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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThis test of strength can sway the series
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... TIGHTHEAD Rock of ages:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBear cubs can go all the way says Morgan
By NEALE HARVEY BRISTOL’S gifted gang of backline proteges are primed to explode on to the international stage, predicts former Wales...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
CHARLIE CLARE, LEICESTER AND FORMER NORTH WALSHAM, JERSEY, BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAY ED WITH...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTHEO BEVACQUA
YOUNG GUNS CARDIFF BLUES LOOSEHEAD Born in London, raised in Heathfield and educated at Eastbourne College, in ordinary circumstances promising prop Theo...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoO’Gara still hates me for the treatment I gave him
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PAUL VOLLEY FORMER WASPS, CASTRES, HARLEQUINS AND LONDON SCOTTISH OPENSIDE I’M sure he won’t like me saying it but...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBig guns will back Bill to save them cash
“What Pichot hopes for is the dream of Tier Two nations, but this can never be achieved” And so it begins,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWakefield leads charge as England claim four Grand Slams in the 20s
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union In the immediate aftermath of World War...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoQUINS DOMINATE THE NEW MIDDLESEX SEVENS COMPETITION
A MAJOR development in the 1920s was the establishment of the end-of-season Middlesex Sevens which were organised by a London Scot...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUSA are shock star turn at two Olympics
IN THE early 1920s the USA proved the unlikely winners of two Olympic rugby titles, beating France on both occasions. In...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWarrior Will targets role as defence commander
By NEALE HARVEY STROKE victim Will Hurrell aims to forge a new career in coaching after revealing how his life might...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow Stuart Hogged the headlines aged 16
By GARY HEATLY Prodigy: Hogg aged 16 ONE minute his cousin was looking to borrow his boots, the next he was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBorthwick promises to end the pain at Tigers
NEW Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick says he will work tirelessly to ease the ‘pain’ caused by the club’s recent demise....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFlyer O’Flaherty extends his stay at Exeter
Rapid: Tom O’Flaherty EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter believes winger Tom O’Flaherty has a big future after tying the 25-year-old...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWhitelock inspired by hero big bro Sam
By NEALE HARVEY Test swansong: Luke Whitelock on the charge for New Zealand against Japan in 2018 PICTURE: Getty Images FRANCE-BASED...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPasty-shop apprentice Luke’s living the dream
Rising star: Luke Northmore HARLEQUINS No.13 Luke Northmore aims to follow teammate Alex Dombrandt in proving why university rugby is becoming...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCaptain to Trustee, Lockyer’s been a Chief for 50 years
Colin Boag continues his series on Super Fans, this week Exeter player turned supporter John Lockyer John Lockyer’s association with Exeter...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPrem may resume as late as end of August
By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP bosses are prepared to wait until the end of August to restart the season. They have prepared...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKpoku bros pose Maro twin threat at Sarries
By NEALE HARVEY RISING Saracens star Joel Kpoku has boldly laid out his manifesto for usurping Maro Itoje and forcing his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAmbitious Pichot aims to gain confidence of Six Nations
From ALEJO MIRANDA in Buenos Aires SHOULD Agustín Pichot become chairman of World Rugby he intends to lead a revolution against...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAshton blames blinkered players for sin-bin failure
By JON NEWCOMBE THE SIN-BIN, rugby’s equivalent of the naughty step, has been around since 1997, to act as a deterrent...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoYoung close to agreeing terms at Wasps
By NEALE HARVEY NEW Wasps supremo Lee Blackett is confident star flanker Thomas Young will put club before country by pledging...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSTEVE GRAINGER RFU SUPPORTING COMMUNITY GAME NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
We’re here to help and will do all we can Following the outbreak of COVID-19 the RFU was one of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSlash salary cap and ditch marquee men
COLIN BORGCOL Million pound man: Semi Radradra will be at Bristol next season, exempt from the salary cap With at least another...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEconomic reality check is required
JEFF Probyn’s article is last week’s Rugby Paper had it just about right as to where Premiership/National League rugby will set...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDeans was short, my Gee told me
BRENDAN Gallagher’s recent article about the 1905 All Blacks invoked a memory. My grandfather Morgan only went to one rugby game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Six Nations to generate extra income
THE recommendation from Bernard Laporte for a Club World Cup is a non starter, especially if it’s only to be played...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSet-piece has gone skewiff
NIGEL Owens asks for referees and players to join forces to sort law breaking regarding the scrum put-in but it is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK
The hustings buzz with Pichot’s promises AGUSTIN Pichot and Bernard Laporte are peas out of the same pod, and not just...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSalary cuts could be here to stay for players
IT is an unpalatable truth for most Premiership clubs that rampant wage inflation has played a big part in the perilous...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWedding killer set for power
WORLD Rugby’s influential executive committee could be about to break unwanted new ground with the election of Francis Kean, who was...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 5-1
Out countdown reaches its conclusion...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhat’s in Sunday’s Rugby Paper?
Plenty of good reading in Sunday’s paper so be sure you get a copy! Struggling to get to the shops? You...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership could bring down £7m salary cap limit to help clubs
The rigidity of the salary cap stands to put Premiership clubs deeper into trouble unless it adapts
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions Tour contenders RANKED – Jamie George faces challenge from bolters
Nick Cain ranks the five hookers leading the way to start for the Lions against the Springboks in 2021
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe RFU have treated the Championship disgracefully, Nottingham’s chairman explains
'Everyone below the Premiership has been left to fend for themselves', says Alistair Bow
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoHead coach Wayne Pivac confirms three Wales players contracted Covid-19
Pivac reveals a small number of the Wales squad have been affected by the virus
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Exeter Chiefs flanker Dave Ewers
Fresh from signing a new deal at Sandy Park, we asked Dave Ewers to pick a Dream Team
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoRugby in sportsbooks goes down as event cancellations due to coronavirus continues
Earlier this year all sports events were cancelled or postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus spreading around the globe. One month...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland’s battle at No.9 – Alex Mitchell ready to run with big dogs
Training and playing with Cobus Reinach has pushed Mitchell to challenge Youngs and Heinz
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGareth Davies is losing three-way race for Wales No.9 shirt, says Rob Jones
Two-time Lions tourist Robert Jones weighs in on who can rudder Wales' backline under Wayne Pivac
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Now Eddie Jones can make up for mistakes at the World Cup
Well I guess it was no surprise that Eddie Jones got his contract extension even if he and many others thought...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 10-6
An All Blacks career derailed and the Caribbean-English trailblazer born in the wrong era
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby announces eight-figure global relief fund for unions
Together with the Six Nations and Sanzaar, World Rugby are examining the rugby calendar
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 15-11
Brendan Gallagher rankings of talents who didn't fulfil their potential continues...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A: Ben Smith – All Blacks would be wrong to start selecting Europe-based players
Legendary All Blacks full-back Ben Smith talks at length about his New Zealand career and time in France with Pau
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: The past was a different country for rugby thrills
Brendan Gallagher believes conservative play has etched into modern rugby
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoShining star Lewis Jones still beams bright at 89
The 19-year-old Test Lion would become the subject of rugby's record transfer fee, and played at Lord's
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaints sign emerging duo Ollie Sleightholme and Connor Tupai to new deals
England U20 wing Sleightholme has been in prolific form for Northampton since making his debut in 2018
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoArgentina abandon 2027 Rugby World Cup bid, lend backing to Australia
The world will have to wait a little longer for the first Rugby World Cup in South America
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens ask highest earners to accept partial wage deferrals
Reigning Premiership champions take major measures towards maintaining their sustainability
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