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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeading scorer Jackson poised to stay at Irish
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Talks: Paddy Jackson PICTURES: Getty Images LONDON Irish are in advanced talks with former Ireland...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBedlow looks set to be heading home
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale Sharks are on the verge of persuading Sam Bedlow to return to his native...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSegun happy to stay a Saracen
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens winger Rotimi Segun, above, is set to remain in north London after sealing a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRadradra agrees to Lyon switch
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Fijian Olympic gold medalist Semi Radradra, above, has agreed to join Lyon on a two-year...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Nathan Earle
The Ealing Trailfinders and former Harlequins, Saracens and Newcastle wing chooses the best XV he has played with or against 1....
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Rugby Matters
/ 3 years agoWe need laws for the ages, not for a season
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER A few weeks back, the first round of...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester & England U20s prop Archie McArthur
Archie McArthur hoping to develop his scrummaging whilst in England’s U20s Six Nations camp, with the hope of turning it into...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Steve Lander: ‘Controversy inevitable when you’re a referee’
The former international referee, who took charge of 18 tests from 1995 to 2003, talks about his life in the game...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPodcast Predictions League: Week 1
The Rugby Paper Podcast predictions league is back! Just like round one last year, guest Jeremy Guscott, columnists Brendan Gallagher, Chris...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: S2 Ep4 – Six Nations season preview with Jerry Guscott
As the guys bring up episode 50, fair to say they do it in the right way! The gang is back...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoDay: New tackle laws musn’t spoil the game
By CAM STEPHENS General secretary of the Rugby Players Association (RPA) Christian Day has called for a common-sense approach regarding the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoI’m putting my Cornish roots first, says Moon
Jon Newcombe talks to Dickon Moon ahead of his 400th game in charge of London Cornish and finds a worried man...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCockerill’s next gig is in France
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England boss Steve Borthwick will be losing another member of Eddie Jones’ backroom team at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks pair set for exit
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale are poised to have a mini-clear out at the end of the season, with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs and Saints battle for Moriarty
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In demand: Welsh forward Ross Moriarty PICTURES: Getty Images Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wales...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWoodburn agrees to stay at Exeter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter have agreed on a new deal that will keep winger Olly Woodburn at Sandy...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing keeping tabs on Vunipola
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Off? Billy Vunipola Racing 92 could enter the race to land England No.8 Billy Vunipola...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Peter Walton
Peter Walton, the former Scotland, Newcastle & Northampton flanker, picks the best XV he's played with or against 1. Nick Popplewell...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKeep your cool and you’ll have a chance
SHANE WILLIAMS The phoney war is about to end, and we will be getting down to the action in the Six...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGeorgia the team to beat in Euro fiesta
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER ALL eyes on the Six Nations but the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to give credit to the URC
RUGBY MATTERS Ok, I think we can all agree that one or two French players have been pacing themselves a little...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Ryan de la Harpe: ‘Playing at Twickenham was my lifelong dream’
The former Namibia, Lancashire, Moseley & Fylde scrum-half Ever since I was a kid growing up in Namibia, my biggest dream...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Eastern Suburbs lock Jago Sheppard
After a torrid time in the Exeter Chiefs academy, Jago Sheppard is hoping for a career revival in the Shute Shield...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChief Kirsten heading home to Bulls
Exeter Chiefs confirmed back row Jannes Kirsten’s departure to the Bulls at the end of the season. As revealed on Blindside,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoDay calls for common-sense in new tackle laws
General secretary of the Rugby Players Association (RPA) Christian Day has called for a common-sense approach regarding the officiating of community...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: S2 Ep3 – The Rugby Players Association on player welfare, waist-high tackles and more
In this week’s instalment of The Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little and columnist Brendan Gallagher are joined by recently-elected General...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoIrish out to tempt Collins
London Irish are the favourites to lure Tom Collins away from his hometown club, Northampton Saints, to the bright lights of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoScots eye Mallinder
FORMER Sale and Northampton boss Jim Mallinder has emerged as an early contender to replace Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks fear the cap won’t fit for Tuilagi
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler On his way: Manu Tuilagi looks set to leave Sale SALE...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs keen to keep Nowell as exodus goes on
Exeter Chiefs are stepping up attempts to keep England and Lions winger Jack Nowell as they bid to stem the haemorrhaging...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSeabrook in talks with Saints
Northampton Saints have had talks with Gloucester back Tom Seabrook about a switch to Franklin’s Gardens this summer. Seabrook, 23, has...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jonny Roddam
Jonny Roddam, the former Harlequins, Sale, Doncaster, Sedgley Park & Fylde hooker and current head of boys sport at Kirkham Grammar...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThe golden voice… that glorious try…
RUGBY MATTERS WE are fast approaching the 50th anniversary of what many consider the greatest try ever scored and frankly there...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff Met back row Jake Bond
YOUNG GUNS CARDIFF MET BACK ROW Cardiff Met back rower Jake Bond is playing the best rugby of his career in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Symons: ‘From Voldemort to NZ, it’s been a blast’
The former Harlequins, London Irish, Wasps, Canterbury & Waikato Chiefs second row talks about his journey in the game, that took...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSeason 2 Episode 2 – Eddie’s back, England’s squad and Gus Warr on the Champions Cup
Eddie Jones is back in green and gold! The Jones saga takes yet another turn as he replaces Dave Rennie at...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Jake Armstrong
The Doncaster Knights and former Leeds, Bristol and Jersey prop, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1....
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoSmith’s my choice at 10 for England, says Moody
By CAMERON STEPHENS Lewis Moody has backed Marcus Smith to take the reigns at fly-half for England ahead of their Six...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTwelvetrees and Reid set to sign for Ealing
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Ealing Trailfinders are lining up a double swoop on Gloucester for former England centre Billy...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoExodus from Exeter goes on as Ewers joins Ulster
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Dave Ewers will join the exodus from Exeter Chiefs at the end of the season...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBilly to quit Saracens after 2023 World Cup
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Set to leave Saracens: Billy Vunipola Billy Vunipola is preparing to join the long list...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoMcCallum happy to become a Falcon
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle Falcons have won the race to bring former Scotland international tighthead Murray McCallum back...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCoughlan poised to replace Forshaw
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Toulon defence coach James Coughlan is an early front-runner to replace Mike Forshaw at Sale Sharks,...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBorthwick set to unveil his blueprint for England
PAUL REES ASSESSES THE OPTIONS AS THE NEW COACH PREPARES TO ANNOUNCE HIS FIRST SQUAD TOMORROW THE last time the Rugby...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPlaying rugby with style, class and fun
David Duckham, who has died at the age of 76, will be remembered as one of the all-time greats of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoPart Roger Moore, part Obolensky…as cool as hell and dripping with X-factor
BRENDAN GALLAGHER I have cursed David Duckham every winter’s day since late in 1971, which is an odd state of affairs...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish hooker Calum Scott
YOUNG GUNS LONDON IRISH HOOKER Calum Scott was this week called up to England’s U20s Six Nations squad and the London...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Keni Fisilau: ‘Gregory’s got me cheering on rivals’
The former Plymouth Albion & Tonga centre, and father of wonderkid Greg Fisilau, talks about his life in the game On...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBorthwick is depending on his tried and trusted
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SO it looks like Steve Borthwick will have his first choice captain...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoSeason 2 Episode 1 – Picking an England XV with Lewis Moody
Happy new year! The Rugby Paper Podcast is back for its second season, and at the turn of World Cup year,...
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