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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMonkey’s gone, now Fitz wants eye of Tiger
PREVIEW… Castres v Leicester Today. Kick-off 5.30pm By NEALE HARVEY Demand: Mike Fitzgerald wants Leicester to show finishing power PICTURE: Getty...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoNo X-Factor, but captain Hartley’s still the right man to lead out England
Nick Easter says the Northampton Saints hooker is still the man for England despite Jamie George no longer being his main...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoYes, that old Euro-buzz is back
There was a period during the Noughties when the old Heineken Cup was beginning to match Test rugby in quality and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAdams eyes Test chance after revival at Warriors
By NEALE HARVEY THREE years after turning his back on regional rugby with the Scarlets through lack of opportunity, hot-shot Worcester...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMurray serves an ace as Street hold on
Broadstreet 12 Canterbury …7 ANDREW Murray and George Walsh both ran in first-half tries as Broadstreet held off the challenge of...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoForesters snatch bonus point win
By ROB WORGAN Cinderford……34 Henley…………….6 CINDERFORD scored four tries after the break to blow away Henley and earn the bonus point...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNo X-factor, but captain Hartley’s still right man to lead out England
By NEALE HARVEY Big character: Dylan Hartley has a fine record with England PICTURES: Getty Images NICK Easter believes Dylan Hartley’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie’s done a fine job but selection’s become puzzling
EDDIE Jones has turned England into potential World Cup winners in Japan. However, I agree with Brendan Gallagher (31.12.17 edition) that...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNorth can fire Wales’ Six Nations ambitions
SHANE WILLIAMS Juggernaut: George North is essential to Wales PICTURE: Getty Images IN years gone by, my wish for Welsh rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFour-try Jamie ends year on a high
SWALEC Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD THERE was end-of-year cheer for Jamie Jeune as his four-try salvo helped maintain Pontypool’s perfect...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoStubborn Dons are edged out by Richards
By JAMES HAMILTON KIBA Richards scored two tries as Worthing saw off a stubborn Wimbledon side, thanks to a first-half blitz...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoClifton splinter as pressure mounts
By ROGER OPIE Clifton 20 Cinderford 33 CLIFTONled by 15 points until just before the interval when Cinderford scored and went...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBIG GAME – THE STORY SO FAR
BIG GAME 1 (December 27, 2008) Harlequins 26 Leicester Tigers 26 Nobody knew quite what to expect first off, but on...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoMallinder paid ‘for not axing coach West’
By NEALE HARVEY JIM Mallinder’s loyalty to “old school” forwards coach Dorian West contributed to his downfall at Northampton, according to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLewis kicks Blood and Sand to glory
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……22 Bishop’s Stort.21 DAN Lewis’ penalty from half way, awarded deep into added time, gave Cambridge all four...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoOld Albanian pay for ill discipline
By NICK BURT Plymouth A….26 Old Albanian ….8 A MUCH-CHANGED Old Albanian side did not have enough in the tank as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDouble delight for Light Blues
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Oxford 10pts Tries: Wilson 65 Conversions: Kearns 65 Penalties: Kearns 33 Cambridge 20pts Tries: Bell 28, Russell 55,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEighth straight defeat for Seven Sisters
Welsh Division One round-up MAESTEG Quins continued their perfect start to the season in West Central, earning a 26-5 win over...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoQuade may be risky investment
I’M ON holiday in Barbados at the moment enjoying a bit of pre- Christmas sun and I nearly fell off my...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToulon in £500k bid for Taulupe
Wanted in France and Wales: Bath No.8 Taulupe Faletau TOULON are ready to join the race to land Wales and British...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTitans revival too late to halt defeat
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T’ans14 Cinderford 33 TITANS were taught a harsh lesson in how to control a game, to execute...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates wing Alex O’Meara
Alex O'Meara runs us through the best players he has played against in each position
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Features
/ 8 years agoExeter power pack on top in eight-try rout of Trent
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES LEADERS Exeter crushed rock bottom Nottingham Trent 50-7. Any hope the visitors had of avenging their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExpect another Mennaye thriller
Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field PIRATES coach Alan Paver knows it will come down to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSeven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the stars to watch in next week’s Varsity match showpiece BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cambridge will find themselves in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoElla brothers were the pop stars of Aussie rugby
BRENDAN GALLAGHER remembers that wonderful Junior Wallaby side that Boasted a fabulous trio Forty years ago, this month a group of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints to go on raid for Wasps flier Bassett
NORTHAMPTON have lined up a swoop on Wasps to take winger Josh Bassett to Franklin ‘s Gardens next season. The 25-year-old...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGive players time to catch breath
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT MUST be because...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBurns turns up the heat to deny 14-man Knights victory
By STEVE HOSSACK SECONDrower Matt Challinor joined Doncaster’s exclusive 200 Club – but unlike when prop Richard List reached the same...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDominance up front gets Dragons out of trouble
By STEFFAN RODNEY THEDragons warmed up for their daunting PRO14 trip to Leinster with a good win over an experimental Scarlets...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoBreach’s brilliant six-timer hammers Canada
By GEORGE LAWRENCE England W …79 Canada W…5 RED Roses wing Jessica Breach scored six tries on her debut as England...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie’s tunnel vision over Dylan Hartley is harmful
Nick Cain writes his opinion on how the England head coach has set a precedent that risks locking him in
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDunvant stay top despite Felinfoel Charge
Welsh Division One round-up IT’S close at the top of One West after Felinfoel ran riot at leaders Dunvant in a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie’s tunnel vision over Hartley is harmful
CAPTAINCY has often caused controversy in Rugby Union, and there is one which has been brewing for some time with Eddie...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAutumn international casualty list is 39 … and counting
THE avalanche of Autumn Tests start next week with almost 40 players absent from the starting grid, the vast majority because...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWillis boys out to be dominant double act
NEALE HARVEY gets the lowdown on Wasps flanker Jack Willis and his younger brother Tom Last month’s harrowing 38-19 defeat at...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDuff the hero as Club are sunk at the death
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….19 B Stortford ……21 A STUNNING second-half performance from Bishop’s Stortford saw the visitors overturn a 19-...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRoaring Lions start fast to down Chester
■By BRAD HARPER Leicester L……35 Chester …………14 LEICESTER Lions made it back-to-back victories after claiming an impressive bonus point win against...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoNorville makes the most of his break
O Redcliffians33 Cinderford……43 By BEN RODEN CINDERFORD picked up another five points in an entertaining game, their experience at this level...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoDefeat drops Guernsey down to fourth
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYwere knocked off the top after a 33-22 defeat at Guildford and - with other results...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoHoppers leave it late to grab crucial try
Northern Premier PRESTON Grasshoppers hold on at the top, but it took a try in the dying minutes to pull this...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Brien saves Newport with nerveless last-ditch penalty
By JAY BAYFORD Newport……….28 Bedwas ……….25 MATT O’Brien proved to be the hero for Newport as his last-minute penalty sealed a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPariyo’s brilliant four-timer puts heat on Ystrad
SWALEC Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD GLAMORGAN Wanderers enjoyed a dominant 69-0 victory over basement boys Rumney in One East...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGet your fire back, Jones tells Courtney
By GARY FITZGERALD Gee up: Courtney Lawes EDDIE Jones has given Courtney Lawes a verbal kick up the backside and told...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTenacious Tigers hold their nerve in dramatic last quarter
By ROB WILDMAN SOME familiar names demonstrated a characteristic winning edge to successfully start Leicester’s defence of the Anglo- Welsh title....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoAuthority up front key for Carnegie
Preview York’ Carnegie v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 3pm, Headingley CARNEGIE prop Marc Thomas says his side must cut Bedford off...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoOwen leads rout with four-try haul
LI Wild Geese 60 Wimbledon 6 By WARREN MUGGLETON GEORGE Owen’s four tries helped Geese to victory in a dominant derby...











