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/ 7 years agoDelaney forecasts Scarlets resurgence
By STEFFAN THOMAS GLENN Delaney believes the Scarlets’ new coaching team will have no trouble adapting to the rigours of the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGulliver utilising experience of all his travels
By JON NEWCOMBE BEN GULLIVER intends to build a strong culture and playing identity once he starts his role as Plymouth...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEQP system is not working, the figures are a fudge
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England qualified: Nathan Hughes came to the Premiership before he was capped...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBeaumont joins critics of RFU cuts to student game
By AMELIA JABRY Students graduate: Sale No.8 Josh Beaumont ENGLAND Students are facing an uncertain future after RFU cutbacks, despite offering...
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Features
/ 7 years agoProud record as a one-club man
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOPSY OJO THE FORMER LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND WINGER England bow: Topsy Ojo scores the first of two...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoJaguares show Chiefs who’s boss in Argentina
By SAM JACKSON Comeback: Matias Moroni scores for the Jaguares PICTURE: TRP Photographer THE JAGUARES made history by qualifying for the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoFolau asks fans to fund his legal fight
NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Folau has appealed for public donations to help him legally contest his dismissal by Rugby Australia. Folau, 30,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoWales face All Blacks in 2020
WALES are set to play two Tests in New Zealand in July 2020. The trip to his home country will be...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIt was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCatt joins the 2015 England old boys coaching in Ireland
MIKE Catt is expected to join Ireland as attack coach after this year’s Rugby World Cup. It is understood the former...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks happy to give break to Barrett
BEAUDEN Barrett will make an announcement on his playing future after the end of the Super Rugby season as he weighs...
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Features
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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Latest News
/ 7 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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Latest News
/ 7 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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Latest News
/ 7 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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Latest News
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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Featured
/ 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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Featured
/ 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...
International Rugby
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