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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoHistory of Women’s Rugby: Black Ferns envelop all before them
Brendan Gallagher looks at the all-conquering Black Ferns, who had Anna Richards and Farah Palmer is a decade of dominance from...
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: London Irish prop Lovejoy Chawatama
The Exiles tighthead includes a number of player from all levels of the game, including an old university teammate at UWE
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain
Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Almond got it wrong but he was still right
Brendan Gallagher looks at the significant role of one, Mr HH Almond, in the first meeting between England and Scotland
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSix Nations round table: Grand Slam or not, let’s see some style!
The Rugby Paper's annual round table Six Nations debate looks a little different this year, but the discussion is just as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 years agoDjokovic should take notice of Eddie | Chris Hewett
Eddie Jones' perfect quip in response to tennis' deluded anti-vaxxer, Novak Djokovic, after his outspoken views on Australia's Covid-19 restrictions
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 years agoEnemies of academies get their facts wrong | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett looks at how solid production within Premiership academies doesn't always prove to be a saving grace
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTalks begin to expand Top 14 to 16 next season | James Harrington
A u-turn in French rugby after talk last month suggested the Top 14 would be reduced to 12, now it has...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIn awe of how Sergio starred on both fronts
MATTEO Minozzi’s withdrawal from Italy’s Six Nations squad citing the stress and dislocation of having to flit between Covid bubbles –...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGiggleswick were lords of their manor
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Honour: The King meets England in 1938, Giggleswick star Mike Marshall...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoDuhan could make England pay if front row get the edge
Nick Cain previews the Calcutta Cup and believes the disparity between the English and Scottish packs has narrowed
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmazing Mike was a hero in real life
BACK in 1943 the Wizard comic invented the fictitious ‘wonder’ sportsman William Wilson who was brought up on the Yorkshire Moors...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSensational Sinbad was marooned by his injuries
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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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTry-fests are no help in spotting true talent | Jeff Probyn
Spectators can enjoy the try-fests, but they will come as no comfort to Eddie Jones who will be measuring the quality...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDelaney tips Elias to reach top level like Ken
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS Dynamic: Ryan Elias RYAN Elias has all the attributes to be a British and Irish Lion...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorcester had the antichrist of rugby
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ROB SIGLEY THE FORMER MOSELEY AND PERTEMPS BEES PROP AND BOURNVILLE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Brothers in arms: Rob...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHarlequins problem? Their shirts!
SOMEexperts in colour claim that chocolate brown is linked to the idea of stability, light blue suggests faith and grey evokes...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPalfrey eager to maximise Warriors’ potential
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE THE Welsh ‘Taffia’ at Worcester is beginning to rival the South African cintingent at the club...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSpain kicked out of Six Nations to make way for Italy
Dominant: England win another Six Nations title ONCE international rugby became established in the Women’s game it was inevitable that the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUnions must pay their share for Prem players
■ COLIN BOAG Incredible talent: Cameron Redpath Next weekend sees the start of the Six Nations, but should it even be...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoNo Kiwis, so England claim 1994 World Cup
HAVING done so much to make the first World Cup happen organisationally, England were shattered to lose the 1991 World Cup...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Bristol Bears prop Stef Evans
“There’s something magic about the rugby community in that we feel so strongly about each other and we look at everybody...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons prop Phil Brantingham
A player who was dual-linked in both codes up until the age of 16
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Features
/ 6 years agoSarries lose for first time since 2018
WOMEN’S PREMIER 15s Exeter..............22 Saracens ........14 SARACENS’ title bid suffered a significant setback at Sandy Park as Exeter Chiefs ended their...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVan Zyl joins Irish
RUGBY SHORTS LONDONIrish have appointed former Italy international Corniel van Zyl as an assistant coach. The South Africaborn 42-year-old joins Declan...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTaufua must wait
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER Tigers say Jordan Taufua’s anticipated move to French Top 14 side Lyon has not yet been “resolved”. Lyon...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Rams centre Stevie Bryant
The centre for the National One club picks three of his biggest pet peeves from the rugby world and beyond
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Lance Bradley: League place is no concern, George is key to our plans
Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley discusses the exit of Danny Cipriani mid-season and why he has total faith in George Skivington
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Blackheath full-back Ben Ransom
The former Saracens and England U20 full-back finds space for Beauden Barrett and Charles Piutau in his back three
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Features
/ 6 years agoHold the smiles Eddie, give us Grand Slam joy instead
Nick Cain explores the fault line in England's undoing at the 2019 World Cup and the prospects of a Six Nations...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Coventry’s array of talent in the 1970s was freakish
Brendan Gallagher looks at the team steeped in England representatives and who made 'Cov' the best team in the land
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSanderson has ability to make Sharks big fish | Jeremy Guscott
Does a good No.2 make a good director of rugby? Jeremy Guscott looks at Alex Sanderson's success at Saracens and the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHonesty isn’t always the best policy, just ask Paul Gustard | Nick Cain
All change at Harlequins and Sale Sharks; Nick Cain looks at the moves made by Paul Gustard and Alex Sanderson
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Features
/ 6 years agoWHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE 21?
Blackheath Founded: 1858 Home ground: The Rectory Field and more recently Well Hall. Currently solid citizens of National League One, finishing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJaco pens extension
FLY-HALF Jaco van der Walt has extended his stay with Edinburgh. The South Africa-born Scotland playmaker, 26, has been with the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoO’Gara hoists a high ball and Lions series is lost
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
/ 6 years agoDoncaster sign Sexton
DONCASTER Knights have strengthened their second row options ahead of Saturday’s Trailfinders Challenge Cup game against Ealing by signing Jerry Sexton....
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Features
/ 6 years agoPETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Alun Wyn looks set to eclipse Willie John Longevity: Alun Wyn Jones playing for Wales...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWomen get Covid tests
COVID testing will be introduced in women’s Premier XVs. The league had played without testing and some players had voiced concern....
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Features
/ 6 years agoHaydn was a diamond
KIMBERLEY is famous for The Big Hole, a massive excavation leading to the town’s diamond mine. Haydn Morris marked his visit...
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Features
/ 6 years agoForfeit for Saracens
SARACENSwere forced to forfeit their Trailfinders Cup match against Doncaster after two of their academy players tested positive for Covid. Contact...
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Features
/ 6 years agoProsser had some fun with Boris and Arkle
ALUN CARTER has played international rugby and written an award-winning book, Seeing Red, which surely makes him unique in the British...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWilliams fears for a lost generation of Wales U20s
TRP Probyn: Saracens must stay down for two seasons By ALEX BYWATER Promise: Wales U20 beat France last season WALES U20...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWiverns help game go global
Brendan Gallagher continues his series charting the history of the women’s game Pioneers: France and the Netherlands play in first women’s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBaxter wins the Writers’ Club vote
EXETERdirector of rugby Rob Baxter has won the Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year award for 2020. The 49-year-old...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRichmond women ensure World Cup lift-off despite zero support from IRB
Inspirational: USA centre Patty Jervey, playing against Ireland in 2006 during her fifth World Cup WOMEN’s Rugby may have plotted an...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCould Ealing be viable in the Prem in London?
COLIN BOAG Up-and-comers: Ealing Trailfinders beat Saracens last weekend When Saracens lost last weekend to the Premiership pretenders, Ealing Trailfinders, it...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNAHUMMERIGAN
YOUNGGUNS BATH NO.8 Should it transpire that Zach Mercer leaves Bath this summer, one of the club’s academy products set to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSt Edward’s forged their style in Llanelli
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Hothouse of talent: First XV 1962-63 Young stars: The U16 team...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFearless Leahy, the ferocious tackler who went on to lead Tesco’s surge
LIKE many grammar schools of the era, the St Edward’s XV of the mid- 70s was an eclectic mix of many...
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