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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoFarrell’s favourite to lead the Lions
By PAUL REES There has been little cheer for rugby in Australia in recent years, but the prospect of a Lions...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoO’Brien: Sexton ban won’t affect World Cup prep
By SAM JACKSON Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been given a three-match ban that will see him miss his country’s three...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoDynamic No.9 is a must for England
I HAVEN’T been able to find out why Ben Spencer was sent home from the England camp a couple of weeks...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoByrne the go-to man
WITH Johnny Sexton’s absence I can think of nobody better to fill the Ireland number 10 shirt than Ross Byrne. A...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoGovernance to blame
I HAVE read numerous articles, listened to many podcasts, TV pundits and debated with friends, and one thing that is a...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHansen’s hungry for another ‘first’
Mack Hansen has loved linking up with his Irish team-mates for this year’s World Cup preparations, and is eager to play...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoEdinburgh appoint ex-Sharks supremo Everitt
Edinburgh have appointed experienced South African Sean Everitt as their senior coach for the 2023-24 season. The former Sharks head coach...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Mark Nelson
The Fylde chairman and former Lancashire winger & coach chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Sammy...
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Guest columnists
/ 2 years agoLibbok deserves a chance at No.10
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF HAVING beaten the Springboks in Auckland, the All Blacks certainly have one hand...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoSeason’s starter for 10! Champions travel to Exeter for the big kick off
By BEN JAYCOCK Premiership Rugby is hoping that less will turn out to be more next season. A year ago, the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoUnderhill and Rodd cut by Borthwick
England head coach Steve Borthwick has cut two more from his training squad. Bath openside Sam Underhill and Sale Sharks prop...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFiji too strong for Tonga
FIJI scored five tries to three to beat Tonga 36-20 yesterday. Tonga, who beat Australia A last week, were missing some...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBears keeping an eye on Gonzalez
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol are believed to be showing an interest in former London Irish back Juan Martin...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoPostlethwaite waits
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs are set to offer former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite a contract for next season after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoTigers in line to keep Watson
ON THE BLINDSIDE Leicester Tigers have emerged as the favourites to re-sign Anthony Watson following the World Cup later this year...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoEx-Saracens prop on way to Waratahs
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Saracens loosehead Hayden Thompson-Stringer is joining the ever-growing list of former Premiership players who will be plying...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSlade testing the (housing) market
ON THE BLINDSIDE Henry Slade, out of contract at the end of the forthcoming season, has just put his five-bedroom house...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSteward in name mix-up
ON THE BLINDSIDE RFU media bosses were left with egg on their faces after an embarrassing blunder when they announced England’s...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoUnder-20s proved the future is bright
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DID you hear the one about the trainee fortune teller who gave up because he couldn’t see...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoEddie’s a head honcho in a hurry
CHRIS HEWETT Eddie Jones is not a man to let the grass grow under his feet, even if his most trenchant...
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Q&A
/ 2 years agoNew faces can turn Quins into contenders
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to 54-time England No.8 Nick Easter about his optimism for former side Harlequins following their coaching changes...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoPooley’s paddlers rise to the challenge
By SAM JACKSON Crowborough rugby veteran Nigel Pooley has completed an extraordinary journey of paddling 68 miles along Scotland’s Great Glen...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge confident they can match Caldy
By BEN JAYCOCK Championship newcomers Cambridge are using Caldy’s performance last season as inspiration ahead of their debut campaign in tier...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs To add your club’s fixtures please email newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THURSDAY,...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoAttention! Get ready for the phoney war
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE phoney war is about to start next weekend when the northern hemisphere sides get...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSouth Africa know right recipe
Paul Rees makes his case for why Springboks will be a very different animal come the World Cup In this instant...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoIkitau may miss World Cup with shoulder injury
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA centre Len Ikitau faces a race to be fit for the World Cup after fracturing a shoulder blade...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoJoseph bows out of Bath after a decade
NEWS EXTRA FORMER England centre Jonathan Joseph’s departure from Bath has been confirmed. After ten years at The Rec, Joseph has...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoItaly prop Turani makes switch to Harlequins
NEWS EXTRA HARLEQUINS have swooped to snap up Italy prop Silvia Turani from fellow Premiership Women’s Rugby club Exeter Chiefs. The...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHogg exit opens door for McConnochie
NEWS EXTRA RUARIDH McConnochie has been called up to Scotland’s latest World Cup warmup camp following the retirement of star full-back...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoProud skipper Fryday calls time on Ireland
NEWS EXTRA IRELAND captain Nichola Fryday has retired from international rugby at the age of 28. Fryday took over as Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLewis gets the nod for England U20s
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wasps Women director of rugby Laura-Jane Lewis has been appointed head coach of the England Women’s U20s. Lewis...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 2 years agoTrailfinders make Gwala statement
Premiership Women’s Rugby newcomers Ealing Trailfinders have signed South Africa international Lindelwa Gwala. The 25-year-old hooker has scored five tries in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoArendse can light up the World Cup
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NO sooner had it started than the abbreviated...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoModern-day Lions seem to be tone deaf
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER So the Lions itinerary is out for their 2025 Australia tour and, although there is much to...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoAll that glitters isn’t necessarily gold…
Paul Rees looks at the big name players who have been on the move in the Premiership during this close season...
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Features
/ 2 years agoLewis has his sights set on higher honours
Ben Jaycock talks to England’s second row starlet Lewis Chessum on his return from the Junior World Cup in South Africa...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoFrench starting to believe in miracles
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Those fearful that France have cornered the market in the supernatural will not...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoNew shirts which fair take your breath away
PETER JACKSON THE RFU and WRU reacted to the cost-of-living crisis by joining forces in a display seen by many fans...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThrough thick, thin…and now thinner
PETER JACKSON The Gallagher Premiership could hardly have chosen a more challenging week for the release of next season’s fixtures than...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoStill silent over Dai
PETER JACKSON CARDIFF suspended Dai Young without a word of explanation just before their last match of the season on April...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoMcCaw breaks pain barrier to deliver gold for All Blacks
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage IT WAS close to midnight on a filthy...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoNervy night as unfancied France fight till the death
After staging the inaugural World Cup in 1987, there was a feeling of now or never for New Zealand in 2011....
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 fly-half Connor Slevin
Having made the recent transition from 15 to 10, Connor Slevin is hoping for consistent rugby next season with Harlequins and...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoExeter sign O’Connor from Munster
By BEN JAYCOCK Exeter Chiefs have signed Munster second row Eoin O’Connor. The 22-year-old moves to Sandy Park after four years...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoScotland get set for Uruguay test
By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland, Spain and Uruguay maintained their unbeaten records on day two of the U20s World Trophy. POOL A:...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoSouthern Hemisphere given big advantage
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, if ever there was a sign of a true bias in...
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Moment In Time
/ 2 years agoExeter’s back to back delight
MOMENT IN TIME: EXETER, NATIONAL LEAGUE 3 CHAMPIONS 1996-97 SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter had just achieved one promotion from Courage...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoFans left in dark as Viaplay row back
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE future of live Top 14 – and United Rugby Championship – rugby coverage in the UK...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Chris Cusiter: I’d take the rough with the smooth every time
The former British & Irish Lions, Scotland, Borders, Perpignan, Glasgow and Sale Sharks scrum-half talks about his life in the game...
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