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/ 5 years agoAnayi finds TV figures after all
PETER JACKSON THREE years ago PRO12 rugby chose to disconnect a multitude of viewers by wiping their matches off live BBC...
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/ 5 years agoNathan Earle eyes England lift-off at Falcons
NATHAN Earle is hoping his move to Newcastle will put him back into England contention after his time at Harlequins was...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoRed-card Hill did not get justice says Tomas
By PAUL REES JONATHAN Thomas believes justice was not served when his captain Ted Hill received a threematch ban last week...
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/ 5 years agoMarcus wants England shirt for rest of his career – Murley
By NEIL FISSLER CADAN Murley was not surprised to see his landlord Marcus Smith return to Harlequins action in such emphatic...
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/ 5 years agoOpportunity knocks for Adam Beard after Hill and Ball departures from Wales scene
ADAM Beard plans on making the most of the departure of Cory Hill and Jake Ball from Welsh rugby. Ospreys second...
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/ 5 years agoThomas: Early errors cost us
HEAD coach Jonathan Thomas blamed Worcester’s heavy defeat on a failure to turn their early pressure into points. “There were opportunities...
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/ 5 years agoSniper Doak secures bonus
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..............28 Benetton ..........8 CRAIG Gilroy moved up to joint second in the all-time try scorers in what...
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/ 5 years agoStockdale: I’m a better player now
By SAM JACKSON ULSTER’S Jacob Stockdale says he is a “much better” rugby player now than he was when he burst...
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/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 5 years agoGloucester 33-32 Sale: Sharks late bite back just fails to prove fatal
WITH the last kick of the match, Sale replacement Tom Curtis missed a touchline conversion as his side just failed to...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoScoreless second-half leaves Scots frustrated
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........20pts Tries: Graham 3, Vellacott 6, Conversions: Van der Walt 4, 7, Penalties: Van der Walt 27,...
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/ 5 years agoExodus of players is real threat for game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME A few weeks ago this paper had an interview with Peter Winterbottom,...
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/ 5 years agoWales prepare for testing Autumn
By SAM JACKSON Skipper: Siwan Lillicrap THE Wales Women coaching team have selected a squad of 36 for the Autumn Internationals...
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/ 5 years agoIt’s bad for my nerves – George
GLOUCESTER’S head coach, George Skivington, was relieved to have held off Sale’s stunning comeback. “My nerves are shot but I’m used...
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/ 5 years agoCash-rich Saracens will ‘aim to go global’ now, says Roc Nation president Yormark
NEW Saracens special advisor Michael Yormark says the club plan on going global after their £32m takeover. American Yormark, president of...
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/ 5 years agoArm injury to Navidi compounds Blues woe
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff ................19pts Tries: Screech 18 Conversions: Priestland 19 Penalties: Priestland 5, 11, 34, 73 Bulls....................29pts Tries: Louw 43,...
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/ 5 years agoJersey Reds lose their scrum anchor to Irish
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed former Munster prop Ciaran Parker from Championship leaders Jersey Reds. The 26-year-old, who began his...
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/ 5 years agoJapan cash could force marquee men u-turn
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fears over the future contracts of France’s internationals have raised the spectre of a marquee player system...
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/ 5 years agoLiam Williams joins Wales list of absent Lions stars
WALES have ruled Liam Williams out of the All Blacks’ match on October 30 – their eighth Lion to miss the...
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/ 5 years agoJet-heeled Jonah fires in for superb double
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ..........22pts Tries: Hansen 58, Fitzgerald 72 Penalties: Carty 2, 14, 31, 34 Dragons ............35pts Tries: Holmes 27,...
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/ 5 years agoKelly banned for ‘shoulder strike’
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER centre Dan Kelly, 20, has been given a three-match ban for “striking with the shoulder” in added time...
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/ 5 years agoWomen’s World Cup countdown: Alphonsi hired to inspire
By STELLA MILLS ONE year out from the Women’s World Cup, headline sponsor Mastercard have named England hero Maggie Alphonsi as...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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