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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders bolster backline with top flight duo
Versatile: Max Bodilly EALING Trailfinders have strengthened their squad for next season with the arrival of centre Max Bodilly from Exeter...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMarquee players inside the cap would be honest
THE fiction that the PRL salary cap is designed to create a level playing field is clearly exposed by the battle...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWebber will take top tips to Jersey
By NEALE HARVEY Career switch: Rob Webber is leaving Sale to coach Jersey PICTURES: Getty Images ROB WEBBER aims to assimilate...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNFL show how to keep it competitive
ONE thing that Jeremy Guscott could have mentioned in his article about the continuing financial success of the NFL is the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDennis wants to make Australia great again
By NEALE HARVEY Mission: Dave Dennis has plans Down Under EXETER star Dave Dennis has outlined his ambition to help Australian...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime to do the right thing
COLIN Boag writes that “the success of each Premiership club is inextricably linked to the survival of its rivals”. Dr Robert...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDavies calls time on Wales
SARACENS have signed Wales scrum-half Aled Davies from Ospreys on a three-year contract - their first signing ahead of next season...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring back rucking
WITH the game held in abeyance, now is a good time for World Rugby to give the game back to the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThompstone left in limbo as the jobs dry up
Concern: Adam Thompstone is fighting to save his career PICTURE: Getty Images LEICESTER wing Adam Thompstone is facing up to being...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoOrange card gets thumbs up from Nigel
By PETER No cop out: Nigel Owens THE orange card is today given the green light by the world’s most-capped Test...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBig changes needed
IN THIS current climate, rugby has as much chance of picking up where it left off as Donald Trump being awarded...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoYoung: Life with Lions would be ideal return
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Wasps supremo Dai Young would love a role with the British & Irish Lions after declaring himself...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBristol get set to welcome back fans
Mills aims to up his game Ryan Mills admits his form was not consistent enough at Worcester and is determined to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago7pt try will speed it up
HERE’S an idea to have the ball in play, longer. Paint two white lines, from behind the posts to the dead-ball...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMills backs Wasps to put sting in his game
By NEALE HARVEY New challenge: Ryan Mills, playing for Worcester Warriors, is tackled by Sale’s Akker van der Merwe PICTURES: Getty...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBristol get set to welcome back fans
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP clubs are preparing to welcome back spectators, with Bristol leading the way in being ready to accommodate...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish Lions select Murrayfield as host venue for pre-2021 tour Test
Lions set to play at home of Scottish rugby for only the second time in history
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFaith shown by Chris Boyd has seen Fraser Dingwall grow at Saints
The Northampton Saints centre talks to Jeremy Blackmore about his breakthrough season at Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFrench lessons will help Myles Edwards make his mark at Wasps
The new Wasps signing explains how his career took a detour in France before a Premiership homecoming
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMy goal is France in 2023, says Worcester centre Ollie Lawrence
The competition is stacking up behind England main man Manu Tuilagi
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby contracts will deviate from what we know now, says Carl Fearns
The former Bath No.8, now at Rouen, believes rugby's player base could shift towards preferring freelance agreements
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby approves trials aiming to restrict virus transmission
Return-to-play law trials released by World Rugby, and include the scrapping of scrum resets
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoLeinster wing Dave Kearney is king of Europe’s elite tryscorers
Peter Jackson looks over the stats for Europe's top performing players in terms of tries and points scored
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton sign back-five forward Nick Isiekwe on season-long loan
The England lock has agreed an extension with Saracens but will not be playing in the Championship
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers to follow up major overhaul of academy with new signing
An ally of Simon Cohen is set to exit Welford Road, as further change takes shape at Leicester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDavid Humphreys in power struggle, as Gloucester braced to lose two South African stars
The Gloucester director of rugby faces challenges to bring in an outside hire to succeed Johan Ackermann as head coach
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Ring-fence the Premiership now to help clubs, says Bristol CEO
Mark Tainton believes relegation should be taken off the table to allow cash-strapped Premiership clubs to adapt in security
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers wing Jonah Holmes makes Dragons move
Holmes had been released early from his contract at Leicester last month
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRemembering Exeter Chiefs’ promotion to the Premiership ten years on
Rob Baxter and Tommy Hayes look back on the success of their Championship-winning season 2009-10
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU looking for new sponsor for Premier 15s as Tyrrells end deal
RFU begins search for new partnership as Premier 15s at risk starting new cycle without title sponsor
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGlasgow Warriors to transition from Rennie to Wilson next week
PRO14 club confirms Danny Wilson will start working as Glasgo Warriors head coach in an official capacity on June 1
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLockdown’s got Lawrence in the shape of his life
By NEALE HARVEY Lone wolf: Ollie Lawrence has thrived on training by himself PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLANDmidfield hopeful Ollie Lawrence is...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFrench lessons will help Myles earn top marks with Wasps
By NEALE HARVEY Combative: Myles Edwards is ready to fight for his place SURPRISE Wasps signing Myles Edwards warns second row...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUnlucky Otley, but glad it was not a void season
FOLLOWING the lament from the man from Otley rugby club about their relegation I suspect this has much to do with...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBoyd’s trust has seen Fraser grow
By JEREMY BLACKMORE Promise of more to come: Fraser Dingwall scores for Saints against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images SAINTS centre Fraser...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHewett’s wit helping me in lockdown
I AGREE with your correspondent Brian Tregunna that TRP has become an even better read since the Covid-19 lockdown. I’m particularly...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStar prop Du Plessis gets back in the front line to help the NHS
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Help: Petrus du Plessis, and, inset, in his NHS mask PETRUS du Plessis’ career has come full circle...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStuart gets my vote
What about London Irish or Newcastle AFTER reading the Blindside story regarding Johan Ackermann’s departure, and the temporary promotion of Rory...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBoks new top man ‘may lack know-how’
By JON NEWCOMBE JACQUES Nienaber’s lack of top-level playing experience leaves a question mark against his appointment as the new coach...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo shock Bristol want to keep marquee men
Star signing: Semi Radradra has a three-year mega bucks deal at Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images STEPHEN Lansdown’s recent announcement of supporting...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSailli leaves for Biarritz
HARLEQUINS centre Francis Saili will leave at the end of the season to join French side Biarritz. Saili, 29, arrived from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSarries will be exhausted
WITH the Premiership season set to run and run, what happens to Saracens’ remaining fixtures? Will they be expected to play...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBen pushing to have scrum doctor Cron’s eye for detail
By NEALE HARVEY Expert tuition: Mike Cron coaching Ben Franks FORMER detective Mike Cron will provide eagle-eyed inspiration to Ben Franks...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMyners is right, raise players culbability
I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBoks brute Friks broke my father’s big toes
YOUR recent excellent article about the Stalag IV-B Springboks rugby squad reminded me of my father, Llewellyn’s account of having played...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMissionary work is done Down Under
THE Lions were missionaries spreading Rugby Union to the southern hemisphere and they were so successful that only one northern hemisphere...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRing-fence now to help clubs rebuild say Bristol
By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIV SALARY cap rebels Bristol have called for Premiership ring-fencing plans to be implemented to enable cash-strapped rivals...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations WILL move for global season plan
By PETER JACKSON RUGBY’S global powerbrokers have confirmed that the Six Nations is in the process of being moved out of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPRO14 agrees investment deal with CVC
THE PRO14 has agreed a deal to sell a 28 per cent stake in the league to private equity firm CVC...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFreelance deals could be way forward says Fearns
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER England No.8 Carl Fearns predicts a new breed of ‘freelance’ rugby player will emerge as the world’s...
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