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Michaelโs a star to get Rams cooking
โ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 71 Leicester Lions ....38 RAMS returned to winning ways, with Michael Cooke leading a spectacular home win against Leicester Lions. The hosts started in red-hot fashion, as Morgan MacRae bagged a brace, before Axel Kalling-Smith and Cooke crossed inside the opening 15-minutes, with the latter adding four conversions for a [โฆ] The post Michaelโs a star to get Rams cooking appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Edinburgh suffer heavy loss away at Lions
Edinburgh suffer another humbling defeat in Johannesburg at the hands of the Lions who run in eight tries in a completely dominant performance.
Calls for women's rugby to be made more accessible ahead of 2027 Womenโs Lions Tour
A study carried out on behalf of Royal London reveals that rugby trails football and netball in terms of accessibility among women
Six Nations: England players are over-trained claims Wales & Lions centre Jonathan Davies
Former Wales and British & Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies believes Englandโs defensive issues in the Six Nations could be linked to an intense training load during the week, leaving players fatigued on match day. The post Six Nations: England players are over-trained claims Wales & Lions centre Jonathan Davies appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
When four tries by the Lions were kicked off the park
NEVEN MacEwan, left, played in the Test match which did more than any other to ridicule rugby as a running game, the one in Dunedin on July 18, 1959 when six New Zealand penalties trumped four Lions tries.Towards the end, the majority of the 41,000 shoe-horned into the old Carisbrook stadium gave vent to their [โฆ] The post When four tries by the Lions were kicked off the park appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Lions get tamed as Stortford maintain fine form
โ By JEAN BULL Leicester L ......35 Bishopโs S ........59 AN ENTERTAINING game, in which the lead changed hands ten times, was eventually won by the visitors. The Lions were first to score when James Stubbs finished a Lui Natui line break, but Isaac Bell finished off a driving maul to level. The visiting side took [โฆ] The post Lions get tamed as Stortford maintain fine form appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Jonathan Davies questions England training intensity after Six Nations defensive lapses
Former Wales and British & Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies believes Englandโs defensive issues in the Six Nations could be linked to an intense training load during the week, leaving players fatigued on match day. The post Jonathan Davies questions England training intensity after Six Nations defensive lapses appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
New Rugby Paper Roundup: Wales rising, England declining? Super Saturday Preview ft. Jonathan Davies!
In this weekโs episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by former Wales and British & Irish Lions centre Jonathan โFoxโ Davies to preview a dramatic Super Saturday finale to the Six Nations. The post New Rugby Paper Roundup: Wales rising, England declining? Super Saturday Preview ft. Jonathan Davies! appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Nick Easter: The weight Maro Itoje has to carry is quite extraordinary
What Maro Itoje has dealt with in the last nine months is extraordinary. He captained the Lions, he captains England, he captains Saracens, and in the middle of all that, he has suffered the death of his mother. The post Nick Easter: The weight Maro Itoje has to carry is quite extraordinary appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Peter Jackson: Mike Gibson remembers the Welsh lions of โ76
When he sits at home in Belfast next Friday night to watch Ireland-Wales, Mike Gibson could be forgiven for recalling a day he would rather forget. The day the visitors painted the purple patch to end all purple patches. The post Peter Jackson: Mike Gibson remembers the Welsh lions of โ76 appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Lavender & Blacks laugh last at Lions
โ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................54 Leicester Lions ....40 CLIFTON produced eight tries in a breathless encounter, to secure a crucial five-point victory over Leicester Lions. The hosts struck early when Ollie Stirling finished sharply, on the wing, with James McKinney converting. Although James Stubbs responded for the visitors, under the posts, Jay Evans marked his [โฆ] The post Lavender & Blacks laugh last at Lions appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Itoje hits century in good company
SHOULD he so wish, Maro Itoje could lay claim to completing two Test centuries in barely six months. His 100th match for England at Twickenham yesterday followed his 100th Test in Melbourne last summer, for the Lions against Australia. It took the 31-year-old nine years, five months, one week and four days to get there, [โฆ] The post Itoje hits century in good company appeared first on The Rugby Paper.