Premiership

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/ 1 year ago

Computer games annoy Alex Sanderson

By Mark Stevens Angry Alex Sanderson has vowed to channel the perceived lack of respect for his Sale Sharks side into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 1 year ago

Rob Baxter: Fixture schedule hurting us

By Mark Stevens If tackling the elite of English and European rugby was not enough for Exeter Chiefs to contend with,...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 1 year ago

Tom Parton off to Japan

Saracens full-back Tom Parton has left the club to join Japanese side Panasonic Wild Knights. The 26-year-old, who also plays wing,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Will Muir’s aiming to hit the target with Bath

By Mark Stevens Darts-loving winger Will Muir hopes Bath can hit the bullseye in 2025 having gone so close to Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 1 year ago

I can’t see me returning to coaching, says Geordan Murphy

By Jon Newcombe Former Leicester boss Geordan Murphy has revealed he is still scarred by the manner of his departure from...

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/ 1 year ago

George Hendy in position to drive Northampton Saints on

By Paul Rees George Hendy’s career has a theme running through it – keep pushing and see where you end up....

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/ 1 year ago

Jack Walker’s eager to build on last year’s success with Harlequins

By Paul Rees Jack Walker has warm memories of last season when he was part of England’s World Cup squad,...

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/ 1 year ago

Pat Lam: Fitz Harding is good enough for England

By Paul Rees Pat Lam’s New Year wish is for his Bristol captain Fitz Harding to gain international recognition after a...

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Letters

/ 1 year ago

We need return to the County game

In Rugby Paper December 29, Paul Rees refers to Exeter’s Rob Baxter, whose club were bottom of the Premiership after eight...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 1 year ago

Great to see a big match on ITV

Big game: Tommy Reffell on the attack for Leicester against Harlequins PICTURE: Getty images WELL said Peter Warren, TRP letters 29/12/2024....

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 1 year ago

Time for Northampton Saints to push Bath up front

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week Northampton are the Premiership’s reigning champions, and when you are in that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 1 year ago

Ben Youngs steps up to make sure for Leicester Tigers

By Rob Wildman Leicester .......................... 28pts Tries: Cracknell 14, Henderson 33, Hassell-Collins 68, Youngs 77 Exeter ................................. 15pts Conversions: Pollard 14,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

George Skivington: That was a test of resilience and we passed

George Skivington praised his players for not letting getting on the wrong side of the referee deflect them as they recorded...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Harlequins leave it late to power past Newcastle Falcons

By Luke Jarmyn Newcastle .........................14pts Tries: Radwan 32, Redshaw 65 Conversions: Connon 33, 66 Harlequins ....................... 38pts Tries: Chisholm 9, Smith...

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Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Ollie Lawrence: We want to do double over Saints

By Jon Newcombe Match Preview Northampton v Bath – Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens For Ollie Lawrence, last year’s Premiership final defeat...

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Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Northampton Saints ring the changes

Saints rounded off 2024 with a resounding 61-0 victory over Newcastle Falcons last weekend and director of rugby Phil Dowson has...

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/ 1 year ago

Lotte Sharp: It’s been toughest season ever at Saracens

By Ben Jaycock Lotte Sharp says Saracens are enduring the most difficult campaign since she joined the club 10 years ago...

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/ 1 year ago

Josh Hathaway can follow Louis Rees-Zammit -George Skivington

By Jon Newcombe George Skivington has backed Josh Hathaway to continue to go from strength to strength as the young winger...

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/ 1 year ago

Clifton are in the Nat Two West promotion mix, says Jay Evans

By Ben Jaycock Clifton took a while to get going this season but after winning eight in a row, 19-year-old back...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

London Welsh rise from ashes

Brendan Gallagher remembers when the exiles were the whipping boys - and how things have changed... A tale of redemption, what...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

We need to see a complete shake-up

By Jeff Probyn - A front-row view of the game A new year and change is on the way across many...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Young Guns – Will Glister

By Ben Jaycock Having overcome the demise of his beloved boyhood club Wasps, Will Glister has blossomed at Northampton and looks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Bonymaen edge up the Welsh Premiership table

Premiership round-up By Carl Field Bonymaen hauled themselves off the foot of the Welsh Premiership table and to within a point...

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Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Newcastle Falcons vs Harlequins – Match Preview

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Christmas is in the books, but we still have a tremendous weekend of rugby action from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 1 year ago

Mark McCall: That was horrible and ugly

By Adam Hathaway at The Rec Thunderstruck Mark McCall urged his Saracens side to get off the canvas after they were...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 1 year ago

Cool Handre Pollard levels it up for Leicester Tigers

Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard’s last-minute conversion rescued a draw for Leicester Tigers against Harlequins at Twickenham in front of 78,000 fans....

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/ 1 year ago

Steve Diamond is happy to stick with Newcastle Falcons

By Paul Rees Steve Diamond has committed himself to Newcastle long-term, as long he is wanted by the new owners when...

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/ 1 year ago

Dafydd Jenkins excited to be back

By Mark Stevens By his own admission, it’s been a ‘painful’ watch for Dafydd Jenkins so far this season. Sidelined after...

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/ 1 year ago

AJ MacGinty out for four months with knee injury

Bristol fly-half AJ MacGinty is to miss the next four months due to a knee injury that requires surgery. The United...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 1 year ago

Freddie Steward prepares new plan of attack

By Paul Rees Freddie Steward has the safest pair of hands in the Premiership and is now set on finding his...

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/ 1 year ago

Danny Wilson backing Rodrigo Isgro to create havoc for Harlequins

By Gary Fitzgerald Rodrigo Isgro is a “physical specimen” who will become an even more destructive weapon for Quins once he...

By Gary Fitzgerald

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/ 1 year ago

Sides are coming after us – Phil Dowson

By Gary Fitzgerald Phil Dowson concedes his Saints are still struggling to cope with being targeted by rivals desperate to stick...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Bath give Saracens lesson in finishing

By Adam Hathaway Bath .................................... 68pts Tries: Penalty 3, Du Toit 14, Redpath 23, Muir 36, 55, 78; Cokanasiga 45, 75;...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

It’s never done until it is done, warns coach Johann van Graan

Bath boss Johann van Graan was desperate to keep a lid on fans’ expectations after his side’s 10-try romp at The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Alex Mitchell & Fin Smith get Northampton Saints back on track

By Rob Wildman Northampton .................... 61pts Tries: Coles 5, Davison 8, 10; Mitchell 15, Kemeny 30, Freeman 37, Pearson 53, 56;...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Phil Dowson: No more of Jekyll and Hyde

Northampton boss Phil Dowson wants his team to stop being a “Jekyll and Hyde” outfit after some mixed form so far...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Rampant Sale Sharks leave Bristol Bears with nothing

By Roger Panting Bristol ................................... 0pts Sale .................................... 38pts Tries: Quirke 2, Roebuck 24, T Curry 49, O’Flaherty 66 Conversions: R...

By The Rugby Paper Team