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Features
/ 4 years agoJimmy’s toast to George at tee time
PAUL REES talks to Jimmy Gopperth about his delight in carrying on George Simpkins’ work Jimmy Gopperth has got the art...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players KATE ZACKARY THIS WEEK... EXETER AND USA BACK ROW The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSickening Sarries start installed my work ethic
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER SARACENS, BRISTOL, WORCESTER, HARLEQUINS AND DRAGONS SCRUM-HALF NOW AT ROSSLYN PARK LUKE BALDWIN I turned...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoMarcus must put his stamp on Europe
PAUL REES TALKS TO BRIAN O’DRISCOLL ABOUT THE HEINEKEN CUP WEEKEND The group stage of the Heineken Champions Cup is sandwiched...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCapturing the essence of our emerging sport
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
/ 4 years agoMARK BRIGHT
ROOM 101 THE RICHMOND NO.8 TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Brussel sprouts Christmas...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDonncha helped turn tide back CBC’s way
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools LIMERICK might be considered the modern-day heart of Munster Rugby, and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGarrett led charge in Munster success
CBC Cork have a notable list of former internationals among their alumni but arguably their most influential rugby old boy was...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFord can rival Everitt mark after Eddie axe
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Pace setter: George Ford scores a try for...
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Features
/ 4 years agoANEURIN OWEN
YOUNG GUNS DRAGONS CENTRE A NEURIN Owen is a real student of the game and intends to base his style on...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoCrying out for candid cameras to shed light
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF nothing else, this week has shown the extraordinary effect of secret tapes and recordings or...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAtkinson extends Glouc stay
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER and England centre Mark Atkinson has signed a “multi-year” deal to stay at Kingsholm. The 31-year-old is in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAdkins joins Pirates on loan deal
RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Gloucester prop Olly Adkins on a shortterm deal after Exeter loanee Patrick Schickerling returned to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMarshall in to cover Irish injuries
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed hooker Reece Marshall from Northampton on a short-term deal. Marshall, 27, has made 59 appearances...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKingsholm, Welford Rd host Roses
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND will play their 2022 Women’s Six Nations home games at Gloucester’s Kingsholm and Leicester’s Welford Road. Kingsholm will...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players IZZY MAYHEW THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS CENTRE One of the biggest...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSpringboks in 7 Nations? That’s plain daft Sir Ian!
COLIN BOAG Writing in the Telegraph last week, Sir Ian McGeechan called for there to be a Seven Nations tournament rather...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHarvey Skinner hungry for success at Exeter Chiefs
The Exeter Chiefs fly half sits down with The Rugby Paper’s Benjamin Redwood. Harvey Skinner is the next on a long...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRugby fitness at home
By Regan Phillips. Personal Trainer, Online Coach, and Fitness Coach for the Hungarian Rugby Union Team Last week, Regan talked us...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSTEELE BARKER
ROOM 101 THE YOUNG REDRUTH LOCK TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Finger clicking...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFekitoa could be preparing to leave Wasps
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WASPS could be about to lose Malakai Fekitoa after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFly-half West is lined up by Deano
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Junior All Black: West NEWCASTLE Falcons boss Dean Richards has put former Maori All...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoVan Graan finds he’s a person of interest to Bath
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan, who is out of contract at the end...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGav took his Varsity blues out on France
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEITHER Covid nor an unexpected cold snap –...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGenge contract delay puts Sarries on alert
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS, rumoured to be offloading several players at the end of the season, could...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoWalker’s jersey baits the big cats
RUGBY MATTERS Brendan Gallagher THERE’S another world out there. I was recently scrolling through the online brochure for this week’s sports...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEddie has friends in France
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Head coach: Broncan EDDIE Jones spent time with his close friend, Castres Olympique head...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBok Rohan looks set to exit Sale
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SOUTH African Rohan Janse van Rensburg is eying up activating a clause that allows...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players DETYSHA HARPER THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND ENGLAND PROP Loughborough...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoBordeaux can be Woki champs
PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE COVID IMPACT ON THIS SEASON’S EUROPEAN CUP Tigers roar in 2002: Leicester will be hoping to revive...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTraining with the SAS very nearly killed me!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEINSTER, ROTHERHAM, GLOUCESTER AND MUNSTER WINGER SHANE MONAHAN IDEFINITELY experienced the fickle nature of professional...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHiller’s wonder try offers false hope of new dawn
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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/ 4 years agoRugby was religion in the Douai sixth form
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBuild a league that won’t leave players stranded
COLIN BOAG A number of United Rugby Championship teams got themselves stuck in South Africa after the Omicron variant of Covid...
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Feature
/ 4 years agoOffice Snack Hacks
It may be hard to believe (or not for some of us) that most of our daily calorie intake happens in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWebber on his way back to Sharks
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER ROB Webber appears set to return to Sale Sharks at the end of the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFearless French kids inspiring their elders
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Golden boy: Romain Ntamack scores against New Zealand...
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Features
/ 4 years agoChiefs believe they can work through issues at Sandy Park
EXETER are looking to rediscover home comforts to reboot their Premiership campaign and get them off to a winning start in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNothing wrong with hitting pause for key moments
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’M all for speeding up play when possible but still remain puzzled as to when the TMO...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoKolisi was fall guy in the great jump-off
CHRIS HEWETT THE Springboks are “poison of the month” as far as the referees are concerned. There’s a shock. When your...
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Feature
/ 4 years agoFor Total Rugby, you first build a bedrock
NICK CAIN TOTAL Rugby is the holy grail of the game. The seamless link and flow between forwards and backs that...
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Rugby Matters
/ 4 years agoConnacht stars light up the ball
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S probably fair to say that the late Ray McLoughlin, who died earlier this week aged 82,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoURC must be transparent on what happens next
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND In limbo: Cardiff and Scarlets players do not know when they can return to Wales...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoEddie must fix his scrum or England will suffer
NICK CAIN SAYS ANY HOPE THE RED ROSE HAVE OF SIX NATIONS SUCCESS STARTS IN THE FRONT ROW LIKE the rest...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFresh-faced debutants who turned into titans
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
/ 4 years agoThinking prop Ray believed persistence trumped all
Peter Jackson remembers the life of Ireland‘s great British Lion Ray McLoughlin When they laid Ray McLoughlin to rest last Wednesday,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoMaro has crucial skill of leading by example
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARO Itoje did not need the help of acting classes when he captained...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoThe smoking priest fired up Crescent
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CRESCENT College in Limerick – now styled Crescent Comprehensive – lies...















