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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWas Eileen first Lady President?
WHILE reading England’s Hall of Fame listing on World Rugby’s website I came across the entry for Gillian Burns. Among the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnd yellow bib brigade
I PLAYED rugby in the era that celebrated a player scoring by waiting until he reached the halfway line and then...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIs Farrell still untouchable?
I’M starting to question Owen Farrell’s place in the team. What does he bring that others do not? At flyhalf he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt’s snore fest
WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStem Bok tide
S -outh A -fricans L -oving E -ngland R -aises U -underlying F -uture C -oncerns Why are foreign “stars” being...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoI’ll take victory over entertainment all day
AS a lifelong Northampton Saints supporter, I was intrigued by the media/supporter views on England’s win over France last Sunday…or to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards factor critical for France
Lucky escape: England players mob Owen Farrell after he kicked the winning penalty in extra time PICTURE: Getty Images JERRY Guscott’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPoor all round
ENGLAND’S game against France, a team with one tenth of the caps England has, was just appalling. To win by three...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoShaun agrees, refs need French
I GOT some stick in a reader’s letter after I expressed my surprise that Nigel Owens had never tried to use...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoSpencer rues try that got away as Bath fall
■By GARY FITZGERALD STUART Hooper told his players “You got what you deserved” and refused to blame officials as Bath were...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTable-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’
Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoEvans: Big hearts won the day for us
STEFF Evans hailed the heart and desire that helped Scarlets defy a desperate late Bath onslaught for his side’s memorable win...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Simon Halliday: Revised Euro Cup formats will provide a great narrative
EPCR chairman Simon Halliday opens up on the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup format changes and the prospect of a World...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoRusty Scarlets face uphill task at The Rec
The Welsh region has been impacted by a period of required self-isolation in the lead up to their clash with Bath...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish scrum-half Caolan Englefield
Despite being in the Harlequins academy, Englefield explains how he was also on the pathway at the Exiles
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlex Gray is back from NFL ready to become Eddie’s new hybrid super star
After playing for Atlanta Falcons, Bath signing Alex Gray tells NEALE HARVEY he has returned from the NFL determined to fulfil...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoEarle: I’d like to think my mental strength got me through injury rehab
Harlequins winger Nathan Earle had been in Eddie Jones' plans prior to suffering a knee injury in 2019
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWe MUST stay ahead of France says Eddie
Prem set to leave door ajar for Ealing ■By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has warned that England are in a race...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRing fence Prem is ‘moving nearer’
‘France pushing us to be better’ ■By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby’s move for a ring-fenced league is gathering pace, with an...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNorth gets back in the try habit as Wales remember how to succeed
■By PETER JACKSON PLAYER WATCH... Wales........................38pts Tries: Hardy 7, Parry 17, G Davies 57, North 68, Tipuric 75 Conversions: Sheedy 8,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘We’ll give England Six Nations challenge’
WAYNE Pivac insists Wales will push Eddie Jones’ England all the way for the 2021 Six Nations title after they ended...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMorale-boosting finish to Wayne’s annus horribilis
SHANE WI LLIAMS COMMENT SO that’s the end of 2020 for Wales. I think most people will be glad to see...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNadolo’s in hat-trick form as Fiji fly at last
■By MIKE SINCLAIR Georgia ....................24pts Fiji................................38pts Tries: Melikidze 22, Saginhadze 67, 78 Conversions: Abzhandadze 22, 67, 78 Penalties: Abhandadze 10 NEMANI...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFiji grow through their Covid ordeal for Cotter to claim winning start
Persuasive: Vern Cotter THE persuasive powers of new coach Vern Cotter, who lured Nemani Nadolo out of international retirement, proved a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCLOSE-UP
GIORGI HVESELADZE Georgia outside centre v SEMI RADRADRA Fiji outside centre Kveseladze, from Georgian part-time club RC Armazi Marneuli, hardly saw...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Northampton Saints winger Tom Collins
Collins lists three of his biggest pet hates in life
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Features
/ 6 years agoSpringbok star Van Zyl joins Saracens promotion bid
Saracens appear to have found their replacement for Richard Wigglesworth among their scrum-half options
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Features
/ 6 years agoStuart Hooper lands his fly-half with Tian Schoeman joining Bath
BATH have ended their long search for a new fly-half after agreeing to sign Tian Schoeman from former South African PRO14...
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Features
/ 6 years agoA West Country battle looms over Obano signature
EXETER CH IEFS want to mak e a move early in the New Year to lure loosehead Beno O bano away...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish sign Bulls hooker Corniel Els
Declan Kidney has bolstered the Exiles options at hooker with the addition of Corniel Els from the Bulls, TRP understands
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Features
/ 6 years agoDiamond says niet
SALE SHARKS boss Steven Diamond has abandoned his bid to tempt a Russian international to move to the AJ Bell Stadium....
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Features
/ 6 years agoAim to be world’s best or quit says Healey
AUSTIN Healy says this is the make or break year for a lot of Leicester’s youngsters and that if they don’t...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGreat attacking teams are why we love rugby
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE king of sports, as Rugby Union supporters once dubbed it, has been knocked around in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBad move on Matera
PABLO Matera’s reinstatement as Argentina’s captain a few days after he was removed was chronic bad judgement by the Argentine Rugby...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU must not cave in to Prem pressure
WITH strong rumours of an attempt to ring-fence the top league at the end of this campaign persisting, it is time...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCropper’s coming, but not just yet says Deano
By ROB WILDMAN NEWCASTLE continue to defy the pundits and thoroughly deserved this win over a flat and depleted Wasps team....
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBlackett: Gutted as basics let Wasps down
Last season's Premiership finalists fall to successive defeats in 27-17 loss to Newcastle Falcons
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoTigers put up a fight but Chiefs power in for a bonus
By GARY FITZGERALD EXETER’S well-drilled, well-oiled machine ground Tigers into submission with another formidable pack-driven performance at Welford Road. The champions took...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoExeter captain Jack Yeandle eager for Glasgow Warriors challenge
Yeandle is already looking ahead to the Chiefs' Champions Cup opener against Glasgow after easing past Leicester in the Premiership
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath weather fly-half storm to canter home
By TOM BRADSHAW A MUSCULAR display by the Bath pack laid the foundations for a bonus-point win that got the West...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlan Solomons frustrated Worcester’s by poor finishing
Warriors director of rugby Solomons bemoans botched attacking phases in 33-17 defeat to Bath
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBristol’s super sub Sam Bedlow kicks Saints into submission
All the drama from Bristol's last-gasp victory over Northampton Saints on Friday night, when Sam Bedlow was the hero
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBoyd: We should have won, we’re not waving white flags yet
The post-match reaction of Northampton director of rugby Chris Boyd to Saints' defeat to Bristol in the Premiership
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoInverdale: February date for League Cup
■By NEALE HARVEY NCA chairman John Inverdale is confident the National League Cup will proceed, although the Covid-19 tiers mean the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEddie can’t afford French lesson from their reserves
ENGLAND are oddson to collect their second trophy in two months by lifting the Autumn Nations Cup at Twickenham this afternoon,...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoEvans aims to put on a variety show for the fans
By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS fly-half Lloyd Evans says Gloucester will happily eschew a slavish kicking game if his side keep racking...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDombrandt keeps armband as Ashton starts at 15
Captain: Dombrandt GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington makes two changes to the team that beat Wasps last weekend. Lewis Ludlow...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPreview: London Irish must up tempo to sap Sharks power
Exiles full-back Tom Homer talks to Neale Harvey ahead of the visit of Sale Sharks to the Brentford Community Stadium on...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKick fest at Falcons was excruciating says Sale’s Sam James
Sale Sharks centre Sam James reflects on the defeat to Newcastle Falcons that had viewers in despairs of boredom
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRetaining marquee men could have dire ripple effect
COLIN Boag is right to flag up the potentially massive loophole in the new Premiership salary cap rules represented by provisions...
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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