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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPicking Saracens sends bad message
SARACENSthoroughly deserved their victory over Leinster and showed tremendous determination and courage both individually and collectively in their battle against Racing....
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/ 5 years agoMedia bashing just drives me on says Ball
By ALEX BYWATER JAKE Ball says the critics only serve to drive him on as the Wales lock plans on adding...
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/ 5 years agoRFU cut funding for Premier XVs
THE RFU have cut funding to the women’s Premier 15s league by 25 per cent to £56,250 per club from £75,000....
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/ 5 years agoIrish hooker Cornish gets big Kiss approval
By NEALE HARVEY HOOKER Matt Cornish’s seamless transition from the Championship marks him down as a solid Premiership player of the...
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/ 5 years agoEuropean finalists battle for top gong
CHAMPIONS Cup finalists Exeter Chiefs and Racing 92 have contributed four of the five men on the shortlist for the European...
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/ 5 years agoSam fights for future of family club Teignmouth
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER star Sam Simmonds has launched an emotional plea to get lower league rugby back up and running...
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/ 5 years agoBoyd’s future in balance at Saints
By JON NEWCOMBE CHRIS Boyd is still in negotiations with Northampton Saints about his future at the club beyond the end...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCockerill hit by Mata injury blow
EDINBURGHback row Bill Mata has been ruled out for up to two months. The Fijian had surgery on Thursday after damaging...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAdams isn’t the quickest in Wales but he’s most deadly
By ROB COLE JOSH Adams is confident of scoring whenever he gets the ball, but he would still never back himself...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRed Rose Rachael in awe of visionary Sadleir
By ADAM ELLIS NEWS EXTRA RACHAEL Burford has commended World Rugby for launching their Coaching Internship Programme that has allowed Red...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRecount call after Laporte sneaks in
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Off he goes: Stade’s Luke Tagi is sent off for a headbutt The increasingly bitter war of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGlorious party amid a sea of red and white
SIMON MASON FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, ORRELL, RICHMOND, TREVISO & STADE FRANCAIS FLY-HALF MY LIFEIN RUGBY Getting the party started: Simon Mason...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales still top seeds after RWC alter pool cut-off
By GEORGE LAWRENCE ENGLAND and Wales will be in the top band for the 2023 Rugby World Cup’s pool stage draw...
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/ 5 years agoBurgess refutes allegations
FORMER England centre Sam Burgess has stepped down as South Sydney Rabbitohs assistant coach while police investigate allegations made against him....
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/ 5 years agoPenberthy quits Reds to become boy in blue
By JON NEWCOMBE AARON PENBERTHY has swapped the playbook for the lawbook as he begins a new career in the State...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHaskell broke the oldest rule
Boys on tour: James Haskell, top left, with clockwise Simon Shaw, Nick Easter, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley in 2011. Shaw...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFunding grassroots should be priority
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only person who thinks it is a little hypocritical...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPope built legacy on fast hands and fitness
LLANDOVERYmay have been a force in the Welsh game from the earliest of times but never more so than either side...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLlandovery’s supply line pre-dates WRU
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Monkey fight: Llandovery do battle with Christ College Brecon in 1961...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
EWANASHMAN SALE SHARKS HOOKER As aspiring hookers go, few can have benefitted from the wealth of expertise and knowledge Ewan Ashman...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWe’ll ride out this storm but we need help from treasury
JASON WHITTINGHAM ON THE RECORD Q&A Worcester Warriors co-owner Jason Whittingham tells NEALE HARVEY why he and business partner Colin Goldring...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNonu bids for unique hat-trick Brian got two passes, then was dropped!
MA’A NONU can claim a hat-trick on a global scale so vast that it has never been done before. His reintroduction...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBrian got two passes, then was dropped!
BRIAN Davies survived a stormy debut for Wales at Lansdowne Road in a draw against Ireland marred by an Arctic wind...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAt long last, Billy will get his Cardiff statue
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Superstar: Billy Boston scores a typical try for Wigan PICTURE: Getty Images His...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoParisse defies the odds… and gravity
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEarly bath for Elia dampens Robshaw’s farewell party
By FRED LYONS @therugbypaper Sent off: Elia Elia ELIA ELIA’S red card allowed Wasps to fight back in the second half...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCreevy try settles see-saw struggle
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Interception: Curtis Rona scores London Irish’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Power: Ollie Devoto LONDON Irish recorded their...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSale hit six to remain in the hunt but Manu injury mars victory
By SAM JACKSON Hammer blow: Manu Tuilagi receives treatment SALE claimed the bonus point to stay in the race for the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLam: Job done but far too many errors
By TOM RILEY On the way: Ioan Lloyd of Bristol Bears touches down for their first try PICTURE: Getty Images BRISTOL...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFast-starting Warriors bag bonus point by half-time
By ADAM THOMPSON Lethal: Francois Hougaard WORCESTER won their last home match of the season in style with a bonus point...














