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Features
/ 3 years agoRobinson magic spurs Red Rose fightback
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 3 years ago“Wait and see” on Salary Cap reduction – Lynagh
Former Australian legend Michael Lynagh believes fans should not rush into judgement about the impact of the reduction of the Premiership‘s...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Thirty with Michael Lynagh
Another full house for your 30th edition of The Rugby Paper Podcast! The guys welcome an Australian World Rugby Hall of...
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Features
/ 3 years agoLet’s hope we still have 13 teams come Friday
COLIN BOAG After 11 long weeks, at last the Premiership returns on Friday evening. Yes, we’ve had summer tours and the...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Christian Lewis-Pratt
Christian Lewis-Pratt, the former England Sevens, Northampton, Leeds & London Irish fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoHughes heading to Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Fol low me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former England No.8 Nathan Hughes has secured a move to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLa Rochelle keen on Warrior Hatherell
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler La Rochelle are lining up a move for Worcester lock Kyle...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFrench clubs on alert as Sinckler CV goes round
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler French target: Kyle Sinckler Kyle Sinckler is a target for a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoQuins are NOT after Steward
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler One of the most laughable ill-informed clickbait links of a move...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 to offer Wade new deal
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Impressive: Wade Racing 92 are offering former England international winger Christian...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTime for stars to shine at World Cup Sevens
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points The Rugby World Cup Sevens is upon us...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSalary cap is forcing clubs to invest in youth policy
PAUL REES Worcester’s plight at a time when the salary cap has been reduced by some 20 per cent to £5m...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff Academy back row Luca De La Rua
Wales U18s No.8 Luca De La Rua has already made his way onto the radar of a number of professional club...
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Features
/ 3 years agoVintage Lions display in winelands of the Cape
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Simon Hammersley
The former Newcastle and Sale full-back Seeing as I’m starting my first job in ‘the real world’ as an investment banker...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJon Callard – ‘The dream would be to get a Premiership club back in Leeds’
National League Rugby gets underway in England this Saturday, and head coach of Leeds Tykes Jon Callard set his expectations high...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Twenty-Nine with Jon Callard
The Rugby Paper Podcast ventures into the world of rugby’s kicking game this week, as well as looking ahead to Bath‘s...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoUpping salary cap is not the answer
Colin Boag Last week was when the Premiership chickens started to come home to roost. From a purely rugby perspective, Worcester...
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Features
/ 3 years agoInternational transfers don’t sit well with me
COLIN BOAG If ever you wanted evidence that under World Rugby’s watch the game is going downhill, you could do worse...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Billy McBryde
Billy McBryde, The Doncaster Knights fly-half/full-back and former Wales U20s, Scarlets & RGC player chooses the best XV he has played...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBath turn sights on du Preez brothers
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Bath are the latest club to run the rule over...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 still keen on flyer Wade
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RACING 92 are set to decide on the future of former England winger Christian Wade,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBuyers will have to prove they have the money
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Prospective Worcester Warriors buyers could be asked to produce proof of funds for between £30...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens may tempt Kruis out of retirement
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are understood to have sounded out former England and Lions lock George Kruis about...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoReturn to Japan on the list for Goode
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Alex Goode is being lined up for another stint in Japan when his contract with...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWe must become tough to beat
PAUL REES There are few grander training bases in sport than Bath’s. The club has a 99-year lease at Farleigh House,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Jonny Hylton
The former Wasps, Worcester, Cornish Pirates and Esher winger One of the things you can’t coach is pace and I was...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe day Pumas joined world rugby’s top table
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 3 years agoGatecrashers ready to spoil the party again
CLUB 0F THE WEEK BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER ROTHERHAM Founded: 1923 Ground; Clifton Lane (Capacity 3,628) Club honours: North East 1 champions:...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley
Having learned off the likes of AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy, ‘triple threat’ fly-half Sam Worsley is looking to make his...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Twenty-Eight with Brian Ashton
Columnists Brendan Gallagher and Chris Hewett rejoin Ollie Little once again for a fascinating look at coaching in the modern game,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPainful budget cuts are for greater good
COLIN BOAG Still looking for a club: Former England full-back Mike Brown left Newcastle at the end of last season PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 3 years agoVan Graan must rectify three key areas at Bath
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Rugby union does not have football’s profile, but in many other ways I would...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks have missed a trick
New Zealand did well to beat South Africa at Ellis Park last weekend, but they have missed a trick by not...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWade due in Paris for talks to cover Grace
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former England winger Christian Wade is due in Paris on Monday for talks about a deal to sign...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoHougaard set to stay at Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE Francois Hougaard looks set to extend his stay with cash-strapped Wasps to give the club some much-needed good...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaints close in on young Warrior Fin
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Northampton Saints are close to agreeing to a deal for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFrench clubs look at Nowell
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter winger Jack Nowell could move to France after the World Cup with his CV doing the rounds...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoExiles waiting in wings for Chick
ON THE BLINDSIDE London Irish are waiting in the wings to potentially move for Newcastle Falcons No.8 Callum Chick if there...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Caolon Ryan
Calon Ryan, the recently retired former Chinnor, Birmingham-Moseley, Stourbridge, Coventry, Darlington Mowden Park and Rotherham Titans fly-half, choose the best XV...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoTo sign or not to sign… how 60-cap rule is splitting Wales
PAUL REES Tommy Reffell started last season looking to establish himself as a regular in title-winning Leicester’s back row and finished...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoA rugby soap opera that has us hooked
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For a tournament that is meant to be...
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Features
/ 3 years agoDelight! The day our friends in the north enjoyed a final hurrah
MOMENTINTIME THE NORTH DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONS 1995 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO MATT GREENWOOD AND MARK NELSON DICKIE Jeeps’ priority in July 1976,...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPoliceman who was called in to mark Lomu
GREG Anderton was about to embark on a career as a Blackpool policeman when he got an emergency phone call that...
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Features
/ 3 years agoJohnno’s in the zone! He’s going nowhere…
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 3 years agoArgentina show they can take on the best
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It's hard to believe that Argentina were at the top of the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWhen St Ives was the pride of Cornwall
ST IVES have been part of the Cornish rugby scene since at least 1889, the official year of their founding, and...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCLUB 0F THE WEEK
BY BRENDAN GALLA GHER ST IVES RUGBY Nickname: The Hakes Founded: 1889 Ground: Recreation Ground St Ives. Capacity 3,000 (275 seats)...
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/ 3 years agoAfter dropping out of the league, Hakes are raring to go again
MORE recently there was an outstanding season in 2017-18 when the Hakes, under the coaching of Rob Elloway, won both the...











