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/ 6 years agoWilliams: Cuts will hit players like me
By NEALE HARVEY Fear: Harry Williams ENGLAND prop star Harry Williams fears funding cuts in the Championship could hinder the progress...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStick with George, he’ll come good against France
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Unfair criticism: George North in action against Italy PICTURE: Getty Images IN WALES we don’t...
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/ 6 years agoItaly plot a new shock victory over the Russell-less Scots
Brendan Gallagher says Italy are plotting victory over the Six Nations team they know they can beat Welcome to Rome: Giovanbattista...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWRU may break cap rule for Priestland
By PETER JACKSON Comeback: The returning Zach Mercer celebrates scoring Bath’s first try PICTURE: Getty Images WALES took urgent steps yesterday...
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/ 6 years agoHorne’s double inspires Warriors
Glasgow ……….56 Zebre…………….24 GLASGOW head coach Dave Rennie believes there a lot more to come from his side after they kept...
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/ 6 years agoEternal City hands me a memory to last a lifetime
Brendan Gallagher recalls first Six Nations weekend in Rome when Italy beat Scotland at Stadio Flaminio Joy: Italy celebrate victory over...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow many fans can fly to South Africa?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SOUTH Africa in Six...
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/ 6 years agoPrice is right to provide a much-needed morale boost
By ALEX BYWATER IN A dogfight at the Liberty Stadium it was the hosts who came out on top thanks to...
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/ 6 years agoWhite hot on the heels of under-fire Youngs
By NEALE HARVEY Quick-silver: Ben White avoids Nick Phipps of London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images LEICESTER tyro Ben White aims to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIntruders keep out
ONEmust congratulate the RFU with their latest attempt to destroy this completely under valued second level and ensure the Premiership becomes...
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/ 6 years agoScarlets foiled by powerful defence
By STEFFAN THOMAS Marksman: Dan Jones kicks one of his three penalties for Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans THE Scarlets let slip...
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/ 6 years agoHalfpenny hopes for a repeat of 2013
By ALEX BYWATER LEIGH Halfpenny insists Wales can repeat their heroics of 2013 and bounce back from a defeat to Ireland...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoErratic Eddie now holding us back
NICKCain got it right in his article on Eddie Jones. Despite the scrambled win over a poor Scottish side, England clearly...
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/ 6 years agoBlues draw Connacht blank for the first time
By DECLAN ROONEY CARDIFF Blues failed to score against Connacht for the first time in their history as Andy Friend’s side...
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/ 6 years agoTraining with Eddie driving U20 standards says Dickens
By NEALE HARVEY England ‘apprentice’: Josh Hodge ENGLAND’S chances of achieving a first U20s Six Nations Grand Slam since 2016 have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoJubilee made it three
IN his column last week Peter Jackson stated that the Lions had broken their unwritten rule about not playing at home...
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/ 6 years agoConnors double helps seal bonus win
Leinster ……….36 Cheetahs …….12 LEINSTER openside Will Connors praised his side’s hunger for victory as the reigning PRO14 champions showed they...
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/ 6 years agoChampionship cuts:the great debate…
Give us a two-year moratorium at least Dear Bill Top prop: Harry Williams has gone from Jersey to Exeter and England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMake your mind up!
I READ with interest and certain amusement Colin Boag’s piece in last week’s Rugby Paper. In his seventh paragraph he writes:...
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/ 6 years agoHodnett shines in record 10-try win
Munster ……….68 Kings ………………3 YOUNG gun John Hodnett scored a try on debut as Munster recorded their biggest ever win in...
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/ 6 years agoWe have to be careful how we spend money
Bill Sweeney, chief executive of the RFU, answers the clubs’ letter Progress: Exeter were champions in 2017, seven years after winning...
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/ 6 years agoTompkins talking to all regions
NEWS EXTRA ALL four Welsh rugby regions want to sign Saracens centre Nick Tompkins, say Cardiff Blues boss John Mulvihill and...
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/ 6 years agoDragons postponed
STORM Dennis forced Dragons to postpone yesterday’s game with Benetton. PRO14 organisers said the decision to call off the Dragons game...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHarlequins hunt Ealing Trailfinders front-row trio
Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones set to have more than just Wilco Louw coming into the front row
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBen Youngs told to take pay cut if he wants to stay at Leicester
The scrum-half is out of contract at Welford Road at the end of the season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJamie George to stay at Saracens when club is relegated to Championship
George signals his intention to stay put with GK IPA Championship-bound Saracens, even with 2021 being a Lions year
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins announce signing of Stormers tighthead Wilco Louw
Quins have found their replacement in the pack when Kyle Sinckler heads to Bristol
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to replace Robshaw
Also, Simon Zebo appears to be on his way out of France but an Ireland homecoming might not be on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJersey Reds typify Championship disbelief with damning condemnation of RFU
Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan criticises Bill Sweeney for ill-thought actions and lack of clarity given to Championship clubs by RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBracken: Saracens’ Lions tour hopefuls should be looking to leave
Kyren Bracken believes Saracens' elite players should move elsewhere next season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU and PRL slash funding to the Championship by 50%
Championship clubs hang on a cliff edge as funding from central power is cut from £8.1 to £4.3m
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWRU target homecoming for two Welsh exiles currently in the Premiership
Leicester's Tommy Reffell and Bristol's Mat Protheroe are targets to bring to a Welsh region for the WRU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDai Young steps back from Wasps director of rugby role
Wasps take action after underwhelming start to Premiership season and Challenge Cup exit
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: England will need much more to beat Ireland
England needed to bore Scotland and kick more than the 47 times they did
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International Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘Rock star’ Finn Russell must apologise to team-mates – Logan
FINN Russell has been told to take a good look at himself and stop acting like a ‘big gun rock star’....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale and England hooker Rob Webber makes retirement call
Webber won 16 caps for England, all of which came under Stuart Lancaster
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEmily Scarratt sets records as England keep up Six Nations defence
The Red Roses beat Scotland 53-0 on Monday to maintain their unbeaten start to the Women's Six Nations
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/ 6 years ago‘Rock star’ Russell must apologise to team-mates
By GARY FITZGERALD Critic: Kenny Logan FINN Russell has been told to take a good look at himself and stop acting...
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/ 6 years agoWales target two more Premiership youngsters
TOMMY Reffell and Mat Protheroe have emerged as the latest England-based exiles to be targeted by the Wales. The WRU and...
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/ 6 years agoWorld Cup man Wilson tunes up for England
By JON NEWCOMBE Fighting fit: Mark Wilson, in World Cup action against USA, is aiming high with Sale HAVING played in...
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/ 6 years agoBracken: I’d be looking to leave Sarries
By GARY FITZGERALD KYRAN Bracken would be looking to switch clubs if he were still a Saracens player and expects Eddie...
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/ 6 years agoChamps can play on after Euro fine
DEFENDING champions Saracens will remain in this year’s European Champions Cup after being fined for fielding an ineligible player. Saracens had...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoIt’s all a bit blurry says England hero Genge
By GARY HEATLY Winner: Ellis Genge ENGLAND’S matchwinning prop Ellis Genge remembers little about the try that saved England’s season. Genge,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHomegrown lads are being stymied
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WHEN England won the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoPivac: We must get better – and fast!
WAYNE Pivac told Wales they must improve and quickly if they are to stay in contention for the Six Nations after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPoor selection for Paris came back to bite England
WHEN Eddie Jones began coaching England I thought that he had cured the previous malaise of poor selection, now I think...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago1920 back row duo deserve a mention
I READ with interest Brendan Gallagher’s article on the 1920 Five Nations Championship. The exploits of WJA Davies, Cecil Kershaw and...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland head coach Eddie Jones opens up on why he sometimes ‘paints a picture’ to opponents
Eddie Jones has hung out the bait to Warren Gatland and Michael Cheika in the past
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Nations unions come to agreement on broadcast rights to pave way for CVC investment
Can CVC move a step closer to selling off Premiership, PRO14 and Six Nations rights in one package?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWe pride ourselves on our defence, says England flanker Vicky Fleetwood
Like their defence in Pau, England Six Nations title defence remains intact












