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/ 9 months agoScotland see off battling Chile for third win on tour
BY JOE SANTAMARIA Chile…………………………………………………11 Tries: Escobar 50 Penalties: Videla 11, Salas 27 Scotland……………………………………………52 Tries: Bayliss 22, Rowe 29, 65; Dobie 34, 45; Currie 58, Richardson 73, Steyn 79...
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World
/ 11 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Review: Week 13
Round Thirteen of the Super Rugby Americas season began with a thumping 63-25 victory for Pampas against defending champions Peñarol. The...
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/ 11 months agoSinckler the latest England star to link up with BaaBaas
Kyle Sinckler is the latest England star to be included in Barbarian F.C.’s squad for this summer’s Killik Cup clash against...
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/ 11 months agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 19/05/24
An enthralling regular season of Premiership rugby rounds off this weekend with seven teams still in the hunt for the play-offs, and you...
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/ 11 months agoPremiership final day preview: All still to play for with play-offs undecided
Northampton and Saracens confirmed their places in the top four last Saturday, but five clubs will battle for the last two...
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/ 11 months agoKildunne crowned Women’s Six Nations Player of the Tournament
England’s Ellie Kildunne has been named as the Player of the Tournament for the 2024 Women’s Six Nations. After a shortlist...
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/ 11 months agoExeter’s Slade signs new contract
England centre Henry Slade has signed a new contract at Exeter Chiefs, extending his stay at the club into at least...
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/ 11 months agoSeries 3, Episode 38: JP Doyle on laws of the game and Premiership final day
The Gallagher Premiership is headed towards a superb Super Saturday, with five teams still in the running for the final two...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 11 months agoVunipola trio to depart Saracens
Saracens players Billy, Mako and Manu Vunipola are to leave the North London club at the end of the current campaign....
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World
/ 11 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Review: Week 12
Round Twelve of the Super Rugby Americas season began with a thumping 54-0 victory for Pampas against Selknam that all-but confirms...
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/ 11 months agoCane calls time on international career
New Zealand skipper Sam Cane will end his test rugby career at the end of the year and give up his...
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/ 11 months agoSelknam boss Mangin on the importance of culture
New Zealander Jake Mangin, 42, may be a long way from home, but the Selknam head coach is helping lay the...
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/ 11 months agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 12/05/24
The Premiership returns with every team in the top seven heading into this weekend still having a chance of clinching a home semi-final,...
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/ 11 months agoPremiership previews: Round 17
Heading into the penultimate round of the Premiership season seven teams still stand a chance of reaching the play-offs, with each...
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/ 11 months agoVunipola warned again by RFU over drunken arrest
Billy Vunipola has received a formal warning from the RFU for the second time in just over five years, on this...
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Premiership
/ 11 months agoChessum out till next season in England and Tigers injury blow
Leicester Tigers lock Ollie Chessum will miss the rest of this domestic season and England‘s summer tour to Japan and New...
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World
/ 11 months agoEx-England stars May and Ribbans set for BaaBaas bows
The Barbarians have confirmed the inclusion of two more England internationals for the Killik Cup clash against Fiji this summer, with...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 11 months agoAre Gambling Sponsors Allowed in Rugby?
Rugby is a thriving sport. There are over 12 million fans in the UK (Nielsen’s Sports Fan Insights), Premiership Rugby is...
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/ 11 months agoSeries 3, Episode 37: Champions Cup, Dupont and Olympics with Mike Friday
There’s plenty on the agenda for the Rugby Paper Podcast this week. Ollie Little and columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris Hewett and...
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/ 11 months agoCare extends Quins stay into 19th season
Harlequins and former England scrum-half Danny Care has signed a new contract to spend a 19th season at the London club....
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/ 11 months agoFord loving dramatic end to the season
By PAUL EDDISON George Ford is relishing the ‘do-or-die’ nature of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby run-in as his Sale Sharks side...
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World
/ 12 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Review: Week 11
By JOE SANTAMARIA Round Eleven of the Super Rugby Season began with a mouthwatering double header on Friday night with huge...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoToulouse overcome Quins to join Leinster in eighth final
By NICK POWELL Toulouse………………………………………….38 Tries: Lebel 4, Mauvaka 19, Flament 27, Dupont 33, 37; Mallía 68 Conversions: Kinghorn 21, 35, 38;...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 months agoWales will be caught out if Carre steps up
Rhys Carre’s imminent exit from the Arms Park comes at the end of a season when Wales steadfastly ignored him while...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 05/05/24
For only the second time in eight seasons there are two English teams in the Champions Cup semi-finals, and we’ll have action...
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Challenge Cup
/ 12 months agoEPCR Challenge Cup semi-final preview
For the second year in a row each of the four Challenge Cup semi-finalists come from a different country, but it’s...
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/ 12 months agoRed Roses announce first Twickenham match against Black Ferns for 12 years
England women will play their third standalone fixture at Twickenham in less than 18 months later this year, taking on New...
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Feature
/ 12 months agoHow one match at Croke Park changed European Rugby
They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. 15 years since Leinster dominated Munster in front of a world...
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/ 12 months agoItoje avoids ban for Barbeary tackle
Saracens second row Maro Itoje has avoided a ban for the last two games of the regular season of the Premiership...
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/ 12 months agoSeries 3, Episode 36: Ruan Ackermann on Prem weekend, residency rules and EPCR semis
Following a pivotal weekend of Gallagher Premiership action – not without its controversies – Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain...
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World
/ 12 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Review: Week Ten
By JOE SANTAMARIA Round Ten of the Super Rugby Americas season kicked off with a thumping 43-15 victory for Selknam against...
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/ 12 months agoEngland could be one of world’s best teams – Care
England legend Danny Care feels it is “frightening” to consider just how good the national team can become. Care called time...
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/ 12 months agoBaxter: “We are overachieving” this season
Rob Baxter praised his young side’s competitive edge and their ability to learn from mistakes after their comfortable victory against Gloucester....
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/ 12 months agoVunipola arrested and tasered twice in Majorca incident
Saracens and former England number eight Billy Vunipola has been arrested following a violent incident in a bar in Majorca. According...
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/ 12 months agoChiefs boost top-four hopes with five-try win at Kingsholm
By TOM JEFFREYS Gloucester…………………………………………..17 Tries: May 29, Clement 40, Clark 50 Conversions: Atkinson 52 Exeter Chiefs……………………………………….38 Tries: Vermeulen 14, 60; John...
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/ 12 months agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 28/04/24
For the third time in a row England and France meet in a Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider, and you...
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/ 12 months agoCokayne in for Red Roses decider
Amy Cokayne comes in for the injured Lark Atkin-Davies as England take on France in a third-consecutive Grand Slam deciding match...
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/ 12 months agoSeries 3, Episode 35: Grand Slam decider preview with Marlie Packer
It all comes down to this! The Women’s Six Nations is heading for an epic conclusion in Bordeaux on Saturday as...
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/ 12 months agoKata banned for three games after Dingwall tackle
Solomone Kata has received a three-match ban for his tackle on Fraser Dingwall that saw him red carded in the East...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 12 months agoEx-Lions and Wales prop O’Shea dies at 83
Former British and Irish Lions and Wales prop John O’Shea has died aged 83 after a lengthy illness. O’Shea made five...
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/ 12 months agoGrace to stay at Bath until at least the end of next season
Former St Helens rugby league star Regan Grace is to stay at Bath until at least the end of the 2024/25...
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World
/ 12 months agoSuper Rugby Americas Review: Week Nine
By JOE SANTAMARIA Selknam began Round Nine of the Super Rugby Americas season with an impressive 39-15 victory over third-placed Yacare....
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/ 12 months agoSharks battle past Quins to keep play-off hopes alive
Sale Sharks…………………………37 Tries: Curry 3, Dugdale 7, Reed 40+2, 64; Quirke 59 Conversions: Ford 4, 40+4 Penalties: Ford 16, 44 Harlequins………………………….31...
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/ 12 months agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 21/04/24
The Red Roses return to Twickenham! Find action and reaction from England Women’s second Six Nations standalone fixture at HQ against...
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/ 12 months agoPremiership previews: Round 15
The Gallagher Premiership returns this week after a two-week Champions/Challenge Cup hiatus, and with teams second through to eighth all on...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 12 months agoTips for Watching Rugby at Home
Watching rugby at home can be a thrilling experience from the comfort of your own abode. It is hard to beat...
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/ 12 months agoEngland didn’t understand Sinckler – Crane
Jordan Crane feels England have failed to get the best out of Kyle Sinckler during his international career, with the tighthead...
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Schools / Universities
/ 12 months agoHartpury hold off Loughborough fightback to seal hat-trick of titles
By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury……………………………………………..34 Tries: Dale 9, 40+2; Constable 17, Aspinall 22, Grizzle-Johnson 34, Veerkamp 80 Conversions: Manns 10, 80+1 Loughborough……………………………………22...
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English Championship
/ 12 months agoChudley to retire at the end of the season
Will Chudley has decided to bring the curtain down on his lengthy and storied rugby career at the end of the...
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/ 12 months agoSeries 3, Episode 34: Champions Cup review and Premiership run-in with Jordan Crane
The quarter-final stage of the Champions Cup was an absolute try-fest, with 41 tries in four games underpinning headline wins for...
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