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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
1 Midlands By DAVID LAWRENCE BROMSGROVE bounced back from their opening-day defeat in the Midlands Premier by scoring six tries during...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWe need to know when RFU can restore support
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT IS good to...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTeam-by-team Premiership Previews: Bristol
Director of Rugby: Pat Lam Captain: Steven Luatua Ground: Ashton Gate Capacity: 27,000 PREDICTED FINISH: 8TH Pat Lam’s glass is always...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTeam-by-team Premiership Previews: Gloucester
Head Coach: George Skivington Captain: Lewis Ludlow Ground: Kingsholm Capacity: 16,115 PREDICTED FINISH: 3RD When George Skivington arrived at Gloucester during...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoTeam-by-team Premiership Previews: Harlequins
Team-by-team guide by Paul Rees Head Coach: Tabai Matson Captain: Stephan Lewies Ground: Twickenham Stoop Capacity: 14,816 PREDICTED FINISH: 2ND Quins...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTeam-by-team Premiership previews: London Irish
Director of Rugby: Declan Kidney Captain: Matt Rogerson Ground: Gtech Community Stadium Capacity: 17,250 PREDICTED FINISH: 7TH The Exiles were involved...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoUNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 SQUADS
BENETTON Captains: Michele Lamaro/Dewaldt Duvenage Head coach: Marco Bortolami Squad: Matteo Drudi, Simone Ferrari, Thomas Gallo, Ivan Nemer, Tiziano Pasquali, Nahuel...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTime for RFU to pull its finger out
Record six-time Championship Dream Team inductee and former Leeds legend Ryan Burrows casts his eye over this season’s contenders and fears...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 SQUADS
AMPTHILL Captain: Charlie Beckett Head coach: Paul Turner Squad: Syd Blackmore, Matt Gallagher, Aleki Lutui, Jake Elwood, Dom Hardman, Griff Phillipson,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 South Central
By STEVE SMITH IN the early kick-off at Greenfield, Alnwick came out on top 13-10 in a very close game at...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 South Central
By STEVE SMITH BOURNEMOUTH went top of the league following a dominant 49-7 victory against Royal Wooton Bassett on the opening...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoTo sign or not to sign… how 60-cap rule is splitting Wales
PAUL REES Tommy Reffell started last season looking to establish himself as a regular in title-winning Leicester’s back row and finished...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoTalent everywhere you look in URC
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND With the United Rugby Championship season fast approaching I’ve been having a good look at...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoTake time to polish leaders, Eddie
RUGBY MATTERS I HAVE absolutely no problem with Eddie Jones having his less than complementary say on the influence of our...
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Features
/ 3 years agoOld Boys who enjoy touch of Shakespeare
OLD Alleynians are one of those clubs with a particularly distinguished past which might have haunted them a little, but they...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBig names moving into a new home
Ben Jaycock looks at how the Championship squads are shaping up for the coming season As a consequence of the Premiership...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung guns ready to fire in South Africa
England U18s have named a 26-man squad for the tour of South Africa later this month. The three-match series takes place...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoCoach Kiss calls on Irish to find that little bit more
By GARY FITZGERALD Les Kiss says London Irish will need to find that crucial “one percent” in order to challenge for...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMoment in Time – Midlands Counties West prove All Blacks were no supermen
Neil Fissler talks to Nigel Horton and David Duckham about the Midland Counties West Side that beat the All Blacks 16-8...
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Features
/ 3 years agoOn the road to celebrate this great sport of ours
Paul Rees finds out about Martin Bayfield’s plans to tour Britain’s theatres with his rugby show Martin Bayfield has been on...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCoastal pride and bursting with history
Brendan Gallagher Fylde have been producing significant players on the northern circuit for many decades and if big time honours have...
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Features
/ 3 years ago‘I wish Conor had been in charge when I was at Quins’
MY LIFE IN RUGBY - LUKE SHERRIFF THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND ENGLAND 7S INTERNATIONAL So, maybe the first...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSaracens left clinging to the wreckage as the game drifted away
PAUL REES VERDICT Pressure: Richard Wigglesworth charges down Owen Farrell’s clearance to set up the second try Owen Farrell reflected last...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrench flavour should provide plenty of flair to honour Baa-Baas’ legend Bennett
Swansong: George Kruis THE Barbarians should provide a fitting tribute to one of their number, Phil Bennett, when they take on...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWallaby joins list of big political animals
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It will come as no surprise to hear...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBorthwick: It wasn’t pretty but the guys worked their way through it all
LEICESTER head coach Steve Borthwick admitted it was a tough match but was glad his team are now heading for a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTen-try Saints have Tigers in their sights
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Northampton ..65pts Tries: Matavesi 9, 23; Cole 18, Mitchell 32, Freeman 40+1, 63, 68; Hutchinson 59, Skosan 73,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT GARVEY, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, BATH, GLOUCESTER AND WORCESTER LOOSE FORWARD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoChampionship XV of the season: ‘Buzz’ hits six to bow out in style
Now that the Championship season has run its course, Jon Newcombe canvassed the views of the league’s directors of rugby and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoKnox leaves it late to book final place
By MUHAMMED SHER East Midlands.......22 Staffordshire.........24 LONGTON winger Henry Knox was the Staffordshire hero with his try in added on time...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoMcCafferty treble goes unrewarded
By TRP REPORTER Dorset & Wilts.......56 Essex County......... 12 JOSH McCafferty’s hattrick wasn’t enough for Dorset and Wilts RFU as they...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBill Beaumont County Championship
N Midlands....... 31 Notts, L & D....... 15 NORTH Midlands top their group in Division Three with a second win from...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBig guns starting to fire for Saracens
By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester ........15pts Tries: Singleton 31, Rees-Zammitt 74 Conversions: Twelvetrees 74 Penalties: Hastings 43 Saracens ..........44pts Tries: Davies 8,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTries kick penalties into touch
PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW THE PREMIERSHIP PRODUCT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST DECADE When James Grayson kicked a late long-range...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPirates hold nerve to steal it in a thriller
By TOM CARR Bedford ..............32pts Tries: Worley 24, 29, Stedman 62, Adamson 96 Conversions: Maisey 24, 30, 62 Penalties: Maisey 6,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRae: Great opportunity to lift rare silverwear
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Coventry v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Butts Park Arena Driven: Alex Rae Changes: Steve Boden ALEX Rae...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRampant Gloucester humiliate sorry Bath
By PAUL REES Gloucester........64pts Tries: Harris 12, Rees-Zammit 30, 35; Carreras 40, Morgan 41, Atkinson 47, Ludlow 59, Meehan 66, Ford-Robinson...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWasps in the way of Exiles triple bid
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium LONDON Irish are the only club still...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSimpson’s try double inspires fightback win
By BEN JAYCOCK Gloucester ........25pts Tries: Jordan 19, Morris 32, Morgan 70 Conversions: Barton 20, 70 Penalties: Barton 10, 16 Worcester...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoHero Holsey’s late rumble levels game for Hartpury
By LUKIE JARMYN Hartpury ............19pts Tries: Forrester 14, Simpson 35, Holsey 64 Conversions: Williams 15, 65 Jersey................19pts Tries: Owen 7, Van...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGloucester denied by Fricker’s late double
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................29pts Tries: Thacker 3, Uren 7, Fricker 68, 79 Conversions: Sheedy 4, 8, 69 Penalties: Sheedy 11...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPenalty try settles feisty encounter
By DAVID LAWRENCE Molesey................... 10 Cinderford............... 14 CINDERFORD bagged a brace of second-half tries to deny Moseley victory in their final...
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Hidden
/ 4 years agoChampions sign off with home win
London & SE Premier SEVENOAKS finished the season as champions after signing off with a 37-17 win at home to Hertford....
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European Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoSaints at sea after Biggar’s red card
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........31pts Tries: Thorley 4, Rapava-Ruskin 7, Alemanno 21, Socino 47 Conversions: Hastings 4, 7, 21, 47 Penalties:...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
HARRY SHEPPARD, THE LONDON SCOTTISH AND FORMER WASPS AND BEDFORD FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV OF PLAYERS HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWoodward leads Clifton try charge
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund....... 14 Clifton.......................85 CLIFTON ran in 15 tries as they well and truly trounced hosts Rochford Hundred....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChris Ashton set to start as Leicester Tigers make five changes for second leg against Clermont
Chris Ashton is set to start his first European game for Leicester Tigers as they look to defend a 19-point aggregate...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHarlequins make one change as they aim to claw back 14-point deficit in crunch Champions Cup second leg
Harlequins have made one change as they look to claw back a fourteen-point deficit in the second leg of their Champions...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBournville left with a bitter taste in mouth
By ETHAN LONGSTAFF Chester.....................48 Bournville............... 31 CHESTER struck a cruel blow to Bournville’s survival hopes as they romped to a six-try...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSalop confirmed as the champions
Midlands Premier NEWPORT (Salop) were crowned champions, with their 17-26 win at Syston enough to seal the crown with a game...











