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/ 1 year agoExeter confirm signing of former Irish prop
EXETER have confirmed the signing of former London Irish prop Will Goodrick-Clarke from Ealing Trailfinders. As revealed in The Rugby Paper...
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/ 1 year agoGreen tipped to take chance with England
By LUKE JARMYN Key Harlequins figures believe that if Tyrone Green doesn’t get picked for the Springboks this summer, then he’ll...
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/ 1 year agoSpringboks call up 11 uncapped players for tour
Call up: Quan Horn THE South Africa squad includes 11 uncapped players and a cohort of players from the 2023 and...
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/ 1 year agoMistake to select Tom and not Ted
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ted Hill must be wondering what else he has to do to get...
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/ 1 year agoAll Blacks will be ready to roll
NICK CAIN Rumours that New Zealand are in a state of flux heading into their two-Test summer series against England should...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoReturn of relegation is reason to cheer
NICK CAIN The restoration of promotion and relegation, which this column has advocated non-stop since the RFU’s ring-fence moratorium in 2021,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEffort and enterprise the key for Saints
PAUL REES SEES PLENTY OF HIGHLIGHTS BUT WARNS THE GAME MUST SHOW IT CAN PAY FOR ITSELF Northampton’s first Premiership title...
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Features
/ 1 year agoQuartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double
Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoSorry, but Obano did not have to do that
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED The best definition of madness in rugby? There are several contenders: picking a fight with Eben Etzebeth...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoAnother lesson from the French
CHRIS HEWETT Now that Vannes have made it into the top tier of French rugby and the people running things across...
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Features
/ 1 year agoThe unexpected revolutionary
Paul Rees says this should be a summer of opportunities for England and head coach Steve Borthwick Steve Borthwick is an...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoI think RFU will bow to Prem clubs
LETTERS SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@ therugbypaper.co.uk ON Friday...
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/ 1 year agoStick with the rules
NOTHING personal against England U20’s player Junior Kpoku but how come he plays in France for Racing 92 yet is still...
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/ 1 year agoBooth wants to see more from Ospreys
By SIMON THOMAS OSPREYS coach Toby Booth says having bowed out in two quarter-finals will fuel their appetite to achieve even...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Andy Booth
For this week's Dream Team Andy Booth, the former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University, and Wales B scrum half, chooses the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHill’s recall flies in the face of loyalty
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cory Hill walked out of the Wales squad last summer, preferring to join...
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/ 1 year agoThe day Meredith made history
PETER JACKSON Courtenay Meredith spent the last 71 years of an exceptionally long life with something to shout about over what...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoIt’s a right Lark as Bristol rally
Saracens ....... 21 Bristol .............29 HOOKER Lark Atkin-Davies’ hat-trick was at the heart of an incredible comeback as Bristol overcame Saracens...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoGloucester go on the rampage
Gloucester-H ...50 Exeter ............. 19 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury racked up a half century of points in a dominant home win over Exeter Chiefs....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBears bid to hunt down the top dogs
By BEN JAYCOCK FINAL PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury Saturday June 22. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park Gloucester-Hartpury will be aiming to...
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News Extra
/ 1 year agoBaa-Baas call for Whitelock
NEWS EXTRA TWO-TIME World Cup winner Sam Whitelock will join up with the Barbarians squad for Saturday’s Killik Cup clash against...
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News Extra
/ 1 year agoBalmain agrees one-year deal with Saracens
NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER prop Fraser Balmain has moved to Saracens on a one-year contract. The experienced 32-year-old has played 231 matches...
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/ 1 year agoEngland punished by lively Georgia
• By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia.............. 45pts England..............17pts ENGLAND U20 endured a repeat of last year’s wobbly World Championship preparations as Mark...
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/ 1 year agoAussie Hewat joins Leicester as attack coach
LEICESTER Tigers have appointed Australian Peter Hewat as attack and backs coach. The 46-year-old leaves his job as head coach of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoThere is no warm welcome for Spain
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gone but still winning. Sort of! London Irish...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoTeam Brittany show what might have happened in Cornwall
RUGBY MATTERS GO west young man. The phrase, attributed to American newspaper editor Horace Greeley, became a byword for the expansion...
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/ 1 year agoLast-minute try makes it perfect for Oxfordshire
Men’s Division 2 by Ben Jaycock Cheshire ……….37pts Tries: Longmore 6, Cole 28, Penalty 37, Elliott 39, Blackwell 60 Conversions: Attis...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 1 year agoKent hold on to take honours in thriller
Men’s Division 1 Kent …………………. 31pts Tries: Denham 48, Jones 50, 65 Conversions: Evans 49, 51, 66 Penalties: Evans 5, 36,...
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/ 1 year agoNorth Midlands get ready to face ‘a tough challenge’
Men’s Div 3 Preview Devon v North Midlands Today. Kick-off 1pm, Twickenham DEVON are red hot favourites for today’s Division 3...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoSeven-try Yorkshire put Surrey to the sword
Women’s Division 1 Surrey ……………… 7pts Tries: Grove 76 Conversions: Hill 77 Yorkshire……….37pts Tries: Green 9, Gould 33, Brown 40, Akwiwu...














