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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoGreedy Lancashire make it nine wins under Nelson
DIVISION 1 Lancashire 32 - 16 Hertfordshire By SAM JACKSON Done it again: Lancashire captain Adam Lewis lifts the trophy FLY-HALF...
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/ 8 years agoWoolmore ready for top flight after Jersey blooding
HUNGRY prop Jake Woolmore insists Bristol’s collection of Championship recruits will prove their critics wrong in next season’s Premiership. While Charles...
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/ 8 years agoThompson told to get some ring time under his belt
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Newcastle hooker Matt Thompson has something in common with Rio Ferdinand – their professional boxing careers have...
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/ 8 years agoLoyal Ojo signs up for Irish fightback
By SAM JACKSON Staying: Scott Steele LONDON Irish’s record try-scorer Topsy Ojo has signed a contract extension with the club, and...
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/ 8 years agoSonny Bill knee op a success – but he’s out of Test
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA ALL BLACKS centre Sonny Bill Williams has said that the surgery he undertook for a knee...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoIt’s no home comfort yet for Umaga’s woeful Blues
By ADAM ELLIS Bad day at the office: Jerome Kaino of the Blues PICTURE: Getty Images MELBOURNE Rebels heaped more woes...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoBarbarians put the brakes on a few England careers
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Poor preparation: England were humbled by the Barbarians last weekend PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 8 years agoTank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete
By NEALE HARVEY Off Down Under: Thomas Waldrom is heading back to New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images PREMIERSHIP crowd favourite Thomas...
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/ 8 years agoThomson: Brad will take fast route to the top
By ALEX BYWATER BRAD Shields has been tipped to quickly become an England star. The Hurricanes and former New Zealand U20...
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/ 8 years agoFoundations in place for long Saracens reign says Wyles
By GARY FIZGERALD AS Chris Wyles heads into rugby retirement, the American flier is convinced the rock-like foundations now in place...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoUnderdogs Castres have their day again
TOP 14 FINAL Montpellier 13 Castres 29 DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The Castres flags waved wherever you looked and those who...
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/ 8 years agoAshton resumes place as top gun in Europe
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to reveal Europe’s top points scorers for 2017-18 Out in front: Toulon ace Chris Ashton...
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/ 8 years agoBarbarians defeat has no bearing – Launchbury
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced head: Joe Launchbury PICTURES: Getty Images JOE Launchbury has ordered England to “come out firing” in Johannesburg...
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/ 8 years agoSaracens job bigger than England says Sanderson
FOUR-TIME Premiershipwinning coach Alex Sanderson says he has no current aspirations to become England’s new defensive guru and would view such...
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/ 8 years agoFrancis determined to finish rollercoaster season on high
Injured: Ben Te’o and Cameron Redpath PIERS Francis believes a rollercoaster campaign with Northampton will stand him in good stead for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRemember Adams was cut by regions
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I FIND the comments...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRFU should make it easier to join the league structure
IT IS hard to disagree with Jeff Gage’s letter in last week’s TRP, when he writes of the alarm bells that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTop six playoff just sounds bonkers
I’VE read some tripe over the years, but Todd Blackadder’s call to expand the Premiership playoffs to six as reported by...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon’t blame Eddie for all these injury troubles
COLIN BOAG Knockabout game: England v Barbarians was end of season fun It has been open season on Eddie Jones in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
JUSTIN BURNELL, PONTYPRIDD COACH AND FORMER BRIDGEND, PONTY, NEATH AND CARDIFF FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland should copy the Saracens style of play
JEREMY GUSCOTT Champions: Saracens know how to win games PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND’S defeat by the Barbarians will have only a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoEngland go speeding on as Ireland make history
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Held: Ryan Olowofela of England is tackled by France’s Paulin Riva PICTURE: Getty Images Evasion: England’s Dan Bibby...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoGold medal coach Ryan captures all the idiosyncrasies of Fijian 7s
Golden boys: Ben Ryan with Ro Dakuwaqa IN ONE way you might think there is nothing particularly odd or special about...
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/ 8 years agoHITZ programme shows rugby kids the power of sport
Sport helped turn John McAvoy's life around - and hand-in-hand with Premiership Rugby he's helping youngsters reach for the stars!
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/ 8 years ago50 tournaments for England captain Tom Mitchell and he says Sevens can only grow
England have been drawn in a pool with Kenya, USA and Russia for the event at Twickenham
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/ 8 years agoEllis Jenkins to skipper Wales against the Boks
All four touring Dragons to play in Washington
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJoey Carbery set to end speculation over his future with move to Munster
Joe Schmidt could comment on the move later on Thursday when he faces the media
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoScottish Rugby reveal plans for new 7,800-capacity stadium for Edinburgh
SRU apply for planning permission for new ground to be built on training pitches
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones bats away criticism over training regime
The England coach responds to Bath owner Bruce Craig who is furious over Beno Obano's injury on international duty
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/ 8 years agoSouth Africa name seven uncapped players for Wales Test in Washington
Blitzbokke star and Lions openside flanker Kwagga Smith starts
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester sign Springboks forward Franco Mostert
Ackermann works his magic again to lure familiar face from his old club Lions
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark McCall follows up Premiership title with new contract at Saracens
McCall will mark ten years at Saracens next year...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStuart Olding signs for relegated Top 14 side Brive
Olding and Ulster team-mate Paddy Jackson had their contracts at the Kingspan revoked in April
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoI’m all fine ‘injured’ Farrell tells England
By GARY FITZGERALD We’re bubbling: Brad Barritt holds the Premiership Trophy aloft after beating Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell told...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoLeinster complete double in Dublin
By STEFFAN THOMAS SCARLETS coach Wayne Pivac believes his side can bounce back and compete for silverware next season. Champions Cup...
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/ 8 years agoFearns warns more will quit England amid Shields row
CARL Fearns believes Eddie Jones’ decision to fast-track Hurricanes captain Brad Shields into England’s squad could backfire by persuading more home-grown...
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/ 8 years agoExpand play-offs to Top Six argue Bath
By NEALE HARVEY Test future: Bath No.8 Zach Mercer PICTURES: Getty Images Boss: Todd Blackadder TODD Blackadder has called on Premiership...
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/ 8 years agoFerguson relishing key role in new-look coaching lineup
FORMER England Women’s scrum guru Matt Ferguson insists big names will not faze him as he begins the task of restoring...
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/ 8 years agoMallett TV spat reveals the split in SA rugby
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN TV panel: from left, Ashwin Willemse, Naas Botha and Nick Mallett THE disunity...
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/ 8 years agoTrinder impresses Jones, so will he go on tour?
Recall: Henry Trinder HENRY Trinder’s rise from a late inclusion in Eddie Jones training squad to a place at outsidecentre in...
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/ 8 years agoBath call for French help
BATH have gone cross- Channel with Pierre-Henry Broncan, leaving the Toulouse coaching dug-out to join Todd Blackadder and his crew at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoLancashire league is warning to RFU
NEWS that 24 Lancashire clubs will break away from the RFU league structure should sound alarm bells ringing at Twickenham –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCould you imagine Man City having to play off for the title?
I WONDER how many rugby supporters and club season ticket holders feel like me, that the play-off system to decide the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExpect Trinder to shine for England
IT will be great to see Henry Trinder back in England colours today after what has been such an inuury-hit career....
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Features
/ 8 years agoNow spend the summer solving these problems
COLIN BOAG Coming back: London Irish look certain to return to the Premiership Well, that’s it for another Premiership season, so...
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/ 8 years agoSpencer confident Tigers can ignite bid for England
SECOND ROW enforcer Will Spencer is redoubling his efforts to make a Test breakthrough after being cruelly denied the chance to...
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/ 8 years agoYoung taking on defence duty after Sarries stinger
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS TRY-SCORING AND DEFENCE UNDER DAI YOUNG WASPS rugby director Dai Young will adopt a more hands-on approach...
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/ 8 years agoSopoaga’s not only All Black signing on
Stepping up: Billy Searle PICTURES: Getty Images BILLY Searle once played for the Cornish All Blacks – now the precocious fly-half...
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