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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoBaxter: We must be ready for war
■By MARK STEVENS PREVIEW... Exeter v Munster Today, kick-off 1pm Sandy Park Delight: Exeter celebrate their last-gasp win in Toulon PICTURE:...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoEngland don’t need a comfort blanket
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED According to the industrious Alex Sanderson, who will surely be in the running for a senior place...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDungeon of obscurity needs to be shut
CHRIS HEWETT Barely able to buy a round of drinks, let alone a win – the good men and true of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSale give Leinster plenty of problems
By JOHN FALLON Leinster............................. 37pts Tries: van der Flier 40, Gibson-Park 43, Henshaw 57, Baird 62, Healy 70 Conversions: Frawley 57,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRingrose relieved to get win
LEINSTER joint captain Garry Ringrose was relieved to get the win after being forced to dig deeper than anticipated. “We are...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoLa Rochelle beaten again as Libbok lands 81st-minute conversion
By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers...........21pts Tries: Loader 52, Venter 79 Conversions: Libbok 81 Penalties: Libbok 36, 41, 44 La Rochelle......20pts Tries: Kerr-Barlow...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRogerson is aiming to shine in Paris
By LUKE JARMYN FLANKER Matt Rogerson has re-found his love for rugby at Leicester Tigers after going through the turmoil of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoScarlets stunned by Matkava’s history boys
By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets .............. 7pts Try: Fifita 4 Conversion: Lloyd 5 Black Lion ........23pts Tries: Modebadze 34, Mamrikishvili 58 Conversion:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMercer leads the charge at Kingsholm
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester .........28pts Tries: May 16, Socino 32, 35 Conversions: Carreras 32, 35 Penalties: Carreras 40, 56, 68 Clermont................
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMorgan rested as Booth makes changes for Ospreys’ French test
By BEN JAYCOCK THE Ospreys go into today’s trip to Top 14 basement side Montpellier without Wales captain Jac Morgan, who...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPrisciantelli drives Zebre fightback
By SAM JACKSON Oyonnax .........14 Zebre ............... 21 ZEBRE fly-half Geronimo Prisciantelli kicked eight points as his side fought back from...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTry double gets record for Rhyno
By BEN WILLIAMS Benetton ……..29 Perpignan …….. 7 Full-back Rhyno Smith became Benetton’s all-time leading try scorer in EPCR competitions as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLate drama as Dragons denied at the death
By DAVID JOHN DRAGONS were denied back-to-back Challenge Cup victories in the final play of the game as Pau registered their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSharks excited for derby tear up
Preview Cheetahs vSharks Today. 1pm By BEN JAYCOCK THE Sharks and Cheetahs both go into today’s Challenge Cup derby in high...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTenth defeat in a row for battling Falcons
By LUKE JARMYN Lions blindside Emmanuel Tshituka scored two second-half tries as Newcastle were taken back to school by a brutally...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEdinburgh coast home after Cocagi sees red
By BRYN PALMER With Paterson failing to return from an HIA, Darcy Graham made an earlier than anticipated return to action...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoToulouse’s victory over Quins is top of my list
RUGBY MATTERS THE greatest single performance in the Heineken Cup? That’s a tricky one, there have been so many, but when...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMillar knew how to keep ref onside
RUGBY MATTERS Dr Syd Millar was many things – Ballymena stalwart, redoubtable Ireland Test prop, successful Ireland coach and innovative rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoFollowing in fathers’ footsteps
RUGBY MATTERS The tradition of “sons of” playing for France U20 is well and truly established now and seems to know...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBazalgette steals it with the final kick of the game
■By NATHAN EDWARDS Hartpury Uni ....33pts Tries: Gray 13, Benz-Solomon 46, Smith 51, Crane 62, 79 Conversions: Bazalgette 14, 47, 52,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCov hold together to despatch Cambridge
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: Brownlie 51, Caven 60, Collins 70 Conversions: Benson 52, 61 Coventry ...........33pts Tries: Hutler...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDominant Caldy get in gear to enjoy life on the road
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............................. 21pts Tries: Moore-Aiono 3, Elliot 36, Pearce-Paul 76 Conversions: Parks 4, 37, 77 Caldy....................................26pts Tries: Aigbokhae...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBedford blow away Nottingham to move into top four
■By PAUL ROBINSON Bedford B ......... 49pts Tries: Fish 12, Pollock 16, 40; French 31, 43; Maisey 36, Grimoldby 74 Nottingham........
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates game abandoned after serious Grubb injury
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Cornish Pirates’ game at Ealing was abandoned on Sunday following an injury to Pirates forward Ben Grubb. Back...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSetting the agenda for rugby
Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week's meeting of the Premiership's top men The...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRyan has to wise up and show respect
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maybe one day James Ryan will find it in him to send a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years ago70 years on and two remain
PETER JACKSON This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the rarest result in Test rugby. On Saturday, December 19, 1953, Wales...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe day Syd needed his teeth to be in
PETER JACKSON Syd Millar’s Himalayan climb along the cutting edge of rugby history encompassed three momentous events: the invincible Lions tour...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSkinner staying at Edinburgh
Scotland lock Sam Skinner has agreed to sign on at Edinburgh for another two years, opting for loyalty rather than a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGloucester want Wales’ Sheedy at ten
Gloucester are shopping for a new fly-half for next season and have cast their eye on Bristol Bears’ Wales No.10 Callum...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBears cut loose with second half battering
By STEWART McCULLOUGH Bristol Bears ...41pts Tries: Skeldon 2, 26; Botterman 55, Atkin-Davies 60, Murray 67, Varley 71, Smith 80 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoGloucester come out on top to deny battling Chiefs
By NIGEL MALROND Exeter Chiefs .................... 27pts Tries: Menin 40+1, MacDonald 47, 51; Tuttosi 60 Conversions: Cantorna 40+1, 47 Penalty: Cantorna...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoTen-try Saracens give Leicester a lesson in finishing
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Leicester T....... 17pts Tries: McGhie 4, Richardson 17, Feury 72 Conversions: M Jones 4 Saracens .......... 60pts Tries:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoMorrall brace has Lightning going in the right direction
By SAM BYTHEWAY Sale Sharks .... 12pts Tries: Talling 48, Prothero 65 Conversions: Irwin 48 L’borough ...... 24pts Tries: O’Donnell 10,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk ABC is not...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions still roaring after vital victory secured
■By BEN MORRIS Leicester L ......25 Cinderford....... 20 LEICESTER Lions maintained hopes of survival with a vital and hard-fought win against...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPope answers all of Park’s prayers
■By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........32 B Moseley ..............26 IT was a game of two halves as Sedgley Tigers hosted Bir...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHeath hold edge in tightest tussle
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S............... 14 Blackheath ............ 18 APART from some typically robust defence, Stortford just couldn’t get going against...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoCarter earns a festive number one for hosts
■By LUKE JARMYN Chinnor.............. 21pts PICTURES: David Howlett Tries: Carter 26, Bourton 40, Brockschmidt 45 Rams .................... 7pts Conversions: Try: Worboys...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoTop man Yates is toast of town
■By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......29 Sale FC..................... 19 DARLINGTON Mowden Park rounded off the year with a highly impressive home win...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoOld boy Henry is Mond big cheese
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park.......... 18 Richmond................22 RICHMOND snatched a win at the death in a thriller at The Rock. The...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate Fenton tries make difference
By MIKE JAMOS Henry CTaunton Titans.....29 Plymouth A.............24 RATU VAKALUTUKALI led the team out as captain on his 150th appearance for...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPlaying in this league is so sweet for top scorer Honey
By EDDIE McATEER Title contenders Rams’ top scorer Fraser Honey believes National One is by far the best league in England...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoTitans’ second-half blitz destroys Dale’s challenge
By ANDREW MOSLEY Rotherham T..........33 Wharfedale.............. 7 ROTHERHAM laid claim to being the fittest team in the division with a late...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoGregory hat-trick secures bragging rights
By STUART MCCRACKEN Fylde..................33 Preston G..........27 HAT-TRICK hero Ben Gregory inspired a Fylde fightback to come from 17-0 down to win...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLate Pilkington try breaks Field hearts
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..........24 Lymm........................33 A RESILIENT Lymm came from behind to claim only their second win on the road in...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIt’s a nasty taste in mouth for hosts
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............ 18 Hull............................23 SEVERAL hundred good folk sat down to a firstclass pre-match lunch. They, and those...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoSheffield savour Steel City honours
By MO SHER Sheffield............33pts Sheffield T....... 24pts THE Steel City bragging rights were once again claimed by Sheffield, the hosts...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoTykes too good in top derby triumph
By NICK DOYLE Otley.......................... 17 Leeds Tykes...........47 LEEDS Tykes claimed the Yorkshire derby bragging rights with a convincing victory. Otley had...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoWhere there’s a Will there’s a way!
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................24 Billingham.............. 12 A DOMINANT Tynedale pack secured victory for Tynedale after an even derby encounter in which...
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