLAYER-COACH Ryan Westren predicts brighter times ahead for Launceston, a...
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/ 7 years agoBlues get green light for Williams
CARDIFF Blues have won their appeal to retain No.8 Nick Williams for next season. Kiwi Williams, 35, was due to come...
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/ 7 years agoPat’s putting me back on track for Wales – Thomas
By STEFFAN THOMAS DAN Thomas hopes a stellar Premiership campaign with Bristol can throw him into contention for the Wales set-up...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM COSTELOW LEICESTER FLY-HALF It promises to be a memorable month for 18-year-old flyhalf Sam Costelow, who hopes to line up...
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/ 7 years agoProp star steps up for shot in top-flight
LONDON Irish have bolstered their front row options for next season by signing prop Will Goodrick-Clarke from Richmond. The 23-year-old, named...
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/ 7 years agoLion’s share for top three but try-hungry Tigers get two
The Rugby Paper’s reporters have submitted their votes to reveal our National 2 North Team of the Season NOMINATIONS have come...
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/ 7 years agoDorset & Wilts to meet Cumbria in final
DIVISION 3 ROUND-UP By TOM HAIMOVICI IT WAS Cumbria who took the spoils in a dramatic head-to-head shootout against Oxfordshire in...
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/ 7 years agoFirst-half barrage spells broken Herts
By JOHN FOX GLOUCESTERSHIRE won on Hertfordshire soil for the first time since 2006 thanks to a powerful first half in...
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/ 7 years agoCant’s heroes to the fore for Kent
By TIM ALLEN Hampshire……26 Kent ………………35 ON a warm sunny afternoon at Hooks Lane, home of Havant RFC, Hampshire hosted Kent,...
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/ 7 years agoTwickenham calling as Cornish run riot in second half
By SARA RAINE Devon …………20 Cornwall ……50 CORNWALL ran in eight tries against their big rivals Devon at Brixham yesterday to...
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/ 7 years agoYorks hold off to edge the late fightback Roses rivalry
By CHRISTIAN EVANS YORKSHIRE and Huddersfield winger Tom Hodson praised his team as the White Rose County edged arch rivals Lancashire...
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/ 7 years agoBirkenhead boost for Cheshire final
By FEARGAL BRENNAN Cheshire……….52 Durham …………..7 CHESHIRE stormed into the final of the 2019 Bill Beaumont Cup with a dominant display...
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/ 7 years agoCounties hold on as Bird lets it slip
By STEVE JACKSON East Counts….28 N’umberland ..27 EASTERN Counties finished their season with a bonus-point victory over Northumberland at the Haberden...
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/ 7 years agoAttacks rule in Div 2 as try-fest ensues
DIVISION 2 ROUND-UP By DAVE MOORE LEICESTERSHIRE sealed a shot at Twickenham glory as they beat East Midlands 29-20 in what...
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/ 7 years agoFerguson has got Saints pack rolling again says Waller
By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON’S pack is becoming a force to be reckoned with again according to long-serving prop Alex Waller. Waller,...
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/ 7 years agoSouth African invasion will give Sharks teeth
By JON NEWCOMBE Top tackler: Jono Ross Talisman: Faf de Klerk A TWEET from Sale showing Faf de Klerk in a...
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/ 7 years agoEuropean Cup takes a bow in Detroit
DETROIT, where Henry Ford invented the assembly-line and Diana Ross personified the sound of Motown, is big on sport, too. It...
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/ 7 years agoCaballero’s walk-on part among Test bit players
THE raft of retirees leaving the stage within the next fortnight includes Castres back row forward Yannick Caballero, after 15 consecutive...
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/ 7 years agoIron-man Ryan back on parade
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Two minutes’ fame: Lee Jarvis of Wales in action. Inset: Yannick Caballero PICTURES:...
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/ 7 years agoMako will be fine for World Cup – McCall
SARACENS loose-head Mako Vunipola will be sidelined for “a minimum of three months” with a torn hamstring. Vunipola sustained the injury...
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/ 7 years agoOpportunity knocks for Ryan’s Dragons
By ROB COLE NEW Dragons boss Dean Ryan insists the talent pool in Wales is as big as England and plans...
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/ 7 years agoMcCall for Test arena
I WAS delighted to see Liam Williams win the Champions Cup with Saracens – but their real unsung hero is Mark...
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/ 7 years agoFor Wales’ sake, end the verbals
I WAS interested to read Shaun Edwards’ tit-fortat with Wayne Pivac last week. Both are passionate rugby men, but this talking...
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/ 7 years agoTaskmaster Ryan won’t let the rot continue
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Non-nonsense: Dean Ryan coaches his Gloucester players PICTURE: Getty Images DEAN Ryan is a no-nonsense,...
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/ 7 years agoRampant Warriors canter into the final
By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ………50 Ulster………20 GLASGOW played some of their best rugby of the season to ease past Ulster into...
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/ 7 years agoEuropean shootout goes Ospreys way
By STEFFAN THOMAS No stopping: Olly Cracknell scores Ospreys’ second try PICTURE: Huw Evans TEAMS OSPREYS: Evans 7; North 7, Allen...
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/ 7 years agoLeinster get back in the groove after Euro misery
By JOHN FALLON LEINSTER put the disappointment of last week’s Champions Cup final defeat behind them to oust arch rivals Munster....
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/ 7 years agoSarries would thrash best of the rest in England
NICK CAIN RATES THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AGAINST THE REMAINDER OF THE PREMIERSHIP’S RED ROSE CONTINGENT SARACENS’ third European Cup final triumph...
