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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEasy fix to speed up game
I PROPOSE some law changes to speed up the game and clarify decisions. For drop-outs on halfway and 22m, players should...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGareth excited to join forces with Webb
By ALEX BYWATER Class act: Rhys Webb playing for Toulon PICTURES: Getty Images Fan: Gareth Anscombe RHYS Webb’s Ospreys half-back partnership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSpoilt for choice
WHAT a fantastic column by Chris Hewett (TRPJuly 5). You can’t argue with the talent of the New Zealand national team...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoClubs plan massive Tier Two shake-up
By NEALE HARVEY REVOLUTIONARY plans for a new Championship league are set to be discussed. Clubs in Tier Two have spent...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRieder livid at collapse of Yorkshire Academy
By JON NEWCOMBE Outraged: Alex Rieder ALEX Rieder has branded the collapse of the Yorkshire-based academy as “an absolute joke”. Retired...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTuilagi should have reciprocated loyalty
MANU Tuilagi had every right to leave Leicester - no player has been forced to sign a new deal on less...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoLeicester eye Moroni
Jaguares centre Matias Moroni is in advanced talks to be the next Puma to join the Premiership PICTURE: Getty Images Full...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCook braves heat for crossing great divide
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced head: Chris Cook has signed for Bristol after 11 years at Bath PICTURES: Getty Images Straight talker:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo drama, Manu put family first
DOES Colin Boag honestly think that Leicester would have kept employing Manu Tuilagi through his injury period(s) had they thought that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoLead fight against racism, WRU told
By PETER JACKSON THE Welsh Rugby Union are being urged to spearhead a global movement within the sport under the banner...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPumas pair quit Jaguares for Premiership
TRANSFERWRAP NEWCASTLE have taken the first steps to build a Premiership squad with the addition of Argentina centre Matias Orlando on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoVet the would-be investors
THE collapse of the Beziers takeover will hopefully serve as a reminder for rugby authorities to fully ratify prospective buyers. With...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTwist facts how you like, Tests still reign supreme
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Full house: Twickenham can hold 82,000 PICTURE: Getty Images AS THE old...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDo we need Union?
I AM a keen rugby fan, love the sport, but reading TRP every week makes me feel it is 60 per...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoI’m gunning for you, Mike, warns Aaron
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS fullback Aaron Morris aims to see off the challenge of Mike Brown and nail down the No.15...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoReleasing players for more Tests benefits whole game
MANY thanks to Jeff Probyn (TRP July 12) for highlighting the hypocrisy of Premiership clubs in invoking their contractual rights in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWhistle-stop tour sets up tyro prop Carre for big future
By ROB COLE RHYS Carre met his former Saracens team-mate Vincent Koch for the first time in the heat of a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDo you speak French? Toulon want to sign you!
TRAILFINDERS Academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo will always be grateful to the club that gave him a second chance after sealing a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoJohn started at Moseley
MAY I make one correction and one addition to Brendan Gallagher’s article on rugby all-rounders in last week’s paper? John Young...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJohnny focused on starting at Scarlets
By JON NEWCOMBE Up for challenge: Johnny Williams in action for Newcastle against Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images JOHNNY Williams insists he...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEnglish and Welsh clubs in chase for Bevan
By ALEX BYWATER WELSH regions Cardiff Blues and Scarlets are understood to be rivalling Harlequins and other leading English clubs for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSotutu for England? I’d rather Dombrant
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SPECULATION in New Zealand that Eddie Jones is interested in the impressive young...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLake still in shock at surreal Six Nations call-up
By ALEX BYWATER DEWI Lake still can’t believe his Wales Six Nations call, but the 21-yearold plans to use his brief...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe all made mistakes at Tigers admits Ford
By JON NEWCOMBE Watch this, Warren: George Ford beats Lions fly-half Johnny Sexton to score for England against Ireland PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCap count is only part of World Cup success
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST England selection can be so spellbindingly bad when it comes to World Cups, it almost qualifies as...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGarvey calls for reform to combat the ‘abyss’
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER lock Matt Garvey wants Premiership Rugby to review their transfer system in order to ease the pathway...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPumas are set to roam in Europe again
THESE are fraught times for the aviation industry, unless you happen to be running flights out of Buenos Aires Matias Alemanno’s...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBooth wants Manu to bolster his pack options
By ALEX BYWATER NASI Manu has emerged as a No.8 target for Ospreys head coach Toby Booth. The six-cap Tongan international...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHas Ted got Dally touch?
SO Ted Hill is the new captain of fragile Worcester, at the swaddling-clothes age of 21. History tells us this may...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoItoje signs long-term deal with relegated Saracens
ENGLAND lock Maro Itoje has signed a new “longterm” contract at Saracens. The 25-year-old had been linked with loan moves to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExodus to Europe can save Pumas says Ayerza
By NEALE HARVEY Talent: Matías Orlando has joined Newcastle Rising star: Exeter signing Facundo Cordero in action against Canada PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDanny back at Saints and aiming for top honours
By NEALE HARVEY England hopeful: Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi TOP prop Danny Hobbs- Awoyemi returns to boyhood club Northampton with a spring in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRugby in Hawaii? Book me in please Danno!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points ONE of the major disappointments with American Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBoks set to head north after Super Rugby snub
By SAM JACKSON SOUTH Africa’s big rugby franchises will likely head north from next year after New Zealand revealed their vision...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years ago‘Chiefs’ name not the issue, it’s use of imagery
IT’S been great to see the branding of Exeter Chiefs discussed in the last few weeks. However, it feels like the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPreston Grasshoppers head of rugby Gareth Dyer proposes blanket salary cap for National Leagues
Gareth Dyer lays out the options available to National League clubs and why an even salary cap is suitable all round
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoOspreys sign Stephen Myler to back-up Anscombe
Ospreys head coach Toby Booth lures Stephen Myler to PRO14 switch
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJudge me by my skill not my ethnicity, says Ashley Johnson
Johnson is now pursuing his coaching ambitions at Moseley and wants no prejudice in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens lock in Maro Itoje with new long-term contract
"The culture at Saracens is second to none and I think that’s evident for everyone to see" - Itoje sticks by...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoPlaying regularly for England remains my lifelong goal, says Piers Francis
The inside centre missed out on appearing in the Six Nations with a head injury
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoAll Black Jerome Kaino joins war against corruption in Pacific
Kaino has joined Dan Leo's fight to advocate for greater transparency in the governance of Pacific Island rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland captain Owen Farrell commits long-term future to Saracens
Farrell is one appearance away from hitting 200 for Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMitch Eadie is back at Bristol and finds a whole new look to Bears
The Bristol academy product and Rovers fan is back where it all began, which means playing at Ashton Gate
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNine more test positive for COVID-19 after latest round of Premiership testing
Premiership Rugby confirm number of positive tests from 856 screened over the past week
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoElliot Daly becomes third England star to commit to Saracens in recent days
The British & Irish Lion joins Jamie George and Mako Vunipola in re-signing with Saracens
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoBritish & Irish Lions tour to South Africa to go ahead as scheduled in 2021
The pandemic nor fixture congestion will impact the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021, as Lions announce tour to go...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby seek new referees chief as Alain Rolland moves on
The former Leinster scrum-half is leaving his role as high-performance officials manager
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNewcastle centre Johnny Williams completes switch to Scarlets
Williams, 23, is eligible to play for Wales through his father
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Yorkshire Carnegie disband academy as RFU pull funding support
The likes of Stuart Hooper, Danny Care and Jordan Crane came through the academy at Leeds
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWasps starlets Jacob Umaga and Alfie Barbeary among 15 to sign new terms
Senior figures Joe Launchbury and Dan Robson also commit to playing at Ricoh Arena
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