All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMore key skills for Marcus to master
MARCUS Smith’s gamemanagement in the face of blitz defence will be one of the defining factors in whether he makes the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPonty no match for Merthyr in comeback success
By ANDREW DEERING Merthyr ……….50 Pontypridd ….21 MERTHYR dismantled Pontypridd in this top-ofthe- table clash at The Wern. Ponty registered early...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIt’s a mad, mad world as Bernie bashes Bill
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToulon in late grab for prop Mulipola
TOULON look to have been successful with a late bid to snatch Leicester Tigers prop Logovi’i Mulipola from under the noses...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFestive run-in key to Quins’ season
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS stalwart Mark Lambert has urged his side to dig in ahead of a “massive” period of league...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDominance up front gets Dragons out of trouble
By STEFFAN RODNEY THEDragons warmed up for their daunting PRO14 trip to Leinster with a good win over an experimental Scarlets...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKeys spread the love with team effort in Cardiff thrill ride
By SCOTT DAVIES Cross Keys ….35 Cardiff …………27 CROSS Keys ran in five tries to secure an exciting bonus-point victory over...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMagnificent Mickey, 93, digs in for another day to cherish
MICKY Steele-Bodger is a name to conjure with, one of those you might find in a ‘Flashman’ novel. What the 93-year-old...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMoriarty decides – it’s the Dragons
THE DRAGONS have won the drawn-out battle to make Wales and Lions flanker Ross Moriarty, the highest paid player in Wales....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPremiership start against old club
Tom Dunn and Zach Mercer return to the Bath line-up. The duo who have been away on international duty with England,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOspreys pay price for finding winning touch
By ROB COLE OSPREYS finally got the win they needed to stop the rot after nine defeats in their previous ten...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrice is right for Quins as five-try Jack sparkles
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Carmarthen …43 A FIVE-TRY haul by star winger Jack Price helped Carmarthen to a comprehensive victory...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoSerin’s late try can’t stop the Boks narrow win
By LUKE JARMYN IN A GAME between two under-performing sides it would have been asking a lot for this to be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWasps eye fly-half McAlister
Move? Luke McAlister WASPS search for a new fly-half could lead them to sign either of the Toulon pair Luke McAlister...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
HARRY SIMMONS LEICESTER TIGERS SCRUM-HALF Harry Simmons recently announced himself as a scrum-half of huge potential when, under his expert guidance,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAmbitious England set for battle on three fronts
By JOE BYRNE THE SEVENS World Series returns next month with first stop Dubai as England aim to improve on last...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGogs go ten unbeaten as Hughes seals last-gasp victory
By HOWARD EVANS Aberavon…27 RGC …30 POWERFUL centre Tom Hughes crashed over five minutes from time to gain victory for the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoBravehearted Scots fall just short of first All Blacks win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SCOTLAND the brave gave New Zealand plenty to think about in this wonderfully vibrant game but even at...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOLLIE THORLEY
ROOM 101 THE GLOUCESTER CENTRE/WING TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Barriers to Nuclear...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBench men make big impact at Kingsholm
By TOM BRADSHAW THIS was an evening of implausible stories. It was implausible that Gloucester should beat table-topping Saracens despite having...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales put big focus on success at Commonwealths
THE RECENT Anglo- Welsh training hostilities continued last week when England Sevens welcomed their Wales counterparts for a day of live...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOld boys come back to leave Bedwas feeling blue
By HOWARD EVANS Bargoed ……….20 Bedwas ……….26 BEDWAS bounced back from three straight defeats with victory at Bargoed. The visitors led...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGregor so proud of team’s courage
GREGOR Townsend hailed a great performance from his side. “I’m very proud, the way we defended in the first half and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWallaby star confident he’ll find extra gears at Tigers
By STEFFAN THOMAS TATAFU Polota-Nau has told Leicester fans he plans to become an even better player when he joins the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFearless Glaws target top four
ATTACKcoach Tim Taylor believes Gloucester are genuine top-four contenders after another top-half team succumbed at Kingsholm. “Yes, top four is our...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCockerill captures tight-head Millar-Mills
By JON NEWCOMBE EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has swooped for Yorkshire Carnegie tighthead, Elliot Millar-Mills with immediate effect. Millar-Mills has impressed...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNorthumbria unfazed after Exeter throw down gauntlet
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES EXETER staged a stunning home comeback to leapfrog Cardiff Met in Topsham. The Welsh struck first...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWade aims to top the charts before jaunt in France
By NEALE HARVEY Ace: Christian Wade CHRISTIAN Wade admits he would love to end his career in France – but only...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland Women win opening battle of Autumn
ENGLAND Women have secured a pay deal with the Rugby Football Union before the autumn internationals. For the first time, the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHow Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhen best of the best turned out to honour Sam
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to JPR Williams 40 years on from the famous Sam Doble Memorial game CHARITY matches, gala occasions and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGardner’s double puts Brynmawr top
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD RYAN Gardner was at the double for Brynmawr as they won 32-0 at Croesyceiliog...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPlundered Islanders will still pack a punch
Nick Cain assesses the threats that ‘bankrupt’ Samoa will pose England at Twickenham on Saturdfay GIVEN the rate at which Pacific...
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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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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSadly Ireland couldn’t match the big money
ONCE those behind the unsuccessful bid to land the 2023 World Cup stop feeling sorry for themselves, Irish rugby will have...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHis monstrous boot changed way the game was played
THE record books will tell you that Sam Doble scored a world record 581 points in the 1971-72 season but it...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME You can never judge a man by what he says, only by...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFaux pas to undervalue French infuence
THERE was, predictably, a deal of moaning and mourning from some quarters about the decision of World Rugby’s delegates to vote...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don on the rugby trail
NICK CAIN TALKS TO DON ARMAND ABOUT STRIFE IN ZIMBABWE AND HOPE IN ENGLAND MEET Don Armand, Mr Adaptable. The rangy...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAki opens his Test account in some style
BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoInjury set-back for Wales back rower
RUGBY SHORTS WALES flanker Ross Moriarty has suffered a fresh back injury in training at Gloucester. The 23-year-old has played once,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRevenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael...
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Features
/ 8 years agoProp stars deserve more Prop stars deserve more recognition
Leader: Owen Farrell WHINGEalert. For the 17th season in succession since the World Player of the year award was introduced by...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon’t miss this night of Lions magic
SPECIAL OFFER Tour heroes: Sam Warburton, centre, hails the fans TWO great Lions captains are coming together for a night to...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFowkes demands big effort for Ealing
Preview Nottingham v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 3pm. Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM forwards coach Neil Fowkes insists no-one is patting themselves on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLeicester’s Lion Croft forced to call time
LEICESTER forward Tom Croft has announced his retirement from rugby. The 31-year-old, who played 40 times for England and five Tests...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoCare cameo is star turn as England strike lucky
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham ALL hail Danny Care, England’s super-sub! This was a strange brew of a match, with England...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoDebutant McKinley closes out the victory for Italians
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Italy………………19 Fiji …………………10 ITALY got their November Test series off to a winning start with a 19-10 victory...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSchoolboy Sevens event to mark Armistace centenary
A QUICK shout out for any school teams – U16 and U18 –wishing to compete at an international Sevens tournament over...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLaunchbury turns down Sale money
Staying at Wasps: Joe Launchbury WASPS have won their tug of war with Sale Sharks to keep England second row Joe...
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