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Features
/ 6 years agoRugby’s looking at rocky ride to Tokyo
AND it was all going so smoothly! The reintroduction of rugby, in the form of Sevens, to the Olympic movement has...
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Features
/ 6 years agoItalian powerhouse Pierluigi was a man of many talents
Lock star: Camiscioni ONE of the more colourful Italian internationals of recent years, Pierluigi Camiscioni, has passed away aged just 67....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoUnpaid Tier 2 players may have contracts cancelled
By NEALE HARVEY Lucky: David Williams ON-LOAN Leicester wing David Williams claims Championship players are going unpaid as tier two clubs...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoMadigan’s magic boot puts Ulster into the final
By BRYN PALMER ULSTER staged a stunning second-half fightback at Murrayfield to become only the second team after Scarlets to win...
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/ 6 years agoLeo’s champions are a class above
By DECLAN ROONEY Pointing the way: Cian Healy celebrates as Rónan Kelleher scores the game’s only try TEAMS LEINSTER: Larmour 6...
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/ 6 years agoHow could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Glory days: Ospreys beat Leicester Tigers to win the 2008 Anglo-Welsh Cup Ospreylia...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThankfully the Lions will keep their spin purely for their passes
THOSE of us granted the dubious privilege of reporting on the worst Lions tour of the professional era will have been...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHard work from Chiefs impresses Hepher
ENGLAND hopefuls Jonny Hill and Sam Simmonds scored hat-tricks as Exeter cruised to a nine-try win. The Chiefs had the bonus...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoInjury-hit Wasps land late stinger
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Binned: Sam Underhill WASPS edged a thriller at The Rec with a penalty try five minutes from time...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoOutstanding Ollie catches Tigers cold
By PAUL ROGERS OLLIE Thorley scored four first-half tries but Gloucester were eventually made to work hard for the win by...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBonus point boosts Quins’ play-off bid
By SAM JACKSON Making a splash: Chris Ashton scores Quins’ fourth try Early try: Rory Hutchinson CHRIS Ashton’s bonuspoint try helped...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSarries hit Exiles academy boys for six
By TOM WALKER SARACENS continued to build towards their Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster on September 19 with a comfortable win...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoNapoleonic air of disdain from diminutive Dominici
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 agoSuper Rugby exit won’t stop Pumas being competitive
LES CUSWORTH ON THE RECORD Q&A Former England and Leicester fly-half Les Cusworth has spent the last 16 years living and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACK BATES BRISTOL WINGER As a four-year-old peering over the fence at the Blackthorn End of the Memorial Stadium, Jack Bates...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoNo place for BOD in Rock’s ‘96 all-stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Starter at 10: Brian O’Driscoll playing fly-half for Blackrock College in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTwinkle toes Vasily danced a merry jig at Blackrock
ONE of Blackrock’s more exotic recent products is Russia’s captain Vasily Artemyev, who made such a big impression at RWC2019, first...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSweeney’s legacy will depend on Prem talks
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Rich pickings: Players are paid more to represent England than any other...
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/ 6 years agoKing plots new ‘Wasps’ dynasty with Cips at helm
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX King is banking on Danny Cipriani’s leadership and a bit of hard-nosed Wasps DNA to bring glory...
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/ 6 years agoWe’re still a few years behind Exeter says Diamond
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE Sharks boss Steve Diamond reckons it will be “two to three years” before his side can call...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKnife in the back from Gloucester still so raw
DAVE SIMS THE FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER, WORCESTER, EXETER & LAUNCESTON LOCK MY LIFEIN RUGBY Proud moment: Dave Sims in action for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIbitoye off to a flyer on debut for Agen
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There has been actual, genuine, Top 14 rugby to talk about this week, as – after a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEloff’s late try earns Rebels a date with the Reds
By ADAM ELLIS SUPER RUGBY CABOUS Eloff was the hero for the Rebels against the Western Force with his late try...
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/ 6 years agoLaunchbury’s hitting best form when it matters most
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS and England lock Joe Launchbury says he has no issues with putting his body on the line...
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/ 6 years agoBeno’s backing Bath to spring a surprise
By JON NEWCOMBE After him! Beno Obano sets off on a barnstorming run for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images BENO OBANO relished...
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/ 6 years ago‘Bomber’ gets taster of top-flight at Saracens
By JON NEWCOMBE CHAMPIONSHIP Dream XV prop Robin Hislop has secured a short-term loan move to reigning European and Premiership champions...
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/ 6 years agoAll systems go again as Tomas eyes Test recall
By NEALE HARVEY FIT-AGAIN Exeter and Wales prop Tomas Francis says competition is driving him on as he targets a domestic...
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/ 6 years agoSharks poacher Ben happy playing the waiting game
By JON NEWCOMBE AS a talented young cricketer, Ben Curry used to score his runs slow and steady and that patience...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBears criticism unfair
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk ALTHOUGH a Bears’ supporter,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPremiership must learn from folly of English football
WHICH Premiership club will follow Arsenal and be the first to field a team 100 per cent nonqualified for England. I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoInconsistencies are ruining spectacle
EXETER are a great side and I enjoy watching them, even when they give my own side Worcester a thrashing. However,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSA are powering Sale but is that good for England?
COLIN BOAG South African recruits: Sale’s Faf de Klerk, right, and Lood de Jager Am I the only one who is...
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/ 6 years agoRobertson as consultant would be good Lions call
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Massive character: Scott Robertson breakdancing after his Crusaders beat the Jaguares in 2019 PICTURE:...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoManu muscles in for try on Tigers return
By ROB WILDMAN Happy homecoming: Manu Tuilagi scores for Sale SALE tried to bulldoze Leicester aside in a ferocious assault fired...
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘Good to get win over my mates’
MANU Tuilagi declared after he scored a try on his Welford Road return: “I loved it.” Tuilagi insisted it was all...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrilliant Bath pull plug on Quins top four hope
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS did a fine job welcoming back 2,700 fans to the Stoop yesterday – and hopefully their professionalism...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGustard: Great to see fans back in
STAR man Rhys Priestland was impressed by Bath’s ability to put their last minute defeat to Wasps behind them. “We are...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Mark Jones: Razor’s the best coach I’ve seen
Another great year for Welsh coach Mark Jones in New Zealand with the Crusaders
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoEx-AFL ace Kurt Heatherley hopes to lift Jersey Reds
6'4" Heatherley played at Hawthorn in the AFL, but was brought up in New Zraland loving rugby
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Alex Goode reaches major milestone for Saracens
Ever-present Goode will reach 300 appearances in this weekend's clash with Wasps
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Edinburgh make eight changes for play-off bow
The PRO14 reaches the knockout stages of its 2019-20 season this weekend in Dublin and Edinburgh
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLeicester lock Blake Enever reflects on uncertainty of Australian rugby at start of outbreak
Enever had been in prime position to represent the Wallabies before Rugby Australia finances cracked
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRebels coach Geoff Parling zooms in to help hometown club Stockton
The Melbourne-based former England lock has been calling in to Stockton RFC while coaching the Rebels in Super Rugby AU
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSaracens sign prop Robin Hislop on loan from Doncaster Knights
Hislop joins as injury cover at loosehead for the rest of Saracens' Prmeiership campaign
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Features
/ 6 years ago‘With every try I score I honour my best mate who died’ – Stuart Hogg
The Scotland captain was involved in a car accident which he was fortunate to escape from a decade ago
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoYorkshire Carnegie renamed and pledge to get ‘back to roots’
Carnegie will become Leeds Tykes once again, says new chairman
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European Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoTackling Radradra? I used to face Billy Vunipola in training, says Nick Tompkins
Dragons centre Nick Tompkins is already looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bristol Bears
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: James Whitcombe keeping the great prop dynasty alive
Four generations of Whitcombes that are steeped in history and, in young Leicester prop James' case, promise
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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