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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRFU chief Sweeney predicts losses of £45-50m
THE RFU will provide a £7m relief package to community clubs in England during the coronavirus pandemic – £5m of which...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHeinz knows variety will be key to future
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER No.9 Willi Heinz says topflight players must brace themselves for a “new normality” as the game battles...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEddie should stay until next World Cup says Tindall
MIKE Tindall compares Eddie Jones to “marmite” but believes the RFU have left themselves with little choice but to keep him...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNick: I’ll go to Wales to keep Lions dream alive
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Tompkins says his stunning rise to stardom with Wales has been tempered by sadness at leaving Saracens....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoFalcons players placed on furlough indefinitely
NEWCASTLE have placed all their players and staff on furlough because of coronavirus. The club have written to all staff about...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMoney-grabbing players send out wrong message
COLIN BOAG Doing his bit: Eddie Jones was quick to take his pay-cut When this is all over, I think customers...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
ANDY FORSYTH, COVENTRY AND FORMER LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM SALE, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE & ENGLAND U20S CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTOP10 RUGBY DOCUMENTARIES TO WATCH IN SELF-ISOLATION
By WARREN MUGGLETON Coronavirus has now brought a halt to all rugby in England, with the rugby community encouraged to practice social...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLions must be ready, these Boks will only get better
THE 2021 Lions tour of South Africa will be harder to win than the one I was on in 1997 because...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGood luck making Tier Two self-funded
LET US hope that Edward Griffiths’ plans for a selffunding Championship prove to be workable, though I fear that TV and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoFriendly folk at Newark
I READ with interest the article about Newark in last week’s Rugby Paper. In recent years, having attended Friday evening matches...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGrass-roots being let down by RFU
I HAVE now seen the support packages released by the RFU. The first two measures are early release of monies, not...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoFalcons are clear, they should be promoted
THE RFU have declared the 2019/20 season over for level 2 and below. I imagine that this was not an easy...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReferees need consistency across globe
I AM all in favour of yellow and red cards being issued for repeated offences perpetrated by culprits within any game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThanks for reminder of glory days
THE Rugby Paper is so much better now that it doesn’t have to report on the big matches! Professional rugby is so...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoFans need to know if freeze likely
IF AS Nick Cain suggests the Premiership are really going to freeze relegation and promotion for the next five years to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoFree-kicks would speed up the game
AT PRESENT referees will automatically award a scrum for minor indiscretions such as a forward pass, knock on, etc. I would...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThese RFU pay-cuts should be permanent
THE decision by Eddie Jones to follow Bill Sweeney and the rest of the RFU’s top tier executives in taking a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGriffiths certain Boks will head west
THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRehab in Austria, texts from Eddie, and an Exeter double – we talk to Jack Nowell
The Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty! Jack Nowell is chomping at the bit to be back...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath become 11th Premiership club to announce wage cuts
Bath chief executive Tarquin McDonald has penned an open letter
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhat is in Sunday’s edition of The Rugby Paper?
A sneak peek at what awaits you inside this week's TRP...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester fly-half George Barton
England U20s sharpshooter Barton explains how Danny Cipriani has been offering him pointers
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Worcester and ex-Saints prop Ethan Waller
Ethan Waller shows brotherly love and includes older sibling Alex in his Dream Team
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs
For one reason or another, some moves just don't work out or don't feel right
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGeorge Kruis supports 25 per cent pay cut administered by Saracens
Kruis speaks out as the row intensifies between players and Premiership clubs over wage cuts
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Features
/ 7 years agoRoom 101: Hinckley head coach Chris Campbell
1. £1 Shopping Trollies Doing the food shop with two young kids is hard work at the best of times, so...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKurtley Beale set to switch hemispheres and move north
The former Wasps full-back has agreed a deal with Racing 92, according to reports
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers back row star Sione Kalamafoni to leave for PRO14
A player who made a huge impact in his first season at Welford Road
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNewcastle Falcons place all players and staff on unpaid leave
Championship leaders Newcastle take steps to limit financial impact
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Features
/ 7 years ago15 Kings of the North – Nick Cain’s team of the Six Nations 2020
Some nailed-on selections and some choice which may create debate
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMarland Yarde and Jonny May to wing it for Sale Sharks next season?
England winger Jonny May has been asked to take a pay cut at Leicester Tigers
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoWill Greenwood picks more Scots in Lions 2021 XV than Welsh or Ireland
The shockingly low number of Scotland players to have started a Test for the Lions since 1997
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoMichael Cheika opens up on rollercoaster ride with Wallabies
Michael Cheika has reflected on his five-year tenure with the Wallabies, saying the shortcomings of 2019 still 'hurts'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMike Te’o’s season ends at London Scottish before it starts
The unfortunate story of the USA international who landed in London to play in the Championship in the week the shutdown...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRFU paint dire picture of its financial security, but pledges rescue package for clubs
The RFU has forecast losses of £45m-50m over the next 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhere Alex Lozowski will be playing next season after leaving Saracens
TRP can reveal Lozowski has turned away interest from other Premiership clubs
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEaling Trailfinders skipper Rayn Smid pens extension
The Championship club have agreed new deals with senior figures Rayn Smid and Alun Walker
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoDallaglio errs towards selecting Maro Itoje as Lions captain for 2021 tour
A fans' favourite in New Zealand almost three years ago, Dallaglio backs Itoje to be a hit again against Springboks
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Tomas Francis and Wales can’t be reunited soon enough
Peter Jackson explains why Wales need tighthead prop now more than ever given their selection policy
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Guest Blogs
/ 7 years agoHow To Make Money Online From Sports
If your journey with sports betting is just starting, you have probably spent a significant amount of time trying to find...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJamie Roberts targets swansong at hometown club Cardiff Blues
The Wales and B&I Lions centre would like to finish his career where it all started
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDoR Steve Diamond to adopt interim CEO role at Sale Sharks
Diamond will combine roles at Sale Sharks after existing CEO Jon Dorsett went into self-isolation
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBen Moon signs new long-term contract to stay at Exeter Chiefs
Ben Moon becomes latest component of Exeter Chiefs front row to agree new contract
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWales face ace tighthead Tomas Francis staying with Exeter
Tomas Francis faces a choice between club and country
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Dan Lydiate is crucial to Ospreys’ revival
Incoming head coach Toby Booth can place all his reliance in flanker Lydiate, writes Williams
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFormer Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths pledges to save the Championship
Griffiths plots how the Championship can overcome funding cuts imposed by the RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLock Jonny Hill is brewing up a storm for Exeter Chiefs
The lock talks England hopes and how he came to start brewing cider with some Chiefs teammates
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTally of Premiership clubs to introduce wage cuts hits 9
Northampton Saints join Harlequins in announcing wage reductions so far this week
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: This rush to closure just creates even more confusion
Nick Cain writes on how life in the Championship have been sent into more controversy by the RFU
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