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/ 12 years agoFocus on short game has put Gillies Kaka & Co on top
New Zealand lifted their 12th World Sevens Series on Sunday at Twickenham and their hegemony is not going to stop anytime...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoAmbitious Bismarck du Plessis targets Welsh scrum
Wales beware, Bismarck du Plessis says the Springboks’ front row aims to be the most formidable in the world and will...
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/ 12 years agoGavin Henson not released for Wales trial
Bath will not release Gavin Henson and Paul James for the ‘Probables’ v ‘Possibles’ trial match on May 30. Under Premier Rugby...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Niall Morris – Leicester winger
Good to be back after injury? Yes, hopefully I can get a run of games now. I dislocated my thumb and...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCanterbury unveils new RAF Spitfires Rugby 7s kit for 2014
Leading rugby brand Canterbury has today unveiled its brand new kit range for the RAF Spitfires Rugby 7s. The team, which...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Malakai Fekitoa case shows IRB are letting down world game
New Zealand protests that they do not poach from the Pacific Islands should always be taken with a block of salt,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why I’ve learned to love the Premiership play-offs
How quickly time moves on and blazing rows of yesteryear recede. For many it was the blackest of days midway through...
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/ 12 years agoNewcastle sign Italian international lock
Newcastle Falcons have completed the signing of Italian international lock Josh Furno from French Top 14 side Biarritz. Capped 18 times...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoUgo Monye backs Manu Tuilagi to wing it for England
The auditions are in full swing but Ugo Monye believes Manu Tuilagi’s X-factor means he should line up on the wing...
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/ 12 years agoAviva Premiership semi-finals preview: Saracens v Harlequins
SARACENS Story of the season The dominant and most consistent team of the regular season, so much so that in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: James Hanks – former Exeter lock
After some time in the hospital I was told that I couldn’t play rugby again. That was a devastating moment for...
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/ 12 years agoGavin Henson called up for Wales trial
Gavin Henson could make his international return in South Africa after being named by Rob Howley in Possibles squad for the...
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/ 12 years agoGloucester sack another coach
Following Monday’s announcement that Gloucester have parted company with Director of Rugby Nigel Davies, the Cherry and Whites confirmed that defence...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoI’ve not won the super 8s battle yet, admits Billy Vunipola
Billy Vunipola is England’s premier ball-carrier but he knows all this could change in an instant and that any number of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNewcastle confirm 2014-15 coaching staff
John Wells has been named as Newcastle head coach ahead of next season as the Falcons announced their new coaching set-up...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Agustin Creevy – Worcester and Argentina hooker
1. Juan Figallo – I was with Juan at Montpellier and for me he is the best prop in the world...
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/ 12 years agoWIN tickets for the European Cup finals
The Rugby Paper has teamed up ERC to offer our readers the chance to win tickets to either the Heineken Cup...
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/ 12 years agoLondon Wasps add to their hooker options
London Wasps have signed hooker Ed Shervington from Worcester Warriors for next season. Shervington, who has previously represented Wales at U18,...
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/ 12 years agoAll Blacks name training squad for England Series
Steve Hansen has named a 35-man training squad ahead of the three-Test Series against England next month. The All Blacks head...
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/ 12 years agoGloucester sack Nigel Davies
Gloucester confirmed this morning that Director of Rugby Nigel Davies has left the club with immediate effect. Davies, who moved to...
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/ 12 years agoMunster sign Kiwi Tyler Bleyendall
Munster today confirmed that Tyler Bleyendall will join the province on a three-year contract from November 1st 2014. The 23-year-old Kiwi...
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/ 12 years agoEngland finish third at London Sevens
England put their semi-final disappointment at the London Sevens beating Fiji 26-19 to finish third. With tries from James Rodwell, Howard...
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Features
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Cosgrove – Worcester and Scotland U20s prop
Jack Cosgrove is a prop with plenty of ambition and while Worcester might be on the verge of relegation from the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoShortlist for the Gatorade Game Changer of the Season
Nick Easter, Michael Paterson and Semesa Rokoduguni have been shortlisted for the Gatorade Game Changer of the Season. Harlequins No.8 Easter,...
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/ 12 years agoAviva Premiership round 22 teams
Harlequins v Bath Harlequins: Mike Brown; Tom Williams, Tim Molenaar, Jordan Turner-Hall, Ugo Monye; Nick Evans, Danny Care; Joe Marler, Dave Ward,...
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/ 12 years agoHow John Fisher state case for life at the top
With Dulwich winning their third consecutive Daily Mail Cup and Millfield their 14th Rosslyn Park Sevens Open this year, it’s fair...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: On the march with Trelawny’s Army, rugby’s great outsiders
So the European legislators, God bless, have finally caught up with the rugby world and officially recognised Cornwall as being very...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoJonathan Joseph can talk his way back into EPS
Jonathan Joseph reckons his X-factor with ball in hand will boost his chances of an England recall – a claim backed...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoDoncaster Knights’ workhorse may need to lighten his load
Having become the first coach to bounce his side back into the Championship following relegation, Clive Griffiths is now busy with...
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/ 12 years agoGreene King IPA Championship semi-finals teams
Leeds Carnegie v London Welsh Leeds Carnegie: Stevie McColl; Jonah Holmes, Rob Vickerman, Fred Burdon, David Doherty; Glyn Hughes, Craig Hampson;...
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/ 12 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 22 teams
Glasgow v Zebre Glasgow: Stuart Hogg; Sean Lamont, Alex Dunbar, Peter Horne, Niko Matawalu; Duncan Weir, Henry Pyrgos; Ryan Grant, Pat...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ronnie McLean-Dents – Ealing centre
1. Soap operas I don’t get why people would want to watch other people being miserable all of the time. Surely...
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/ 12 years agoWales to stage trial game on May 30
Wales will hold the first trial match in 14 years later this month with a Probables versus Possibles encounter at the...
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/ 12 years agoNewcastle sign Tuilagi Brothers
Newcastle Falcons have landed Tuilagi brothers Alesana “Alex” and Anitelea “Andy” on two-year deals ahead of the 2014-15 Aviva Premiership season....
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/ 12 years agoChris Ashton named Premiership Player of the Month
Chris Asthon’s desire and ability to reinvent himself has led to the Saracens wing being named Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to three great English Lions to gather their views about the England back-row
Back-row expertise does not come with better credentials than that offered by Roger Uttley, Mike Teague and Peter Winterbottom. The trio...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Murder on the dancefloor as Harlequins try to get a grip
The Murderball challenge is on. Mike Brown, already proud ambassador for Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, wants to celebrate Harlequins‘ coming on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: I’ll be back, says David Moffett as ceasefire is called
The hierarchy of the Welsh Rugby Union could have been excused for heaving a collective sigh of relief last Wednesday evening....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoTom Youngs to miss England tour
Tom Youngs will not tour New Zealand with England next month. The Leicester Tigers hooker will remain at home to support...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNew-style Danny Cipriani in frame for England
Danny Cipriani admits he is a different player to the one last capped by England in 2008.
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Mike Williams – Worcester lock/flanker
How’s your first season in England been? Excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Coming to Worcester was a fresh start and they’ve backed...
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/ 12 years agoCOMPETITION: Win tickets for Newcastle v Exeter
The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Official Breakdown and Recovery Supplier to Premiership Rugby, Green Flag, to offer fans the...
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/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens captain Tom Mitchell nominated for IRB Player of the Year
Tom Mitchell has been nominated for the IRB Sevens Player of the Year. The England Sevens captain, who is the leading...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: I tell you straight, this refs’ dereliction harms game
The middle line has been crossed. Infringements at the lineout and scrum are now so endemic that it leaves you wondering...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoJacques Burger ‘plays every game like his last’
Saracens flanker Kelly Brown has hailed his back row partner Jacques Burger as ‘simply incredible’ after the Namibian’s display in the...
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/ 12 years agoITV Sport Try of the Season Shortlist
Aviva Premiership Rugby has been the scene of some stunning tries this season but six have emerged as the cream of...
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/ 12 years agoEngland recall experienced trio for London Sevens
Chris Cracknell, Mat Turner and Christian Lewis-Pratt return to the England squad for the Marriott London Sevens this weekend where a...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoChampions Cup play-off dates confirmed
The dates for the Champions Cup play-off between London Wasps and Stade Francais have been confirmed today. With Wasps failing to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Sidoli – Former Pontypridd, Cardiff Blues, Wales and current Dragons lock
I was with Pontypridd when I won my first Wales cap in 2002, and it was all the more special because...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRyan Jones links up with Bristol for playoffs
As revealed first in The Rugby Paper on March 2, Ryan Jones will join Bristol in time to feature in the...
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