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Premiership
/ 6 years agoChris runs 12 in 12 marathons to support dad Roy
NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY Bond: Chris with dad Roy CHRIS LAIDLAW, the son of Scotland and British & Irish Lions...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 years agoEx-Wales wing Aled Brew calls time after 17 years
FORMER Wales wing Aled Brew has retired from rugby at the age of 34. Brew’s short-term deal at Scarlets has come...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCockerill targets Quins centre Lang
SCOTLAND international James Lang, right, looks set to swap one capital city for another next season with a move from Harlequins...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers chase Taylor
LEICESTER Tigers are expected to open talks in the New Year with Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor. Taylor, 29, who won his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Tipuric’s flourish lights up the year Top try: Justin Tipuric scores for Wales against England...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
Keep in touch with The Rugby Paper wherever you are at home and abroad! It is now available as an online...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTragedy on the Andes became story of heroism
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
/ 6 years agoFrom amateur to pro: Kyran Bracken outlines 12-month challenge
Kyran Bracken explains the audacious plan to turn George Hardy, a player he unearthed while coaching at Wanstead RFC, into a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKyran’s relit the fire in me to become a professional
George Hardy says: THE height of my playing career came at university level with Swansea and my three years there in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGreats of game, never forgotten
Brendan Gallgher looks back over 2020 and chronicles the outstanding figures lost to rugby Trademark moustache: Mike Slemen with England Mercurial:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBeing mangled by Gats was good career move
MY LIFE IN RUGBY BERNARD JACKMAN THE FORMER IRELAND, SALE SHARKS, CONNACHT AND LEINSTER HOOKER Charge: Leinster’s Bernard Jackman is tackled...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Try these hidden joys of the Championship BRENDAN GALLAGHER What a cracker:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCare’s not a former player yet, so Quins job comes first
QUINS boss Paul Gustard spent this week looking for answers after his side’s miserable non-performance against Racing last week. His side...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFirst lady Mavis is pride of the Pirates
WHILE doffing their caps to Gillian Burns at Waterloo and Eileen Shepherd at Percy Park, Cornish Pirates are going in to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOM CAIRNS EXETER SCRUM-HALF Faced with the veritable battalion of scrum-halves standing in his way at Exeter, you might expect 18-year-old...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ban rush defences to reduce brain harm World Cup glory in 2003: Law of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSt Brendan’s became back row powerhouse
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools The name of St Brendan’s Bristol might not mean much to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN My team of 2020…and nearly all are French! Try time: Cheslin Kolbe was in top form for Toulouse ■...
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Features
/ 6 years agoOspreys set to pick over parts of striken Cheetahs
Probyn: Ban rush defences to reduce brain injuries ■ By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys are looking to take advantage of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGB Sevens funded for Olympics
ENGLAND, Scotland and Wales will unite to field a combined GB Sevens team for the 2021 season ahead of the Olympics...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGetting tackling right will ease the injury threat says Edwards
SHAUN Edwards – rugby’s top defence coach – has warned the game could become even more dangerous if players don’t practise...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSarries must wait until March to start
SARACENS’ England internationals will not play a competitive game before the Six Nations after the new Championship season was delayed until...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop the clock until ball is back in play
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WOULD like to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU must stamp authority by ruling out ring-fencing
I AM saddened at the numerous TRP reports regarding the ‘ring-fencing’ of the top tier. Do the current executives of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWillings at helm for Durham glory days
FIRST may I thank Brendan Gallagher for the excellent series on the great schools. I write as a former pupil of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMonye and Obano put World Rugby to shame
COLIN BOAG Vile sentiments: Pablo Matera was let off by Argentinian Union As a year that has been like no other...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
CALLUM PATTERSON, CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER ULSTER, BALLYMENA AND NEWPORT SALOP CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoFurious Lam spurs his Bears into the mood
By GARY FITZGERALD Momentum: Dan Thomas scores Bristol’s first try despite the efforts of Marcus Smith PICTURES: Getty Images Doubling up:...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHalf-time rollicking did trick for Bears, says Yann Thomas
Bristol Bears prop Thomas reveals how Pat Lam inspired the team to victory with a second-half fightback against Harlequins
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoChampion Chiefs sign off superb year with bonus win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs, understandably rusty in the first half after their recent Covid travails, signed off a momentous year...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoJavan Sebastian is repaying faith of Scarlets coaches
At 26, prop Sebastian seems to be tapping into the potential the Scarlets have long believed the tighthead held
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘No hurry’ as Cipriani decides to take a break
What are the next steps for Danny Cipriani after his exit at Gloucester early in the season?
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHarlequins No.8 Alex Dombrandt sheds the pounds to cash in with Eddie
Quins talisman Dombrandt, yet to be capped by England, tells Neale Harvey how he has grafted to get into Test condition
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Susie Appleby: So refreshing to be treated as equals at Exeter Chiefs
The new three-year cycle of the Premier 15s welcomed Exeter Chiefs to the league's structure as a new club. Neale Harvey...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlex Waller working to steady Northampton Saints ship
Saints co-captain Waller addresses the Premiership club's worrying form since their return to rugby in August
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoYoung bucks helping Dan Evans chase down Shane’s mark at Ospreys
Ospreys full-back Dan Evans is just seven tries short Shane Williams' tally of 57 for the region
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPostive tests at Leicester sees Premiership clash with Newcastle called off
Tigers trip to Kingston Park on Boxing Day cancelled due to positive tests and resulting number of squad forced to self-isolate
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoConsistency key for high jumper Freddie Steward, after breakthrough year at Leicester Tigers
Former England U20 star Steward reflects on 2020, ending the year as Leicester's nailed-on starter at full-back
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoYou lot are subs right? | Nick Cain
Nick Cain looks at how squads attempting to build an atmosphere at empty stadiums can cross the line
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Features
/ 6 years agoJapan and Fiji could spring the big surprise at 2023 Rugby World Cup
Nick Cain examines the winners and losers from the 2023 Rugby World Cup draw
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNewcastle confirm signings of Argentina pair Santiago Grondona and Mateo Carreras
As reported in TRP, Falcons have completed deals for Pumas flanker Grondona and wing Carreras
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoArgentina prop Chaparro joins Bristol Bears
Capped 54 times by Los Pumas, tighthead Chaparro is set to move to Ashton Gate next month
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Latest News
/ 6 years ago‘Hundreds’ set to join brain injury court fight
Peter Jackson reports on the growing number of retired rugby players pledging their support to the court case seeking damages over...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Nigel Melville is PRL’s new executive chairman
Former RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville takes senior position at Premiership Rugby
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoSale 15-16 Edinburgh: Drama as Paul Deacon sees Sale lose plot
Sale Sharks throw away first-half lead to fall to Richard Cockerill's Edinburgh
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoBears ace Harry Randall aims to show Eddie he’s the man for all seasons in Galway
Neale Harvey previews Bristol's Champions Cup trip to Connacht with England hopeful Harry Randall
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoUBB 47-8 Dragons: Matthieu Jalibert puts the boot into illness-hit Dragons
Les Bleus star Jalibert dampens Dragons' woes, as Dean Ryan contends with 16 unavailable players against the mite of Bordeaux-Begles
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoGloucester 38-34 Ulster: George Barton grabs the glory as Gloucester leave it so late
20-year-old George Barton scores match-winning try in the 84th minute, triggering scenes of jubilation at Kingsholm
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoPaul Gustard demands cool heads or see Champions Cup hopes fade
Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard urges his side to keep strict discipline as Racing 92 await in the Champions Cup
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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