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• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  We’re doing things even better than the Natal Sharks says Bristol head coach Liam Middleton

  Bristol head coach Liam Middleton hopes a recent fact-finding mission to South Africa will make the difference as his side targets...

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• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  New Nottingham boss Marting Haag can make the step up says Ian McGeechan

  Sir Ian McGeechan has backed Martin Haag to be a big hit in his first head coach role after Nottingham appointed...

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• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  England Ben Morgan’s advance no shock to Brad Harrington

  Brad Harrington has not been surprised by the impact Ben Morgan has had in an England shirt. Gloucester‘s new No.8 has...

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• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Newcastle Falcons revival will be key for Jon Golding’s England call

  A Newcastle pack getting the better of their Wasps counterparts at Adams Park sounds a familiar tale but this scene took...

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• My Life in Rugby

  / 13 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Jon Pendlebury – former Leeds, Gloucester and Rotherham lock

  As a 20-year-old lad who had only been playing rugby for four years, it was a dream come true when I...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Guns: Jordan Burns – Harlequins scrum-half

  Harlequins‘ stable of wings is so well stocked that the fastest man in their Sevens side, Jordan Burns, is being groomed...

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• Man Behind The Match

  / 13 years ago

  Man Behind the Match: Bill Beaumont and the 1980 Grand Slam

  The Sixties and Seventies were dark times for English rugby. While Wales were enjoying a golden era, each turning year across...

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• Champions Cup

  / 13 years ago

  Moment in Time: London Wasps and 2004 Heineken Cup Semi Final

  Stunning game. Truly stunning result. Quite simply, this Anglo-Irish showdown in Dublin was one of the greatest, if not THE greatest,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• 20 Questions

  / 13 years ago

  20 Questions: Neil de Kock – Saracens scrum half

  Where have you been this summer? We went to Europcamp Costa Dorada, just south of Barcelona. We have two kids, aged...

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• Dream Team

  / 13 years ago

  Dream Team: Leo Halavatau – London Irish prop

  1. Max Lahiff – I think Max will go far. He is probably the strongest player I have ever played with...

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• Room 101

  / 13 years ago

  Room 101: Mike Denbee – London Welsh flanker

  1. The Tube The London Transport system is, on a good day, the quickest, cheapest and most convenient way to travel....

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• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  I’m now tougher and smarter, says returning golden boy Danny Cipriani

  Danny Cipriani says the defensive frailties which have blighted his career  have been sorted out and that his critics will see...

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• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Newcastle Falcons wanted to swoop on Gavin Henson

  Newcastle made a bid to sign Gavin Henson before the RFU reversed their decision barring London Welsh from promotion to the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Featured

  / 13 years ago

  It’s great to feel up for the England challenge, says Saracens full-back Alex Goode

  For a player who always seems so confident, full-back Alex Goode makes the surprising admission that a lack of self-belief had...

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• Champions Cup

  / 13 years ago

  Ryan Walkinshaw: “I aim to make Gloucester a flagship club in Europe”

  Ryan Walkinshaw is a remarkable young man. Thrust into the cut-throat world of global business at the age of 23 following...

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• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Promising London Wasps back row Sam Jones happy to learn from Haskell

  Sam Jones was just a schoolboy apprentice the last time James Haskell was playing in a Wasps shirt – now the...

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• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Diccon Edwards ‘got it wrong’ with Leeds’ youth policy says departing Lee Blackett

  Lee Blackett has  revealed his anger at the way senior players were jettisoned at Leeds by Diccon Edwards’ youth-based policy. The...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  New Bristol signing James Grindal gears up for big time again

  James Grindal ended a 13-year consecutive run in the top flight when he swapped Leicester for Bristol this summer, but such...

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• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Bath winger Tom Biggs has still got that blond ambition

  Winger Tom Biggs believes his England ambitions will remain on the backburner while Bath are languishing in the lower reaches of...

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• Man Behind The Match

  / 13 years ago

  Man Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final

  During the dying embers of amateurism, Twickenham on Cup final day was a very special occasion, and more often than not...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Moment In Time

  / 13 years ago

  Moment in Time: Worcester Warriors and the 2004 Premiership promotion game

  It was Boy’s Own stuff. Twelve years earlier, Worcester had been a modest rugby club minding its own business in the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Room 101

  / 13 years ago

  Room 101: George Chuter – Leicester hooker

  1. The Rolling Stones This really pains me. I’m a HUGE Stones fan. But I feel it has to be said...

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• Dream Team

  / 13 years ago

  Dream Team: Chris Cracknell – former Bath and Worcester flanker and England Sevens Star

  1. Nathan Catt – Not a household name yet, but he will be. I am certain he will be pulling on...

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• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Nathan Earle – Saracens winger

  Every so often you can pinpoint the exact moment when a sporting star is born. For Wayne Rooney it was his...

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• 20 Questions

  / 13 years ago

  20 Questions: Gareth Steenson – Exeter fly-half

  How’s the summer been? I got married to Karen so it’s been a big summer. We went to Orlando and Miami...

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• My Life in Rugby

  / 13 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Heino Senekal – former Blues, Pirates and Namibia lock

  Playing for Namibia in three consecutive World Cups from 1999 to 2007 was without a doubt the biggest achievement of my...

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• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Plastic may not be all that fantastic for Saracens

  Isn’t it strange with all the fuss re London Welsh not having a stadium that reached the minimum criteria and whether...

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• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Even Rocky couldn’t put a dent in Dr Marvel

  They called Rocky Marciano the ‘greatest slugger in boxing history,’ a fitting description for a world heavyweight champion unbeatable over his...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain: Robbo’s lumbered with Scotland’s Brave boasts

  Disney are about to release Brave, an Asterix-clone feelgood fairytale about the ancient Scots. Perhaps Mark Dodson, the Scottish Rugby Union’s chief...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Silent Henson has last chance to be big noise

  Gavin Henson made a smart decision the other day, one which suggested that the penny might have dropped at long last....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: In rugby, country should always come before club

  The announcements of the elite player squad for the first half of this season should be a time of excitement and...

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• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain: Fixture list gives Lions a mauling for starters

  The Lions are the biggest brand in rugby alongside the All Blacks. The Lions generate huge interest, lining the coffers of...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Dominic Waldouck: I need a new challenge

  Wasps centre Dom Waldouck is leaving to join Northampton Saints. Waldouck, who had a year to run on his contract at...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Charlie Sharples : “Ducking out on England was my best career move”

  Charlie Sharples insists it was a simple decision to miss England‘s summer tour, even if he concedes he admits he has...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  It’s our fairytale and we aim to slay those giants says London Welsh

  London Welsh face the toughest possible start to life in the Premiership with opening games against Leicester and champions Harlequins. But...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  Stuart Lancaster locates a drop of Southern comfort

  Stuart Lancaster insists the ‘‘gap is closing” between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres despite another summer series wipe-out. England, Wales and...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Josh Matavesi magic means attack, attack for Worcester Warriors

  After playing alongside Frans Steyn and Juan Martin Hernandez in the Racing Metro midfield, Worcester new boy Josh Matavesi is keen...

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• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Sarecens out to take the JP Morgan’s trophy back says Jackson Wray

  One of the many consequences of London Welsh’s elevation into the top flight is that there will be a new champion...

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• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Rugby League legend Keith Senior returns to rugby Union 20 years later

  Talk to anyone in either code about legendary Rugby League centre Keith Senior and the soundbites are always the same. “Great...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Dean Richards’s tough love will revive Newcastle Falcons says Simon Keogh

  Newcastle players had better get ready to roll up their sleeves on the field – and in training – under Dean...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Man Behind The Match

  / 13 years ago

  Man Behind the Match: Shane Williams and the 2008 Wales win over Australia

  In 2008 Wales swept to a second Grand Slam in four seasons under the newly installed coach Warren Gatland – a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Moment In Time

  / 13 years ago

  Moment in Time: London Irish and the 2002 Powergen Cup final

  London Irish had been written off as relegation fodder at the start of season 2001-2. They were a team without stars....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• 20 Questions

  / 13 years ago

  20 Questions: Olly Barkley – Bath and England fly-half

  Been anywhere nice on holiday? I went to Portugal with my girlfriend and then to LA and Las Vegas for 10...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Dream Team

  / 13 years ago

  Dream Team: Steven Shingler – London Irish and former Scarlets centre

  1. Alex Corbisiero – A really good player around the loose and has become a world-class loosehead, although he is cutting...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Room 101

  / 13 years ago

  Room 101: Lee Blackett – Rotherham winger

  1. 50mph roadworks on  a Motorway Travelling across the Pennines on the M62, as I do fairly frequently because my family...

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• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Callum Braley – Bristol scrum half

  As a West Country boy Callum Braley would like nothing more than to stamp his mark on Bristol‘s first team. But...

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• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Promoted London Welsh will take look at Gavin Henson

  London Welsh boss Lyn Jones has been armed with a war-chest to sign eight “headline players” who will underpin the club’s...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Toby Booth’s snub made Guy Armitage turn his back on London Irish

  Guy Armitage has opened the door to one day playing for France after revealing that Toby Booth’s snub at London Irish...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  We’ll get Cipriani settled in – then it’s up to him

  Steve Diamond is not a man for standing still. Since returning to Sale as executive director of sport in January 2011,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  Look out, Leicester Tiger Tom Croft wants his England jersey back

  Tom Croft’s mild manner on the pitch might fool some but several months on the sidelines have brought out the fierce...

  By The Rugby Paper Team