All posts tagged "Rugby"
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPeter Jackson: Trefor Evans to miss reunion for the boys of ’76
In a perfect world, Trefor Evans would be back on the big stage next weekend for the first time since he...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoBristol Bears 35-46: Hat-trick for Campbell Ridl to put Chiefs in charge
Campbell Ridl is learning fast – too fast, in fact, for defences trying to keep pace with his rise – as...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBrownhill on hand to grab it at the death for Richmond
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond ........17pts Tries: Spring 32, Brownhill 76 Conversions: Grieve 33, 76 Penalty: Grieve 2 Nottingham .....15pts Tries: Dickinson...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoEaling Trailfinders 36-34 Coventry: Visitors just fail to halt record run
Ealing Trailfinders clung on to level the Champ rugby win streak record at 21 matches as they edged out Coventry in...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBazalgette makes it a certainty for Hartpury
■By LUKE JARMYN Chinnor ..............21pts Tries: Walker 5, 37, Hall 51 Conversions: Chamberlain 6, 38, 52 Hartpury ............39pts Tries: Clark 18,...
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/ 1 month agoPirates forced on the road again after storm issues
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v L Scottish Today. Kick-off 2pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates will look to bounce back...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoAll this tinkering with the laws doesn’t really add up
AS night follows day rugby continues to change and tinker with the laws with an OCD obsession that I am sure...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoCallum is top Titan as he snares club record
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ..... 54pts Tries: Norman 3, 78, Shaw 10, Toerien 34, Metcalfe 40, Bustin 49, Veness 58, 71...
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/ 1 month agoOliver’s out to finish with a big bang for Bishop’s
By BEN JAYCOCK Looking up: Bishop’s Stortford flanker Oliver Jones BISHOP’S Stortford blind-side Oliver Jones believes his side have turned a...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBevan’s backing Bristol to succeed
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK BRISTOL and Wales scrum-half Keira Bevan believes momentum is building as the Bears enter a pivotal...
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/ 1 month agoOverseas players are not to blame
THERE are currently some hugely popular gameshows in the UK – The Traitors and Pointless being two examples. But in Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoWeston puts his retirement on back burner
OLD Redcliffians No.8 Jack Weston admits his return from retirement has come quicker, and at a higher level, than he anticipated...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoFly-half Harry Bazalgette says Hartpury relish beating the big boys
Harry Bazalgette believes trips into hostile territory are exactly the tests that define his part-time side Hartpury’s ambitions after they emerged...
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/ 1 month agoCanterbury are driving hard
■By AMELIE CLAYDON CANTERBURY head coach Matt Corker says steady progress has put his side firmly into the promotion conversation in...
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/ 1 month agoHooper hits double hundred for Sheffield
■By BEN JAYCOCK SHEFFIELD winger Christian Hooper admits reaching 100 tries in 100 games for the club was a moment he...
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/ 1 month agoExeter fall to Bath in final play of the game
BUCS RUGBY ■By JOSEPH TERRY BATH silenced a sold-out Sandy Park to defeat Exeter 20-18 in the final play and create...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoWe aren’t facing a financial crisis, say Cambridge
NEWS EXTRA CAMBRIDGE, currently bottom of the Champ, deny the club are in financial crisis adding all players and staff have...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Well, we have reached our fourth Manager of the Month award for the 2025/26 TRP Fantasy Rugby Season. This award is...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoBen Kay: Ireland look lost in Six Nations amid Bundee Aki ban and miss Johnny Sexton
World Cup winner Ben Kay believes Ireland have entered this Six Nations at a crossroads, with injuries, Bundee Aki’s suspension and...
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Friendlies
/ 1 month agoBen Foden: England v Ireland Legends game “means more” amid Lewis Moody’s battle with MND
Northampton Saints Premiership winner Ben Foden says this year’s Legends charity match carries added weight following Lewis Moody’s diagnosis with motor...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Six Nations 2026 Round 1 preview – Rassie Erasmus insight ft Ben Coles
In this week’s episode of the Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Ben Coles from The Observer...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoSix Nations news: Andy Farrell makes bold decisions in his Ireland team to face France
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has left James Lowe out of his team in a series of surprise omissions for Thursday’s...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoFraser Dingwall: England are ready for take-off in the upcoming Six Nations
Fraser Dingwall declared the sky is the limit as England aim to hit the Six Nations ground running against Wales on...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: We don’t want these front row giants
It is dire news when a player is forced to retire due to health issues, as happened last week when France’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBristol Bears vs Gloucester: Harry Thacker on his way to 150 not out
Bristol Bears and Prem Rugby Cup high flyers Gloucester renew their West Country rivalry today, with both sides using the clash...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNorthampton Saints 40-22 Leicester Tigers: James Pater on song to lead Saints into box seat
James Pater and Archie McParland demonstrated once again just how bright and exciting the future is for Northampton Saints as the...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoArtificial pitches a turn-off
AS a new recipient of the state old age pension, I am now officially grumpy, so allow me to moan about...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoLet’s not go back to the Stone Age
IT’S all sweetness and light down there in Wallaby land, with the recently-departed Northampton flanker Angus Scott-Young and the one-time Clermont...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRayer: You can’t win with only 12 players
■By OLLY DARCY Hartpury ............18pts Tries: Short 2, 55 Conversion: Bazalgette 2 Penalties: Bazalgette 66, 75 Bedford .............13pts Try: Brown 14...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLondon Scottish 27-10 Cambridge: Guy Rogers at the double to give lift to the Exiles
London Scottish clinched a vital bonus point win against a chaotic Cambridge side to secure their fourth win of the season...
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Latest News
/ 2 months ago11-try Ealing hit top gear to demolish Richmond
By JOSEPH E Trailfinders ..65pts Tries: Campbell 4, Wilson 15, Thompson 20, Stronge 23, 44; Holgate 27, 56; Cousins 36, Parry...
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/ 2 months agoDoncaster sink Pirates with classy exhibition
By GUY Doncaster ........ 44pts Tries: Kerr 3, 43; Margetts 26, 52, 57; Davies 62, 67 Conversions: Bennett: 52, 57, 62...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWilkinson keeps cool to snatch it for Caldy
■By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................21pts Tries: Robinson 48, Hearn 53, Hyde 73 Conversions: K Wilkinson 49, 54, 74 Nottingham ......19pts Tries:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Why putting your faith in data doesn’t add up
Of all the sports most ill-suited to detailed statistical analysis it strikes me that rugby union comfortably tops this list, which...
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National League One
/ 2 months agoVenables in at the double to put Tykes in charge
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ................19pts Tries: Hargan 15, Myatt 65, Anderson 79 Conversions: Millner 66, 79 Leeds Tykes ... 34pts...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoAmbitious Axel eyes success for the Rams – and Sweden
■ By BEN JAYCOCK RAMS winger Axel Kalling-Smith believes patience has been key as the National 1 side’s youthful rebuild begins...
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/ 2 months agoUniversity head up study into dementia causes
NEWS EXTRA ■ By JOSEPH TERRY CARDIFF University are investigating head impacts within their Men’s and Women’s BUCS Super Rugby squads,...
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/ 2 months agoRossendale’s Whelan knows there’s been a lot to learn
■ By BEN JAYCOCK ROSSENDALE scrum-half Callum Whelan admits National 2 North has been a steep but welcome learning curve as...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoTaunton raise £20,000 after big storm
NEWS EXTRA TAUNTON Rugby Club was hit hard by Storm Chandra last week with unprecedented flooding leaving the pitch underwater and...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoStewart glad to follow in his father’s footsteps
■ By CHRIS COLLYER Style: Syston’s Luke Stewart PIC: Scott10photography SYSTON skipper Luke Stewart is leading from the front as he...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoBarnes celebrate second-half blitz
■ By RHYS COOPE Oxford H ..................26 Barnes .....................53 BARNES were victorious in a breathless, high-scoring encounter in a game that...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoPierre points to patience in Esher’s bid to grow
■ By AMELIE CLAYDON Staying positive: Esher captain Pierre Thompson ESHER captain Pierre Thompson says discipline and execution must improve if...
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Features
/ 2 months agoKRYSTOF WOOD
YOUNG GUNS GLOUCESTER WING/FULL-BACK At 6ft 6ins, Krystof Wood does not fit the traditional mould of a modern outside back but...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoChiefs sign Bath ace Butt to replace Rigg
NEWS EXTRA EXETER have signed Bath centre Will Butt on a three-year contract. The 26-year-old’s switch comes after Will Rigg agreed...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoHartpury prove too good for Exeter to go top
SCHOOLS REPORT ■ By JOSEPH TERRY HARTPURY moved top of the Girls ACE League after a convincing 41-15 victory over second-placed...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoL’borough overcome Notts to make it a super six
BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH remained top of BUCS Super Rugby after defeating Nottingham 52-22 to extend their unbeaten...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoProbe is launched following 30-man brawl
NEWS EXTRA ■ By JOSEPH TERRY BUCS have opened an investigation into a violent incident involving Swansea University club members that...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 months agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Welcome to the latest update of this season’s TRP Fantasy Rugby. Today’s update covers the period Sunday 18th January 2026 through...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoCardiff’s arm-wrestling first Dan
■ By SIMON THOMAS DAN Thomas is one busy man both on and off the field. When it comes to his...
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Features
/ 2 months agoRed Bulls are buzzing now, says Robinson
■By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Newcastle lock Sean Robinson has been blown away by the direction his old club are heading in...
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