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Features

/ 8 years ago

Time for Mark to get Lions call

MARK McCall has delivered five major trophies as Saracens’ director of rugby over the last five seasons. Nobody will bat an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Smith faces huge task to turn Knights’ fortunes

By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER’S heavy defeat in their final game of the season showed up brutally the extent of the problems...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Legend Watson accuses Sharks of ‘culture of fear’

By ADAM ELLIS Determination: Andre Esterhuizen scores for the Sharks THE SHARKS took full advantage of an ill-disciplined Waratahs team to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Warriors set to lose Te’o

ENGLAND centre Ben Te’o is among eight players leaving Worcester Warriors at the end of the season. Former Samoa back row...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Gloucester surge opens door to international duty for Ruan Ackermann

But will the no.8 choose to represent South Africa or England?

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Chester charge salutes White’s farewell

By STEFFAN JAMES Chester …………31 Otley ………………0 CHESTER brushed aside Otley’s challenge in what proved to be a rather onesided affair....

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Champions Ionians can relax for closing test

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians……48pts Leicester Lions 30pts AN emotional Martyn Wood addressed his Ionians team after this dramatic contest and...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Century of points as the traffic jam eases

By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions 35 Tynedale ……66 THE start was delayed by more than an hour due to Tynedale having...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Chiefs continue Blues dominance thanks to Parete

By ADAM ELLIS Game winner: Jesse Parete celebrating the Chiefs’ winning try with Ataata Moeakiola, right FOUR WINS on the bounce...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

The loss of Rhys is a huge blow to Wales

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Rising star: Rhys Carre playing for Wales U20 against France RHYS Carre’s move from Cardiff...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Top agent Hood loses his clients

AGENTS have been circulating like sharks around clients of disgraced Scottish agent Gordon Hood who has been been placed on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Winters is back at Esher with plans for revival

NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY LEGENDARY England & British & Irish Lions flanker Peter Winterbottom aims to spearhead an Esher revival...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Henri Packs in four as Tigers soar

By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Aviss try secures derby joy for Lions

By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Prop McGrath on move to Leinster

ULSTER have signed Leinster prop Jack McGrath for the start of next season. The 29-year-old British and Irish Lions loose-head has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 8 years ago

RFU fear over Six Nations relegation is spineless

THERE were signs this week that the RFU have adopted a ‘Little England’ mentality, matching the insularity of the Scots, Italians,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Deano stays in hunt for South African No.8

Wanted: Philip van der Walt DEAN RICHARDS is pressing ahead with a bid to sign South African Philip van der Walt...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Roaring Leicester win battle of Lions

By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….29 Leicester L……52 LEICESTER Lions scored eight tries to race past struggling Peterborough Lions. Leicester made a...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

X-ray vision ironing out creases in Ant’s game

By NEALE HARVEY Under the microscope: Bath flyer Anthony Watson BATH coach Darren Edwards is convinced a unique system of skeletal...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Blues confident of keeping Anscombe

CARDIFF Blues boss John Mulvihill is optimistic Gareth Anscombe will stay at the region despite big money offers from abroad. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Wales are a target now says record man Alun-Wyn

ALUN-WYN Jones says Wales have painted a World Cup target on their backs after their Grand Slam. The Wales captain led...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

O’Gara: Crusaders is a player-driven club just like Munster

Neale Harvey meets up with the Crusaders backs coach in Australia

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Tigers chasing Lions star Davies to replace Manu

Wanted: Wales centre Jonathan Davies LEICESTER Tigers are considering a move for Llanelli Scarlets and Wales centre Jonathan Davies as they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Spence score has Preston hopping

By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….12 Preston G …….19 TYLER Spence struck late as Peterborough Lions suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Preston...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Johnson effort shocks Lions at the death

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T……21 Leicester L……18 A LATE try from replacement Sam Johnson brought Tigers’ losing streak to an end...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Otley power play proves decisive

By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….35 P’boro Lions……5 OTLEY ran away with the game in the first half, scoring five converted tries,...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Wales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Constant double makes Lions purr

By ROSS BARNETT A SEVEN-TRY performance allows some breathing space for Leicester Lions above the relegation zone. Lions opened the scoring...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

CarelessTynedale still have enough

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale… 31 Peterboro L… 5 DESPITE producing one of their sloppiest performances, Tynedale still had too much firepower...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Webb for Bath via freelance World Cup?

BATH have been mooted for a possible move for Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb who has been playing for Toulon since the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Leicester back on track with victory

By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L ….24 Macclesfield…19 LEICESTER Lions ground out a well-earned victory in a scrappy match at home to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Lions’ resolve broken by late scores

By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions….19 Sedgley P’k….33 TWO late tries by Sedgley Park were enough to battle past a spirited Peterborough...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Owens: We must start fast or they’ll teach us

By ALEX BYWATER Confident: Ken Owens KEN Owens has vowed to get stuck into England but warned Wales Eddie Jones’ side...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Plummer blows his big chance

By LUKE JARMYN Return: Double World Cup winner Ma’a Nonu made his comeback after a three-year stint in France PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

We’ll try to push Daly into centre says Goode

By NEALE HARVEY Another jewel in the crown: Saracens signing Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images Lion: Liam Williams LONG-SERVING Saracens full-back...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Borrowdale at the double in Field breeze

By ANDREW SMITH AN EARLY brace of tries for lock Guy Borrowdale set Huddersfield on the way to their sixth consecutive...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Macc attacked by rampant Dale

By BENJAMIN JAYCOCK Macclesfield..13 Wharfedale….34 NINETEEN second-half unanswered points from Wharfedale was enough to ease to a bonus-point victory and heap...

By The Rugby Paper Team