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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEaling eager for Codling
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE ALEX Codling is in talks with Ealing Trailfinders about rejoining them as head coach for next season....
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTMO must become louder on foul play
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE TMO is...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoQuestions remain if‘rental’ system is best way forward
IF ONL0Y things were as black and white as Colin Boag suggests, and making the unions of Tier One countries “primarily...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSupporters deserve voice to be heard
READING last week’s letters, the overriding conclusion is that World Rugby, Premiership Rugby and CVC are overlooking the one area which...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSalary cap makes decent run in Europe a tough ask
COLIN BOAG Dead rubber: Bath take on Quins in Pool 3 next week but neither can qualify After this weekend’s round...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
PETER WHITE, COVENTRY, ENGLAND COUNTIES AND FORMER STOURBRIDGE & BEDFORD NO.9, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. James...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFinding more centres to punch their weight is key
JEREMY GUSCOTT Options for Eddie: Gloucester’s Mark Atkinson and right Ollie Devoto, top, Nick Tompkins and Piers Francis PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoImperfect Sarries start decade with super ten
By GARY FITZGERALD Icing on the cake: Elliot Daly evades the efforts of Tom Howe to scores Saracens’ final try PICTURES:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFatialofa suffers ‘serious’ injury
ALAN Solomons admits there was little his team could do to stop being steam-rollered into the Allianz Park artificial surface. The...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEngland stars ease Tigers’ fears of relegation
By NICK CAIN Eye of the Tiger: Jonny May beats Luke Morahan to score the final try PICTURES: Getty Images Going...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMurphy confident May will sign on
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy said that he was hopeful that two try winger Jonny May will stay at Welford Road...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Wasps, Bath and Yorkshire Carnegie prop Charlie Beech
Now shifting his career into an office after 15 years in the front row
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs complete move for Scotland star Jonny Gray
Scotland teammates Stuart Hogg and Sam Skinner lure the tackling demon to Sandy Park
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Bath get dream back row together at last for Gloucester clash
Francois Louw skippers Bath against rivals Gloucester with Sam Underhill and Taulupe Faletau in tow
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoRugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020
Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAlan Dickens names first squad as England U20 head coach
Alan Dickens has retained eight players who played for England U20s in 2019 in a 32-man squad
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHepher and Pellow see Champions Cup within touching distance for Exeter Chiefs
Past winners as players, head coach Ali Hepher and skills coach Ricky Pellow see Champions Cup glory as the next step...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHull Ionians to hold minute’s silence after recent death of player Billy Hardy
Hardy was in his second season at the reigning National Two North champions
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: A strong Dragons team can help Pivac make strides
Shane Williams shares his view on how Aaron Wainwright and Taine Basham can take Wales to the next level
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGrind of club rugby is killing player numbers, says Richmond DoR Steve Hill
Hill sends a strong message to the RFU that 30-games-per-season is far too much for National League clubs
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoObituaries: The rugby players and pioneers we lost in 2019
Brendan Gallagher remembers those influenced the sport greatly
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeone Nakarawa to rejoin Glasgow Warriors on short-term deal
The former European player of the year had his contract terminated by Racing 92 last month
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSaracens chairman Nigel Wray retires citing need for ‘fresh start’
Nigel Wray has retired with immediate effect two months after Saracens were plunged into a salary cap scandal
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHomecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys
Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract
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Featured
/ 7 years agoEllis Genge and George Ford agree Leicester Tigers extensions
George Worth and Sam Aspland-Robinson have also signed contract renewals to stay at Welford Road
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFive rugby players who could have made it in football
There is a strong relationship between two of the UK’s biggest sports with a number of rugby players spending their youth...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMunster team doctor fined for verbally abusing Jamie George
Munster medic Jamie Kearns given €2,000 fine for comment which sparked mass brawl during Champions Cup trip to Saracens
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhat are the most common injuries in rugby?
Rugby is a full contact, 100mph sport with players smashing into one another nearly every second of the match. Yet, it...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019
An alternative take on the year's events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie must prove his worth says Woodward
By GARY FITZGERALD SIR Clive Woodward feels the RFU are right to play the waiting game with Eddie Jones and claims...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoAlun Wyn doubt for start of 6 Nations
By PETER JACKSON ALUN WYN Jones has been forced to delay his Ospreys come-back, raising early alarms over his fitness to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond anger over ref’s late penalty call
By NEALE HARVEY NOT for the first time this season, Sale supremo Steve Diamond was left fuming at officialdom after a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFaletau lasts the entire 80 minutes
WHILE Sale felt aggrieved, Bath’s dogged forwards matched a powerful visiting pack, winning four lineout steals and forcing crucial scrum penalties....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWeir leads Warriors to win before toothache
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL HEAVEN knows it was not pretty, but Worcester can at least satisfy themselves with the fact they have...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons: Duncan’s lost a couple of teeth…but he’s tough
Late hit: Motu Matu’u WORCESTER fly-half Duncan Weir damaged a number of teeth in a dangerous late hit by Motu Matu’u...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCarr crashes over to work a Wasps miracle
By ROGER PANTING WASPS director of rugby Dai Young missed Nizaam Carr’s last minute matchwinner as his side pulled off a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘They’re wolves in sheep’s clothing’
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam had warned his side to expect a backlash from Wasps. “They are wolves in sheep’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 7 years agoMy wish for 2020: A Grand Slam and a star scrum-half
THE Rugby World Cup saw South Africa and host nation Japan emerge as the big winners in 2019. South Africa’s third...
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Nick Cain
/ 7 years agoSalary cap? This is about forward scrap says Dennis
By NEALE HARVEY SKIPPER Dave Dennis insists Exeter are more concerned about the physicality Saracens will bring than salary cap breaches...
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Nick Cain
/ 7 years agoWigglesworth: Saracens spirit has been immense
Experienced head: Richard Wigglesworth SARACENS scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth says Exeter will provide the acid test of his side’s ability to overturn...
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Shane Williams
/ 7 years agoA strong Gwent still makes strong Wales
Key man: Aaron Wainwright must stay with the Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images AS we head into 2020 there is a fair...
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Shane Williams
/ 7 years agoTandy is great choice to help give Scots a lift
STEVE Tandy is a great guy and a good friend, but more importantly he’s a superb rugby coach and that’s why...
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Shane Williams
/ 7 years agoFamily matters as Blues have proved so well
WE TALK a lot about the rugby family. It’s what makes our game what it is and the Cardiff Blues have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTop v bottom but, make no mistake, it’s clash of titans
NICK CAIN MEASURES THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ENGLAND’S TWO BEST TEAMS On form: Nick Tompkins scores as Saracens demolish Bristol last week...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MIKE McCARTHY FORMER IRELAND, WASPS, NEWCASTLE, CONNACHT & LEINSTER LOOSE FORWARD IWAS a late bloomer with Ireland. I thought that ship...
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Features
/ 7 years agoChiefs ‘have learnt how to rule Europe’
Are Exeter Chiefs ready to win the Heineken Champions Cup? NEALE HARVEY talks to two of their coaches who believe their...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLet’s hear it for my winners of 2019!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Silent assassin: Danny Cipriani has heard nothing from Eddie jones. Inset left: Sebastien...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoHill: Grind of club rugby is killing player numbers
By NEALE HARVEY RICHMONDdirector of rugby Steve Hill claims player numbers will “fall off a cliff” unless the amount of rugby...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGraham’s try double sets up revenge
Edinburgh 29 Glasgow 19 EDINBURGH put in a much improved performance to turn the tables on Glasgow Warriors and avenge last...
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