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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCoventry at a loss over away day blues
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN FORWARDS coach Alex Rae is at a loss to why Coventry can’t win away from home...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoLate show keeps Pirates on the title trail
By TOM CARR Bedford ..............12pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 22, Lane 43 Conversions: Grimoldby 44 C Pirates ............20pts Tries: Kiri Kiri 72, Tucker...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoHartpury left feeling robbed at the death
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ..........11pts Tries: Evans 23 Penalties: Olver 56, 80 Hartpury ............10pts Tries: B Foley 70 Conversions: Williams 70...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProp star Biyi now a big hit at Wasps
By PAUL REES BIYI Alo is looking to become top of the props by combining his rugby career with music having...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCorbs supports FKPro to cut neck injuries
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK BRISTISH Lions prop Alex Corbisiero is backing a new neck training unit to prevent head injuries...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWilliams ready for Prem now says Cornwell
By LUKE JARMYN Unfinished business: Williams in action for Sale HARTPURY head coach Mark Cornwell believes playmaker James Williams has got...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNo way Nutty’s adding Park to bankruptcy list!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY BIRKENHEAD PARK HEAD COACH AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, WATERLOO, LEEDS TYKES, WAKEFIELD AND PERTEMPS BEES PROP MARTIN...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoSouth African question will take years to answer
JEFF PROBYN THE news that South Africa have signed an extension to continue in the Rugby Championship until at least the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRory keen to step out of Watson shadow
By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND flanker Rory Darge insists he is his own man and should not just be viewed as the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWiese gives credit to Tigers coaches for turning him into a Springbok
By PAUL REES Explosive: Jasper Wiese breaks for Tigers WHEN Jasper Wiese joined Leicester in 2020, little was known about the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSale sign Dom Barrow after impressive trial
Sale Sharks have signed the former Leicester Tigers and Newcastle lock Dominic Barrow after a successful trial period. Barrow had retired...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoReports suggest South Africa set to replace Italy in Six Nations from 2025
South Africa look set to join the Six Nations from 2025 in place of Italy, the Daily Mail have revealed. Talks...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEpisode Three of the The Rugby Paper Podcast with special guest Cadan Murley
The Rugby Paper Podcast returns tomorrow (Thursday) for yet another exhilarating episode. This week, host Oliver Little is joined by The...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland star Marcus Smith claims Six Nations are wide open
By BEN REDWOOD England star Marcus Smith claims the Six Nations are “wide open” ahead of Wales’ visit to Twickenham in...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoSport is like a drug
Rugby is a contact sport that came from England where people started playing it in the early 19th century. Lately, rugby...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEngland win but Wales will be capable of exploiting their obvious weaknesses
England comment by David Emery, editor in chief of The Rugby Paper At half time the guy sitting next to me...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoAnglo-Welsh League would draw a TV deal
I READ Chris Hewett’s article about introducing a British and Irish League. This would never work due to the Irish and...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWe must make Italy offer they can’t refuse
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Hard as it is to sympathise with someone who shoots two men during dinner –a shameful waste...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWorld 12s gather pace as Lam calls for change
By PAUL REES PAT Lam believes the game is ripe for a shake-up driven by wealthy investors as attempts to introduce...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSuddenly the wonders of Rome hold perils for Eddie
NICK CAIN ASSESSES THE ANSWERS ENGLAND MUST PROVIDE AGAINST ITALY TODAY IF England stick with the excuse-ridden mindset post- Murrayfield that...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCAMERON KING
YOUNG GUNS LONDON SCOTTISH No.8 London Scottish back rower Cameron King has his sights set on the Premiership after starring for...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAbsent Danny gets a big lift
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ........13pts Tries: Cummings 39 Conversions: Weir 40 Penalties: Weir 15, 60 Munster ........11pts Tries: Kleyn 72 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStuart: We can still win title like 2020
By GARY FITZGERALD WILL Stuart claims England can still capture the Six Nations crown despite enduring Murrayfield pain and despair. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI’ll never get tired of talking about 1990 Grand Slam
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND, LIONS, MELROSE,HARLEQUINS, WORCESTER AND PERTEMPS BEES FLY-HALF CRAIG CHALMERS Lion cub: Craig Chalmers playing...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoAfter shock and shell France find they are the sole Slam survivors
By NICK CAIN France ................30pts Tries: Dupont 2, Baille 54 Conversions: Jaminet 3 Penalties: Jaminet 7, 17, 36, 41, 44, 79...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales aiming to bounce back from Ireland defeat with visit of Scotland
By BEN JAYCOCK Jac Morgan makes his international debut as Wales host Scotland in the Six Nations at the Principality Stadium...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoWales to travel to South Africa for three match summer series
Wales will travel to South Africa to play a three-Test series this summer. The world champions will host Wales in Pretoria...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoThe growth of rugby players’ Self-exclusions
In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of rugby bettors excluding themselves from British sports betting...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDollar still on the money in Scotland
Brendan Gallagher brings his series on rugby’s great schools to an end at Dollar DOLLAR not only boast one of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGolden memories frozen in Lansdowne Rd fridge
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBartlett stars for Stoddard
Championship Cross Keys......17 Maesteg Q ........7 CROSS Keys ground out a hard-fought victory over a well-drilled Maesteg Harlequins side at Pandy...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoOverseas players facing the squeeze
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It turns out the week leading up to the first round of the Six Nations – the...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPittman confident Reds have set-up for success
By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY fly-half Tom Pittman believes the islanders have the coaches, facilities and resources to win the Championship. The...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSmith does enough to give England hope
JEREMY GUSCOTT Bright spark: Marcus Smith Considering this was the first away game for Marcus Smith in an England jersey, and...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoChamps are dumped on canvas in devastating fashion by Ireland
By PETER JACKSON Ireland ..............29pts Tries: Aki 3, Conway 44, 51; Ringrose 60 Conversions: Sexton 3, 45, 53 Penalties: Sexton 21...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHatherell has Stade circling
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER STADE Francais aim to buy Worcester Warriors second row Kyle Hatherell out of the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMoney alone can’t buy success
PAUL REES SPEAKS TO PREMIERSHIP DIRECTORS OF RUGBY ABOUT THE SALARY CAP CUTS As Pat Lam wrestles with the question whether...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoNorth needs a thriving Counties scene
SEVERAL seasons ago, West Hartlepool were in the upper echelons of English rugby, and able to field England internationals, thanks to...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDoolan’s try double repays faith of Webber
By GARY FITZGERALD Nottingham ......31pts Tries: Allen 9, Graham 20, D Williams 48 86; Bunting 66 Conversions: Bunting 10 49 87...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoScots ace Sam off to Italy in the summer
SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne is to leave Exeter at the end of the season and join Italian United Rugby Championship...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGiteau back in LA for last hurrah at Giltinis
NEWS EXTRA By JIM TUCKER WALLABIES great Matt Giteau has ditched retirement plans and will play on in 2022 for the...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWill Wales manage a repeat as Six Nations Champions?
Many countries across the globe have a long-standing mutual love for the sport of rugby. It is said that the sport...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCourtney Lawes a doubt for England’s Six Nations opener
England forwards coach Matt Proudfoot confirmed that Courtney Lawes is going through his return to playing practises ahead of Saturday’s Six...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoI’ll take Scots’ abuse for my team says Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones is bracing himself to be the target of more abuse and hostility in Edinburgh but tells...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGatland’s available if Eddie fails again
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE main impediment to changing international coaches in the two years leading into...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMoriarty’s physicality will be vital in Dublin
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Momentum is everything in the Six Nations and whoever comes out on top in the...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDoncaster blow chance to take over at top
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster..........19pts Tries: Margetts 22, Best 33, Evans 75 Conversions: Olver 22, 75 Ampthill ............13pts Tries: Gillespie 36, Arthur...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Six Nations preview: Green giants can cast long shadow over rivals
Amid the clinking cutlery and a few chinking glasses, The Rugby Paper’s brain’s trust gathered at Jeremy Guscott‘s favourite Bath watering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGregor: We aim to be in at the death
SCOTLAND Bryn Palmer says Scotland have new sense of confidence Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend believes his side can throw off...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSorry, Ireland you must get used to being favourites!
IRELAND Brendan Gallagher runs the rule over his tip to win the Championship Twinkle toes: Ireland’s tighthead anchor Tadhg Furlong PICTURE:...
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