The Rugby Paper - May 26, 2024
The Rugby Paper - May 26, 2024
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May 26, 2024
Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six
CHAMPIONS Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont revelled in captaining Toulouse to their unprecedented sixth title.
3 mins
Du Preez keeps it in family for Sale
WHEN Sale signed George Ford two years ago, it seemed that Robert du Preez would have his time on the field rationed as he sat on the bench.
4 mins
We can beat anyone now says stoked up Matavesi
SAM Matavesi knew something had changed when he joined up with Northampton after Fiji’s World Cup quarter-final exit last autumn.
4 mins
Bath and Saints to win - but only just
IT’S hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they face Saracens in the first Premiership play-off semi-final under the lights at Franklin’s Gardens on Friday night.
5 mins
Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance
THERE have been some extraordinary Champions Cup finals over the decades but none better than this titanic clash for the ages which saw Toulouse pull away in extra-time to claim their sixth title.
4 mins
Try tsunami sends a mixed message
Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Prem
4 mins
Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge
ENGLAND finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is usually a Red Rose burial ground.
3 mins
Champion Trailfinders cut Blues to shreds
EALING celebrated their Championship triumph with a nine-try trouncing of fourth-placed Bedford to finish seven points clear at the top of the table.
2 mins
Diamond out to add some steel
EVEN someone without Steve Diamond’s coaching experience would have known that taking over at Newcastle was never going to turn them into an overnight sensation.
3 mins
Day O'Reilly missed out on Hollywood
WHEN he last spoke in public, at his old Dublin rugby club a few hefty punts from the church where they held his funeral mass on Thursday, Tony O’Reilly summed up his extraordinary life in one sentence:
2 mins
Saracens hold on to take it at the death
SARACENS held their nerve to secure a home semi-final and put an end to Gloucester-Hartpury unbeaten season.
2 mins
Barnes hits four in nine-try rout
HAMPSHIRE ran in nine tries to thrash Surrey and kick-start their campaign with Curtis Barnes crossing for four.
1 min
Calcutta Cup win the highlight of my career
I WAS sat on a mattress on the floor of Alex Lewington’s flat in Twickenham waiting for the rest of my stuff to come out of storage when Gregor Townsend rang me out of the blue to say I was in the Scotland squad for the 2020 Six Nations.
6 mins
Resting players for big games isn't on
IT WAS just a couple of weeks ago that certain people were up in arms because the South African clubs had fielded weaker teams rather than their full strength sides in away games during the Champions Cup.
3 mins
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Publisher: Greenways Publishing
Category: Sports
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Rugby Paper, the UK's number 1 selling rugby title, brings you exclusive stories, reports and features on your device, published in exceptional clarity. It contains renowned journalists such as Nick Cain and Peter Jackson, and famous former players as columnists including Jeremy Guscott and Jeff Probyn. Published every Sunday, The Rugby Paper covers Rugby Union from national teams and Premiership / Rabo Direct down to grass roots.
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