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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Itoje can compete with Bok giants
Nick Cain ranks the locks who can form a formidable second row to unsettle the Boks in 2021
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPicking a greatest England team from the four World Cup squads to have reached finals
Nick Cain selects a composite XV mined from the four England teams to have reached a Rugby World Cup final
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath fly-half Freddie Burns confirms where he will be playing next season
Leaving the Premiership behind for Japan after a decade in English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAfter steering Taunton to National One, kicking guru Tony Yapp wants 50:22 law
A believer in the proposed 50:22 law trialled by World Rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorgian rugby icon Mamuka Gorgodze announces retirement
Gorgodze won't get end-of-season farewell after Top 14 season abandoned
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDragons take advantage of rival stalling over move for Saracens’ Nick Tompkins
Dean Ryan wants to add Nick Tompkins to the Dragons backline, scuppering Cardiff Blues' attempt to sign the centre
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoObscurity of National 1 clubs sees null and voiding of contracts proposed
A bid to curtail expenditure has hit strong opposition in the third tier of English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMake your mind up time for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns
Burns is set for a stint abroad when his contract at the Rec expires
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Easy does it when we finally get green light
The Welsh rugby icon contemplates rugby's return to training and matchdays
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers release Jonah Holmes to allow Wales return
Holmes will depart Tigers just like Jonny May, but the Premiership club have signed a centre
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race
Six votes in the bag for Bill Beaumont as Wales join France agree to add their support to re-election bid
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Don’t mess up this crucial changeover
Brendan Gallagher points out that no-one from rugby's professional era has chaired World Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHalf of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL
Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah
The fly-half isn't ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: WRU hard ball killed Test dreams of Steven Shingler
Peter Jackson sheds lights on the 'injustice' which came the way of fly-half Steven Shingler
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning
Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont's bid
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species
Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers
Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row
Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSpecial report: Question time at Twickenham
The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans
Welsh regions are relying on a £40m windfall from CVC's acquisition of a stake in the PRO14
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Empty stadiums? You would be surprised by the chatter
How can the remainder of the Six Nations be played in a safe manner?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEllis Genge’s rare feat in the Six Nations shows how props are changing
Willie John McBride told TRP last week props weren't built like they used to
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMatt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership
Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji
Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLuke Northmore might have as interesting a story as Harlequins teammate Dombrandt
After finishing school, the Quins centre worked in a pasty shop while playing for Tavistock RFC
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France
Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin's Gardens after two years in France
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAnalysis: So, how do you fix this mess called the scrum?
TRP's mailbag is teeming with letters regarding the scrum every week. Nick Cain examines what's wrong and how it can be...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTalent of Bristol half-backs is off the charts, says Morgan
Bristol strength and conditioning coach Kevin Morgan has seen first-hand the rise of Sheedy, Randall, Lloyd, and Protheroe
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProud brother Luke Whitelock tips Crusaders flanker to hit the big time
Four brothers raised on a dairy farm who have hit the heights of New Zealand rugby
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Presidents scrap over playoff principle
The 'hellscape' facing France's Top 14 with TV and player welfare ramifications
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: No 5-1
The hard men who wouldn't take a step back on the rugby pitch
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – test of strength at tighthead could sway series
Nick Cain looks at the depth available to Warren Gatland at tighthead for the Lions
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks and Rohan Janse van Rensburg sanctioned after Gloucester raise dispute
Premiership club given suspended points deduction for illegal approach for centre in 2018
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Big guns will back Bill Beaumont to save them cash
Jeff Probyn contemplates what Bernard Laporte's running for World Rugby vice-chairman means for Bill Beaumont's bid to be re-elected
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoKpoku brothers pose twin threat in Saracens engine room
Neale Harvey talks to Joel and Jon Kpoku on their rise through Saracens' player pathway to the first team
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU column: We’re here to help and will do all we can
Direct from the RFU, director Steve Grainger outlines the work they are doing to prevent clubs from going to the wall
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWill Hurrell harbours dreams of being defence commander after stroke ends playing career
The Bristol Bears centre talks to TRP's Neale Harvey after his retirement announcement last week
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: 10-6
British & Irish Lions icon Willie John McBride enters the list, as we near revealing No.1
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Axed star Peter Larter still doesn’t know why
Peter Jackson journeys back to The Troubles when England went where others at the time feared to tread: Dublin
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRaelene Castle quits as chief executive of Rugby Australia
CEO leaves position after facing extreme scrutiny and receiving vote of no confidence from 11 former Wallabies captains
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership season may resume as late as end of August
TRP understands Premiership clubs will be given a minimum of five weeks to get squads match-ready
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNational One in conflict over salary cap reduction
Not everyone in National League One is in favour of a financial reset
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRevealed: Saracens make first signings for life in the Championship
Bedford Blues and USA fly-half Will Hooley is set to join Saracens, Neil Fissler reports
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales international Thomas Young close to new Wasps deal
Young set to put his Wales dream on hold by committing to Wasps
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers fend off interest for another international in their backline
After losing Jonny May to Gloucester, Tigers face another fight to keep hold of winger
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago“Everyone understands the situation” – Ulster furlough all players and coaching staff
Ulster chief executive outlines prudent steps being taken to keep province sustainable
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: The hustings buzz with the promises of Agustin Pichot
Nick Cain says the campaign to become World Rugby chairman is verging on ageism
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDoncaster Knights deducted five points for breaching RFU’s rules on agents
Championship club found to have breached intermediary regulations and docked points
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Riches of Japan spell big trouble for players in England and Wales
Growth of game in the Far East will leave unions short given selection criteria, writes Shane Williams












