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Peter Jackson

/ 1 year ago

Louis has sights set on Kansas gold rush

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The latest phase of his footballing reincarnation took Louis Rees-Zammit to a school...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Storti brings season to an end in style

Portugal wing Raffaele Storti may have made a slow start to the season but he has been making up for it...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

No space for Georgia

Wales will not be playing Georgia this autumn, with Fiji, Australia and South Africa lined up on November 10, 17 and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Langdon is quick to make his point

By PAUL REES Northampton have placed an emphasis this season on putting pace in the legs of their players and that...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Wales no longer the big shots

The schedule of 21 Tests over five weekends in November offers renewed evidence of the spiralling gap between Ireland and Wales....

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Navy set sights on retaining Babcock Trophy

NEWS EXTRA ROYAL Navy head coach Dave Pascoe hopes a tougher build-up to this season’s Inter Services Championship will ensure his...

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Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

Murphy promises new focus after Ulster are demolished by Clermont

By JOHN FALLON Clermont...........53pts Tries: Yato 18, 68, Sowakula 36, 60, Newsome 44, Simmons 64, Jurand 80 Conversions: Belleau 19, 37,...

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Peter Jackson

/ 1 year ago

Rugby schedule has little to do with player welfare

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A roll of drums and a fanfare of trumpets late last summer heralded...

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Sevens World Series

/ 1 year ago

Hooper helps Aussies reach HK semi-finals

Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper made his sevens debut for Australia in their 12-0 win against Fiji at the Hong Kong...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 1 year ago

Hong Kong Sevens Comes Alive in 2024! All You Need to Know!

Rugby Sevens Action will return to the centre stage with the HSBC SVNS Series and the all-important Hong Kong Sevens. The...

By Sam Emery

Miscellaneous

/ 1 year ago

Care to make his Baa-Baas debut against Fiji

DANNY Care will make his Barbarians debut against Fiji at Twickenham in June. The 37-year-old scrumhalf, who announced his international retirement...

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Nick Cain

/ 1 year ago

Sanzaar miss chance to inject new blood

The 2024 Six Nations has been lauded in the southern hemisphere for its sensational quality and entertainment – which has not...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Tuilagi to leave Sale for Bayonne

England‘s Manu Tuilagi will leave Sale Sharks, and likely bring an end to his more than a dozen-year international career, to...

By Nick Powell

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Ireland lining up NZ and Wallabies

Ireland will face New Zealand and Australia in their autumn series before head coach Andy Farrell takes his leave of absence...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Fiji star Nayacalevu signs for Sale

Sale have signed Fiji captain Waisea Nayacalevu from French Top 14 side Toulon on a one-year contract with an option for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Europe Championship

/ 1 year ago

All the pressure’s on us – Cockerill

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Georgia vs Portugal Today. Kick-off 8pm, Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Eddie Jones has coached three national teams, South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Beating Ealing proves anything is possible

Matthew Luddington talks to London Scottish flanker Jack Ingall about combining work and play in the Championship ANECDOTES from rugby’s amateur...

By The Rugby Paper Team

World

/ 1 year ago

Joseph third player confirmed by Barbarian F.C. for Killik Cup encounter

Jonathan Joseph will pull on the famous black and white hooped jersey of Barbarian F.C. for the first time in his...

By Nick Powell

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Matavesi: We need to hit the ground running

By JON NEWCOMBE Northampton hooker Sam Matavesi wants normal service to be resumed after what has been “a weird year” in...

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Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Military’s finest ready for battle

Inter Service Champs – A look ahead to this season’s big matches involving the Army, Navy and RAF “The win we...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Sorry Cockers, but it’s Portugal for me

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I wish the doughty warriors of Georgia no...

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News Extra

/ 1 year ago

Dupont inspires French victory

NEWS EXTRA ANTOINE Dupont inspired France’s men to their first sevens title since 2005 as they beat injury-hit Great Britain 21-0...

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News Extra

/ 1 year ago

Gollings gets boot

NEWS EXTRA FIJI have sacked coach Ben Gollings less than a month before the Hong Kong Sevens, with former captain and...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 1 year ago

Appleton confident Portugal can meet Spanish challenge

By NICK POWELL PREVIEW... Portugal vSpain Today. Kick-off 3pm, Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon PORTUGAL host Spain in today’s second semi-final...

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Summer Tours

/ 1 year ago

Second Barbarian chance for Mercer

Zach Mercer will pull on the famous Barbarians jersey again this summer in the Killik Cup clash against Fiji. Mercer, 26,...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Appleton expected to beat Wales at Rugby World Cup

Portugal captain Tomás Appleton set his side the goal of beating Wales at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and feels that “crazy” ambition...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Series 3, Episode 26: Weekend round-up and Tomas Appleton on Portugal’s future

Refereeing controversy was once again at the heart of the third round of the 2024 Six Nations, as Paolo Garbisi’s contentious...

By Nick Powell

Summer Tours

/ 1 year ago

Wales to play Boks in double header at HQ

Four heavyweights of world rugby will grace the Twickenham turf in an historic double header on June 22 – with a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 1 year ago

Chiefs on a mission to down Crusaders

Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Super Rugby Pacific started with a bang as a repeat of last year’s final...

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Six Nations

/ 1 year ago

England A told: Play what’s in front of you

By PAUL REES England A will not be a replica of the senior side when they face Portugal at Welford Road...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 1 year ago

No stopping Portugal as they put on a show

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Romania ......................... 24pts Tries: Cojocaru 20, Gontineac 43 , Neagu 59 Conversions: Conache 21, 44, 60 Drop goals:...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 1 year ago

Crusaders aiming for six of the best

Super Rugby Preview Ben Jaycock looks forward to the new Super Rugby season with the Melbourne Rebels fighting to survive THE...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Once again, England escape to victory

SIX NATIONS 2024 By NICK CAIN at Twickenham England .............................. 16pts Tries: Earl 20, Dingwall 63 Penalties: Ford 48, 72 Wales..................................14pts...

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Nick Cain

/ 1 year ago

Why the RFU needs to justify its CVC payments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent observation by CVC that rugby union is too fragmented on the...

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Rugby Europe Championship

/ 1 year ago

Shock for Portugal as Belgium beat the odds

By JON NEWCOMBE Cornish Pirates full-back Jordan Gott hopes that playing a part in Belgium rugby’s best-ever win will be the...

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Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Top dogs who build teams in own image

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED According to an article on the American website “Psychology Today”, there is scientific evidence to suggest that...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Double agents out to prove their worth

Ben Nurse talks to two of Portugal’s World Cup stars looking forward to taking on England A Everyone who has ever...

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Rugby Paper News

/ 1 year ago

2024 Six Nations preview

Our favourtie time of year is upon us. The Six Nations is back and it promises to be another stellar championship...

By Nick Powell

Jeremy Guscott

/ 1 year ago

Why France are my favourites for the title

JEREMY GUSCOTT Peter O’Mahony’s appointment as Ireland captain for the Six Nations at the age of 34 was a little surprising,...

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Six Nations

/ 1 year ago

Gatland: You write us off at your peril

Six Nations team-by-team previews: Wales Paul Rees finds the coach in bullish mood about his team’s chances in the coming weeks...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 1 year ago

England will take time to develop

JEFF PROBYN - A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last we have confirmation so no wondering what the England...

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Miscellaneous

/ 1 year ago

Ben for Baa-Baas

Former England scrumhalf Ben Youngs will return to Twickenham with the Barbarians this summer. The most-capped male player and Leicester Tigers...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 1 year ago

Mako is the latest to quit England

Saracens prop Mako Vunipola has announced his retirement from international rugby. He made his Test debut against Fiji in November 2012...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 1 year ago

Horror show goes on for dejected Falcons

By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle.........................18pts Tries: Bello 13, McCallum 62 Conversion: Connon 14 Penalty: Connon 4, 24 Benetton........................... 57pts Tries: Albornoz 16,...

By The Rugby Paper Team