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/ 6 years agoJet-heeled Jordan fires reminder to Pivac
By ROGER PANTING FULL-BACK Jordan Williams gave a nudge to Welsh national coach, Wayne Pivac, with a polished performance which saw...
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/ 6 years agoBeaumont volunteers to help keep Fylde afloat
By JON NEWCOMBE Helper: Josh Beaumont NEWLY-ELECTED Fylde chairman Michael Brennand has made his first big signing – Sale Sharks star...
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/ 6 years agoBehave in the bubble, Eddie tells his squad
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has warned his England players to learn the lessons of others as they head for their...
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/ 6 years agoPerry given 4-year ban
ARRAN Perry of Leighton Buzzard RFC has been banned from all sport until December 19, 2023 for doping offences. The winger...
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/ 6 years agoChiefs still in line for their big double
PICTURE: Getty Images Stuart Hogg dives over to score for Exeter Chiefs as they beat Bath 35-6 to set up a...
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/ 6 years agoSaracens players still up to mark
I AM not a Saracens supporter but I do feel that I have to respond to Neville Wheelan’s letter. I remember...
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/ 6 years agoDiamond amazed by snub to WillGriff
SALE Sharks say they are ‘astounded’ by WillGriff John’s exclusion from the Wales squad following his selection before the Six Nations...
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/ 6 years agoRing-fence would sap vitality
IN contrast to Colin Boag’s assertions that the English game can only be saved by the end of promotion and relegation,...
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/ 6 years agoUren: Toulon will be class but we have Radradra!
By JON NEWCOMBE Ally: Harry Randall AS a youngster, Andy Uren stood on the terraces at the Memorial Ground watching the...
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/ 6 years agoRFU has ‘modest reserves’ says President Blackett
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Nick Cain’s excellent...
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/ 6 years agoNew-look Nicky aims to munch France
By ROB COLE NICKY Smith has eaten his way back into the Wales squad by piling on the pounds in a...
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/ 6 years agoPuzzled by Eddie’s choice at scrum-half
I HOPE Eddie Jones picks Ben Spencer and Dan Robson when they become available – I don’t understand him sticking with...
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/ 6 years agoQueen’s Birthday Honours for rugby quartet
WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones, former skipper Gareth Thomas, ex-head coach Warren Gatland and former England captain Sue Day are among...
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/ 6 years agoPivac calls up exciting young Bears
BRISTOL pair Callum Sheedy and Ioan Lloyd are among seven uncapped players named in Wayne Pivac’s Wales autumn squad. The duo...
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/ 6 years agoParling helps develop Wallabies’ dark side
By NEALE HARVEY Wearing the coach’s hat: Geoff Parling Right: Wallaby bolter Trevor Hosea AFTER establishing his top-flight coaching credentials with...
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/ 6 years agoTEAMS: No Charles Piutau for Bristol’s trip to Ricoh
Full team news ahead of this weekend's showdowns at the Ricoh Arena and Sandy Park
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/ 6 years agoErdington claim Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season award honours
Birmingham-based Erdington have been honoured with the Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season award, as the winner of six nominated clubs...
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/ 6 years agoAttack coach Sean Long leaves Harlequins staff
"It is with a heavy heart that I leave Harlequins" - Long
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/ 6 years agoChris Boyd waiting on contract extension at Northampton Saints
The 2020-21 Premiership season in the last remaining year of Boyd's current deal as Saints director of rugby
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/ 6 years agoMedia bashing just drives me on, says Wales lock Jake Ball
The Scarlets lock finds it impossible to avoid articles written on him, as he nears 50 caps for Wales
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/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs star Sam Simmonds fights to save boyhood club Teignmouth
Sam Simmonds and brother Joe are desperate to see rugby return to their old club Teignmouth
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/ 6 years agoSale’s play-off hopes end as more positive cases sees Worcester clash cancelled
Premiership Rugby confirm cancellation of Sale versus Worcester on Wednesday night
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/ 6 years agoBristol Bears flanker Ben Earl sets new Premiership record
Earl and Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley set to finish as joint-top tryscorers – but what sets the back row apart?
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRFU plans big shake-up to get National Leagues clubs back in action
The three divisions that make up the National Leagues could be set to go regionalised in a truncated 2020-21 season
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/ 6 years agoCardiff RFC view merger with Cardiff Blues as a strong possibility
Cardiff RFC chairman Chris Norman discusses why more unity is needed to create a stronger image for rugby in the capital
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/ 6 years agoHarlequins centre Rachael Burford in awe of World Rugby women’s chief Sadleir
Women's Rugby Pod co-host Burford offers her views on World Rugby's latest initiative and what her goals are with new venture,...
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/ 6 years agoWales name 38-man squad for autumn internationals
Bristol Bears duo Callum Sheedy and Ioan Lloyd are included in Wayne Pivac's squad, as two of seven uncapped players
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/ 6 years agoEddie Jones names training camp squad to convene before England’s autumn
Four first-timers are selected by the England head coach for a camp to be held at The Lensbury this week
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/ 6 years agoBorthwick: Tigers lost their way but we’re rebuilding
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER have won jus two games since Steve Borthwick arrived in July but the new head...
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/ 6 years agoMedia bashing just drives me on says Ball
By ALEX BYWATER JAKE Ball says the critics only serve to drive him on as the Wales lock plans on adding...
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/ 6 years agoDrop ‘Blues’ and make us one club say Cardiff
By ROB COLE CARDIFF RFC chairman Chris Norman believes the recent olive branch extended by his Cardiff Blues counterpart Alun Jones...
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/ 6 years agoGriffiths recharges his battery doing car repairs
WILL Griffiths is the former Wales U20 hooker now working on car body repairs but refusing to give up his rugby...
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/ 6 years agoWatkin won’t be satisfied until he hits Test century
By ALEX BYWATER Big shoes to fill: Owen Watkin PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Watkin is eager to establish himself as a...
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/ 6 years agoChiefs to kick-off new season at The Stoop
PREMIERSHIP leaders Exeter will travel to Harlequins on the opening night of the 2020-21 season. The sides meet at Twickenham Stoop...
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/ 6 years ago2020-21 PREMIERSHIP FIXTURES
FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER Harlequins v Exeter (7.45pm) Sale v Northampton (8pm) SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER Bath v Newcastle (12.30pm) Leicester v Gloucester...
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/ 6 years agoPolish mining unearthing hidden gems in England
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Answering the call: Ed Krawecki, left, Ross Cooke,...
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/ 6 years agoRFU plan National Leagues shake-up
By NEALE HARVEY RADICAL plans to salvage lower league rugby in the New Year could see National One and Two sides...
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/ 6 years agoPicking Saracens sends bad message
SARACENSthoroughly deserved their victory over Leinster and showed tremendous determination and courage both individually and collectively in their battle against Racing....
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/ 6 years agoTiger tamer Kacala flew the flag in European Cup
POWERHOUSE18-stone flanker Gregori Kacala remains the best known Polish rugby player in history, winning the MOM award in the 1997 Heineken...
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/ 6 years agoSaints call off match amid new covid crisis
Double delight: Matt Protheroe celebrates scoring Ospreys’ third try – and his second – against Edinburgh yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images NORTHAMPTONhave...
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/ 6 years agoCancel 8 Nations and divert funds to the grassroots
UNDER the headline ‘Top flight rugby may not return until 2021’, Sale supremo Steve Diamond says “rugby could cease to exist...
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/ 6 years agoPenberthy quits Reds to become boy in blue
By JON NEWCOMBE AARON PENBERTHY has swapped the playbook for the lawbook as he begins a new career in the State...
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/ 6 years agoWell done Harriet, keep up good work
I READ with pleasure that Adrian Crump’s daughter Harriett had successfully undertaken a YMO course and was enjoying refereeing. It was...
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/ 6 years agoBurgess refutes allegations
FORMER England centre Sam Burgess has stepped down as South Sydney Rabbitohs assistant coach while police investigate allegations made against him....
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/ 6 years agoCoetzee’s key after Stockdale sin-bin
By DAVE MURPHY ULSTER edged an eight-try classic with a controlled second half display at Kingspan Stadium. Benetton tested the home...
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/ 6 years agoWales still top seeds after RWC alter pool cut-off
By GEORGE LAWRENCE ENGLAND and Wales will be in the top band for the 2023 Rugby World Cup’s pool stage draw...
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/ 6 years agoProtheroe produces the goods with debut double
By BRYN PALMER MAT PROTHEROE grabbed two tries on his Ospreys debut as the Welsh region opened their PRO14 campaign by...
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/ 6 years agoBoyd’s future in balance at Saints
By JON NEWCOMBE CHRIS Boyd is still in negotiations with Northampton Saints about his future at the club beyond the end...
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