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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Wing or flanker, team man Kini will give his all

By JON NEWCOMBE WHILE Jack Nowell’s injury has robbed the Premiership’s final weeks of one winger turned back rower, Kini Murimurivalu...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Bayliss sets high bar for Bath boys to follow

By JON NEWCOMBE IN three years, Josh Bayliss has gone from being a breakthrough academy player to one of Bath’s leaders...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Jake sees Lions to five-try triumph

By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....36 Barnstaple................ 5 LIONS overcame a determined Barnstaple to claim a bonus-point victory. Barnstaple rattled Lions with...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Gloucester charged by fan power

LEWIS Ludlow expects the Kingsholm crowd to give Gloucester an edge in their battle to reach the play-offs. Three of their...

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Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Let’s hope Leicester can afford Pollard

CHRIS HEWETT THE Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Pandora Papers. Three massive data leaks exposing dodgy dealing in the financial...

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English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Dolly hopes to join younger brother Nic in top-flight mix

By JON NEWCOMBE DONCASTER sit proudly on top of the table with one of their 20 league games left to play...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Red mist may not lift for a generation

STEVE Diamond fears it could be a generation before a safe tackling technique comes naturally to players as red card fever...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

There will be more on Rogers’ naughty list

NICK CAIN ANOTHER week, another Premiership ‘rotten borough’ story. This time it is about Leicester, a club which behind the scenes...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Sharks tyro stars look set to stay for long term

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER France-bound: Nathan Hughes ■ CLERMONT Auvergne have agreed to a deal with former England...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Aussie franchises chasing Nadolo

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers winger Nemani Nadolo has been linked with Rugby Super outfits New South...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

DREAM TEAM

JAMIE LENNARD, THE FORMER WORCESTER, LONDON IRISH, BEDFORD AND DONCASTER FLY-HALF AND CURRENT HEAD OF RUGBY AT OUNDLE SCHOOL CHOOSES THE...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Switching Steward to centre isn’t the answer

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK COME in No.12, your time is now! That is the call that Eddie...

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Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Borthwick’s only duty is to his team, get over it!

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Steve Borthwick had enough on his plate during Leicester’s defeat at Saracens in North London last weekend...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Tiger Whitcombe proud to follow his Dad’s path

By PAUL REES JAMES Whitcombe was born and brought up in Yorkshire, but Leicester was the only club the prop wanted...

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National League One

/ 4 years ago

Carpenter claims a try hat-trick as Sale triumph

By ALEX THROWER Sale FC.....................36 Darlington MP........ 14 A HAT-TRICK of tries from full-back Joe Carpenter helped Sale to victory at...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Supersub Archie helps to see off Lions

By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...24 Leicester Lions..... 17 DINGS made it four wins in a row thanks to a threetries-to-two victory...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Fraser can go the distance now under Hudson’s watch

By PAUL REES FRASER Balmain does not regard listening to the advice of Gloucester’s performance nutritionist James Hudson as the highlight...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Exiles sign Samoa back row So’otala

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish have made a swoop to land Brive and Samoa U20 back row...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Trailfinders are early suitors for veteran Brown

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted man: Mike Brown EALING Trailfinders have inquired about former England fullback Mike Brown...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Hard work’s paid off for Saint Iyogun

By BEN JAYCOCK EMMANUEL Iyogun has gone from being a ‘chubby footballer’ to a Premiership loosehead prop after a remarkable journey...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Record man Youngs is guiding light for Jack

By PAUL REES JACK van Poortvliet was watching in a bar at Welford Road when Ben Youngs set a new England...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

The RUGBY Paper Podcast

Host Oliver Little is joined by Leicester prop James Whitcombe and his father – former Tiger Martin Whitcombe, as well as...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

The Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Five with James and Martin Whitcombe

Its family fortunes week as Leicester Tigers’ James Whitcombe and his father Martin Whitcombe join host Oliver Little to discuss the...

By Ben Redwood

Sale Sharks centre Manu Tuilagi has pulled out of the England squad

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Luke Cowan-Dickie and Manu Tuilagi absent from England training camp

England pair Luke Cowan-Dickie and Manu Tuilagi are notable absentees from Eddie Jones‘ 25-player squad for a training camp in Bristol....

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

England make most of Mann’s red mist

By BEN JAYCOCK England ............43pts Tries: Arundell 26, 68; Theobald-Thomas 34, Ilione 41, Hobson 51, Bailey 64 Conversions: Benson 35, 42,...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Bath hit with hamstring injury to lock McNally

RUGBY SHORTS BATH lock Josh McNally, 31, faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a “significant” hamstring injury in...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Falcons decide against Brown contract option

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Heading south? Mike Brown MIKE Brown is set to face a decision about his...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Bath keen on former Griffiths client Niall

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Move: Niall Annett BATH are poised to make a move to sign Worcester Warriors...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Leicester is my kind of place says Ashton

RUGBY SHORTS CHRIS Ashton is eager to make the most of his time with Premiership leaders Leicester. The 34-year-old joined on...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Exiles bring in Reid to cover midfield

RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed fly-half Noel Reid on a short-term deal from French side Agen. The former Leinster and...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Saints are confident they’ll stop the slide

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens ALEX Mitchell insists Northampton can take their...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Woodburn relishing challenge of unfamiliar territory

By PAUL REES Motivated: Woodburn OLLY Woodburn is intent on making up for lost time after missing 24 matches because of...

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Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

F-bomb was careless but Deano had a case

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some of the things Ron Atkinson said during a long and lavishly rewarded career as a football...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Sims sees Lions to bonus point

By SHAUN WREN Worthing..................35 Leicester Lions..... 19 A JACK Forrest double helped secure another bonus point victory for Worthing as Harrison...

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Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Wales look to spoil Twickenham return as England face tough test

Eddie Jones‘ new-look England face what is perhaps their most pressurised challenge so far this Saturday with the visit of still...

By Ben Jaycock

National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Campbell joy as his side power to victory

By PETER GREAVES Hinckley............ 15pts Esher................... 13pts Muddy hell: Hinckley players celebrate after Andrew Weaver touches down for the home side’s...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

DREAM TEAM

TOM BRADY, THE SALE FC AND FORMER SALE SHARKS AND LEICESTER WINGER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH AND...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Tigers keep it tight to curb Bath spirit

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath ....................20pts Tries: Muir 9, Ojomoh 29, Bayliss 31 Conversions: Bailey 29 Penalties: Bailey 22 Leicester ..........24pts Tries:...

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Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

‘Players came up with the answers’

LEICESTER head coach Steve Borthwick praised his side for finding solutions in the second half. “We started the game really well...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Barrow back with fresh perspective

NEWS EXTRA SALE have signed former Leicester and Newcastle lock Dominic Barrow. Barrow, 28, retired from rugby in 2020 to run...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

The greatest gathering of Ulster rugby royalty

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 4 years ago

Rams up to fourth with tight triumph

By JOHN WHITE Rams.................. 17 Bishop’s St......... 5 RAMS climbed to fourth in the National One table with a hard-fought 17-5...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Constant thrives as Lions triumph

By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....35 Canterbury.................0 DEVON Constant scored two tries as Lions show their class in the wet by claiming...

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