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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoReal shame Eddie sees it differently
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk EDDIE Jones must be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCorrect decision to letter of the law but still harsh on Tigers
THE RED card shown to Will Spencer, the Leicester Tigers lock, was predictably given prominence in the following morning’s sports pages....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWorld Rugby must realise less is more
COLIN BOAG is correct, there are far too many internationals played each season. The November internationals interrupt the club season and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoProtect the players but don’t kill rugby’s soul
COLIN BOAG These are tough days for Rugby Union with the very ethos of the game being challenged. It’s always been...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie must get Cokanasiga in his side straight away
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JOE Cokanasiga has had a big impact already at Bath even though he is only...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBears maul Quins as yellow fever strikes
By NICK CAIN BRISTOL went into this first wet weather encounter of the campaign knowing that survival this season depends on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGustard: That was all our own fault
DISAPPOINTED Quins DoR Paul Gustard said after his side’s third Premiership defeat in four games that they had shot themselves in...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSaints pack monstered as Hartley’s arrows fail to hit target
By NEALE HARVEY 7 BATH forwards guru Toby Booth hailed a monster pack effort as his side’s set-piece superiority dashed Northampton...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAttwood outlines his Test qualities
ASKED IF he still had something to offer England, star man Dave Attwood said: “Oh God, yes! My dominant tackle and...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoIs England’s scrum doomed ahead of the World Cup? The architect of the 2003 world beaters shares his view
Phil Keith-Roach explains why the time for change may have arrived at the feet of England's front row
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHook: George North is showing he can smash Shane’s Wales try record with form for Ospreys
North's Ospreys debut was certainly a perfect welcome home
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStephen Jones urged to stay at Scarlets rather than join Pivac at Wales
A former Scarlets and Wales coach says Llanelli is the place to be for Jones
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names England training squad as countdown to World Cup hits 12 months
Danny Cipriani overlooked by Eddie Jones as World Cup looms
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWhere will you be this time next year?
See yourself in a stadium? Us too. Fortunately, it’s not too late to secure a spot at the world’s most important...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHenry Trinder says Cipriani has got Kingsholm rocking and can ignite his own England career
The Gloucester fan favourite talks about the Cherry and Whites' playmaker
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Hold a World Cup just for Tier Two nations
By Nick Cain SOME of the leading lights in World Rugby appear to be struggling to work out which way is...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMurphy’s law can make Manu Tuilagi lethal for Leicester, says George Ford
"We are looking a bit more threatening" – Geordan Murphy can put right the 'disservice' done to Tuilagi
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeicester Tigers Will Spencer handed four-week ban for red card against Wasps
Spencer was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Tommy Taylor
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoI’m not concerned about my job security, says Dragons coach Bernard Jackman
Coming off a heavy loss to Leinster last weekend
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRFU and Bulls agree deal to make John Mitchell England’s new defence coach
Just in time for the Autumn internationals
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRassie Erasmus to take charge of Barbarians at Twickenham
Plotting victory with the BaaBaas after beating the All Blacks with the Springboks
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoYes, those All Blacks are beatable England
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH AFRICA yesterday sent a message of hope to England and their other World Cup rivals – the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWales in hunt for Oz League star Frizell
By PETER JACKSON WALES will consider a move for Australian Rugby League superstar Tyson Frizell as part of their longterm planning...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBristol concede five in second half shake-up
By ROGER PANTING GLOUCESTER stayed unbeaten but they remain the most infuriating of sides by being incapable of producing a consistent...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPenalty count killed us – Lam
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was annoyed at the way in which his side imploded in the second half. He...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHooker Tolofua wanted by Clermont
SARACENS look set to lose French hooker Christopher Tolofua when his contract runs out at the end of the season. Blindside...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFrench are sniffing for Armand
EXETER CHIEFS flanker Don Armand is attracting the interest of French teams with his Sandy Park contract up at the end...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMarx can make mark in Europe
Convert: Marx SPRINGBOK hooker Malcolm Marx might be under contract to the South African Union until 2020 but his CV is...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoVito looking to cross the Channel from La Rochelle
Eyeing Premiership: Victor Vito FORMER All Black Victor Vito is looking at his options in the Premiership next season with his...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWarriors face loss of big three star men
Move? Ben Te’o WORCESTER Warriors are facing losing three of their best players who are all out of contracts at the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDeano hails effort of his 13-man Falcons
By GARY FITZGERALD DEAN Richards feels his side took a big step to climbing up the Premiership table after ‘refusing to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSolomons: We could have 12 points now
ALAN Solomons was left frustrated by his Warriors lack of killer instinct after seeing another game slip away. But the Worcester...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSensational Slade keeps Chiefs on maximum momentum
By MIKE SINCLAIR CLOSE-UP JACK NOWELL Exeter wing U DENNY SOLOMONA Sale wing Nowell, Eddie Jones’ preferred England choice, made a...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond: We can still make top six
BETTER but not good enough! That was the honest verdict from Sales Sharks boss Steve Diamond who said: “Our performance was...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSelf-assured Searle ready for Ford test
By NEALE HARVEY UNSUNG Wasps duo Billy Searle and Joe Atkinson aim to buck conventional wisdom by proving academy routes are...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGuy’s primed for ‘war’ against his old mates
New Tiger: Guy Thompson LEICESTER TIGERS back rower Guy Thompson is braced for a huge battle on his first return to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCraig’s right, lose control and you don’t get it back
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Non-starter: American Football is not a role model for the English Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFurious Cockerill lets rip at ‘cheating’ Connacht
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh………17 Connacht ………10 EDINBURGH coach Richard Cockerill could find himself in hot water with PRO14 chiefs after lashing...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCarbery is top class in record win for Munster
By BARRY MURPHY OSPREYS paid dearly for leaving out many of their big names as Munster devoured them in a record...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWilliams’ wonder try counts for nothing
By RONAN O’NEILL JORDAN Williams scored one of the tries of the season so far but Dragons still came close to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPivac demands more from his Scarlets
By ROB COLE SCARLETS were forced to twice come from behind to beat 14-man Benetton, leaving head coach Wayne Pivac far...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCheetahs crash to another big home defeat
By SAM JACKSON Cheetahs ………24 Glasgow……….52 GLASGOWrecovered from a scrappy first half to score seven tries in all and move top...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHard work undone by Fabiani’s try at the death
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHN Mulvihill must wait for his first competitive Blues victory after Zebre overturned a 21- point deficit to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWinning all that matters says Cave
ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland makes three changes to the side that defeated Edinburgh last weekend. Second row Alan O’Connor, prop...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFoden exit paves way for Tuala to be the star
By NEALE HARVEY SWASHBUCKLING fullback Ahsee Tuala aims to play a lead role in Northampton’s revolution after filling the boots of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoVan Velze predicts big things under Solomons
By JON NEWCOMBE Power play: GJ van Velze avoids a tackle from Ben Botica to touch down for Worcester against Quins...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoForgotten man Maunder’s back on the starting grid
AFTER having last season written-off by injury, forgotten England scrum-half Jack Maunder is ready to fire his way back into Test...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEddie must pick a backline and stick with it to Japan
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Most dangerous back in Europe: Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images World Cup countdown: 1 year to...
International Rugby
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