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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPrisciantelli drives Zebre fightback
By SAM JACKSON Oyonnax .........14 Zebre ............... 21 ZEBRE fly-half Geronimo Prisciantelli kicked eight points as his side fought back from...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTry double gets record for Rhyno
By BEN WILLIAMS Benetton ……..29 Perpignan …….. 7 Full-back Rhyno Smith became Benetton’s all-time leading try scorer in EPCR competitions as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLate drama as Dragons denied at the death
By DAVID JOHN DRAGONS were denied back-to-back Challenge Cup victories in the final play of the game as Pau registered their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSharks excited for derby tear up
Preview Cheetahs vSharks Today. 1pm By BEN JAYCOCK THE Sharks and Cheetahs both go into today’s Challenge Cup derby in high...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTenth defeat in a row for battling Falcons
By LUKE JARMYN Lions blindside Emmanuel Tshituka scored two second-half tries as Newcastle were taken back to school by a brutally...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoEdinburgh coast home after Cocagi sees red
By BRYN PALMER With Paterson failing to return from an HIA, Darcy Graham made an earlier than anticipated return to action...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoToulouse’s victory over Quins is top of my list
RUGBY MATTERS THE greatest single performance in the Heineken Cup? That’s a tricky one, there have been so many, but when...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMillar knew how to keep ref onside
RUGBY MATTERS Dr Syd Millar was many things – Ballymena stalwart, redoubtable Ireland Test prop, successful Ireland coach and innovative rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoFollowing in fathers’ footsteps
RUGBY MATTERS The tradition of “sons of” playing for France U20 is well and truly established now and seems to know...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBazalgette steals it with the final kick of the game
■By NATHAN EDWARDS Hartpury Uni ....33pts Tries: Gray 13, Benz-Solomon 46, Smith 51, Crane 62, 79 Conversions: Bazalgette 14, 47, 52,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCov hold together to despatch Cambridge
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: Brownlie 51, Caven 60, Collins 70 Conversions: Benson 52, 61 Coventry ...........33pts Tries: Hutler...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDominant Caldy get in gear to enjoy life on the road
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............................. 21pts Tries: Moore-Aiono 3, Elliot 36, Pearce-Paul 76 Conversions: Parks 4, 37, 77 Caldy....................................26pts Tries: Aigbokhae...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBedford blow away Nottingham to move into top four
■By PAUL ROBINSON Bedford B ......... 49pts Tries: Fish 12, Pollock 16, 40; French 31, 43; Maisey 36, Grimoldby 74 Nottingham........
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates game abandoned after serious Grubb injury
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Cornish Pirates’ game at Ealing was abandoned on Sunday following an injury to Pirates forward Ben Grubb. Back...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSetting the agenda for rugby
Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week's meeting of the Premiership's top men The...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoEach day was filled with song, fun and laughter
My Life in Rugby with Graham Dewes - The former Fiji prop and 2007 Rugby World Cup hero talks about his...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRyan has to wise up and show respect
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Maybe one day James Ryan will find it in him to send a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years ago70 years on and two remain
PETER JACKSON This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the rarest result in Test rugby. On Saturday, December 19, 1953, Wales...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe day Syd needed his teeth to be in
PETER JACKSON Syd Millar’s Himalayan climb along the cutting edge of rugby history encompassed three momentous events: the invincible Lions tour...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGloucester want Wales’ Sheedy at ten
Gloucester are shopping for a new fly-half for next season and have cast their eye on Bristol Bears’ Wales No.10 Callum...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSkinner staying at Edinburgh
Scotland lock Sam Skinner has agreed to sign on at Edinburgh for another two years, opting for loyalty rather than a...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Holly Aitchison
ENGLAND FLY-HALF Birthplace: Formby, Merseyside, Date of Birth: 13/09/1997 Community club: Waterloo Rugby Club, Club: Bristol Bears, Red Roses Debut: 2021...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBears cut loose with second half battering
By STEWART McCULLOUGH Bristol Bears ...41pts Tries: Skeldon 2, 26; Botterman 55, Atkin-Davies 60, Murray 67, Varley 71, Smith 80 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoGloucester come out on top to deny battling Chiefs
By NIGEL MALROND Exeter Chiefs .................... 27pts Tries: Menin 40+1, MacDonald 47, 51; Tuttosi 60 Conversions: Cantorna 40+1, 47 Penalty: Cantorna...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoTen-try Saracens give Leicester a lesson in finishing
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Leicester T....... 17pts Tries: McGhie 4, Richardson 17, Feury 72 Conversions: M Jones 4 Saracens .......... 60pts Tries:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoMorrall brace has Lightning going in the right direction
By SAM BYTHEWAY Sale Sharks .... 12pts Tries: Talling 48, Prothero 65 Conversions: Irwin 48 L’borough ...... 24pts Tries: O’Donnell 10,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk ABC is not...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions still roaring after vital victory secured
■By BEN MORRIS Leicester L ......25 Cinderford....... 20 LEICESTER Lions maintained hopes of survival with a vital and hard-fought win against...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPope answers all of Park’s prayers
■By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........32 B Moseley ..............26 IT was a game of two halves as Sedgley Tigers hosted Bir...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHeath hold edge in tightest tussle
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S............... 14 Blackheath ............ 18 APART from some typically robust defence, Stortford just couldn’t get going against...
