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/ 11 months ago

I’m thrilled to see Bath enjoying its success

MY LIFE IN RUGBY GJ VAN VELZE THE FORMER BULLS, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND BATH BACK ROW/LOCK My journey with rugby began...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 11 months ago

Gatland hits the 50-mark for Wales

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unless they change the habit of a lifetime in Australia over the next...

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/ 11 months ago

Stepping into JPR’s shoes

ON April 26, 1980, Cardiff Arms Park staged what may have been the first club match to gross £100,000 in ticket...

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Features

/ 11 months ago

TOM BRIGG

YOUNG GUNS ULSTER & IRELAND U20 BACK ROW Tom Brigg is determined to put his injury woes behind him by making his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 11 months ago

Shock as McKellar quits

By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER are reported to be in talks with former Australia coach Michael Cheika after they announced the sacking...

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/ 11 months ago

We’ll get it right this time, insists Darbon

By JON NEWCOMBE WITH the dust barely settled on their Premiership-winning season, Northampton Saints CEO Mark Darbon has insisted that the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 11 months ago

Classy May enjoys his day in the sun

By PAUL REES Fiji ...................... 32pts Tries: Momo 22, 26, 54, Valetini 61 Conversions: Muntz 23, 27, Valetini 62 Penalties: Muntz...

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/ 11 months ago

Sing is on song for a double triumph

■By MARK STEVENS Gloucester-Hartpury.... 36pts Bristol Bears ................... 24pts Tries: Hunt 25, Hendy 54, Sing 58, Venner 62, Jones 68 Conversions:...

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/ 11 months ago

This will be tricky to take – Ward

BRISTOL Bears head coach Dave Ward refused to be too downbeat despite seeing his side’s slip to defeat in their first-ever...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 11 months ago

Clarke on rampage as Blues take gold

By LUKE JARMYN Blues...................................41pts Chiefs .................................10pts Tries: A Ioane 12, Clarke 21, 50, 61, Lam 72 Conversions: Plummer 13, 22, 51,...

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/ 11 months ago

Five-day schedule will not be easy

OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW AS A team, we’ve come off a big high of winning the Six Nations, so...

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/ 11 months ago

Fantastic four-timer the aim for French

FRANCE Three-time reigning champions France will be hoping to do what only New Zealand have done before and win four U20s...

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/ 11 months ago

Wallaby juniors set sights on a maiden win

AUSTRALIA Australia head coach Nathan Grey has named six fresh faces in his squad to contest the World Championship. The Junior...

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/ 11 months ago

Boks bid to improve on bronze finish in ’23

SOUTH AFRICA Captain Zachary Porthen will lead tournament hosts South Africa into battle and is one of five players who will...

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/ 11 months ago

It’s double delight for Devon on final day

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS DEVON and Hampshire claimed the honours in the second day of the County Championships final weekend at Twickenham last...

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/ 11 months ago

Ntamack makes sure for Toulouse

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN RONAN O’Gara must be wondering what he has to do for his La Rochelle side to beat...

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/ 11 months ago

Carpenter looking to make his mark

From ADAM HATHAWAY in Japan Sale's Joe Carpenter is aiming for a cap with Steve Borthwick’s Red Rose touring side but...

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/ 11 months ago

Webber to run the Hounds

By JON NEWCOMBE Former England hooker Rob Webber has been appointed interim head coach of Chicago Hounds for the remainder of...

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/ 11 months ago

Ward and Hunt both delighted by Mitchell’s impact

By MARK STEVENS With just over a year to go until the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, excitement is...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 months ago

Borthwick should go with Marcus first up

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It will be a choice between Harlequins’ Marcus Smith and Northampton’s Fin Smith at...

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/ 11 months ago

Bulls hold firm to keep Leinster out

By SIMON THOMAS Bulls ................................... 25pts Tries: Goosen 30, Petersen 42, 67 Conversions: Goosen 31, 43 Penalties: Goosen 40, 61 Leinster..............................20pts...

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/ 11 months ago

Jordan targets revenge mission

Glasgow out-half Tom Jordan said that having been in South Africa last month for two games is going to be a...

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/ 11 months ago

Green tipped to take chance with England

By LUKE JARMYN Key Harlequins figures believe that if Tyrone Green doesn’t get picked for the Springboks this summer, then he’ll...

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/ 11 months ago

All Blacks will be ready to roll

NICK CAIN Rumours that New Zealand are in a state of flux heading into their two-Test summer series against England should...

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Chris Hewett

/ 11 months ago

Sorry, but Obano did not have to do that

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED The best definition of madness in rugby? There are several contenders: picking a fight with Eben Etzebeth...

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/ 11 months ago

Bears bid to hunt down the top dogs

By BEN JAYCOCK FINAL PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury Saturday June 22. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park Gloucester-Hartpury will be aiming to...

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Club Rugby

/ 11 months ago

Carbonel winner ensures last-gasp Montpellier survival

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE English Football League’s Championship play-off final is sometimes referred to as ‘the richest game in football’,...

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Podcast

/ 12 months ago

Series 3, Episode 40: Lee Dickson – Premiership semi-finals preview

What a Champions Cup final it was, and Antoine Dupont‘s Toulouse ultimately condemned Leinster to a third consecutive final defeat to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six

By BEN JAYCOCK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 months ago

Bath and Saints to win – but only just

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they...

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Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 22pts Tries: van der Flier 93 Conversions: Frawley 94 Penalties: Byrne 18, 43, 46, 65; Frawley 77...

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Paul Rees

/ 12 months ago

Once again, the French wizard calls the shots

PAUL REES Is there anything Antoine Dupont cannot do? Drop a goal with his left foot from his own half, perhaps?...

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/ 12 months ago

Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is...

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Nick Cain

/ 12 months ago

Diamond Dupont is surrounded by stars

Match-winning moments, men, and money is what sets Toulouse apart. Foremost among those men is Antoine Dupont, whose brilliance earned him...

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/ 12 months ago

Series 3, Episode 39: Gordon D’Arcy – Champions Cup Final Preview

The highly-anticipated Champions Cup final takes place on Saturday afternoon with two European heavyweights, Leinster and Toulouse, set to provide a...

By Cam Stephens