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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoPremiership plans to expand top flight could be ‘dead’ forever
Proposals for a 14-team Premiership and a moratorium on promotion and relegation from season 2016-17 are dead. The Rugby Paper can...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Robin Cowling – former England prop
With my family background I suppose I was destined to play rugby. My dad came from County Durham and played Rugby...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoNemani Nadolo plans Pool of Death opener shock for England
Fijian juggernaut Nemani Nadolo has England in his sights and intends to blow the World Cup wide open with victory on...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Kelly Brown – Saracens, Scotland and former Borders back row
1. Cian Healy – Clearly spent a significant part of his life in the gym, strong, good in the set-piece and...
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Champions Cup
/ 11 years agoSteve Meehan tips English clubs to challenge French giants
Toulon‘s new backs coach Steve Meehan believes the financial disparity between English and French clubs is closing and sees no reason...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Owain James – Wasps full-back
Owain James is still coming to terms with mixing it up alongside his idols at training, but next week he will...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoAshley Johnson is hooking up to a whole new ball game
Barnstorming South African will not settle for the No.16 shirt.
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Chris Walker – Yorkshire Carnegie flanker
1. Man buns Man buns’ otherwise known as ‘top knots’ are horrendous and have no place in society. I’m not the...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoOpenside duo key for Wallabies says George Smith
Breakdown master George Smith has backed Australia to cause England and Wales no end of trouble in the ‘Pool of Death’...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Scott Steele – London Irish scrum-half
How’s pre-season going? We’ve just started our second block of training and it’s ramped up from the first three weeks we...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoCatherine Spencer blasts RFU for ‘wasting’ World Cup win
Former England captain Catherine Spencer has launched a stinging attack on the RFU for wasting legacy opportunities from the 2014 World...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tommy Hayes – former Waikato, Glasgow & Bristol fly-half
When I moved over to Scotland from New Zealand in the late Nineties I was warned to pack plenty of coats...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoHair Bear Adam Jones hungry for Harlequins starting jersey
Former Wales star has “nothing to prove” at Harlequins.
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Alex Grove – Worcester and Scotland centre
1. Kyle Trainor – For a big bloke the Bristol prop is quite mobile and very skilful with ball in hand....
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Featured
/ 11 years agoCarl Fearns: French leave will ease my frustration
Bath’s decision to move Sam Burgess into their back row contributed to shock summer move to France.
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Adam Jamieson – Cornish Pirates prop
Adam Jamieson spent most of last season out injured but the young tighthead has worked hard to regain full fitness this...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoNew boy Dan Robson relishing battle for Wasps No.9 shirt
Former Gloucester player cannot wait to go head-to-head with England hopeful Joe Simpson.
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Adrian Jarvis – Bristol fly-half
1. Slow golfers I had a round of golf the other day at the Celtic Manor Resort which is an amazing...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoMike Friday: England have no midfield X-factor without Kyle Eastmond
Kyle Eastmond’s World Cup omission betrays a startling lack of England ambition, according to former Sevens boss Mike Friday. Friday says...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Charlie Sharples – Gloucester wing
Must be chuffed to have been offered a new deal by the club two months before the season even starts? The...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoPool of Death holds no fear for Nikola Matawalu’s classy Islanders
“Fiji mean business at this World Cup”
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Roger Shackleton – former Harrogate and England fly-half
Receiving a letter from then secretary Robin Prescott inviting me to play for England a few days after I’d broken my...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoOutsiders Fiji will take a big scalp warns Bob Dwyer
1991 winning coach adamant Fiji will be England or Wales at World Cup.
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Joe Gray – Harlequins and former Northampton hooker
1. Tom Smith – He was awesome at the set piece but he was also able to step in at fly-half...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Gabriel Ibitoye – England U18s & Harlequins wing
Gabriel Ibitoye is blessed with lightning pace and electric feet and he hopes that will help him evade defenders in one...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoAmbitious London Welsh demand clarity on promotion plan
London Welsh head coach Rowland Phillips has called for clarity over promotion arrangements before the new Championship campaign kicks-off on September...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Paul Andrew – Cornish Pirates prop
1. Fitness testing As a founder member of the ‘Fat Club’ it probably comes as no surprise that I’m not a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoMarcus Watson eyes Newcastle Falcons’ No.13 shirt
While Anthony Watson contemplates helping England on the road to World Cup glory, older brother Marcus has his own challenges to...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSam Hidalgo-Clyne Is the man for Scotland – Scott Hastings
Scott Hastings says it is time Scotland ditched skipper Greig Laidlaw to give Sam Hidalgo-Clyne his chance at scrum-half. Hidalgo-Clyne, 21,...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Jamie Elliott – Northampton wing
How’s pre-season? We’ve been back in for four weeks now and it’s been pretty full on. Luckily the coaches have mixed...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoWing king Anthony Watson has hero Quade Cooper in his sights
Anthony Watson could face one of his boyhood heroes when England clash with Australia in their crunch World Cup qualifier at...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Bond – former Broughton Park, Sale, Neath and England centre
They say a week is a long time in politics and the same is true of rugby, in my experience anyway....
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Featured
/ 11 years ago‘Phenomenon’ Samu Manoa can be even bigger in France
USA Eagle is already proving a big hit with fans in Toulon.
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Darren Barry – Worcester and former Cornish Pirates & Bristol lock
1. Mako Vunipola – A big, strong and physical prop who has the skills of a back. He’s very humble and...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Ed Coulson – Newcastle full-back
Deciding to leave Bath was not an easy decision for Ed Coulson but he realised it was best for him and...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJamie George is England’s form hooker, says Alistair Hargreaves
Alistair Hargreaves has backed Jamie George’s World Cup bid, claiming boss Stuart Lancaster would “make a huge mistake” if he omits...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoEngland in need of big Semesa Rokoduguni’s physicality says Matt Banahan
Semesa Rokoduguni deserves a shot at World Cup glory according to Matt Banahan, who insists his Bath colleague would offer England...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Chris Whitehead – former Exeter hooker
1. Londoners I need to be careful here as I have lots of friends that are living in London and some...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Tom Catterick – Newcaslte fly-half
How’s pre-season going? There hasn’t been much running in the first couple of weeks as we’ve focused on gym and speed...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoDean Mumm opens up about World Cup dream
Dean Mumm is nothing if not determined. Having packed away his boots after leading Exeter Chiefs to a resounding victory over...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Yapp – Taunton head coach
A couple of years ago I learned I’d scored 2,999 points in Premiership, National League and Cup rugby. There was no...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoLeigh Halfpenny told: Play for Toulon or face axe
European Champions threatening to sack full-bakc over the club-or-country clash looming at the end of the new season.
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Rhys Lawrence – Ealing & former Bristol and Scarlets hooker
1. Ryan Bevington – I grew up playing alongside him in Llanelli. He’s got great pace for a prop and scored...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoMike Brown fit and firing says Andy Farrell
Mike Brown is winning his fitness battle ahead of England‘s opening World Cup warm-up game after emerging unscathed from his first...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoRichard Haughton targeting World Cup… as a referee!
Former Saracens and Wasps winger Richard Haughton is aiming to follow the Glen Jackson route to refereeing stardom after taking up...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoFury over ‘ban’ on World Cup heroines
The legacy of England women‘s 2014 World Cup win is being wrecked according to England’s top clubs who have reacted furiously...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoEngland and Wales stars being ‘shot to bits’
England and Wales have been warned that their players will be ‘shot to pieces’ before their three-Test series in Australasia at...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoHooper cited for incident in Wallabies’ win over Argentina
Australia openside alleged to have struck opponent in the lead-up to Dean Mumm's superb try
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Callum Watson – London Irish scrum-half
Having seen his two big brothers make big waves in rugby, it was no surprise Callum Watson decided to follow in...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Lewis Webb – Taunton scrum-half
1. Unusable pencils I’m a primary school teacher at a school just outside Exeter so pencils are an everyday necessity. I...
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