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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNavy set sights on retaining Babcock Trophy
NEWS EXTRA ROYAL Navy head coach Dave Pascoe hopes a tougher build-up to this season’s Inter Services Championship will ensure his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoScoring in Hell Fire Corner was great
My Life in Rugby with Greg Goodfellow - The former Cornwall, Chinnor, Redruth, Cornish Pirates, Coventry, Mounts Bay & Hawick scrum-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoS Africa is crying out for its own league
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF I remember my A level geography...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGreat to see Swiss move up the ladder
There will be a new name mixing it with the bigger teams in the Rugby Europe Championship next season after Switzerland...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLoughborough hold on to get it right this time
Men’s Final By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough............ 35pts Exeter.............................31pts LOUGHBOROUGH claimed their first ever BUCS Super Rugby Championship title, and first in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDale takes control as Hartpury make it three in a row
Women’s Final By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough............ 22pts Hartpury........................ 34pts HARTPURY University secured their third Women’s National League title in a row...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons hooker Jacob Oliver
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle Falcons have endured a dismal campaign in the Premiership but tyro hooker Jacob Oliver believes the future...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoDefeated, but Ukraine show grit and pride
Special report STEVE HILL Switzerland was always going to be Ukraine’s toughest match of this three Test series and so it...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoLeguizamon’s off to a flying start at Pampas
By JOE SANTAMARIA Former London Irish back row Juan Manuel Leguizamón is enjoying a flying start to his coaching career with...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed’s double dream alive
Championship round-up BARGOED maintained momentum for a Championship league and cup double after a crushing 75-7 win at East division bottom...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoJIFF looks likely to play a vital role
JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN It's logical – as the final stop-start sprint in a hard-fought Top 14 season begins –...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoKalling-Smith aiming for top
By JON NEWCOMBE Rams centre Axel Kalling-Smith has come out second-best with both club and country this season but he can...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 21/04/24
The Red Roses return to Twickenham! Find action and reaction from England Women’s second Six Nations standalone fixture at HQ against...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHartpury hold off Loughborough fightback to seal hat-trick of titles
By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury……………………………………………..34 Tries: Dale 9, 40+2; Constable 17, Aspinall 22, Grizzle-Johnson 34, Veerkamp 80 Conversions: Manns 10, 80+1 Loughborough……………………………………22...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLoughborough stun Exeter to end long wait for title
By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter……………………………………………….31 Tries: J Gulley 29, Joseland 43, 68, 76 Conversions: McCaig 31, 44, 69, 77 Penalties: McCaig 12...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales legend Owens retires at 37
Former Wales captain Ken Owens has retired from professional rugby aged 37. The ‘Sheriff’ was the oldest ever-player to hold the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoWomen’s Lions sponsors will provide funding to avoid imbalance
A £3 million grant funded by Royal London will attempt to provide more balance among the Home Nations, ensuring the women’s...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoRomain Ntamack Returns to the Field
The Toulouse fly-half, Romain Ntamack, played his first game after being injured. Many rugby fans were eagerly waiting for Ntamack to...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoCrypto Sponsorships in Sports – The Best Tournaments to Market Your Coin
If you’re holding a fresh new cryptocurrency project or running a budding crypto platform like Immediate Edge, you know the struggle...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMinnows in line for a World Cup boost
By JON NEWCOMBE World Rugby aims to streamline the Rugby World Cup qualification process to give non-high performance nations even more...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBaxter backs world club champs
By SAM JACKSON Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter welcomes plans for a new club world championship providing it is financially...
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Features
/ 2 years agoComing to grief on the road to Morocco
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter chairman Tony Rowe about his love of classic rallying across all corners of the world WIDELY...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoAnother year for O’Mahony
Ireland skipper Peter O’Mahony has signed a new one-year contract at Munster after speculation he was set to retire. The 34-year-old...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSparkling Leinster get it right this time
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 40pts Tries: Lowe 16, 60; Gibson-Park 37, Baird 42, Sheehan 56 Conversions: Byrne 18, 38, 43 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoExeter confirm swoop for Ealing’s Roots
Exeter Chiefs have confirmed the signing of Ealing Trailfinders prop Jimmy Roots, as revealed in The Rugby Paper last month. The...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRFU needs a sense of proportion
The RFU has always maintained that promotion-relegation is sacrosanct, even though the RFU Council agreed in February 2021 to a so-called...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoAnother barmy idea from the men in suits
The Ministry of Silly Walks was a Monty Python sketch which lampooned bureaucratic inefficiency. Rugby Union requires something similar to shame...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFrance predict fierce battle
Preview France v Italy Today. 12.30pm LES Bleues have recorded wins over Ireland and Scotland to leave them second behind England...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDeadeye Green has Lightning in Control
Sale ...................12 L’borough ........22 By DAVID WILSON Loughborough full-back Lia Green played a starring role and barely missed a kick as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTime for props to take their share of the glory
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED OVERMATCHED teams usually find themselves facing the music without having to listen to any. It was different...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWe need Biarrtitz back to their best
SERGE Blanco, the finest full-back ever to grace the union game, spent his entire club career at Biarritz. So did the...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAmpthill hold on to deny Bedford
By SHAWN TAYLOR Bedford Blues...............24pts Tries: Worley 15, French 28, Adamson 41, 70 Conversions: Maisey 16, 42 Ampthill.......................... 29pts Tries: Jackson...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster looking for revenge after Caldy’s December win
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Doncaster v Caldy Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Castle Park DONCASTER Knights are out for revenge after the Merseysiders...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoMore local derbies in the north would help
Former Richmond boss Steve Hill talks to Ben Woods, below, the head coach at Tynedale in National Two North Why did...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoRugby schedule has little to do with player welfare
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A roll of drums and a fanfare of trumpets late last summer heralded...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoAndré, high priest of French running rugby
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Andre Boniface, who died earlier this week aged...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoChampions! Chinnor celebrate in fine style
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley .......... 0pts Chinnor..............52pts Tries: Walker 17, Curry 20, Hughes 22, 36, Passman 27, Warboys 38, 50,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoKieran pleased to watch his youthful side powering on
By BEN JAYCOCK With a late change in the club’s coaching staff and a youthful squad, the wheels could have come...
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Q&A
/ 2 years agoI’m really impressed by the ambition on show
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to England men’s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury following a successful U18 Six Nations festival So, Jonathan three...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDawson: George is England’s catalyst
By NICK POWELL FORMER England captain and scrumhalf Matt Dawson says skipper Jamie George has been the “catalyst” for the country’s...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoHurricanes make it a magnificent seven
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Clark Laidlaw’s unbeaten Hurricanes continued to solidify themselves at the top of Super Rugby...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWe need a fairer deal for all levels
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I cannot believe that there is any way an agreement between the...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 years agoMacDonald: Mitchell’s approach ‘really cool’
By MARK STEVENS Claudia MacDonald has praised the ‘new perspective’ John Mitchell has brought to the England Women’s team since taking...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates sign Harris on loan
By SAM JACKSON Cornish Pirates have signed Exeter Chiefs hooker Iestyn Harris on loan to cover injuries. The 25-year-old former Wales...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSqueezed-out Robson ready to take on his next challenge
By LUKE JARMYN CARDIFF’S Arwel Robson fervently believes he’s in the best shape he’s ever been in and, after following his...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBargoed on course for double
Championship round-up BARGOED remain on course for a league and cup double after they won 36-8 at Bedwas to cement their...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 14/04/24
The Women’s Six Nations returns as a record Scotland crowd host England and Ireland look to end their long losing streak...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGeorge has inspired England improvement – Dawson
Former England captain and scrum-half Matt Dawson has praised skipper Jamie George as the “catalyst” for the country’s recent turnaround, and...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoStrawbridge appointed to England on permanent basis
Andrew Strawbridge will join Steve Borthwick’s England coaching staff on a permanent basis as an assistant coach and coaching advisor. Strawbridge,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoDowson impressed by ‘freak athlete’ Hendy
Northampton Saints head coach heaped praise on George Hendy after his two second half tries sealed a 24-14 win over Munster...
International Rugby
Heartbreak for England as Thomas Ramos snatches the Six Nations title for France
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