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Challenge Cup

/ 8 years ago

Clubs do turkey trot

NIGEL Melville, the RFU’s professional rugby director, has made the right call by going on record in these pages that one-up,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Underdogs? Not if Sarries show Barritt’s bulldog spirit

NICK CAN TALKS TO THE SARACENS CAPTAIN ABOUT THEIR GREAT CHALLENGE TODAY NO FEAR is the Saracens mantra as the European...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Falcons flying high again

Newcastle’s commercial guru Mick Hogan tells JON NEWCOMBE that the Premiership’s most northerly club have learnt from mistakes of the past...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Valkyries finish season without a single win

By ART DE ROCHE Worcester V….12 DMP Sharks….27 DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks closed the season with their first win since December...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Pariyo’s hat-trick helps put Wanderers on the top

Welsh Division One round-up ■ By JAY BAYFORD GLAMORGAN Wanderers rose to the top of One East Central after they thumped...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 8 years ago

All we had to do was kick the ball out and we were through groans Ashton

HAVING given a typically abrasive performance at blindside, Munster captain Peter O’Mahony, left, heaped praise on his team-mates for a gutsy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 8 years ago

Simmonds award snub is shocker

CONGRATULATIONS to Exeter’s second team for beating a full strength Bath 28-11 in the final of the Anglo Welsh cup. However,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Cowan’s delighted to be back soaking in the ‘festival atmosphere’ at the Aviva Stadium

BLAIR Cowan’s inclusion in the Saracens 23 against Leinster suggests that the English side are not as short on impact off...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 8 years ago

Bishop’s complete double over Heath

Bishop’s Sto …15 Blackheath …5 By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOP’S Stortford kept Blackheath pointless in the second half to take the win...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Hoppers are promoted as Ilkley are the latest victims

By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT PRESTON Grasshoppers are champions of the Northern Premier and will return to National Two North next season after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Clermont will need Abendanon at his best

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Unique: Nick Abendanon is the only player to have scored in two European Cup finals Clermont star...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 8 years ago

Lozowski looking for a big finish to book Boks place

By NEALE HARVEY Coming force: Alex Lozowski SARACENS fly-half Alex Lozowski knows a matchwinning display against Leinster today will enhance his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 8 years ago

Now play on

INTERESTING how some controversial officiating calls you never hear the end of, while others are accepted. The high-ball knock-on by Rob...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

That defeat by Clermont will drive Leinster says Lancaster

By NEIL HARVEY LEINSTER backs coach Stuart Lancaster is wary of a Saracens backlash, which comes just a fortnight after their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 8 years ago

Louis pulls strings for Blood & Sand

Cambridge…29 Hull Ionians…19 By STEVE JACKSON ANOTHE-Rimmense performance from Cambridge’s prodigious pack formed the cornerstone of a second successive bonus-point win...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Prem must stand on its own so RFU can fund grassroots

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Grassroots rugby: Smaller teams are in need of RFU funds Sometimes the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Titans to go down part-time route after relegation

By JON NEWCOMBE ROTHERHAM have vowed to bounce straight back up after their relegation to National One was confirmed. Last Saturday’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Chiefs streak home after first half blitz

By TOM BRADSHAW Champions: Exeter celebrate with the trophy PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER have left Bath bodies strewn across the West...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Points machine du Preez puts in flawless display

By SAM JACKSON 38-point haul: Sharks playmaker Robert du Preez ROBERT du Preez scored 38 points as the Sharks crushed the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 8 years ago

Turner’s prize is still within A’s reach

Old Elthamians…6pts Ampthill…18pts By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL boss Paul Turner hailed his muddy marvels after they battled through the elements to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

ROOM 101

DAVE LEWIS THE HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Bulldog misconceptions It...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Slade aims to raise his physicality for England

By NEALE HARVEY Eddie told me to influence games more: Henry Slade PICTURES: Getty Images Rival: Jonathan Joseph HENRY Slade believes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

CLOSE-UP

FREDDIE BURNS JOE SIMMONDS Bath fly-half Exeter fly-half Simmonds’ stock rose further. His control was unwaveringly assured and his strong goal-kicking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Williams close to joining Deano

DEAN RICHARDS is looking to complete the signing of London Irish centre Johnny Williams once the Exiles’ relegation from the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 8 years ago

Law keeps his cool as Park edge out Esher

Darlington …18 Esher …16 By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON Mowden Park left it until the last kick of the game from Garry...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

NEALE HARVEY SAM MOORE SALE SHARKS No.8 As a defensivemidfieldercum- centre back in Everton’s academy, Sam Moore looked set for a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Bassett confident of hitting his peak at Wasps

WASPS wing Josh Bassett is ready to push for England honours after turning down the chance to replace George North at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 8 years ago

RFU working to put more Englishmen in top jobs

By NEALE HARVEY NIGEL Melville, the RFU’s director of professional rugby, admits the number of overseas coaches occupying top jobs in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Bath boss rues soft ceding of possession

TODD Blackadder’s dismay at his side’s slow start was clear. “There was some aimless kicking, we didn’t put any pressure on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

ON THE BLIND SIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ LEICESTER TIGERS prop Logovi’i Mulipola has been made an offer to join Pro...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Blaydon thrash relegation rivals

By JOHN BREN Blaydon ……….30 Luctonians………0 BLAYDON were comfortable winners against their relegation rivals, out-scoring them by six tries to none...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Solomona in the dock for abusing Shillcock

NEWS EXTRA SALE and England wing Denny Solomona has been charged after allegedly verbally abusing Jamie Shillcock in the Sharks’ win...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Collier going hammer and Tong for Test bid

By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS prop Will Collier believes the extra speed work he is doing in training can tip the balance...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 8 years ago

Wales eye Pivac as Gatland successor

By PETER JACKSON WAYNE Pivac is in talks with Wales about succeeding Warren Gatland as head coach after next year’s World...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

With Leigh kicking goals, Scarlets can go all the way

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Last piece of the Scarlets jigsaw: Kicking maestro Leigh Halfpenny WHISPER IT quietly, but the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Sharks are circling around prop Matt

Move? Matt Mullan is being tempted away from Wasps The Scarlets are set to sign electric Cheetahs full-back Clayton Blommetjies. Blommetjies,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Otley boost their survival chances

By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….29 South Leics ……3 OTLE-Ytook several steps towards avoiding relegation with four tries at Cross Green. South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

England blow big first half lead over Scotland

U18s FESTIVAL THE first day of the festival at Dragons’ training centre at Ystrad Mynach got off to an explosive start....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

McNally: Nick made me the player I am

INFLUENTIAL London Irish lock Josh McNally admits he was devastated by Nick Kennedy’s departure following the appointments of technical director Declan...

By The Rugby Paper Team