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/ 12 years agoExperienced trio sign on at Leicester
Ed Slater, Louis Deacon and Anthony Allen have agreed new contract Leicester Tigers. Slater captained the team through the final third...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Glenn Delaney – London Irish forwards coach
Enjoyed your two years at Irish? Challenging, but excellent. I moved from Nottingham at the right time and with the future...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoWorcester Warriors stuck by me so I’ll stay on, says Chris Pennell
The Premiership player of the year nominee has been a model of consistency in an otherwise disastrous Warriors campaign, the only...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoGareth Anscombe told to come now or miss World Cup
Warren Gatland has opened the door for Gareth Anscombe to play his way into Wales’ World Cup squad.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Good to see Danny Cipriani back – now it’s all up to him
Danny Cipriani has been thrown a lifeline by Stuart Lancaster, but it remains to be seen whether it is long enough...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain picks his Premiership Dream Team
Selecting a Team of the Season is always a subjective business, and although statistics tell part of the story, they can...
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/ 12 years agoWelsh regions join Premiership Sevens
Wales will stage the first leg of the Premiership Rugby 7s Series after it was announced the four Welsh regions will...
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/ 12 years agoNick Kennedy to retire and coach London Irish academy
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on April 20, Nick Kennedy will retire from rugby at the end of the season...
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/ 12 years agoOne-week ban for Salesi Ma’afu
Salesi Ma’afu has received a one-week ban for punching Leicester‘s Tom Youngs during last Friday’s Aviva Premiership semi-final. This means the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Trevor Woodman England, Gloucester & Sale prop
I was talking to Mike Teague one evening after a few beers when I was going to have to retire and...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Shane Geraghty – London Irish and former Northampton & Brive fly-half
1. Davit Kubriashvili – I played with Davit at Brive and the guy was unbelievable, one of the very best in...
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/ 12 years agoJonny Wilkinson to hang up boots
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on March 23, Jonny Wilkinson will retire at the end of the season. Seventeen years...
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/ 12 years agoMatt Kvesic and Henry Slade play O2 Touch at The University Of Exeter
Matt Kvesic and Henry Slade hosted taster sessions at the new University of Exeter O2 Touch Centre in an effort to encourage...
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/ 12 years agoEngland add 18 players to training squad
England have added 18 players to their training group ahead of the match against the Barbarians on June 1 and the...
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/ 12 years agoIreland name Argentina touring party
Ireland have name a 30-man squad for the two-Test tour of Argentina next month. Sean O’Brien, Cian Healy, Gordon D’Arcy and...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Louis Grimoldby – Harlequins fly-half
English fly-halves with rugby league backgrounds are all the rage at present and in Louis Grimoldby, Harlequins look to have unearthed...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: A couple of England-Wales tickets, sir? That’ll be £630
The last England–Wales match at Twickenham grossed around £5m in ticket money. The next one will top £20m. For the World...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoCharlie Matthews making up ground on old pal Joe Launchbury
Harlequins second row Charlie Matthews believes he is finally coming of age after putting his injury hell behind him to start...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoDanny Cipriani earns England recall
Danny Cipriani has been recalled by England for the first time since 2008 ahead of the the summer tour of New...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Mark Cueto – Sale winger
1. Messiness I’m quite OCD. I like everything to be neat and tidy so it winds me up when the kids...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAviva Premiership semi-final preview: Northampton v Leicester
NORTHAMPTON Story of the season For much of the season Saints were the model of muscular consistency losing just one in...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain discovers what England can expect in New Zealand
Jimmy Cowan has such an intimate knowledge of the workings of All Blacks that it’s surprising Steve Hansen hasn’t had him...
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/ 12 years agoFocus on short game has put Gillies Kaka & Co on top
New Zealand lifted their 12th World Sevens Series on Sunday at Twickenham and their hegemony is not going to stop anytime...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoAmbitious Bismarck du Plessis targets Welsh scrum
Wales beware, Bismarck du Plessis says the Springboks’ front row aims to be the most formidable in the world and will...
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/ 12 years agoGavin Henson not released for Wales trial
Bath will not release Gavin Henson and Paul James for the ‘Probables’ v ‘Possibles’ trial match on May 30. Under Premier Rugby...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Niall Morris – Leicester winger
Good to be back after injury? Yes, hopefully I can get a run of games now. I dislocated my thumb and...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCanterbury unveils new RAF Spitfires Rugby 7s kit for 2014
Leading rugby brand Canterbury has today unveiled its brand new kit range for the RAF Spitfires Rugby 7s. The team, which...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Malakai Fekitoa case shows IRB are letting down world game
New Zealand protests that they do not poach from the Pacific Islands should always be taken with a block of salt,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why I’ve learned to love the Premiership play-offs
How quickly time moves on and blazing rows of yesteryear recede. For many it was the blackest of days midway through...
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/ 12 years agoNewcastle sign Italian international lock
Newcastle Falcons have completed the signing of Italian international lock Josh Furno from French Top 14 side Biarritz. Capped 18 times...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoUgo Monye backs Manu Tuilagi to wing it for England
The auditions are in full swing but Ugo Monye believes Manu Tuilagi’s X-factor means he should line up on the wing...
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/ 12 years agoAviva Premiership semi-finals preview: Saracens v Harlequins
SARACENS Story of the season The dominant and most consistent team of the regular season, so much so that in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: James Hanks – former Exeter lock
After some time in the hospital I was told that I couldn’t play rugby again. That was a devastating moment for...
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/ 12 years agoGavin Henson called up for Wales trial
Gavin Henson could make his international return in South Africa after being named by Rob Howley in Possibles squad for the...
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/ 12 years agoGloucester sack another coach
Following Monday’s announcement that Gloucester have parted company with Director of Rugby Nigel Davies, the Cherry and Whites confirmed that defence...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoI’ve not won the super 8s battle yet, admits Billy Vunipola
Billy Vunipola is England’s premier ball-carrier but he knows all this could change in an instant and that any number of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNewcastle confirm 2014-15 coaching staff
John Wells has been named as Newcastle head coach ahead of next season as the Falcons announced their new coaching set-up...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Agustin Creevy – Worcester and Argentina hooker
1. Juan Figallo – I was with Juan at Montpellier and for me he is the best prop in the world...
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/ 12 years agoWIN tickets for the European Cup finals
The Rugby Paper has teamed up ERC to offer our readers the chance to win tickets to either the Heineken Cup...
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/ 12 years agoLondon Wasps add to their hooker options
London Wasps have signed hooker Ed Shervington from Worcester Warriors for next season. Shervington, who has previously represented Wales at U18,...
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/ 12 years agoAll Blacks name training squad for England Series
Steve Hansen has named a 35-man training squad ahead of the three-Test Series against England next month. The All Blacks head...
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/ 12 years agoGloucester sack Nigel Davies
Gloucester confirmed this morning that Director of Rugby Nigel Davies has left the club with immediate effect. Davies, who moved to...
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/ 12 years agoMunster sign Kiwi Tyler Bleyendall
Munster today confirmed that Tyler Bleyendall will join the province on a three-year contract from November 1st 2014. The 23-year-old Kiwi...
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/ 12 years agoEngland finish third at London Sevens
England put their semi-final disappointment at the London Sevens beating Fiji 26-19 to finish third. With tries from James Rodwell, Howard...
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Features
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Cosgrove – Worcester and Scotland U20s prop
Jack Cosgrove is a prop with plenty of ambition and while Worcester might be on the verge of relegation from the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoShortlist for the Gatorade Game Changer of the Season
Nick Easter, Michael Paterson and Semesa Rokoduguni have been shortlisted for the Gatorade Game Changer of the Season. Harlequins No.8 Easter,...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAviva Premiership round 22 teams
Harlequins v Bath Harlequins: Mike Brown; Tom Williams, Tim Molenaar, Jordan Turner-Hall, Ugo Monye; Nick Evans, Danny Care; Joe Marler, Dave Ward,...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHow John Fisher state case for life at the top
With Dulwich winning their third consecutive Daily Mail Cup and Millfield their 14th Rosslyn Park Sevens Open this year, it’s fair...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: On the march with Trelawny’s Army, rugby’s great outsiders
So the European legislators, God bless, have finally caught up with the rugby world and officially recognised Cornwall as being very...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoJonathan Joseph can talk his way back into EPS
Jonathan Joseph reckons his X-factor with ball in hand will boost his chances of an England recall – a claim backed...
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