Search results for "championship"
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI love playing in ‘rugby city’, says Williams
By BEN JAYCOCK James Williams has enjoyed a breakthrough season in the top flight with Bristol Bears but is disappointed his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoShock for England as Georgia take it
England U20s tour to Georgia By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia...............40pts Tries: Tsirekidze 11, Khutsishvili 14, Tohamiashvili 38, Ohumburidze 49, Dvali 67, 74...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoAfter 96 years, Kent get to wear a county crown again
Bill Beaumont County Cup Division One By BEN JAYCOCK Kent are seen as an ‘unfashionable county’ with zero of their clubs...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoLancashire woe as Smith’s last-gasp kick goes wide
KENT secured their first Bill Beaumont Men’s County Championship in 96 years with an incredible 39- 37 comeback win over Lancashire,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWallace keeps Bucks at bay
Champions: Lancashire celebrate at Twickenham PICTURES: RFU LANCASHIRE secured the Gill Burns County Championship with a sublime display to beat Buckinghamshire...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Scarlets & Wales U20 scrum-half Archie Hughes
Archie Hughes is looking to show the Scarlets and the world what he can do at the U20s World Championship later...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWilliams heads out of Cardiff for Trailfinders
LLOYD Williams will join Ealing Trailfinders before the 2023-24 season following his exit from Cardiff. The scrum-half was one of seven...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWe want Worcester to play at Sixways again
Q&A Ben Jaycock speaks to Worcester Warriors Supporters Trust founder Marcus Mulcahy about the group’s plans to revitalise the club Following...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWR has made mess of how game is played
JEFF PROBYN With the season over and the Premiership finally decided, it would be good to look back and see what...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGeorgia youngsters celebrate landmark win against England
Georgia U20s…………………..40 Tries: Tsirekidze 11, Khutsishvili 14, Tohamiashvili 38, Ohumburidze 49, Dvali 67, 74 Conversions: Khutsishvili 12, 15, 39, 50, Kheladze...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSuper Saracens lift sixth crown
From BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham Owen Farrell hailed the resolve of his Saracens side as they returned to the top of...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHill leaves Richmond after 13 years as DoR
Steve Hill has left Richmond after 13 years as director of rugby. The Richmond board have decided to make the DoR...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoss: Ben good enough to lead England
By JON NEWCOMBE Jono Ross believes Ben Curry has the ability to develop into a top-class captain for both club and...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKvesic: I want to get my teeth stuck into Cov
By JON NEWCOMBE Matt Kvesic gets constant reminders of what went wrong at Worcester but rather than looking back on events...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoDoughty and Fox are on the Doncaster radar
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster are thought to be well down the line in their player recruitment for next season with...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoHow is decline in crowd numbers good for game?
WHAT has been described by Simon Massie-Taylor as the best season the Premiership has seen, is not shared by the home...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoI’d support legal case against RFU
WELL said, Mark Morgan of Jersey Reds in The Rugby Paper on May 15. “The sport is not thriving at any...
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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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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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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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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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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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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoTop two get ready for county showdown
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Lancashire v Kent Today. Kick-off 4pm, Twickenham Stadium THE Bill Beaumont County Cup has been overlooked and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMapletoft gets set for Georgia
By BEN JAYCOCK NEW England U20s head coach Mark Mapletoft named his first squad since taking over from Alan Dickens earlier...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoVernier voted best in women’s Six Nations
France centre Gabrielle Vernier was named the Women’s Six Nations player of the championship. The 25-year-old received almost half of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIt’s right that Wasps start again from the bottom
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As I look at the Wasps saga, I can’t help thinking that...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSaracen Obinna Nkwocha Signs for Coventry
Second row Obinna Nkwocha will join Coventry Rugby from Premiership finalists Saracens ahead of the 2023/24 season. The 20-year-old Saracens Academy...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCoventry bolster squad with Kvesic signing
Coventry Rugby have confirmed the signing of highly-experienced former England forward Matt Kvesic. The 31-year-old back-rower joins from Italian side Zebre...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaron calls for PGA deal to be scrapped
By NICK CAIN Francis Baron believes that the RFU is in serious financial difficulties which will undermine rugby union in England...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling and Jersey unite in criticism of cup coverage
By LUKE JARMYN Players and coaches from both Ealing and Jersey have criticised the RFU for the lack of coverage of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoCounties complain about selection criteria
By LUKE JARMYN Hundreds of players have missed the chance to represent their shire for the 2023 senior men and U20...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSarries keen to do it for loyal Jackson
By PAUL REES Saracens are set on giving Jackson Wray a winning send-off as his 14 years at the club come...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds should have had a shot at the Prem – Allen
By JON NEWCOMBE Double-winning coach Anthony Allen admits he feels for Jersey after his Cambridge side were allowed to go up...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoClock is ticking as Irish eye takeover
By PAUL REES London Irish have a week to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWork to do but Bill can meet the challenge
DESPITE efforts to improve the league structures, there are clearly problems that have not been resolved. In restructuring the leagues, the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoRFU must explain why they allowed Prem ring-fence
IN The Rugby Paper last Sunday, a picture alongside the National One Dream Team shows how much winning promotion means to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSharks can give favourites a fright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Alex Sanderson is quality, and that is why he has managed to take Sale...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFalcons set for freshen up after turbulent time
By PAUL REES NEWCASTLE finished bottom of the Premiership after heavy defeats in their last three matches, but they are confident...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTomi aiming for top after switch back to Scarlets
By LUKE JARMYN Welsh flyer Tomi Lewis is adamant that moving back to his native land and working with head coach...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU failed to enforce regulatory standards
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Nothing holds a mirror up to all that is wrong with the elite...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTeen Ogden hails impact of veteran star Chudley
By BEN JAYCOCK Tyro Coventry scrumhalf Fin Ogden has been taken under the wing of Premiership veteran Will Chudley this season....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeinster face fight for Boyle
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Leinster are trying to keep highly-rated prop Jack Boyle from moving to the Premiership this...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoStage set for mind battle between old friends
Paul Rees previews the Premiership final Alex Sanderson is a two-club man. He spent the bulk of a playing career that...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRowntree’s Red Army ready to roll
Saturday's United Rugby Championship final between the Stormers, the holders, and Munster at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town is a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Alex Tait: ‘Being a one-club man means so much to me’
The former Newcastle and England U20s full-back and winger talks about his life in the game I am immensely proud to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoDallaglio’s turned into Nostradamus
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Of the 12 clubs to have won European rugby’s supreme prize, only one...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHertfordshire sign off by smashing 50
By KIERAN FREE Cheshire ........ 24 Herts ................ 54 Hertfordshire signed off their championship with an emphatic victory on the road...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoBentley’s late score seals it for Lancashire
By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire ........ 29pts Tries: Higginson 2, Wilkinson 43, Bentley 72 Conversions: Smith 3 Penalties: Smith 15, 30, 40,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSharks deserve far more recognition
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rugby has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others...















