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Guest Blogs
/ 7 years agoAll you need to know about rugby betting strategies
Even though football, tennis, and horse racing are still the most popular betting sports, rugby is slowly making its way to...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoRFU column: We’re here to help and will do all we can
Direct from the RFU, director Steve Grainger outlines the work they are doing to prevent clubs from going to the wall
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWill Hurrell harbours dreams of being defence commander after stroke ends playing career
The Bristol Bears centre talks to TRP's Neale Harvey after his retirement announcement last week
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Featured
/ 7 years agoQ&A – Lee Blackett: Wasps can show the director of rugby role isn’t essential
Wasps head coach Lee Blackett wants his squad to play to his philosophy of 'attacking fear'
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: 10-6
British & Irish Lions icon Willie John McBride enters the list, as we near revealing No.1
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Leicester and ex-Bedford Blues and Northampton hooker Charlie Clare
Charlie Clare picks a best XV based on players he has played with or faced as an opponent
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Axed star Peter Larter still doesn’t know why
Peter Jackson journeys back to The Troubles when England went where others at the time feared to tread: Dublin
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoRaelene Castle quits as chief executive of Rugby Australia
CEO leaves position after facing extreme scrutiny and receiving vote of no confidence from 11 former Wallabies captains
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership season may resume as late as end of August
TRP understands Premiership clubs will be given a minimum of five weeks to get squads match-ready
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNational One in conflict over salary cap reduction
Not everyone in National League One is in favour of a financial reset
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRevealed: Saracens make first signings for life in the Championship
Bedford Blues and USA fly-half Will Hooley is set to join Saracens, Neil Fissler reports
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales international Thomas Young close to new Wasps deal
Young set to put his Wales dream on hold by committing to Wasps
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers fend off interest for another international in their backline
After losing Jonny May to Gloucester, Tigers face another fight to keep hold of winger
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago“Everyone understands the situation” – Ulster furlough all players and coaching staff
Ulster chief executive outlines prudent steps being taken to keep province sustainable
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: The hustings buzz with the promises of Agustin Pichot
Nick Cain says the campaign to become World Rugby chairman is verging on ageism
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDoncaster Knights deducted five points for breaching RFU’s rules on agents
Championship club found to have breached intermediary regulations and docked points
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Riches of Japan spell big trouble for players in England and Wales
Growth of game in the Far East will leave unions short given selection criteria, writes Shane Williams
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEx-Gloucester prop Gareth Denman one of two signings set to hit trail to Ealing
Neil Fissler reports on the two players set to switch Championship clubs, plus Exeter Chiefs extend deal for veteran
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoRugby Matters: Gus Pichot has visions of changing the world
Talk of revolution is in the air as Pichot's invokes Che
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: No 15-11
Trouble seemed to find its way to Bakkies Botha on the rugby pitch...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe three Premiership clubs who vetoed reducing the salary cap from £7m to £5.5m
Salary cap operating window and player turnover come July had led to vote on lowering limit
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoExclusive: Plans to hold Six Nations in FULL this autumn
Peter Jackson reports on the contingency talks for a second Six Nations in November
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Features
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester full-back/centre Tom Stanton
Tom Stanton has played plenty at outside centre, but wants to stamp his mark at full-back
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFiji chairman forced to resign from World Rugby Council amid allegations of homophobia
World Rugby withdraw candidacy for executive committee and place on World Rugby Council of FRU chairman Francis Kean
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-Canada, Sale, London Welsh and Esher utility back Phil MacKenzie
Three relegations haven't dampened the Canadian's outlook on his time in English club rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMunster prop James Cronin given one-month doping ban after pharmacy mix-up
Wrong medication leads to Cronin testing positive for two prohibited substances
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoTop 20 rugby hard cases countdown: 20-16
Brendan Gallagher begins his countdown of rugby's hardest men
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWe can become regulars in the top two, says Northampton Saints No.8 Teimana Harrison
The Northampton Saints No.8 tells Neale Harvey how he is revelling his role as co-captain
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoRugby’s finest rushed to the battlefront and died heroes with VCs
FOR three decades or more before 1914 the young men of Britain and its extended Empire had been fighting generally good...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohn Wells to leave Newcastle Falcons for role in Italy
Defence coach John Wells will take up a new challenge with Rugby Colorno
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoCVC £300m investment into Six Nations put on ice
Deal between CVC and Six Nations put on hold until Test calendar becomes clear
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoAgustin Pichot wants to see British & Irish Lions tour Americas
Standing to be elected chairman of World Rugby, Pichot has spoken about his thoughts on how Lions tours could expand
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Guest Blogs
/ 7 years agoCoronavirus leads to lull in sports betting
The coronavirus pandemic has ended up delivering a lethal yet unexpected blow to the sports betting industry. According to many industry...
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Guest Blogs
/ 7 years agoRugby betting guide for beginners
Watching sports, including rugby, can make you a happier person, at least if you don’t take losses personally. On the flip...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPlan to hold Six Nations in full again in autumn
Compensation issue By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations are in the process of finalising contingency plans for an emergency tournament to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSalary cap cuts are thrown out by big three
Billy’s boost from Italy By NEIL FISSLER Young: He’s set to stay with Wasps Wales’ flanker Thomas Young seems certain to stay...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoROOM 101
THE ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND RICHARD DE CARPENTIER 1. Poor...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDenman and Burrows hit the trail to Ealing
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler EALING TRAILFINDERS have snapped up former Yorkshire Carnegie, Rotherham Titans, Northampton...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHooley on his way to new-look Saracens
SARACENS have been busys napping up Championship players ahead of spending next season in the second tier. Blind side understands they...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTigers must repel raiders for Jonah
Wanted: Jonah Holmes THE DRAGONS are keen on making a cross border raid on Leicester Tigers to sign Wales international winger...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProp Heffernan keen to stay in England
NOTTINGHAM prop Oisin Heffernan, right, is back on the market after the Championship side hit financial problems. The former Ireland U20...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSharks snare Daley-Mclean
WORLD Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-Mclean has signed for Premier 15s newcomers Sale Sharks Women as a player-coach. The 34-year-old fly-half, who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBrutality in Argentina
A GANG of young rugby players have been found guilty of murder in Buenos Aires. Law student Fernando Baez, 19, was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoAdendorff is almost a Saint
Talks: Adendorff NORTHAMPTON Saints are closing in on a deal to land South African flanker Shaun Adendorff who has been playing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWALES AND LIONS LEGEND
Riches on offer in Far East spell big trouble THE growing emergence of Japanese rugby at both Test and club level...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGareth’s right to call a halt to brown envelopes in grassroots
I WAS pleased to see Welsh Rugby Union chairman Gareth Davies urge grassroots clubs in Wales to stop paying their players....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTakeaway driver Gav epitomises the spirit we all need
I’VE been amazed by the collective spirit shown by Welsh rugby in the midst of coronavirus – so much so I’ve...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDay the Old Boys’ drinking club beat the mighty Sarries
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s biggest upsets 1= Old Reigatians 12 Saracens 10 (John Player Cup, 1987)...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNarraway to boss Dragons forwards
FORMER England No.8 Luke Narraway and ex-Edinburgh captain Simon Cross have been appointed to Dean Ryan’s Dragons coaching team on a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSteyn in PRO14 at Cheetahs
SPRINGBOK utility back Frans Steyn is thrilled to be back in Bloemfontein having signed from the Cheetahs from French outfit Montpellier....
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