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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoSt Helens sensation Regan Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
A hat-trick to marvel at has got everyone talking about the Port Talbot native being a possible code convert
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBen Earl and Max Malins frozen out of Saracens WhatsApp group while at Bristol
Earl and Malins are both on loan at the Premiership challengers
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoDragons boss Dean Ryan won’t give up the ghost on Wasps’ Will Rowlands
A player the Dragons and WRU appear very keen on bringing to the PRO14
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoTullow Tank backs Stuart Lancaster for Lions coaching gig in 2021
Sean O'Brien speaks of his first-hand experience of working with Stuart Lancaster at Leinster
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoEngland Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing
The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJohn Inverdale and RFU director comment on plans to further regionalise grassroots
A vote will be held on October 2 to determine whether clubs reduce schedule demand in National League One and below
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWainright can spring some more surprises
AARON Wainwright plans to keep on surprising the rugby world after a stunning first 18 months at Test level took in...
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/ 5 years agoClean slate for Samson
Strong: Samson Lee DOUBLE World Cup-winning All Black prop Ben Franks wants to help resurrect the career of Wales’ ‘once in...
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/ 5 years agoHuw can recapture his best form – Bell
GLASGOW attack coach Jonny Bell is certain Huw Jones can rekindle the sparkling form that saw him score ten tries in...
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/ 5 years agoSad to say but 7s had lost its way
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rare win: Dan Bibby celebrates with Ethan Waddleton...
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/ 5 years agoHume worked miracles at Ampleforth
Star: Basil Hume in Ampleforth 1st XV, 1940 IT’S a funny thing but in the 850 odd years since Britain last...
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/ 5 years agoZac wants to make a late splash in England
Neale Harvey talks to former All Black wing Zac Guildford about a Premiership switch High point: Zac Guildford scores for the...
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/ 5 years agoMore leagues with fewer clubs is RFU plan for future
JOHNInverdale, chairman of the National Clubs Association, yesterday welcomed the RFU’s plan for a shake-up of the National Leagues. The proposals,...
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/ 5 years agoHurrell targets Prem return as a skills coach
By JACK ZORAB Ambitious: Will Hurrell wants to pass on his expertise to the next generation PICTURE: Getty Images WILL Hurrell...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFull-contact rugby carries significant risk of Covid
Steve Grainger of the RFU replies to last week’s letter, above. The community game remains a priority for the RFU and...
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/ 5 years agoNerdvana is far from providing a paradise
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Professional rugby is fast becoming a game of gadgets and gizmos: a bewildering array of cutting- edge...
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/ 5 years agoCrusaders let the trophy slip
SUPERRUGBY THECrusaders clinched the Super Rugby Aotearoa title last Sunday and promptly damaged the trophy. Their 32-22 victory over the Highlanders...
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/ 5 years agoCalling Toby…are you really at Ospreys?
TOBY Booth is one of the most talented coaches around. No less a figure than Brian Ashton recognised this more than...
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/ 5 years agoCovid spike puts Top 14 on high alert
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN An abundance of caution marked professional rugby’s preseason return on Friday, 166 days after Toulon beat Stade...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoFlyer Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
■By PETER JACKSON REGAN Grace, the Welsh flyer whose amazing hat-trick for St Helens has been acclaimed as the greatest in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPerenara’s word perfect
TJ Perenara is not the first scrum-half to have plenty to say for himself. It’s part of the job description. But...
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/ 5 years agoSocino: I’m here to give Barritt a run for his money!
Jon Newcombe talks to the Pumas centre who is joining Saracens JUAN Pablo Socino arrived in Hertfordshire in mid-June blinking into...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoLancaster ‘perfect’ coach for the Lions
■By NEALE HARVEY STUART Lancaster would be a “perfect” choice to join Warren Gatland’s Lions’ coaching team in South Africa next...
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/ 5 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 5 years agoZach hopes bigger will be even better
■By NEALE HARVEY Hard yards: Bath’s Zach Mercer is tackled by Worcester’s Scott Van Breda PICTURES: Getty Images STRONGER and fitter...
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/ 5 years agoCanterbury want no part in 15-game season plan
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Concern: Giles Hilton CANTERBURY chairman Giles Hilton says promotion and relegation plans for a 15-game season are ‘nonsense’...
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/ 5 years agoIrked Broad takes aim at WRU governance
WRU chairman Gareth Davies and chief executive Martyn Phillips are to blame for the problems the game is facing in Wales...
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/ 5 years agoBlues, Ospreys yet to agree wage reductions
DRAGONS and Scarlets have agreed a 25 per cent reduction in player salaries with their squads for the next 12 months....
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/ 5 years agoDon’t mess with scrum warns ‘old man’ Cole
■By JON NEWCOMBE New-age prop: Kyle Sinckler Warrior: Dan Cole gets on the ball for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images HAVING been...
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/ 5 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 5 years agoBlackett: Exciting time for young English hopefuls
■By NEALE HARVEY Fittest: Ben Velacott Talent: Charlie Atkinson WASPS head coach Lee Blackett believes a postlockdown surge of homegrown talent...
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/ 5 years agoScots flyer Graham gunning for home semi-final
EDINBURGHwill come out “all guns blazing” against Glasgow on Saturday as they try to secure a home PRO14 semi-final, says Scotland...
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/ 5 years agoSam targets Wales jersey after switch
By ROB COLE Split loyalties: Sam Moore in U20 Six Nations action for England against France in 2018 SAM Moore trained...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWallabies combination can unlock Exiles potential, says Sekope Kepu
Veteran prop Sekope Kepu believes the acquisition of Australia teammate Rob Simmons can take London Irish forward
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester signing Matt Scott feels no pressure to replace Tuilagi void
Left in limbo by Edinburgh last Christmas, ex-Gloucester centre Scott has managed to turn uncertainty into a second stint in the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership club in salary cap probe, source tells TRP
Neil Fissler reports on a new potential salary cap breach looming over the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14
Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday's edition of TRP...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye
Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails
Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoSam Vesty can help Saints starlet Fraser Dingwall maintain England bid
Dingwall, 21, earned a shock call-up to Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad in January
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAttwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special
The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival 'the best player he has ever seen'
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoCan Chris Ashton make a splash on debut for Harlequins?
Jon Newcombe previews Friday night's Premiership restart match between Harlequins and Sale, looking at the betting odds
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoI’ve got to win back my England place, says Billy Vunipola
After surpassing 50 caps for England, Vunipola admits his England place is under threat now more than ever
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath promote Neal Hatley to head coach role
Director of rugby Stuart Hooper had wanted to create a DoR-head coach structure at Bath
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership clubs have stated how they plan to promote anti-racism movement
Harlequins and Wasps players will take the knee before kick-off in the Premiership this weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan
NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUlster captain Iain Henderson set to miss remainder of 2019-20 season due to hip surgery
The province is set to welcome back Sam Carter and Matt Faddes into contention to ease the loss of Henderson
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Shaun Edwards rules himself out of Lions tour of South Africa
2023 Rugby World Cup hosts France remain defence guru Edwards' top priority
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish confirm signing of former Argentina captain Agustin Creevy
The Exiles add to a position short of numbers after the departures of Dave Porecki and Saia Fainga'a last month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoChris Boyd questions absence of more English coaches under Eddie Jones
Attack coach Simon Amor is the only Englishman under the Eddie Jones hierachy
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