All posts tagged "Championship"
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoChinnor tribute to Simon Vickers
THE Rugby Paper would like to apologise for a mistake in last weekend’s Chinnor match report in which the name of...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoOllie Hearn happy to keep Caldy afloat in the Champ
Caldy hooker Ollie Hearn has fired himself towards the top of the Champ try-scoring charts with a remarkable campaign built on...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoRotherham Titans 34-25 Sale FC: Left, right and good fight sparks Titans’ title-lifting
Unbelievable scenes swept around Clifton Lane as the final whistle rung out and hundreds of Rotherham Titans fans ran onto the...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSteyn’s Warrior paint has been marked by the Mandela effect
■By MIKE MOORE FROM meeting Mandela to playing for the land of his mother, Kyle Steyn certainly has a tale to...
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Features
/ 5 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Josh Skelcey – Wearing an England shirt was a highlight
Josh Skelcey, the former Northampton Saints, Birmingham Moseley, Nottingham, Plymouth Albion, Ampthill and Cambridge winger, who is now player-coach at Old...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBath Brothers celebrate a double triumph
■By JOSEPH TERRY Bath Uni .............41pts Loughborough 14pts Tries: Conversions: Roue 9, 44, 54, 69, 80 Penalties: Roue 49, 72 Loughborough...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoLOUGHBOROUGH
Loughborough .... 45pts Brunel ....................... 5pts Women won a first BUCS Championship for two decades, putting aside two consecutive final defeats...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoNott happy to run with Cardiff pack
By SAM JACKSON GEORGE Nott is thriving as a key cog in the Cardiff Rugby pack following his switch from Dragons...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoNick Cain: Bill Sweeney’s presiding over a house divided
Getting administrative wires in a tangle seems to have been an RFU default position during Bill Sweeney’s six-year tenure as chief...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 months agoBrendan Gallagher: VIP treatment with Big Gav and Campo
The Hong Kong Sevens is 50 years old this weekend which is a sobering thought, probably the first time in recorded...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoIt’s time to limit all this ‘trench warfare’
LIKE many fans, we have recently enjoyed a thrilling men’s Six Nations Championship. What a great advert for the modern game...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoIslands in the sun are left to suffer
THE sorry collapse of the Super Rugby franchise Moana Pasifika – entirely predictable, but no less depressing for that – is...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoSale Sharks vs Saracens: Olly Hartley urges Sarries to make a statement against Sharks
Olly Hartley is under no illusions about the significance of Saracens’ return to Prem action today against Sale Sharks.
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoSale FC 29-26 Plymouth Albion: Electric Mark Dixon brings the second spark for the Dogs
Mark Dixon hit a second-half double to spur Sale FC to an impressive win over Plymouth Albion, who were eluded by...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBeer feels glass is still half full for Chester
By BEN JAYCOCK Looking up: Chester wing Louis Beer LOUIS Beer believes Chester have shown enough quality this season to prove...
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Features
/ 5 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Will Davis – Everything I dreamed of was in front of me
Will Davis, the former Bristol Bears, Ealing Trailfinders and Northampton Saints prop, who is now player-coach at Blackheath, reflects on his...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoLeague winners Bath on the trail of double
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY BATH will face Loughborough in the BUCS Super Rugby Championship final on Wednesday at Rodney Parade,...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoExeter pair out on loan
EXTRA NEWS EXETER Chiefs youngsters Ben Coen, 21, and Oscar Beckerleg, 20 have joined Champ outfit Cornish Pirates on loan. The...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoNick Cain: Harlequins lacking the launchpad George Furbank needs
George Furbank is a gem of an attacking full-back with the skills and elusive running to spark a backline.
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Women's Six Nations
/ 5 months agoLes Bleues take their time to put on a show
■By MARK ROGERS Tries: Grando 21, Arbez 44, Brosseau 54, Khalfaoui 60, Murie 70, Barrat 75 Conversions: Arbez 44, 55, 61,...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoEngland too good
I’M excited by the start of the women’s Six Nations, but it is only really the France game that presents a...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoRed Roses blown away as France run riot
U18 Women FRANCE completed a perfect U18 Women’s Six Nations Festival campaign with a dominant 75-7 victory over England, running in...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoThe Championship deserved better
MENTION of Coventry’s famous 19-18 win over Newcastle in the old Courage League One 30 years ago – equivalent to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoLeicester Lions captain Ethan Godefroy proud despite relegation from National One
Leicester Lions captain Ethan Godefroy admits this season has been one of the toughest of his career, but believes the club...
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National League 2E
/ 5 months agoBury continue unbeaten streak
Bury St Edmunds..33 Henley Hawks.......28 By ANDREW HERLIHY AS the race for the championship gathered pace, the league leaders entertained a...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBath will take on L’borough in champ grand final
RUGBY BUCS By JOSEPH TERRY BATH will face Loughborough at Rodney Parade on Wednesday for the men’s BUCS Super Rugby Championship...
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Top 14
/ 5 months agoSo, who is your starter at 10, then?
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 10s: Matthieu Jalibert, left, and Romain Ntamack PICTURES: Getty Images The latest iteration of the as-old-as-time...
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Features
/ 5 months agoDaly worry for England
ENGLAND full-back Elliot Daly has fractured his arm and will miss the rest of the 2025-26 campaign for Saracens. Daly, 33,...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoMike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
Mike Tindall is convinced Steve Borthwick will come up with a remedy to heal England’s losing headache and turn them into...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoBordeaux-Begles vs Leicester Tigers: Geoff Parling sees light at end of the tunnel
Geoff Parling is confident Leicester Tigers will ask questions of holders Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup today, even without three rested...
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Features
/ 6 months agoPaul Rees: Why rugby must adapt to survive in the social media age
Paul Rees reports on how the game needs to adapt to attract new fans in a world dominated by social media.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 months agoBrendan Gallagher: 30 years on from Matt Gallagher’s special day
There’s been a lot going on recently in the rugby world, but it would be remiss not to pause awhile to...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoBielle-Biarrey is the top dog again
FRANCE winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey has won the Six Nations player of the championship award for the second year running. The 22-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoLake injury worry for Wales
HOOKER Dewi Lake will not play again for Ospreys before his move to Gloucester in the summer and is a doubt...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoScarlets secure investment to stabilise future
SCARLETS have secured “significant further investment” from the existing funding group within the club which they say will ensure the “future...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoAzzurre want to be quick off the mark
ITALY Silvia Turani’s Italy outfit are determined to shed their underdog tag with the women’s team taking inspiration from the men’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 months agoBrunel on top form to move up into the elite
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY BRUNEL have been promoted into Men’s BUCS Super Rugby after defeating Newcastle 29-25 in a promotion...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoWhy rugby needs more superstars like Henry Pollock
When asked to think of a sporting superstar, the obvious names that appear first are the likes of Lionel Messi, Lewis...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoRFU: Cash will keep on coming in despite England slump
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney insists England’s current dismal form has not hit the union in the pocket and he is...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoJeremy Guscott: Now Bath need to be serial winners
Having played rugby at Bath since the age of seven, and been at The Rec as a one-club-man for the duration...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoSteven Luatua: I’ve got one more year left in me at Bristol Bears
Steven Luatua is looking to finish his career with Bristol Bears next season – if he can secure a new contract.
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoEngland have an identity crisis – Vesty
By SAM JACKSON NORTHAMPTON head coach Sam Vesty feels England have suffered an identity crisis under Steve Borthwick. The RFU are...
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Schools / Universities
/ 6 months agoCardiff can’t stop brilliant fightback by Bath
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY BUCS Super Rugby league champions Bath University fought back from four converted tries down to defeat...
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Features
/ 6 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Billy Harding – I’ll play until the wheels fall off
Billy Harding, the former England Counties, Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, who now plays for Blackheath,...
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Top 14
/ 6 months agoWomen keen to join the 6N party
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TWO-THIRDS of the 2026 Six Nations season is complete. It’s old news, but France – Les Bleus...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoJac Morgan: Wales are starting to look good
Jac Morgan says he was encouraged by the way Wales finished their Six Nations campaign and was thrilled for his teammates...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoWhat is the Nations Championship? Format, fixtures and how rugby’s new tournament works
The Autumn Nations Series is dead. Whether you think that is a positive or not, or even if you didn’t really...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoFormer England wing Chris Ashton urges RFU to listen to players on Steve Borthwick decision
England bosses have been urged to copy the All Blacks lead and give the players influence over the future coaching direction...
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International Rugby
/ 6 months agoLee Mears backs England head coach Steve Borthwick to stay in charge
Steve Borthwick is “loving” the pressure on his shoulders and will turn England into a formidable World Cup force insists former...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 months agoChris Hewett: Less snooze-on-sofa, more edge-of-seat…
After the Lord Mayor’s Show comes… you know the rest, so let’s not go there.
