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Starring Jonathan Davies OBE Georgian Rugby Sir Richard "Dicky" Evans Matthew Kvesic Coventry Rugby Cornish Pirates and more...

The Premiership Women's Rugby returns this weekend, and we have a host of long reads to get you in the mood.

Bristol Bears Women 🐻 - therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/bri…

Exeter Chiefs Women - therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/exe…

Trailfinders Women - therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/tra…

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In Full-Time Books, Wayne Barnes speaks to Rugby Journal on Throwing the Book, his journey to refereeing, the issue of referee abuse, and what the future holds for him.
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📚From Little, Brown UK read our review in issue 25 of Rugby Journal via therugbyjournal.com/subscribe.

Ghost Grounds: Edge Hall Road, Orrell RUFC, 1950-2007

If things had gone differently for Dewi Morris’s @OrrellRFC, Edge Hall Road would have been home to the 1991/92 English champions, but defeat to Wasps cost them the title on the final day.

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Brotherhood tells the story of the 2002 West Point cadets, the first to graduate in war time since Vietnam, and how they bonded through rugby.
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📚Written by Martin Pengelly and published by Godine, read our review in issue 25 of Rugby Journal via therugbyjournal.com/subscribe.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bleddyn brings to life the greatest day Cardiff Rugby has ever known when the Welsh club beat the All Blacks.

📚With story and words by @s_coombsy and James Stafford 🇺🇦, and art by
Gary Erskine, read our review in issue 25 of Rugby Journal via therugbyjournal.com/subscribe

🏉🏘 Behind the scenes of Our Rugby Towns #1, as Wales centre meg webb takes us on a tour of her beloved Bridgend, in partnership with Vodafone UK.

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⬆️⬇️ It’s set to be a thrilling relegation battle on the final weekend of National League Rugby and in Rugby Journal Weekly we speak to Cinderford RFC 🌲🏉 DoR Paul Morris on the challenge ahead in his final game in change.

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⚔️ With yet another twist in the Worcester Warriors saga, read about the story from the very beginning, now available for free at therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/wor…

Worcester Faithful Marcello Cossali-Francis Felicity Kvesic

Could Kepu Tuipulotu be the next star at Bath Rugby?

📖 To find out all about Kepu and the talented Tuipulotus, read our feature for free at therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/tui…

Huge congrats to #KepuTuipulotu on signing with Bath Rugby
Kepu is considered one of UK rugby's brightest prospects & will move to Bath this Summer. He now joins sister Sisilia & Cousin Carwyn in the full time pro rugby ranks. Exciting times Kepu. Lets go ✍ 🔵⚫⚪ #OurJourney

🇬🇪 At the crossroads between Europe and Asia, where history's most powerful empires fought their wars, Georgia are challenging rugby's world order, powered by the spirit of a three-century-old game of their own.

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Georgian Rugby

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The new season kicked off, but the side who'd finished the previous one with a record win, were nowhere to be seen. London Scottish, not for the first time, were missing from professional rugby.

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London Scottish Rugby

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… tribute to club that Charlie Addiman & Kojo Jecty, mainstays of my time, are pillars of this piece.

Also, can testify that Andy Ripley watching coz you’re playing lock with his son is a motivating factor. therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/ros…

⏰ Coming soon to Rugby Journal, we head back to Chinnor RFC Thame as they were crowned National League 1 champions, and chat to DoR Nick Easter about the story of their season.

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