All posts tagged "Premium"
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoObviously some WRU policies aren’t fit for purpose
ANOTHER week, another example of how one family’s expensive day out to support Wales ended up being ruined by drunken fans...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEl Magico forced to hang up his boots
JUAN Martin Hernandez has been forced to retire from the game due to a knee injury suffered while playing for the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBlues survive late Otley rally to win
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesf’d …28 Otley …21 OTLEY came into this still looking over their shoulder at the relegation fight with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHoppers enjoy easy win over Morley
Northern Premier CHAMPIONS Preston Grasshoppers celebrated in style with a 57-3 win over relegation bound Morley. Hoppers crossed for nine tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpirited Glouc no match for Sarries
By DUNCAN WOOD Glouc-Hartpury 0 Saracens 62 Fast start: Marlie Packer SARACENS have one foot in the Premier 15s Final after...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYoung should seek advice from Chiefs on squad size
COLIN BOAG Banned for four weeks: Denny Solomona Wasps boss Dai Young commented during the week that his options for forthcoming...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoStill all to play for insists Deano
DIRECTOR of rugby Dean Richards admitted that he had feared such a result had been on the cards for Newcastle. “Before...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBiggar signs off in style as Ospreys eye play-off shot
By ROGER PANTING DAN Biggar bade farewell to Liberty Stadium by guiding Ospreys to a convincing victory to keep alive their...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoEddie must tap into the reservoir to find answers
Captain material: Elliot Daly gathers the ball ahead of Keith Earls to score against Ireland PICTURE: Getty Images Make Elliot Daly...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBiggar bringing new lucky charm to Saints
By ALEX BYWATER Points machine: Dan Biggar DAN Biggar hopes revolutionary technology can help him kick-start his Northampton Saints career with...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers tamed as Blaydon hold on
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T …26 Blaydon …34 BLAYDON’S chances of survival were given a major boost with a fiercely determined...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIvybridge are down after last-gasp score
South West Premier IVYBRIDGE were left heartbroken in their National League 3 South West relegation battle after a last ditch try...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlynneath fate is sealed by rampant ‘Bridge
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BRAYFORD GLYNNEATH limped out of the National Championship following a heavy 38-5 defeat at Newbridge. Newbridge...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLimit lofty academy expectations
From a concerned father whose son was sold the academy dream If your son has been fortunate or gifted enough to...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHurricanes ace Fatialofa signs on with Solomons
NEWS EXTRA Chief: Alex Cuthbert WORCESTER Warriors have signed Hurricanes lock Michael Fatialofa, 25, on a two-year deal. Fatialofa, below, is...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds roll into semis with Hardy at the double
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds scored two tries in each half to claim a home semi-final, overcoming a battling Doncaster Knights...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPainting the town Scarlet
IN THE best of all Scarlet worlds, the Basque city of Bilbao will be in for a Welsh language make-over next...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoKingdom comes to Titans’ rescue in mudbath
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………17 Taunton ……….20 IT was deja-vu for the Hawks as a last-minute Gary Kingdom penalty gave Taunton a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGriffiths shines with a double to help Quins stake their claim
■ By JAY BAYFORD Carmarthen …34 Ebbw Vale…23 CARMARTHEN Quins showed their title credentials with a battling victory over Ebbw Vale...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBeckett get my vote
THANK you for your coverage this season of BUCS Super Rugby. I have watched most of Leeds Beckett home games and...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoUnbeaten Pau put champs to sword
By TOM RICHARDSON DEFENDING champions Stade Francais were knocked out of the Challenge Cup in a thrilling quarter-final by Top 14...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoBlues prove that defence matches their attack
By MATT WRIGHT RICHLane’s try settled this quarter final Bedford’s way after the hosts managed to absorb everything Ulster A could...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWakefield’s wily RAF ‘juniors’ are still punching above their weight
BRENDAN GALLAGHER celebrates the heroes of RAF Rugby since its inception 100 years ago THE RAF is officially 100 years old...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoVuna eyes big break after work in prison
By NEALE HARVEY World Cup chance: Cooper Vuna PICTURES: Getty Images THREE months after he was working in a Melbourne prison,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWilliams’ late score lifts Drovers to a contentious win
■ By HUWS THOMAS Llandovery …24 Newport …19 LLANDOVERY’S winning run continued but they were lucky to beat Newport thanks to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoScots interest in Falcons is doomed to disappoint
COLIN BOAG The Scottish Rugby Union chief executive, Mark Dodson, spoke openly last week about his desire for the Scots to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFlood runs hot to set up Tait for try-double
By ALAN HEDLEY Looking good: Alex Tait and Toby Flood, right, celebrate after Tait scores Falcons’ third try Flyer: Zach Kibirige...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoLeinster knock out the champs
Leinster ‘A’……17 Munster ‘A’………6 HEAD coach Noel McNamara was thrilled with his Leinster side after they put the reigning champions out...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAces High – All-time RAF XV
15. Don Rutherford Based for two years at RAF Wharton. In 1957 played for the Combined Services side which lost 16-11...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWarburton tipping a Saracen to lead Lions
By GARY FITZGERALD ENGLAND may have endured Six Nations humiliation but Sam Warburton is still tipping two of Eddies Jones’ men...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe Ironmen hold on as Neath mourn their missed chances
■ By IAN GOLDEN Neath…10 Merthyr …26 MERTHYR were made to fight hard for their win against a resilient Neath side...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
HARVEY BILJON, JERSEY RUGBY DIRECTOR AND FORMER NATAL SHARKS AND WASPS NO.9, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoNavidi leads from the front as clinical Blues capitalise on Edinburgh mistakes
By ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues set up a home Challenge Cup quarter- final with Pau as Edinburgh shot themselves in the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTait’s tackle in running for best of the season
THE awards season isn’t far away and we need to initiate a ‘best tackle’ gong. Never in one season have I...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoExeter in BUCS semi-final as Trent beaten
By JOE BYRNES EXETER booked their place in the semi-final with a 41-26 win over Nottingham Trent on Wednesday, though the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRGC do damage early and often to leave Keys agog
■ By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …55 Cross Keys …26 RGC 1404 maintained their title challenge with an eight-try defeat of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOnly Wasps magic can deny Chiefs and Sarries
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Exeter rocket: Sam Simmonds “Wasps are the only team with the ability to win an...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoGloucester get to grips with the ref and the Irish
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Strength: Henry Trinder fights his way to the line PICTURE: Gloucester Rugby GLOUCESTER, losing finalists last year, produced...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMelville rubbishes Championship playoff conjecture
RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville insists promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premiership will operate as normal in 2019,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCurse of Wasps 7 shirt strikes again
Talent: Francis Emeruwa I DON’T have the slightest doubt that Wasps’ Sam Jones was going to be a big part of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens enter play-offs on top of the world
By GEORGE WEST Bristol ……………19 Saracens ………29 SARACENS clinched top spot in the Premier 15s going into the play-offs with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSweeney saves the day as Ponty run riot against the Whites
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …19 Pontypridd …54 A CERI Sweeney inspired Pontypridd hit a half-century in a breathtaking win over...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoIt’s good England lost in Six Nations says Billy!
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA BILLY Vunipola has surprisingly claimed that England’s Six Nations nightmare is a “good thing which will...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoReturn of the ruck would cut head injuries instantly
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BRING back the ruck, and do it now, before it is too late....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
You can subscribe to The Rugby Paper. Just fill out the form below and send your cheque for £20, £40 or...
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Features
/ 8 years agoUnfortunately the spiralling Spanish debacle is no joke
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Shocker: Ref Vlad Iordăchescu TODAY is April...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps prepared for the final four
By STUART LEE Firwood W’loo……0pts Wasps ………………34pts WASPS dominated their final regular game of the season to secure their impressive victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRelegation trap door opens wider for Glynneath
Welsh Championship round-up ■ By JAY BAYFORD GLYNNEATH were pushed closer to relegation after they fell to an 18-10 defeat against...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoConway’s wonder try gets gutsy Irish home
By NICK CAIN Stopped: Chris Ashton is tackled THIS was Munster at their best. A bunch of bold, brassy scrappers rising...
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