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Features
/ 5 years agoI was a handful alright but I wasn’t the Ripper!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY MICKEY SKINNER THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS, BLACKHEATH AND BLAYDON FLANKER That tackle: Micky Skinner stops Marc Cecillon...
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Features
/ 5 years agoStade unlikely to be on Top 14 starting grid
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Coronavirus continues to threaten the start of the 2020/21 Top 14 season, as clubs entered the preseason...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOmar magic sees Bears’ put on the big squeeze
By JON NEWCOMBE Delight: Pat Lam BRILLIANT in attack and now brutal in defence, Pat Lam says Bristol are benefiting massively...
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/ 5 years agoLuke thanks Brits for his trying time
By NEALE HARVEY Over again: Luke Cowan-Dickie scores for Exeter against London Irish PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND and Exeter hooker Luke...
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/ 5 years agoWillGriff: I must get fitter for Welsh dream
By ALEX BYWATER Sympathy: Thomas Young Powerhouse: WillGriff John goes on a battering run for Sale WALES’ four regions have been...
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/ 5 years agoMrs Vellacott helps spark Wasps back line
By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Ben Vellacott WASPS’ all-court attacking game will count for little unless they can align it with improved...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExiles coach Fisher tipped for Test call
By NEALE HARVEY STAND-IN London Irish forwards coach Jon Fisher is destined for top jobs with England, according to clubmate and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGrassroots need more matches to kick-start interest
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SURELY the lower leagues,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNurture English lads or it may be trouble
This law is an ass! THE ruck law needs to change now. This picture shows it’s currently just a joke. Dick...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBristol underdogs…? that’s just barking mad
COLIN BOAG The new interpretation of the existing breakdown laws is working fairly well, although it looked as though the players...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThis breakdown re-think is just what game needs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Effective: Exeter’s pick-and-go worked well against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images Idon’t believe the breakdown...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoExeter’s power leaves the Sharks floundering
By NICK CAIN Powerhouse: Luke Cowan-Dickie celebrates after he beats three defenders from a tap-and-go to score PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Mighty Luke out on own
LUKE Cowan-Dickie’s individual wreckingball try which put the seal on Exeter’s victory earned a special salute from Exeter DoR Rob Baxter....
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoRadradra shows his class but work to do for Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Unstoppable: Ben Earl goes over for Bristol’s fifth try PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL, and in particular Semi Radradra,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWe took our foot off pedal says Lam
DESPITE the bonus point win Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam wants his side to tidy up their act. “It was...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Harvey Biljon: I’m proud to see so many of my players in the Premiership
Neale Harvey surveys long-term Jersey director of rugby Harvey Biljon on the state of affairs in the second tier
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoStop the nit-picking and depowering of the scrum, Dan Cole warns World Rugby
England and Leicester tighthead Dan Cole offers his views on the scrum after watching Super Rugby this summer
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWilliams column: Scarlets and Ospreys to win amid fireworks
Shane Williams previews the return of the PRO14 and expectations for the four Welsh regions
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath’s Zach Mercer adds on 6lbs to muscle his way into England fold
Conditioning is key at No.8 for Eddie Jones, that's why Mercer has bulked up to compete with Vunipola and Curry
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoProbyn column: Overseas players are both cheaper and always on call
Jeff Probyn analyses Chris Boyd's claim that England's senior Men's team should have more English coaches and how its relative to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWill Hurrell targets Premiership return as skills coach
Jack Zorab finds out how the former Bristol Bears centre is progressing in his health after suffering a stroke that ended...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Yorkshire Carnegie fly-half Alberto Di Bernardo
Former Cornish Pirates, Yorkshire Carnegie and Benetton back Di Bernardo reflects on his career
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Malins, Earl and Sinckler all handed first Bristol starts in Round 15
Catch the teams for Friday's Premiership clashes at AJ Bell Stadium, Kingsholm and Ricoh Arena
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Features
/ 5 years agoIs record-setting Test prop Owen Franks off the pace in northern hemisphere scrums?
The Northampton Saints loosehead and All Blacks centurion Franks is operating at a '3 out of 10' by his admission
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Battered Dylan Hartley bitter ode to the dying of the light
Dylan Hartley's new book will detail the rigours of intense training under England head coach Eddie Jones
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoThe Effects of Gambling on Rugby Union
The game of rugby originated in Warwickshire, England around 1823. It’s said that it began with a football match in which...
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago‘I know I can compete at Premiership level’ – Zac Guildford
Guildford's downfall has been well-documented, but he looks to the likes of Danny Cipriani and Kurtley Beale to know your past...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCanterbury want no part in shortened National League season
The RFU plans to have National League rugby back in November but with much fewer than 30 games to be played
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins back row Jack Clifford forced to retire at 27
A cruel blow to the former England U20s captain who claimed 10 caps for the senior side
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘This is my make or break year’ says Christian Wade of Buffalo Bills roster hopes
Wade is listed as the fifth-choice running back at the team who reached the NFL play-offs last season
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: Port Talbot wizardry fizzes on in Regan Grace
A hat-trick against Leeds Rhinos in SUper League has got everything talking about Regan Grace
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPGB introduce player welfare measures for ‘most arduous playing schedule ever’
27 days will separate the end of the current season from 2020-21
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoSt Helens sensation Regan Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
A hat-trick to marvel at has got everyone talking about the Port Talbot native being a possible code convert
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: England Sevens scrapping sounds alarm bell for World Sevens Series
Brendan Gallagher believes the England Sevens programme did everyything for player development, but nothing for silverware on the Sevens circuit
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBen Earl and Max Malins frozen out of Saracens WhatsApp group while at Bristol
Earl and Malins are both on loan at the Premiership challengers
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoDragons boss Dean Ryan won’t give up the ghost on Wasps’ Will Rowlands
A player the Dragons and WRU appear very keen on bringing to the PRO14
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoTullow Tank backs Stuart Lancaster for Lions coaching gig in 2021
Sean O'Brien speaks of his first-hand experience of working with Stuart Lancaster at Leinster
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoEngland Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing
The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoVirtual Gaming and iGaming
In this article, C.J Fisher partner of Gaming Practice Group discusses the role virtual sports could play in the future for...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJohn Inverdale and RFU director comment on plans to further regionalise grassroots
A vote will be held on October 2 to determine whether clubs reduce schedule demand in National League One and below
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers tighthead Jack Rowntree
There is another Rowntree coming through at the Tigers. Meet Jack, the son of Munster scrum coach Graham
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoGreatest UK rugby teams of all time
Rugby is one of the most popular professional and recreational team sports, which is ultimately appreciated in the UK and beyond...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoFlyer Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
■By PETER JACKSON REGAN Grace, the Welsh flyer whose amazing hat-trick for St Helens has been acclaimed as the greatest in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoLancaster ‘perfect’ coach for the Lions
■By NEALE HARVEY STUART Lancaster would be a “perfect” choice to join Warren Gatland’s Lions’ coaching team in South Africa next...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLate penalty try keeps Bears on the title trail
By MIKE SINCLAIR Last gasp: Bristol celebrate their penalty try in the dying minutes PICTURES:Getty Images On the run: Ben Earl...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPenalty count is worry for Lam
SCOTLAND international Sean Maitland described playing in an empty stadium as “weird”. The Saracens full-back admitted: “It’s going to take a...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBattered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light
DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWarriors brushed aside after Nanai’s early red
■ By ROGER PANTING MELANI Nanai’s red card ruined Jonny May’s comeback and any chance Worcester had of returning from lockdown...
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