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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoHow come Goode has escaped censorship?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Isn’t it funny how we have only just recovered from the ‘Rassie...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoBristol-boy Genge can be a home town hero
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S not surprising that Ellis Genge has made a success of being captain of...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBridgnorth in top spot after big win
Midlands Premier BRIDGNORTH top the table at Christmas after taking a bonus-point victory while their rivals saw their matches postponed. With...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoMis-matches make a mockery of the European Cups
JEFF PROBYN HAVING written last week about the excitement of the European Cup competitions, I’m wondering if we may have been...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont has the world at his bewitching feet
JEREMY GUSCOTT I EXPECT Antoine Dupont’s world-class credentials to last in much the same way as they did for Dan Carter...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Exeter Uni snatch pole position
SW Premier EXETER University thrashed Old Centralians 50-28 to got top, leapfrogging Hornets, whose clash with Okehampton was postponed due to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoTwelvetrees leads way to eight-try bonanza
By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester........54pts Tries: Singelton 20, Meehan 26, Reid 30, Alemanno 42, Penalty 51, Varney 59, May 68, Clement 75...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoPerpetual underdogs Connacht do still bite
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Is there anything funnier in team sport – or in any other walk of life, come to...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights keep on winning at fortress Castle Park
By SAM JACKSON Doncaster ........31pts Tries: Davey 14, Kelly 33, Volpi 57, Best 63, Roberts 80 Conversions: Dolly 33, 57, 63...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHigh-flying Reds miss out on try bonus point
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple......... 3 Redruth............. 19 LEAGUE-LEADERS Redruth claimed their 12th win of the campaign in front of a large...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoOutpowered Dragons still make fight of it
By ROGER PANTING Dragons ............28pts Tries: Doge 39, Seiuli 45, Wainwright 58 Conversions: S Davies 39, 58 Penalties: S Davies 18,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThis rugby vote is just game for a laugh
CHRIS HEWETT THE right to vote is a deadly serious matter, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good for a laugh:...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCambriani try proves crucial for Ampthill
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............20pts Tries: Dickinson 5, Cambriani 51 Conversions: Bennett 6, 52 Penalties: Bennett 38, 55 Nottingham ......15pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew women’s union will offer protection
By PAUL REES DANIELLE Waterman set up the Women’s Rugby Association, which launched last week, to ensure players do not lose...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSix of best for classy Clifton
By JOHN WHITE Dings...................23pts Clifton.................29pts Flyer: Clifton wing Alex Howman dives in for their second try PICTURES: Alan D. Ryder HIGH-FLYING...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoKolbe returns in Toulon’s bonus win
By BEN JAYCOCK Toulon ............28 Zebre................14 CHESLIN Kolbe made his long-awaited Toulon debut as his side eased past Zebre at Stade...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoClinical Reds kill off Exiles to go second
By TOM INNES Jersey ................31pts Tries: Olowofela 8, Longwell 25, Cook 33, Holgate 37, B Owen 74 Conversions: Pittman 33,...
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National League One
/ 4 years ago‘Immense’ Caldy bring a halt to Sale home record
By STEVE SMITH Sale..................... 21pts Tries: Metcalf 5, 79 Conversions: Robins 6 Penalties: Robins 26, 40, 48 Caldy...................26pts Tries: Titherington 23,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTry-star hookers help Cinderford surge to victory
By ANNA WASH Cinderford...............26 Moseley................... 13 HOOKERS Nathan Taylor and Jack Preece stole the show for Cinderford, scoring all four tries...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoVan Graan needs full power to plug Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHANN van Graan is the latest coach expected to plug the gaping hole...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRegions let down by double standards
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND European rugby is in chaos and it’s hard to escape the feeling that the Welsh...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoMitchell red swings match from Saints
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..................27pts Tries: Herring 2, Penalty 16, McIlroy 20, Gilroy 48 Conversions: Cooney 3 Penalties: Cooney 45 Northampton...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoColy looks destined to be rival for Dupont
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Depending on your point of view, the fact that France’s so-called ‘golden generation’ shows no sign of...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoWalker at double for Cambridge
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........ 19 Cambridge..............24 TWO second-half tries by Billy Walker helped Cambridge break the resistance of hosts Bishop’s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBear hugs were PR disaster for Genge
NICK CAIN TIMING is everything in sport, and the Bristol Bears video released this week trumpeting their signing of Ellis Genge...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoCaptain Genge is given the Euro chop
Preview Leicester v Connacht Today, Kick-off 1pm DEPARTING prop Ellis Genge has been left out of the squad for Leicester’s Champions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth to miss start of the Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON In the roar: Joe Marchant celebrates scoring Harlequins’ fourth try against Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE North’s comeback...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLangley’s double trouble for Glamorgan
Championship Cup round-up By ALED BISON AND JACK NAISBITT BARGOED thrashed Glamorgan Wanderers 41-11 to move to the top of the...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRecord crowd for big Titans triumph
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....35 Plymouth Albion...25 A RECORD crowd of 1,200 saw Taunton Titans get the better of Plymouth Albion...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLoughborough fight back with late penalty try
By MATT MERRITT Loughborough ..17 Bristol ................14 LOUGHBOROUGH sent the table-toppers crashing to just their second defeat of the season after...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoQuins aces trump the brave lads of Cardiff
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins........43pts Tries: Care 10, Smith 18, Dombrandt 57, 62, Marchant 67, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 11, 19, 58,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChampions or chumps? Cup caters for them all
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW In the Super League for the overhyped, baseball’s World Series has long been...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoVersatility can boost Seb’s bid
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE versatility tag has been a hindrance for many players, but Seb Davies believes it can help him...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoJefferies hits four with Chiefs in total control
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP ..0 Exeter ..............88 EXETER Chiefs rounded off 2021 with an emphatic victory at the Darlington Arena....
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeineken Champions Cup preview
The Heineken Champions Cup has been torn apart once more by the coronavirus cancellation controversy with six matches called off, as...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEnglish Championship Preview
It’s another huge Saturday of English Championship rugby. Here, The Rugby Paper looks ahead to some thrilling ties in the second...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJohann van Graan appointed as Bath head coach
Bath Rugby have appointed Johann van Graan as Head Coach for the 2022/23 season on a long-term contract. Yesterday, it was...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoEngland men’s 2022 autumn internationals announced
England men will play four home matches at Twickenham Stadium as part of the 2022 Autumn Nations Series. England will first...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWinless Bath appoint Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach
Bath Rugby have confirmed the appointment of Brent Janse van Rensburg as defence coach for the remainder of the 2021/22 season....
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoEngland’s fledglings still have a point to prove
Eddie Jones was rewarded for placing his faith in the next generation of English talent as his side enjoyed a series...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoGlasgow ask Exeter fans to not wear Native American-style headdresses
Glasgow Warriors have asked Exeter fans not to wear Native American-style headdresses at their Heineken Champions Cup match this Saturday evening...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChris Ashton leaves Worcester Warriors
After weeks of media speculation, Worcester Warriors have parted company with ex-England winger Chris Ashton. Ashton was “unavailable for selection” all...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoDanielle Waterman launches women’s players union
Former England full-back Danielle Waterman has launched a players union for women in the Premier 15’s. The Women’s Rugby Association (WRA)...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSale win away at Ospreys
Sale overcame a second-half Ospreys fightback to claim victory in the Heineken Champions Cup opening round in Swansea. Tries from Rohan...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBarbeary returns to the back row
PREVIEW... Wasps v Munster Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Coventry Building Society Arena The boy’s back: Alfie Barbeary returns to the Wasps starting...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Wasps aren’t ‘fooled’ by Munster’s Omicron woes
By PAUL REES WASPS announced their arrival in Europe 17 years ago when they defeated Munster in the semifinal at Lansdowne...
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