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All Blacks captain Scott Barrett could be ruled out for the first two rounds of the Rugby Championship after undergoing surgery on a finger injury.

By BEN JAYCOCK Gold standard: Antoine Dupont celebrates after scoring in the Olympic final win against Fiji PICTURES: Getty Images Match actionstarts Page 4 >> […] The post Dupont inspires France to gold appeared first...

■By JON NEWCOMBE BRISTOL Bears COO Tom Tainton insists rugby must continue to “take calculated risks” to widen its appeal and draw in new fans […] The post Bears defend hosting Prem game in Cardiff appeared first...

NEWCASTLE Falcons have appointed former England U20s boss Alan Dickens as senior coach as they look to break a run of 21 consecutive Premiership defeats. […] The post Dickens happy to take Falcons role appeared first o...

WRU chairman Richard Collier-Keywood says Wales head coach Warren Gatland has the “full support” of the Union despite slipping to an alltime low of 11th […] The post Gatland has 'full support' of WRU appeared first...

FRANCE full-back Melvyn Jaminet has been suspended for 34 weeks and fined 30,000 euros (£25,335) by the French Rugby Federation (FFR) after he posted a […] The post Jaminet hit by long ban and big fine appeared first ...

By GARY FITZGERALD FERGUS Burke is the perfect replacement for Owen Farrell and can take the Premiership by storm. Former All Black Robbie Deans claims […] The post Burke is tipped to take Prem by storm appeared first ...

By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINS have signed Great Britain Sevens winger Grace Crompton from Bristol Bears. The 22-year-old — who was previously involved with Quins as […] The post Crompton excited to sign for Harlequins ap...

FORMER England centre Ollie Devoto is close to agreeing a deal to join Taunton Titans in National League 2 West as a player-coach. Devoto, was […] The post Devoto's a Titan appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

SEMI-FINALS WRAP ■By BEN JAYCOCK SPURRED on by a boisterous capacity crowd at the home of French rugby, Les Bleus booked their place in the […] The post Rapid Rebbadj has the final say for hosts appeared first on The...

QUARTER-FINALS WRAP ■By WILLIAM GUPWELL THE opening game of the quarter-finals saw a close encounter in a rematch from the Pool as South Africa ground […] The post Argentina, NZ and Ireland go appeared first on The R...

■By BEN JAYCOCK ANTOINE Dupont cemented himself as one of the greatest cross-code rugby players of all time as his second half performance guided France […] The post A golden finish for greatest showman appeared firs...

The Blitzboks overturned the deficit after Tristan Leyds raced down the sideline and offloaded to Davids to score. Australia captain Nick Malouf was red carded […] The post Africa as Williams steps up at the death appe...

BRENDAN GALLAGHER WE live in an age of superlative sports stars. Tadej Pogacar is very possibly the greatest cyclist we have ever seen, the triumvirate […] The post Dupont, the catalyst and the creator appeared first o...

NEW Zealand finished top of Pool A with a clean sweep, while Ireland won two out of three to qualify for the last eight and […] The post POOL A WRAP appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

AUSTRALIA won all three of their pools matches, with Argentina qualifying in second. The opening fixture of the tournament saw Australia take the win 24-14 […] The post POOL B WRAP appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

FIJI secured a hat-trick of wins and France qualified for the quarter-finals despite winning just one of their three pool matches. It was a 12-12 […] The post POOL C WRAP appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

By BEN JAYCOCK CROSS-CODE star Ellie Kildunne says Great Britain ‘would be stupid not to strive for a gold medal’ given the quality of their […] The post Kildunne wants to get teeth into gold appeared first on The ...

JEREMY GUS COTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MICHAEL Cheika is a high-quality coach, and Leicester did not have to do too much research before […] The post I'm sure Cheika will raise Leicester's game appeared...

THE opening night of the new Premiership campaign in September will reflect the highs and low of last season which was the most closely fought […] The post Saints kick off season with a Bath rematch appeared first on T...