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Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Becconsall: We need to release pressure

By PAUL REES WILL Becconsall says Exeter are not spooked by the threat of relegation as they look to turn around...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Josh Hodge to the fore as Exeter Chiefs finally begin to find their feet

By Mark Stevens Exeter Chiefs .. 54pts Tries: Fisilau 9, 26, 42, Hodge 21, 51, Frost 39, Rigg 55, Skinner 75...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Gutsy Gloucester have to fight all the way to see off Pirates

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester..........36pts Tries: Thorley 23, Knight 36, Adderly-Jones 55, Nelson 60, Reeves 68 Conversions: R Taylor 23, 55, 60,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Townsend ready to leave the dark days behind him

By MARK STEVENS STU Townsend says he’s ready to put the ‘dark times’ behind him and help ignite a new charge...

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Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Sylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup

■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Gloucester sign Nelson

By SAM JACKSON GLOUCESTER have signed Morgan Nelson from Cornish Pirates to cover injuries to their hooking department. With George McGuigan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bear keen to be a big hit Down Under

■ By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams has flourished in making the difficult transition from rugby union...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 months ago

Cambridge battle back to break their duck

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......29pts Tries: Hanks 26, Hema 33, Brownhill 76, Vanes 80 Conversions: Grimoldby 27, 77, 80 Penalty: Grimoldby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 7 months ago

Lucky Warriors

LAST week’s Rugby Paper included the following statement: “Worcester Warriors, who went into administration in 2022, have been formally invited by...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Redpath: Quins link is working well

By DAN ROBERTSHAW DoR: Bryan Redpath LONDON Scottish director of rugby Bryan Red-path has commended the positive impact made by loan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 7 months ago

With promotion, clubs might invest

IN The Rugby Paper’s letters page (Sept 29), Neil Edwards describes how Championship clubs’ crowds are too low to allow serious...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Cattle wants to make Mennaye Field a fortress

By CHRIS COLLYER CORNISH Pirates have their sights set on the development of new players and making Mennaye Field a formidable...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 months ago

Scottish turn up the . heat to stun Pirates

By MO SHER L Scottish .........26pts Tries: Hammond 15, Ransom 25, Friday 29, Riley 50 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 16, 26, 30 C...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 months ago

Nottingham keep calm to surprise Doncaster Knights

By Guy Williams Doncaster ......... 14pts Tries: Strong 30, Olowofela 44 Conversions: Dolly 30, 44 Nottingham ...... 30pts Tries: Graham: 52,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 months ago

John Barnes knows he’s on a tough road with Hartpury

By Ben Jaycock Hartpury have improved year on year since joining the Championship but director of rugby John Barnes says they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 7 months ago

Injury blow to John Stevens mars trip for Cornish Pirates

By Rob Wildman Nottingham...... 18pts Tries: Clayton 21, Ecclesfield 80 Conversions: Arden 21 Penalties: Arden 18, 60 Cornish P ......... 24pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 7 months ago

NEWS EXTRA

Double injury blow for Bristol BRISTOL full-back Noah Heward will be out until the New Year after injuring his hamstring during...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUADS

Ampthill Sam Asotasi, Tomas Bacon, Josh Barton, Joe Bercis, Syd Blackmore, Charlie Bracken, Ben Chapman, Beck Cutting, Ollie Dawkins, Cai Devine,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

Pirates pair looking to attack from the start

■ By MARK STEVENS In charge: Gavin Cattle and Alan Paver AS the new Championship campaign looms large on the horizon,...

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Features

/ 8 months ago

Barker determined to hit the heights at Bristol

Paul Rees talks to Steele Barker, a young player who was once told he was too small to make it in...

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Latest News

/ 8 months ago

Move to Glasgow suits Schickerling

By Mark Stevens It wasn’t all that long ago that Patrick Schickerling was being ear-marked as a potential England bolter, a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Friendlies

/ 8 months ago

Canny Baxter looks like he’s found another gem

By MARK STEVENS Exeter ………… 46pts Tries: Brown-Bampoe 13, 36, 38, Vermeulen 26, Wimbush 29, Woodburn 32, Rigg 57, Dorrell 71...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 months ago

13 years on and Yeandle’s fire is still burning bright

WHEN it comes to the Exeter Chiefs’ success story, Jack Yeandle has never been too far away from the main headlines.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Alex Lozowski, John Gallagher open rugby academy in Canterbury

Saracens centre Alex Lowzoski and ex-All Black John Gallagher will help launch an ambitious new rugby academy at Canterbury Rugby Club.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Prop Tayack returns after horror year

By MIKE SINCLAIR JAY Tayack, grateful to be back fit and healthy, was unveiled to supporters as Cornish Pirates’ latest signing...

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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Seven-try Pirates put Redruth to the sword

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates....47pts Redruth..................... 5pts THE full-timers of Cornish Pirates proved too strong for their National 2 West neighbours...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 9 months ago

Cambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup

Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 9 months ago

Cornish Pirates: Richard ‘Dicky’ Evans knighted

In terms of Rugby Royalty, the Cornish Pirates' Richard ‘Dicky’ Evans certainly ranks among the historical greats.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

DREAM TEAM

TOBY FREEMAN, THE FORMER EXETER, ORDIZIA, ROTHERHAM, NOTTINGHAM, CORNISH PIRATES & HARLEQUINS LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Promotion on the agenda as Chinnor move to next level

CHAMPIONSHIP ■ By BEN JAYCOCK Top dogs: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the Championship last season PICTURE: Nick Phipps CHINNOR’S promotion to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

DREAMTEAM

MAX BODILLY, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER EXETER CHIEFS AND CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH......

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

I wanted to finish at the highest level possible

MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALEX LEWINGTON THE FORMER SARACENS, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM WINGER IWAS still in Notts County’s football academy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 9 months ago

DREAMTEAM

Gareth Steenson, the former Exeter Chiefs, Cornish Pirates & Rotherham fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against......

By The Rugby Paper Team

News Extra

/ 11 months ago

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...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 months ago

Team Brittany show what might have happened in Cornwall

RUGBY MATTERS GO west young man. The phrase, attributed to American newspaper editor Horace Greeley, became a byword for the expansion...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 11 months ago

Pirates were one hell of a club to be at for so long

Feature MARLEN WALKER THE NOW-RETIRED CORNISH PIRATES PROP MY LIFE IN RUGBY Beating Saracens when we hadn’t played for almost a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

RFU Council must halt PGP or face turmoil

GET ready for a fracture in the English club game resulting in months of strife if the RFU Board’s attempt to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 11 months ago

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

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 months ago

Time for Borthwick to stamp his mark

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It's been well worth waiting until the end of the season to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership Women's Rugby

/ 11 months ago

Bristol’s rise built on solid team values

Steve Hill puts the questions to former hooker Dave Ward, the head coach at Bristol Bears Women Why did you get into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Pirates star Moyles signs at Camborne

CAMBORNE have put down a statement of intent for next season with three key signings. Cornish Pirates full-back Kyle Moyle and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 11 months ago

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 Championship

/ 11 months ago

Coventry half-backs the heartbeat with Ealing muscle to add power

CHAMPIONSHIP DREAM TEAM >> THE BEST XV FROM 2023-24 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR REPORTERS Now that the Championship season has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 11 months ago

Pirates seal runners-up spot with strong finish

By DAVID BALLHEIMER L Scottish .........27pts Tries: Ransom 10, Wilkinson 26, Brown 29, Hobson 41 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 26, 31 Penalties: Lloyd-Seed...

By The Rugby Paper Team