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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe world’s highest paid rugby players
When talking about well paid athletes, people usually focus on Premier League footballers or American sports stars with hundred million dollar...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoThe game doesn’t love us right now says Eddie
■ From CHRIS JONES in Paris EDDIE JONES claimed England were just “two or three per cent” away from their best...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWales are hunting £2m Italy bonus
■ By PETER JACKSON WALES will be chasing a crock of gold in Cardiff today that promises to be worth as...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy can take Faletau up to new level
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Leadership role: Taulupe Faletau PICTURE: Getty Images WALES will beat Italy this afternoon. There’s no...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFaletau: It’s time to showcase our skills
ALEX BYWATER finds the new Wales captain wants team to prove how exciting they can be Key men: Gareth Anscombe and...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoI’m so proud of my Azzurri says Conor
CONOR O’Shea has made just one change to his starting XV, naming Giulio Bisegni in his midfield for the first time...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNorth owes Saints some words of explanation
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Missing man: George North PICTURE: Getty Images George North has spent the week...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGatland will hope there is no repeat of history
ANYTHING less than a home win by 30 clear points for Wales this afternoon will add up to a below-par performance....
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoBlues still wait to get their man…and wait…and wait
THE seasons come and go and Cardiff Blues are still to find a head coach, a fact which, if nothing else,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Negri
Questions: Conor O’Shea Strong man: Sergio Parisse PICTURE: Getty Images Italy captain Sergio Parisse, who makes his 64th Six Nations start...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoO’Sullivan scorches in for winning try double
Ireland U20 …30 Scotland U20 25 IRELAND bounced back from their madcap round three defeat to Wales with a bonus point...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHardwick finds range to set up Ireland shootout
■ By SAM JACKSON Sliding in: Cameron Redpath scores for England TEAMS ENGLAND U20S: James Grayson (Northampton Saints), Gabriel Ibitoye (Harlequins),...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoJunior Azzurri finally end 20-game losing run
Wales U20 …7 Italy U20…18 ITALY produced a huge defensive display to claim an historic first Six Nations U20 win over...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland crash to last minute Tremouliere try
Heartbreaker: Jessy Tremouliere scores the late winner TEAMS ENGLAND: Kildunne; Dow, Burford, Reed, Waterman; Daley-McLean, Riley; Cornborough, Cokayne, Bern, Scott, Taylor,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoPhillips confident Wales will rise to expectation
PREVIEW Wales v Italy Today. Kick-off 11.45pm WALES women head coach Rowland Phillips believes his side is close to realising its...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSearle off to understudy Sopoaga
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WASPS have completed the signing of Bristol fly-half Billy...
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Features
/ 8 years agoChiefs like look of Tongan ace
EXETER CHIEFS are giving a trial to former Western Force back row Onehunga Havili but could run into problems signing the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCentre Williams set to join Irish exiles at Bath
England ambitions: Johnny Williams PICTURE: Getty Images BATH are set to bolster the number of former London Irish players in their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTigers time runs out on Mulipola contract talks
LOGOVI’I MULIPOLA has lost patience with Leicester Tigers dithering over offering him a new contract and is set to leave at...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMake Italy play-off for right to stay in Six Nations
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ITALY may be making progress, as Conor O’Shea insists, but their performance in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoKeith-Roach tribute to scrum guru who helped beat world
PHIL Keith-Roach, England’s 2003 World Cup-winning coach, will travel to Exeter on Tuesday to pay his respects to Tim Francis, the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToomua’s too good!
MATT Toomua’s fly-half masterclasses for Leicester could present coach Matt O’Connor with a selection headache. The Aussie play-maker has steered the...
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/ 8 years agoBlackadder: Injuries make my job almost impossible
■ By NEALE HARVEY SAM Underhill’s season-ending toe injury is the latest hammer blow for Bath in a campaign that has...
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/ 8 years agoEddie and the boys allowed one upset
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SINCE Eddie Jones was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoI’m a lucky fan who loves big games and grass roots
COLIN BOAG talks of the two distinct audiences watching rugby. The wealthy or lucky individuals who get to watch international rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTime to pick in-form players for England
THE England defeat to Scotland should really come as no surprise. This kind of performance has been on the cards for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFinal round of the Prem is sure to be a cracker
COLIN BOAG All to play for: Exeter Chiefs will get a home semi - but what about the rest? When the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
JOSH MATAVESI, NEWCASTLE FALCONS AND FIJI CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Mako Vunipola –...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie needs to respect those who played in past
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN OK, I admit it, I have finally become like so many other...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHarrison gifts Bath their final moment
■ By ROGER PANTING TEIMANA Harrison’s night of celebration turned into one of ignominy as his moment of madness ruined Saints’...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDickens: Red card turned the game
SAINTS head coach Alan Dickens believed Teimana Harrison’s dismissal was crucial. He said: “We made it very difficult for ourselves with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVickers expecting more reasons to be cheerful
■ By JON NEWCOMBE PROUD new dad Rob Vickers insists he wouldn’t swap any of his team-mates for the world as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFalcons are league’s form team – Pellow
EXETER chase a fourth successive appearance in the Anglo-Welsh Cup final and go in on a high after beating Saracens last...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt ain’t broke yet for Eddie – he can fix it
NICK CAIN TALKS TO AUSSIE GREAT BOB DWYER ABOUT EDDIE JONES AND ENGLAND BOB Dwyer says anyone wanting to throw Eddie...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland beware – Schmidt has enough ‘finishers to complete the job
ONE of the key factors in the long winning run England put together in Eddie Jones’ first two years as coach...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoGeorgia turn on power to close in on the title again
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up GEORGIA took a massive step towards reclaiming the Rugby Europe Championship trophy with a scrappy 29-9...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDan holds nerve to keep Scarlets afloat
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS Well-worked: Paul Asquith finishes off a fine move for the Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans SCARLETS coach Wayne...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEagles are spreading wings as Gold joins
THE USA are experiencing a major upswing in fortunes since RWC2015, an improvement in form which was reflected last week when...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER London French host their own Five Nations LONDON French...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRugby remembers Fallen with Armistice festival
RUGBY has done a fine job commemorating the massive contribution and sacrifices made by rugby players during World War I and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWe have to keep winning mindset say Nottingham
■ By ROB WILDMAN IAN Costello hopes this win in the mud on a filthy wet night will give his Nottingham...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTitans left ‘gutted’ by Ealing’s late steal
■ By LUKE JARMYN A CONTROVERSIAL penalty at the ruck in the 79th minute conceded by Rotherham openside Charlie Maddison and...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoHartpury win survival fight but Scottish run them close
■ By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY guaranteed their Championship status with the four points earned in a hard-fought contest against London Scottish....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders are Caned on Beauden’s big day
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE BEAUDEN Barrett made his 100th Super Rugby appearance in the Hurricanes’ 29-19 triumph over the Crusaders. The...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFun Bus gets set to roll out one more time
■ By MATTHEW EMERY Rival: Mike Ross Marathon man: Jason Leonard, ‘The Fun Bus’, on his way to his record 114...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDiamond hails the impact of De Klerk
■ By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond says Faf de Klerk is “worth his weight in gold” as the Sale boss refuses...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNamibian star Klim will add speed to Ospreys line
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys have signed Namibian international wing Lesley Klim on a twoyear deal. Doncaster Knights flyer Klim,...
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