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/ 4 years ago

Code-hopper Tiger Joe pushing for more caps

By PAUL REES RUGBY careers tend to be forged in academies, but not many players in the oval code have emerged...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Fast start fires Lions to victory

By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....32 Dings......................... 15 AN ELECTRIC start helped put Leicester on course for victory over Dings Crusaders. Lions...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Howieson using League wisdom to spur Tigers

By JON NEWCOMBE SHEFFIELD Tigers DoR Jack Howieson is trying to implement a hybrid brand of rugby that takes the best...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Rosslyn Park robbed of Winterbottom class

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ROSSALL, situated in the Lancashire coastal town of Fleetwood, have a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

‘Data backs 60-cap rule’

By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Lam ready to raid Saracens talent again

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler PAT Lam could return to Saracens at the end...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Now De Klerk eyes Oriental gravy train

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FAF de Klerk has been exploring potential future career options in Japan as the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

London Scottish set to head north for Super 8

By SAM JACKSON LONDON Scottish hope to join an expanded Super 6 tournament in Scotland next season while remaining at their...

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Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Flankers see world from other angles

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Bish was ahead of his time, today he’d be a national hero

OVERSEEING Neath’s halcyon days during the Fifties and early Sixties as coach was Roy Bish, a fine centre who combined his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Sam will prove why he’s best – Armand

NEWS EXTRA DON Armand believes Exeter teammate Sam Simmonds will show why he’s the best No.8 in England this autumn. Simmonds...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Daly back in December

RUGBY SHORTS ELLIOT Daly could return for Saracens in early December after surgery on a stress fracture. The 29-year-old has not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Isiekwe chasing his dream of England recall

Progress: Nick Isiekwe NICK Isiekwe has not played for England since the summer of 2018 when he was substituted 35 minutes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

All Blacks’ Halloween show pulls in the cash

By PETER JACKSON Wales..................16 pts Tries: J Williams 60 Conversions: Priestland 60 Penalties: Anscombe 6, 40+2; Priestland 52 New Zealand ..54...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Battered Sandy takes his secret to the grave

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Every now and then, whenever the x-certificate stuff reared its ugly head during...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Du Preez looks all set to join Glasgow

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Going north: JP du Preez JP DU PREEZ is on the verge of joining...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Potter draws on gambling hell to help save others

PAUL REES talks to Mark Potter about his fall and rise after gambling addiction When Mark Potter tells sportsmen and women...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Plucky Hundred pipped by Lions

By PETER REED Rochford H.............. 19 Leicester Lions..... 20 STILL smarting from their loss away to Barnstaple, Rochford Hundred hit the...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

High-flying Raiders are toppled by gutsy Lions

By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L....... 17 Worthing............. 7 A GRITTY performance by Leicester Lions earned them a win over league leaders...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rassie Erasmus has been backed to take the fight to World Rugby in his misconduct hearing

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Three months on, the game is crying out for clarity

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO the World Rugby Independent Judicial Panel will meet next week to consider misconduct charges against Rassie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Cup specialists await their next golden era

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools CAMPBELL College Belfast have a fine record in the Ulster Schools...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Beating All Blacks is about belief – Phillips

By ROB COLE FINALLY finding a way to beat the All Blacks after 68 years of heartache is all in the...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Addison injury sours victory

By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..............26 Lions ................10 A SERIOUS leg injury to full-back Will Addison in an accidental collision blighted Ulster’s...

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National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Reynolds crosses in Canterbury late show

By SIMON SMITH Canterbury....... 30 Leicester L.......27 CANTERBURY left it late as they edged past Leicester Lions to record a thrilling...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Erasmus delay dreadful says RFU president Jeff

Colin Boag talks to RFU president Jeff Blackett about the state of the game RFU president Jeff Blackett says he shares...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Brown on panel to explore women’s Lions tour

By SAM JACKSON Star: Shaunagh Brown ENGLAND international Shaunagh Brown will be part of the 13- strong group set up to...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Rugby must face reality – Sir Bill, it’s reliant on you

WORLD Rugby’s new guidance limiting full contact training to just 15 minutes a week reflects the game’s sad failure to end...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Exeter 42-5 Worcester: Sam Simmonds comes roaring back to fire up Chiefs

THE Lions returned and Sam Simmonds burst out of the cage to resume where he left off last season. The Premiership’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Dead-eye Boeta gets the drop on sad Ospreys

By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............13pts Tries: Thomas 74 Conversions: Myler 74 Penalties: Anscombe 3,16 Sharks ..............27pts Tries: Ward 41, Potgieter 58...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Glasgow get tough to snuff out Lions

By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ..........13 Lions ..................9 IT WAS not pretty, but Glasgow edged past the Lions for their second win...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Peel tells Scarlets to crank up intensity

By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Scarlets v Munster Today. Kick-off 2pm, Parc y Scarlets DWAYNE Peel has told his Scarlets side they...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Tony Underwood – I carry Jonah scars but it taught me resilience

FACING your Jonah is one of the themes I talk to organisations about when I’ve been invited along to share my...

By Jon Newcombe

National League 2E

/ 4 years ago

Seven heaven as Lions topple Bury

By BRIAN DAVIES Leicester L .............49 Bury St Eds .............26 LEICESTER Lions ran in seven tries as they brushed aside Bury...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Marcus wants England shirt for rest of his career – Murley

By NEIL FISSLER CADAN Murley was not surprised to see his landlord Marcus Smith return to Harlequins action in such emphatic...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Hard to replicate those post-war halcyon days

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools RUGBY success at Christ’s Hospital School over the decades has been...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Ospreys lend a hand to injury-hit Scarlets

RUGBY SHORTS SCARLETS have signed Ospreys lock Lloyd Ashley on a three-week loan deal. Aaron Shingler (back) and Sam Lousi (knee)...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

How long will this kow-towing go on?

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk REGARDING Nick Cain’s piece...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Northampton 23-21 London Irish: Returning Biggar is late hero for Saints

DAN Biggar picked himself up to kick a match-winning penalty to keep unbeaten Northampton on track in a tense finish at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 4 years ago

Time must be called on endless game breaks | Nick Cain

PERPETUAL stoppages have become the scourge of international rugby. The biggest culprits in this regard are South Africa. The world champions...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Jersey good enough for Lions but not for Prem

JERSEY Reds are top of the Championship. They have outstanding training facilities, complete with altitude training chambers, at the Strive complex...

By The Rugby Paper Team