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/ 4 years agoPeace talks go ahead in agents’ fees row
By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP clubs were last night facing massive pressure to back down in their stand-off with players’ agents over...
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/ 4 years agoDrop-off in fans will rectify itself say Premiership
By PAUL REES PREMIERSHIP clubs believe the Covid pandemic is behind the drop in crowds for the first three weeks of...
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/ 4 years agoReaders complete Rugby XV name game
THANKS to all those prompted by the Max Wiltshire story last week, the assembly of a Place Name XV can now...
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/ 4 years agoBracken backs Sarries to push Quins hard
HARLEQUINS’ tasty mixture of young and old talent could ensure they successfully defend their title, while Kyran Bracken is also backing...
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/ 4 years agoHow long will this kow-towing go on?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk REGARDING Nick Cain’s piece...
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/ 4 years agoEaling are still team to beat say Pirates
NEWS EXTRA By MIKE SINCLAIR EALING are still red-hot favourites to win the Championship title despite their shock 15-12 defeat to...
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/ 4 years agoRennie relaxes rules for Wallaby exiles
NEWS EXTRA FRANCE-BASED stars Will Skelton, Rory Arnold and Tolu Latu have been named in the Wallabies squad for the Autumn...
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/ 4 years agoCarwyn will follow cousins’ footsteps to the top
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS SIONE Kalamafoni has firmly established himself as the Scarlets’ first-choice No.8 but he believes he will...
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/ 4 years agoPlan to re-shape and safegaurd our community game
A LOT has been said about players leaving the game due to travel, and commitments in playing lower leagues rugby. Maybe,...
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/ 4 years agoMike Brown looks at a new career as an agent
MIKE Brown has started to prepare for life after rugby by joining a player management division for the private platform Premier...
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/ 4 years agoLions Test snub was a big spur
Neil Fissler talks to Jonny Hill about the highs and lows of a stellar 12 months JONNY Hill would have called...
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/ 4 years agoRWC kit swap to tackle colour blindness
NEWS EXTRA WALES and Ireland may have to change their traditional shirt colours at the 2027 Rugby World Cup if facing...
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/ 4 years agoSmart money’s on a depressing winter
LEICESTER versus Saracens last week was a bore-fest. With international half-backs on both sides, by my reckoning there was a kick...
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/ 4 years agoJP du Preez could quit Sale Sharks for Glasgow Warriors
SALE Sharks have four players called Du Preez on their books but could have one fewer from the start of next...
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/ 4 years agoSkilful Dino Lamb is Harlequins back in a forward’s body
DINO Lamb could have been doing a Louis Lynagh and running in tries for Harlequins instead of putting in a shift...
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/ 4 years agoClubs act to curb powers of Union hierarchy
NEWS EXTRA By PETER JACKSON WELSH rugby’s rank-andfile clubs are being asked to back a radical plan devised to prevent the...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
RICHARD MAYHEW, THE FORMER NORTH HARBOUR, NEWCASTLE, ESHER AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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/ 4 years agoEngland women call up 11 debutants
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...
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/ 4 years agoScott’s renaissance is worthy of a Test recall
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES are set to confirm their squad for a humdinger of an autumn series this...
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/ 4 years agoSamoa searching for players to take on Baa-Baas
By ALEX BYWATER THE BARBARIANS’ autumn clash at Twickenham scheduled for November 27 is poised to descend into farce with the...
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/ 4 years agoLet Hallam Amos fill the void at 15 for Wales, says Dai Young
HALLAM Amos has been tipped to fill the full-back void left by Liam Williams and Leigh Halfpenny for Wales’ daunting autumn...
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/ 4 years agoFord’s not as sharp as Smith but he’s still class
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK GEORGE Ford is a player I’ve always admired, and I would call him a...
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/ 4 years agoLam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk
PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby...
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/ 4 years agoNo one messed with this mighty Max
PETER JACKSON SOME famous players had to make do with bearing the name of one place in England’s green and pleasant...
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/ 4 years agoGeorge is in awe of ‘ridiculous’ Radwan
By PAUL REES IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked...
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/ 4 years agoLeicester 13-12 Saracens: Injury-time penalty try sinks Saracens
TIGERS somehow grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat to continue their unbeaten start to the season, but even they will...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors reaping rewards of sand dune slog
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM HATHAWAY WORCESTER head coach Jonathan Thomas took his club to the coast during pre-season as they bid...
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/ 4 years agoJourneymen Saffers won’t excite the Celtic fans
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST As the first of this season’s Billionaires’ Row derbies between Bristol and Bath, two wealthy clubs separated...
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/ 4 years agoHalf-back unity helping drive Worcester turnaround
Meticulous: Owen Williams attacks for Worcester OWEN Williams is relishing being reunited with his former partner-in-crime Willi Heinz in a Worcester...
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/ 4 years agoMcCall: Players went off script
SARRIES boss Mark McCall said defeat was a big lesson for his side. “Had we won the game, we would still...
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/ 4 years agoWayne Pivac has to nail key combos for World Cup | Shane Williams
I WAS sat down watching Scrum V with a cup of tea last Sunday when Wayne Pivac made a surprise appearance...
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/ 4 years agoTethered Ryno has time for a rethink
CHRIS HEWETT YOU can do quite a lot in 12 weeks: walk the full length of the South West Coast Path...
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/ 4 years agoHavant roar their thanks to President Campkin
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS HAVANT RFC paid their respects to late President Nigel Campkin before their match against North Walsham...
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/ 4 years agoThomas: Ted Hill was kicked in face
JONATHAN Thomas claimed Ted Hill was kicked in the face before the flanker responded with a tip-tackle on Lloyd Evans which...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s team needs increased funding to compete
SHANE WILLIAMS I REALLY hope this autumn can represent a clean slate for Wales women’s side. The team has had an...
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/ 4 years agoDavies states his case for new-look Wales
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER SEB Davies has told Wayne Pivac his ballplaying and handling ability can make him a standout...
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/ 4 years agoWalker begins work to address inequality
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE NEW WRU performance director Nigel Walker plans on getting Wales women’s side back on their feet...
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/ 4 years agoLondon Irish aim to break into Eddie’s England clique
LONDON Irish were the only one of the Premiership 13 who were not called on by England for last week’s training...
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/ 4 years agoTom Cruse is writing his name large at Wasps
ONE hundred games into his Wasps career and the novelty of having his own name on the back of his jersey...
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/ 4 years agoEvans in Kiwi fitness race
Injured: Jarrod Evans FLY-HALF Jarrod Evans is a doubt for the Autumn Internationals after damaging his sternum in Cardiff ’s win...
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/ 4 years ago‘Desperate’ Boks back on top of world rankings
THE Springboks are back on top of the World Rugby rankings after their shock win over the All Blacks. Their 31-29...
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/ 4 years agoSickener for Phillips as his injury jinx strikes again
By ALEX BYWATER TOUGH NUT Tom Phillips has been told he can come back again after suffering yet another sickening injury...
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/ 4 years agoJoyce hat-trick seals title for GB
By SAM JACKSON Rapid: Jasmine Joyce GREAT Britain’s women are World Rugby Sevens Series champions after back-to-back final victories in Canada....
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/ 4 years agoStars look to France as fee row rumbles on
BRISTOL Bears could be facing a fight to hang onto back row Nathan Hughes who has been offered to French clubs...
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/ 4 years agoBattle on for Welsh students’ bragging rights
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE CARDIFF Arms Park will be the scene of a Welsh capital derby on Wednesday night when...
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/ 4 years agoStar ref Sara’s common sense is breath of fresh air
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ONE of the things that marks out Sarah Cox as one of the best young refs in...
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/ 4 years ago850 mile ride in memory of Simon
TWO members of OPM RFC have begun an epic cycle challenge to raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association in...
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/ 4 years agoSaracens in £32m takeover, Nigel Wray to hand over control
SARACENS have agreed a £32m takeover deal with a consortium of investors that includes South African World Cup-winning captain Francois Pienaar....
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/ 4 years agoBulls suffer second slaughter in Ireland
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..............34 Bulls ..........................7 CONNACHT coach Andy Friend wants his men to build on their impressive first home...
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/ 4 years agoAzzurre continue trend of summer
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE Eatate Italiana – Italian summer – continued with a late burst last week when the Italian...
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