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Dream Team

/ 4 years ago

Dream Team with Rikki Stout

1. George Porter – Ports is part of a very good Cinderford pack, and loves a scrum. It’s always a tough...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Coventry can’t hold Doncaster

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster K ………….22pts Tries: Vukasinovic 48, Daly 57, 76; Roberts 71 Conversions: Parkin 76 Tries: Thomas 44 Conversions:...

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Letters

/ 4 years ago

Sorry, but I can’t find ‘materiality’ in the law book

I AGREE with Mr Rowden (letters, October 23) that no referee deliberately manufactures situations to even up games. But I do...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Anfield legend Fowler among Caldy fan club

By BEN JAYCOCK Caldy are ‘relishing and revelling’ in their inaugural Championship season and director of rugby Gareth Davies hopes it...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 4 years ago

Sweeney is left carrying the can

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME They always say that hindsight is 20/20 vision, making it easy to...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Wasps results for the season to be expunged

RUGBY SHORTS Wasps have been suspended from the Premiership and Premiership Cup for the rest of the season. As with Worcester,...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Shields, Odogwu, Koch agree deals in France

RUGBY SHORTS Wasps have seen numerous star players depart the club this week. Former England flanker Brad Shields, 31, has agreed...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Baron calls for radical review to save game

By NICK CAIN Francis Baron, one of the most authoritative figures in Rugby Union administration, has called for a radical root-and-branch...

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Nick Cain

/ 4 years ago

Ditch the skulduggery and dismantle the cartel

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The most critical element of any reorganisation of England‘s professional club league structure...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Harlequins line up Barbarians fixture

RUGBY SHORTS Harlequins have secured a fixture with the Barbarians. With their match against Wasps on November 13 scratched, they’ll host...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Centre Neal forced to call time at 26

RUGBY SHORTS Former Wasps centre Ross Neal has retired from rugby due to concussion at the age of 26. The towering...

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Podcast

/ 4 years ago

Wasps demise a ‘very sad situation’ – Fitzpatrick

New Zealand legend Sean Fitzpatrick expressed his sadness as at the news of Wasps going into administration, on this week’s The...

By Nick Powell

Podcast

/ 4 years ago

Episode Thirty-Six with Sean Fitzpatrick

For episode 36 we have a full house of columnists (Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris Hewett) joining host Ollie Little,...

By Nick Powell

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Wasps administration confirmed as players made redundant

Wasps‘ widely-expected administration has now been confirmed and their players made redundant. A statement read: “Wasps Holdings Limited (the “Company”) was...

By Nick Powell

Club Rugby

/ 4 years ago

‘Nuclear’ option on the table in financial crisis – Sweeney

RFU chief Bill Sweeney has said the ‘nuclear’ option of central contracts is on the table as English rugby wrestles with...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Lamb wants to get back in the thick of it for Harlequins

By PAUL REES Ready for action: Second row Dino Lamb DINO Lamb is putting the frustrations of last season behind him...

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Letters

/ 4 years ago

Don’t hold club games on international days

SURELY there is a time to re-think Premiership rugby, with the disaster of mismanagement at Worcester and Wasps and falling gate...

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Letters

/ 4 years ago

Rob’s right – bring in a 10-team Prem

THE sad news that both Wasps and Worcester have been suspended from the Premiership is a sorry indictment of rugby union’s...

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English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Five star! Our hard work is paying off, says Biljon

By BEN JAYCOCK Jersey Reds have made a great start to the campaign, with director of rugby Harvey Biljon seeing it...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Wasps heading for administration and suspended from the Premiership

Wasps are set to enter administration “in the coming days” after there has proved to be “insufficient time to find a...

By Nick Powell

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Stop bleating about a rising salary cap, says Baxter

By TOM BRADSHAW Premiership clubs should stop “bleating” about the unfairness of a rising salary cap and instead focus on running...

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International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Samoa’s All Blacks

Former All Blacks Steven Luatua and Jeff Toomaga-Allen are eligible to play for Samoa in their upcoming tour of Europe to...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Wasps may be forced out of CBS Arena

Wasps‘ stay in the CBS Arena may be nearing its end as a result of the club entering administration. Although Wasps...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Wasps may move for McGuigan

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Hooker: McGuigan GEORGE McGuigan could lead the exodus of players from Newcastle Falcons at the...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Tigers outmuscle Wasps with fightback in Prem Cup

Leicester……….38pts Tries: Jansen 23, Ilione 34, Saumaki 57, Edwards 70, Vanes 75 Conversions: Walsh 24, 35, 58; Meredith 71, 76 Penalties: Walsh 50...

By Nick Powell

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Two Welsh clubs lined up to play in England

EXCLUSIVE By NEIL FISSLER Premiership Rugby have had initial discussions with the Welsh Rugby Union about two Welsh regions joining England‘s...

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Letters

/ 4 years ago

This week’s letters: Powers-that-be must take action

I’ve watched in horror recently with the problems at Worcester and Wasps which is just the tip of the iceberg from...

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English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Day makes the most of his return to Cornwall

By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates …………21pts Tries: Crane 29, Tuima 37, Wedlake 53 Conversions: Robson 29, 37, 53 Bedford …………..41pts Tries:...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

All change after losing starts

PREVIEW… Sale v Wasps Today, KO 2pm ■By BEN JAYCOCK AFTER both making poor starts to their Allianz Cup last weekend,...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Wasps gift-wrap it for clinical Bristol

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Wasps ………………8pts Tries: Cruse 5 Penalties: Atkinson 45 Bristol …………….23pts Tries: Sheedy 19, Bradbury 59 Conversions: Sheedy 20,...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

We got it right in the end – Lam

Bristol‘s head coach Pat Lam was satisfied with his team’s performance. “We got off to a poor start but worked it...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Townsend will show no mercy to Warriors

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Worcester v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sixways Exeter will put their sympathy for Worcester’s players and staff...

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Dream Team

/ 4 years ago

Dream Team with Antonio TJ Harris

The Jersey Reds and former North Otago, Bedford, Nottingham & Wasps hooker, chooses the best XV he has played with or...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Gloucester fightback to win thriller

By Nick Powell Gloucester……..27pts Tries: Rees-Zammit 44, Chapman 47, Penalty 69, Clarke 73 Conversions: Hastings 48 Penalties: Hastings 60 Wasps…………21pts Tries: Atkinson 25,...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If Premiership owners had made the same mistakes in the multi-million pound enterprises...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

‘Old man’ Dan calls on Wasps kids to step up

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Gloucester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Dan Robson is embracing his “old man” status at the...

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Club Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Smith backing Fifita to light up Scarlets

By STEFFAN THOMAS Vaea Fifita has been tipped to take the United Rugby Championship by storm following his highprofile move from...

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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Mercer on his way to Gloucester

GLOUCESTER have signed Zach Mercer from Montpellier for the 2023-24 Premiership season. The 25-year-old No.8 made 21 starts for the French...

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Club Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Gloucester turn on the power but work to do

Gloucester……..42pts Cardiff …………….17pts By ROGER PANTING Try time: Ben Morgan scores for Gloucester PICTURE: Martin Bennett Gloucester go into next week’s...

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Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Gloucester

Head Coach: George Skivington Captain: Lewis Ludlow Ground: Kingsholm Capacity: 16,115 PREDICTED FINISH: 3RD When George Skivington arrived at Gloucester during...

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