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Latest News

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The day Meredith made history

PETER JACKSON Courtenay Meredith spent the last 71 years of an exceptionally long life with something to shout about over what...

By The Rugby Paper Team

News Extra

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Balmain agrees one-year deal with Saracens

NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER prop Fraser Balmain has moved to Saracens on a one-year contract. The experienced 32-year-old has played 231 matches...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

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There is no warm welcome for Spain

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gone but still winning. Sort of! London Irish...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

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NEWS EXTRA

‘Hardnosed’ Gilmore signs up with Quins HARLEQUINS have appointed Jason Gilmore as defence coach. The Australian arrives following head coach roles...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

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Born in Solihull but Bevan chasing Wales spot

By SIMON THOMAS Focused: Ellis Bevan For Ellis Bevan, the dream has always been to play for Wales, even though he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

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Northampton’s brilliant trio are leaving the club in the best hands

BRENDAN GALLAGHER You don’t always get what you deserve in sport, not least when it comes to the send-off you dream...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Ospreys can’t stop Munster marching on

By SIMON THOMAS Munster ..............23pts Tries: Zebo 2, Scannell 18 Conversions: Crowley 3, 19 Penalties: Crowley 27, 57, 61 Ospreys ....................

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

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Baldwin back with Bridgend

FORMER Wales hooker Scott Baldwin has resigned as defence coach at Newcastle Falcons to take the role of head coach at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

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Let the ‘waterboys’ just get on with it

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED It's the burning question of the moment: what is Jacques Nienaber? Not “who is Jacques Nienaber”, or...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

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Born to run! A XV with X-factor

Analysis Premiership Team of the Season Paul Rees Finds he has some Tough Choices to make as he Selects his 2023/24...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

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Shattering end to Iestyn’s dreams

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Iestyn Harris had only just started to run with a rugby ball when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

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The Welsh dentist who smiled on England

A WELSH dentist arrives at Murrayfield for his one and only shot at the Triple Crown when a question wings its...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

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It’s close but Dupont edges out Edwards

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Your columnist fell in love with rugby watching...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

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Warren Gatland eager to see Josh Hathaway’s potential after Wales squad call-up

Warren Gatland is relishing seeing uncapped Gloucester back Josh Hathaway’s potential at first hand after naming him in a Wales training...

By Adam Hathaway

Blindside - rugby transfers

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Pirates move for prop Andrews

Cornish Pirates have signed Coventry prop Ollie Andrews. The 24-year-old spent two years at Coventry having come through Exeter’s academy. “We...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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I want my England shirt back says JVP

By GARY FITZGERALD The sight of the world’s best scrum-half strutting his stuff at the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Jeremy Guscott

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England starting to look like Lions

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK A year out from the 2025 Lions tour of Australia it’s still hard to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Gloucester put faith in ‘some old heads’

By PAUL REES It was typical of Gloucester’s season – make that the last couple – that when they came up...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

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Flanagan: We want to keep Leon

Dragons hope Wales tighthead Leon Brown will sign a new contract. Injury-hit Brown, 27, last played in the Six Nations opening...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

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Scarlets swoop for Aussie lock

Scarlets have signed Australian lock Max Douglas from Japanese side Yokohama Canon Eagles. Douglas, 24, who is 6ft 7in and 112kg,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

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Sorry, but that’s not all right, Jacques

A great European Cup final last weekend had only one blemish, when the limp attempt to tighten the rules around water-carriers...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

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France & Japan are showing the way

Rugby's governing class might explain it this way: “We’re making the game leaner and meaner by cutting off the excess fat.”...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

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Sorry, but we don’t need your cup, Wills

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Of all the trophies dreamt up for international matches over the last 20...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Schools / Universities

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‘Return to Rosslyn’ bid to open up new pathway

By BEN JAYCOCK Rosslyn Park University Sevens launches on Friday and will provide a pathway for Team GB going forward with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

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Young Guns – Reuben Logan

YOUNG GUNS NORTHAMPTON SAINTS & ENGLAND U20 BACK ROW Being the son of a Scotland legend can be quite daunting but...

By Ben Jaycock

James Harrington

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Gopperth misses out on top flight

FRENCH COLUMN By JAMES HARRINGTON Jimmy Gopperth won’t be the oldest-ever player to feature in the Top 14 next season after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Jack van Poortvliet relishing England return after leaving last camp in tears

Jack van Poortvliet’s last experience of an England camp was being driven out in tears by his mum knowing his World...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

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WRU may still cut regions to three

The WRU’S executive director of rugby Nigel Walker said the governing body hopes to offer Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Du Preez keeps it in family for Sale

By PAUL REES When Sale signed George Ford two years ago, it seemed that Robert du Preez would have his time...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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I’ll pull no punches on Judgement Day, says Elias

By SIMON THOMAS Ryan Elias says there will be no punches pulled when he goes head to head with Wales rival...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

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Time for us to see some new thinking

Remember the elderly joke about the flight from Australia to New Zealand? “There’s a time difference between the two countries,” the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

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The £20m circus which led to a World Cup

David Lord would kick off every email to The Rugby Paper during the last years of his life in the down-to-earth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Young guns who are shining for the Chiefs

Paul Rees talks to Exeter DoR Rob Baxter to find out how his investment in homegrown talent is paying off at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership Women's Rugby

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Wills grabs hat-trick as Bears go on rampage

By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Harlequins .......25pts Tries: Neumann 9, 27, Mullen 74 Conversions: Cromack 10, Tuima 74 Penalties: Cromack 17, 21 Bristol...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

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The time Tony did plenty of learning

RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It might surprise some to learn that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

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Going, that bundle of barbed wire, a match for Edwards

SID Going, who died last Sunday aged 80, might have been a man of God but the diminutive scrum-half from Kawakawa...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

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Former RFU supremo Morgan dies aged 88

FORMER England No.8, selector and RFU president Derek Morgan died on Friday at the age of 88. He played nine Tests...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Botham back to push Test case

Having seen his Six Nations campaign cut short at the first hurdle, James Botham will be looking to force his way...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Lake’s at double to sink the Dragons

By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys ............... 26pts Tries: Lake 36, 43, Morgan-Williams 40, Williams 58 Conversions: Edwards 37, 40, 59 Dragons................13pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

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Williams is still the centre of attention

By PAUL REES When Bristol signed Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Virimi Vakatawa last year to boost their midfield, few would...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Deadly Davies does Italian job for the Scarlets

By LUKE JARMYN Zebre.................. 18pts Tries: Licata 3, Hasa 51 Conversions: Montemauri 4 Penalties: Montemauri 23, 27 Scarlets ............ 22pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team