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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRing-fence inevitable says owner of Gloucs
By COLIN BOAG GLOUCESTER owner Martin St Quinton believes ring-fencing the Premiership is inevitable, describing the current situation of a team...
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/ 6 years agoRefs’ zero tolerance makes for a spectacle
CHRIS HEWETT If there is a growing feeling across the northern rugby landscape that too many New Zealanders hold professorships in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘Heartland’ has chance of success but boost to 14 teams
AS Jeff Probyn wrote last week, if Ed Griffiths' comprehensive proposals for the future of England’s second tier are to have...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNightmare goes on for injured Asncombe
By PETER JACKSON GARETH Anscombe, already out of action for all 15 Wales matches over the last 12 months, is in...
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/ 6 years agoBig Chief gets chop just like Custer
WE WILL see no more of Big Chief, pensioned off in his prime by an Exeter hierarchy so acutely aware of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo issue with Chiefs identity
I’M A Sandy Park regular and would be a season ticket holder if I didn’t spent five months of each normal...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIeuan joins race to be the next WRU chairman
By ALEX BYWATER Rivals: Gareth Davies, Nigel Davies and Ieuan Evans WELSH Rugby Union chairman Gareth Davies faces a threeway fight...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPrem needs stars on show
I CAN’T wait for the Premiership to return - I just hope the league is competitive throughout. I wouldn’t blame Saracens...
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/ 6 years agoWalker: I’m back to help Blues be the best
By SAM JACKSON FORMER Wales wing Nigel Walker has been appointed to the Cardiff Blues board with immediate effect. Walker, 57,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths’ plan is step towards ring-fencing
Welcome home! Dan Carter in action for Southbridge PICTURE: Getty Images EDWARD Griffiths’ ‘Heartland’ proposals for the Championship, as reported in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThomas aims to get ‘home’ club Warriors’ pack on track
By NEALE HARVEY Impressive: Worcester’s new captain Ted Hill PICTURE: Getty Images FORMER Wales back row Jonathan Thomas believes lessons in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘Cheating’ All Blacks consumed staff room
READING about the infamous Andy Haden ‘dive’ in Peter Jackson’s column took me back in time to when I really learnt...
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/ 6 years agoFormer Blues star Down helps Lokomotiv derail Enisei
By ROB COLE Winner: James Down JAMES Down became the first Welsh player to get back into action since rugby went...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby’s radio silence is deafening
I HAVE been looking at what rugby coverage is on the radio during the regular season - and there is not...
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/ 6 years agoSharks can smell blood now Manu’s on board
By NEALE HARVEY Top signing: Manu Tuilagi enjoys a joke with his new Sale teammates PICTURES: Getty Images Enforcer: Lood de...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths must bin four-year moritorium
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN THE English Championship Proposal put forward by Ed Griffiths is an intriguing 76-page...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWelsh regions trying to fast-track wage cuts
By ALEX BYWATER WELSH rugby has been plunged into an even deeper crisis with all four regions desperately trying to negotiate...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime to ‘cuffo’ time wasters
IF you think the game is being stuffed up by constant stoppages, with muscle-bound forwards constantly taking a knee before a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLlanelli is breeding ground for Wales – Fisher
By ROB COLE PAUL Fisher has lost count of the number of caps won by the players who have come through...
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/ 6 years agoScarlets can rule the club world, says Sean Fitzpatrick
The legendary All Blacks captain has joined the Scarlets board and wants to see the region's exposure expand overseas
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/ 6 years agoRawlins: Instilling confidence in players, staff and fans
Over the last few weeks, the UK has seen lockdown restrictions start to ease. From the return to school for some...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish close to wrapping up deal for 100-cap Wallaby
The Exiles are also poised to sign Tom Homer
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlans for conference-style system in the Championship leads to talks at RFU
Ed Griffiths is leading reform to the structure of the second tier with a 76-page document on how to revolutionise the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks owner Simon Orange blasts government over crowd size limitations
As limited crowds watch England's cricket team play the West Indies, Orange blasts the UK government for its lop-sided guidelines
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlymouth Albion left stunned by RFU points deduction and £20K fine for administrative error
TRP has been given access to the letter written by Plymouth Albion owner Dave Venables to the RFU
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/ 6 years agoNew Scarlets signing Johnny Williams not focussed on being ‘the next Tompkins’
"Scarlets play a really good style of rugby that’s attractive to watch, and I think I can add some value to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBan American imports
I AGREE with Chris Hewett’s plea (TRP, July 19) to do away with the inane and superfluous ‘entertainment’ surrounding matches (although...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRuthless Haden is fighting his final battle
ANDY HADENwould be faintly amused to learn that he has now headed the list of rugby outlaws wanted in Wales for...
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/ 6 years agoPuma Socino signs for year in Championship
SARACENS have signed Argentina back Juan Pablo Socino for next season in the Championship. Socino, 32, who played in the Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEaster is perfect pick to plug gaps at Falcons
Tim Fleming Proven: Falcons defence coach Nick Easter PICTURE: Getty Images DEAN Richards has done well to lure Nick Easter back...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGriffiths’ plan gets the nod to carry on talking
By JON NEWCOMBE Blueprint: Edward Griffiths ED GRIFFITHS hopes his plan to restructure Championship rugby will help end “the Punch &...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPRO14 returns with two derby weekends
THE PRO14 will return with two weeks of derbies on the last two weekends in August in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoClaim of racism against Chiefs step too far
T G Turner FOLLOWING last week’s letter regarding Exeter Chiefs and their branding using the North American Indian - there will...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoJack plans to kick on under Steeno’s watch
By NEALE HARVEY Running man: Jack Walsh playing for NSW Country against Melbourne Rebels in the Australian U19s Championship PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoEaster’s delight to be back with his old teammate Deano
By SAM JACKSON Experience: Nick Easter NICK EASTERwill be Newcastle Falcons’ defence coach following the club’s promotion back into the Premiership....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRing-fence and I’ll give my cash to grassroots
William Bolger ANOTHERexcellent report from Neale Harvey - the Q&A with Gary Reynolds in TRP July 5 covered a wide range...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlbion blast ‘culturally and spiritually illiterate RFU’
NEALE HARVEY PLYMOUTH Albion owner Dave Venables has accused the RFU of displaying “Dickensian authoritarian arrogance” after seeing his club docked...
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/ 6 years agoTurner-Hall back at Quins as an academy coach
JORDAN Turner-Hall is returning to Harlequins as an academy coach. The Premiership-winning centre retired from playing in 2015 and re-joins the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBrendan got me through lockdown!
Ken Howe Teddington RFC THANK heavens for Brendan Gallagher during the period of this horrendous lockdown. His dips into our past...
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/ 6 years agoSaracens set to face Stormers at Spurs’ stadium
SARACENS and Super Rugby side Stormers hope to play a ‘high-profile’ fixture at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2021. Sarries signed a...
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/ 6 years agoAll Black Bryn leaves ‘grind’ behind for life on vineyard
By JON NEWCOMBE Bowing out: Bryn Evans is leaving for New Zealand BRYN Evans has high hopes he will be toasting...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHeads out of the bunker chaps and point the way!
Lady Godiva’s dress-down ride through Coventry; Sir Thomas Fairfax’s rout of the Royalist forces south of Bristol; the first stirrings of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRuddock takes on new role at Ospreys
MIKE Ruddock has been appointed Ospreys development director on a three-year contract. The former Wales coach became the Welsh region’s performance...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFitzy back at Stradey… will he be forgiven?
THE wind was so strong, you could see the stands swaying from side to side. The rain was so incessant, it...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBudget cuts puts squeeze on England Sevens
By SAM JACKSON ENGLAND men’s and women’s Sevens players - some of whom are due to compete in next year’s Olympics...
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/ 6 years agoBaldwin staying at Dragons
DRAGONS have extended the loan of Worcester Warriors scrum-half Luke Baldwin until the end of the 2020-21 season. The 29-year-old moved...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEasy riders at Newcastle
NICK EASTER working at Newcastle under Dean Richards? It can only be good news for the No.8s at Kingston Park, all...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSam’s style suits Hill in quest to be top captain
By NEALE HARVEY Role models: Sam Warburton and Lawrence Dallaglio Leader: Worcester’s new captain Ted Hill PICTURES: Getty Images NEWLY-appointed Worcester...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRugby world now smelling the coffee
Alex Bywater talks to WRU board member Julie Paterson about changing landscapes Chief exec: Martyn Phillips Passionate: Julie Paterson JULIE Paterson...
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/ 6 years agoFormer Tiger Bateman wanted at Rodney Parade
By ALEX BYWATER Free agent: Bateman DRAGONS are considering a move for Leicester contract rebel Greg Bateman to add to the...
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