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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRowlands aiming to escape the shadows
By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Wasps v Ospreys Today. Kick-off 3pm FRUSTRATED Wasps lock Will Rowlands will use his side’s final Anglo-Welsh...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWarriors arrive… at last!
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff………………38pts Tries: Dolan 17, Millard 39, 58; Williams 43, Evans 71 Conversions: Shingler 17, 39, 43, 58; Evans...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGloucester are left Screech-ing
By JAMES CANDY Gloucester………24pts Tries: Orr 38, Trinder 46, Vellacott 68 Conversions: Evans 40, 47, 69 Penalties: Evans 52 NG Dragons………13pts...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaints secure top spot but will need help from Tigers
By NICK VERDIER N’hampton…50pts Tries: Foden 6, 28, Gibson 17, Paterson 39, Mallinder 43, Pisi 49, Fish 56, 80 Conversions: Myler...
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/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 9 years agoRising costs of print and your Rugby Paper
The cover price of The Rugby Paper has been increased today to £1.80. This is the first price rise since the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJoost in ‘critical condition’
FORMER South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen is in a “critical condition” in hospital as he continues to fight motor...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMapletoft defends Quins model as Test call-ups bite
By NEALE HARVEY MARK Mapletoft insists Harlequins remain committed to developing England-qualified players despite claiming his side’s trophy chances have been...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLosers take the spoils
ACCORDING to my research, a grand total of 92 bonus points would have been awarded to all Six Nations over the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhen Elvis put Irish in heartbreak hotel…
HAD bonus points been in operation ten years ago, Ireland would have been spared the cruel fate of losing the Six...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBarba signing must be probed by World Rugby
THE silence from World Rugby on Toulon’s signing of the banned Australian Rugby League player Ben Barba has reached the deafening...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNorth faces his moment of truth in Eternal City
Throughout his obsessive quest for perfection, Jonny Wilkinson used a stark piece of pragmatic philosophy: “Treat every match as if it’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoTelfer’s chip will wear him down
I WAS very saddened to read Jim Telfer’s recent remarks about the English and playing at Twickenham ‘concrete jungle’. For a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoLet the execs play five weeks in a row
I THINK we should trial the suggestion by Premiership Rugby that all Six Nations matches be condensed into five consecutive weekends....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoExiles were lured by hopes of glory
WHILE I feel a huge amount of sympathy for London Welsh players and staff, I still cannot believe that the second...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoRelegation play-off? That’s protectionism
I’M a supporter of Championship rugby but not the relegation proposal, and neither are other supporters whose views I have canvassed....
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Features
/ 9 years agoA shorter Six Nations would heighten thrills
COLIN BOAG Until 2003, the Six Nations was spread over ten weeks, with the action taking place on a fortnightly basis....
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCaptain Carys leads from front for Wales
Italy W…………8 Wales W………20 CAPTAIN Carys Phillips touched down to seal a crucial win for Wales in Italy and praised her...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMurphy’s endgame stuns Scots
Scotland W…15 Ireland W………22 SCOTLAND looked set for their first Six Nations win since 2010 on Friday night but a last-gasp...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEngland wake up to swamp France
By TIM LOVETT England W………26pts Tries: Waterman 49, Wilson-Hardy 77 Conversions: Scarratt 49, 77 Penalties: Scarrratt 44, 60, 68, 72 France...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoLate show by Boyle edges out Scotland
Scotland U20…19 Ireland U20…20 PAUL Boyle’s try seven minutes from time helped Ireland U20s clinch a onepoint win over Scotland U20s...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoWales’ Italian job sets them up for England
Italy U20……………5pts Tries: Baldino 13 Wales U20………27pts Tries: Carre 18, Conbeer 53, Williams 78 Conversions: B Jones 18, 53, 78 Penalties:...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoForward thinking is the key for Malins
By SAM JACKSON England U20……59pts Tries: Cokanasiga 12, Earl 21, Butler 24, Curry 33, Malins 40, 74, Wright 52, Aspland-Robinson 77,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSix Nations offers Boks a route to salvation
AS the Six Nations gets underway there is an issue that should be uppermost in the minds of its council, and...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCampagnaro wants Italy to catch the wave this time
MICHELE CAMPAGNARO has two sporting passions in life – playing rugby and surfing – and both so far have given him...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFight to the end and pray for some magic
Conor O’Shea tells Brendan Gallagher how he plans to take Italy to the next level PREVIEW… Italy v Wales Today. Kick-off...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoHowley opts for experience to get Wales off to a flyer
WALES interim coach Rob Howley makes five changes to the team that beat South Africa in November. Second row Alun-Wyn Jones...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoBonus point in Rome, then bring it on in Cardiff!
SHANE WILLIAMS I EXPECT Wales to find things tricky against Italy but still seal a bonuspoint win – and then it’s...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMoriarty on his mark to replace the irreplaceable
Alex Bywater chats to Ross Moriarty, the man charged with filling the giant boots of Taulupe Faletau at No.8 PREVIEW… Italy...
