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/ 8 years agoRevive the County Cup or scrap it
JEFF GAGE The Bill Beaumont County Championship begins in May. What ought to be the climax to the season for the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShields must prove he’s better than Prem rivals
Coming ‘home’: Brad Shields will play for Wasps next season COLIN BOAG All the talk of Brad Shields being chosen for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGlad I’m not only one bemused by rebrand
I WAS disappointed not to have my previous letter published last weekend, regarding the unbelievable renaming of Bristol RFC to the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoFour-team playoff would ensure fight until the death
AS an Ealing Trailfinders supporter my colours are firmly nailed to the ‘No Ringfencing’ mast, but I do have some sympathy...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRob’s the man with Lancaster below
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...
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/ 8 years agoDragons look to bring Williams back on loan
By STEFFAN THOMAS OWEN Williams is an audacious loan target for the ambitious Dragons. Wales international playmaker Williams has fallen out...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoFixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 29, 2018 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Pinnacle: Charles Piutau...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJubilant Jaguares stun Blues in Auckland
By SAM JACKSON Close to tears: Nicolas Sanchez and Javier Ortega Desio celebrate the Jaguares’ victory over the Blues PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLegends quit Toulon but future is so bright
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance PICTURE:...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agowin will make Felinfoel champs
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD FELINFOEL are just a win away from clinching the One West title after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMcIntosh: League restructuring doomed to fail
WELSH rugby’s new toptier league structure will ‘fall flat on its face’ says a leading coach. The 2018/19 campaign will see...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAnxious Skewen edging closer to the drop
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD SKEWEN’S National Championship safety is hanging by a thread after a 22-19 defeat to Rhydyfelin....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPLATE FINAL PREVIEW: Brynmawr v Nant Conwy
LIFTING the WRU National Plate this afternoon would mark redemption for Nant Conwy and their flanker Ifan Pyrs. Nant were beaten...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMerthyr searching for cup history
CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Newport v Merthyr April 29. Kick-off 5.35pm, Principality Stadium MERTHYR captain Craig Locke says his side are determined...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBOWL FINAL PREVIEW: Pembroke v Porthcawl
PEMBROKE captain Scott Powell will be immensely proud to lead his team out at the Principality Stadium this afternoon after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSieniawski spoils Quins party with last-gasp try
By JAY BAYFORD Pontypridd … 24 Carmarthen Q20 MORGAN Sieniawski dented Carmarthen Quins’ title hopes as his late try secured a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMaynard holds nerve to move Drovers up to fifth place
Llandovery … 28 RGC1404… 26 By HUW S THOMAS A LAST-GASP penalty from fly-half Jack Maynard secured a win that sees...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLock O’Rourke snatches late win for the Ravens
Llanelli … 22 Bridgend … 25 By JON DALY SECOND row Shaun O’Rourke’s try two minutes from time earned Bridgend only...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWizards’ magical first 40 sees them beyond Ebbw Vale
By JAY BAYFORD Ebbw Vale… 26 Aberavon… 30 ABERAVON held off a brave second-half comeback from Ebbw Vale to claim a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBedwas’ late blitz for victory
Bedwas … 34 Bargoed … 19 FOUR second-half tries helped Bedwas ease past Bargoed at the Bridge Field and make it...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClapp: We’ve learnt from Quins defeat
FINAL By GEORGE LAWRENCE PREVIEW… Saracens v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Trailfinders Sports Club Bragging rights: Jess Breach’s Harlequins beat Saracens...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Connor brought a hint of terror to his writing
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND had fallen to an abject home defeat in the early Seventies when the coach, captain...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt was a long old wait for Test lift-off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM PALMER FORMER ENGLAND SECOND ROW Pinnacle: Tom Palmer playing for England in the 2012 Six Nations PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWest Country production line keeping Chiefs in pole position
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER backs coach Ricky Pellow believes the “virtuous circle” being forged between Chiefs and other West Country sides...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSorry, but this Shields talk just smacks of desperation
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Pinning his colours: Brad Shields was part of the New Zealand U20...
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/ 8 years agoFreestyle has put Gloucester back in the swim
No fear: John Afoa JOHN Afoa is hell bent on leaving Gloucester a trophy winner after revealing how he has revelled...
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/ 8 years agoBlackadder is a hero to the players here, he’s got to stay insists Stooke
By NEALE HARVEY Keep him on: Elliot Stooke has flourished under the eye of former All Black back row Todd Blackadder...
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/ 8 years agoDixon treble does job for Billingham
REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES DAN Dixon led the way with a hat-trick as Billingham were 46-21 winners at home to Kendal. Luke...
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/ 8 years agoLeinster set to part with to old warriors
LEINSTER captain Isa Nacewa and hooker Richardt Strauss will retire in the summer. Back Nacewa, 35, retired in 2013 after five...
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/ 8 years agoBeart on board to run Nuns Academy
NUNEATONRFC’s plans to launch an Academy next season are taking shape with the appointment of John Beart as coach. Former Nuns...
