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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoHowley signs for Kingsley’s Canada
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales coach Rob Howley has been named assistant Canada coach following his return to the sport after being...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBulls go on rampage
BULLS ran riot with a 49-28 win in Jake White’s first match in charge against the Sharks. Blitzbok 7s duo Stedman...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoQantas call time
RUGBY Australia’s finances suffered another blow as Qantas ended a 30- year partnership with the organisation. The Australian airline has been...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoScarlets will be title contenders this season
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Firepower: A fit Jonathan Davies can push Scarlets to the next level PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIt’s going right down to the wire
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE RACE FOR THE TOP FOUROF THE PREMIERSHIP THE PLAY-OFF LINCHPINS: PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR. THERE was...
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Features
/ 5 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Warriors go cold on Bobby WORCESTER Warriors are now unlikely to make a move for Southern Kings flanker Bobby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoZoe jumps Prem ship for job at YouTube
PREMIERSHIP Rugby will need a new marketing chief after Zoe Clapp quit to take up a job with YouTube. Clapp, who...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJet-heeled Josh chasing May’s benchmark
FEARLESS Exeter flyer Josh Hodge vows to continue playing to thrill as his Premiership crash course continues in a Chief side...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLove it or hate it, the scrum still holds key
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Avery senior figure in English refereeing circles who must remain nameless – oh, alright then, Tony Spreadbury...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJack makes a real twit of himself over Covid
JACK Nowell is such a likeable sportsman – cheery, engaging, approachable, whole-hearted, courageous, a veritable beacon of positivity and one heck...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHowley’s challenge
HOW good it is to see Rob Howley back in rugby after his nine-month ban for betting violations. The sport has...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTributes for tragic East Grinstead coach Matt
EAST Grinstead Rugby Club are reeling this weekend at the tragic death of head coach Matt Ratana who was shot on...
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/ 5 years agoSubscriptions…
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Features
/ 5 years agoHastings aims to be more than just Finn’s stand-in
NEWS EXTRA By BRYN PALMER ADAM Hastings has warned Finn Russell he is not ready to give up the Scotland No.10...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSurreal start to life in Warriors’ fast lane
Tom Vale talks to Worcester Warriors’ teenage sensation Noah Heward Ten years ago, Noah Heward found himself on a rugby trip...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHumble beginning but Heineken dreamt big
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBravo boys, you’re giving us a show to remember
IT’S high time for lashings of unambiguous praise for the professional rugby players of this Covid-infected land and in particular how...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSharks told to up gears in pursuit of play-offs
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE SALE need to get up to speed and match the form of their play-off rivals if...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDiamond rallies troops with half-time roasting
Midweek matches By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Done it: Jono Ross lifts the Premiership Cup trophy PICTURE: Getty Images FAF DE KLERK revealed...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDunn’s double turns tide for Bath deluge
By SAM JACKSON BATH underlined their credentials as serious title contenders with a late four-try salvo to claim a bonus point...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBaxter’s boys reach first semi-final in style
EXETER brushed aside a battling Northampton side to book their first Champions Cup semi-final place. Jack Maunder and Jacques Vermeulen’s tries...
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Features
/ 5 years agoUlstermen outclassed by Kolbe and Co
ULSTER were swept aside by Toulouse to compound the misery of losing to Leinster in the PRO14 final. Wing Cheslin Kolbe...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRory’s delight after epic win in All Black country
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoClive’s on way back, fighting spirit intact
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW None the worse for a heart attack...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFit and proper persons in charge?
POLICE arrested Georgian rugby vice-president Merab Beselia nine days ago after the shooting of the country’s former Sevens coach, Ramaz Kharazishili....
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Features
/ 5 years agoPhantom of the All Blacks dies
DAVEHalligan ought to have been initiated into the hallowed ranks of Test All Blacks almost 40 years ago. At 21, he...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCoffee empire can wait, I want to give my all to coaching now
RYAN LAMB ON THE RECORD Q&A Newly appointed Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb, 34, tells NEALE HARVEY how he landed his...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALEX MORGAN GLOUCESTER WING/FULL-BACK The road to rugby stardom is often long and arduous but Alex Morgan has already demonstrated he...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBrighton’s become a force under Buoy
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SUSSEX is not normally considered a hotbed of rugby in England...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEddie’s long running love affair on the south coast
Centre of excellence: England train at Brighton College IN recent years Brighton College has emerged as a training centre for the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrench had a rule: ‘When at home you never lose.’ They did!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The picture of Serge Blanco and Jon Webb at the end of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLatest crackdown is grave threat to the elite game
As the Government prepare a new round of restrictions, it looks as if rugby as we know it is being put...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTom gives Tens a go to get fit for Tokyo
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND Sevens star Tom Mitchell aims to grab a rugby lifeline next month as part of a trailblazing...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStooke: Spencer deserves shot with England
Spencer fan: Elliott Stooke BENSpencer’s astonishing impact for Bath must surely have done enough to earn a proper shot with England,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFans rule is bizarre says Ross
SALE captain Jono Ross hopes sense prevails and spectators will be allowed back into rugby grounds before too long. Last weekend’s...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCareer ended just as it was taking off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MORGAN STODDART THE FORMER WALES, SCARLETS, PONTYPRIDD AND TREORCHY FULL-BACK/WINGER AN injury to Lee Byrne opened the door...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLaporte claims it’s all a plot to oust him
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Even French rugby –which is used to metaphorical blood staining symbolic carpets in allegorical boardrooms by the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCattle eager to get the plates spinning
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS GAVIN Cattle is relieved to have kept his Cornish Pirates squad largely intact as Championship clubs...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps aim to crash the Robshaw party
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS supremo Lee Blackett has called for a huge physical effort at Harlequins tomorrow to lay the ground...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStick with Undercurry and Billy says Moody
By ADAM ELLIS Impressed: Lewis Moody FORMER England captain Lewis Moody believes Eddie Jones should stick with his tried and tested...
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/ 5 years agoBears dynamo Harry hopes to take his game to the next level
By NEALE HARVEY Mobile: Harry Thacker BRISTOL hooker Harry Thacker hopes a successful end to a thrilling campaign will put him...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoVunipola: Vincent is world’s best No.3
By JON NEWCOMBE World’s best: Vincent Koch in dominant mood against Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images MAKO Vunipola has hailed front row...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTrailfinders can compete with the best says Reid
By NEALE HARVEY EALING Trailfinders would be more than capable of filling a top-flight spot in the event of a Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoYoung refs must be shown more respect
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk MY daughter, Harriet, decided...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStop the excuses, Saracens cheated plain and simple
COLIN Boag is again trying to make excuses for Saracens. Regarding salary cap breaches he wrote, “Not because they failed on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo crowds spells trouble for Lions
WITH no crowds permitted for the forseeable future and Championship clubs saying that without them they cannot return to action, where...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRing-fence and cut wage bills to attract state aid
COLIN BOAG Devastating: If Gloucester’s famous Shed is silent for six more months During the week, Premiership Rugby, issued a statement...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
OLLY ROBINSON, THE CARDIFF BLUES AND FORMER LOUGHBOROUGH, MOSELEY AND BRISTOL FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWorld Cup winners will bring box office appeal
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Star quality: South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is one of eight World Cup winners...
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