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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRory Teague the latest to leave coaching upheaval at Gloucester
Rory Teague believes Gloucester have a squad to bring success to Kingsholm under new head coach George Skivington
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoTommy Reffell hoping to stamp his authority at Tigers just like Neil Back
Leicester announced the highly-rated Welsh openside flanker had agreed a new contract on Monday
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years ago‘There are very few teams that have the expertise that we have’, says Quins prop Simon Kerrod
After arriving at the Stoop last summer, tighthead Kerrod heaps praise on Adam Jones for refining his scrummaging
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPremiership Rugby to have midweek fixtures played under restart plans
Exeter, Northampton and Saracens to face much more compact schedule than Premiership rivals
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers eye replacement for Telusa Veainu from Clermont
Full-back Veainu has signed a two-year contract to join Stade Francais in the Top 14
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoBill Sweeney confirms RFU to make 139 staff redundant
RFU to push ahead with option to reduce workforce by almost a quarter
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International Rugby
/ 5 years ago6 questions with England and Northampton flanker Lewis Ludlam
A snapshot quiz with the openside on his relationship with his father and return to training with Saints
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors co-owners address reports of Michael Fatialofa facing £100,000 medical bill
"Warriors are, and always have been, committed to supporting Michael Fatialofa"
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMichael Fatialofa facing six-figure medical bill for spinal rehab
The former Worcester Warriors lock had his contract with the club expire at the end of last month and now faces...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDon’t forget St Brendans
I’VE been enjoying Brendan Gallagher’s current features on rugby’s great schools but there has been one glaring omission so far -...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBlack role models so important – Joseph
By NEALE HARVEY JONATHAN Joseph has spent part of his time in lockdown applauding the increasing awareness of the Black Lives...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTuilagi gets nod
HAVE thoroughly enjoyed Nick Cain’s series on his Lions contenders to take on the Boks next summer. His composite team in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe’ve had the tough talk, now for sweet action – Robson
Leadership: Dan Robson has mediated over pay cuts WASPS co-captain Dan Robson believes his side are primed for an assault on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWill powers that be put end to this inequality?
ECONOMICS and power have always gone hand in hand and any commodity available to serve the quest of those seeking to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWebb gets back to basics with Lions call-up as his goal
By ALEX BYWATER Honour of the red jersey: Rhys Webb playing for Wales PICTURES: Getty Images In good shape: Rhys Webb...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOspreys in battle to sign Quins scrum ace Jones
By ALEX BYWATER ADAM Jones is a main target for new Ospreys head coach Toby Booth who wants to sign the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSotutu would be huge coup for England
I’VE been impressed by Auckland Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu these last few weeks so was surprised to read he is England-qualified...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSolomons has no plans to step back until vision realised
By NEALE HARVEY Big plans: Worcester boss Alan Solomons WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons says the elixir of youth is driving him...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBeauden on board Japan money train
ALLBlacks superstar Beauden Barrett has signed a lucrative one-year deal to play for Suntory Sungoliath in Japan next year. Barrett, 29,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWhy are we waiting so long for rugby?
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WAY back in the age of pre-pandemic innocence in March, Darren Childs, the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKiwis slap embargo on foreign coaches
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Odd man out: David Nucifora coaching the Blues It is barely 18 months since rugby coaches from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNienaber’s gamesmanship nobbled England
IF YOUwanted proof of just how significant on-the-field coaching can be look then no further than the contribution of Jacques Nienaber...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDamien is an outcast from his own city
No choice: McKenzie IS IT entirely beyond our sport to do anything in a straight-forward fashion, without complication or selfinflicted trauma?...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCips gets Teague’s vote of confidence
MIKE Teague has given Gloucester a piece of his mind elsewhere in this edition, but he says the club have at...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKeeping hoi polloi at a distance
SO THE corporate types will have first dibs on tickets, ahead of the man and woman in the street, when international...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoVickery cooks up a treat
HAVING won Celebrity Masterchef a few years ago, Phil Vickery, England’s 2003 World Cup-winning tight-head, is about to open his own...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGeorge is Bradley’s man for all seasons
COLIN BOAG talks to Gloucester chief exec Lance Bradley about changes at the club New arrival: Gloucester head coach George Skivington...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years ago‘Iron Mike’ cuts all ties with Gloucester
By NICK CAIN EXCLUSIVE MIKE Teague’s disenchantment with Gloucester has led the talismanic England and Lions flanker who played with such...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTime to sell Twickers says MP and ex-star wing Wyatt
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER England winger and Labour MP Derek Wyatt has called on the RFU to sell their crown jewels...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoJJ joins call for diversity
England ace Jonathan Joseph believes rugby still has a long way to go in terms of accepting and welcoming black culture...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoChampion Boks must declare war on drugs
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Cheat: Chilliboy Ralapelle has been banned for eight...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoClubs will not release players for Test dates
By PETER JACKSON WORLDRugby’s plan to salvage an Eight Nations’ tournament from the wreckage of their Test schedule ploughed into a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIt’s official, RWC2019 was huge success
SO much water has flowed under the bridge in the last months that RWC2019 seems a lifetime ago so it was...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoSpencer slams PRL for player welfare U-turn
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Lions manager John Spencer has accused Premiership Rugby (PRL) of double standards over player welfare. The Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScottish to be exiled from Athletic Ground
LONDON Scottish will move away from the home they have shared with Richmond since 1894 at the end of the coming...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoThomas tells Wales to forget Sevens triumvirate
By ROB COLE ALEDThomas has called on the WRU to invest more in their Sevens programme, rather than go for the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoCounty Championship loses funding in RFU cuts
AN RFU announcement that funding for the County Championship, the U20 County Championship, and the Aspirational Pathway for season 2020/21 has...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThorpe targets top grade at Chinnor
By ADAM ELLIS Blank canvas: Richard Thorpe during his time as a player at Chinnor NEW Chinnor director of rugby Richard...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOlympic gold is worth its weight
I SHARE the same strong beliefs that more collaboration between the RFU, WRU and SRU is required for the benefit of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoWilliams can be star for Wales – Tompkins
By ALEX BYWATER NICK Tompkins made an immediate impression in the Six Nations and he believes his Wales boss Wayne Pivac...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSuperman Clarke keeps Blues flying high
SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA IN a thriller at Eden Park, the Blues made it three wins from three with a victory over...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo conspiracy, Tier 2 players still eligible
IN RESPONSE to Jeff Gage’s conspiracy theory contained in his letter published on the June 28. Mr Gage asserted that that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoCoach Ward serves up his new all-court game
By NEALE HARVEY Multi-talented: Dave Ward shows off his racket skills NEWLY appointed Ampthill forwards coach Dave Ward is taking an...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDiversity sounds good – but are the people there?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStars can’t shine for clubs
Scarlets star man: Jonathan Davies at the World Cup for Wales against Fiji PICTURE: Getty Images SCARLETSget a positive update with...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoReffell aims to impress new boss Borthwick
By JON NEWCOMBE Excited: Tommy Reffell TOMMY Reffell can’t wait to benefit from the expertise of new Leicester Tigers head coach...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoScarlets talisman Jon Davies nearing return from knee issue
Scarlets centre Jon Davies is nearing a return from the knee injury he sustained playing for Wales at the World Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPremiership clubs on track for restart as Stage 2 triggered
PGB clear Premiership sides to resume contract training in small groups from July 6
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoI don’t plan to be a two-cap England wonder, says George Furbank
George Furbank is facing stiff competition on two fronts, from Anthony Watson and Elliot Daly to Harry Mallinder and Ahsee Tuala
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCarl Kirwan on his Nottingham move and news of one more Green & Whites signing
Flanker Kirwan says he is looking forward to the competition in the back row at Championship level
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