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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers go full rebuild to back three department, as 21 set to exit
Will Tigers bring in more firepower to add to Nemani Nadolo's arrival?
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish Lions 2021 tour could be cancelled to preserve home unions finances, report claims
Lions 2021 tour to fall victim to backlogged Test calendar?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIreland and Leinster wing Fergus McFadden to retire at season’s end
"They say the best time to leave a party is when you're still having fun" - McFadden
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoA League of Nations is an idiotic proposal
JEFF PROBYN No way through: Georgia’s Shalva Mamukashvili is tackled in the defeat to Italy in 2018 PICTURE: Getty Images Democracy:...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCourtney eyes Lions and foreign pay-day
■By NEALE HARVEY Ball-carrier: Courtney Lawes takes on Lyon’s Hendrick Roodt PICTURE: Getty Images Brilliant: Eddie Jones ENGLAND enforcer Courtney Lawes...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoInspirational Hogg can be Lions captain says Deans
■By GARY HEATLY Leader: Stuart Hogg STUART Hogg is right in the mix for the Lions captaincy for next year’s trip...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBig Lift raises £20k in memory of Garry
■By ADAM ELLIS BARNES chairman Michael Whitfield has been blown away by the support for the club’s ‘Big Lift’ campaign to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLouis inspired by Jordan’s fast climb to top of NBA
■By ROB COLE LOUIS Rees-Zammit has gone back to his rugby roots to ensure he emerges from lockdown as sharp as...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGlobal plan sees club season run into July
EXCLUSIVE ■By PETER JACKSON Mako may quit Sarries England prop Mako Vunipola says he has yet to decide whether to remain...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMako unsure if he’ll stick with Saracens
■By NEALE HARVEY Stand and deliver: Mako Vunipola in action for Saracens against Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images Staying: Billy Vunipola Still...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnforced rest period will boost Welsh team
SHANE WILLIAMS Happy event: George North is preparing for fatherhood PICTURE: Getty Images They say every cloud has a silver lining...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNow ten teams talk about break from PRL
■By NICK CAIN THE plans for a breakaway from PRL by Premiership clubs is gathering momentum, with ten clubs now actively...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWells exits Newcastle to take on Italian job
By JON NEWCOMBE New challenge: John Wells has left the Newcastle back room team PICTURE: Getty Images JOHN WELLS is looking...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWRU must regulate the game to benefit all clubs
WRU chairman Gareth Davies says he cannot fathom payment to players by community rugby clubs (CRC). This amounts to a tacit...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Leading contenders to be 2021 Lions openside National League One Team of the Season History of Rugby: Post-war glory for Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoScotland centre Scott switches back to Premiership
EDINBURGH centre Matt Scott will join Leicester at the end of the season. The 29-year-old, who has 39 Scotland caps, returned...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoClubs welcome support of the RFU
Planning: Peter Wheeler RFU President Peter Wheeler replies to last week’s Rugby Paper exclusive THE RFU Council are meeting virtually at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPivac calls for World Rugby to sort global season
■By ROB COLE WAYNE Pivac believes the current crisis has gifted World Rugby chiefs the perfect opportunity to finally solve the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRegionalise National 1 and reduce salary cap
Derby delight: Generate greater local interest with more local derbies such as Darlington v Blaydon PICTURE: Paul Fenwick WHAT a shame...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBennett fears Lions tour may be sacrificed for home Tests
■By ROB COLE Icon: Phil Bennett stars for 1974 Lions LIONS legend Phil Bennett is worried the current fixture and financial...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSolomons’ schedule makes sense
WORCESTER director of rugby Alan Solomons made a lot of really good points regarding a World Nations League. However I can...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBurns quits Bath for deal in Japan
FREDDIE Burns will leave the Premiership this summer to play in Japan. The Bath fly-half, right, will exit the Rec to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoForgot Fran
ENJOYED last week’s edition however, in the quiz we were asked for two players who beat the All Blacks for four...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRFU playing figures are wrong says Cattermole
■By SAM JACKSON Challenge: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has followed his farreaching interview in last week’s Rugby Paper by...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop all this pandering to Southern Hemisphere
I FOLLOWED with detached amusement as the election campaigns of Sir Bill Beaumont and Agustin Pichot fizzled out amid a tsunami...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
You can subscribe to The Rugby Paper. Just fill out the form below and send your cheque for £20, £40 or...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLudicrous to let Marler off
SURELY it is time for suspensions to cover a set number of matches rather weeks (as happens in several other sports)....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGreggains geared for action after injury layoff
■By ROB COLE Fit again: Former Wales U20 star Lennon Greggains NOBODY is missing rugby more than Lennon Greg- gains and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHansen’s still sucking on sour grapes over Lions
NICK CAIN ONE of the more rewarding rugby pastimes during these strange days is digging into the game’s history and finding...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEvergreen Elvis has lots of hits left in him
■By NEALE HARVEY Big engine: Elvis Taoine shows no signs of slowing as he approaches his 37th bithday PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo decline in playing numbers? Prove it!
THE anecdotal evidence from community clubs across the length and breadth of England is that the numbers of male adult rugby...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
CHRIS BROWN, TAUNTON FORWARDS COACH AND FORMER NEWPORT, CAERPHILLY, EXETER AND WALES U21 FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBill Beaumont re-elected to second term as World Rugby chairman
First round of voting sees Beaumont pass 26 votes required to be elected
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter will be boost for Premier 15s, says Worcester boss Jo Yapp
Jo Yapp shares her view on how Premier 15s can continue to develop after taking the game to new territories
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It’s a match made in heaven’ – Hogg on Exeter Chiefs
The full-back talks Chiefs and Finn Russell's likely return to the Scotland fold after missing the Six Nations
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath fly-half Freddie Burns confirms where he will be playing next season
Leaving the Premiership behind for Japan after a decade in English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAfter steering Taunton to National One, kicking guru Tony Yapp wants 50:22 law
A believer in the proposed 50:22 law trialled by World Rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorgian rugby icon Mamuka Gorgodze announces retirement
Gorgodze won't get end-of-season farewell after Top 14 season abandoned
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDragons take advantage of rival stalling over move for Saracens’ Nick Tompkins
Dean Ryan wants to add Nick Tompkins to the Dragons backline, scuppering Cardiff Blues' attempt to sign the centre
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoObscurity of National 1 clubs sees null and voiding of contracts proposed
A bid to curtail expenditure has hit strong opposition in the third tier of English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMake your mind up time for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns
Burns is set for a stint abroad when his contract at the Rec expires
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers release Jonah Holmes to allow Wales return
Holmes will depart Tigers just like Jonny May, but the Premiership club have signed a centre
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race
Six votes in the bag for Bill Beaumont as Wales join France agree to add their support to re-election bid
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHalf of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL
Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah
The fly-half isn't ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning
Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont's bid
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers
Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row
Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans
Welsh regions are relying on a £40m windfall from CVC's acquisition of a stake in the PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMatt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership
Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves
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