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Potent Rawlins helps England U18s bounce back with victory over Georgia

England overcame a shaky first half to score 17 unanswered second half points to beat an impressive Georgia 27-20 as Jonathan...

By Ben Jaycock

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...

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Sorry end to Bradley’s voyage

BRADLEY Roberts surfacing at the Principality Stadium three years ago renewed his family’s ancestral link to Wales thanks to his maternal...

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Sponsorship deal will really help grassroots

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THE news that the cabbage patch is to get a name change...

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Fantasy Rugby 2024-25 – Enter Now

Do you fancy yourself as a Fantasy Rugby expert? Well, here is your chance to prove it as The Rugby Paper...

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Harlequins star Danny Care calls for more free-to-air TV games

Danny Care says free-to-air television coverage is essential if rugby is to grow its audience and avoid other clubs going under.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Cambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup

Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.

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Emma Uren: Great Britain must learn from Olympic setback

Emma Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a groundbreaking Olympic campaign after they finished seventh at...

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Sir Gareth Edwards: Antoine Dupont ‘has a buzz about him’

Simon Thomas talks to Sir Gareth Edwards, rated by many as the greatest rugby player of all time, about the brilliance...

By Simon Thomas

Julian Salvi relishing his role as Georgia defence coach

Julian Salvi has never been one to shy away from a good challenge. Now he is relishing his job as Georgia's...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Regan Grace to miss start of Bath season after surgery

Bath wing Regan Grace is likely to miss the start of the upcoming season after having had surgery on a hamstring...

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Jeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor

New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.

By Jeremy Guscott

New Zealand and Canada get act together

SEMI-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL NEW Zealand booked their place in the final with a convincing second-half performance to claim a...

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Battling China put down a marker for future

QUARTER-FINALS WRAP By WILLIAM GUPWELL IT WAS always going to be a difficult challenge for this valiant China side as they...

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Golden girls put in final flourish

By WILLIAM GUPWELL New Zealand................ 19pts Tries: Pouri-Lane 2, Blyde 8, Waaka 13 Conversions: Pouri-Lane 2, King 8 Canada ........................... 12pts...

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Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...

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FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...

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DREAM TEAM

TOBY FREEMAN, THE FORMER EXETER, ORDIZIA, ROTHERHAM, NOTTINGHAM, CORNISH PIRATES & HARLEQUINS LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...

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Call me The Stag – but I was stuck with Bambi

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND GLASGOW HAWKS/WARRIORS, WATERLOO AND BEDFORD BACK ROWER RORY McKAY IT’S been great...

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Increase the teams in Olympic Sevens

SOMETIMES you just have to say well done. To witness six days of raucous sell-outs at the Stade de France for...

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’74 Lions failed to impress the doyen

NO sooner had I finished my trip down memory lane last week with the 1974 Lions than I stumbled across John...

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Good to see women winning more awards

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS disappointing that Team GB women’s sevens side were unable to...

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Antoine Dupont inspires France to Olympic gold in Paris

Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France's Sevens side...

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Rapid Rebbadj has the final say for hosts

SEMI-FINALS WRAP ■By BEN JAYCOCK SPURRED on by a boisterous capacity crowd at the home of French rugby, Les Bleus booked...

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Argentina, NZ and Ireland go

QUARTER-FINALS WRAP ■By WILLIAM GUPWELL THE opening game of the quarter-finals saw a close encounter in a rematch from the Pool...

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Africa as Williams steps up at the death

The Blitzboks overturned the deficit after Tristan Leyds raced down the sideline and offloaded to Davids to score. Australia captain Nick...

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POOL A WRAP

NEW Zealand finished top of Pool A with a clean sweep, while Ireland won two out of three to qualify for...

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POOL B WRAP

AUSTRALIA won all three of their pools matches, with Argentina qualifying in second. The opening fixture of the tournament saw Australia...

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DREAMTEAM

MAX BODILLY, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER EXETER CHIEFS AND CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH......

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JPR: It was the worst time to lose my cool

IT’S time to conclude our ‘real time’ look back at the 1974 Lions tour which finished exactly 50 years ago yesterday...

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The Bears blueprint: Go and play without fear

PAUL REES ON HOW BRISTOL HEAD COACH PAT LAM PLANS TO GUIDE THE WEST COUNTRY OUTFIT BACK TO THE TOP Class...

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Top of the world

England U20s too strong for France in final showdown By BEN JAYCOCK Head coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as...

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2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick

By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick admits he faces a race against time to get England up to speed as he turns...

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Packer out to defend WXV crown in Canada

By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer enjoyed one of the greatest nights of her rugby career in the first edition of WXV...

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By WILLIAM GUPWELL England.................................................21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France...................................................13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10,...

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