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The Rugby Paper
Stephens' debut try sees off old rivals
DORKING had to dig deep in another tight game between two old rivals, with the lead changing hands twice and result in doubt right up to the final whistle.
2 min |
September 15, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Women heading in the wrong direction
WATCHING last week’s game between England’s women and their French counterparts I couldn’t help thinking that perhaps their game is heading in the wrong direction.
4 min |
September 15, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Newport grab six for double bonus
Super Rygbi round-up
3 min |
September 15, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Bridgend need to get winning habit - Baldwin
SCOTT Baldwin picked up plenty of tips to take into his new coaching career in winning 37 Welsh caps and playing more than 175 games for Ospreys, but he is the first to admit his four seasons in the English Premiership also left a lasting impression.
3 min |
September 15, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Bone transplant has Roberts up and running
JOE Roberts is Welsh rugby’s answer to the Bionic Man having received a bone transplant from a mystery American donor.
2 min |
September 15, 2024
The Rugby Paper
This time, Brown's trip ends in smiles
MIKE Brown’s 21st pre-season came with an added sense of déjà vu as he relived his worst nightmare on a Leicester trip to Portugal.
3 min |
September 15, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Hard to pin the blame on unions
AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby On Trial shown on Monday looks set to impact on the number of new and current players across the game.
4 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
I couldn't let my old club go to the wall
I’M Hartlepool born and bred and grew up on a council estate three-quarters of a mile from West’s old ground, Brierton Lane.
6 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Barnes treble helps TJs to dominate Dorking
AN excellent opening-day performance from Tonbridge Juddians saw them dominate a Dorking side who had finished third for the previous two seasons.
1 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Cozens can see selection headaches on Clifton horizon
PLAYER-COACH Luke Cozens has had to make way for Clifton’s new batch of fly-halves who aim to provide a fast, exciting brand of rugby at Station Road this season.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Anderson steps up to secure top draw
CLIFTON produced a brilliant second-half performance to stun Exeter University after they came from behind to earn a draw at the Topsham Sports Ground.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
'Full circle' moment for Hayes with Chester gig
RHYS Hayes has hung up his boots and entered the coaching world aiming to take “sleeping giant” Chester back to National One.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Sheffield's Posa is left proud as punch
SHEFFIELD head coach Anthony Posa was a happy man as his side kicked off the campaign with a six-try bonus-point victory over Fylde yesterday afternoon.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Richmond's defensive efforts deny Club joy
A CONTROLLED and clinical performance from Richmond who, despite a couple of moments of excellence from Blackheath midway through each half, were able to stretch to a relatively comfortable victory in this latest installment of the oldest fixture in club rugby.
1 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Nucifora shows the way forward
THE 1991 edition of the Rugby Annual for Wales has long been a collector’s item.
4 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Time we stopped indulging the haka
THERE is so much disingenuous hypocritical twaddle surrounding the Hollywood production that has become the modern-day New Zealand haka that in some ways I am reluctant to raise the subject again.
3 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
When it really matters, Pollard gets the vote
SO in the week that we learnt a proper All Blacks tour of South Africa is likely in 2026, the two sides contested what felt like a series decider in itself after their intriguing back-to-back Rugby Championship fixtures which have brightened up our viewing recently.
3 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Marx on parade to make it four in a row
NEW Zealand picked a bench to ensure they finished the match strongly, but once again they squandered a lead as South Africa all but clinched the Rugby Championship with a fourth successive victory over the All Blacks for the first time in 75 years.
4 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Too much of a good thing can be overkill
PEOPLE might think it’s arrogant,” said Rian Oberholzer, the chief executive of the Springbok domain, just the other day, “but we think it’s the greatest rivalry in rugby.”
3 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Super Holly shows why she's No.1 for Mitchell
HOLLY Aitchison produced a superb performance at flyhalf to guide England to their 16th consecutive victory.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Nayacalevu shows he's going to be real deal
THE past met the future at Sale Sharks’ ancestral home Heywood Road, where international star Waisea Nayacalevu scored a double to help claim the spoils for his new side against Newcastle Falcons in an end-toend battle that went right to the wire.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Leinster make Saints pay for their errors
NORTHAMPTON were beaten in their first game since claiming Premiership glory as Leinster secured an impressive pre-season success at Franklin’s Gardens.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Intense rivalry which never loses its edge
SOUTH Africa and New Zealand are never far away from being the top one or two in the world rankings, but what makes their games against each other so unmissable is not just how closely matched they are, but the sheer strength and intensity of the rivalry.
4 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Do nothing and another Prem team will collapse
THE game of rugby football in England hangs by a thread.
6 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Wilkinson pleased to follow in some famous footsteps
NEWCASTLE fans haven’t had much to make them smile in recent years but whatever happens this season the sight of a Wilkinson back in the No.10 jersey will remind them of former glories.
3 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Bears have the strength to with the Prem, says Luatua
STEVEN Luatua believes Bristol can became the first West Country team to win the Premiership – if they start where they left off last season.
3 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Cokanasiga out to make his mark at Ospreys
GETTING the better of his big brother in the back garden was always the goal for Phil Cokanasiga and his celebrated sibling remains an inspiration today.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Brothers ready to rumble for Chiefs
FOR all good things to grow, you need strong roots.
3 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Day: Phoenix clubs must pay off debts
RPA chief Christian Day insists collapsed clubs should pay debts to their players before being reintroduced to the top tiers of the league structure.
2 min |
September 08, 2024
The Rugby Paper
Pick a 10 and stick with him - Biggar
DAN Biggar has urged Warren Gatland to back one fly-half with an extended run in the Wales team – just as he did with him.
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