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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 39: Gordon D’Arcy – Champions Cup Final Preview
The highly-anticipated Champions Cup final takes place on Saturday afternoon with two European heavyweights, Leinster and Toulouse, set to provide a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLam so keen to keep hold of Vakatawa
Pat Lam wants Virimi Vakatawa to extend his stay at Ashton Gate and is in talks with the France centre over...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDREAM TEAM
JAMIE ELLIOTT, THE BEDFORD BLUES AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND ZEBRE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Features
/ 2 years ago‘We have to manage load’
PAUL REES EXAMINES THE FALLOUT FROM GLOUCESTER’S 90-0 HIDING BY NORTHAMPTON SAINTS George Skivington has had better weeks. He knew his...
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Features
/ 2 years agoCup final is genuine clash of the giants
By PAUL REES Nearly half of the Champions Cup finals have involved Toulouse or Leinster, the two most successful sides in...
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Features
/ 2 years agoDean seeks platform
Ross Heppenstall finds out what Dean Richards has been up to since stepping down as Newcastle Falcons boss for more success...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLawes is level with England’s greatest
RUGBY MATTERS Members of the Rugby Writers club have recently been voting for the Pat Marshall award which we scribes use...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoA thrilling ride but now it’s time to call it a day
MY LIFE IN RUGBY CHARLIE BECKETT - THE DONCASTER AND FORMER LEICESTER, LONDON WELSH, GLOUCESTER, JERSEY, AMPTHILL AND EASTWOOD SECOND ROW...
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Features
/ 2 years agoNICK LILLEY
YOUNG GUNS by Ben Jaycock Exeter Chiefs centre Nick Lilley wishes he could have a notepad and pen to hand in...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReeves driving Brazil’s bid to join global party
Joe Santamaria talks to Brazil technical director Josh Reeves about his adopted country’s mission to qualify for RWC27 Josh Reeves has...
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Features
/ 2 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 38: JP Doyle on laws of the game and Premiership final day
The Gallagher Premiership is headed towards a superb Super Saturday, with five teams still in the running for the final two...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoVunipola trio to depart Saracens
Saracens players Billy, Mako and Manu Vunipola are to leave the North London club at the end of the current campaign....
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Alex Loney
The former Leicester, Nottingham, Avignon, Rotherham and Fylde hooker, now head coach of Fylde & Lancashire, chooses the best XV he...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMine was very much the road less travelled
My Life in Rugby - Mike Ross, the former Ireland, Harlequins and Leinster prop talks about his life in the game...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years ago50 years ago, the Lions start to sweat
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER At the start of the year, this column...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoRepaying loyalty is absolutely paramount
Steve Hill puts the questions to Tom Huggins, head coach at Dudley Kingswinford RFC Why did you get into coaching rugby...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Loughborough prop Eric Nixon
By BEN JAYCOCK Venezuelan-born prop Eric Nixon is hoping to follow in the footsteps of a long list of Millfield School...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 37: Champions Cup, Dupont and Olympics with Mike Friday
There’s plenty on the agenda for the Rugby Paper Podcast this week. Ollie Little and columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris Hewett and...
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Features
/ 2 years agoI’d love to coach at top level, says Biljon
By JON NEWCOMBE It is one of rugby’s cruel ironies that Harvey Biljon, who has transformed the careers of so many...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Darren Edwards
The former Newport, Saracens, London Irish & Leeds scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Andrew...
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Features
/ 2 years agoWithout referees, there is no game
Paul Rees looks at the pressures on the men and women in the middle and asks what can be done to...
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Features
/ 2 years agoWe had belief in our ability
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter Chiefs legend Gareth Steenson as he embarks on a new chapter away from Sandy Park IN...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoWith selection, you can’t keep every player happy
Steve Hill puts the questions to Chris Wilkins, below, the head coach at Esher, champions of National Two East Why did...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDelighted to see Titans stand tall
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There are some teams you grow particularly attached...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoStorti brings season to an end in style
Portugal wing Raffaele Storti may have made a slow start to the season but he has been making up for it...
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Features
/ 2 years agoUniversity pathway to top of the game
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Being named in an England Students squad is among the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoYou lived on the edge with Scotland
My Life in Rugby with Neil Edwards - The former Scotland, Barbarians, Rosslyn Park, Harlequins & Northampton second row talks about...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Bath & England U18 fly-half James Linegar
By BEN JAYCOCK James Linegar stepped up with ice in his veins to slot a match winning conversion from out wide...
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Feature
/ 2 years agoHow one match at Croke Park changed European Rugby
They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. 15 years since Leinster dominated Munster in front of a world...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 36: Ruan Ackermann on Prem weekend, residency rules and EPCR semis
Following a pivotal weekend of Gallagher Premiership action – not without its controversies – Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Ben Adams
The Cambridge and former Coventry, Bedford Blues, Queensland Country & Australia Sevens back rower, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Exeter Chiefs back row Maddie Feaunati
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Leeds Date of birth: 18/05/02 Community club: Marist St Pats RFC Red Roses debut: vs Italy March...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoTo play for Gosforth & Bath was wonderful
My Life in Rugby with Rob Cunningham - The former Scotland, Anglo-Scots, Boroughmuir, Bath, Gosforth, Tynedale & Northumberland hooker talks about...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoI want to get the best out of every individual
COACH TO COACH Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Scott Barrow, the head coach at Sedgley Park Tigers...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years ago35 years on and Tim’s charity still full of hope
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER If you believe rugby is the ultimate team sport – which I still do – it is...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 centre Sean Kerr
By BEN JAYCOCK Sean Kerr revealed kicking in front of a vibrant, hostile crowd in France during England U20s Six Nations...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCokayne in for Red Roses decider
Amy Cokayne comes in for the injured Lark Atkin-Davies as England take on France in a third-consecutive Grand Slam deciding match...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 35: Grand Slam decider preview with Marlie Packer
It all comes down to this! The Women’s Six Nations is heading for an epic conclusion in Bordeaux on Saturday as...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with James Flynn
The Ampthill and former Saracens, Jersey, Yorkshire Carnegie & Sale Sharks prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Exeter Chiefs prop Liz Hanlon
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Epsom, Surrey Date of Birth: 30/07/01 Community Club: Sutton & Epsom RFC Red Roses caps: 0 Why...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoScoring in Hell Fire Corner was great
My Life in Rugby with Greg Goodfellow - The former Cornwall, Chinnor, Redruth, Cornish Pirates, Coventry, Mounts Bay & Hawick scrum-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoS Africa is crying out for its own league
RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF I remember my A level geography...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGreat to see Swiss move up the ladder
There will be a new name mixing it with the bigger teams in the Rugby Europe Championship next season after Switzerland...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons hooker Jacob Oliver
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle Falcons have endured a dismal campaign in the Premiership but tyro hooker Jacob Oliver believes the future...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoThe four clubs in Kyiv have to share one pitch
Coach to Coach Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill puts the questions to Dimitri Basilaia, the Ukraine assistant coach Why did you...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 34: Champions Cup review and Premiership run-in with Jordan Crane
The quarter-final stage of the Champions Cup was an absolute try-fest, with 41 tries in four games underpinning headline wins for...
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Features
/ 2 years agoComing to grief on the road to Morocco
Mark Stevens talks to Exeter chairman Tony Rowe about his love of classic rallying across all corners of the world WIDELY...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSaracens turn their sights on May
Saracens are in talks with England and Gloucester winger Jonny May, below, about a move this summer. Saracens had also spoken...
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