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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSam Parry stays on at Ospreys amid strong interest from Cardiff Blues
The hooker has committed to the Ospreys, who will have Toby Booth join them as head coach in the summer
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pandemic ends Brock James chance at fitting farewell
Synonymous with the Top 14, Peter Jackson finds how La Rochelle's Brock James is in esteemed company with other No.10s
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProspect of 100 caps won’t deter Courtney Lawes from interest abroad
The Northampton Saints lock talks to Neale Harvey about his where his focus lies beyond his Lions tour hopes
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Steve Hansen still sucking sour grapes over Lions
Reversal of penalty against Ken Owens in the third Test still rankles with the Kiwis three years on
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Harlequins wing Charlie Walker opts for homecoming after stint with Zebre
Walker had been a target to replace Jonny May for Leicester Tigers
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Enforced rest period will boost Wales team
The downtime in rugby will be welcome to players who toured with the Lions in 2017, with rest hard to come...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Mako Vunipola let playing waiting game on Saracens future
The loosehead prop reflects on a 'bizarre' nine months in his life
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby shock wins and upsets
Brendan Gallagher recalls rugby’s biggest ever shocks, at club and internaitonal level, and ranks each for the magnitude of the upset....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Plan for rugby’s global calendar sees Six Nations run into May
Peter Jackson exclusively reports on how the club and international calendar could be about to shift its axis
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeinster’s Joe Tomane to head to Dragons in the summer
The Dragons continue to recruit some impressive players for their squad next season
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU chief Bill Sweeney gives honest account of financial peril game faces
Sweeney spoke to the DCMS committee on Tuesday to discuss the shape of finances
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen of Premiership Rugby’s 13 member clubs consider breakaway
BT Sport's deal with PRL is up next year and has hastened talk of a breakaway to allow club's outright control...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCanterbury and Adidas lose out to rival as England confirm new kit sponsor deal
England Men's team, Red Roses, Sevens and age grade teams will no longer wear Canterbury
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks name flanker Sam Cane as new captain
Ian Foster has named his successor to Kieran Read as captain of New Zealand
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers go full rebuild to back three department, as 21 set to exit
Will Tigers bring in more firepower to add to Nemani Nadolo's arrival?
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby
You better have your passport ready at airport security...
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Bath and England lock Elliott Stooke
The Bath second row picks a XV based on the best players he has played alongside or faced as an opponent
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Club – Otley: Nigel Melville looks back on where it all started
Nigel Melville recalls watching Roses matches at Cross Green as a boy with his father
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish Lions 2021 tour could be cancelled to preserve home unions finances, report claims
Lions 2021 tour to fall victim to backlogged Test calendar?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIreland and Leinster wing Fergus McFadden to retire at season’s end
"They say the best time to leave a party is when you're still having fun" - McFadden
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGlobal plan sees club season run into July
EXCLUSIVE ■By PETER JACKSON Mako may quit Sarries England prop Mako Vunipola says he has yet to decide whether to remain...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNow ten teams talk about break from PRL
■By NICK CAIN THE plans for a breakaway from PRL by Premiership clubs is gathering momentum, with ten clubs now actively...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnforced rest period will boost Welsh team
SHANE WILLIAMS Happy event: George North is preparing for fatherhood PICTURE: Getty Images They say every cloud has a silver lining...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBloodgate was brazen – with comic moments
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s biggest scandals Winker: Harlequins wing Tom Williams walks off with physio...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWalker opts for Ealing not Tigers
Return: Charlie Walker LEICESTER Tigers are in the market for an English-qualified winger following the departure of England star Jonny May...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCockerill confirms Jono switch
Deal: Jono Lance EDINBURGH have confirmed they have signed Worcester Warriors fly-half Jono Lance a month after Blindside revealed they were...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWiese wants to opt out of deal with Saracens
Doubts: Cobus Wiese SARACENS’ move for Sharks youngster Cobus Wiese is in doubt following their relegation to the Championship next season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoDragons line up Joe to partner Tompkins
THE DRAGONS are set to continue their recruitment drive by landing Leinster powerhouse centre Joe Tomane on a deal from next...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVan der Merwe on the move
GLASGOWWarriors’ record tryscorer DTH van der Merwe is to leave the club at the end of the current season. The Canadian...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWelsh duo re-sign
DRAGONS back Will Talbot-Davies has signed a two-year deal which will keep him at the region until 2022. The 22-year-old has...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTough call, but rugby must help the islands
CHRIS HEWETT Fiji talent: Semi Radradra PICTURE: Getty Images When the Bristol scrum-half Richard Harding led England onto the field in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSuddenly Sale don’t shine so Diamond bright
FAF DE KLERK, Lood de Jager, Jono Ross, Coenie Oosthuizen, Akker van der Merwe, the Du Preez boys in triplicate… Frankly,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’m my worst critic, when I watch myself on TV I cringe!
Japan-bound: George Kruis leaving creates an England vacancy EPS choices: Charlie Ewels and Alex Moon JONNY Hill is doing his best...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJONNY HILL ON…
…his lockdown regime “I’ve got a programme from our S&C guys, which runs from Mondays to Fridays and is quite intense....
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Features
/ 6 years agoCourtney is best bet to counter Du Toit
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… BLINDSIDE FLANKER Tried-and-tested: Courtney Lawes’...
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Features
/ 6 years ago57 old farts and one nauseous reporter!
RUGBY MATTERS Controversy: Will Carling, right, with RFU president Dennis Easby, left, and Les Cuworth in 1995 PICTURE: Getty Images REMARKABLY...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMost scenic rugby venue in the world? You decide…
Idyllic: Agustin Pichot Stadium YOU know that moment when you have got to the airport on time, miraculously the check in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Leading contenders to be 2021 Lions openside National League One Team of the Season History of Rugby: Post-war glory for Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBurns quits Bath for deal in Japan
FREDDIE Burns will leave the Premiership this summer to play in Japan. The Bath fly-half, right, will exit the Rec to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRFU playing figures are wrong says Cattermole
■By SAM JACKSON Challenge: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has followed his farreaching interview in last week’s Rugby Paper by...
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Latest News
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy mission is to make Bath exciting and scoring tries
Q&A STUART HOOPER ON THE RECORD Incredible impact: Gabe Hamer-Webb PICTURES: Getty Images Loving the job: Stuart Hooper Bath’s first-year director...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Jonah, just doing what came so naturally
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 agoVirus ends Brock’s hope of a fitting career finale
Last hurrah: Brock James playing for La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images On the first weekend of January this year in the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWales make it painful viewing for Red Rose
KICKING off at 9pm this Friday (May 8), S4C will fill the rugby void by rerunning the first of three Wales-Eng-...
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Features
/ 6 years agoColombiers were so close to place in the limelight again
JUST as the Tartan Army sang about ‘only one team in Tallinn’ when Estonia’s footballers failed to turn up for a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Fans dig deep for the future of Blood and Sand ■By JEREMY BLACKMORE FANS of Cambridge RUFC have rallied behind the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBurrows muscles in for hat-trick but super Falcons take top billing
Jon Newcombe picks The Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season Hot-stepper: Newcastle’s Adam Radwan scores against Jersey PICTURE: Simom Hall...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmps fired up for a second ride in the Championship
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Star signing: Dave Ward has been magnificent AMPTHILL chairman Alex Radley described the club’s first Championship season as...
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