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/ 6 years agoWarriors play waiting game after bonus win keeps dream alive
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Job well done: George Turner scores Glasgow’s final try PICTURE: Getty Images CLINICAL with every chance that came...
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/ 6 years agoFreddie was my main man – Burns
ULSTER out-half and man of the match Billy Burns admitted he had mixed emotions after his side secured their spot in...
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/ 6 years agoCaldy coach fears impact of cuts to travel expenses
By LUKE JARMYN CALDY director of rugby Gareth Davies fears constant RFU cuts are widening the already substantial gap between clubs...
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/ 6 years agoLewis on mission to tidy up set-piece basics
NEWS EXTRA By KASEY REES DILLON Lewis admits he must improve the basics of his set-piece work to challenge for a...
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/ 6 years agoEastmond: Ford still has best years ahead of him
By NEALE HARVEY KYLE Eastmond believes George Ford’s best form in England’s No.10 shirt is yet to come – and expects...
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/ 6 years agoVunipola determined to channel his frustration
European Champions Cup By NEALE HARVEY Focused on the job: Saracens and England star Mako Vunipola PICTURES: Getty Images SARACENS will...
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/ 6 years agoBig Dom will stay with Quins
HARLEQUINS back row Alex Dombrandt has extended his contract by two years.. The 22-year-old graduate of Cardiff Met University has made...
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/ 6 years agoBig guns return for Ospreys’ European farewell
POOL 4 PREVIEW… Munster v Ospreys Today. Kick-off 1pm, Thomond Park WALES flanker Justin Tipuric and centre Scott Williams return as...
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/ 6 years agoWales lose prop Carre
SARACENS prop Rhys Carre will miss Wales’ Six Nations opener against Italy after being banned for three weeks. Carre, 21, was...
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/ 6 years agoSaracens judge says: Lift cloak of privacy
By DAVID EMERY Open justice: Lord Dyson THE senior judge who presided over the Saracens salary cap inquiry has urged Premiership...
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/ 6 years agoPick Louis now to foil England, Wales told
By PETER JACKSON WALES are being urged to pick Louis Rees-Zammit for the Six Nations this week to avert any danger...
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/ 6 years agoDevastated Ionians in salute to champion Hardy
HULL Ionians paid tribute to centre Billy Hardy who passed away just days after Christmas. Hardy, 27, died suddenly at home...
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/ 6 years agoEngland stars ease Tigers’ fears of relegation
By NICK CAIN Eye of the Tiger: Jonny May beats Luke Morahan to score the final try PICTURES: Getty Images Going...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoMurphy confident May will sign on
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy said that he was hopeful that two try winger Jonny May will stay at Welford Road...
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/ 6 years agoClassy Umaga has the genes to succeed
By NEALE HARVEY Making his mark: Malakai Fekitoa MALAKAI Fekitoa credits fly-half Jacob Umaga with transforming Wasps’ attack and reckons the...
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/ 6 years agoTaufua urges Crusaders boss to follow him north
Physical: Jordan Taufua HARISMATIC Crusaders coach Scott Robertson could enhance his All Blacks credentials by becoming a smash-hit in the Premiership...
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/ 6 years agoCharteris: ‘Incredible’ Stooke now Test ready
By NEALE HARVEY Leading from front: Elliott Stooke in action against Quins PICTURES: Getty Images ELLIOTT Stooke’s durability in an improving...
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/ 6 years agoBlues keen to lure loosehead Heyes away from Leicester
CARDIFF Blues are interested in signing Leicester loosehead Joe Heyes. The England U20 prop is Welsh qualified and highly rated by...
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/ 6 years agoBulked up Lawday making big strides
By NEALE HARVEY On the ball: Tom Lawday on the charge for Quins against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images SUPER-SIZED Harlequins No.8...
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/ 6 years agoBow fears funding cut could hit Tier Two
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Alistair Bow NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow says hard-up Championship sides are being forced to put recruitment plans...
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/ 6 years agoEaling eager for Codling
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE ALEX Codling is in talks with Ealing Trailfinders about rejoining them as head coach for next season....
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/ 6 years agoEngland pursue Welsh wing ace
By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND have spoken to Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit in a bold move over the Welshman’s international future. The...
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/ 6 years agoTMO must become louder on foul play
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE TMO is...
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/ 6 years agoGloucester storm back with late scoring blitz
Premiership By TOM BRADSHAW Here we go: Freddie Clarke, hidden, goes over for Gloucester’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images Crunch: Gloucester’s...
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/ 6 years agoQuestions remain if‘rental’ system is best way forward
IF ONL0Y things were as black and white as Colin Boag suggests, and making the unions of Tier One countries “primarily...
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/ 6 years agoHooper: We got what we deserved
BATH director of rugby, Stuart Hooper, said his side’s fading physicality cost them at a raucous Kingsholm. “Overall, we are frustrated...
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/ 6 years agoSupporters deserve voice to be heard
READING last week’s letters, the overriding conclusion is that World Rugby, Premiership Rugby and CVC are overlooking the one area which...
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/ 6 years agoSalary cap storm cloud could hang all season
NICK CAIN NIGEL Wray’s decision to resign as Saracens chairman on Thursday was a clear signal that the salary cap fiasco...
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/ 6 years agoSalary cap makes decent run in Europe a tough ask
COLIN BOAG Dead rubber: Bath take on Quins in Pool 3 next week but neither can qualify After this weekend’s round...
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/ 6 years agoMoaning Chiefs sound like sore losers
EXETER’S 14-7 win over Saracens last weekend was well-deserved thanks to a fierce defensive effort and their ability to take their...
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/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
PETER WHITE, COVENTRY, ENGLAND COUNTIES AND FORMER STOURBRIDGE & BEDFORD NO.9, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. James...
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/ 6 years agoJames brothers’ turn to shine in Quins massacre
Premiership By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Speedster: Luke James breaks through the defence to score Sale’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images Shark attack:...
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/ 6 years agoFinding more centres to punch their weight is key
JEREMY GUSCOTT Options for Eddie: Gloucester’s Mark Atkinson and right Ollie Devoto, top, Nick Tompkins and Piers Francis PICTURES: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoGustard seething at Marler stupidity
JOE Marler’s sinbinning earned him an ear-bashing from Paul Gustard after the Quins loosehead struck Jean-Luc du Preez in the 48th...
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/ 6 years agoImperfect Sarries start decade with super ten
By GARY FITZGERALD Icing on the cake: Elliot Daly evades the efforts of Tom Howe to scores Saracens’ final try PICTURES:...
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/ 6 years agoDavies back at Carnegie helm after Wood’s axe
By JON NEWCOMBE Return: Phil Davies YORKSHIRE Carnegie have turned to the most successful coach in the club’s history in a...
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/ 6 years agoFatialofa suffers ‘serious’ injury
ALAN Solomons admits there was little his team could do to stop being steam-rollered into the Allianz Park artificial surface. The...
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/ 6 years agoEddie must prove his worth says Woodward
By GARY FITZGERALD SIR Clive Woodward feels the RFU are right to play the waiting game with Eddie Jones and claims...
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/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn doubt for start of 6 Nations
By PETER JACKSON ALUN WYN Jones has been forced to delay his Ospreys come-back, raising early alarms over his fitness to...
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/ 6 years agoHill: Grind of club rugby is killing player numbers
By NEALE HARVEY RICHMONDdirector of rugby Steve Hill claims player numbers will “fall off a cliff” unless the amount of rugby...
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/ 6 years agoAlex gets in the swim to help the hospice kids
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Scotland centre Alex Grove will go to any lengths to raise money for his favourite charity. Aquaman:...
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/ 6 years agoStrongman John has eyes on lifting a Wales cap
STEP aside Big Ted, ‘Little John’ has taken on the mantle as the ultimate strong man at Sale Sharks. Andrew Sheridan...
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/ 6 years agoSix Nations revolution in CVC deal worth £750m
By PETER JACKSON THE SIX Nations have opened preliminary talks aimed at securing the biggest television deal in rugby history that...
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/ 6 years agoEngland go on the road to meet fans
How about that? Kyle Sinckler turns to the crowd after scoring for Harlequins at Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND are on...
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/ 6 years agoPlayers will fight to keep Lions alive roars Nowell
By NEALE HARVEY JACK Nowell insists the ‘old school’ ethos of the British & Irish Lions will survive no matter what...
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/ 6 years agoSarries in Euro punch-up
Flashpoint: The trouble erupts between Saracens and Munster PICTURE: Getty Images A MUNSTER medic’s jibe about Jamie George’s weight sparked a...
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/ 6 years agoAmor linked with Eddie as team flop
MEN’S By ADAM ELLIS ENGLAND missed out on the quarter-finals of the Cape Town Sevens for the first time in four...
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/ 6 years agoBlack Ferns wait for England
WOMEN’S REIGNING world champions New Zealand await England in the Cup quarterfinals of the Women’s 7s Series in Cape Town. A...
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