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/ 6 years agoEngland beat the Boks and the All Blacks!
Gloucester farmer: John Pullin GENERALLY the 70s weren’t kind to England but there was a madcap two or three years at...
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/ 6 years agoIsiekwe will be a Saint for a year
ENGLAND forward Nick Isiekwe, 22, will join Northampton Saints on loan for the 2020-21 season, as revealed on Blindside in March,...
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/ 6 years agoLoader steps in to beef up Ystalyfera forwards
By ROB COLE NEWS EXTRA YSTALYFERA have added former Wales prop Christian Loader to their coaching team for next season as...
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/ 6 years agoThomas urged to make Ospreys chance count
By ROB COLE Held: Nicky Thomas of Scarlets tackles Leinster’s Ed Byrne Inset: Nicky Smith Help: Bernard Jackman NICKY Thomas’ return...
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/ 6 years agoSo proud to be made captain of my country
THE FORMER USA EAGLES CAPTAIN AND LEICESTER AND CARDIFF BLUES FULL-BACK BLAINE SCULLY MY LIFEIN RUGBY High spot: Blaine Scully scores...
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/ 6 years agoCudd talks himself out of his job at Dragons
NIC CUDD is quite rightly proud of what he achieved over eight seasons at the Dragons, but perhaps his greatest legacy...
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/ 6 years agoGive stars Test fees but keep pay down
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In the money: England players get £25,000 for each Test match PICTURE:...
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/ 6 years agoLansdown argument all about monopoly
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST According to the American business magazine Forbes, there are around a thousand people in the world blessed...
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/ 6 years agoForce for good is coming out of Oz at long last
SHOCK! Horror! A good news rugby story from Australia, where tales of woe have been a dime a dozen since Israel...
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/ 6 years agoI’ll never be like Beauden but I aim to be a winner
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WALES AND NORTHAMPTON FLY-HALF DAN BIGGAR, THE SCOURGE OF ENGLAND Injury-hit: Gareth Anscombe DAN Biggar says he...
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/ 6 years agoDAN BIGGAR ON…
...Gareth Anscombe’s arrival spurring him on I made a joke and said I was happy coming off the bench last season,...
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/ 6 years agoFarrell has the game to replace Sexton
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION 2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO THIS WEEK… FLY-HALVES Ice cool from the...
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/ 6 years agoTrailfinders trio are off to join Quins
HARLEQUINS are ready to confirm that they have swooped for Ealing Trailfinders stars Craig Trenier, Jordan Els and Matt Cornish. The...
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/ 6 years agoI’m leaving Scarlets with them ready to explode
Q&A BRAD MOOAR ON THE RECORD Scarlets head coach Brad Mooar flies back to take up a coaching role with New...
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/ 6 years agoQ&A – Mark Mapletoft: Harlequins could improve on bringing through more youngsters
After a decade at Harlequins, academy coach Mark Mapletoft is moving on. We asked him about his time at the Stoop...
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/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Playing for British & Irish Lions was most special honour for Rory Underwood
England's all-time leading tryscorer played in a World Cup and was a spectator at the 2003 triumph in Sydney
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/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Expected disaster story turned into a fairytale
Brendan Gallagher recalls the doom-mongering around the 1995 Rugby World Cup, as South Africa grappled with fragile identity after Apartheid's end
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/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Life with the Lions was just so physical
Rugby against the Springboks and provincial South Africa sides in 2009 was as hard as four years prior against the All...
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/ 6 years agoHewett column: Reduce the size of the bench? It can’t happen
It's 40 years since Robin Cowling played through a dislocated shoulder against French great Robert Paparemborde
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/ 6 years agoSam Underhill goes back to his roots during lockdown, but embraces future with Bath, England and as a possible Lion
The England flanker recalls working with his painter/decorator Grandad, and the grind required to bring success to Bath and a Lions...
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/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Northampton Saints No.8 Tui Uru
Uru was signed by Saints after playing for Bury St Edmunds in National Two South
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back
The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour...
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/ 6 years agoLeinster wing Dave Kearney is king of Europe’s elite tryscorers
Peter Jackson looks over the stats for Europe's top performing players in terms of tries and points scored
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/ 6 years agoTRP’s National Two North Team of the Season
We can reveal the National Two North XV voted for their standout campaigns in 2019-20
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/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Premiership can learn financial fair play from NFL
Jeremy Guscott judges how the salary cap is applied in the NFL to maximise financial and regulatory viability
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/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Takeovers, big moves, life goes on in Pro D2
James Harrington reports on how money is swirling around the second tier of French rugby
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/ 6 years agoCain column: Most marquee players just aren’t worth the money
The Premiership has been a two-team preserve for too long. But Nick Cain questions Steve Lansdown's route to dethroning Saracens
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/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby stadiums countdown: 5-1
Twickenham enters the rankings outside of the Top 3
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/ 6 years agoSam’s a man for hard graft on and off the pitch
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT IMP ROVING HIS DRIVEWAY…AND HIS GAME SAM Underhill is getting stuck in. There’s nothing...
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/ 6 years agoWelsh trio can put pressure on Conor
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… SCRUM-HALVES IF the 2021...
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/ 6 years agoRugby must recalibrate by remembering less is more
Q&A MARK MAPLETOFT ON THE RECORD After a decade at Harlequins in various roles, former head coach and academy guru Mark...
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/ 6 years agoMiracle workers keep World Cup dream alive
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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/ 6 years agoTitans lead charge with Redruth afterepic four-way title shoot-out
The Rugby Paper’s National 2 South correspondents pick a Team of the Season Nose for the line: Isaac ‘Sniffer’ Dalton scores...
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/ 6 years agoWorld is watching as rugby returns for NZ clubs
NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY THE players involved in the new-look Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament that is due to get underway...
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/ 6 years agoTigers want some magic from Potter
LEICESTER Tigers are hoping that Harry Potter will cast a magic spell on the wing next season after luring him away...
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/ 6 years agoFrench need a lesson from law-abiding Chiefs
Peter Jackson reveals Europe’s saints and sinners since 2015 France can claim to have been dealt the most expensive red cards...
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/ 6 years agoTe’o joins Broncos
FORMER England centre Ben Te’o, 33, is set to continue his career in the NRL by agreeing a move to the...
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/ 6 years agoSwinging 60s rugby showed its very good, bad and ugly sides
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union FOR rugby the 60s mirrored the pop...
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/ 6 years agoON THE BLINGSIGE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■DAN CARTER has formally parted company with Kobe Kobelco Steelers and is now weighing...
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/ 6 years agoFrance claim their first Slam despite tinkering selectors
Unbeatable combination: France’s Camberabero brothers, Lilian and Guy THE conventional wisdom is that, having identified your chosen playing group, consistency of...
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/ 6 years agoHumphreys in coaching power battle
GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys is locked in a power struggle with the Cherry and White’s players and board over...
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/ 6 years agoRochford resolute despite coaching changes
NEWS EXTRA By JACK ZORAB AMBITIOUS Rochford Hundred are being forced to re-adjust their sights ahead of their debut season in...
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/ 6 years agoCzekaj calls time at 34
FORMER Wales wing Chris Czekaj has decided to hang up his boots at the age of 34. He played for Merthyr...
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/ 6 years agoRejecting Eddie led to my Test career
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ANDREW MOWER THE FORMER SCOTLAND, LONDON IRISH & NEWCASTLE FLANKER Ball skills: Andrew Mower in action for Newcastle...
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/ 6 years agoGopperth keeps going
JIMMY Gopperth has re-signed with Wasps, a month short of his 37th birthday. New Zealander Gopperth, right, who joined from Leinster...
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/ 6 years agoPremiership is for all – not just the richest, Steve
COLIN BOAG Ifear for the future of the Premiership and the open letter from Bristol Bears owner, Steve Lansdown, has done...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s all over for Swinson
SCOTLAND and Glasgow second row Tim Swinson will retire at the end of the season. The 33-year-old earned 38 caps and...
