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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWinter’s content after watching young guns put Lions to the sword
By SAM JACKSON L Lions …19 Coventry …48 COVENTRY began their promotion-chasing season with convincing friendly win on the road at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGuernsey defences destroyed by Knights firepower
Guernsey…0 Doncaster…95 By KATIE DAUNT DONCASTER KNIGHTS showed their Championship class as they treated the Guernsey crowd to a 15-try display...
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Features
/ 8 years ago‘Anorak’ Henson set for Dragons debut
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER GAVIN Henson is set to make his Newport Gwent Dragons debut against Montpellier on Friday. New...
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Features
/ 8 years agoReason was vital in alphabet final
WHEREARE THEYNOW? BRISTOL 1983 JOHN PLAYER CUP WINNERS By NEIL FISSLER VICTORY at Twickenham in May 1983 still rates as one...
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Features
/ 8 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Thursday August 10 USA Islanders vs Saracens Friday August...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDusty to leave Franklin’s Gardens
DUSTY Hare will be leaving Northampton Saints at the end of September. Hare, 64, has been at Franklin’s Gardens since January...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRupert will bring harder edge to Hartpury – Evans
DAN MURPHYreckons the recruitment of former Gloucester prop colleague Rupert Harden will give Hartpury a vital forward edge in this season’s...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPitman out to prove how good he can be
By NICK VERDIER RORY Pitman is loving his new life in Jersey but the big Welsh No.8 has revealed he needed...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMelville: Premier league will support growth at elite level
THE new Women’s Premiership competition is taking shape with the announcement of the fixtures list as well as the title sponsor...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWomen’s Premiership fixtures
Round 1 - September 16/17 Loughborough Lightning v Worcester Valkyries Firwood Waterloo Ladies v Saracens Women Wasps Ladies v Harlequins Ladies...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoI’m puzzled why women’s game needs a World Cup
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the women’s World Cup starting this week, hope is the excitement...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLozowski fine-tuning basics for England bid
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowksi has declared himself ready to rise to the challenge of retaining his hard-won England place after...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFlood backed to reclaim his England jersey
NEWCASTLEcoach Micky Ward reckons fly-half Toby Flood can stamp his class on this season’s Premiership and fire his way back into...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
MATT PROTHEROE BRISTOL FULL-BACK How’s the move to Bristol going? Really well thanks. I’m getting used to everything around the club...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShock to be axed after All Blacks win
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JAN WEBSTER THE FORMER ENGLAND, MOSELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE & BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF After all these years, I’d like to put...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEx-Tiger Mauger takes top job at Highlanders
FORMER Leicester boss Aaron Mauger has been hired as head coach of the Highlanders on a three-year deal. Mauger will replace...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBradley returns to club game in Italy
FORMER Ireland scrum-half Michael Bradley has been named head coach of Italian PRO14 side Zebre. Former Italy players Carlo Orlandi and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHooper honoured to be Wallaby skipper
MICHAEL Hooper has been named as the new Australia captain, taking over from hooker Stephen Moore. Flanker Hooper has won 68...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAshton try eases pain of Toulon dilemma
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Former England and Saracens winger Chris Ashton has scored his first try in the colours of his...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAcademy players granted greater freedom
PREMIERSHIP clubs will have more opportunity to give their youngsters game time next season with the RFU changing the registration rules...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRobson on track to go distance with Wasps
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS scrum-half Dan Robson says he will push the boundaries of endurance in an effort to overcome last...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWilliams working hard to put heat on No.9 rivals
TOMOS Williams says he is ready to add more strings to his scrum-half bow as he hopes to make a big...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland call has given me a new perspective – Buchanan
HARLEQUINS hooker Rob Buchanan reckons his career is ready to peak in the wake of last season’s shock England call-up. Buchanan,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoMoney on O’Connor to recapture his best
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoOld front row club agree, give us back our straight put-ins
A LOT of fans – and especially old frontrowers – are getting increasingly turned off by the time-wasting of scrums. But...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExtra little gem to celebrate Mobbs
I HAVE just read and enjoyed Brendan Gallagher’s article on Edgar Mobbs. Brendan did not mention the long-held belief that Edgar...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNew-fangled PRO 14 is disaster waiting to happen
COLIN BOAG There is no shortage of top-class rugby players, but my goodness the game seems to be very light on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
ARTHUR ELLIS, THE EALING & FORMER OSPREYS AND WASPS OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Features
/ 8 years agoFreddie’s coming home with a game to boost Bath
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK FREDDIE Burns has arrived at Bath as an experienced 10 who has made big improvements...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoUnderdogs Wales to unleash teenage sensation George
Wales WALES face a huge battle to get out of their pool but head coach Rowland Phillips is desperate to put...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoConfidence is booming after beating world’s best
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND will be the team with a target on their back following their successful tour of New Zealand,...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoThese professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
CATHERINE SPENCER Ordinary people: England lift trophy in 2014 In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoMolloy takes charge after Ireland hit by Briggs withdrawal
New skipper: Claire Molloy Ireland CLAIRE Molloy will have the honour of leading Ireland at their home World Cup following the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight as the leading points scorer and player of...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Matt Cornish – Ealing Trailfinders hooker
There are many roads to professional rugby but Matt Cornish has taken it to the extreme going from London 1 to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour
They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTuilagi returns to England squad
Manu Tuilagi has been named in the England training squad for their camp at the Lensbury Hotel later this week. The...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord’s no loss with Freddie at the helm says Banahan
Matt Banahan is convinced Bath have emerged far stronger from the controversial deal that saw George Ford and Freddie Burns swap...
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Room 101
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Mike Penn – Moseley full-back
1. Reality TV Love Island is all the lads at Moseley ever talk about. It seems to have taken over from...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoDan Leo: Charitable mindset has held back Pacific rugby
Much of the kiwi media-fare leading up to the third test between New Zealand and the Lions focussed on Kieran Read...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoMike Ford: My love of risk-taking has landed me in the USA
The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner Phil Camm asked me to head up the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoDenton: I had to quit Bath for Test dream
David Denton wants to wear the Scotland jersey again but as hard as it was to admit, he reckons it would...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJones wants Tour to help England go the distance
Eddie Jones is back at Twickenham. The silence and calm in the surrounds of England Rugby’s fortress that is now his...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Matt Williams – Worcester hooker
Enjoyed the off season? Very much so. It was quite a weird one as we had five weeks off and then...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWomen’s Premiership ready for Crisp new season
The RFU has today announced Tyrrells as title partner for the new women’s domestic competition, with the official name of the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago8 reasons why it’s worth betting on rugby
The year 2017 places rugby second only to football regarding global popularity. The game with a rich and occasionally controversial history...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoWilliams is lean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
London Irish midfielder Johnny Williams has vowed to come back fitter, stronger and faster as he aims to get his England...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Break the bank to keep Biggar at Ospreys
Here’s my message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try and pull out all the stops to help keep...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Kurt Johnson – former Coventry and Orrell wing
With my hair dyed pink and the No.14 shaved into the back of my head, people might have wrongly assumed I...
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