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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Injury toll leaves ‘A’ league in tatters

By SAM JACKSON THE Premiership ‘A’ league fixture list was decimated last week amid ongoing injury problems. Five games were postponed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

’Henry can use this to keep on improving’

GLOUCESTER coach Johan Ackermann saluted Henry Trinder’s influence in Gloucester bouncing back from last week’s trouncing at Sale. He said of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Sam gets tipped for England call-up

EXETER forwards coach Rob Hunter would be delighted to see No.8 discovery Sam Simmonds force his way into England contention as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Try-happy Quins head for Europe with Care on top form

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS finished the first phase of the Premiership season with their best display to date with five tries...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Clifford to miss Autumn series

HARLEQUINS flanker Jack Clifford seems certain to miss England’s Autumn internationals after injuring his right shoulder again. Clifford underwent surgery on...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Wasps feeling sting of fixture congestion

By NEALE HARVEY WASPS fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has urged Premiership and European rugby bosses to review their match scheduling after conceding...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Let’s get Saturday back as match day

THE Premiership’s ‘long weekend’ fixture experiment which is pushing club rugby fans from pillar to post with matches played on Friday...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Sharks take a bloody revenge for past indignities

By COLIN NEWBOULT NOT TOO many saw this coming. Gloucester may well have a lengthy injury list but there have been...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Johan: They blew us away

GLOUCESTERhead coach Johan Ackermann insisted that the team’s errors in the first half caused their capitulation after the break. The Cherry...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Simpson desperate to kick-start season

By NEALE HARVEY FIRED-UP Wasps No.9 Joe Simpson has urged his side to “get cracking” after admitting complacency may have been...

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Miscellaneous

/ 8 years ago

Soloist Foden savouring the social life at Saints

By NEALE HARVEY On song: Ben Foden in action for Saints against Saracens PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Foden insists he will...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

‘I can’t wait to get playing alongside Faf’, says James O’Connor

By Adam Ellis Summer arrival James O’Connor feels he and scrum-half partner Faf de Klerk can add bite to the attack...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Deane’s putting rangy Rio through the ringer

NEALE HARVEY talks to former Quins hard man Mel Deane about his job coaching Rio Ferdinand Mel Deane used to pack...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

On-song Reed finishes Sheffield hopes

By FRASER SMITH Sale …31 Sheffield …17 A LATE flurry of tries handed Sale a second successive victory of the new...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 3

/ 8 years ago

Wallace grabs third try in two matches for Bristol

By SAM JACKSON AVIVA A-LEAGUE BRISTOL United recorded their first A-League victory of the season with an entertaining 27-17 victory over...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Who will fight for a play-off spot in the Premiership?

The new Aviva Premiership season is well underway, with many fans asking just who will be lifting the trophy at the...

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National League 2N

/ 9 years ago

Tigers outclassed by ruthless Sale

Sale 52 Sheffield T 15 By TOM GALLAGHER SALE moved up to sixth place in the National League Division Two North...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Wasps down the Jets to get back on track

By SAM JACKSON WASPS put their crushing defeat at the hands of Newcastle behind them by grinding out a 22-12 success...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Game will get faster for longer warns ref Barnes

PREMIERSHIP player fitness levels are set to be tested to their limit after leading referee Wayne Barnes revealed dramatic increases in...

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Sale coach tells his young England wannabes to up their game

Sale coach Jon Callard has warned the club’s rising stars to up their performances away from home or risk jeopardising their...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 9 years ago

Don’t forget Fylde’s great contribution to North West rugby

WHILE Brendan has to be applauded for his article about Rugby Union in the North last week, I feel I feel...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Premiership need plan to stop the big crash

COLIN BOAG The news, broken in last week’s Rugby Paper, that Worcester Warriors are up for sale, or in the PR...

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National League 2N

/ 9 years ago

Riley the man for the big occasion

By TONY MILES SEDGLEY Park survived a late Sale rally as they secured an eight-point victory in Manchester. Full-back Andrew Riley...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: So why has rugby just gone north in the North?

Sale entertain Newcastle on Friday night in the big northern derby – or the Sharks play the Falcons if you prefer...

By Brendan Gallagher

Featured

/ 9 years ago

The struggles of Premiership rugby in the North West

SALE entertain Newcastle on Friday night in the big northern derby – or the Sharks play the Falcons if you prefer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 9 years ago

Big victory gets Sale back in the groove

By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale 48pts Leicester Lions 10pts SALE put the disappointment of their near-miss last season firmly behind them with...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Parisse’s musketeers on target for Stade

DAVID BARNES The three musketeers of Stade Francais stood firm as ringleaders of the strike that killed off a proposed takeover...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Heald hopes his Lions can roar louder

NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 NORTH PREVIEW Leicester Lions are hoping to challenge for promotion after finishing on the podium last season but...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

It won’t be a cakewark for Cov’s cash warns Brightwell

NICK VERDIER previews the battle for promotion from National One where big-spending Coventry start as favourites Birmingham Moseley back-rower Chris Brightwell...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

The green, green grass of home is down to Max

PETER JACKSON Max Boyce casts his mind back to the early Sixties and runs through his playing career at Glynneath. It...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 9 years ago

I can’t wait for the Premiership season

THE Premiership is back next week and I can’t wait. Last season was brilliant and the play-offs were full of drama...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Tuilagi back with his big hits and high hopes

By STEVE KENNY Leicester…40pts Ospreys …14pts MANU Tuilagi came through his first start since New Year’s Day to give himself a...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Solomona scores to finish bad week on high

By MARC SPENCER Castres 31 Sale 14 DENNY Solomona ended the week far better than he started it with his late...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Saracens just short of getting ton up in Caribbean

US Islanders 92 Saracens 0 SARACENS kicked-off their pre-season calendar in style, running in 14 tries against the USA Islanders invitational...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Tuilagi and Solomona kicked out of England camp

Denny Solomona and Manu Tuilagi have been sent home today from England‘s training camp following breaches of the team culture. While...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 9 years ago

Read leads Kiwi charge to restore the world order

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Although it might be a slight exaggeration to claim that the Crusaders’ Super Rugby triumph at Ellis Park...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

Winter’s content after watching young guns put Lions to the sword

By SAM JACKSON L Lions …19 Coventry …48 COVENTRY began their promotion-chasing season with convincing friendly win on the road at...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 9 years ago

Money on O’Connor to recapture his best

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...

By The Rugby Paper Team