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/ 7 years agoTraining with Eddie driving U20 standards says Dickens
By NEALE HARVEY England ‘apprentice’: Josh Hodge ENGLAND’S chances of achieving a first U20s Six Nations Grand Slam since 2016 have...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChannel Islanders lead – but it’s still tight
London & South East Premier IT’s getting ever tighter at the top of the table, with Rochford Hundred and Guernsey battling...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlaydon’s late surge sends them to top
Northern Premier THE positions at the top of the table could not be tighter, with three clubs fighting it out for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoImpressive Ivybridge make light of wind and rain
South West Premier IVYBRIDGE used the wet and windy conditions to their advantage to send runaway leaders Barnstaple to a fourth...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 7 years agoChampions rocked by first-minute Whites try
By PAUL HOPKINS Merthyr …………5 Swansea ……..10 SWANSEA earned a shock victory over champions Merthyr as The Wern took a storm...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 7 years agoBid to beat the storm fails as rivals slog it out
By TIM LEWIS RGC 1404 ……..15 Carm Quins ….15 THESE rivals braved Storm Dennis to play out a draw in Colwyn...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoEddie’s insults may have lost the players
It may not have been pretty, but at last England have kickstarted the journey to France 2023 with a much-needed win...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland ease past Scotland to go top of table
NEWS EXTRA CHAMPIONS England beat Scotland 53-0 in freezing conditions to go top of the women’s Six Nations table. The match...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTyro Tigers look for the hat-trick
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER Tigers U18s are hunting a third successive national title with London Irish standing in their way at Sixways...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCov recruit back three cavalry
COVENTRY have signed Louis Brown and Ryan Olowofela to cover the back three with James Stokes (London Irish) and Henry Purdy...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMawi joins champions
SARACENS have signed Fijian prop Eroni Mawi. The 23-year-old joins the club as injury cover for Ralph Adams-Hale and adds an...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoChampionship cuts:the great debate…
Give us a two-year moratorium at least Dear Bill Top prop: Harry Williams has gone from Jersey to Exeter and England...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBurnfield try ignites ferocious Saracens retaliation
By TOM HOLMES SARACENS recovered from a poor start to comfortably earn the bonus point against Richmond. Two tries from Jodie...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDumped Smith on mission to impress Pivac
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMA DISCARDED Wales prop Nicky Smith is confident he can turn the Ospreys’ season around as he...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBooth in frame for top job at Liberty Stadium
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE OSPREYS have narrowed their search for a new head coach with Harlequins assistant Toby Booth the leading...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPlisson’s revival is down to some TLC
Reborn: Jules Plisson is on the up after leaving Stade Francais for La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images It’s astonishing what careful...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcKenzie stars as Chiefs stay top with big win in Tokyo
Super Rugby WARRENGatland’s Chiefs continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 43- 17 win over the Sunwolves in Tokyo....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe have to be careful how we spend money
Bill Sweeney, chief executive of the RFU, answers the clubs’ letter Progress: Exeter were champions in 2017, seven years after winning...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHeard about this, Bill? Boks losing to your National League
Brendan Gallagher gives the RFU food for thought with a famous match at Worcester Determination: Duncan Roke, of the National League,...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCLUB-BY-CLUB: HOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP HAS PRODUCED PREMIERSHIP, PRO14 AND ULTIMATELY ENGLAND PLAYERS
Current team in brackets *dual reg Ampthill Karl Garside (Northampton Saints), Ben Earl* (Saracens), Nick Isiekwe* (Saracens), Ralph Adams-Hale* (Saracens), Samson...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMatt: Get set for Super Saturday numbers game
By JON NEWCOMBE Influential: England fly-half George Ford ENGLAND’S 2003 World Cup-winning scrum-half Matt Dawson predicts “a Super Saturday” finish to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHow many fans can fly to South Africa?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SOUTH Africa in Six...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIntruders keep out
ONEmust congratulate the RFU with their latest attempt to destroy this completely under valued second level and ensure the Premiership becomes...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoErratic Eddie now holding us back
NICKCain got it right in his article on Eddie Jones. Despite the scrambled win over a poor Scottish side, England clearly...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoJubilee made it three
IN his column last week Peter Jackson stated that the Lions had broken their unwritten rule about not playing at home...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMake your mind up!
I READ with interest and certain amusement Colin Boag’s piece in last week’s Rugby Paper. In his seventh paragraph he writes:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPay-per-view would decimate Six Nations
COLIN BOAG Best game so far: Andrew Conway scores as Ireland beat Wales in Dublin When I was first getting into...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland need to get smart or pay price against Irish
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Making it look easy: Ireland ran round the Welsh defence to score this try...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Sale Sharks scrum-half Raphael Quirke
Learning off former scrum-half and England Under-20s head coach Alan Dickens
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHarlequins hunt Ealing Trailfinders front-row trio
Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones set to have more than just Wilco Louw coming into the front row
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoRugby Matters: Game in Spain flying high after Rugby World Cup anguish
Brendan Gallagher insists Spain shouldn't be disappointed by their defeat to Georgia last weekend, as they close the gap in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup man Mark Wilson back on track with Sale Sharks
Wilson knows there's plenty of work to be done to add to his 18 England caps
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBen Youngs told to take pay cut if he wants to stay at Leicester
The scrum-half is out of contract at Welford Road at the end of the season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJamie George to stay at Saracens when club is relegated to Championship
George signals his intention to stay put with GK IPA Championship-bound Saracens, even with 2021 being a Lions year
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins announce signing of Stormers tighthead Wilco Louw
Quins have found their replacement in the pack when Kyle Sinckler heads to Bristol
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Features
/ 7 years agoVickery: Embrace being England and show what you are made of
"I am still excited by this team, and also by the talent coming through in English rugby" - Phil Vickery
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to replace Robshaw
Also, Simon Zebo appears to be on his way out of France but an Ireland homecoming might not be on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJersey Reds typify Championship disbelief with damning condemnation of RFU
Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan criticises Bill Sweeney for ill-thought actions and lack of clarity given to Championship clubs by RFU
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Lions eye 2021 tour warm-up in Cardiff
The Lions plan on facing the Barbarians on home soil before jetting off to South Africa in 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBracken: Saracens’ Lions tour hopefuls should be looking to leave
Kyren Bracken believes Saracens' elite players should move elsewhere next season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRFU and PRL slash funding to the Championship by 50%
Championship clubs hang on a cliff edge as funding from central power is cut from £8.1 to £4.3m
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Featured
/ 7 years agoCain column: Enigma of Eddie Jones is a problem for England
Is this England team veering from one extreme to the other after the World Cup defeat?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWRU target homecoming for two Welsh exiles currently in the Premiership
Leicester's Tommy Reffell and Bristol's Mat Protheroe are targets to bring to a Welsh region for the WRU
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDai Young steps back from Wasps director of rugby role
Wasps take action after underwhelming start to Premiership season and Challenge Cup exit
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: So many mistakes by Wales, but lessons will be learnt from Ireland loss
Nick Tompkins impressed in his first start, but there were too many errors from Wales in Dublin
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International Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘Rock star’ Finn Russell must apologise to team-mates – Logan
FINN Russell has been told to take a good look at himself and stop acting like a ‘big gun rock star’....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale and England hooker Rob Webber makes retirement call
Webber won 16 caps for England, all of which came under Stuart Lancaster
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEmily Scarratt sets records as England keep up Six Nations defence
The Red Roses beat Scotland 53-0 on Monday to maintain their unbeaten start to the Women's Six Nations
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Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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