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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNorthampton Saints appoint Chris Boyd as new director of rugby
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis 2016 Super Rugby mastermind Chris Boyd will leave the Hurricanes at the end of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLang pulls strings to put Quins in box seat
By JONATHAN LANDI HARLEQUINS maintained their charge for a home semi-final with an easy victory over a young but outgunned Scarlets...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps lads given harsh lesson by smoking Joe
By SAM JACKSON LONDONIrish boss Nick Kennedy is looking for his side to continue building momentum for the business end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHamilton puts the Blues to bed as Tigers hold on
By ROB WILDMAN HOLDERS Leicester needed some stern secondhalf defence and a final try from Scotland’s Luke Hamilton to see off...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath start running hot as Falcons drain away
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Diving in: Craig Willis goes over for Falcons’ try BATH, who scarcely laid a hand on the ball...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLucky 13 for Warriors as Chiefs are denied bonus
By ROGER PANTING WORCESTER beat Exeter for the first time since 2004 to keep their Anglo- Welsh Cup hopes alive. After...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLima to Wasps gets NZ alarms buzzing
WITH two seasoned All Black fly-halves, Aaron Cruden (Montpellier) and Colin Slade (Pau), already playing in France’s Top 14, the decision...
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Features
/ 8 years agoForget ring-fencing and just cut wages instead
THE price of freedom in Rugby Union, as with freedom in a wider context, is eternal vigilance. Nothing underlines this more...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBigger squad sizes are answer to injury crisis
COLIN BOAG One positive: Freddie Clarke got his chance at Gloucester through injuries In last weekend’s Sunday Times, Stephen Jones highlighted...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPromotion play-off
THE bottom two teams in the Premiership should play each other and likewise the top two in the Championship. The winners...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAwkward questions for Eddie to ponder around World Cup
NICK CAIN’S welljudged assessment of England’s present position in last Sunday’s TRP was welcome. Any judgement of where England are a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCut squad bugets… invest in grass roots
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk DUSTY Hare’s comments last...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBrits battling to reach milestone in Dublin
ALL-ACTION Saracens hooker Schalk Brits is targeting an earlier than expected return from the serious injury that threatened his hopes of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOwen warning for ‘big-name’ Tuilagi
By NEALE HARVEY No regrets: Tigers centre Gareth Owen FIT-AGAIN Leicester centre Gareth Owen has designs on the Leicester No.13 shirt...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAshton’s alive and kicking at full-back
Showman: Chris Ashton showed some fancy footwork for Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images Chris Ashton hasn’t always shown the fancy kicking that...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRichmond defence digs in to repel late fightback
Sharks ……………10 Richmond………15 Women’s Premier RICHMOND dominated for the early exchanges of this rearranged match from December and managed to hold...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanharan hit for six as Holley racks up 27-points
Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers went top of One East Central with a five-star 33-13 bonus-point home victory over Porth...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChief Warlow expecting tough last 16 test from Wizards
By CARL FIELD PREVIEW Newport v Aberavon Sunday January 28. Kick-off 2.30pm NEWPORT tackle Aberavon at Rodney Parade this afternoon with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJones on song as magnificent Pooler dump Quins out of the Cup
By JAY BAYFORD Pontypool ……23 C’marthen Q ….8 NATIONAL Championship leaders Pontypool shocked Carmarthen Quins to progress to the Cup quarter-finals...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDrovers drive past Llanelli to sail through to last eight
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery ….38 Llanelli ……………9 FOURTEEN-time former winners Llanelli were unceremoniously dumped out of the Cup by local...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClinical Keys ease through to last eight after downing Bedlinog
By PAUL HOPKINS Cross Keys ….41 Bedlinog ……….7 CROSS KEYS booked their place in the Cup quarterfinals with a comfortable victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJarvis stars for Merthyr as they claim win at Arms Park
By PETER HUGHES Cardiff …………12 Merthyr ……….37 LAST season’s beaten semi-finalists Merthyr are through to the Cup quarterfinals once again after...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVillage hit for six as impressive Bargoed power into quarter-finals
By GEOFF CHAMPION Bargoed ……….40 Rhydyfelin………0 FLY-HALF Matthew Lewis steered Bargoed into the last eight of the WRU National Cup with...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHaley on wanted list as Chiefs look for new full-back
Saxons star: Mike Haley EXETER Chiefs have been linked with a move for Sale Sharks full-back Mike Haley despite him having...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRichards staying put as Saints eye Meyer
Sought: Heyneke Meyer NEWCASTLE Falcons appear to have won their tug of war with Northampton Saints to retain the services of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler JOSH Charnley will be seeing out the rest of his Sale contract after the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDavidson begins his hunt for next wave of Latvians
NEWS EXTRA THEY are a big name in the world of ice hockey and basketball and now the small Baltic nation...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFowkesy right man to lead us forward – Hooper
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA NOTTINGHAM prop Ben Hooper is confident the club will have a smooth transition under forwards coach...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tigers beef up forwards LEICESTER have signed Wasps back rower Guy Thompson and Worcester lock Will Spencer for the start of...














