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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Sorry Cockers, but it’s Portugal for me

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I wish the doughty warriors of Georgia no...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 years ago

Powell plotting a big finish in ‘best this league has ever been’

By BEN JAYCOCK Coming down from the Championship, Richmond were expected to compete for promotion, but director of rugby Rob Powell...

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Coach to Coach

/ 2 years ago

Each day, I can see the positive impact of rugby

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Alex Rae, below, the head coach at Championship side Coventry...

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Welsh Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Promotion certain for Narberth

Championship round-up UNBEATEN Admiral Championship West leaders Narberth are now assured of a promotion spot after they ran riot 67-7 at...

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Rugby Paper News

/ 2 years ago

Six Nations Excitement: Can England Overcome Ireland’s Might?

England is headed towards a worrying challenge against Ireland, with the Six Nations rugby tournament set to resume for its fourth...

By Nick Powell

English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Wasps better off with URC – Sharp

By JON NEWCOMBE Coventry chairman Jon Sharp is convinced that Wasps’ future, if it has one, lies in the United Rugby...

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Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Hodge on his way back to fast lane

By MARK STEVENS Josh Hodge has set his sights on an exciting end to the season after making an impressive return...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Tonkin gets the call to join Ealing

ON THE BLINDSIDE By JON NEWCOMBE Ealing Trailfinders have moved quickly to find a new forwards coach following the news that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 years ago

No relegation ‘embarrassing’ for the game

AS A fan of Coventry Rugby Club, I’m finding it increasingly awkward when I meet non-rugby fans or those attending their...

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Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Care merits his century, says Youngs

By PAUL EDDISON BEN Youngs has backed his long-time rival Danny Care to step up on what would be his 100th...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Edinburgh are too good for Ospreys

By SIMON THOMAS Edinburgh......... 19pts Try: Watson 17 Conversion: Healy 18 Penalties: Healy 22, 25, 35, 73 Ospreys ............. 15pts Tries:...

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Premiership Women's Rugby

/ 2 years ago

I want to get that England shirt back, says Scarratt

By MARK STEVENS The smiles said it all, after 13 painstaking months on the sidelines, the pure joy of returning to...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Browne out to give Scottish an extra edge

By BEN JAYCOCK Upon his return from England U20s camp, London Scottish loanee Harry Browne is determined to help his side...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Cornish hits treble top to keep Ealing top of the pile

By EDDIE McATEER Ealing T .............52pts Tries: Twelvetrees 4, Cornish 29, 38 58; Penalty 44, Alo 53, Kernohan 63, Holmes 70...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Smith’s masterclass has Hartpury firing on all cylinders

By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury............ 61pts Tries: Adderly-Jones 4, R Smith 12, 24, 73, Morgan 19, Hillman-Cooper 35, Austin 42, Short 59,...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Coventry show McGeechan there’s a lot of work to do

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster.......................... 12pts Tries: McBryde 66, Greenwood 78 Conversion: Bennett 66 Coventry ............................27pts Tries: Ball 38, Penalty 61, Hitchcock...

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U20 Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Fasogbon’s making most of his seat in the front row

Afolabi Fasogbon says England U20s forwards get excited for scrum time and with the 6ft 4in, 20 stone-plus powerhouse on their...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 2 years ago

Appleton confident Portugal can meet Spanish challenge

By NICK POWELL PREVIEW... Portugal vSpain Today. Kick-off 3pm, Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon PORTUGAL host Spain in today’s second semi-final...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 2 years ago

Majestic Georgia march on into final

By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia.............................. 43pts Tries: Tabutsadze 4, 37, 75, 80, Modebadze 50, Gorgadze 56, Ivanishvili 64 Conversions: Lobzhanidze 52, Niniashvili...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

How one player really can make a team tick

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY have France fallen off a cliff ?Can...

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My Life in Rugby

/ 2 years ago

The team culture at Exeter blew me away

My Life in Rugby with Bryan Rennie - The former Scotland A, Border Reivers, London Irish, Exeter & Bristol centre, now...

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Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

The flying Scot who still leads the field

PETER JACKSON Until Scotland’s converted Junior Springbok struck last weekend, England had not been hit by a Five or Six Nations’...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Graham and Tuipulotu ruled out of Six Nations

NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND have lost Darcy Graham and Sione Tuipulotu for the rest of the Six Nations. Edinburgh wing Graham, right,...

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Young Gun

/ 2 years ago

Young Guns: Gloucester full-back Ioan Jones

By BEN JAYCOCK England U20s will feel grateful to have Ioan Jones in their ranks as the full-back could easily have...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Narberth stay clear at the top

Championship round-up NARBERTH made it 16 wins out of 16 in Welsh Championship West as they defeated Ammanford 47-10 with a...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

McHenry grabs his lifeline from Dax

By LUKE JARMYN Alex McHenry scored Jersey’s third try against Exeter in September, yet eight days later was selling nearly all...

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Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Wigglesworth: Major changes not answer

By LOUIS CHAPMAN-COOMBE England assistant coach Richard Wigglesworth insists widespread change isn’t the solution to their attacking woes following last weekend’s...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 03/03/24

Lewis Moody continues to remain doubtful for England’s prospects against Grand Slam-chasing Ireland in next weekend’s Six Nations action, one of several...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Appleton expected to beat Wales at Rugby World Cup

Portugal captain Tomás Appleton set his side the goal of beating Wales at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and feels that “crazy” ambition...

By Nick Powell

English Championship

/ 2 years ago

McGeechan named Doncaster director of rugby

Coaching legend Sir Ian McGeechan has taken up the position of consultant director of rugby at Doncaster Knights. The Yorkshire-born ex-Scotland...

By Nick Powell

Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Borthwick: We made too many mistakes

From ADAM HATHAWAY at Murrayfield England boss Steve Borthwick admitted his side got what they deserved after another Murrayfield nightmare in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Boden quits Knights over lack of funding

By JON NEWCOMBE Fatigued by the ongoing uncertainty over funding and the direction of the Championship, Steve Boden has explained that...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

As usual, Gibson-Park enjoys life in top gear

BRENDAN GALLAGHER It's more than a little sobering to think that Ireland’s win over Wales on Saturday was probably their “iffy”...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Yet again, Ealing prove they have what it takes

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ealing Trailfinders’ narrow defeat by Leicester in the Premiership Cup semi-final last weekend...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Merit on the pitch should be decisive

There has been a long-standing tradition in rugby union that everyone is entitled to their opinion, and when Ealing Trailfinders hosted...

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U20 Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

England glad top the table but will face tougher tests

By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland U20 ......17pts Tries: McVie 53, Douglas 66, Gwynn 75 Conversions: Coates 54 England U20..... 30pts Conversions: Kerr...

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Dream Team

/ 2 years ago

Dream Team with Warren Seals

The Sedgley Park and former Boland Cavalier, Darlington Mowden Park and Yorkshire Carnegie fly-half chooses the best XV he has played...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Doncaster keep their mind on the job in hand

■By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham...... 14pts Tries: Graham 7, Sylvester 17 Conversions: Arden 8, 18 Doncaster......... 20pts Tries: Wilson 3, Metcalf 13,...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Clinical Twelvetrees calls the shots for Ealing

■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ......... 7pts E Trailfinders ..57pts Tries: Conversions: Asiedu 2 James 3 Conversions: Twelvetrees 13, 30, 36, 45,...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Rugby’s stuck in the ice age. It needs to open up

Ben Jaycock talks to Freddie Burns about life in Japan and what he thinks the sport must do to attract the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

Swift move to fit in another international

ANOTHER so-called Test match is squeezed into a congested calendar with such indecent haste that nobody can be sure as to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Lawes can bring some order

Paul Rees says the former England captain who has signed for Brive will have much to offer when he retires Brive...

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Letters

/ 2 years ago

Champ sides can compete

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk UNLUCKY Ealing! They...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 years ago

Ealing prop shows way

MANY top players have left England for financial, family or motivational reasons. With bankruptcies of four top clubs, disillusionment with national...

By The Rugby Paper Team