News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoBreach’s brilliant six-timer hammers Canada
By GEORGE LAWRENCE England W …79 Canada W…5 RED Roses wing Jessica Breach scored six tries on her debut as England...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIt’s time, England, to put some stick about
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Opportunity knocks: Elliot Daly goes over for England’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images England weren’t wildly impressed with...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEngland will improve this year, but so will All Blacks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Improved carrying force: Joe Launchbury took it to Australia PICTURE: Getty Images To close the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoWales let off as front row rule denies Georgians late chance to share spoils
By ALEX BYWATER THERE was late drama in Cardiff, Georgia coming close to stealing what would have been a famous draw...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFrom Exiles junkyard to Test starter for Scotland
Neale Harvey talks to Scotland new cap Darryl Marfo about his time with the Exiles and working with Richard Cockerill
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of England’s back row mobility
Nick Cain analyses the challenge of the Wallabies who have a 'score to settle'
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Beal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham
From Bridgend and Welsh schools to Northampton and the Lions, Peter Jackson speaks with the former full-back
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie’s tunnel vision over Dylan Hartley is harmful
Nick Cain writes his opinion on how the England head coach has set a precedent that risks locking him in
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMichael Cheika picks power over playmaker in Wallabies midfield
Samu Kerevi gets the nod to start at inside centre alongside Tevita Kuridrani
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoLydiate to captain Wales as Gatland makes 14 changes
All the team news for the Test against Georgia at the Principality Stadium
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVerdict: Pumas need a re-boot starting with their selection policy
Brendan Gallagher analyses a team performing below expectations
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Watson closes in on Brown for vote at full-back
Mike Brown’s early replacement gave us a glimpse of what a new back three may look like with Anthony Watson switching...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFreddie Burns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By Neale Harvey Freddie Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at Bath after accepting his chances of an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones receives telling off from his mother…
England head coach Eddie Jones might be 57 years old but that wasn’t enough to save him from a stern dressing...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEddie in four-letter fury over ‘grindathon’
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones last night condemned his side’s latest defeat of the Pumas as “a grindathon” after blowing his...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoInjury blow to Davies as Gatland woes grow
Just like that: Nathan Hughes stretches out to score England’s first try against the Pumas PICTURE: Pinnacle JONATHAN Davies is a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoDon’t despair, Wales moving in right direction
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS New 10-12 axis: Owen Williams and Dan Biggar combine CLOSE, but no cigar!...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGatland’s boys unveil new tricks but Beale’s Gatland’s boys unveil new tricks but Beale’s
PETER JACKSON PETER JACKSON COMMENT Magician: Wallaby full-back Kurtley Beale As part of their pre-match entertainment, the Wales management treated their...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoDebutant McKinley closes out the victory for Italians
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Italy………………19 Fiji …………………10 ITALY got their November Test series off to a winning start with a 19-10 victory...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIreland turn the screw with three-try flourish
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, with a performance of growing authority and excellence, dismissed South Africa from their presence to get their...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie’s tunnel vision over Hartley is harmful
CAPTAINCY has often caused controversy in Rugby Union, and there is one which has been brewing for some time with Eddie...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoWallaby player gag does their game a disservice
YOU would have thought that with Rugby Union in Australia languishing behind Aussie Rules, Rugby League, and soccer, the Wallabies would...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoCash pours in for Doddie
SOME 1,300 people crammed into Battersea Evolution in London on Monday to honour Doddie Weir, the former Scotland and Lions lock,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMatiashvili stars as Georgians fire warning to Wales
By TOM SCOTT Georgia…………54 Canada …………22 THE Georgians hammered out a six try warning to Wales ahead of their clash at...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFive-tries for Scots but alarm bells still ringing
By GARY HEATLY Fast start: Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg dives over for the opening try after two minutes PICTURE: TRP photographer...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFirst half power play ends French hopes
JAMES CANDY From JAMES CANDY in Paris A RUTHLESS firsthalf blitz from New Zealand was enough to hold-off a spirited French...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoDiscipline players Rugby League way
I READPeter Jackson’s piece ‘How do refs miss so much’ on Oct 29 and he’s absolutely right. Surely we chould go...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCain’s right, South Africa sport needs World Cup boost
NICK Cain made a compelling case for South Africa hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup (“World Cup vote would save Boks...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRespect the kicker with total silence
AS an ‘old school’ believer in the need to treasure the game’s ethos and values, I was saddened at the failure...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIreland response far from ‘positive and respectful’
COLIN BOAG It was a week for sore losers. They haven’t actually lost yet, but the Irish and French Unions threw...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIt’s nothing compared to the All Blacks of ‘49
LIFE is hectic for New Zealand national sides right now, what with the Gallaher Cup match against France in Paris last...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Brien’s miracle try gets my vote
Pick: Sean O’Brien try AN outstanding shortlist for the prestigious International Rugby Players Association (IRPA) try of the year has been...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStream of Italian Pumas has run dry… but for how long?
A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS ITALY play their blood brothers Argentina next...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSchoolboy Sevens event to mark Armistace centenary
A QUICK shout out for any school teams – U16 and U18 –wishing to compete at an international Sevens tournament over...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpringbok Carr makes presence felt on debut
By ALEX BYWATER NIZAAM Carr showed why Wasps fans should be hugely excited by his arrival as he scored a try...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPisi’s pacy tricks too sharp for Dragons
By ROB WILDMAN He’s in: Juan Pablo Estelles scores Saints first try despite the efforts of Joe Goodchild PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester big guns blast Irish to shreds
By ROGER PANTING Rout: Jake Polledri, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his late try PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER have their...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlues are demolished as Falcons fly to top
By ALAN HEDLEY NEWCASTLE Falcons crushed Cardiff Blues to top their pool in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. The Falcons followed up a...
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/ 8 years agoPlans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville
By NEALE HARVEY PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHogan insists Newcastle will make the grade
NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan insists his club will meet its English-qualified player (EQP) targets despite falling short over the first...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVesty rules himself out of filling the Gold void
By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Elia Elia WORCESTER backs coach Sam Vesty has revealed he has no interest in becoming the club’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTigers’ pack suffer mauling at the death
By ROGER PANTING Comeback: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images Threat: Tigers’ Harry Simmons makes a break THE...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRedpath proves class as Sharks bite back
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew lock star Salmon aiming for big catch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBurns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY Hitting top form: Bath fly-half Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBooth tops wanted list to replace Wilson
BATH head coach Toby Booth has emerged as a surprise target for Cardiff Blues in their hunt to replace Danny Wilson...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ HARLEQUINS have eyes for Gloucester’s influential centre Henry Trinder when his contract runs...












