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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBurnell has big boots to fill in Jersey
PROMISING young flyhalf Ben Burnell has become the newest member of Jersey Reds’ squad as he joins the Championship side from...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCoventry swoop for Wilson
CHAMPIONSHIP side Coventry have signed former Worcester Warriors full-back Tobi Wilson with immediate effect. The 19-year-old was made redundant last year...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten leaders Pooler go seven-up
Championship, Nat 1 round-up PONTYPOOL ran in seven tries in their 49-7 home win over Cross Keys to move seven points...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRae proud he’s building a team for the future
By BEN JAYCOCK COVENTRY born and bred Alex Rae is flourishing in his first full season in charge of his boyhood...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIn this Sunday’s The Rugby Paper (05/02/23)
The Six Nations is back! With both matches on Saturday we will have reports, reaction, player ratings and analysis from England...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 years agoRugby Interest Building Around the World
Rugby has some of the most dedicated fans in the world. Whether they stick to rugby league or rugby union, they’re...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoCan The French Go Back-to-Back in the 2023 Six Nations?
The 2023 Guinness Six Nations is right around the corner, with the opening fixtures taking place on the afternoons of February...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrench fade away as Champions Cup heads to the business stage
By PAUL REES The Heineken Champions Cup is still occasionally referred to as Europe, but the presence of three South African...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKeep your cool and you’ll have a chance
SHANE WILLIAMS The phoney war is about to end, and we will be getting down to the action in the Six...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoGatland still has an Irish score to settle
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS traumatic Six Nations’ finales go, the one when Ireland under Warren Gatland...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy have the power to see off Bedford
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................36pts Tries: Pilgrim 5, Beer 16, Aigbokhae 22, Gourlay 64, Hearn 78, Royle 80 Conversions: Gourlay 5,17,23...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling go down to blow title race open
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing ................................. 19pts Tries: Tizzano 9, 23; Daniels 77 Conversions: Willis 9, 23 Coventry ........................... 22pts Tries: Thomas...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMcBryde’s breakaway earns bonus for Knights
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........32pts Tries: R Smith 4, Holling 20, T Smith 38, McBryde 79 Conversions: Dolly 4, 20, 38...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDupont: For us to win two titles in a row won’t be easy
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: France France find themselves in the unfamiliar position of going into a Six Nations campaign as champions. The...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoIt’s now more expectation than hope for Sexton & Co
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Ireland If you glance westwards as we approach the Six Nations you can witness a strange phenomenon across...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoInner steel that can lift Azzurri off the bottom
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Italy What a difference a win makes. Twelve months ago the almost perennial debate about Italy’s Six Nations...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoScots need Russell to pull everything together
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Scotland It is possibly surprising to realise that Scotland coach Gregor Townsend is embarking on his sixth Six...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoAnother day, another destiny
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: England Steve Borthwick may have been groomed as a coach by Eddie Jones, but the former apprentice does...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoReturn of the ringmaster gives hope of a revival
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Wales Warren Gatland’s return as Wales’s head coach coincided with the Welsh regions making an overdue impact in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGeorgia the team to beat in Euro fiesta
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER ALL eyes on the Six Nations but the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to give credit to the URC
RUGBY MATTERS Ok, I think we can all agree that one or two French players have been pacing themselves a little...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRFU creating a big divide in the game says Honey
By BEN JAYCOCK The RFU’s decision to lower the tackle height to ‘waistline and below’ next season for all levels below...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Ryan de la Harpe: ‘Playing at Twickenham was my lifelong dream’
The former Namibia, Lancashire, Moseley & Fylde scrum-half Ever since I was a kid growing up in Namibia, my biggest dream...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoPro game can learn from amateur ranks
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Player welfare is something that I think everybody in any sport agrees...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoScottish link-up helping Scott to develop
By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh born and bred Cameron Scott has gone outside his comfort zone this season to play on loan...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPacker fears over tackle law divide
By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens and England back row Marlie Packer fears there will be a massive disconnect across the game when...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoDay calls for common-sense in new tackle laws
General secretary of the Rugby Players Association (RPA) Christian Day has called for a common-sense approach regarding the officiating of community...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRFU pledges clarity on new tackle laws
By SAM JACKSON The RFU says it will soon provide more clarity on its controversial decision to reduce tackle height in...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU has no right to deliver this low blow
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU has just introduced one of the biggest changes to the game...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoMontpellier will be a tough challenge for us, says Basham
PREVIEW... Montpellier v London Irish Today. Kick-off 1pm, Stadium Altrad By PAUL REES JOSH Basham put his rugby career on hold...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy hold off late Nottingham challenge
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham...... 17pts Tries: R Olowofela 16, Williams 54, Green 79 Conversions: Neville 16 Caldy ..................29pts Tries: Hearn 12,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThe Sheriff riding in to rescue Wales
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Somewhere up there on the Elysian Fields, word might have reached Eric Evans...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRoberts: Knights can turn it around
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite enduring a mixed and inconsistent start to the season, Doncaster Knights hooker George Roberts believes it’s not...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff Met back row Jake Bond
YOUNG GUNS CARDIFF MET BACK ROW Cardiff Met back rower Jake Bond is playing the best rugby of his career in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Symons: ‘From Voldemort to NZ, it’s been a blast’
The former Harlequins, London Irish, Wasps, Canterbury & Waikato Chiefs second row talks about his journey in the game, that took...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoThe French connection that will aid Borthwick
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME So I was wrong, I admit it. Joe Marler didn’t have his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMore former Wasps secure their futures
NEWS EXTRA HARLEQUINS have signed Will Porter for next season. The former Wasps scrumhalf, 24, has recently been on a shortterm...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBotha leaves Ampthill to join Ford’s Belgium
NEWS EXTRA BELGIUM have appointed Mike Ford as head coach, with Mouritz Botha joining as forwards and lineout coach. Former England...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoStudents beat the freeze to go top six
Welsh round-up By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met took advantage of their 3G pitch at Cyncoed to ward off the cold weather...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 22, 2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, JANUARY 22...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPetition against tackle height change surges to 25,000 signatures
A petition seeking to reverse the RFU‘s decision to lower the legal tackle height to the waist and below has surged...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoCan Gatland Get Wales Firing Again?
Wales, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, and Italy are all putting their final preparations in place ahead of the 2023 Six Nations...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoSir Clive Woodward Opens Up On How He Wants England’s Rugby Line-Up for Six Nations 2023
For the 2023 Six Nations, Sir Clive Woodward feels that England‘s Rugby team has to be altered under new head coach...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBeer’s ‘incredible feeling’ after Caldy bring down Ealing
By BEN JAYCOCK Louis Beer was in disbelief after his hat-trick helped Championship newcomers Caldy down the previously unbeaten, reigning champions...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLam: 11-team Premiership works well
By PAUL REES Bristol boss: Pat Lam PAT Lam wants to see the Premiership remain an 11-club tournament amid calls for...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoFunding priority must be for grassroots
THE desire of Championship clubs for a reinstatement of their £288k annual central funding, as reported in last week’s TRP, is...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jake Armstrong
The Doncaster Knights and former Leeds, Bristol and Jersey prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1....
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU helps Farrell stay in England contention
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England were facing a fly-half fiasco this week when Owen Farrell went in...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoBenetton ………26 Bayonne ………… 7
BENETTON booked their place in the knockout stage of the Challenge Cup with a comfortable win over rock-bottom Bayonne in Pool...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTwelvetrees and Reid set to sign for Ealing
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Ealing Trailfinders are lining up a double swoop on Gloucester for former England centre Billy...
International Rugby
Heartbreak for England as Thomas Ramos snatches the Six Nations title for France
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