All posts tagged "Leinster"
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 days agoChris Hewett: France’s battalion of centres is unmatched
Chris Hewett believes France’s extraordinary depth at centre gives Fabien Galthie a decisive edge ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 days agoEuropean Rugby Champions Cup fixtures revealed for 2026-27 campaign
Defending champions Bordeaux Bègles will begin their Champions Cup title defence at Gloucester, while Premiership winners Northampton Saints face Cardiff in...
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Latest News
/ 2 days agoSkivington banking on Morgan and Lake to put some beef into Gloucester
Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Prem season, with the focus this week on Gloucester AFTER narrowly missing out...
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Latest News
/ 2 days agoEngland’s pool of talent is huge
Ex-Argentina centre Gonzalo Tiesi, below, tells Ben Jaycock that he believes England are failing to get the best out of one...
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Top 14
/ 2 days agoAgeless fly-half still calls the shots
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WHOEVER said that rugby is a young person’s game clearly never met near-ageless Argentine fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 days agoAndy Farrell’s selection for Japan-Ireland Nations Championship clash shows one eye on the future
Andy Farrell has handed four players Ireland debuts for the Nations Championship clash with Japan as he looks to build for...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoTough draw for Bath and Northampton in Champions Cup
Prem champions Northampton and last year’s winners Bath have been drawn in the same tough Champions Cup pool for next season...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 week agoBrendan Gallagher watches six Nations Championship Tests in one day – here’s what happened
Brendan Gallagher settled down to watch six Nations Championship Test matches in a row. How did he find it? And did...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoA pair of fly-halves fading from view
BEAUDEN Barrett wasn’t the only decorated fly half to miss the cut for the opening round of the Nations Championship. The...
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News Extra
/ 1 week agoSchmidt has no desire to be head coach again
AUSTRALIA boss Joe Schmidt says he has no desire to be a head coach again when he leaves his current position...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Anton Segner – The German loving life as an All Black
Anton Segner’s All Blacks call-up highlights rugby’s global reach as Peter Jackson explores the Nations Championship’s multinational squads.
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoCullen on his way out at Leinster
LEO Cullen will leave his role as Leinster head coach at the end of next season. The former Ireland lock will...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 weeks agoChris Hewett: When ‘record highs’ can be low on quality
Chris Hewett questions whether rugby’s growing number of one-sided finals and record scorelines signal a sport in danger of tipping the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 weeks agoNations Championship: Ireland – Andy Farrell’s plans are disrupted by injury
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell’s plans have been rocked by injury ahead of their summer Tests against Australia, Japan, and New...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoOnce again, France show how it’s done
SEASON after season after season, the Top 14 has been showing the English Prem how to turn the play-off semi-finals into...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoSaracens’ Totoa Auvaa avoids sanction for nightclub incident involving England cricketers
Saracens academy player Totoa Auvaa has avoided formal sanctions over the nightclub incident involving England cricketers Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoLeo Cullen’s Leinster legacy ‘unmatchable’ as end of era approaches
Chris Collyer on Leo Cullen’s unmatchable Leinster legacy as the Champions Cup-winning coach prepares to depart after a trophy-laden reign.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoNorthampton Saints 26-17 Exeter Chiefs: George Hendy’s double powers Phil Dowson’s side to the title
Henry Pollock ensured George Furbank got the leaving party he deserved as Northampton Saints claimed their second Prem title in three...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoPeter Jackson: It was a fitting end to James Lowe’s Ireland odyssey
Peter Jackson reflects on James Lowe’s emotional Leinster farewell, the contract dispute that ended his Ireland career and the challenge of...
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International Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoBlow for Ireland as Caelan Doris forced to miss Nations Championship tour
Ireland captain Caelan Doris will miss July’s Nations Championship matches with Australia, Japan and New Zealand with a foot injury.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoLeinster 36-7 Bulls: Sam Prendergast stars as the Dubliners retain their URC crown
Sam Prendergast shone as Leinster retained their URC crown in emphatic fashion with a dominant victory over the Bulls at Croke...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoInjured Doris glad to see team-mates ‘turn the page’
LEINSTER captain Caelan Doris, forced off after just six minutes with a foot injury which has ruled him out of this...
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Features
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: Why Bath have many questions to answer
Paul Rees says Bath’s defeat to Exeter Chiefs was the biggest setback Johann van Graan has suffered since taking charge.
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Junior International Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoUnder 20s World Championship: Ireland – Andrew Browne’s boys ready for huge test
Ireland head to the U20s World Championship after finishing Six Nations runners-up, with captain Sami Bishti leading a talented squad targeting...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoLeinster vs Bulls preview: Evenly poised matchup takes Grand Final stage
Once again, the home of the GAA opens its doors to the Grand Final of the United Rugby Championship as the...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoBath are stunned as Exeter Chiefs head to the Prem final
Exeter Chiefs stunned defending champions Bath 27-26 with a brilliant second-half fightback yesterday to reach their first Prem final since 2021.
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Letters
/ 1 month agoSize does matter
CONSIDERING Steve Borthwick was around when power, weight and size mattered in the scrum and pack, has he lost the plot?...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoLeinster vs Bulls: James Lowe leaves with parting tribute to club
James Lowe aims to sign off in style by helping Leinster defend their URC crown before he departs after nine years...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoLeinster vs Bulls: Handre Pollard – It’ll be all right on the night this time from the tee
Handre Pollard admits he was ‘terrible’ off the tee against Glasgow Warriors last weekend but backs himself to respond in Friday’s...
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Features
/ 1 month agoPeter Jackson: Once again, Bordeaux are leaders of the attendance pack
During a season when the Pied Pipers of Bordeaux raised their average crowd towards an all-time high of 35,000, Leinster found...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoSacha takes in a team that pride of place is full of class
THE BEST XV FROM 2025-26 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the The Rugby Paper’s...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPaul Williams: I, for one, am glad South African teams are in the URC
Paul Williams argues the presence of South African teams has improved the URC and that Welsh rugby’s problems run far deeper...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoIreland wing James Lowe departs Leinster without “fairytale ending” in emotional farewell
James Lowe reflected his time with Leinster and Ireland in an emotional farewell as he prepares for a new chapter in...
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Features
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: Will England grab the man of steel, Shaun Edwards?
Paul Rees considers whether Shaun Edwards may end up on Steve Borthwick’s staff if he parts company with France...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoLeinster to take on Bulls for URC title
■By SAM JACKSON LEINSTER will defend their URC crown on Friday June 19 at Croke Park when they host serial bridesmaids,...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoLeinster 20-11 Stormers: Tempers flare as Leo Cullen’s side battle to get over the line
Leinster booked their place in a second successive United Rugby Championship final after edging out the Stormers in a tense, fiery...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoGlasgow Warriors 21-22 Bulls: Warriors are broken by Bulls fightback
The Bulls produced a stirring comeback to stun Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield and book their place in a fourth United Rugby...
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Features
/ 1 month agoSorry Leinster aren’t feeling the love
IN an age when Test arenas are littered with trophies for anything and everything, it is perhaps a tad surprising that...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Play off chaos! Exeter Chiefs v Saracens Prem shootout + URC semi finals
In this week’s episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by TRP writer Chris Collyer to...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMcCarthy is ruled out
Lock: Paddy McCarthy LEINSTER prop Paddy McCarthy has been ruled out for the remainder of their season after sustaining a foot...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Afo Fasogbon deserves to be in Steve Borthwick’s England squad
Afo Fasogbon’s omission from the England training squad for this summer’s Nations Cup is a glaring oversight in an era in...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoLeinster 59-10 Lions: Leo Cullen’s side get straight back to winning ways
Defending champions Leinster bounced back from their Champions Cup final thrashing by Bordeaux with a comfortable win in Dublin over Lions.
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoBulls book semi-final spot as Munster fade
■By SIMON CASEY MUNSTER’S title challenge came to a bruising end as last season’s finalists Bulls powered to victory in Pretoria....
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Features
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: Ireland’s big boys must stand up after European heartache
Paul Rees says last weekend’s ‘European’ finals proved a chastening experience for Leinster and Ulster.
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoGloucester-Hartpury 39-41 Trailfinders: Emma Taylor leads her side in making history
Trailfinders inflicted Gloucester-Hartpury’s first defeat of the PWR season to secure a maiden play-off berth with a dramatic two-point victory in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: Success in Europe not all about the money
The European finals in sweltering Bilbao proved to be a humbling weekend for Irish sides with both Ulster and Leinster taking...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoJames Harrington: France boss Fabien Galthié looks close to giving Shaun Edwards le chop
Fabien Galthié is on the brink of making a major change to his coaching set-up ahead of their Nations Championship challenge,...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Why are France dominating Europe? Top 14 boom + Rugby overtaking football
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Robert Graham from the Rosbifs Rugby podcast to break down the extraordinary rise of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoLeinster’s focus turns to the URC after Champions Cup heartbreak
Despite being significantly higher in the attack statistics Leinster once again came out on the wrong side of the Champions Cup...
Junior International Rugby
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Autumn Internationals
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Junior International Rugby
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