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Letters
/ 3 years agoBob right to break barriers
THAT was an excellent letter/article by Bob Reeves in last Sunday’s TRP. I have heard from friends involved in grassroots rugby...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoChampions but without a trophy
CARDIFF RFC won the Welsh Premiership championship by six points, but they won no trophy because somebody in the Welsh Rugby...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Barry Everitt
Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half, chooses the best XV he's played with or against... 1....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoBorthwick must pull off a minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Steve Hansen isn’t wrong when he says that the 2023 World Cup draw is...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFarrell in command as Sharks cut down by incisive Saracens
By NICK CAIN Saracens .......................... 35pts Tries: Penalty 20, Malins 34, Daly 67, van Zyl 71 Conversions: Farrell 35, 72 Penalties:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFarrell shows who’s the master
BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was billed as a titanic head-to-head between Owen Farrell and George Ford but in truth rugby, a game...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoSanderson will know that better times are ahead
PAUL REES As Alex Sanderson reflected on what could have been after a Premiership final that yielded 60 points, Sale’s director...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoHodnett grabs the glory for Munster
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stormers............................14pts Tries: Libbok 5, Fourie 49 Conversions: Libbok 6, 50 Munster .............................19pts Tries: Barron 9, Nash 28, Hodnett...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoO’Mahony praise for ‘excellent defence’
Munster's winning captain Peter O’Mahony was delighted with the result as his side won their first URC title since 2011. “We...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoStrewth, mate! Fast Eddie’s cash jackpot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Eddie Jones returned to Twickenham this week as an RFU-made millionaire coach. Jones,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoDavid Emery honoured at rugby awards
David Emery is the reason that The Rugby Paper exists, and since its inception in September 2008 I have had the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m keen to learn from the best, says Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson will spend part of his summer holiday examining how other sports operate as he looks to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWestern Force move for Potter
Western Force are poised to announce that they have signed former Leicester Tigers winger Harry Potter who was released early from...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWallaby lock heads for Rebels
Wallaby lock Lukhan Salakaia-Loto has signed a deal with Super Rugby outfit Melbourne Rebels after only spending a season playing in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGray the new Apollo in Gladiators
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER While Owen Farrell and George Ford were preparing to go head-to-head in the Premiership Final...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNow Stade eye Cowan-Dickie
England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie could still play in France next season despite the recent collapse of his move to Montpellier, with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoEllis will get his medal either way
Tom Ellis started the season with Bath but was guaranteed to finish his Saturday with a Premiership winner’s medal in his...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLondon Irish look to boost squad
London Irish have given the clearest indication yet that they expect to be playing in the Premiership next season after it...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoMasterful Skelton is the talk of the town
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST IF Simon Shaw of England was a 20-storey tower block of a lock blessed with penthouse levels...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years ago‘Chilling’ Nowell leaves us shivering
CHRIS HEWETT When a front-line England player tells his national coach that he is unavailable for World Cup duty – not...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for real change in a game drowning in debt
Paul Rees looks back on a sobering season for the professional game in England and wonders what happens next The...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCambriani ready for his next shot in the pro ranks
By BEN JAYCOCK Zebre-bound winger Ben Cambriani is relishing the opportunity to return to professional full-time rugby and face his former...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoBeckett hat-trick keeps leaders on course
By SAM BYTHEWAY Sale........................... 14 Gloucester-H..........48 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury confirmed top spot in the regular season with a big win away at Sale....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoRuthless Chiefs put 12 past Wasps
By JAMES FOWLER Exeter.......................82 Wasps......................... 7 American express: Kate Zackary scored a hat-trick for Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER Chiefs returned...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoSarries fighting for home semi-final
PREVIEW... .Saracens v Bristol Today kick-off 2.30pm By BEN JAYCOCK SARACENS sit third in the table with two regular season games...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoQuins aim to sign off in style at The Stoop
PREVIEW... .Harlequins v DMP Today kick-off 1pm By BEN JAYCOCK HARLEQUINS run out at The Stoop today for the final time...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoWe need more time to prepare the 2025 Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I was fortunate enough to go on two tours with the British & Irish Lions...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Byron McGuigan: ‘Nothing could top that 38-38 draw with England’
The former Scotland, Glasgow, Exeter and Border Bulldogs winger, who has just brough the curtain down on his playing career at...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoPutting the boot in – but not if it’s bright green …
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Tawera Kerr-Barlow’s fluorescent green boots, as worn when La Rochelle dared to give...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoAlarm as Europe just keeps getting smaller
Europe, as defined by European Professional Club Rugby, is in the process of shrinking almost as alarmingly as the English Premiership....
