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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoCraig Mitchell: Shame of my ‘Lions’ punch-up
Craig Mitchell has spoken candidly about the horrific long-haul flight home from Australia in June when he feared his rugby career...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Nicol – Former Bath, Glasgow & Scotland scrum-half
I am very lucky that there are two games that define my career. There is no doubt the greatest achievement was...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNigel Melville in talks over US-based Premiership games
England‘s Premiership clubs are to hold imminent talks with American power-brokers aimed at ‘opening up’ the trans-Atlantic market. USA Rugby’s top...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO: Tom Varndell – “It was amazing to have the Red Rose on my chest again”
In an exclusive production by The Rugby Paper, London Wasps winger Tom Varndell talks about the season ahead with Wasps as...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Olly Kohn – former Harlequins lock
1. Joe Marler – Has really developed his scrummaging over the years and to have a haircut like that you need...
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Moment In Time
/ 12 years agoSanderson and his Quins have a day to remember
This was a remarkable cup final victory on so many levels. For starters, Harlequins had endured a shocking Premiership campaign, winning...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO: James Hudson – “The new scrum rules have an impact on the locks”
In an exclusive production by The Rugby Paper, Gloucester lock James Hudson talks about the impacts of the scrum laws changes...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoTom Savage named Gloucester captain
Gloucester Rugby have confirmed that Tom Savage will succeed Jim Hamilton as the club’s new captain for the upcoming season. Set...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Pomposity overload? Cure it with my minnows
It might surprise you to learn that 131 of the scheduled 184 qualifying games for Rugby World Cup 2015 have already...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Maybe the IRB have got the scrum right at last
Crouch, Touch, Set and off we go as the latest incarnation of the scrum engagement is rolled out across the game....
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoJosh Lewsey goes all-Cornish in Pirates’ masterplan
Galvanising support throughout the whole of Cornwall is key to the success of Cornish Pirates says CEO and performance director, Josh...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Steve Lawrie – Edinburgh hooker
1. Running into touch With the Murrayfield pitch being as wide as they come you’d think there would be no danger...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoChris Robshaw commits to Quins
Chris Robshaw has today signed an extension to his contract which will keep him with the club until the end of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher on the new England speedster who is giving his club top priority
Marland Yarde just missed the world renowned St Lucia Jazz festival this year – he was otherwise engaged making music for...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoJoin TRP’s prediction leagues on SuperBru
The Rugby Paper running prediction leagues in the Aviva Premiership, RaboDirect Pro12 and RFU Championship this season, and we’d love you...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoShane Geraghty: London Irish can confound runaways and bid for Top6
Shane Geraghty admits to understanding why a string of top players opted to quit London Irish. But the bullish Exiles playmaker...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Fowlie – London Irish centre
England‘s new elite squad may have a glaring dearth of outside centres, but thanks to London Irish‘s Tom Fowlie, the future...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO: “We want to win the Heineken Cup” – Ben Youngs
In an exclusive production (the first ever) by The Rugby Paper, Leicester, England & Lions scrum-half Ben Youngs reveals the reigning...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWelsh international prop joins Exiles
Welsh International loosehead prop John Yapp has joined London Irish ahead of the upcoming season on loan from Edinburgh. At 19...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: No favours for Fiji as All Blacks pick Japan
The All Blacks could have played England or Wales in November and charged their going rate for an out-of-window Test of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoAlex King hopes to turn his new Northampton Saints into kings
George North‘s unveiling at Northampton was close to rock star status – but the man who could prove to be Saints’...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Gavin Cattle – Cornish Pirates scrum-half
Been anywhere nice on holiday? I had a few days on the Scilly Isles and the rest of the time has...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoNo U-turn on Europe promises Premiership boss Mark McCafferty
England‘s Premiership clubs are adamant there will be no u-turn on their crusade for a new European Cup, promising it will...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Will Skinner – former Harlequins flanker
Even though the club has won the Premiership, LV= Cup and the Amlin Cup in its recent past, the games in...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 12 years agoMan Behind the Match: Grayson knew O’Gara could miss crucial kick
Ronan O’Gara is the Heineken Cup‘s golden boy. He’s the record points scorer, the record appearance holder and in any pub...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Lee Adamson – former Wasps and Saracens lock
1. Paul Rendall – Great team player and one of the unsung heroes. There wasn’t anything extraordinary in what he did...
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Moment In Time
/ 12 years agoMoment in Time: Walder flies in under the radar to lift Falcons
Little did supporters of Newcastle Falcons realise it at the time, but this supremely riotous Twickenham cup final would represent the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: How Toby almost fell into grasp of England
It won’t do them any good now but England will be kicking themselves for allowing Wales to take Toby Faletau from...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Rob Rowlinson – former Leeds hooker
1. The new scrummaging laws I’m not a fan of the “crouch, bind, set” scrum engagement sequence that is currently being...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Now we must research the true risk of dementia
With all the excitement of the announcement of the new elite player squad some rather bad news almost slipped under the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The Puma underdogs must show teeth again
And now the hard work and the pain really begins. Making their debut in the Rugby Championship last season was an...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoMike Blair keen to make his mark in Premiership
Mike Blair is counting down the days until he samples Premiership rugby at first hand for the first time with Newcastle....
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Scott Steele – Leicester scrum-half
It’s never easy to make your breakthrough at Leicester Tigers – just ask Billy Twelvetrees – but in Ben Youngs, scrum-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher meets the modest architect of Wasps greatness
Rob Smith never sought the limelight as a player, coach or indeed guru to some of England‘s most promising youngsters, so...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPaul Sackey joins Harlequins
Harlequins announced today that Paul Sackey has joined the club as injury dispensation cover for Ross Chisholm who tore his anterior cruciate...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNo frills as Dave Attwood batters his way back
Stuart Lancaster is regarded as a coach of considerable subtlety, but his advice to the recalled Dave Attwood has no frills:...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Will Fraser – Saracens flanker
Been anywhere nice this summer? No, I was in the physio room every day after having surgery on my latissimus dorsi...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoQuins name World Club 7s squad
Harlequins have announced their squad ahead of the inaugural World Club 7s at Twickenham Stadium this weekend. The 2011 Premiership champions...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNine or ten? Northampton Saints can count on me, says Kahn Fotuali’i
Northampton new boy Kahn Fotuali’i admits he will not be the fly-half that Saints fans have craved ever since Carlos Spencer’s...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Leon Lloyd – former Leicester, Gloucester & England back
I got my first England cap in 2000 in Pretoria against South Africa. At the start of the tour I was...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoGloucester announce squad for World Club 7s
Gloucester Rugby have kept faith with the young squad that secured silverware in the J P Morgan Premiership Sevens and have...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoFrench giants can lure Adam Jones with £350k
Toulouse and Clermont will head the queue in response to Adam Jones declaring his interest in moving to France at the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCanterbury launches a ‘boot for every position’
Leading international rugby brand Canterbury has unveiled a new boot range ahead of the 2013-14 season. Channelling the experience that comes...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 12 years agoMan behind the Match: Wilkinson comes back – with a record of course!
It was like he had never been away. Exactly 1,148 days since his last England appearance – you might remember that...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Rory Jenkins – former Quins, Wasps & England flanker
1. Jason Leonard – You can’t beat a rock like him on and off the pitch. He is a larger-than-life character...
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Moment In Time
/ 12 years agoMoment in Time: Day it all came right for the Cherry and Whites
Whether they like it or not, Gloucester‘s 2002-3 campaign will always be defined by two stunning defeats: the 6-33 reverse at...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoQuade Cooper recalled by Wallabies
Quade Cooper will make his return to Test rugby after being named in Ewen McKenzie’s 30-man squad for the Rugby Championship....
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Kohn’s time turns out to be tweet and short
A new contender has emerged for the shortest international career on record, one whose claims had been lost amid the substitution...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Merv…the O’Driscoll axe lacked respect
I had to laugh when I read the comments posted by ‘Merv’ following my article about Brian O’ Driscoll being left...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoMike Forshaw talks tough to Danny Cipriani and Co
As a Rugby League international as well as former Iron Man competitor, Sale‘s new defence coach Mike Forshaw is clearly not...
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