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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoSteward’s aerial skills can power England on
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK FREDDIE Steward has had a big impact for England at full-back since he made...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 2 years agoPower to the girls on day of history
By CAMERON STEPHENS Gloucester-Hartpury........................34 Tries: Jones 5, Lund 32, Beckett 40, Penalty 42, Neumann 74 Conversions: Sing 40+1, 75 Penalties: Sing 57...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 2 years agoMoore: We’ll bring in tougher penalties
There will be tougher penalties for sides who break rules on fielding foreign players in next season’s Premier XVs. Clubs currently...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoEngland’s Bath bias difficult to justify
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IF England international selection is meant to be a meritocracy it is hard...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoTime for Blackett to seize his chance
JEFF Blackett gave a valedictory interview this week which beggared belief. The retiring RFU Council grandee, who was President for two...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBorthwick impressed with intensity of Prem final
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick’s hopes that England can enjoy a successful World Cup campaign were boosted by the “Test match”...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoWales agony as they are beaten by a single point
By SAM JACKSON Wales………………26pts Tries: Lewis 22, Edwards 26, Morse 38, Scarfe 79 Conversions: Edwards 26, 38, 79 New Zealand….27pts Tries:...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoFrance prove too strong for Japan
By TOM RILEY France .............75 Japan .............. 12 France ran in 11 tries to steamroll a determined Japan outfit. Les Bleuets,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoFijians push Aussies all way
By TOM RILEY Australia ........ 46 Fiji......................37 The Junior Wallabies laboured to an opening victory over Fiji but made life difficult...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoBattling England go close as Ireland have to hang on
By CAMERON STEPHENS England.............................. 34pts Tries: Opoku-Fordjour 23, Penalty 49, Cusick 52, 70 Conversions: Slevin 24, 53, 71 Penalties: Slevin 4,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoValiant Georgia fall just short
By PAUL COUCH South Africa ..33 Georgia............23 The Junior Boks held off a valiant Georgian side in a brutally physical encounter...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years agoBaronio leads the way to see off Italy
By TOM RILEY Argentina ..... 43 Italy ................. 15 Los Pumitas fly-half Juan Baronio produced a man of the match performance...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoHarlequins swoop to sign trio from London Irish
By PAUL REES Harlequins have pounced for three players who found themselves out of work after the collapse of neighbours London...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoWillis: I’d never have left Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England back row Jack Willis admits that he would never have left Wasps if they...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoWitty looks set to sign for Rouen
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Newcastle Falcons and Exeter Chiefs lock Will Witty is set for another move this summer with a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoToulon have No.9 White in their sights
ON THE BLINDSIDE Top 14 giants Toulon are courting a move for Scotland scrum-half Ben White, who has been looking for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSale lock still in hunt for new club
ON THE BLINDSIDE Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite is still looking for a new club, with his contract with the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBoyle turns down Exeter approach
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoLaw-tinkerers are a danger to the game
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST THE odds on Owen Farrell travelling to the World Cup as England’s starting No.10 are even shorter...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoA new trophy, same old tricks …
CHRIS HEWETT It is one thing for a populist Prime Minister to ride a wave of duplicity before crashing head-first into...
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Features
/ 2 years agoFading myth of invincibility
As the World Cup approaches, Paul Rees reports on why the All Blacks need to hit the ground running For the...
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Features
/ 2 years agoPlayers discuss stresses of life
The times they are indeed changing. It was not so long ago that if a player used the services of a...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoWhy this merger just might be the way to go
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Another week in Welsh rugby and another potential drama emerges. They always say the close...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoEligibility rules are cause for concern
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER These newish eligibility regulations are still open to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoHoping a phoenix can rise from the ashes…
The London Irish story has taken a horrible, cruel, turn recently but remains an extraordinary tale worth telling and in the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoTupou on track to return for Wallabies
Wallabies star prop Taniela Tupou is on track to make his return from injury against the Springboks in their Rugby Championship...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoNienaber keeps faith with World Cup stars
By PAUL REES SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s squad preparing for the Rugby Championship contains 19 players who were involved in the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFoster mixes it up with experience and youth
New Zealand have named five debutants in a 36-man squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship. The squad is a mixture of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoFamiliar faces find some new identities
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Nine New Zealanders, four Australians, a goalkicking Irishman and an English prop are...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoLimited by a flawed structure
Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoSensational Jonah, the game’s first global star
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time he goes back to 1995 and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMandela inspires rainbow nation
The 1995 World Cup is a multi stranded story we never tire of. Nelson Mandela, elected at South Africa’s first President...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoNoot: Blackheath aiming for top six
By BEN JAYCOCK Alex Noot has stressed that his new Blackheath side are not there to merely make up the numbers...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMoseley move for Brough
National 1 side Birmingham Moseley have signed Dan Brough from Cambridge, who won the league to secure promotion to the Championship....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCraig leaving Gloucester for Scarlets
Scotland lock Alex Craig is joining Scarlets from Gloucester. Like their regional rivals, Scarlets are cutting costs and have lost lock...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCharalambous on Scottish mission
By BEN JAYCOCK After aiding the club’s survival bid last term, London Scottish new signing Rhys Charalambous is hoping to use...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBaldwin happy to take chance at Falcons
By SAM JACKSON Wales and Ospreys hooker Scott Baldwin has called time on his playing career to become defence coach at...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoBlackett’s blueprint deserves attention
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Jeff Blackett is not a name that will spring to mind if...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoTeam of the season is packed with brilliance
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The 2022/23 Top 14 season is done. Toulouse are champions for the 22nd time, after pipping ambitious...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoHeavenly finish as Crusaders snatch title
By CAMERON STEPHENS Super Rugby Pacific Final Chiefs .................. 20pts Tries: Stevenson 22, Narawa 42 Conversions: McKenzie 24, 44 Penalties: McKenzie...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGloucester and Exeter prepare for “Queensholm” showdown
A new winner will be crowned as the champions of the Women’s Premier 15s as Gloucester-Hartpury and Exeter meet at the...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSeries 2, Episode 24: European Cup format and reattempting an England XV
This week on the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little is joined by columnists Brendan Gallagher, Nick Cain and Chris Hewett...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoHeineken pull plug on Europe
By SAM JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Global brewing giants Heineken are to step down as title sponsors of rugby’s Champions Cup, leaving tournament...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland squad on £100,000-a-man at World Cup
By PETER JACKSON & JON NEWCOMBE England's World Cup squad will be paid £100,000-a-man at the World Cup in France this...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPurdy out to make his name overseas
By BEN JAYCOCK As many professional rugby players are discovering, the financial problems in the Premiership are making it tough to...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBristol swoop to snap up Van Rensburg
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol Bears have leapt upon London Irish’s misfortune by signing South African centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg. The...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoHunter and Cox named in Birthday Honours list
By NEIL HARVEY Former England women’s captain Sarah Hunter has been awarded and CBE and professional referee, Sara Cox an MBE...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWe’ll keep on fighting, says Newcastle owner
By PAUL REES Newcastle owner Semore Kurdi has rubbished claims that the club is willing to be relegated to the Championship...
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