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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTop 14 is favourite destination for Argentina’s Olympic star Marcos Moneta
Moneta was key to Argentina Sevens winning the bronze medal in Tokyo
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoCraig White calls time on Sale Sharks job
FORMER British & Irish Lions conditioning coach Craig White, who joined Sale Sharks when Alex Sanderson took over at the AJ...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRichard Cockerill ponders England job after talks with Eddie Jones
England's new forwards coach?
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarry Mallinder set to take Goode’s place in Japan
Where will Harry Mallinder be playing after announcing he will leave Saints for the Top League?
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoMiles back behind the mic for Lions
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER MILES Harrison will make a welcome return to the Sky Sports commentary box for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoAgreeing to Prem divorce amounts to rugby treason
I COULDN’T agree more with Ian Stein’s letter of last week regarding Exeter chairman Tony Rowe. So Mr Rowe now wants...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGB Sevens players did nation proud
SUCH a shame neither Team GB’s men nor women could take home a medal. All players deserve huge credit for putting...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFar less chat and more rugby action please, Sky
COLIN BOAG The Lions tour of South Africa, despite the empty stadia, the Covid scares, and so on, is still all...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
GEORGE ORAM, DONCASTER’S NEW SIGNING AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, BLACKHEATH, ROTHERHAM, BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY & COVENTRY LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...
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Features
/ 4 years agoQ&A – Gethin Watts: Bristol’s bear cubs will be crucial after cap reduction
Gethin Watts tells Adam Ellis about the work being done in the academy at Premiership contenders Bristol Bears
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoSuch brilliant rugby deserved the mightiest of crowds to applaud it
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Olympics and 30 minutes of the most intense sevens rugby he's seen
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Features
/ 4 years agoKiwis are worthy winners of best ever tournament
The women's category took sevens to another level at the Tokyo Olympics, with China a surprise feature
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/ 4 years agoProp star Shonert follows Wasps front row pair to Sale
SALE have signed former Worcester prop Nick Schonert on a three-year deal. The 29-year-old, who joined the Warriors from Cheetahs in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHobson’s choice was always set on England
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW All-rounder: Jason Hobson scores the opening try for Bristol in their Welsh Cup...
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/ 4 years agoWarrior Biggar must be protected say activists
■By PAUL REES THE Lions were taking a risk with Dan Biggar by naming him in the side for yesterday’s Second...
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/ 4 years agoGatland: World Rugby must stop Erasmus outbursts
WARREN Gatland last night called for World Rugby to use their powers to tame South African’s head of rugby Rassie Erasmus...
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Features
/ 4 years ago‘Lucky’ Ed Jackson motivated by a desire to inspire
The ex-Wasps and Dragons No.8 is back on his endurance trail with a bid to climb Mont Blanc four years on...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
DARLINGTON MP WING Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ROSIE BLOUNT THIS WEEK... Rosie Blount had...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Dom Barrow: Defeat to Racing left me crying at kitchen table
Dom Barrow's retirement at the age of 26 was a surprise to all, but the former Leicester and England U20s lock...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPumas’ Sevens system offers pathway to top
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE Men’s Sevens tournament in Tokyo this week...
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/ 4 years agoMorne still Boks’ record man
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER MORNE Steyn, still in the Boks long squad although unused in the series thus far, is usually...
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/ 4 years agoHypocrisy of coaches sticks in my craw
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHAT to make of Rassie Erasmus, below, and his recent outbursts? He was a brilliant flanker in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDai fears more will follow Hill to riches in Japan
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF director of rugby Dai Young admits he is concerned more players could follow Cory Hill...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoHero Howley hits turbo to land European glory
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMoment in Time: England trailblazers of 1991 changed women’s game
Neil Fissler tracks down the England Women's team who reached the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRassie rant is just good fun says Marler
JOE Marler insists he has no problems with Rassie Erasmus’ hour- long video rant at the officiating in the Lions First...
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/ 4 years agoCorey Baldwin coming back to Scarlets
The Exeter Chiefs centre is leaving Sandy Park and returning to the Scarlets
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/ 4 years agoNow head analyst quits Eddie Jones staff
John Mitchell will be followed out the door by England head analyst Joe Lewis
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoNormanton ruled before the axe fell
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools NOT for the first time in this series we must sing...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCusworth: I owe that school everything
POSSIBLY Normanton’s most illustrious old boy is former England and Leicester Tigers fly-half Les Cusworth, a genius on the Sevens pitch...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoSouth Africa 27-9 Lions: Lions must break free from tactical straightjacket
Nick Cain's report on the second Test which saw the Springboks bring the series level
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoPlayer ratings – second Test: Siya Kolisi is the Boks’ captain marvel
Paul Rees rates the performances of the Lions and South Africa in a brutal second Test
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoLood de Jager turned game back South Africa’s way | Daniel Gallan
Daniel Gallan's verdict on the Springboks display in the second Test as they surged ahead of the Lions in the second...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHargreaves: Law changes could destroy Union ethos
As the DCMS releases a report as a result of a four-month inquiry into the impact of concussion in sport, Alistair...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaints scrum-half Henry Taylor calls time at 27
NORTHAMPTON scrum-half Henry Taylor is retiring from rugby to “pursue a career in the city”. The 27-year-old, who was part of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRichard Cockerill keeps his England options open
Clermont Auvergne and England are interested in the coach who left Edinburgh this week
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoGatland’s Lions get ready for Bok-lash
The thoughts of Warren Gatland, Alun Wyn Jones, Maro Itoje, Courtney Lawes and Siya Kolisi after the first Test
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoBomb squad blow out as Nienaber’s subs go pop
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT What a strange if memorable game down in Cape Town. Nothing quite panned out as we might have...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoJohn Mitchell departure gives RFU elbow room
Eddie Jones can remould his coaching staff how he would like in biggest overhaul of his tenure
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Features
/ 4 years agoRoom 101: Cambridge back row Anthony Maka
The Cambridge back row takes us through his pet hates
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEx-Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick has chance in France
Hardwick had considered joining Leeds Tykes
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTwinkle-toes Ugo Monye can dazzle again
UGO Monye increased his workload last week after it was revealed he would appear on the forthcoming series of Strictly. The...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEddie Jones gets some more tips from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones was an interested spectator when Manchester United spent a week training at Pennyhill Park. Jones, a keen...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoMarcus Smith Lions cap ceremony had family attend via Zoom
Lions bosses didn't want Marcus Smith to miss out on his family not being there to see Jason Leonard hand him...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBen Spencer’s tee-time at Celtic Manor
Did you know Gareth Bale is the brother-in-law of Taulupe Faletau, teammate of Ben Spencer at Bath?
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoPlayers all paid at Harlequins
FURTHER to my story last week about discussions at Harlequins about the ending of the players’ agreed paycuts, I am happy...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoLions expose Boks’ Vermeulen loss
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THERE can be no...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoI’ll believe it when I see Premiership helping Tier Two
MR ROWE’S comments in last week’s TRP regarding funding for the Championship almost indicated a slight change of heart from a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSofter warm-ups limited injuries
IT’S a vastly different Lions tour for many reasons, especially with only very few ‘warm up’ games against weak teams leading...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKoroibete farce exposes high tackle inconsistency
COLIN BOAG One of the key things that fans want is consistency in the way the game is refereed and administered....
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