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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoItaly go on a second-half rampage to floor Scots
By SAM JACKSON Italy U20 .......... 47pts Tries: Gritti 7, 50; Gasperini 55, 59; Belloni 62, Scalabrin 77, De Villiers 80...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoQuins nab Lamositele
Harlequins look to have signed tighthead prop Titi Lamositele, below, to replace the Castres-bound Will Collier. Lamositele, 29, spent five years...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoMcNicholl goes home
Wales back Johnny McNicholl has rejoined Crusaders for the remainder of the season after leaving Scarlets to return to New Zealand....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCarre back at Saracens
Saracens have re-signed Wales loosehead Rhys Carre from Cardiff. The 26-year-old previously played for Saracens in 2019-20, moving back to Cardiff...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBaxter turns his attention to top Ealing pair
ON THE BLINDSIDE - EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Having already snapped up Coventry’s star centre Will Rigg in a mid-season swoop,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoFrench setting sights on Tuilagi
Perpignan and Montpellier are chasing the signature of England centre Manu Tuilagi. Tuilagi would join up with his nephew Posolo Tuilagi...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Redford Pennycook
The former Bristol, Newcastle and Ealing Trailfinders back rower, chooses his best XV he has played with or against... 1. Ellis...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for the real France to stand up
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK FOR crying out loud, when will the real France stand up and be...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoBattling U20s still have a lot to learn
England U20s entertaining 32-32 draw with Ireland in Bath on Friday night was pure curate’s egg. The good part was that...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoEn garde, England
World rugby’s absurd international residency qualification of just three years should put the RFU on its guard that England will not...
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Friendlies
/ 2 years agoFalcons get new boss Diamond off to flying start
By LUKE JARMYN Sale ....................28pts Tries: Taylor 6, Quirke 13, Reed 32, Bradshaw 77 Conversions: R du Preez 7, 14, 33;...
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Friendlies
/ 2 years agoBath get in the mood for restart
By JAMES EVANS Bath .................................. 59pts Tries: Reid 10, 35; Coetzee 13, Stewart 22, Wright 40, Richards 55, Gallagher 62, de...
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Friendlies
/ 2 years agoParty time as Stormers win 12-try thriller
By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton...29pts Tries: Glister 3, 29, Odendaal 40, Garside 63, Graham 77 Conversions: Salava 4, 40 Stormers.......... 45pts Tries:...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoIt’s a long walk but Wales on right road
CHRIS HEWETT We've all heard it: “You don’t beat Wales at rugby – you just score more points than them.” Like...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoCome on, Joe! Time to pay attention
JOE Schmidt, the recently-appointed coach of a Wallaby vintage who wear the same colours as Matthew Burke, David Campese, Tim Horan...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlues dodge a few bullets to take down Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......12pts Tries: M Williams 64, 80 Conversions: Benson 80 Bedford .............22pts Tries: French 16, Adamson 41, Maisey...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling are stunned by brave Coventry
By PAUL SMITH Coventry....................... 34pts Ealing Trailfinders.....32pts Tries: Betteridge 12, Poole 17, 40; Martin 64 Conversions: Pellegrini 12, 17, 40, 64...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHigh-flying Pirates wary of Turner’s ‘tricky customers’
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Ampthill Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates have won six out of their...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAustin nails chance for bizarre win at Lady Bay
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham........ 0pts Hartpury.............. 3pts Penalty: Austin 61 BIZARRE. That was one way of describing how Hartpury squeezed to...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoMasterclass from Bennett gives Knights the edge
By LUKE JARMYN L Scottish .........20pts Doncaster........ 34pts Tries: Brown 23, Ingall 54, Ferdinand 71 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 55 Penalties: Lloyd-Seed 75...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoMilitary’s finest ready for battle
Inter Service Champs – A look ahead to this season’s big matches involving the Army, Navy and RAF “The win we...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoARMY NAVY
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoKobayashi hat-trick as Chiefs turn on power
By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs.. 43pts Tries: Menin 13, Kobayashi 22, 46, 77; Rogers 30, Fryday 59, Moloney 66 Conversions: Cantorna...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury back row Sarah Beckett
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Liverpool Date of birth: 14/02/99 Community club: Firwood Waterloo RFC Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2018...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoWin No.13 seals home semi-final for the champions
By JOSH THOMAS Gloucester-H...57pts Tries: Beckett 18, 38; Muir 24, Metcalfe 45, 52, 78; Hendy 49, N Jones 66, 72 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBonus win on the road but Mather isn’t satisfied
By JOSH THOMAS Sale Sharks ......................10pts Tries: James 70, Swailes 80 Trailfinders......................26pts Tries: Zackery 2, 75; Inman 16, Swards 36 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoKasolo predicts upfront battle
By BEN JAYCOCK @therugb Preview Bristol v Saracens Today. 3pm THE final match in the Premiership before a two-month pause for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoLet’s drop gang of mercenaries
Sunday, March 10, 2024 SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoUnwise for Prem to disappear from our sight
THE English top flight game during Six Nations time has disappeared, gone and is nowhere to be seen. The URC and...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWe need proper England pathway
FOR England to have no regular and widespread stepping stone between club and country is plain mad. The new deal (on...


















