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Latest News
/ 10 years agoMcConnochie replaces Davis in Team GB Sevens squad
Alex Davis has been ruled out of the Rio Olympics following an injury to his right ankle and will be replaced...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWasps confirm signing of Willie Le Roux
As revealed by Neil Fissler last Sunday, Wasps have bolstered their already impressive squad by the addition of Springboks full-back Willie...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoJono Kitto: Watch out, Tigers’ new midfield will be tasty!
Manu Tuilagi‘s line-busting power, allied to the subtle skills of new signing Matt Toomua will give Leicester the cutting edge needed...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Tyson Lewis – Doncaster wing
Enjoyed the off-season? It was nice to go away and unwind a little bit after such a long season. I stayed...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoProp pair pen new Saracens contracts
Props Richard Barrington and Titi Lamositele have signed new deals with Saracens. Loosehead Barrington, 26, who arrived at Saracens from Championship...
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/ 10 years agoEngland stars agree new deals with Bath
Bath have announced that Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson have both agreed long-term extensions to their contract that will see the...
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/ 10 years agoWorcester sign Bath sacked flanker Faosiliva
Worcester Warriors have confirmed the signing of Samoa international back-row Alafoti Faosiliva. The flanker, who can also play at no.8, moves...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Stop these TV chiefs from censuring matches
Partisan television coverage in which host broadcasters lose the capacity to be objective is a growing problem for Rugby Union. The...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoEngland coaches in frame for Lions
England will make Grand Slam coaches Steve Borthwick and Paul Gustard available for the Lions in New Zealand next year. Eddie...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBack pair re-sign for Harlequins
Winston Stanley and Charlie Walker have committed their future to Harlequins having signed a new deal with the South London club....
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ben Woods – former Leicester, Newcastle and England Saxons flanker
I grew up in south Yorkshire dreaming of becoming a footballer so I’d never have guessed that the only penalty shootout...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoLeicester chief slams new Premiership deal as ‘flawed’
Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen believes Premiership Rugby’s policy of linking the salary cap to central funding is wrong and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWATCH: Team GB unified in Olympic rugby bid
CNN World Rugby reports on how English, Scottish and Welsh rugby players are united in the goal of winning sevens gold...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHarlequins sign Pau loosehead
Harlequins have confirmed the signing of 21 year-old loosehead Cameron Holenstein from Pau. Growing up in South Africa, Holenstein began his...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoGiles handed first Ospreys professional contract
The Ospreys have handed 18-year old winger Keelan Giles his first professional contract. The teenager has put pen to paper on...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Tom Savage – Gloucester lock
1. Richard Barrington – I played with Baz at Hartpury. He’s now at Saracens and has gone on to win the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland name provisional EPS
Eddie Jones has announced a provisional 45-man elite player squad (EPS) for England‘s pre-season training camp in August. The squad will...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoQ&A with Harlequins head coach Mark Mapletoft
Understand you recently went on a globe-trotting expedition? Correct. I went to Sydney and Auckland and spent time with a number...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoI’ll have to earn my place, says Matt Symons
Wasps lock Matt Symons is relieved to have been given a second Premiership chance after the nightmare of relegation at London...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards
Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Senseless Gatland’s Law should be binned
I wonder how many Rugby Paper readers can give me a definitive explanation of ‘Gatland’s Law’. I know I certainly can’t....
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoNick Easter announces retirement
Harlequins’ most professionally capped player Nick Easter has announced he has retired from the game. Easter, who made 281 appearances across...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoTom Youngs in pledge to bring back glory days at Leicester
New Leicester captain Tom Youngs reckons the pain of three successive Premiership semi-final defeats will drive his side towards next season’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: England’s U20 stars would thrive at Rio Olympics
Here’s hoping that the GB Sevens side for the Rio Olympics which was announced last week come back from Brazil with...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoThree more years at Sale for Bryn Evans
Former All Black lock Bryn Evans has agreed a new three-year deal with Sale Sharks. The 31-year-old from Biarritz before the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHarlequins sign Connacht No. 8
Harlequins have secured the signing of Connacht No.8 George Naoupu for the forthcoming season. During his two spells at the Sportsground...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBath reveal new coaching structure
Bath have today confirmed the appointment of Todd Blackadder as director of rugby and Tabai Matson as head coach. A former...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoJames Haskell: I’d risk my career again to beat the Aussies 3-0!
James Haskell has revealed he needed complicated surgery on his big toe to save his rugby career and now faces up...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to Nigel Wray and Simon Halliday about the Club v Country crisis
When the new club-country accord between the RFU and the Premiership is announced on Monday, unless there is a cast-iron clause...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSale sign Chief Byron McGuigan
Sale Sharks have secured the signing of Byron McGuigan from Exeter Chief on a two-year deal. The Namibian-born full-back has previously...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoTeam GB ‘too small to match big guys’ in Rio
Mike Friday, head coach of USA 7s, believes Team GB’s Olympic medal chances have been damaged by not picking more stars...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoClubs face meltdown in spite of cash boom
Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan fears Premiership clubs face financial meltdown unless steps are taken to curb rampant wage inflation. Vaughan’s...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHarlequins confirm US pre-season tour
Harlequins has today confirmed they will travel to San Francisco later this week for a pre-season training camp to prepare for...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoNew Sale contract for Mike Haley
Sale Sharks have announced that Mike Haley has signed a new three-year deal with the club. The 22-year-old full-back started playing...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoGeorgian international joins Bristol Rugby
Bristol have secured the signing of Georgian international Giorgi Nemsadze ahead of the new campaign. The experienced lock has made over...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoRFU & Premiership Rugby sign new Professional Game agreement
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby Limited (PRL) have agreed a progressive new partnership for the next eight years...
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Features
/ 10 years agoJenkins reminisces about Lions battles
By Matt Lloyd His displays against New Zealand last month suggest evergreen prop Gethin Jenkins could yet make a remarkable fourth British...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoKay: Tigers can roar again with Toomua and Tuilagi
World Cup winner turned BT Sport pundit Ben Kay talks to NEALE HARVEY about how he anticipates the new season unfolding...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoJackson column: Somme hero Williams was the perfect wing
By Peter Jackson Some of the biggest names in the game have given it their best shot at the most elusive...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoJones column: Visionary Venter can rebuild Irish
By Chris Jones Brendan Venter has never owned a pair of rose tinted glasses. The 1995 World Cup-winning Springbok centre, who...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSchmidt and Cotter in talks on Lions tour
By Peter Jackson The Lions are to interview Joe Schmidt and Vern Cotter as well as Warren Gatland for the job...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSteve Smith: Phillips can continue long line of Sale’s magic No.9s
By John Newcombe SALE legend Steve Smith has backed Mike Philips to add his name to the club’s long roster of...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWood among six to sign new Saints deals
Club captain Tom Wood is among six players to renew their contracts at Northampton Saints. Wood is joined by new England...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoTreviranus opts for two-year Exiles extension
Experienced London Irish flanker Ofisa Treviranus has extended his stay at the Madejski Stadium by signing a two-year contract extension. The...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoPaul James extends Ospreys deal
Wales prop Paul James has extended his contract with the Ospreys to 2018. The loosehead will be 36 by the time...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Parton – England U18s full-back
This season could not have gone much better for Tom Parton but he is hoping for more and an unbeaten tour...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoLions Tour: Nick Cain selects his starting XV
ONE of the messages for the 2017 Lions that reverberates loudest from the 2016 England tour of Australia was don’t write...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: We need success to win back fans from football
By Shane Williams Welsh rugby has a very real battle on its hands next season and I don’t just mean from all-conquering...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoCain column: Burgess effect still rumbling through Bath
By Nick Cain THE saying, “be careful what you wish for” is tailor-made for the wreckage left at the Rec after...
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Features
/ 10 years agoLet Schmidt and Johnno lead the Lions in New Zealand
England‘s World Cup-winning captain Martin Johnson should join forces with Ireland’s Joe Schmidt to form an inspirational British & Irish Lions...
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