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BUCS Super Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Front row powers Exeter in to eight point lead

By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter extended an eight-point lead at the helm of the table after a 38-29 win over Cardiff, whilst...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 2 years ago

First win for Bath in tough game v Cardiff

BUCS RUGBY By OLLY PINHEY BATH secured their first win of the BUCS Super Rugby season in their annual Anniversary Game...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Brilliant Exeter are far too hot to handle

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Reigning Cup champions Exeter University became new leaders on Wednesday as they destroyed Loughborough 57-26 at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Hat-trick hero in Cardiff derby

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Josh Carrington scored a hat-trick as Cardiff Met beat Cardiff 50-28 in a Welsh capital derby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 3 years ago

Top Cat: charisma, sermons and style

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IF ONLY Mark Twain had been born half a century later, on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Humphreys backing Plumtree to play major role for Wales

By BEN JAYCOCK Wales forwards coach John Humphreys says that new signing Taine Plumtree from New Zealand could play a big...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Ospreys agree deals with five players

NEWS EXTRA OSPREYS have agreed new contracts with five players for next season. Former Wales U20s fly-half Luke Scully has signed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 3 years ago

We are not going anywhere, say Ospreys

By PETER JACKSON Ospreys are adamant they will be open for business as usual in Swansea next season despite talks about...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 3 years ago

After this, Prince Harry could be calling AWJ

PETER JACKSON Alun Wyn Jones continues to treat ‘the media’ with such contempt that it may be but a matter of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby World Cup

/ 3 years ago

Folau call was TV turn-off for Gareth

By NICK POWELL Gareth Thomas “refused” to watch the Barbarians vs World XV match last month due to the “contradiction” of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

Bob right to break barriers

THAT was an excellent letter/article by Bob Reeves in last Sunday’s TRP. I have heard from friends involved in grassroots rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Ponty end campaign on a high

Pontypridd..............29 Swansea................. 10 By PAUL HOPKINS Pontypridd ended one of their most miserable seasons on a high as they notched their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Dodd’s late show clinches Swans’ thriller

By WILLIAM SPARKES Swansea.................32 Bridgend.................. 31 Swansea held on to defeat Bridgend by a single point in a thriller at St...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Drovers stay on course for top spot

Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............52 Swansea.................24 THE Drovers did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Williams leaves it late to add bonus point

By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................... 8 Cardiff......................29 Cardiff's charge towards the Indigo Premiership top spot gained momentum with a bonus-point victory over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 3 years ago

Bob Burrows, the man who opened door for Living with Lions

PETER JACKSON Bob Burrows joined the BBC from Fleet Street via the Yorkshire Post during the heady days of late summer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Titcombe steers Loughborough to first title

BUCS SUPER RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Loughborough were crowned BUCS Super Rugby champions for the first time ever after their dramatic...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Drovers get back on track

Welsh Premiership Swansea................... 9 Llandovery.............35 The Drovers responded to Merthyr overtaking them in the table to move into second place by...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Barton’s penalty keeps Exeter in the hunt

BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS REIGNING champions Exeter ensured the race for the BUCS Super Rugby title will go to the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Resilient Notts stay in play-off race with Bath win

BUCS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Newcomers Nottingham secured their place in BUCS Super Rugby next season with a 24-19 victory over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Last-gasp Young secures Vale comeback

By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.................24 Ebbw Vale............... 31 A dramatic late try by Lewis Young completed an incredible comeback from Ebbw Vale...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Hartpury cement place at the top

BUCS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Hartpury women’s head coach Mo Hunt hailed the character of her squad after they lifted the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Price is right for Black and Ambers

Premiership By ROB COLE Newport...................33 Swansea.................24 Walker Price made sure Newport got back to winning ways with a bonus-point victory. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Notts on course to survive after Met victory

BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS New boys Nottingham took a giant leap towards ensuring their BUCS Super Rugby survival as they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Garside on target to keep Bath in charge

By Nick Powell Bath remain joint top of the table with Exeter after Alfie Garside’s last-minute penalty gave them a 20-17...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Cherry feeling tops after shock victory

BUCS RUGBY By ELISE HAMERSLEY Nottingham started their first game of 2023 in style with a nail-biting 20-17 win over Loughborough...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Quins triumph in basement battle

Premiership By HARRY CORISH Llanelli.....................28 Carmarthen............38 MARC Jones’ Carmarthen Quins seem to have found the winning formula at last, and this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Battle-hardened Ironmen are just too strong

Premiership By JACK LONGSTAFF Swansea................... 6 Merthyr.................... 31 A BATTLE-HARDENED Merthyr put Swansea to the sword with an emphatic bonus-point victory....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

All Whites reeling after Taylor heroics

By ROB COLE Swansea.................33 Carmarthen............34 Carmarthen Quins turned the form book on its head as they defeated Swansea by a single...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Borthwick keeps his focus on Tigers task

By GARY FITZGERALD Preview Ospreys v Leicester Today. Kick-off 5.30pm STEVE Borthwick pushed aside thoughts on his own coaching future to...

By Gary Fitzgerald

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Cardiff Met get a lesson from Swansea

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Swansea stunned Cardiff Met at Cyncoed in their Welsh derby to re-ignite their season and move...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Schools / Universities

/ 3 years ago

Durham fight hard to tame battling Exeter

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Durham gained revenge for Exeter beating them in last year’s Championship final as they battled to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Smith hat-trick stops Cardiff’s away run

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Flanker Ben Smith scored a hat-trick as Loughborough University beat Cardiff 31-10 to return to the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Brave Ravens give faltering Drovers a fright

Llandovery.............28 Bridgend.................. 13 By HUW S THOMAS FORGET the scoreline. Bottom-side Bridgend came close to inflicting a surprise win over high-flying...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Jones gives Whites the runaround

Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea................. 19 RGC.............................47 THERE were tries aplenty at St Helen’s as RGC 1404 ran out convincing victors...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Schools / Universities

/ 3 years ago

BUCS Super Rugby round-up: Met win at Kingsholm on epic Wednesday

Cardiff Met moved within a point of rivals Cardiff Uni at the top of the table as they edged Hartpury 26-25...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Dragon Lloyd brings up 150

Preview Dragons v Ospreys Today. 3pm PROP Lloyd Fairbrother makes his 150th Dragons appearance today – only the 11th player to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Durham find their feet to move up

BUCS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL DURHAM bounced back from defeat in Cardiff with a 49-33 victory over Nottingham that took them...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Roberts try seals derby win for Cardiff

UNIVERSITY RUGBY By NICK POWELL CARDIFF recorded another narrow away victory as they beat Cardiff Met in a derby that came...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Ironmen show their strength in top triumph

By ROB COLE Merthyr....................35 Swansea................. 14 The Ironmen flexed their muscles and dominated a Swansea team that came into the game...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Brown on a high as new boys too good for Leeds

NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK NEWLY-PROMOTED Nottingham went top at the end of round one of BUCS Super Rugby, beating Leeds...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 3 years ago

All Whites edge out Ponty in thriller

Swansea.................45 Pontypridd..............22 By PAUL HOPKINS AN outstanding Swansea side earned victory over Pontypridd in a thriller. The hosts got an early...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Sloane wraps up revenge for Whites

Swansea.................40 Llanelli..................... 13 By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA gained sweet revenge for Llanelli’s opening-day victory with a convincing win in the Welsh...

By The Rugby Paper Team