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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Former Newport, Exeter and Wales U21 flanker Chris Brown
The Taunton Titans forwards coach picks a dream XV based on the best he has played with and against
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSpringboks ruled the roost in Second World War POW camp contest
Brendan Gallagher tells the fascinating story of Stalag 1VB, the prisoner of war camp housing captured soldiers from all over the...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Argentina, Gloucester and Leeds winger Diego Albanese
From debut against Uruguay to the 1995 Rugby World Cup just a few months later
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Featured
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Exeter Chiefs full-back/centre Tom Wyatt
A National 2 South winner with Taunton Titans on dual-registration this season and learning off Stuart Hogg at Chiefs
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY QUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Memorable: Andy Hancock scores for England 1. When left wing Andy...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy new dawn: increase squad size, cut salaries
COLIN BOAG Fringe man: Ben Mercer playing for Cornish Pirates What I’m about to suggest will be seen by some as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Goode will go east for Saracens ‘gap year’ Off: Alex Goode SARACENS full-back Alex...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStreet in for Mapletoft
HARLEQUINS Women’s co-head coach Gary Street is taking on a new role to lead the Quins Academy. Current Academy coach Mark...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo surprise Ireland thrived after they quit the Berkeley!
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best drinking venues 1. The Berkeley Court (Dublin) The manic Berkeley...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQuins recruit Turnbull to coach forwards
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE JOSH Turnbull will combine his playing duties at Cardiff Blues with coaching the forwards at Welsh...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRegan: I was so deaf, at line-outs I read lips
Mark Regan, the charismatic hooker known as ‘Ronnie’ who was part of England’s 2003 World Cup-winning squad, today reveals a remarkable...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland has such riches in key area
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… OPENSIDES OPENSIDE flanker is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoItoje should lead the 2021 Lions
Nick Easter, left, and Kyran Bracken have joined forces to produce the vibrant podcast Ruck It. With the Lions tour next...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBloodied, bandaged but ready for battle
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 agoLion’s share goes to Richmond with mighty Rams chasing hard
The Rugby Paper’s National League One correspondents pick a Team of the Season Captain marvel: No.8 Robbie Stapley was inspirational for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMarti’s mission makes the Begles top dogs
PETER JACKSON reveals how many, or how few, watched Europe’s top leagues The Magical Couldron: Bordeaux Begles fans show their support...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGolden era with Ireland and Wales centre stage
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union WHEN World War 2 finished – May...
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Features
/ 6 years agoParty-loving Lions suffer whitewash in New Zealand
Captain: The great Jackie Kyle THE 1950 Lions to New Zealand were packed with big names and were among the most...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
HARRYBREEZE SCARLETS BACK ROW Born in London and educated at the renowned Whitgift School, Harry Breeze was on the books of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBeating Australia is cherished memory
MY LIFE IN RUGBY GREIG TONKS FORMER SCOTLAND, LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM, EDINBURGH AND LONDON IRISH UTILITY BACK Sweet victory: Greig Tonks playing...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Stuart Hooper: My mission to make Bath attack and be the envy of the Premiership
Bath director of rugby Stuart Hooper reflects on his first season in charge and how players like Gabriel Hamer-Webb are his...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTRP’s GK IPA Championship 2019-20 Team of the Season
The time has come for us to hand out some honours and honourable mentions to the stars of the Championship
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Courtney Lawes can win showdown with du Toit
Nick Cain explains why Lawes fits what Warren Gatland needs from his No.6
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJonny Hill: I’m my worst critic, when I watch myself on TV I cringe
With a Premiership title and Champions Cup knockout stage to fight for, Exeter lock Hill is full of optimism
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: ’57 old farts’ and one nauseous reporter
Brendan Gallagher recalls when the RFU top brass went for the jugular at Will Carling's dig at humour
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pandemic ends Brock James chance at fitting farewell
Synonymous with the Top 14, Peter Jackson finds how La Rochelle's Brock James is in esteemed company with other No.10s
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Steve Hansen still sucking sour grapes over Lions
Reversal of penalty against Ken Owens in the third Test still rankles with the Kiwis three years on
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Bath need a 9-10 combination which gives them quick ball
Jeremy Guscott analyses how Bath can produce a style of rugby to take them to being regular play-off challengers in the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Enforced rest period will boost Wales team
The downtime in rugby will be welcome to players who toured with the Lions in 2017, with rest hard to come...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby shock wins and upsets
Brendan Gallagher recalls rugby’s biggest ever shocks, at club and internaitonal level, and ranks each for the magnitude of the upset....
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCanterbury and Adidas lose out to rival as England confirm new kit sponsor deal
England Men's team, Red Roses, Sevens and age grade teams will no longer wear Canterbury
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby
You better have your passport ready at airport security...
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Bath and England lock Elliott Stooke
The Bath second row picks a XV based on the best players he has played alongside or faced as an opponent
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Club – Otley: Nigel Melville looks back on where it all started
Nigel Melville recalls watching Roses matches at Cross Green as a boy with his father
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Features
/ 6 years agoVirus ends Brock’s hope of a fitting career finale
Last hurrah: Brock James playing for La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images On the first weekend of January this year in the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBath need quick ball and a smart 9-10 combination
JEREMY GUSCOTT X-factor: Joe Cokanasiga has moments of individual brilliance for Bath PICTURE: Getty Images BATH fans will be pleased by...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWalker opts for Ealing not Tigers
Return: Charlie Walker LEICESTER Tigers are in the market for an English-qualified winger following the departure of England star Jonny May...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWales make it painful viewing for Red Rose
KICKING off at 9pm this Friday (May 8), S4C will fill the rugby void by rerunning the first of three Wales-Eng-...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCockerill confirms Jono switch
Deal: Jono Lance EDINBURGH have confirmed they have signed Worcester Warriors fly-half Jono Lance a month after Blindside revealed they were...
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Features
/ 6 years agoColombiers were so close to place in the limelight again
JUST as the Tartan Army sang about ‘only one team in Tallinn’ when Estonia’s footballers failed to turn up for a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWiese wants to opt out of deal with Saracens
Doubts: Cobus Wiese SARACENS’ move for Sharks youngster Cobus Wiese is in doubt following their relegation to the Championship next season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Fans dig deep for the future of Blood and Sand ■By JEREMY BLACKMORE FANS of Cambridge RUFC have rallied behind the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDragons line up Joe to partner Tompkins
THE DRAGONS are set to continue their recruitment drive by landing Leinster powerhouse centre Joe Tomane on a deal from next...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBurrows muscles in for hat-trick but super Falcons take top billing
Jon Newcombe picks The Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season Hot-stepper: Newcastle’s Adam Radwan scores against Jersey PICTURE: Simom Hall...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVan der Merwe on the move
GLASGOWWarriors’ record tryscorer DTH van der Merwe is to leave the club at the end of the current season. The Canadian...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmps fired up for a second ride in the Championship
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Star signing: Dave Ward has been magnificent AMPTHILL chairman Alex Radley described the club’s first Championship season as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWelsh duo re-sign
DRAGONS back Will Talbot-Davies has signed a two-year deal which will keep him at the region until 2022. The 22-year-old has...
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