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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSharks find killer instinct to remain in the hunt
By ROGER PANTING Bonus in the bag: Denny Solomona touches down Sale’s fourth try PICTURES: Getty Images Out flanked: Jaco Visagie...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPennell: Lack of control cost us
CHRIS Pennell believes Warriors showed the kind of skill and fight that can help them avoid the dreaded drop despite driving...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoVunipola try signals Saracens fightback
By GARY FITZGERALD Making the game safe: David Strettle scores the third try for Saracens PICTURES: Getty Images MARK McCall admitted...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBig beast Manu can keep England hopes on track
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Huge plus for England: The return of Manu Tuilagi PICTURE: Getty Images England finished 2018 with...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDanny is Eddie’s World Cup hero!
Maestro: Danny Cipriani kicks the winning goal for England in RWC 2019 COLIN BOAG What will 2019 hold for rugby? Here...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoClassy Lancaster was treated like criminal
JEFF Probyn posed some good questions as to why no English coach seemingly wants to reach the pinnacle (Why does no...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSorry Colin, I’ll not raise a glass to the leaches of rugby
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WILL not be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTinkering at scrum put me off League
I’M relatively new to Rugby Union being born and bred in St Helens, a staunch Rugby League town. My father, who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership should pay for itself
ON FACEBOOK there is a group that put up photos of days of yore which had an England team with nine...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProvinces no ‘blight on the game’
COLIN BOAG says the CVC deal is great news for the clubs. For Premiership clubs, he may be right; for the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBest is yet to come in 2019 predicts new England star Shields
By SAM JACKSON BRAD Shields insists England fans have not seen the best of him yet as he targets a starting...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTigers will claw back into title race – Holmes
By GARY FITZGERALD Fighting spirit: Jonah Holme FORGET the fear of relegation, Jonah Holmes predicts Leicester Tigers can still make a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEarl in waiting to be Burger’s successor
Leadership qualities: Saracens flanker Ben Earl SARACENS back rower Ben Earl is ready to step in and prove why he can...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTackle laws could spell trouble for the big boys
By NEALE HARVEY Under threat: New tackle laws could hinder big bruisers such as Maro Itoje Changes: Skivington MULTI-TASKING big beasts...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDavies relishing pressure to deliver for Wales
By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies admits it took longer than anticipated to get back to top form after injury in the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWales prop star James calls time
WALES and Ospreys prop Paul James has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 36. James has won 66...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMorahan ready to extend his stay at ambitious Bears
Jeff Probyn: CVC deal may not be good for rugby By NEALE HARVEY Smash hit: Luke Morahan scores another try AUSSIE...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten, but Worsley knows axe is coming
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES On his way back home: Joe Worsley is making plans Joe Worsley had seen it all as...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAu revoir Varndell
TOM Varndell’s French stay is over after just six PRO D2 games with Soyaux Angoulême. The Premiership’s alltime record try-scorer had...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHumble Beaumont to become Sir Bill
WORLD Rugby chairman and former England and Lions captain Bill Beaumont said it was ‘humbling’ to have been knighted in the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGreen’s Hundred reach halfway with perfection
ROCHFORD Hundred rugby director Chris Green insists there will be no complacency as his club aims to go through the card...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNo place like home for west country boy Luke
Neale Harvey catches up with Luke Cowan- Dickie after his heroics against Saracens World Cup ambition: Luke Cowan-Dickie takes on Bath’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPride has been put back into Finnish rugby
By CHARLIE INGLEFIELD ON the eve of the All Blacks winning the 2011 World Cup, Finland were announced as ‘officially the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFive-try Brecon take charge of East
Welsh Division 1 round-up By JAY BAYFORD BRECON are now in control of the One East title race following their thrilling...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoElectric Drovers survive blackout to see off Quins
By CARL FIELD Carmarthen Q …8 Llandovery …16 IT took two-and-a-half hours to complete the game, but Llandovery eventually came out...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJones stars as Vale vault to comfortable win at Bedwas
By TIM LEWIS Bedwas ..........17 Ebbw Vale......38 RHYS Jones kicked 16 points to steer Ebbw Vale up to third place in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMore misery for Neath as Davies dazzles in derby
By ROB COLE TWO tries from hooker Ieuan Davies in the space of five minutes in the first half at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSwans drift clear of relegation dogfight thanks to Williams
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ........38 Llanelli ............10 J RHYS Williams guided Swansea to a massive win over arch-rivals Llanelli to move...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Crosses twice as RGC bludgeon Bridgend
By TIM LEWIS RGC 1404 ........38 Bridgend ........15 RGC 1404 thrashed Bridgend with a bonus-point victory at Stadiwm Zip World to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAnother stroll for magnificent Merthyr in six-try victory
By ROB COLE Bargoed ..........17 Merthyr ..........38 MERTHYR gave Bargoed six of the best as they picked up another fullhouse of...














