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/ 5 years agoRoberts: New South Africa challenge is step up for PRO14
The Wales and British & Irish Lions centre talks about the new Rainbow Cup competition that will see four South African...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks may stick with Paul Deacon for the rest of the season
Premiership club may hold off on bringing in a permanent replacement for Steve Diamond until next summer
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/ 5 years agoWasps join race to sign Bath lock Elliott Stooke
Lee Blackett is set to lose one of his options in the second row to a Premiership rival, and has identified...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Saracens looking to arrange friendlies with incoming South African franchises to PRO14
Neil Fissler reports on Saracens seeking to prepare for the Championship's kick off in March with a series of friendlies against...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors hunt second Scotland international signing
Prop Rory Sutherland is a top target for Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarlequins stalwart Danny Care set to extend stay
Veteran scrum-half has secured new terms at the Stoop
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/ 5 years agoEngland prospect Alfie Barbeary faces race to be fit for Six Nations with ankle injury
Barbeary was called up to England's squad by Eddie Jones during the Autumn Nations Cup
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/ 5 years agoMarcus Street is making big strides in quick time at Exeter Chiefs
Tighthead Street, 21, discusses his battle in the front row ranks at Sandy Park, with Tomas Francis and Harry Williams for...
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/ 5 years agoExclusive: George Barton aims to gain from mentor Cips’ Gloucester departure
Barton started the year with England U20s, and finished it with one of Gloucester's most memorable moments of 2020 in the...
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/ 5 years agoGlenn Delaney desperate to keep hold of Scarlets stars
GLENN Delaney spent years trying to snatch players away from the Scarlets but is now fighting to keep hold of the...
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/ 5 years agoRomain Ntamack likely to miss the start of the Six Nations
France fly-half Ntamack fractures his jaw in two places while in action for Toulouse in the Top 14
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/ 5 years agoWales lock Jake Ball to leave Scarlets and return to Australia
49-cap Ball to leave west Wales for family reasons at the end of the season
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/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors rue their wasted chances against Saints
Alan Solomons offers his reaction to his side's four-try defeat away at Franklin's Gardens
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoLam does a ‘Fergie’ to make Bears bite
By GARY FITZGERALD ‘Hairdryer’: Pat Lam PAT LAM woke his Bears from their winter slumber with a furious Alex Ferguson- style...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStop the clock until ball is back in play
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WOULD like to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRFU must stamp authority by ruling out ring-fencing
I AM saddened at the numerous TRP reports regarding the ‘ring-fencing’ of the top tier. Do the current executives of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWillings at helm for Durham glory days
FIRST may I thank Brendan Gallagher for the excellent series on the great schools. I write as a former pupil of...
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/ 5 years agoGetting tackling right will ease the injury threat says Edwards
SHAUN Edwards – rugby’s top defence coach – has warned the game could become even more dangerous if players don’t practise...
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/ 5 years agoSarries must wait until March to start
SARACENS’ England internationals will not play a competitive game before the Six Nations after the new Championship season was delayed until...
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/ 5 years agoFaf de Klerk tells Sale it’s time to move on
Ahead of facing Wasps on Sunday afternoon, Faf de Klerk calls on the Sharks squad to move on from Steve Diamond's...
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/ 5 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
Keep in touch with The Rugby Paper wherever you are at home and abroad! It is now available as an online...
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/ 5 years agoJavan Sebastian is repaying faith of Scarlets coaches
At 26, prop Sebastian seems to be tapping into the potential the Scarlets have long believed the tighthead held
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/ 5 years agoAlex Waller working to steady Northampton Saints ship
Saints co-captain Waller addresses the Premiership club's worrying form since their return to rugby in August
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/ 5 years agoYoung bucks helping Dan Evans chase down Shane’s mark at Ospreys
Ospreys full-back Dan Evans is just seven tries short Shane Williams' tally of 57 for the region
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/ 5 years agoHarlequins No.8 Alex Dombrandt sheds the pounds to cash in with Eddie
Quins talisman Dombrandt, yet to be capped by England, tells Neale Harvey how he has grafted to get into Test condition
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/ 5 years agoPostive tests at Leicester sees Premiership clash with Newcastle called off
Tigers trip to Kingston Park on Boxing Day cancelled due to positive tests and resulting number of squad forced to self-isolate
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/ 5 years agoConsistency key for high jumper Freddie Steward, after breakthrough year at Leicester Tigers
Former England U20 star Steward reflects on 2020, ending the year as Leicester's nailed-on starter at full-back
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/ 5 years agoArgentina prop Chaparro joins Bristol Bears
Capped 54 times by Los Pumas, tighthead Chaparro is set to move to Ashton Gate next month
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCHRIS HEWETT
GUEST COLUMNIST Gloucester white flag disrepects a great Cup Gloucester are in the process of forgetting all about Danny Cipriani, that...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGilpin in pole to replace Gosper
WORLD Rugby are expected to confirm the appointment of an English chief executive next month, with Alan Gilpin emerging as the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOh Danny Boy! Look in mirror before moaning
SHOCK! Horror! Blow me down with a feather duster! An international No.9 thinks he knows sharp practice when he sees it....
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/ 5 years agoOspreys ‘home tie’ in Llanelli
THE OSPREYS will lose home advantage for their crunch Boxing Day clash against the Scarlets with the game now set to...
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/ 5 years agoGreen light for Eddie’s Japan gig
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones can continue as a consultant for Japanese Top League side Suntory Sungoliath. The RFU deemed there was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks are blessing for Italy!
SO ITALY will share a pool with New Zealand for the seventh time in ten World Cups when the jamboree begins...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSHANE WILLIAMS
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Christmas derbies should be crackers There can be no bigger contrast in your life as a rugby...
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/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn injury blow for Wales
WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones could miss the start of the Six Nations after it was announced he may be absent...
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/ 5 years agoPut down that phone, pre-season starts now!
THE Covid vaccine programme that has begun to be rolled out across the UK has offered a ray of hope for...
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/ 5 years agoNorth West grassroots rugby set to kick off in January
By GEORGE LAWRENCE GRASSROOTS rugby is set for a return as teams throughout the North West of England prepare for a...
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/ 5 years agoBoyd: Big teams will miss out on quarters
Critic: Chris Boyd CHRIS BOYD believes the current European Champions Cup format will result in some of best teams in the...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup Katy calls time on England
By SAM JACKSON Praise: Simon Middleton ENGLAND’S 2014 Rugby World Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-Mclean has decided to retire from international rugby....
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/ 5 years ago‘Hundreds’ set to join brain injury court fight
Peter Jackson reports on the growing number of retired rugby players pledging their support to the court case seeking damages over...
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/ 5 years agoBT Sport continue broadcasting Prem until 2024
On air: BT Sport panel PREMIERSHIP Rugby have agreed a new deal with BT Sport which will see the broadcaster show...
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/ 5 years agoToulon pull plug two hours before KO
SCARLETS’ Champions Cup match at home to Toulon on Friday was called off less than two hours before kick-off. Toulon pulled...
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/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Nigel Melville is PRL’s new executive chairman
Former RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville takes senior position at Premiership Rugby
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/ 5 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Dyanti ban tops off bad year for Boks BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fall from...
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/ 5 years agoScotland ace Hastings signs for Glos
GLOUCESTERhave signed Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings to fill the hole left by Danny Cipriani’s departure. Cipriani, capped 16 times by England,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSale 15-16 Edinburgh: Drama as Paul Deacon sees Sale lose plot
Sale Sharks throw away first-half lead to fall to Richard Cockerill's Edinburgh
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPortugal may be the dark horse to keep an eye on
SO we already knew 12 of the RWC2023 finalists and this week we got the pool draw which in some cases...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBears ace Harry Randall aims to show Eddie he’s the man for all seasons in Galway
Neale Harvey previews Bristol's Champions Cup trip to Connacht with England hopeful Harry Randall
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/ 5 years agoThe mood’s positive at Wasps and we’re ready now for Sale says Thomas Young
Wasps flanker Thomas Young is raring to go as attentions switch back to the Premiership
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