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/ 7 years agoQuins landed a coup with Dombrandt
THEEnglish Premiership Dream Team of the season featured a back row forward from Croydon whom nobody had heard of when he...
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/ 7 years agoDream Team wake up call
THE PRO14 final at Celtic Park last night brought a new twist to the old maxim about there being two teams...
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/ 7 years agoThis free bar will cost you
THEWorld Cup warm-ups are still almost three months away but the hospitality companies are already selling their wares, like this one:...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTop two take command after thrilling season finale
The Rugby Paper’s reporters have submitted their votes to reveal our National 2 South Team of the Season Lerading by example:...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoEngland beat the Kiwis but fall to Ireland
■By ANDRE THOMAS Hand-off: Phil Burgess of England is challenged by Ireland’s Harry McNulty ENGLAND were dumped out of Cup contention...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ROUBAN BIRCH Rouban Birch admits he couldn’t believe his luck when it was announced that South Africa second row superstar Lood...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLam’s building Bears a platform to England
By NEALE HARVEY Leading charge for Red Rose honours: Harry Thacker PICTURES: Getty Images Ambitious: Pat Lam BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMurphy wants Tigers to start playing ‘smarter’ rugby
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy will ask his Tigers to show more versatility in their game next season after narrowly avoiding...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRichmond restart earns Will his second chance
By JON NEWCOMBE COMPUTER science degree graduate Will Goodrick-Clarke is relishing another crack at the Premiership after his reboot at Richmond....
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Features
/ 7 years agoDelaney in to replace Hayward
THE Scarlets have added another piece to their coaching jigsaw with the appointment of Glenn Delaney as defence coach. Delaney, currently...
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Features
/ 7 years agoKnights charge up Uni system
Stepping up: Will Goodrick-Clarke in ferocious form for Richmond DONCASTER Knights academy will play three divisions higher in the University system...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI won’t forget that glare off Leonard!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY NICK WALSHE THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH, SALE, SARACENS, HARLEQUINS AND BEDFORD SCRUM-HALF Reaching the top: Nick Walshe in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWing Walker quits Quins for new start in Italy
By ADAM ELLIS Finisher: Charlie Walker HARLEQUINS winger Charlie Walker will swap the Premiership for the PRO14 and join Zebre this...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSad to see my own rugby pathway is no longer there
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Outspoken: Dean Ryan criticised the RFU following his move to take charge...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRams plan to keep on climbing
NEALE HARVEY picks out some key early battles in next season’s National Leagues On the up: Rams celebrate winning National 2...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoZach aims to stamp his brand on Eddie
■By NEALE HARVEY ZACHMercer is ready to prove to England head coach Eddie Jones that Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes are...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDombrandt eyes call-up for Baa-Baas clash
ALEX Dombrandt hopes his stellar first season in pro rugby might earn him an England call-up for next Sunday’s Twickenham clash...
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/ 7 years agoCips: Me and Owen
DANNY Cipriani believes there is no reason why he and Owen Farrell cannot operate in the same squad as calls grow...
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/ 7 years agoPowell v Haskell!
FORMER Wales No.8 Andy Powell has challenged James Haskell to a charity boxing match. Powell used Twitter to challenge Haskell to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Crusaders investigate CRUSADERS head coach Scott Robertson has defended Richie Mo’unga and George Bridge after they were accused by South African...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSuper Rugby Jaguares play-off surge is an omen for Pumas
■By ADAM ELLIS Test calibre: Jaguares wing Ramiro Moyano goes head-to-head with Waratahs full-back Kurtley Beale PICTURE: Getty Images THE JAGUARES...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRevitalised Montpellier end up with last laugh
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Vincent Rattez scored three of La Rochelle’s 12 tries against Bordeaux Time stood still for heroic...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOllie’s inspired to find the gains Eddie wants for place in Japan
■By NEALE HARVEY Driven to succeed: Gloucester flyer Ollie Thorley PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER wing Ollie Thorley has total belief in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoChange is needed to help the North says Dowson
FORMER Newcastle Falcons stalwart Phil Dowson insists the structure of English rugby needs changing, describing his old club’s relegation as “devastating”...
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/ 7 years agoAnthony showed guts, he’s a real fighter insists Blackadder
By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder expects to see Anthony Watson up close in Japan this autumn wearing an England jersey and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt will be a sporting travesty if Chiefs lose
HEREwe are once again at the Premiership playoffs farce. How many other genuine Rugby Union fans feel the same way? I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSorrell’s not alone about Alex
SARACENS’ Kevin Sorrell is not the only one who is “flummoxed” about Alex Goode being ignored by the England set up....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDon’t forget tribal nature of the Prem
REGARDING Colin Boag’s incredulity at the apparent ambivalence towards Sarries’ European Cup win over Leinster, does Colin not understand the essentially...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTier Two grassroots need a boost, but so do ours in England
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk NICK Cain is right...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNonsense to give pro clubs more power
I UNDERTAKE voluntary work in the senior county championship and schools representative rugby. I echo Ian Lewis’ concerns (TRP May 12)...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoExodus of Springbok stars bad for rugby
COLIN BOAG Fan’s view Worth watching: Faf de Klerk goes over for Sale against Bristol At one time rival fans poked...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCipriani has shown he must go to Japan ahead of Ford
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Unique ability: Danny Cipriani can make something out of nothing PICTURE: Getty Images IF you judge...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTompkins in hat-trick blitz as Sarries go storming on
■From NICK CAIN at Allianz Park They’re off: Sean Maitland touches down for Saracens’ first try All over: Nick Tompkins scores...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMcCall: Nick will make up for loss of Barritt
SARACENS supremo Mark McCall backed hat-trick hero Nick Tompkins to repeat his heroics in the absence of Brad Barritt. Sarries’ talismanic...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLozowski: We weren’t perfect – we’ll be better against Chiefs
By NEALE HARVEY Hunger to improve: Alex Lozowski ALEX Lozowski says Saracens’ insatiable appetite for silverware will be the driver for...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoTom Curry ready to roll up his sleeves in battle to be England’s no.7
Some say Curry's competition with Sam Underhill will develop into a rivalry, but for the Sale Sharks flanker he just 'enjoys'...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Cipriani and Tom Curry win Premiership’s main individual prizes
Tom Curry best young player and Cipriani picks up the main prize
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoBlindside: The rugby transfer column
News concerning Wasps and Sale Sharks, Newcastle Falcons, Harlequins, and Pat Lam not being finished with adding to his pack
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton seek to claim the scalp of table toppers Exeter Chiefs
Saints want to lift first title in five years, as Chiefs aim to regain their trophy
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Taskmaster Dean Ryan won’t let the Dragons rot
Ryan's appointment shows the Dragons board means business, says Shane Williams
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeinster have to keep their cool to conquer Glasgow, says Jack Conan
Leinster's Jack Conan says they can't afford ill-discipline
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCharlie Walker heads to Italy to sign for Zebre
A player referenced to Zebre by former Quins DoR Conor O'Shea
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Sevens: Phil Burgess raring to go as Sevens hits the capital
Burgess will stand in to captain England at Twickenham as Tom Mitchell misses out through injury
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Features
/ 7 years agoRugby betting apps for real money
The 2018-19 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season is drawing to a close and fans are looking forward to another exciting postseason which...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton flanker Jamie Gibson staying at Franklin’s Gardens
Gibson extends his four-year stay in the Midlands, signing for an undisclosed period
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoI’m looking to play at 13 for Saracens, says Elliot Daly
The versatile Wasps back on where he sees himself playing in Mark McCall's plans
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Featured
/ 7 years agoTRP’s National Two North Dream Team 2018-19
Tynedale, Sheffield Tigers, Preston Grasshoppers all represented, along with champions Hull Ionians
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Worcester Warriors and former Ulster hooker Niall Annett
The forward picks a XV of the best he has faced and played with
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGeordan Murphy charged by RFU with verbally abusing official
The Leicester Tigers head coach will attend a hearing in London
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Featured
/ 7 years agoYoungs Guns: London Irish back row Izaiha Moore-Aiono
After London Irish splurged the cash on big-name players, we met one of their academy prospects
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