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Features
/ 8 years agoHooper masterminds Wimbledon victory
London & South East Premier Regional Premier Leagues IN the clash between first and second at The Gables, Wimbledon ran out...
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/ 8 years agoRFU monies made Marler exit possible
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IN COLIN Boag’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSalop fight back to go top of table
Midlands Premier NEWPORT SALOP went top as they beat Sandbach 28-22 with a late try, edging on points difference above Scunthorpe,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s selection tunnel vision will lead us nowhere
JEREMY Guscott is spot on! Play Owen Farrell in his club position of 10 where he can control the game as...
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/ 8 years agoBonus win for Kirkby
Northern Premier KIRKBY Lonsdale made it two wins in consecutive weeks with a 29-22 triumph at Vale of Lune. The visitors...
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/ 8 years agoDicky has whole of Corwall’s backing
ON behalf of Cornish Pirates fans I must refute the accusation in last week’s letters that Dicky Evans is delusional. In...
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/ 8 years agoNo mercy as Bournemouth stay perfect
South West Premier RAMPANT Bournemouth top the table by one point following a 65-7 win over Camborne to make it six...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExpand power of the TMO’s, don’t curtail it
COLIN BOAG Does World Rugby’s continual dithering over the role of the TMO show weakness or simply a failure to get...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBlues blast RFU refusal
News BEDFORD have claimed that the RFU failed to protect “player welfare” when refusing to postpone a match despite 21 players...
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Features
/ 8 years agoKnights reinforce
DONCASTER have signed tight-head prop Matt Talaese to bolster their forward options. Talaese joins from New Zealand side Wellsford RFC and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGoode is among my star picks to light up Europe
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE European Cup provides us with the chance to see great players rise to the occasion...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBelieve me, it was far more stressful in amateur game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Big loss for World Cup: England’s ‘bit part player’ Joe Marler PICTURE:...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Courtney Meredith stands alone from Wales 1953 heroes
Peter Jackson on the sole remaining survivor of Wales' 1953 All Blacks victors
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Featured
/ 8 years agoHorne speaks on horror injury ahead of Twickenham tribute
Rob Horne on his injury ahead of Saturday's derby match
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: The time has come to pick Owen Farrell as England’s 10
Jeremy Guscott on why the Ford-Farrell format is 'flawed' for England
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCornish Pirates bring in Worcester back rower
Just back from an arrangement which saw him play club rugby in New Zealand
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens captain Brad Barritt to have facial surgery
The centre took a boot to the face during Saracens' 50-27 win over Bath
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 years agoCoenie may swap Sharks!
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Prop: Coenie Oosthuizen SALE SHARKS are working on a deal which will see them...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 years agoStirling in cash dash for Kiwis
YORKSHIRE Carnegie boss Chris Stirling will find out this week if he will be handed extra funds to strengthen his squad....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 years agoStay with us, Sarries tell Judge
SARACENS are looking to extend the stay of tight head Christian Judge in the capital until the start of next year....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 years agoChiefs eye up Hogg to replace veteran Dollman
Options: Stuart Hogg SCOTLAND and British Lions full back Stuart Hogg is attracting the interest of former Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 years agoRichards swoops for Harlequins No10 Swiel
Move: Tim Swiel NEWCASTLE FALCONS boss Dean Richards has bolstered his squad by returning to his former club Harlequins to land...
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Features
/ 8 years agoItalian legend Parisse set for a thrilling final chapter
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to iconic Italy No.8 Sergio Parisse at the start of a huge 12 months Giant killer: Sergio Parisse...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPlayers must embrace the new laws to make ref’s job easier
Harsh red card: Sergio Parisse is sent off for ‘self-defence’ SERGIO Parisse was on the wrong end of a bizarre sending...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWHO IS THE BEST NO.8?
SO is Sergio Parisse the greatest specialist No 8 ever. I would argue it’s a dead heat between him and Mervyn...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMissing: Some back row jewels needed desperately by England
NICK CAIN REVISITS THE RED ROSE BACK ROW AND FINDS THE PROBLEM AS PERPELEXNG AS EVER THERE are only four weeks...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALFIE PETCH EXETER CHIEFS PROP Alfie Petch has the credentials to become a topclass tighthead. Hailing from Bude, where former England...
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/ 8 years agoTrent leave it late to create their own bit of history
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP BUCS returned with a bang with four Wednesday fixtures, the first kicking off at a sun...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMarler has just ensured his club career goes on
COLIN BOAG Intense: Joe Marler playing for England How many England caps does one man need? Joe Marler has 59, which...
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/ 8 years agoTime has come to pick Farrell as England’s No 10
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Power: Ben Te’o is Jerry’s first pick at 12 if fit PICTURE: Getty Images WHEN Owen...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones blitzes through our pick of questions
From Dave Attwood to the breakdown, the England coach comments on a few matters
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Trailblazing Bee-Gee who twice broke Welsh hearts
Peter Jackson throws things back to 1999 when Apollo Perelini took Samoa to glory
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Sale Sharks young flyer Paolo Odogwu
Badly worn shoes A couple of boys in the team don’t put their shoes on properly and stand on the backs...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Eddie must get Joe Cokanasiga in his side straight away
Jeremy Guscott believes the Bath & England wing can be a threat anywhere on the pitch and is a must-start in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoBBC to televise Killik Cup clash between Barbarians and Argentina
The December 1 match will be shown live as the November Tests conclude with the Killik Cup clash
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRugby players lift up car to rescue drunk teammate who had been run over
The prop had taken a lie down in the street before the incident on Sunday
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Featured
/ 8 years agoGeorgia appoint Graham Rowntree as forwards coach heading into World Cup year
About to get to work with Georgia's formidable pack
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Features
/ 8 years agoHartpury kick off hat-trick bid with tough trip to Cardiff
By JAMES COFFEY BUCS PREVIEW BUCS Super Rugby returns this week following another successful showing since its maiden season in 2016....
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Features
/ 8 years agoPontypool’s past glories will live long in memory
BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the history of Pontypool to celebrate their 150th anniversary BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fearsome: The Pooler front row of 1972...
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Features
/ 8 years agoProsser lessons put Faulkner on road to riches
Lyndon J Faulkner tells BRENDAN GALLAGHER about Ray Prosser’s lasting impression BRENDAN GALLAGHER Winner: Lyndon J Faulkner in Pooler colours RAY...
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Features
/ 8 years agoProtect the players but don’t kill rugby’s soul
COLIN BOAG These are tough days for Rugby Union with the very ethos of the game being challenged. It’s always been...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie must get Cokanasiga in his side straight away
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JOE Cokanasiga has had a big impact already at Bath even though he is only...
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Features
/ 8 years agoROOM 101: PAOLO ODOGWU
THE SALE SHARKS WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND. 1. Badly worn shoes A...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRIS STIRLING THE YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE DoR AS a player I made over 250 appearances at full-back for my local club, Tawa,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CONNOR EDWARDS DRAGONS CENTRE As a 12-year-old setting out on his rugby journey with Croesyceiliog RFC in Cwmbran, Connor Edwards first...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoIs England’s scrum doomed ahead of the World Cup? The architect of the 2003 world beaters shares his view
Phil Keith-Roach explains why the time for change may have arrived at the feet of England's front row
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