All posts tagged "Rugby"
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Saracens: Title odds, key players and squad changes
Saracens enter the new Prem season with Brendan Venter back at the helm, a talented squad and plenty to prove after...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoBlow for All Blacks as Ardie Savea ruled out of final Test with South Africa
All Blacks captain Ardie Savea will miss the final Test of the ‘Greatest Rivalry’ series in Baltimore after suffering a serious...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoWales flanker Jac Morgan is looking to impress the locals at Gloucester
Jac Morgan is relishing the challenge of playing in front of Gloucester’s passionate Shed supporters after making the move from Wales...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoRob Baxter urges Exeter Chiefs to continue fighting after takeover finalised
Exeter Chiefs’ finances were eased thanks to Black Knight riding to the rescue but boss Rob Baxter now wants his stars...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls wing Christian Wade still gunning for Chris Ashton’s try record
Christian Wade is targeting Chris Ashton’s Premiership try record once again.
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBaxter backing Quins to shine
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Fit again: Fin Baxter RETURNING prop Fin Baxter is bullish a new-look coaching team can haul Harlequins out...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoDEAR READER…
IN THESE challenging times for print media, and as an independent family-run company, we are not immune to ever increasing cost...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoThacker’s injury mars Bristol’s winning start
■By ROGER PANTING BEARS’ star hooker Harry Thacker was stretchered off in the 52nd minute but his impressive performance, including a...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoYoung centres impress coach
GLOUCESTER director of rugby George Skiving-ton was disappointed with certain areas of his side’s game. He said: “They scored at least...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWe need to be a lot sharper, admits coach Parling
LEICESTER Tigers head coach Geoff Parling lamented his side’s performance but insisted nothing changes in his side’s defence of the Prem...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoSanderson to let his new boys run loose
By BEN JAYCOCK Old hand: Courtney Lawes starts on the blindside for Sale PICTURES: Sale Sharks PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Bath...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoWe all know the risks of playing game
BRENDAN Gallagher’s article in last week’s TRP regarding the group claim being brought by former players for damages for head injuries...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoFar too much time is being wasted
AFTER watching the recent set of internationals I was impressed by the overall standard of officiating except for timekeeping. There is...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoGive Ospreys a place in the PREM
IT’S in our DNA with Shane Williams, Alun Wyn Jones and Jac Morgan, the Ospreys are here to stay. Here’s the...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoSouth Africa 29-24 New Zealand: Springboks turn on the power to snatch the glory
South Africa overpowered New Zealand in the final 20 minutes to claim a 2-1 series lead, with Pieter-Steph du Toit and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoDeath of the scrum is a long way off
DESPITE the best efforts of World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, the scrum refuses to go away. In fact, it is...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBarnes looking to add some extra power in attack
■By BEN JAYCOCK BARNES head coach Jack Heald has challenged his side to add greater attacking firepower to their renowned defensive...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoJordon Poole sets sights on Coventry captaincy record and top-four finish next season
Jordon Poole is targeting a sixth year as Coventry captain as he looks to lead the club back into the Champ...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Fly-past before Springboks v All Blacks had us on the edge of our seats
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the spectacular Springboks v All Blacks fly-past in Cape Town and recalls the iconic South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoIt’s points aplenty as Bishop’s emerge victorious
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ........52 Dings C............. 42 A SUNNY day and two sides determined to run the ball produced...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoAdams hopes to lighten the load after a ‘dark’ period
■By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE captain Ben Adams wants his side to rediscover the enjoyment of rugby as they begin life back...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoHoppers to improve development jump
PRESTON Grasshoppers have replaced their 3rd XV with a Development XV intended to improve the pathway from junior to senior rugby....
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBournville looking to become a
By BEN JAYCOCK BOURNVILLE captain Ben Meakin insists survival alone will not constitute success as the newly-promoted side prepare for their...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBrady keen to lift Harrogate both on and off the pitch
By BEN JAYCOCK “But the progress was pretty visible through the metrics we were tracking throughout the season. You could see...
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/ 2 months agoWigan show us that silence can be golden
WIGAN Warriors did rugby on both sides of the Rubicon a favour with their resurrection of the minute’s silence in honour...
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/ 2 months agoYOUNG GUNS
SOLANA SHAW DE LEON HARLEQUINS FULL-BACK HARLEQUINS youngster Solana Shaw de Leon is living out a childhood dream having gone from...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoExeter sign tyro Poynton from Oz
■By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA EXETER Chiefs have signed English-qualified winger Charlie Poynton from Australian rugby league side the South Sydney...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoKiwi Christie takes over captaincy at Red Bulls
FLANKER Tom Christie has been named captain at Newcastle. Christie, below, who joined the club last summer, captained Canterbury to success...
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Features
/ 2 months agoDan Cottrell: Look for cues, see it early, arrive ready
Dan Cottrell continues his coaching series by examining how players can read the cues, arrive quickly and stay strong to win...
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Features
/ 2 months agoScarlets release Apoua
SCARLETS have released summer signing Chris Apoua after the tighthead ruptured an Achilles in training. The 34-year-old joined in August from...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Gloucester: Title odds, key players and squad changes
Gloucester head into the new Prem season as 30/1 outsiders after an inconsistent campaign, but their attacking talent and summer recruitment...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem 2026-27 preview – Northampton Saints: Title odds, key players and life after George Furbank
Northampton Saints head into the new Prem season with the squad and firepower to challenge for another title, but George Furbank’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoErnst van Rhyn: Alex Sanderson can give Sale Sharks bite
After a seventh-place finish last term, Sale Sharks have strengthened their squad.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBlackheath back row Noah Sloot is setting his sights on making history
Blackheath have no intention of playing it safe on their return to the Championship.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSeb Driscoll’s powered up for big Harlequins job
Harlequins flanker Seb Driscoll has added four or five kilos of muscle and pushed his fitness to new levels as he...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoKyran Bracken: England ‘central contracts’ just seem to be a way for the RFU to save money
Kyran Bracken questions the purpose of England’s central contracts, arguing the list should not be viewed as a definitive guide to...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoSouth Africa 33-26 New Zealand: Springboks in control to level Greatest Rivalry series
South Africa bounced back from their Ellis Park defeat with a dominant physical display to level the Greatest Rivalry series against...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoMoreno is Red Bulls’ 25th new signing
NEWCASTLE Red Bulls have signed Argentina prop Francisco Moreno on a one-year deal. The 24-year-old tight-head will join up with Pumas...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBristol bring in Wells on short deal
BRISTOL Bears have signed former Leicester Tigers lock Harry Wells on a short-term deal. The 32-year-old, who can operate across the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDEAR READER…
IN THESE challenging times for print media, and as an independent family-run company, we are not immune to ever increasing cost...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoGuarantee a paper in your local newsagent
● If you are an occasional purchaser and don’t buy The Rugby Paper every week in the same local retailer, it...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoAll Blacks gave hope to rest of chasing pack
Strategy: Fabian Holland in action against South Africa NEW Zealand against South Africa last weekend was one of the best Test...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoProud of Carley’s rise to top
KENT’S Matt Carley deserves huge congratulations for reaching the top of the refereeing ladder. As a west-countryman long resident in Kent,...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoLet’s get shot of hi-vis waterboys
THE mantra of rugby administrators and journalists is ‘the need to speed the game up and keep it flowing’ more often...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoBert left his mark on me!
READING Brendan Gallagher’s article on Coventry, the mention of hooker Bert Godwin sent me back to the 50s and my National...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoRed Roses glory leads to mass Premiership Women’s Rugby boom
The PWR enjoyed significant growth last season, with Genevieve Shore hailing rising attendances, record digital engagement and efforts to put fans...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoFerocious Lions give All Blacks a workout
HARKING back to last week’s musings about modern-day touring by international teams, the midweek contest between the Lions of Johannesburg and...
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Features
/ 2 months agoGavin Fitzgerald on making ‘Lomu’ – an intimate study of rugby’s first truly global superstar
Ahead of the release of LOMU on September 7, director Gavin Fitzgerald, below, speaks to Ben Jaycock about bringing Jonah Lomu’s...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoSpringbok Deon comes of age
DEON Fourie of the Cape Town Stormers hit the history books in Durban yesterday like a tornado. Four weeks short of...
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