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/ 12 months 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

International Rugby

/ 12 months ago

George Ford set to follow family line and take up coaching

By Ross Heppenstall George Ford admits he sees himself following in the footsteps of his father and two brothers by moving...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months 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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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Strength in depth at Bath and Scotland is huge, says Josh Bayliss

By Jon Newcombe On form: Josh Bayliss Josh Bayliss enjoyed his best run in a Scotland jersey over the autumn but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months 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

Letters

/ 12 months ago

£10 a month does not seem excessive

Don Pearson in a recent issue of The Rugby Paper complains about having to pay extra for European games on Premier...

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Letters

/ 12 months ago

Sale Sharks bring Bristol Bears crashing to earth

I fear Bristol’s bid for the title will be derailed by the injury to AJ MacGinty, expeially with Max Malins out...

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Letters

/ 12 months ago

Bill Beaumont will need all the help he can get

A massive thank you, to the three ex chairs of the RFU Messrs Thomas, Cattermole and Baister and ex CEO Baron,...

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Letters

/ 12 months ago

Wrong to have so many outsiders at London Scottish

Looking at the London Scottish side in yesterday’s game against Chinnor, I make it nine Harlequins in the starting XV and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months 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

Dream Team

/ 12 months ago

Dream Team – Dave Lewis

DAVE LEWIS, THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, EXETER AND HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... Forwards 1....

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International Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Ollie Sleightholme is the right man for England

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... Since Ollie Sleightholme won his first two England caps against New Zealand...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 12 months 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;...

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Premiership

/ 12 months 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

/ 12 months ago

Harlequins are denied as Leicester Tigers snatch draw

By Brendan Gallagher Harlequins ....................... 34pts Tries: Walker 4, Murley 28, 70; Northmore 38 Conversions: Smith 5, 29, 39, 71 Penalties:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Michael Cheika: We must be more ruthless

Leicester head coach Michael Cheika was proud of the fight shown by his Tigers. “It was a great crowd and a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 12 months 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;...

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Premiership

/ 12 months 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...

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Premiership

/ 12 months 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

Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Pat Lam: It wasn’t a great day for us

Despite Bristol finishing scoreless for the first time in over seven years, their director of rugby Pat Lam indicated a line...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

I tried to move too fast and that backfired, says Rob Baxter

By Paul Rees Rob Baxter remains confident Exeter will move up the Premiership table in the coming months after opening with...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Big Bill Beaumont must tell Bill Sweeney his time is up

Bill Beaumont will have to be at the top of his game early in the New Year now that an SGM...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Steve Diamond adjusts the cap to fit

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The season of good cheer got a kick-start last week with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

No surprise as France show how it’s done

By Nick Cain Vannes versus Bordeaux is one of my highlights of the 2024-25 season so far, because if you want...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 12 months ago

Edinburgh edge the honours in slug-fest

By Bryn Palmer Edinburgh ......... 10pts Try: Schoeman 69 Conversion: Healy 70 Penalty: Thompson 23 Glasgow .............. 7pts Try: Penalty 68...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 12 months ago

Dragons still can’t get better of Cardiff

■By ROGER PANTING Dragons ........................... 22pts Tries: Wainwright 14, Dyer 19, Williams 68 Conversions: O’Brien 14, 68 Penalty: O’Brien 17 Cardiff...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 12 months ago

Timoney leads the charge as Ulster close out Connacht

■By JOHN FALLON Connacht ............ 7pts Try: Hansen 35 Conversion: Carty 36 Ulster ................. 17pts Tries: O’Sullivan 10, Timoney 54 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 12 months ago

Prendergast guides Leinster to perfect 10

■By JOHN FALLON Munster .....7pts Try: Ahern 45 Leinster .. 28pts Conversion: Burns 46 Tries: McGrath 9, Prendergast 32, Van der...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Leicester Tigers are still a work in progress, says Michael Cheika

By Mark Stevens Michael Cheika has never been one to shy away from a challenge – and his latest venture as...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Ethan Roots looking to find his old form

By Paul Rees Ethan Roots started 2024 with a bang, man of the match in Italy on his England debut, but...

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Chris Hewett

/ 12 months ago

Let’s hope Brizball can stay in fashion

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed This is not obviously the time to be talking balls – the Twickenham elite have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Human tractors pull the big bucks

Back in the early 1990s, the Bristol hooker Mark Regan had a nickname for his tight-five colleague Simon Shaw. “I call...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 12 months ago

We need a two -tiered solution

PAUL REES CALLS FOR A RESET, NOT A REVOLUTION, WHEN IT COMES TO SORTING OUT THE PROBLEMS FACING THE RFU WATCHING...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 12 months ago

Remembering the days when Cardiff set the standard in club rugby

A new year beckons, one that will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Cardiff Rugby Club, modestly subtitled The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Tom Varndell: Pat Lam has put flair into Bristol Bears

By Mark Stevens When it comes to scoring tries in Premiership Rugby, few players have struck fear into opposition defences quite...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Maro Itoje: Life’s taken turn for the better under Steve Borthwick

England and Saracens lock Maro Itoje has claimed that the ‘atmosphere and experience’ of playing for the national team has improved...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 months ago

My take on the good, the bad and the ugly of rugby in 2024

Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A Weekly look at the game's other talking points The Good Lorenzo Pani: His exquisitely...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 12 months ago

Seven-try Bedford too strong for Cambridge

By Anthony Wright Bedford ............. 50pts Tries: Conway 26, Adamson 29, 60; James 51, Howard 58, Prowse 63, Titherington 69 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 12 months ago

Ben Ward happy as Mike Willemse puts Ealing Trailfinders in cruise control

By Rob Morrow Ealing ................55pts Tries: Kernohan 2, 26, Uzokwe 16, Willemse 19, Montgomery 32, Bird-Tulloch 42, Smid 69, Harris 74,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 12 months ago

Nottingham take their chances to silence Coventry

By Paul Smith Nottingham .......................41pts Tries: Ferreira 17, Clayton 25, Olowofela 53, Christian-Goss 60, Setala 77, Williams 80 Conversions: Arden 17,...

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English Championship

/ 12 months ago

London Scottish flex muscles to overcome Chinnor

By Mo Sher L Scottish .........26pts Tries: Zheng 28, 47; Head 68 Conversion: Wilstead 69 Penalties: Wilstead 14, 54, 73 Chinnor...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 12 months ago

Big guns will be keen to start firing for Doncaster

PREVIEW... Doncaster v Hartpury Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Castle Park ■By BEN JAYCOCK DONCASTER Knights haven’t made the start most expected considering...

By The Rugby Paper Team