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/ 1 year ago

McElroy joins Sale

SALE have signed Tadgh McElroy from Ulster until the end of the season. Luke Cowan-Dickie is with England and Tommy Taylor...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Ospreys vs Edinburgh – United Rugby Championship Match Preview

By Peter Ryan The Ospreys will host Edinburgh at the iconic Brewery Field as the URC’s first block of games concludes...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

An enormous honour – Caelan Doris to captain Ireland in Autumn Internationals

Caelan Doris will captain Ireland in an Autumn Nations Series that begins against New Zealand on November 8. Back-row forward Doris...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Dragons fall to Benetton as they run out of puff

By Roger Panting Dragons ............. 21pts Tries: Westwood 27, Evans 50, Lewis-Hughes 73 Conversions: Evans 27, 50; O’Brien 74 Benetton ..............

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Jacob Stockdale at the double as Ulster put Ospreys away

By John Fallon Ulster ................36pts Tries: McCormick 5, 52, Stockdale 10, 65, Marcus Rea 32, Penalty 24 Conversions: Cooney 33, Doak...

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Jacques Vermeulen keen to join the fight

By Mark Stevens When push comes to shove, Exeter Chiefs forward Jacques Vermeulen is not one to shy away from the...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Ireland likely to be without Kelleher

NEWS EXTRA IRELAND hooker Ronan Kelleher is expected to be sidelined for the autumn series opener against New Zealand in Dublin...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Murphy has the last word over his son

By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................32pts Tries: Andrew 2, Postlethwaite 11, Cooney 28, McCann 49, Timoney 76 Conversions: Cooney 3, 29 Penalty:...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Double boost for the Dragons

Preview Dragons v Lions Today. 3.30pm THE Dragons are boosted by the return of Wales prop Leon Brown and back row...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Ulster blown away in Pretoria

By THOMAS DANIELS Bulls ................ 47 Ulster ............... 21 Last season’s finalists the Bulls secured backto-back wins by scoring seven tries...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Ireland outclass Pumas

EMERGING Ireland started their tour of South Africa with a 3624 win over the Pumas in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. Zac Ward,...

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International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Dan Edwards – Wales’ next fly-half?

By Peter Ryan As a national side, Wales is still trying to find its feet after the 2023 World Cup. Many...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Lions on song to subdue Ulster

By Sam Jackson Lions ................35 Ulster................22 The Lions grabbed a bonus point win to kick off their season in front of...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Glasgow Warriors get back in the groove

By Luke Jarmyn Glasgow ......... 42 Benetton.......... 10 Captain Kyle Steyn scored two tries as champions Glasgow bounced back from last...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

When every story always seems to lead back to that lineout…

WHILE his native Ulster were in Johannesburg for their fixture against the Lions, one of the province’s old players was otherwise...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Glasgow Warriors fall to Ulster’s late grab

By Rory Morrow Ulster ..............20 Glasgow..........19 Ulster struck late as substitute Dave Shanahan’s last-gasp try earned a dramatic win over the...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Callum Sheedy gives Cardiff some reasons to be cheerful

By Simon Thomas Cardiff ..............22pts Tries: Winnett 10, Stephens 18, D Thomas 24, McNally 56 Conversion: Sheedy 11 Zebre................. 17pts Tries:...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Exeter Chiefs pass test but still work to be done

By Mark Stevens Exeter .............. 31pts Tries: Vermeulen 5, Feyi-Waboso 43, Brown-Bampoe 64, Woodburn 71, Dunne 73 Conversions: Hodge 6, 44,...

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Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Sale Sharks Season Preview: Alex Sanderson is planning a broader approach

Sale Sharks Season Preview Coach: Alex Sanderson Captain: Ben Curry Sale Sharks failed in their bid last season to go...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

URC SQUADS

Benetton Giosué Zilocchi, Ivan Nemer, Mirco Spagnolo, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Riccardo Genovese, Simone Ferrari, Thomas Gallo, Tiziano Pasquali, Bautista Bernasconi, Marco...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Friendlies

/ 1 year ago

Nayacalevu shows he’s going to be real deal

By Peter Murdock Sale Sharks ………………… 40pts Tries: Curry 2, Nayacalevu 8, 36; R du Preez 28, Quirke 60, Van Rhyn...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Nucifora shows the way forward

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Master: David Nucifora will start work with Scotland in December PICTURE: Getty Images...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Ewers: I’m thrilled to be joining Stormers

AS the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain, Dave Ewers stepped off...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Ulster CEO Hugh McCaughey says Ireland Women are evolving

The Ireland women’s national team will be “unrecognisable” in the next three to five years says Ulster chief executive Hugh McCaughey.

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Eight reasons to be cheerful for Cardiff

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW What a start: Efan Daniel playing for Cardiff last season PICTURE: Getty Images...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Back injury forces Dragons hooker Roberts to retire

Highlight: Bradley Roberts scoring for Wales against France during the 2023 Six Nations PICTURES: Getty Images WALES and Dragons hooker Bradley...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

There’s little for Ulster to cheer

ULSTER can lay justifiable claim to supplying the Lions with a trio of all-time greats: Mike Gibson, Syd Millar and Willie-John...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Sorry end to Bradley’s voyage

BRADLEY Roberts surfacing at the Principality Stadium three years ago renewed his family’s ancestral link to Wales thanks to his maternal...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Sharks out to bring pride back to the north

PAUL REES REPORTS ON HOW UNFASHIONABLE SALE AND DOR ALEX SANDERSON ARE AIMING TO TURN THE TIDE SALE’S strong finish to...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Fijian speedster leading the way

Ben Jaycock reports on the comings and goings in England’s second tier ahead of the new season which kicks off next...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

I’m sure Cheika will raise Leicester’s game

JEREMY GUS COTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MICHAEL Cheika is a high-quality coach, and Leicester did not have to do...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Newcastle agree deal for Arnold

NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed centre Sammy Arnold on a two-year contract. The 28-year-old has spent the last two seasons at Brive,...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Protesters who lit the flame under apartheid

Brendan Gallagher looks back on the 1969/70 Springbok tour to England and the huge opposition it generated SPORT’s important role in...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Bath face La Rochelle in Champions Cup opener

That winning feeling: Toulouse lifting the Champions Cup PICTURE: Alamy THE 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup gets started with a bang, as...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

THE 1995-96 HEINEKEN EUROPEAN CUP

AND so it came to pass that the Heineken European Cup finally became reality on October 31 1995 at a small...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Tuipulotu shines in star-studded line-up

Following Glasgow’s epic victory in the final last weekend, Simon Thomas selects his team of the season from the URC It...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Penaud proves the ultimate in French flair

Peter Jackson adds up the points scored last season across all games and finds the French with much to celebrate Damian...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

TOM BRIGG

YOUNG GUNS ULSTER & IRELAND U20 BACK ROW Tom Brigg is determined to put his injury woes behind him by making his...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Bullish Irish plan to go one better

U20S WORLD CUP POOL B IRELAND By BEN JAYCOCK New Ireland head coach Willie Faloon has continued with Munster’s Evan O’Connell...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Jamison Gibson-Park and Jack Conan to miss Ireland Tests against South Africa

Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and back-rower Jack Conan will miss Ireland’s two-Test series against world champions South Africa, whilst head coach Andy...

By The Rugby Paper Team