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Premiership

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WILL WELCH Newcastle flanker JAMIE GIBSON Northampton flanker Both were at their industrious best, winning lineouts, slowing ball down at the...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Hougaard signs lengthy deal to stay at Worcester Warriors

South Africa international will be 33 by the time his new deal at Sixways expires

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Northampton Saints discipline George North for missing training session

Wales wing was dropped from Northampton's match against Sale earlier this month

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Horstmann on mission to bow out as a winner

NEALE HARVEY finds two Exeter Chiefs back rowers desperate to finish the season in style Skipper: Kai Horstmann PICTURES: Getty Images...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Ellis feeling lean and mean after injury nightmare

Fit again: Tom Ellis BATH flanker Tom Ellis has drawn inspiration from Exeter’s Sam Simmonds ahead of today’s final, in which...

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National League One

/ 8 years ago

Just a week for Harrison

NORTHAMPTON back row Teimana Harrison has been banned for one week after being sent off in last week’s Anglo-Welsh Cup defeat...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Saints job for Vesty as Boyd reshapes Warriors

NORTHAMPTON have appointed Sam Vesty as their attack coach from the start of next season. The 36-year-old former Leicester, Bath and...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Curran try completes impressive Warwick fight back

DEFENDING champions Warwick will take on QEGS, Wakefield in the U18 cup final at Twickenham on March 14 after staging an...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Ealing beef up Prem bid with Doran-Jones

EALING Trailfinders have issued another statement of intent ahead of next season by swooping for former England prop Paul Doran-Jones. Doran-Jones...

By Jon Newcombe

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Amazing Mr Wilson gives Bath last word

By ANDY BABER Shark attack: Denny Solomona scores Nervless: James Wilson kicks the winning points PICTURES: Getty Images MAKESHIFT fly-half James...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Action man Browne completes epic trans-Atlantic solo mission

POWERFUL Irish lock Damian Browne travelled the world playing rugby with long spells at Connacht, Northampton, Brive, Leinster and Oyonnax and...

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Miscellaneous

/ 8 years ago

Melville: 11-month season is non-starter

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND players no longer face the threat of an 11-month season as talks between Premiership Rugby and the...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

It’s all systems go for Mullen after injury-wrecked Autumn

NEALE HARVEY talks to Wasps loosehead Matt Mullan, desperate to make up for lost time Buzzing again: Matt Mullan PICTURE: Getty...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Crusaders favourites for title – Delaney

By NEALE HARVEY DEFENDING champions Crusaders will remain the team to beat when Super Rugby’s Australasian conferences kick-off this week, says...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Piers pulls the plug on Irish as North gives Wales boost

By NEALE HARVEY Flat out: Rob Horne scores Saints’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images Not enough: Alex Lewington scores his second...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Pisi: We were going through motions at Saints

WINGER Ken Pisi admits Northampton’s players had been “going through the motions” before Jim Mallinder’s pre-Christmas dismissal. An instant revival under...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Burns brilliance puts end to Saints revival

By NEALE HARVEY Final flourish: Hooker Ross Batty goes over for Bath’s third try FORGOTTEN England fly-half Freddie Burns produced a...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

We got kick up butt says Gaffney

NORTHAMPTON boss Alan Gaffney’s response in defeat was blunt. “That was a kick up the butt,” growled the Aussie. “We lost...

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National League One

/ 9 years ago

Williams steps up to take reins from Stewart

NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE CAMBRIDGE RUFC will have a new man at the helm next season following Ross Stewart’s decision...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Deano will finish job says Falcons boss

By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE chairman Semore Kurdi is confident Dean Richards will finish the job at the resurgent Geordie club. Kurdi,...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Galloping George is ready for England

By NEALE HARVEY KEN PISI notched a fine try-double but it was his wing partner George North who will be giving...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Irish build up head of steam ready for relegation battle

By ROGER PANTING OFISA Treviranus scored two tries as Irish secured a fourth consecutive victory before embarking upon fixtures which will...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

TOBY TRINDER NORTHAMPTON PROP As a budding young star emerging through the ranks at Ipswich RFC, versatile Toby Trinder experienced the...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Northampton Saints appoint Chris Boyd as new director of rugby

(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis 2016 Super Rugby mastermind Chris Boyd will leave the Hurricanes at the end of the...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Taxman hits Falcons with winding-up order

THE FINANCIAL plight of Newcastle Falcons was again in the spotlight after the club were issued with a winding-up order by...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

ROOM 101

TOM COLLINS THE NORTHAMPTON WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Messy people It...

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Columnists

/ 9 years ago

Guscott column: Blackadder must beef up front five

Jeremy Guscott reacts to Bath being overwhelmed by the Scarlets in the Champions Cup on home turf

By Jeremy Guscott

Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

Fabulous Foden in overdrive for Saints

By ROB WILDMAN Northampton 34pts Tries: Harrison 13, Tuitavake 32, Foden 45, Pisi 64, Reinach 73 Conversions: Mallinder 45, 65, 74...

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Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

‘We’ve gone back to basics’

DYLAN Hartley reckons a “back to basics policy” has helped Northampton turn the corner under veteran Australian coach Alan Gaffney. Hartley...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Eddie needs a leader who will be there at bitter end

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points IS Dylan Hartley the Mike Brearley of...

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National League 2N

/ 9 years ago

Sale find groove after a first-half setback

By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T……16 Sale ………………27 SALE maintained their drive for promotion after coming from behind to secure a bonus-point...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

I can’t believe Eddie is still battling to keep Hartley

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It was great to be able to watch live Premiership club rugby...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Tait demands reaction as Tigers battle to avert worst losing run in over 50 years

By NEALE HARVEY MATHEW Tait has challenged Leicester to improve their ball retention and accuracy or suffer the ignominy of recording...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Bath fined £60k for releasing Faletau

BATHhave been fined £60, 000 by Premiership Rugby for allowing No.8 Taulupe Faletau to play for Wales against South Africa in...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Saints: North may be back in a week

HARLEQUINS skipper and MOM Dave Ward hailed the impact of the home supprt. “Our fans were amazing; we loved the atmosphere,...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Wage cap cheats have been able to prosper

Huge win: Josh Adams is mobbed by Worcester team mates after scoring his second try against London Irish on Friday night...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Chiefs smash Saints while they are down

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Power: Jack Yeandle breaks clear to score Exeter’s fourth try PICTURES: Getty Images BELEAGUERED Northampton flattered to deceive...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Visser flies in from maternity ward

By NEALE HARVEY TIM Visser has revealed how Harlequins’ crippling injury list forced him to make an emergency trip to Belfast...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Big Game will loom larger than ever for two strugglers

Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of the Big Game and says this year Quins and Saints will be desperate to...

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Miscellaneous

/ 9 years ago

Mallinder paid ‘for not axing coach West’

By NEALE HARVEY JIM Mallinder’s loyalty to “old school” forwards coach Dorian West contributed to his downfall at Northampton, according to...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Solomons’ attacking philosophy rubbing off on Warriors

By TOM BRADSHAW WORCESTER will attack their way to Premiership survival says Gary Gold. Director of rugby Gold says the arrival...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Top English clubs need to play with more adventure

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last weekend was a shocker for the Premiership clubs, losing all their...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 9 years ago

North deserves big finale at Saints

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PETER Jackson got his...

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