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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 months ago

Cardiff on their way to place in the play-offs

■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............17pts Try: McNally 49 Penalties: Sheedy 13, 16; Lloyd 60, 80 Benetton ............. 8pts Try: Ruzza...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 months ago

Leinster power pays in the end

■By SAM JACKSON Connacht .......23 Leinster ......... 34 LEINSTER maintained their strong momentum with victory over Connacht at a rain-soaked Dexcom...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Delight for Hartpury as Warriors crash again

■By TIM JONES Worcester ........28pts Tries: Wallis 7, Chapman 36, 52; Ndimande 65 Conversions: Reed 7, 36, 52; Eden 65 Hartpury...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Four-try Moody puts Pirates on front foot

■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates .......... 45pts Tries: Relton 9, Moody 18, 20, 30, 36; Ribbons 38, Ward 49 Conversions: Robson...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Cambridge go so close to first win of the season

■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ......12pts Tries: Reweti 11, Caven 28 Conversion: Mausia 29 Doncaster ........12pts Tries: Hopkinson 6, Kerr 76 Conversion:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Trailfinders strike late to survive fright night

■By ALEX GREGGO Chinnor ..............15pts Tries: Moore 45, Hanks 56, 61 E Trailfinders ..21pts Tries: Hatherell 50, Thompson 71, Cousins 76...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Tough win shakes as Barling’s goods are on display

■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ..73 Leicester L ......26 WINGER Jackson Barling claimed a hat-trick as high-fliers Rotherham Titans inflicted a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Top-shelf Sale shift sloppy Clifton aside

■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................57 Clifton .........................0 STYLISH SALE hit Clifton with nine tries, as their visitors faced a constant uphill...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Gulley follows a two-Dart finish in sharp final show

■By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ......41pts Tries: Jenkins 3, Oulton 47, Dart 55, 61; Gulley 78 Conversions: Jenkins 4, 48, 55,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Juddians see the full picture after Painter’s gloss

■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............27 Tonbridge J ...........27 NEVER MORE than a converted score separated these two sides, as Freddie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Club see upside of stranger Dings

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............43 Dings Crusaders .... 7 BOLD BLACKHEATH’S seven-try slaughtering of Dings Crusaders was not without its blemishes,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Rodgers sticks the boot into his rivals

■ By GEORGE DAVIS Rossendale............ 17 Tynedale.................50 TYNEDALE cruised to a dominant win over Rossendale, making it five wins on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Big Mac belief by savoured Davis and his boys!

■ By WILL JUDD Hot shot: Harry Oliver seals win for Macclesfield in the 78th minute and, right, Samuel Adu opens...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Brown tops the Bill for the victors

■By MIKE BROWN Billingham .............35 Hull............................24 BILLINGHAM produced a clinical attacking display to secure a deserved victory over Hull, with star...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 2 months ago

Final horn eases Hinckley’s sweats

■By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................41 Barnstaple ............. 31 HINCKLEY’s first-half scores saw them avoid defeat, as visitors Barnstaple bruised their earlier advantage....

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2E

/ 2 months ago

Havant ‘Knighted’ on Joel’s big day

■By DOUG MILLER Havant......................39 Westcombe Park..27 WITH RFU president Deborah Griffin in attendance to make a special presentation to Havant’s outstanding...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

L’borough ease past Cardiff to go top of the table

BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH bulldozed Cardiff 82-12 to kick off BUCS Super Rugby’s return and move top of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

You can’t blame players going to England, says Patterson

NEWS EXTRA ■By JOSEPH TERRY CARDIFF Met centre Gus Patterson admits that for many young Welsh players, moving away to England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Craig Wright: I want to grab every opportunity at Northampton Saints and with England

Craig Wright is a hooker in a hurry. Not yet 22, the Northampton Saints forward has played in a Champions Cup...

By Paul Rees

Running the show: Leinster fly-half Sam Prendergast PICTURES: Getty Images

Champions Cup

/ 2 months ago

Bayonne 13-22 Leinster: Another late show makes sure of top spot for the Irish province

Leinster ensured top spot in Pool 3 and secured a home last 16 tie by grinding out a hard-fought victory over...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Eastmond keen to make his mark as a coach

■By ROSS HEPPENSTALL KYLE Eastmond says the lessons he learned in rugby union will hold him in good stead as he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Heartbreak for Munster as Castres take their chances

By BEN JAYCOCK Tries: Casey 17, 34; Abrahams 46, Edogbo 59, 78 Conversions: Crowley 18, 79 Munster ............29pts Castres ..............31pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Bordeaux beef wins the day

NO scrum, no-win! That was the message rammed home at the Stade Chaban-Delmas as European champions Bordeaux-Begles brought last season’s runners-up,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 months ago

Baxter sets sights on a home draw in last 16

■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Exeter Cardiff Chiefs v Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park EXETER Chiefs head into today’s final pool...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 months ago

Montpellier claim top spot as Ospreys comeback falls short

■ By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys .............26pts Tries: Watkin 11, Lloyd 40, 52; Moriarty 58 Conversions: Walsh 12, 41, 53 Montpellier .....31pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 months ago

11-try Connacht secure home tie

Connacht .......75 Montauban ...14 ■ By MARK WILLIAMS CONNACHT produced a ruthless display to book a home tie in the last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: European Champions Cup is still in dire need of an overhaul

The European Champions Cup which, after this weekend, goes back into hibernation for the best part of three months, remains in...

By Brendan Gallagher

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Titans capitalise in tantalising taunt

Bishop’s S ...............27 Rotherham T .........35 By JOHN ALLANSON ILL-DISCIPLINE was the key factor that let Bishop’s Stortford down, after travelling...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Park shine to abandon Blackheath in darkness

By CHARLIE WHITE Rosslyn Park ...36pts Tries: Stanton 22, King 37, Digby 43, Piper 63, Smith 79 Conversions: Johnston 23, 38,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Lavender and Blacks gather at the back to battle on

Clifton ......................24 Sedgley Park ........ 10 By ROGER OPIE HOSTS CLIFTON displayed a defensive determination to keep Sedgley Park at bay,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 months ago

Crusaders keep on going until end

Dings Crusaders ..25 B Moseley .............. 19 By LILLEE O’CALLAGHAN DINGS CRUSADERS secured a slim victory over Birmingham Moseley, in a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Hull hold on to see off Fylde in a true nail-biter

Hull.....................27 Fylde..................26 By RICHARD GORE THIS was a close game which went down to the final seconds and won by a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Kieran is so cool as Dale edge key clash

Scunthorpe......... 7pts Rossendale......13pts By GARETH LYONS Well held: Jonny Leota is stopped short KIERAN Tyrer kept his nerve with two second-half...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 2 months ago

Hooper helps the leaders ease home

Sheffield .................26 Hull Ionians ........... 17 By TOM BARRY SHEFFIELD kept their impressive form from 2025 on track with another bonus-point...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Mike eyes Mel of a finish as Ionians show defensive steel

By BEN JAYCOCK FOR Hull Ionians stalwart Mike Mel, the past few months have been as testing mentally as they have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 2 months ago

Re-Borne Cam find second storm to nick win

Camborne.........36 Hinckley...........26 By BILL HOOPER AFTER TRAILING at half-time, Camborne posted 24 unanswered points during a dominant second half to maintain...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 2 months ago

Lucs leave it late in Exeter’s excitement

Luctonians..............40 Exeter Uni................ 31 By GEOFF VICKRESS SIX-SCORE Luctonians left it late to settle the scoreline as Exeter University served up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 2 months ago

Whitlock’s wit grabs it in final seconds for Titans

Barnstaple....... 24pts Taunton T..........31pts By COILIN DUFFY All action: Scott Gibson runs through to score Taunton’s first try and, REFEREE: J....

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 2 months ago

Smith has winning song on his mind!

Cinderford ..............29 Hornets ...................... 7 By NIGEL WILCE CINDERFORD gelled together to a victory over the Hornets, with Sam Smith leading...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 2 months ago

Reds’ scrum rides hard to race away

Redruth ...................33 Syston ....................... 5 By AMELIA LINE RUTHLESS REDRUTH rallied to a textbook home romp, right from a clean-sweep first...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2E

/ 2 months ago

Honours are even in the tightest of tussles

Dorking..............13 Henley...............13 By KEVIN BEAL A HEAVY pitch, two well-drilled defensive set-ups and a plethora of penalties coupled with unforced errors...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2E

/ 2 months ago

Reynolds makes all the difference

Westcombe Park..12 Canterbury.............. 21 By JOHN VALLELY CANTERBURY’S slick and powerful midfield masterminded by star player Frank Reynolds maintained the Kent...

By The Rugby Paper Team