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/ 6 years ago‘Bomber’ gets taster of top-flight at Saracens
By JON NEWCOMBE CHAMPIONSHIP Dream XV prop Robin Hislop has secured a short-term loan move to reigning European and Premiership champions...
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/ 6 years agoAll systems go again as Tomas eyes Test recall
By NEALE HARVEY FIT-AGAIN Exeter and Wales prop Tomas Francis says competition is driving him on as he targets a domestic...
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/ 6 years agoSharks poacher Ben happy playing the waiting game
By JON NEWCOMBE AS a talented young cricketer, Ben Curry used to score his runs slow and steady and that patience...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBears criticism unfair
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk ALTHOUGH a Bears’ supporter,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPremiership must learn from folly of English football
WHICH Premiership club will follow Arsenal and be the first to field a team 100 per cent nonqualified for England. I...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBoks given full backing to play in 8 Nations
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations have joined forces in a united attempt to bring South Africa into the European fold...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoInconsistencies are ruining spectacle
EXETER are a great side and I enjoy watching them, even when they give my own side Worcester a thrashing. However,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRed-card Farrell set to miss Leinster
By MIKE SINCLAIR Crunch: Owen Farrell catches Charlie Atkinson on the head ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell looks certain to be banned...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoUnpaid Tier 2 players may have contracts cancelled
By NEALE HARVEY Lucky: David Williams ON-LOAN Leicester wing David Williams claims Championship players are going unpaid as tier two clubs...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoEx-AFL ace Kurt Heatherley hopes to lift Jersey Reds
6'4" Heatherley played at Hawthorn in the AFL, but was brought up in New Zraland loving rugby
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Alex Goode reaches major milestone for Saracens
Ever-present Goode will reach 300 appearances in this weekend's clash with Wasps
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Edinburgh make eight changes for play-off bow
The PRO14 reaches the knockout stages of its 2019-20 season this weekend in Dublin and Edinburgh
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLeicester lock Blake Enever reflects on uncertainty of Australian rugby at start of outbreak
Enever had been in prime position to represent the Wallabies before Rugby Australia finances cracked
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRebels coach Geoff Parling zooms in to help hometown club Stockton
The Melbourne-based former England lock has been calling in to Stockton RFC while coaching the Rebels in Super Rugby AU
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSaracens sign prop Robin Hislop on loan from Doncaster Knights
Hislop joins as injury cover at loosehead for the rest of Saracens' Prmeiership campaign
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoYorkshire Carnegie renamed and pledge to get ‘back to roots’
Carnegie will become Leeds Tykes once again, says new chairman
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European Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoTackling Radradra? I used to face Billy Vunipola in training, says Nick Tompkins
Dragons centre Nick Tompkins is already looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bristol Bears
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Leicester Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger leaves Highlanders
Only the Chiefs laid behind the Highlanders in the Super Rugby Aotearoa standings
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer Gloucester coach linked with Georgia role
Georgia are being lined up to replace Japan in the Eight Nations tournament this autumn
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWhat is required from Ben Spencer to be England’s regular No.9?
Scrum-half Ben Spencer is looking to find his voice at Bath now he is out of the shadow at Saracens, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFrustrated Blackheath director of rugby James Shanahan calls for 2020-21 start
Shanahan wants the governing bodies involved in sport's return to take the brakes off rugby
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoRFU pushes to have 20,000 fans permitted to attend October clash with Barbarians
Fans wishing to buy tickets can only do so for themselves and others in their household
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoRevealed: Champions Cup and Challenge Cup to undergo radical format change
EPCR confirm big shake-up to European format for 2020-21
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFree agent Greg Bateman joins Dragons after Leicester exit
Only Kyle Eastmond remains unsigned out of the five Leicester players who rejected new contract terms in July
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThree Premiership clubs eye demolition man Virimi Vakatawa
France centre Vakatawa has been on form for Racing 92 this season in the Champions Cup
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDual-role Alex Brown shares his blueprint for Gloucester success
Brown is tasked with the smooth running of the Gloucester team under its new coaching heads, while keeping things tight off...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoProp Logovi’i Mulipola to re-join Newcastle Falcons at end of Gloucester stint
The Samoan international will move back to Kingston Park for the 2020-21 Premiership season
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhat to expect for the 2020-2021 rugby season?
Stemming from the greatest disregard of football rules that happened back in 1823, rugby is one of the most beloved sports...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: LNR chief warns Top 14 may need state aid
James Harrington reports on the situation facing French clubs, with COVID cases propping up in the player pool and TV rights...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBill Sweeney urged to take the axe to untouched RFU-Premiership fund
Is the RFU chief executive keeping Premiership clubs happy so they release England players this autumn?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby announce £1.86m lifeline for sevens as more tournaments canned
Support for unions that have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFlattery can even help you win World Cup
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE lengths that international coaches will go to in order to get an...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCockerill sets challenge to land a first knockout win
■ By BRYN PALMER RICHARD Cockerill has challenged his Edinburgh players to prove they can handle the pressure of knockout rugby...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLet Lions play on without travelling supporters
THE suggestion by Jurie Roux, the South African rugby chief executive, that the 2021 Lions tour could be postponed if coronavirus...
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/ 6 years agoOwens’ big day brings big win for his Scarlets
■ By ROGER PANTING SCARLETS’ skipper, Ken Owens, celebrated his 250th appearance for the region with a convincing bonus point win...
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/ 6 years agoFrom Reds to Scarlets
SCARLETS have signed former Bath scrum-half Will Homer. The 24-year-old left Jersey Reds during the summer and his Scarlets signing comes...
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/ 6 years agoNavidi has a trick up his sleeve to combat Tipuric factor
■ By ALEX BYWATER Test: Josh Navidi JOSH Navidi counts himself fortunate to play alongside one of rugby’s most complete players...
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/ 6 years agoSnyman sidelined
MUNSTER’S South African second row signing RG Snyman could be out for up to nine months after sustaining a torn anterior...
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/ 6 years agoZebre pick kids for derby day baptism
■ By ADAM ELLIS Preview Zebre v Benetton Today. Kick-off 7pm ZEBRE have named a team formed entirely of Italians for...
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/ 6 years agoGriffiths is hamstrung
DRAGONS flanker Ollie Griffiths has been hit by another injury setback with a hamstring problem likely to rule him out until...
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/ 6 years agoBeirne must fill big boots of Snyman
■ By ADAM ELLIS Preview Munster v Connacht Today. Kick-off 3pm MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan is set to lean...
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/ 6 years agoSurgery for Williams
WALES will be without Cardiff Blues scrum-half Tomos Williams for their autumn games. He is set to have surgery on a...
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/ 6 years agoBen’s happy to shout the odds at the Rec
■ By JON NEWCOMBE BEN SPENCER is happy to have made a big noise in the short time he has been...
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/ 6 years agoAerial ace Kurt hopes to give Jersey a leg up
■ By NEALE HARVEY HIGH-FLYING Kiwi full-back Kurt Heatherley is aiming to bring his aerial skills to bear for Jersey after...
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/ 6 years agoBurgess goes back to school
■ By SAM JACKSON OLYMPIC silver medallist Phil Burgess will join Cranleigh School – 2019 winners of the Daily Mail Trophy...
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/ 6 years agoRed card clanger earns North four game ban
OSPREYS wing George North has been suspended for four matches after his red card in the 20-20 draw with the Dragons...
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/ 6 years agoPenny drops back into Falcons set-up
DEAN Richards has resigned centre Tom Penny for Newcastle’s return to the Premiership, following his spell at Harlequins earlier this season....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPRO14 set to start new season without Boks
SOUTHAfrican sides Cheetahs and Southern Kings will not play in the PRO14 for the rest of 2020 and will miss the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoQuins honoured to pilot fans-return scheme
■ By JON NEWCOMBE THE return of fans to the Twickenham Stoop cannot come soon enough for Quins attack coach Nick...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPlease keep quiet and apply the laws
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk HOW disappointing to see...
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