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News Extra

/ 12 months ago

Enjoying ‘fantastic fun’ as you walk

By Ben Jaycock David Garriock feared he would spend his 80s alone watching television on the sofa but the Scot has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 12 months ago

My Life in Rugby – Mike Hamlin

MIKE HAMLIN THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOUTH WEST AND ENGLAND B FLY-HALF I was born in Gloucester and grew up in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 months ago

This Italian squad are good – but not quite their best side

By Brendan Gallagher Having reported on Italy since the early 1990s, I wouldn’t hesitate to nominate the current crop as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 months ago

A Tour de France we’d all love to see for the British & Irish Lions

By Brendan Gallagher That hardy perennial, the possibility of another Lions Test against France, has poked its head above the frosty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 12 months ago

Young Guns – Josh Mann

Beefy prop Josh Mann is using Asher Opoku-Fordjour’s rise to Test level as an inspiration for his own journey inside the...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 12 months ago

Max Clark signs on for rest of season at Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle have extended centre Max Clark’s short-term loan to keep him at the club until the end of the season. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

All Blacks & Wallabies return to Twickenham

England will aim to avenge last year’s narrow defeats by Australia and New Zealand when they take on both sides in...

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Club Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Results

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Miscellaneous

/ 12 months ago

Fin, not Finn, for Lions XV -Chalmers

The Rugby Paper Podcast ■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER Scotland flyhalf Craig Chalmers believes it might be best to exclude the ageing...

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Club Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Regional results

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Farmer Dan returns from injury and is raring to go

By BEN JAYCOCK Still going: Dan Stockdale PICTURE: Ro Burridge DAN Stockdale rose from the Wharfedale fifth team to make over...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Davies back to put fire into Coventry

By BEN JAYCOCK FOLLOWING a lengthy spell on the sidelines, Steff Davies hopes to return at the tail end of this...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Whiteman hits 300-mark for Colchester

By BEN JAYCOCK COLCHESTER stalwart Danny Whiteman made his 300th first-team appearance last weekend for his hometown club. It was a...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 12 months ago

Start off with the ‘new’ and finish with the old

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME FIND it hard to understand why there are now so many breaks...

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Schools / Universities

/ 12 months ago

Hartpury, L’borough duel for the title

BUCS RUGBY ■By TOM JEFFREYS IT’S all to play for as BUCS Super Rugby enters the final stages of another enthralling...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Northampton get it right this time

■By TOM JEFFREYS Northampton Saints ...... 31pts Tries: Lewis 19, 40; Barnett-Vincent 54, Lead 66 Conversions: Shields 20, 41, 55, 67...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Four-day camp for youth

ENGLAND UNDER-18 HEAD coach Jonathan Pendlebury selected his England U18 squad for a four-day training camp at Bisham Abbey National Sports...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Sun shines on the south for finals day

Roundup FINALS day was underscored by southern dominance, with champions Northampton Saints the only northern team to win their match. It...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Super Rugby Pacific: Highlanders add to Blues misery

By Ben Jaycock The Blues have suffered back-to-back defeats to start their title defence with 13-man Highlanders springing an almighty surprise....

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

10-try Spears go on a spree

Japan Rugby League One By BEN JAYCOCK KUBOTA SPEARS ran in a season-high 10 tries to beat Shizuoka BlueRevs 62-14 yesterday....

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Steelmen move back up to the top

Super Rygbi EBBW Vale moved back to the top of the table as they successfully defended the ‘Challenger Shield’ for a...

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James Harrington

/ 12 months ago

Top 14: Racing 92’s delight at smash and grab

French Column - By James Harrington Racing really needed that. A first win in the Top 14 since they beat Pau...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Forthcoming fixtures

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Six Nations

/ 12 months ago

Six Nations – Alex Mitchell’s Calcutta Cup revenge mission

By Adam Hathaway Alex Mitchell is on a mission to lay England’s Calcutta Cup bogey to rest after taking lessons from...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Ex-Navy chief aims broadside at ‘one-way’ RFU Roadshow

By NICK CAIN PADDY McAlpine, the chairman of Chichester RFC – a level six community club – has slammed the RFU...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Steve Diamond’s war chest for Premiership relegation play-off

By Paul Rees Steve Diamond has built up a war chest as insurance should Newcastle find themselves in an end-ofseason relegation...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Fin Smith and Ollie Lawrence happy to be back together at the top

By Adam Hathaway Fin Smith and Ollie Lawrence have been through some tough times with club and country but have finally...

By Adam Hathaway

Six Nations

/ 12 months ago

Six Nations – Great that we found a way to win, says Ollie Sleightholme

By Adam Hathaway Ollie Sleightholme insists England have finally broken their glass ceiling but urged them to take a leaf out...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Tom James: From the start, Fin Smith was destined to make it to the top

By Paul Rees Tom James realised almost instantly that Fin Smith was destined for the top when the outside-half arrived at...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Joe Launchbury’s backing Fin Baxter for a long England Test career

By Gary Fitzgerald English rugby’s new “Babyface” can go from strength to strength on the Test stage following his try-scoring heroics...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Max Malins leaving Bristol Bears to return to Saracens

Max Malins will rejoin Saracens from Bristol at the end of the season. England utility back Malins, who can play flyhalf,...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Give Georgia chance to play with the best, urges Richard Cockerill

By Brendan McGilligan Richard Cockerill has called on Six Nations bosses to give developing European nations the opportunity to compete in...

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Six Nations

/ 12 months ago

Matt Sherratt backed to give Wales a boost

By Gary Fitzgerald Matt Sherratt has the coaching powers to help remove some of the doom and gloom hanging over Welsh...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Dream Team

/ 12 months ago

Dream Team – Lee Dickson

LEE DICKSON, THE FORMER ENGLAND, NORTHAMPTON & NEWCASTLE SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... Forwards 1....

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 months ago

Jeremy Guscott – There’s more to come from this England pack in the Six Nations

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and Unmissable every week... England's win over France last weekend was a huge confidence booster ahead...

By Jeremy Guscott

Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Josh Bassett and Will Wand give Leicester Tigers shot in the arm

By David Lawrence Coventry ...........26pts Tries: Hinkley 16, Morris 45, Warren 61, Barton 70 Conversions: Mathews 16; Mannion 45, 61 Leicester...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Bristol Bears on top but Bath go through

By Roger Panting Bristol .............................. 40pts Tries: Harding 3, Naulago 12, Mata 39, Byrne 57, Rowson 68, Wolstenhome 79 Conversions: Byrne...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Hat-trick man Charlie Savala takes charge as Northampton Saints cruise home

By Luke Jarmyn Nottingham ......33pts Tries: Green 11, Graham 20, Penalty 48, Valentine 56, Threlfall 72 Conversions: Arden 12, 21; Threlfall...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Doncaster Knights in the mood but have to play waiting game

By Guy Williams Doncaster ........ 48pts Tries: Holden 32, 80, Rokoduguni 39, 47, Bunting 5, Smeaton 9, Wadsworth 57, Chapman 68...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Cornish Pirates off to a flier to put Hartpury in their place

By Mike Sinclair C Pirates .......... 43pts Tries: Price-Thomas 2, Jones 5, Moody 15, 42; Trewin 26, McCaig 73 Conversions: Houston...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Francis Moore finds his range to send Ealing Trailfinders out of sight

By Will Gupwell L Scottish ......... 15pts Tries: Scott 2, Homes 73 Conversion: Wilstead 74 Penalty: Lloyd-Seed 28 Ealing .................35pts Tries:...

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Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Alex Dombrandt grabs chance to make his case for England

By Gary Fitzgerald Harlequins ........................29pts Tries: Hammond 10, Lewies 23, Dombrandt 31, Green 54 Conversions: Halfpenny 23, 32, 54 Penalty: J...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 12 months ago

Premiership Cup: Trevor Woodman – Gloucester were just more desperate than the Exeter Chiefs

By Mark Stevens Exeter ................ 14pts Tries: Townsend 10, Hodge 74 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 11, 75 Gloucester .......22pts Tries: Hillman-Cooper 19, Cotgreave...

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