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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: At last, John Dawes gets his rightful recognition
Why is ‘legendary’ status conferred on some outstanding rugby personalities but denied others? Who decides these things and how? Does the...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Bath’s Dave Attwood about his second coming for England
Dave Attwood has that combination of brains as well as brawn that is a treasured commodity in most sports, but in...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoManu Tuilagi avoids surgery on torn pectoral muscle
Manu Tuilagi will miss England‘s Autumn Tests in November after suffering a torn pectoral muscle. The Leicester and England centre, who sustained...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAlain Rolland to hang up the whistle
Irish international referee Alain Rolland will retire from refereeing at the end of the 2013/2014 season. Rolland, 47, who also played...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRugby Championship round 5: preview
Argentina v New Zealand Argentina have made six changes for their clash against New Zealand in La Plata on Saturday. After...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWorcester sign Argentine lock Mariano Galarza
Worcester have bolstered their pack with the signing of Argentina international Mariano Galarza. The lock, who has been capped 18 times...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years ago“I’d say No to England if they called,” says James Simpson-Daniel
James Simpson-Daniel believes he would turn England down if Stuart Lancaster came calling, even if the national side was ravaged by...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Heineken war could harm World Cup 2015
The battle lines have been drawn around the Heineken Cup – or the territory it once occupied – and there is...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNew coffee-shop owner Chris Robshaw determined not to become a has-bean
For Chris Robshaw, the coffee entrepreneur, it’s a case of better latte than never.
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoFree Season Guide to the Greene King IPA Championship
The Rugby Paper, the UK’s leading Rugby publication have produced a FREE guide for the current season covering the Green King IPA...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish flanker
Had an interesting summer? It’s been busy. I played six games for Canada, helping us qualify for the World Cup against...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Long – former Bath, Munster, Northampton & England hooker
I am very, very proud of my England debut in 1997 and what it meant to me and my family, but...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoWelsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway
Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland and Canterbury unveil new alternate kit
Canterbury and the RFU have revealed the brand new red and white striped ‘1871’ collection, featured alongside the alternate kit for...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Craig Newby – former Leicester, Blues, Highlanders & New Zealand flanker
1. Tony Woodcock – He has played 100 tests for the All Blacks and is my best mate. We played in...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoiOS7 troubleshooting
Some apps that were installed before a device was upgraded to iOS7 are having trouble picking up the subscription information the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSaracens beat Bath to remain unbeaten
Saracens produced a stunning first-half display to beat Bath 31-17 at the Allianz Park and remain at the top of the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNew European Cup named as Champions Cup
Premiership Rugby and the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) have confirmed the new European Cup will be called the Champions Cup. The...
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Sevens World Series
/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens win in Bucharest
England Sevens will go into the HSBC World Series as the reigning European champions after a strong display in Bucharest. For...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half
Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBen Ryan appointed Fiji Sevens coach
Ben Ryan has been named as Fiji Sevens head coach, it was announced today. The 42-year-old stepped down from the England...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ah You Irish? Well, that’s complicated, Rodney!
Rodney Ah You arrived in Belfast as a hefty member of the baby All Blacks in 2007 and duly went home...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Self-interested coaches should not scrutinise refs
While I have sympathy for Premiership Rugby’s bid to secure a more meritocratic Heineken Cup, the initiative by PRL, the administrative...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoAviva Premiership round 3: teams
Leicester v Newcastle Leicester: Blaine Scully; Vereniki Goneva, Manusamoa Tuilagi, Dan Bowden, Adam Thompstone; Toby Flood (Capt.), Ben Youngs; Boris Stankovich,...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRadoDirect Pro12 round 3: teams
Cardiff Blues v Zebre Cardiff Blues: Leigh Halfpenny; Alex Cuthbert, Owen Williams, Dafydd Hewitt, Chris Czekaj; Rhys Patchell, Lewis Jones; Taufa’ao...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGK IPA Championship round 2: teams
Bristol v London Scottish Bristol: Adam D’Arcy; Charlie Amesbury, Andy Short, Luke Eves, Ryan Edwards; Adrian Jarvis, James Grindal (Capt.); Kyle...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoJames Haskell: I’ll never give up fight to play for England
James Haskell was quick to brush off his latest England snub and with Tom Croft now ruled out for the season,...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ruairi Cushion – Plymouth Albion captain
1. Facebook These days it seems that every time I scroll down my news feed on Facebook all that comes up...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO: Matt Garvey – “Bath can achieve big things”
Bath flanker Matt Garvey talks exclusively to The Rugby Paper about the West Country team’s great start to the season and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Biting, refs row, Euro battle…yes, the season’s back!
The season is off and running and once again it’s not the rugby on the field that grabs the headlines. As...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Will tickets be banana skin that upsets RWC 2015?
Two years out from the 1987 World Cup the competition didn’t exist, it was just a concept being kicked around by...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO: Ian Humphreys – “I don’t bother reading the pundits’ predictions”
In an exclusive production by The Rugby Paper, London Irish fly-half Ian Humphreys analyses the 20-18 win at Worcester and what...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoAndy Gomarsall: Freddie Burns can give England vital spark
Now is the time for England to let Freddie Burns off the leash, according to World Cup winner Andy Gomarsall, who...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoGloucester to face Japan in November
There will be a battle of the cherries at Kingsholm in November as Gloucester announced today they will face Japan on...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNick Wood hit by eight-week ban for stamping
Nick Wood was tonight suspended for eight weeks by a RFU Disciplinary Panel. The Gloucester prop was found guilty stamping on Saracens...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Russell Earnshaw – former England Sevens coach
You left England 7s last month. Why? A family decision. Last year I was away 140 days and in my last...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Saracens coach Phil Morrow about the amazing Billy Vunipola
Billy Vunipola is a tank, and at Twickenham two weeks ago London Irish found him virtually unstoppable. The pulverising charges of...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoA red wave rolls off the Solent to remember Cliff
Towards the end of an inspirational life, Cliff Morgan found himself confronted one day by the question of mortality and his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former Newcastle, Brive and England centre
My defence was always good but my attack was sometimes questioned. But that’s what I did, I was known as a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoBOD named in Joe Schmidt first Ireland squad
Ireland boss Joe Schmidt has included Brian O’Briscoll in his first squad ahead of the Autumn internationals. The 34-year-old veteran is...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoFREE Season Guide to the Aviva Premiership & RaboDirect12
The Rugby Paper, the UK’s leading Rugby publication have produced a FREE guide for the start of the upcoming season. To...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoWelsh clubs urged: Join Heineken breakaway
The four Welsh regions are being invited to break Celtic ranks and join the Anglo-French plan for a new Europe.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNick Wood to know his fate tomorrow
Nick Wood will appear in front of a RFU hearing panel tomorrow (Wednesday) following his sending off against Saracens on Sunday....
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Leon Lloyd – former Leicester, Gloucester and England centre
1. Graham Rowntree – When I first went to Leicester as a 17-year-old Graham took me under his wing – for...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Ed Hoadley – London Irish scrum-half
There are not many better places to learn your trade as a scrum-half than at London Irish and Ed Hoadley does...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Front rows must discover the lost arts – or perish
I was at Twickenham this week and found myself at a Press conference outlining the new scrum engagement call, along with...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ten years on, Coombs is overnight sensation!
When it comes to recurring rejection in pursuit of a professional career, Andrew Coombs deserves to be out on his own...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoConor O’Shea: Chris Robshaw will see off his England pretenders
Frustrated Quins boss Conor O’Shea has mounted a furious defence of club captain Chris Robshaw and backed him to see off...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Andy Goode – Wasps fly-half
1. Wind The first thing I do on the morning of a game is look out of the window to see...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGK IPA Championship round 1: Teams
Cornish Pirates v Bristol Cornish Pirates: C. Holland; J. Tincknell, T. Riley, R. James, M. Evans; K. Hallett, G. Cattle (Capt.);...
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