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Letters
/ 4 years agoForward passes have crossed line
WHEN is a forward pass not a forward pass? Why does rugby union go against the laws of motion? What is...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPenalise the pitch invading hookers
IT wasn’t long ago one of your regular columnists mentioned Adam Hastings nicking a few yards to make a kick easier....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoCommon sense law changes to revitalise rugby
RUGBY Union is in desperate need of an injection of common sense! So many aspects of the game aren’t right. 1....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoCaldy were allowed to exploit weakness
LAST weekend a weak referee allowed Caldy to play like a soccer team against Rosslyn Park. Players were arguing with the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCentral deal helps Johnny be good
COLIN BOAG Well managed: Johnny Sexton plays only the big games for Leinster PICTURE: Getty Images BT Sport’s ‘Rugby Tonight’ programme...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoErratic Eddie failing to develop England
PETER WINTERBOTTOM ENGLAND GREAT NOW ESHER DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Eddie Jones has had his time, but the RFU have made the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSam’s been the man for Esher, we’re lucky to have him
PETER WINTERBOTTOM I’M really enjoying my role as director of rugby at Esher, we’re very lucky that we’ve been able to...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLast year’s runners-up show title credentials
By GARY FITZGERALD Bordeaux ..........13pts Tries: Woki 51, Mori 68 Penalties: Lucu 11 La Rochelle ......31pts Tries: Rhule 21, Danty 53,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoRadradra comes to the rescue for Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale ......................9pts Penalties: R du Preez 4, 9, 77 Bristol ................10pts Tries: Radradra 70 Conversions: Sheedy 71 Penalties:...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBaloucoune hat-trick leaves Toulouse up against it
By JOHN FALLON Toulouse ..........20pts Tries: Meafou 6, Ntamack 80 Conversions: Ramos 7, Ntamack 80 Penalties: Ramos 17, 40 Ulster ..................26pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoProud of the boys-Lam
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was proud of the guts his side showed. He said: “I’m pleased with that and...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoConnacht believe upset still possible at the Aviva
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..........21pts Tries: Porch 3, Fifita 61 Conversions: Carty 62 Penalties: Carty 34, 40, 46 Leinster ............26pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStop head injuries or it will be game over
By PETER JACKSON JAMES Davies is the third international to be smashed into early retirement by concussion this season, prompting medical...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRobson’s practice pays off for Wasps
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........21pts Tries: Moyle 54, Penalty 72 Penalties: Hastings 15, 37, 59 Wasps ................27pts Tries: Umaga 45, Oghre...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWe got what we deserved today, admits Skivington
GLOUCESTER’S DoR George Skivington was unhappy with his side’s performance: “The best team won as we got what we deserved today....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoNewcastle party like it’s Christmas 1997
By PAUL REES Worcester ........10pts Tries: Humphreys 21, Hill 70 Newcastle ........45pts Tries: McGuigan 4, Connon 32, Radwan 40, Davison 51,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoThat was pathetic, blasts Diamond
STEVE Diamond ripped into his Worcester players after they suffered a record Premiership defeat to a Newcastle side that had gone...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoEarl’s double keeps Saracens on course
By BEN JAYCOCK Sale ....................12pts Penalties: R du Preez 10, 21, 64, 80 Saracens ..........18pts Tries: Earl 37, 71 Conversions: Goode...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoChuffed to leave with win -McCall
SARACENS d irector of rugby Mark McCall was thrilled with his side’s commitment to the cause as they responded to last...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie’s gift-wrapped route to the semis
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE 2023 World Cup has the uplift of France, the hosts, having a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDevil is in the detail of buyback option
NICK CAIN AFTER a couple months of putting down a smokescreen the RFU has finally given an answer to what happens...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoParton eyes tries galore in battle of the attacks
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... London Irish v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium TOM PARTON hopes Irish can serve up...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoEngland boys are chomping at the bit says Evans
By PAUL REES MARCUS Smith, Alex Dombrandt, Joe Marler and Joe Marchant all start for Harlequins as the champions look to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoCatt’s made his mark by doing it the Ashton way
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It does no violence to the truth to state that Italy are half as good a rugby...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoHigh price to pay for switching to satellite
CHRIS HEWETT IT WAS just a little discombobulating, listening to a sports presenter on BBC R4’s flagship Today programme talking about...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiamond: We had no option but to cancel
By PAUL REES AN independent panel will this week rule whether Worcester were justified in calling off their Premiership match at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoReds move top despite card frenzy
By BEN JAYCOCK QUEENSLAND Reds surged to the top of the table after ending the Brumbies’ unbeaten record with a 21-7...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPontypridd survive late try line siege
By JARED EVITTS Pontypridd ..........19 Llanelli ..................13 PONTYPRIDD withstood a ferocious late comeback from Llanelli at Sardis Road to move up...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr’s 14 men overpowered at the end
By STEFFAN THOMAS Merthyr ................23 Carmarthen Q ......27 CARMARTHEN QUINS upset the formbook with a stunning away victory over Merthyr at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies sails over for Swans winner
By JAMES ROGERS Bridgend ..............23 Swansea ..............27 A BIZARRE last-gasp try from James Davies saw Swansea come out on top to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit leaders not taking RGC lightly
By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Newport v RGC Today, Kick-off 2.30pm TY MORRIS insists Newport cannot afford to take their foot off...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPerfect Bargoed five clear at the top
Round-up BARGOED made it a perfect 10 out of 10 in the Championship and took a giant step towards clinching the...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBarlot gets the better of big rival Mauvaka
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Castres Olympique hooker Gaetan Barlot scored his third Top 14 try of the season yesterday, scoring a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 3, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoResilient Noot roars back after nightmare injury run
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OLD Albanian full-back Alex Noot has thrived on his return to rugby this season after suffering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiamond wants Hill to lead his revolution from No.8
By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond has started his revolution at Worcester by signing two forwards and at least four more are...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps prop hit with ban
WASPS prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen has been banned for three games after admitting a charge of striking. The 31-year-old New Zealander made...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFurbank’s fortified by new-found resilience
By PAUL REES GEORGE Furbank is a different player to the 23-year-old who won his first England cap at a noisy...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarris looking up after Six Nations downer
Frustrated: Chris Harris CHRIS Harris aims to use his frustration at Scotland’s Six Nations campaign by helping propel Gloucester into the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHardwick given his chance to impress
EXETER Chiefs have brought in former Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick on a trial period. The Chiefs have registered the 23-year-old so...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHughes back with the Bears
NATHAN Hughes’ loan to Bath will end on Monday and he will return to continue playing under his contract with Bristol....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoChairman Ilube is our only hope now
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@the rugbypaper.co.uk I AM in...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoHarness talent we have
JERYY Guscott says we haven’t got enough world class players but doesn’t say why not. It needs world class coaches as...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoInconsistency from refs hard to fathom
CAN someone explain why in a game last Saturday, that a deliberate knock-on, a no-arms tackle and a player entering from...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTime we all got with the program on head shots
COLIN BOAG There was an incident in a recent Super Rugby match between the Brumbies and the Western Force that illustrates...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
BEN FOLEY, THE HARTPURY WINGER/ FULL-BACK AND FORMER CLIFTON, PLYMOUTH, ROTHERHAM AND NOTTINGHAM PLAYER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEnglish successor shows faith in coaching system
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN it comes to England head coaches I used to think that it was...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoChiefs too strong for Bath in titanic battle
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................42pts Tries: Vermeulen 14, Ewes 38, Schickerling 41, Keast 65, Hogg 72, Grondona 76 Conversions: J Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHepher: We must be better mentally
EXETER coach Ali Hepher was proud of the Chiefs resolve to fight back but says they must improve to be title...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHigh five for Saints lifts them into fifth
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..39pts Tries: Collins 24, 61, Hutchinson 27, Ludlam 34, Freeman 55 Conversions: Biggar 24, 27, 34, 55...
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