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Features
/ 7 years agoBegles sniffing around Brock
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HARLEQUINS could suffer a setback in their move for Bordeaux Begles’...
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/ 7 years agoMcGuigan making his mind up
Choices: McGuigan GEORGE McGUIGAN is at the centre of a three way tug-of-war between Premiership rivals Leicester Tigers and Gloucester, and...
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/ 7 years agoFalcons stars opt out to prolong life in top-flight
Joining Sale: Newcastle full-back Simon Hammersley NEWCASTLE Falcons are set for a double body blow following relegation to the Championship with...
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/ 7 years agoLam’s on lookout for front row cavalry
In market: Pat Lam BRISTOL BEARS boss Pat Lam is still targeting a couple of signings to bolster his squad for...
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/ 7 years agoSarries would thrash best of the rest in England
NICK CAIN RATES THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AGAINST THE REMAINDER OF THE PREMIERSHIP’S RED ROSE CONTINGENT SARACENS’ third European Cup final triumph...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM COSTELOW LEICESTER FLY-HALF It promises to be a memorable month for 18-year-old flyhalf Sam Costelow, who hopes to line up...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
NEIL COCHRANE THE FORMER EDINBURGH, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER, BEDFORD AND WASPS HOOKER/FLANKER When I was called up to the Scotland Six Nations...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: British & Irish Lions call will prove Gatland as one of the best
Shane Williams says there's no better man for the job of leading the Lions to South Africa in 2021
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Featured
/ 7 years agoTRP’s National One Dream Team 2018-19
The Rugby Paper picks its XV of top performers in one of English rugby's most competition leagues
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Featured
/ 7 years agoIsrael Folau £2.15m contract with Australia terminated after panel backs union’s decision
Wallabies superstar won't be heading to the World Cup, but has 72 hours to lodge appeal and continue legal battle
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Champions Cup hasn’t spread rugby beyond Six Nations unions
Bilbao stands alone as the only time the European Cup finals have been spread further than London, Paris, Newcastle or Marseille,...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Northampton Saints and England centre Luther Burrell
Northampton Saints centre Luther Burrell will bring to a close a 13-year love affair with rugby union to switch codes and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPat Lam opens the door for Genge to return home
Pat Lam would like to have Ellis Genge return to the Bristol Bears, three years after the forward left his hometown...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWallabies name Christian Lealiifano in training squad ahead of World Cup two years after cancer remission
Lealiifano's renewed hope of making the Wallabies squad heading to Japan
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Featured
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Tom Curry or Sam Underhill? Who should start at 7 for England
Jeremy Guscott envisages a great rivalry forming between the two flankers who are the solution to England's run of using 6-and-a-halves
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Galacticos at London Irish need a general like Jonny
Nick Cain questions whether Paddy Jackson will be able to unify an Exiles dressing room packed with southern hemisphere stars
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDave Ellis turns Kenilworth RFC into triple kings at HQ
Ellis hopes to continue coaching next season at Kenilworth after clinching historic treble at Twickenham
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Features
/ 7 years agoRugby demands careful preparation of body and mind
Rugby players need a combination of speed, power, endurance, and explosiveness to excel in this most demanding sport. You don’t need...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRebel Cooper in talks to be Quins marquee man
London calling: Quade Cooper WALLABY star Quade Cooper has opened talks with Harlequins over a potential switch to the Twickenham Stoop....
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/ 7 years agoRichards reaches out to wing ace Goneva
DoR: Dean Richards NEWCASTLE Falcons, who are seeking a much needed boost following relegation to the Championship, have offered Vereniki Goneva...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER IRELAND A, EXETER, HARLEQUINS, WORCESTER AND EDINBURGH PROP JOHN ANDRESS MOVING to Exeter in 2007 was the best decision...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM MORLEY EXETER FLY-HALF When Sam Morley was told three years ago that he had no future at Harlequins, it would...
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/ 7 years agoHammers utilise Wray knowhow
Mentor: Jackson Wray SARACENS continue to strengthen their links with London’s Premier League football clubs with back rower Jackson Wray being...
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/ 7 years agoNo fanfare over McGeechan exit
LIONS hero Sir Ian McGeechan, right, arrived at York-shire Carnegie almost seven years ago with great fanfare but this week quietly...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTRP’s Championship Dream Team XV 2018-19
Jon Newcombe has canvassed opinion from the second tier to select a dream XV
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Owen Farrell and Jonny Sexton tactical battle will be box office
Jeremy Guscott examines the battle of the 10s ahead of the Champions Cup final
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNew Tottenham Hotspur stadium to host 2021 European rugby finals
A stadium with a capacity of 62,062
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Yet again the RFU let Shaun Edwards slip through the net
What options do the RFU have available to them if they move on from Eddie Jones after the World Cup?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFraser Balmain: From benchwarmer at Welford Road to Kingsholm titan
The former Leicester prop is thriving after stepping out of Dan Cole's shadow at Welford Road to join the Cherry and...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Shaun Edwards will always be one of Wales’ own
A strange timeline of events and the outcome of Wales' World Cup won't impact regard for Edwards
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Features
/ 7 years agoSmart money’s on Mr Motivator
Fresh-faced veteran: Richard Wigglesworth PICTURES: Getty Images High five: Richard Wigglesworth’s first Premiership title with Sale in 2006 RICHARD Wigglesworth has...
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/ 7 years agoWHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?
Consistently brilliant: Mark McCall’s Saracens are into another Champions Cup final 99 not out: Sutton and Epsom’s Matt Whittaker THERE have...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFE IN RUGBY
THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND ENGLAND ‘A’ FLY-HALF PAUL CHALLINOR IT’S 20 years since I last laced up my boots and while...
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/ 7 years agoEngland’s World Cup prospects? Who can tell!
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Last gasp: George Ford saves England against Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images As...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
IZAIHA MOORE LONDON IRISH BACK ROW Izaiha Moore-Aiono made a try-scoring debut for England U20s in their impressive 35-8 victory over...
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/ 7 years agoTime for RFU to leave the pro game to professionals
COLIN BOAG Stripped of captaincy: Will Carling paid a heavy price for his comment It’s nearly 25 years since Will Carling...
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/ 7 years agoYet again England have let Edwards slip the net
NICK CAIN THE decision by Sean Edwards to join France after the 2019 World Cup is another instance of the RFU...
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/ 7 years agoWallabies peform a new trick to get White on board
RUGBY Australia has forced itself into contractual contortions in order to circumvent eligibility regulations that it put in place to stop...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Danny Cipriani can rain on Saracens dream of a double
Saracens are on course to compete for a Premiership and Champions Cup double – but the Gloucester fly-half can spoil that
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates, ex-Sandbach and Leeds Beckett fly-half Will Cargill
The Pirates goal-kicker picks the best XV based on who he has played with and against
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The Premiership has a long way to go to return the sort of profit CVC desires
Jeff Probyn addresses the gulf that will form between grassroots rugby and the top level with the CVC's influence on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: The Championship and National League stars shooting for silverware
We’re looking at some of the front-runners for the Championship and National Leagues’ Players of the Year to honour in our...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Get Anthony Watson in the England no.15 shirt
How would the return of the Bath full-back figure in England's 31-man World Cup squad?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe best betting offers for rugby punters
What’s best, Rugby Union or Rugby League? It’s an argument that will keep diehard followers of either sport up all night...
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/ 7 years agoWallabies prop brings the hammer down on Rugby Australia for their treatment of Israel Folau
Has the Wallabies Rookie of the Year award winner just jeopardised his Rugby World Cup?
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/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: Which youngster deserves recognition?
We’re looking for your Young Player of the Year to honour in our inaugural Rugby Paper Awards. Youth has had a...
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/ 7 years agoWhat next for Shaun Edwards after rejecting Wigan Warriors?
In August 2018, Shaun Edwards made a verbal commitment to returning to his former club in rugby league, Wigan Warriors, once...












