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The Rugby Paper
Vaa’i hat-trick puts Chiefs in command
Super Rugby Pacific round-up
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Champions Ealing keep marching on
THE sun set on the Championship season with another magnficent seven from champions Ealing.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Another battling show by Bordeaux
WHAT a great game last weekend's Champions Cup final turned out to be with both of the finalists, Northampton and Bordeaux Begles, rising to the occasion and putting on an 80-minute performance to rival any game we have seen this season.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Time to speak with one voice
BACK in the age when men were men and Willie John McBride was wearing the red shirt of the British and Irish Lions, the phrase “get your retaliation in first” - five words of survival advice, whispered in the private confines of the dressing room was elevated into a public declaration of policy.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
We struggled to replace our big names, says Dowson
NORTHAMPTON boss Phil Dowson was left to reflect on an eighth-placed finish in the Premiership. He said:
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Penguins are happy to give prisoners a helping hand
THE Penguins RFC summer tour saw the men’s team beat Bologna RFC 40-17 while the women’s team heavily defeated Colorno RFC, 71-7.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Maisey holds his nerve to snatch it for Bedford
BEDFORD Blues survived the conditions and 20 minutes with 14 men as they saw off Caldy to end the season with a seventh successive bonus point victory.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Semi-finals decided
LEICESTERSHIRE, Hertfordshire, Dorset & Wiltshire and Sussex qualified for the Division 3 semi-finals.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Weimann takes his lead from Mitchell
NORTHAMPTON'S production line shows no sign of slowing down with Jonny Weimann the latest prospect off the conveyor belt.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
I've been lucky to learn from the best coaches
COMING from Trimsa-ran, the same village as dual international Jonathan Davies, there was no short-age of inspiration growing up. And then when I moved to Felinfoel RFC, as a 19-year-old, another Welsh legend Phil Bennett was our fitness coach.
6 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Barmy to downgrade the Champions Cup
ACCORDING to its promoters, the 'wonderful' Champions Cup stands on a pinnacle above everything else as 'the greatest club competition in the world.'
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Minikin is on fire for dominant Yorkshire
STALWART _ Lewis Minikin produced a try-scoring man of the match display as Yorkshire won in emphatic style against Lancashire to book their place in the showcase at Twickenham in three weeks.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Ibitoye makes sure Bears keep control
THERE was a moment in the second half when the home faithful feared they were seeing a rerun of a video nasty.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Uruguay's Gonzalez joins the Worcester rebuild
WORCESTER Warriors have signed Uruguay back Juan Gonzalez as they build towards their return next season in the revamped Championship.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Dombrandt hoping for Quins link
ALEX Dombrandt would relish the chance to play alongside his team-mates in an all-Harlequins England back row this summer.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Toulouse keen to get back In groove
SITTING out last weekend’s Champions Cup final was not in Toulouse’s plans at the start of the season. It wasn’t part of Toulouse’s plans when their semi-final in Bordeaux kicked off.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Bristol set for a Bath showdown
FIERCE rivals Bath and Bristol will play off at The Rec on Friday looking to become the first West Country side to win the Premiership.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Chinnor hit 12 to end season on a high note
CHINNOR finished their first Championship season as they had started, with a comprehensive victory over Cambridge who propped up the table for the second season in a row.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
MacGinty predicts Friday fireworks
AJ MacGinty has predicted there will be fireworks when Bath and Bristol meet in the play off at The Rec.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Cheshire work hard to subdue Cumbria
CHESHIRE came from behind to beat Cumbria 45-28 to move into the semi-finals unbeaten after a perfect record in Pool 1.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
George deserves to be a Lion, says his boss
ALEX Sanderson claims it would be a \"travesty\" if George Ford fails to experience what it feels like to be a Lion.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Alex was high class under the high ball
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Rivalry with Hardy is pushing Morgan-Williams on
REUBEN Morgan-Williams says the competition with fellow Ospreys scrum-half Kieran Hardy has driven the two of them on a fact demonstrated by both being selected for Wales' tour of Japan.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Cheika quick to defend winger
LEICESTER boss Michael Cheika defended Ollie Hassell-Collins after his try-scoring wing was yellow-carded for a forearm chop on Alex Hearle.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Bath tempt Harris from Gloucester
GLOUCESTER star Chris Harris will make the move to rivals Bath next season as medical dispensation for Ollie Lawrence, who suffered a ruptured Achilles during the Six Nations.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Memories are made of this, says coach Rae
DELIGHTED Coventry head coach Alex Rae praised his departing players after they turned on the style to run in eight tries against Scottish.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Play all Six Nations games on Saturdays
WHY have the powers that be allowed a Six Nations game, France v Ireland, to be scheduled for a Thursday evening? There is no justification for this decision which takes loyal supporters, of both countries, for granted.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Doncaster make it ten out of ten to secure third
PAUL Turner's last game as Ampthill head coach ended in defeat on The Olney Field.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Farrell return would not be a huge shock
ANY day soon, a pie may be falling out of the sky above Champions' Way, North Hendon, London NW4. Those in the vicinity could do worse than keep their eyes peeled and their radar radiant.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Rugby Paper
Expect Grenoble to get it right this time
GRENOBLE will go into next Saturday's ProD2 final as strong favourites for the title, and the prize of promotion to the Top 14.
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