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/ 6 years agoShingler’s key to the Griffiths masterplan at London Welsh
By NEALE HARVEY Brains trust: Cai Griffiths and Stephen Shingler LONDONWelsh director of rugby Cai Griffiths hopes the addition of Ealing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKickings stamped their mark on me!
ALEX BYWATER discovers what made Wales star Paul James a teak tough prop No backwards step: Paul James in World Cup...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBastareaud is mugged by Brunel – or Galthie!
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Retired from France: Mathieu Bastareaud has been axed from the World Cup squad PICTURE: Getty Images SQUAD:...
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/ 6 years agoEuropean king Kruis eyes world domination
By MATTHEW EMERY GEORGE Kruis has been resting up in Italy after the rigours of Saracens’ European and Premiership double campaign...
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/ 6 years agoAshton tipped to force his way back into Eddie’s plans
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Ashton will prove once and for all to Eddie Jones that he deserves to be on that...
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/ 6 years agoLouw: Loss to All Blacks haunts me, it’s so painful
By NEALE HARVEY BATH flanker Francois Louw is gearing up for a last tilt at World Cup glory with South Africa...
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/ 6 years agoPlug pulled on Nations Cup idea
WORLD Rugby have scrapped plans to restructure the international game with a new Nations Championship format. The governing body failed to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGive Paddy chance of redemption
PADDY Jackson was acquitted by a jury of the charge of rape. His text message comments were disgusting and as a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIrish have the cream of England
MIKE Catt’s impending arrival as Ireland attack coach means it will be a clean sweep of England’s failed 2015 World Cup...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn’s happy to stay in Wales
AS Warren Gatland said last week, why would Alun Wyn Jones jeapordise the fact that he plays 21 games a season...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoScrap play-offs and treat the Lions with respect they deserve
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Warren Gatland’s comments...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoChampions finish top of their leagues
I COULDN’T agree less with Mr Fleming about the play-offs being fair and sensible. In practically all other sporting league systems,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoChinese billionaire behind world plan
China’s richest man: Wang Jianlin, the force behind the Nations Cup COLIN BOAG Last Wednesday was a great day for the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie must take three scrum-halves to Japan
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones is far more experienced as an international head coach than most, so when he...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoStylish Carbonel steers France to second title in row
Back-to-back champs: France celebrate after their hard-fought victory By GARY FITZGERALD YOUNG general Louis Carbonel showed class, control and confidence with...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoDingwall frustrated as England show form
By STEFFAN THOMAS ENGLAND ended a disappointing Championship by thrashing Wales in Rosarioto to claim fifth place. After the opening defeat...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBaby Blacks run riot to ease that defeat by Wales
By SAM JACKSON IRELAND faced a Baby Blacks team determined to make a statement after their shock defeat to Wales. It...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoJunior Boks take bronze yet again
THE Junior Springboks hammered Argentina to finish third after the hosts wasted a host of chances. It is the third time...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFifth straight loss relegates Hogg’s porous Scots
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND were relegated from the Championship after Fiji put eight tries past Carl Hogg’s side. The 59-34 defeat...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCapuozzo flourish for Italy
Italy …29 Georgia…17 ITALY fought back against a fierce Georgian pack to claim ninth place. The young Azzurri side took an...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWho is Premiership rugby’s richest club owner?
No one comes close to the wealth of no.1
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoIsrael Folau sets up GoFundMe page asking for £1.6m in donations to aid legal battle against Rugby Australia
Sacked Wallabies star sets up Gofundme page asking for donations so he can 'fight for what is right'
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAlex Dombrandt gets England call, as Robshaw and Hughes miss out
Newcomers and regulars named by Eddie Jones in 29-man squad to meet for training camp
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby abandon plans for Nations Championship
Promotion and relegation proves sticking point in reaching consensus with unions
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish discover Challenge Cup opponents – full draw
Exiles will face Bayonne, who won the French equivalent of the GK IPA Championship last season
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs provide update on England wing Jack Nowell’s fitness
Nowell has undergone surgery on the ankle injury he sustained in the Premiership final
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChampions Cup draw: Exeter’s Stuart Hogg gets Scotstoun return
Full Champions Cup pool draw
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoYou can be sure Eddie Jones has been on the phone to Joe Marler, says Dallaglio
England look to be in dire straits at loosehead with the injury to Mako Vunipola
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/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Gloucester, England and Lions prop Phil Blakeway
Phil Blakeway revels he the battles he had with Wales and France
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/ 7 years agoYoung Gun: Saracens and England U20 back row Andy Christie
Schooled at Harrow and mentored last summer by Rodney So'oialo on his trip to New Zealand
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGeoff Parling opens up on misery of England dressing room after World Cup defeat to Wales
'I messed up the lineout call' - former England lock Geoff Parling
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRugby League ace Martin Gleeson joins Wasps coaching staff
A two-time winner of the Super League
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMathieu Bastareaud dropped by Jacques Brunel in France’s Rugby World Cup squad
No place for vice-captain Mathieu Bastareaud
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoPremiership finalists at risk for first Lions Test
By NICK CAIN WARREN Gatland has warned that England players will be at a disadvantage from the outset of the 2021...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEngland ‘friendly’ raking in the cash
By PETER JACKSON Double trouble: Wing Yoann Huget scores the first of his two tries as Toulouse beat Clermont to claim...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLineout dominance is defining factor as Wales edge thriller
■ By SAM JACKSON Double-teamed: Wales full-back Loan Davies WALES ended the pool stage on a high with a 44-28 victory...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoPumitas wow home crowd
France………….26 Argentina…….47 HOSTS Argentina produced some of the most eye-catching rugby of the championship so far in beating the reigning champions...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoTafa’s early red allows England to set pace
■By SAM JACKSON In at the corner: England wing Ollie Sleightholme on his way to a try ENGLAND finished the Pool...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoIrish denied last four spot despite bonus
Italy………………14 Ireland …………38 IRELAND claimed a bonus-point win over Italy but missed out on a place in the semifinals as Argentina’s...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoNohamba puts the boot into Kiwi chances of reaching the semi-final
■ By ADAM ELLIS South Africa .25 New Zealand .17 NEW ZEALAND missed out on the semi-finals for only the second...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoNioradze’s late try seals famous win
Georgia …………17 Scotland……….12 SCOTLAND didn’t perform anywhere near the level they did in their first two matches as they were derailed...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoTHE DALBY WHEATMEN RUGBY CLUB ARE LOOKING FOR PLAYERS FOR THE 2020 SEASON
The “Dalby Wheatmen” are a long established successful rugby club playing in the Risdon Cup Competition in South East Queensland, we...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoXV of the best set for Test stardom
Big impacts: Left to right, Louis Carbonel, Lalomilo Lalomilo, Will Capon, Jaden Hendrikse and Isaac Lucas England may have to settle...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoTownsend: Hogg has found new dimension to his play
■By GARY HEATLY NEWS EXTRA STUART Hogg turns 27 later this month and Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend is certain the...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie’s new contract is a thorn amid the Roses
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THERE have been more U-bends in the Eddie Jones succession saga than then...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDragons boss Ryan swoops for Griffiths
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler NEWPORT DRAGONS have made a last minute swoop to tempt Saracens former England U20...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLansdown tops rugby rich list of owners
Richest: Steve Lansdown BRISTOL BEARS owner Steve Lansdown has retained his place as the richest owner in the Premiership. Lansdown and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoO’Connor could go south to gain World Cup spot
Wanted in Australia: James O’Connor WESTERN FORCE are keen to re-sign Sale Sharks utility back James O’Connor who has another year...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTuilagi left clubless after axe by Tigers
FRED TUILAGI Jnr is still looking for a club after being told by Leicester Tigers that he won’t be getting a...
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