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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

RUGBY SHORTS

Falcon off to France NEWCASTLE centre Pedro Bettencourt, 24, will join French side Oyonnax this summer. The 24-year-old joined from French...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Steele eyes big finish to stop-start season

By NEALE HARVEY Making strides: Irish No.9 Scott Steele SCRUM-HALF Scott Steele aims to lay down a marker ahead of the...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

DREAMTEAM

TONY FENNER, COVENTRY AND FORMER AUCKLAND, OTAGO, EASTERN PROVINCE, EDINBURGH AND BEDFORD UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...

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Miscellaneous

/ 7 years ago

Vaughan: Close the league but prepare for expansion

■By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER chief executive Stephen Vaughan says Premiership Rugby must get their head around an expansion system if they...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Ambitious Coventry chairman Jon Sharp talks Butts Park Arena revamp

Coventry are in talks to create a plan similar to Exeter Chiefs

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Struggling Hartpury hit hard by injuries

By NEALE HARVEY Preview Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Today, Kick-off 3pm HARTPURY rugby director John Barnes admits his depleted side...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Hutler’s the hero for Blues with try deep in injury time

By MARK WOOD BEDFORD snatched an incredible 53-52 derby victory thanks to Ryan Hutler’s 88th-minute winner. It was an incredible finale...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Championship clubs consider legal action over threat of Premiership ring-fencing

Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow talks to TRP following a meeting between second tier clubs a fortnight ago

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Tier 2 consider legal action over threat of ring-fencing

By NEALE HARVEY CHAMPIONSHIP clubs are united in their determination to see off the threat of ending promotion and relegation, according...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Championship is a tougher beast this season, says Hartpury boss

Hartpury welcome Doncaster Knights to Gillman's Ground at the weekend

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Wasps continue recruitment in New Zealand with addition of prop

Hurricanes tighthead joins Malakai Fekitoa in joining Wasps next season

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Wasps secure World Cup winner Fekitoa

Wasps have announced the signing of New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa, who is set to join the club next season. The...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Dai confident Wasps will see best of Lima

By NEALE HARVEY Getting to grips with Premiership: Lima Sopoaga is tackled by Quins trio Jack Clifford, Dave Ward and Matt...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 7 years ago

CVC deal could spell big trouble

NEWS that Premiership clubs have now completed a £220m deal with the private equity firm CVC represents the biggest con job...

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Challenge Cup

/ 7 years ago

Exeter’s Woodburn says No to Wasps

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Staying: Ollie Woodburn EXETER Chiefs speedster Ollie Woodburn has rejected the chance to move...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Cheeseman loan deal

HARLEQUINS centre Henry Cheeseman has joined Richmond for the rest of the season. Josh McNulty has also gone on loan to...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Eastwood calls for ring-fence debate

WASPS chief executive Nick Eastwood insists no decisions around ring-fencing the Premiership can be made until all available options have been...

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Kicking king Daryl set to hand over the tee

■ By JON NEWCOMBE Banter: Veenendaal IT will be with much reluctance on his part if Nottingham scrum-half Daryl Veenendaal hands...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Trimble leads Cov romp but Nottingham earn plaudits

By PAUL SMITH MAX Trimble’s hat-trick took Coventry to the top of the pool one table. However, head coach Nick Walshe...

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Carnegie fightback means Cov have to wing it

By PAUL SMITH LED by two tries apiece from wingers Junior Bulumakau and Max Trimble, Coventry claimed a Pool 1 home...

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Revitalised Knights on charge for cup glory

By ROB WILDMAN A DETERMINEDDoncaster display allowed Clive Griffiths to declare that his squad and himself were “on the way back”...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Boyd banking on Biggar to steer Saints through winter

By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON Saints supremo Chris Boyd admits he underestimated the philosophical approach towards the set-piece by English clubs compared...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

MIKE UMAGA FORMER SAMOA AND ROTHERHAM BACK AND DoR AT BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE BEING booed by 60- odd thousand South Africans...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Canucks get in gear with five-try win over Coventy

By PAUL SMITH CANADA’S attempt to maintain their record of having qualified for every World Cup faces a test of endurance...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Warden reveals the secret to success at Richmond

LONG-SERVING Richmond lock Will Warden believes the ‘one-club’ philosophy espoused by rugby director Steve Hill will keep his part-timers punching above...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

RUGBY SHORTS

Du Plessis to Glasgow GLASGOW have signed South African prop Petrus du Plessis from London Irish until the end of the...

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Fowkes wants big response at the Bay

NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

FORMER COVENTRY, PLYMOUTH, CORNISH PIRATES, WORCESTER AND BEDFORD LOCK BEN GULLIVER AS soon as I joined Coventry I got beaten up....

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Features

/ 7 years ago

DREAMTEAM

RONNIE MCLEAN-DENTS, RICHMOND, USA AND FORMER LEICESTER, COVENTRY AND EALING CENTRE, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Carl...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Court rejects appeal over sale of Ricoh Arena to Wasps

A four-year legal battle lodged by the owners of Coventry City Football Club appears to be over

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Richmond heavies thrive in the rain

By NEALE HARVEY Consolation: Bulumakau scores for Coventry Over the line: Jesse Liston dives over for Richmond PICTURE: Roger Wooldridge RICHMOND...

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Cope injury forces Carnegie

By JON NEWCOMBE to shuffle the deck GEORGE Watkins, one of the few bright sparks in Yorkshire Carnegie’s disappointing start to...

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English Championship

/ 7 years ago

Improving Scottish eye another big scalp

By NEALE HARVEY No.15: Joe Luca-Smith FRESHfrom morale-boosting victories over Jersey and Bedford, London Scottish are intent on claiming another big...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Winter restocks

COVENTRY boss Rowland Winter has added more international class to his squad with the signings of Tonga back five forward Daniel...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Wasps finally get Sale monkey off their back

By COLIN NEWBOULT THESE victories certainly don’t come around very often for Wasps. Since 2010, they have endured disappointment at Sale,...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Sea change at Pirates as Evans builds for top-flight

By NEALE HARVEY CORNISH Pirates supremo Dicky Evans has revealed plans to attract top-class All Blacks like Brodie Retallick and Damian...

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English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Cozens puts the boot into Coventry’s fight-back

By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY deservedly edged a tense encounter against newly-promoted Coventry. On a wet and gloomy afternoon, conditions dictated it...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 8 years ago

Decision day looms for Cov’s veteran ‘Hacksaw’

NEWS EXTRA HARD-HITTING former All Black Sam Tuitupou aims to follow mentor Pat Lam into top-class coaching – if he can...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 8 years ago

Winter roused by Coventry’s first half ‘hot spell’

By JOHN WILKINSON COVENTRY held out in an edge-of-the-seat finish to secure their second win of the season and end Bedford’s...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Nobody wants to help clubs like us say Ealing

By NEALE HARVEY EALING managing director Ben Ward admits he is “frustrated” by Premiership Rugby’s dismissive attitude towards the Championship and...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Falcons’ feelgood factor gives Mowden Park a boost

Neale Harvey looks at the prospects of the teams in National One aiming to climb into the Championship Driving on: Rory...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Evergreen Grifiths can’t hear the fat lady singing just yet

Jon Newcombe talks to Doncaster coach Clive Griffiths about the challenges ahead Passionate: Clive Griffiths loves the game CLIVE Griffiths’ passion...

By The Rugby Paper Team