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United Rugby Championship

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Leinster ……….. 21 Munster ………. 16

By KEVIN FALLON JACK Conan said Leinster have huge room for improvement despite seeing off arch rivals Munster in a cracking...

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Latest News

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Forthcoming fixtures

Week beginning Sunday, November 26, 2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

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Boks may move in for Van Graan

ON THE BLINDSIDE Bath’s impressive start to the Premiership season hasn’t gone unnoticed in South Africa, who have still got head...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Floodgates open as Leinster go to top

By ROB COLE Leinster............. 54pts Tries: Prendergast 3, O’Brien 8, Deegan 15, 79; Ringrose 50, Osborne 61, 74; Doyle 67 Conversions:...

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United Rugby Championship

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Clinical Warriors march on

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ..........26 Benetton ......... 12 GLASGOW moved into the top two of the URC with a clinical bonuspoint...

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English Championship

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No problem for Houston as Pirates take control

By MIKE Cornish P ......... 49pts Tries: Bokenham 3, McNab 6, Penalty 18, Schwarz 22, Evans 47, 65; Houston 61 Conversions:...

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Latest News

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Jonny hit with three week ban

GLOUCESTER wing Jonny May has been banned for three games after being cited for a dangerous tackle against Bath. The 33-year-old...

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United Rugby Championship

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Dragons call on Wales cavalry

■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview: Dragons v Leinster Today. Kick-off 1.15pm DRAGONS head coach Dai Flanagan has made nine changes ahead of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

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What’s in The Rugby Paper this Sunday: 12/11/23

There’s another big weekend of domestic rugby action to look forward to in The Rugby Paper this Sunday, with 2021 Premiership...

By Nick Powell

United Rugby Championship

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Cullen: There’s still plenty to do

Leinster .......... 34 Sharks ............. 13 By JOHN FALLON LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen says they have plenty of work to do...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

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Sorry end for Sexton and his band of brothers as they fall short yet again

BRENDAN GALLAGHER No No No. Not again surely? After 36 years of trying to win a quarter-final Ireland have fallen short...

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Latest News

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Walsh sparks Ospreys

URC Friendlies THE Ospreys continued their pre-season preparations with a slender 28-26 victory over Cardiff. Cardiff led at half-time thanks to...

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Guest Blogs

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Best Rugby Players of All Time

Rugby is a competitive team sport with a high level of physicality and strategy. The two main variations are Rugby Union...

By Nick Powell

Rugby World Cup

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Farrell’s men on edge of history

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND Coach: Andy Farrell Captain: Johnny Sexton IF not now, when? Not only are Ireland the number one...

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Brendan Gallagher

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It will be tough to dethrone Dupont

Brendan Gallagher looks at the players who could light up the tournament So who will emerge as the iconic player and/or...

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Rugby World Cup

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Barrington: Losing Mako is huge blow

By BEN JAYCOCK Richard Barrington feels the loss of Mako Vunipola is a huge blow to England but remains upbeat about...

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Rugby Paper News

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All Blacks are favourites for the Rugby World Cup, but can France clinch the Webb Ellis Cup?

The 2023 Rugby World Cup is just around the corner, with the tenth edition of rugby’s most prestigious competition kicking off...

By Nick Powell

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Sexton escapes World Cup punishment in hearing

Johnny Sexton has been handed a three-match ban for his conduct after the European Champions Cup Final but will be available...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

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Series 2, Episode 25: Mal O’Kelly on Ireland’s World Cup prospects and Leinster’s end to the season

This week on The Rugby Paper Podcast, joining host Ollie Little, columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher and Digital Editor Nick...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

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Boyle turns down Exeter approach

ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his...

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Features

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Players discuss stresses of life

The times they are indeed changing. It was not so long ago that if a player used the services of a...

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Peter Jackson

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Limited by a flawed structure

Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six...

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Latest News

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Champions Cup reverts to multi-pool

By PAUL REES Triumph: La Rochelle celebrate victory THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams...

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Guest Blogs

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The wake of the Northern Hemisphere & the Rugby World Cup

The biggest celebration of the oval ball sport is here – the Rugby World Cup 2023 is just a few months...

By Sam Emery

Letters

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Enforce laws and game will be safer

WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight...

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Young Gun

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Young Guns: Scarlets & Wales U20 scrum-half Archie Hughes

Archie Hughes is looking to show the Scarlets and the world what he can do at the U20s World Championship later...

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Letters

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Time for a drop-goal

AFTER watching Leinster being beaten by one point in last weekend’s Champions Cup final by La Rochelle, I was wondering why...

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Letters

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La Rochelle, the masters

LEINSTER were caught out time after time at the breakdown, scrum and lineouts using the advantageous methods they have used all...

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Dream Team

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Dream Team with Barry Everitt

Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half, chooses the best XV he's played with or against... 1....

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Jeremy Guscott

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Borthwick must pull off a minor miracle

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Steve Hansen isn’t wrong when he says that the 2023 World Cup draw is...

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Brendan Gallagher

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Ireland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were...

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Jeremy Guscott

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Sharks can give favourites a fright

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Alex Sanderson is quality, and that is why he has managed to take Sale...

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Champions Cup

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We’ll get over the line some day says Cullen

By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster head coach Leo Cullen feels they just need to continue putting themselves in the positions to win...

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Champions Cup

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Colombe try leaves the Aviva stunned

By PAUL REES Leinster............................. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49...

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Brendan Gallagher

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Leinster finally pay the price for their cynicism

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when...

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Brendan Gallagher

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Fazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the...

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United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Crowley has final say in epic contest

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster .............................16pts Tries: Beirne 45...

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Nick Cain

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England need to get it right at scrum time

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick’s decisionion to raid Leicester for his latest scrum coach – and...

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Champions Cup

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Doris looking for revenge against La Rochelle

By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...

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James Harrington

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All to play for in final days of the season

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...

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Chris Hewett

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Nine Lions of Leinster would be in my team

CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

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Chiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster

NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Leinster’s double dream is on track

By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster...............35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24,...

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United Rugby Championship

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Jordan’s red halts Glasgow

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow................ 5pts Tries: Steyn 67 Munster ..............14pts Tries: Fekitoa 22, Frisch 27 Conversions: Crowley 23, 28 Glasgow's twin...

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