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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoFijian Josh Matavesi can lead the Worcester Warriors great offensive
Worcester boss Richard Hill reckons Josh Matavesi could provide the X-Factor to spark the Warriors’ backline into life. Hill’s men struggled...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoRabodirectPro12 preview: players to watch
As the RaboDirectPro12 season starts tomorrow, we take a look at the key players and the ones to watch in each...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 14 years agoLondon Irish allrounder Alex Corbisiero leads new prop crop
Loose-head props of yesteryear conjure up an image of gnarled old campaigners with bleeding ears and a job description which could...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoNow Wales put on their own club double header
Wales are to promote their first double-header at the Millennium Stadium during the new season, an East-West duel involving all four...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoPremiership preview (3 days to go): London Irish, Bath, Gloucester
With the start of the Aviva Premiership only three days away, we take a look at what lays ahead for the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoLoyal Matt Smith content to be an unsung hero at Leicester Tigers
No player better embodies the qualities of the archetypal Leicester player than Matt Smith – Tigers through and through, massively appreciated...
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20 Questions
/ 14 years ago20 Questions: Freddie Burns – Gloucester fly-half
Big year for Gloucester? Massive! The way last year ended was a big disappointment but there are a lot of fresh...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoGeorge North bids to join up with cyclist girlfriend in Rio Olympics
George North has revealed his ambition to join his cycling girlfriend at the 2016 Olympics. The Wales star is dating track...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoRaboDirectPro 12 preview
DANIEL SCHOFIELD discovers how the PRO12 teams are adapting to the new season’s demands. As Leinster‘s fortunes have risen in recent...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoSSE National Leagues preview
With the National Leagues competitions starting on Saturday, we take a look at how Fylde, Ealing, Caldy and Redruth are preparing....
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoChampionship winners must go up says chairman Geoff Irvine
Championship clubs’ chairman Geoff Irvine, right, says their Premiership counterparts need worry about only one thing – to avoid finishing bottom...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoAlex Gray hopes fast start can earn green light at London Irish
London Irish No.8 Alex Gray is hoping for ‘second season syndrome’ in reverse as he looks to put a disappointing first...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoPremiership preview (4 days to go): Worcester, London Wasps, London Welsh
With the start of the Aviva Premiership only four days away, we take a look at what lays ahead for the...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoTwickenham’s debenture holders in World Cup row
Twickenham debenture holders are furious that they will not be guaranteed seats at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Chief executive Ian...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 14 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Thom Evans – Former Scotland, Glasgow and Wasps wing
Everything was going so well in my rugby career but all that ended when I broke my neck against Wales in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years ago“I’m more than just a fast mover,” says Wasps winger Christian Wade
Wasps winger Christian Wade is sick of being labelled simply a speed merchant and is determined to prove he has more...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 14 years agoBritish and Irish Lions eye Leinster’s Joe Schmidt as Gatland back-up
The Lions are to consider a second New Zealand contender for next year’s three-Test series in Australia – Leinster head coach...
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Dream Team
/ 14 years agoDream Team: Hugo Ellis – Rosslyn Park and former Dragons No.8
1. Alex Corbisiero – Has an incredible appetite for hard work and is a great scrummager. He thoroughly deserves the rise...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoRugby Championship review: Who will stop the All Blacks?
As the first two rounds of the Rugby Championship drew to an end on Saturday night, we take a look at...
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Moment In Time
/ 14 years agoMoment in Time: Saracens and the 1998 Tetley Bitter Cup final
Emotion is an oft-used word in rugby, but this is a day that sticks in the minds of Saracens people on...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoArgentina draw in historic match against South Africa
Argentina had to concede an unlucky 16-16 draw against South Africa for their first ever home game of the Rugby Championship...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoSaracens Andy Saull working to build same power as Jacques Burger
English rugby has been crying out for a classic openside who can link play in the loose, turn over the ball...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoFalcons have strength in depth to make a quick return says Glen Delaney
With the honourable exception of Bedford’s Mike Rayer, there is no coach with more experience of English rugby’s second tier than...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoNew Exeter signing Ian Whitten is out to prove he’s not just a stop-gap
Ian Whitten spent last season stepping in whenever needed at Ulster – now at Exeter he intends to make himself part...
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Champions Cup
/ 14 years agoERC “dismayed” over Anglo-French threats.
As exclusively revealed by Peter Jackson in The Rugby Paper on May 6th, English and French clubs have given an ultimatum...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 14 years agoWatch out, London Irish Topsy Ojo warns Chris Ashton
Topsy Ojo said he had unfinished business with England as he warned wing rival Chris Ashton: “I’m after your place!” Four...
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Young Gun
/ 14 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Baldwin – Bath flanker
A double try-scoring performance in only his fourth senior rugby game set Bath‘s Tom Baldwin’s career off on the right foot...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoNew Zealand v Australia preview: Cooper returns, Beale out
Mercurial fly-half Quade Cooper has been named in Australia‘s starting XV for Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup clash against New Zealand in Auckland....
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Featured
/ 14 years agoArgentina v South Africa preview: Hernandez out of historic match
Juan Martin Hernandez will miss the historic fixture in Mendoza after he had to withdraw with a groin injury suffered at...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 14 years agoWales’ captain Sam Warburton on starting blocks for Lions tour
Last year Sam Warburton got the needle – now he is aiming for an injury-free season to fulfil his Lions dream....
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoAge is no worry for new Esher coach Ollie Smith
Having made his Leicester debut a few months after leaving school and toured with the Lions, aged 22, Ollie Smith’s appointment...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 14 years ago“Chris Robshaw’s done well, but Tom Croft must play”, says Lewis Moody
Sir Ian McGeechan insists a specialist openside is the key to a great team, but former England skipper Lewis Moody says...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoProp stars give Worcester’s Matt Mullan best of both worlds
Mentored by Phil Vickery at Worcester and Graham Rowntree with England – Matt Mullan doesn’t have to look too far for...
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20 Questions
/ 14 years ago20 Questions: Marco Wentzel – London Wasps Lock
Does it feel like a fresh start at Wasps? Definitely. It’s good to have lot of new faces, guys who want...
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English Championship
/ 14 years agoNew funding deal for Championship clubs revealed
As revealed in our The Rugby Paper on August 5th, the RFU has unveiled today a new four-year funding deal for...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years ago“I’ve come South to toughen myself up,” says Scotland giant Richie Gray
Richie Gray wants to emulate boyhood hero Martin Johnson and become a master of the dark arts of forward play following...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoDragons’ Ian Nimmo causing a ruck by launching betting website
Newport Gwent Dragons lock Ian Nimmo has laid bare what he calls the gambling culture at the heart of rugby dressing...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 14 years ago“Don’t write me off yet,” says Wales scrum-half Dwayne Peel
Dwayne Peel, frozen out of international rugby for the last 18 months, starts the new season with a defiant message for...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 14 years agoMy Life in Rugby: David Flatman – Bath and England prop
When I was at Saracens I was ten times more scared of going to training than I was of playing –...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 14 years agoMan Behind the Match: Jon Callard and the 1998 Heineken Cup final
Bath were not given much of a chance of becoming the first British and Irish side to win the Heineken Cup....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years ago‘Battered’ Sale Shark flanker Hendre Fourie in battle to play again
England flanker Hendre Fourie has suffered another setback in his comeback from a debilitating shoulder injury. The 32-year-old admits that the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 14 years agoOspreys hooker Richard Hibbard hurt by fingers of blame but points to future
Wales villain Richard Hibbard admits that he was forced into hiding after being singled out for losing the summer series to Australia....
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Dream Team
/ 14 years agoDream Team: James Grindall – Bristol and former Leicester scrum-half
1. Andrew Sheridan – We played age group rugby together and he was an absolute beast running over people playing No.8....
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Moment In Time
/ 14 years agoMoment in Time: Newcastle and the 2001 Tetley’s Bitter Cup final
Sensational game, sensational finish. Widely considered to be one of the best cup finals of all time, two star-studded teams went...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoAussie blow as captain David Pocock is out of All Blacks clash
David Pocock will miss Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup clash against the All Blacks in Auckland after it was revealed the Australian captain...
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Champions Cup
/ 14 years agoHenry Thomas relishing Andrew Sheridan Heineken Cup rematch
Henry Thomas is eager for the chance to turn the tables on former tutor Andrew Sheridan this season after Sale‘s graduation...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoCipriani and Gray to make Sale debuts
Danny Cipriani and Richie Gray are set to make their Sale debuts after being selected among the replacements for tomorrow’s friendly...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoWaldouck handed first Saints start against Leinster
New Northampton Saints signing Dominic Waldouck has been selected to make his home debut for his new club in tomorrow’s pre-season...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoGary Gold and Bath look at tie-up with Super Rugby side
Bath are considering forming an alliance with a Super Rugby side in a groundbreaking move which could involve trans-hemisphere player swaps....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoReformed Shark Andy Powell is the new ‘Sebastien Chabal’
Sale Sharks are to extend Andy Powell’s contract in recognition of the Welshman’s emergence as ‘the new Sebastian Chabal.’ The Premiership‘s...
