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/ 4 years agoWe must bring back relegation -Baxter
By PAUL REES ROB Baxter believes that promotion and relegation has to become a feature of the Premiership again even if...
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/ 4 years agoQuins ace Marchant says au revoir to England
HARLEQUINS centre Joe Marchant will leave English rugby behind this summer in favour of signing for Top 14 side Stade Francais....
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/ 4 years agoBorthwick out to help England
By JOHN NEWCOMBE PRODUCING England players of the future remains a key goal for Steve Borthwick at Leicester even if it...
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/ 4 years agoMarler calls for change of governance
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler believes it may be time for a new “independent” organisation to be charged with repairing the...
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/ 4 years agoDoddie’s strength inspires Ritchie
CAPTAIN Jamie Ritchie says Doddie Weir will inspire Scotland today as they seek a first win over New Zealand. Weir is...
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/ 4 years agoEngland need to get a lot better, very quickly
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND making root-and-branch changes to their coaching team so close to a World Cup...
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/ 4 years agoIs RFU getting value for money? Not from Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has become a millionaire courtesy of the RFU, for doing what...
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/ 4 years agoTime to stop petty gamesmanship
NICK CAIN THE high-five cheerleading that breaks out every time a decision or penalty goes England’s way is a sure sign...
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/ 4 years agoGive some thought to Belize’s struggles
NICK CAIN AS a recession looms, the World Rugby mandarins who jetted to New Zealand in first or business class for...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond may look at recruitment
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER COULD Steve Diamond’s next move in rugby be a job in recruitment after he indirectly...
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/ 4 years agoToulouse leading the race for Willis
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ENGLAND flanker Jack Willis looks set to head to France...
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/ 4 years agoMa’asi-White heads for Sale
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER England U20 international Rekeiti Ma’asi-White is on the verge of agreeing to a deal...
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/ 4 years agoBaxter’s keen for Nowell to decide
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Coach: Rob Baxter ROB Baxter is pushing England and Lions winger Jack Nowell for an...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
HENRY THOMAS, THE MONTPELLIER AND FORMER ENGLAND, BATH & SALE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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/ 4 years agoOne-sided games do no favours for anyone
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DEVOTEES of the union game have spent decades laughing at the idea of the “other code” staging...
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/ 4 years agoFailing to select a kicker is a major sin
CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, rugby had its own version of the Seven Deadly Sins: biting, gouging, bag-snatching, head-stamping, shaving...
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/ 4 years agoWinters’ boys are starting to warm up to it
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OPTIMISTIC Peter Winterbottom says he is encouraged by the character of his Esher side – and...
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/ 4 years agoHow Kevin kept 1991 pioneers on right track
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW KEVIN O’Brien grew up within walking distance of Cardiff docks, round the corner...
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/ 4 years agoSinfield shows he’s in a class of his own
PETER JACKSON THERE are an elite group of impressive men involved in English rugby and then there is Kevin Sinfield, the...
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/ 4 years agoNo surprise to see more trouble
PETER JACKSON ANOTHER match at the world’s biggest pub and another outbreak of crowd trouble, this one over a fight between...
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/ 4 years agoIrish referee Brace kept Itoje in line
PETER JACKSON MARO Itoje had a lot to say for himself during England’s non-performance against Argentina last Sunday. His verbosity extended...
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/ 4 years agoSupport growing fo starting with 10
PAUL REES SAYS MONEY WILL BE THE PRIME FACTOR BEHIND THE SIZE OF THE PREMIERSHIP IN THE FUTURE WHEN Gloucester faced...
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/ 4 years agoStrength of the Wolfpack too great
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s...... 31 Canterbury....... 16 AS Canterbury kicked off, the question was could Bury build on their...
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/ 4 years agoShort’s lengthy late play earns a point
By NATHAN EDWARDS Guernsey.................28 Sevenoaks..............28 JONNY Short ran the pitch length in the game’s final play to earn a draw for...
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/ 4 years agoDorking hit the top as Hawks tamed
By NICK PITSON Henley......................24 Dorking.....................28 DORKING fought back from 24-14 behind to claim a deserved bonus-point victory. The Hawks were the...
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/ 4 years agoTJs narrowly edge the showdown of Kent rivals
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J...... 21pts Blackheath....... 20pts Contest: Battle at the breakdown, left, and Josh Groocock steals lineout ball for...
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/ 4 years agoVikings conquered on home soil by Worthing
By RICHARD HEWITT North Walsham..... 15 Worthing.................. 19 IN A long match, with 44 minutes on the clock in the first...
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/ 4 years agoHalf-time deficit is easy work for OA
By RICHARD HOMER Old Albanians........54 Rochford H.............. 20 OA run out comfortable winners with an eighttry rout of Rochford. During the...
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/ 4 years agoWestcliff show grit as Barnes run riot
By RICK COMPTON Westcliff................. 14 Barnes......................53 BARNES showed why they are one of the pacesetters as they overcame a gallant home...
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/ 4 years agoBragging rights are claimed by Clifton
By ROGER ROPIE Barnstaple......... 3 Clifton................29 CLIFTON took the league points and lifted the John Budd Memorial Cup after a comfortable...
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/ 4 years agoBourns bite back in Students draw
By BILLY PAGE Bournville...............38 Loughborough S....38 A PULSATING contest ended with Bournville and Loughborough Students claiming a draw and a try...
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/ 4 years agoDings downed by Exeter Uni revival
By MAX COURTIS Dings Crusaders... 12 Exeter Uni................ 19 EXETER University hit back in the second half to down hosts Dings...
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/ 4 years agoWounded Lions roar back for Reds win
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester L........ 31pts Redruth.............. 15pts CLASSY Leicester Lions showed exactly why they are top of the pile as...
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/ 4 years agoHornets see red as in-form Lucs finally cut loose
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............40 Hornets..................... 15 LUCTONIANS extended their winning sequence with a comprehensive victory over a spirited Hornets side on...
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/ 4 years agoNewport cling on for bonus points
By PHIL GUTTUS Newport (S)............29 Hinckley..................33 MISFIRING Newport bagged two deserved bonus points as they ran visitors Hinckley mighty close in...
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/ 4 years agoRuthless hosts win 13-try thriller
By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffians.... 50 Stourbridge............27 OLD Redcliffians won a cracker of a contest against strugglers Stourbridge. Stourbridge opened the...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s game needs teamwork to progress
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO that’s a wrap. The Women’s World Cup...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoThe piano players weren’t in harmony
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Under pressure: Kyle Sinckler is being found out by the opposition and...
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/ 4 years agoAnother League coach set to join Eddie’s team
NEWS EXTRA BRETT Hodgson will take over as England defence coach following the Autumn Nations Series with Anthony Seibold leaving to...
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/ 4 years agoEx-Bath wing Davis missing in Spain
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Bath player and reality TV contestant Levi Davis, 24, has gone missing in Spain. Former England wing Tom...
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/ 4 years agoTel Aviv, Scarlets help fill void for Saracens
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS have confirmed replacement fixtures against non-English teams after their Premiership home games with Wasps and Worcester were cancelled....
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/ 4 years agoCrossdale joins mate Shields at Perpignan
NEWS EXTRA PERPIGNAN have signed versatile back Ali Crossdale from Wasps, who joins former teammate Brad Shields at the struggling Top...
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/ 4 years agoChiefs bring in three more young Wasps
NEWS EXTRA EXETER have signed three more players from Wasps just weeks after picking up hooker Dan Frost. Academy lock Alfie...
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/ 4 years agoBok Kitshoff swaps Stormers for Ulster
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Cup-winning prop Steven Kitshoff will join Ulster on a three-year deal after next year’s World Cup. The 30-yearold...
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/ 4 years agoGeorgia all set o take on Wales challenge
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS GEORGIA captain Merab Sharikadze insists his side are feeling the pressure to perform against Wales next...
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/ 4 years agoDelight for Riley as he hits 400 for Sedgley
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK SEDGLEY Park captain Matt Riley reached the incredible landmark of 400 appearances for the club yesterday...
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/ 4 years agoRugby has to grow its fanbase
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU I AM so disappointed with...
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/ 4 years agoReduce penalty to two points
Letters I THOROUGHLY agree with the letter on October 30 that drop-goals should not be worth more than three points. And...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond should take charge now
Letters EDDIE Jones should have been let go after the 2019 RWC – but it is not too late for the...
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/ 4 years agoOakham stay strong to get past Stowe
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL OAKHAM kept their hopes alive of ending their wait for a third schools cup title as...
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