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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRob Baxter fires shot at Chris Boyd for playing ‘mind games’
Rob Baxter expects a competitive scrum to take place in Exeter's Champions Cup quarter-final with Saints
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoFiji name former referee Glen Jackson among assistant coaches
Is this the start of a new trend within international coaching set-ups?
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoStuart Hooper turns Bath fly-half search elsewhere
Bath's long-winded search for a No.10 goes on...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Falcons sign experienced South African scrum-half Louis Schreuder
One-time Springboks Schreuder worked with defence coach Nick Easter at the Sharks
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoEngland and Barbarians to kick off autumn blockbuster
England return to action for the first time since their March 7 Six Nations clash against Wales at Twickenham when they...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership broadcaster BT Sport to raise prices this November
Some BT Sport customers face paying additional £48 each year to watch Premiership rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoChampions Cup preview: Saracens head for their great showdown
Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for this weekend's Champions Cup knockouts
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoWill Hurrell takes first step into coaching after retirement
Former Bristol Bears centre Will Hurrell to embark on coaching career at the age of 30
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoSevens must innovate or risk fading into nothing, Mike Friday warns
Should Sevens teams deviate from being centrally funded and seek private backing? USA 7s coach Mike Friday answers
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoSCHEDULE: Wales must win to miss meeting England at RWC2023
Peter Jackson runs through the autumn schedule for nations in both hemispheres
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeinster show their class to outshine Ulster in PRO14 final
Leo Cullen and Leinster lift the PRO14 trophy for the third year running
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoTomas Francis believes in chance to play for Exeter AND Wales
Francis has until March 31 next year to reach the 60 required caps to remain at Exeter and still play for...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWales 7s star Luke Treharne to turn to XVs to keep Olympic dream alive
A Team GB veteran from the Rio Olympics four years ago, the suspension of funding for Wales 7s has Treharne plotting...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath can spring a surprise in final furlong, says Beno Obano
Bath loosehead Obano is striving to improve every day and push the club into the Premiership play-offs
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoEngland to face Georgia as eight-team Autumn Nations Cup confirmed
November and December dates confirmed for Autumn Nations Cup involving Georgia and Fiji
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks deny asking out of tour
The All Blacks were in damage control after reports surfaced that a number of the country’s top players were contemplating pulling...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBristol Bears appeal three-game ban for Siale Piutau
A hearing with an appeals panel will now take place on Thursday, as Alan Solomons offers his views on the matter
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex King plots new ‘Wasps dynasty’ at Gloucester
Gloucester attack coach Alex King expects great things to happy at Kingsholm after being reunited with Danny Cipriani and Dom Waldouck
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTwo Premiership players test positive for COVID-19
A total of seven personnel at Premiership clubs have tested positive after the latest round of screening
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPat Lam uses post-match interview to vent frustration over Siale Piutau ban
Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam wants to see a 'shake-up' of the citing and mitigation process
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRichard Cockerill eyes lock Andries Ferreira after semi-final heartache
A former Toulon second row has held talks with Edinburgh over a move to the PRO14
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoOwen Farrell avoids ten-game ban for high tackle on Wasps’ Atkinson
Farrell has ten-game entry point reduced to five as panel grants mitigating factors after testimony from Mark McCall and Eddie Jones
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoA snap Q&A with Scotland captain Stuart Hogg
Five snapshot questions are posed to the Scotland captain and Exeter Chiefs star
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSteve Diamond in no rush to bring Manu Tuilagi to negotiating table
Neil Fissler envisages French clubs remaining interested in Tuilagi closer towards January due to his one-year Sale contract
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoUnpaid Championship players may have contracts cancelled
Leicester Tigers loan signing David Williams, whose parent club is Nottingham, says Championship players are being left in limbo
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoRed-card Farrell set to miss Leinster
By MIKE SINCLAIR Crunch: Owen Farrell catches Charlie Atkinson on the head ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell looks certain to be banned...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUnpaid Tier 2 players may have contracts cancelled
By NEALE HARVEY Lucky: David Williams ON-LOAN Leicester wing David Williams claims Championship players are going unpaid as tier two clubs...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSubscriptions…
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMadigan’s magic boot puts Ulster into the final
By BRYN PALMER ULSTER staged a stunning second-half fightback at Murrayfield to become only the second team after Scarlets to win...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeo’s champions are a class above
By DECLAN ROONEY Pointing the way: Cian Healy celebrates as Rónan Kelleher scores the game’s only try TEAMS LEINSTER: Larmour 6...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHow could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Glory days: Ospreys beat Leicester Tigers to win the 2008 Anglo-Welsh Cup Ospreylia...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThankfully the Lions will keep their spin purely for their passes
THOSE of us granted the dubious privilege of reporting on the worst Lions tour of the professional era will have been...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKing plots new ‘Wasps’ dynasty with Cips at helm
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX King is banking on Danny Cipriani’s leadership and a bit of hard-nosed Wasps DNA to bring glory...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe’re still a few years behind Exeter says Diamond
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE Sharks boss Steve Diamond reckons it will be “two to three years” before his side can call...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLaunchbury’s hitting best form when it matters most
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS and England lock Joe Launchbury says he has no issues with putting his body on the line...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBeno’s backing Bath to spring a surprise
By JON NEWCOMBE After him! Beno Obano sets off on a barnstorming run for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images BENO OBANO relished...
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago‘Bomber’ gets taster of top-flight at Saracens
By JON NEWCOMBE CHAMPIONSHIP Dream XV prop Robin Hislop has secured a short-term loan move to reigning European and Premiership champions...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAll systems go again as Tomas eyes Test recall
By NEALE HARVEY FIT-AGAIN Exeter and Wales prop Tomas Francis says competition is driving him on as he targets a domestic...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBears criticism unfair
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk ALTHOUGH a Bears’ supporter,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSharks poacher Ben happy playing the waiting game
By JON NEWCOMBE AS a talented young cricketer, Ben Curry used to score his runs slow and steady and that patience...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPremiership must learn from folly of English football
WHICH Premiership club will follow Arsenal and be the first to field a team 100 per cent nonqualified for England. I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoInconsistencies are ruining spectacle
EXETER are a great side and I enjoy watching them, even when they give my own side Worcester a thrashing. However,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoBoks given full backing to play in 8 Nations
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations have joined forces in a united attempt to bring South Africa into the European fold...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEx-AFL ace Kurt Heatherley hopes to lift Jersey Reds
6'4" Heatherley played at Hawthorn in the AFL, but was brought up in New Zraland loving rugby
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Alex Goode reaches major milestone for Saracens
Ever-present Goode will reach 300 appearances in this weekend's clash with Wasps
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Edinburgh make eight changes for play-off bow
The PRO14 reaches the knockout stages of its 2019-20 season this weekend in Dublin and Edinburgh
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester lock Blake Enever reflects on uncertainty of Australian rugby at start of outbreak
Enever had been in prime position to represent the Wallabies before Rugby Australia finances cracked
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRebels coach Geoff Parling zooms in to help hometown club Stockton
The Melbourne-based former England lock has been calling in to Stockton RFC while coaching the Rebels in Super Rugby AU
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens sign prop Robin Hislop on loan from Doncaster Knights
Hislop joins as injury cover at loosehead for the rest of Saracens' Prmeiership campaign
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoYorkshire Carnegie renamed and pledge to get ‘back to roots’
Carnegie will become Leeds Tykes once again, says new chairman
International Rugby
Wales drawn with England in Rugby World Cup pool
Autumn Internationals
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