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/ 6 years agoThe greatest rugby union fly halves of all-time
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup well into the knockout phase, fans are fortunate to be watching some of the best...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens up their offer to in-demand Max Malins amid interest from rivals
The fly-half/full-back is out of contract at Allianz Park at the end of the season and TRP reported earlier this month...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAct now to save us from elitist rulers
IT’S time to get rid of the elitist segregationists approach to international rugby if there is a genuine desire to grow...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOur beautiful game has become ugly
BEFORE a player is very seriously hurt there have to be some difficult decisions and changes to the game, once beautiful...
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/ 6 years agoNo World Cup regrets insists Ashton, baby comes first
Choice: Chris Ashton declined to be in Eddie Jones’ squad By JON NEWCOMBE CHRIS ASHTON admits watching the Rugby World Cup...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTyphoon Hagibis put RWC in perspective
AROUND40 people lost their lives due to Typhoon Hagibis; thousands more lost their homes or suffered unbearable disruption. The cancellation of...
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/ 6 years agoLamb relishing mentor role at the Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Wise old head: Ryan Lamb RYAN Lamb says coming out of retirement was an easy decision with the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUnfair endurance test
THE date of the Bill Beaumont Cup final is linked with the England XV v Barbarians game on June 21. This...
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/ 6 years agoBurton’s try completes Glynneath comeback
WELSH CUP ROUNDUP FORMER Plate finalists Glynneath booked their place in round three as they came from behind to win 23-17...
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/ 6 years agoToulouse god Noves finally calls career over
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN That’s it. A French era is over. Former France and Toulouse coach Guy Noves officially announced his...
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/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winner Hill taught me says Curry
Impact: Tom Curry tackles Reece Hodge By ALEX BYWATER TOM Curry hailed the impact of England legend Richard Hill after his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSquad lists all for 12 Premiership teams 2019-20
Take a look at the forwards, backs, coaches and captains which will make for another exciting season of Premiership rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership kick off! Sale Sharks must show more bite
It's time for Steve Diamond to aim for a top four finish, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTommy Reffell will be a star for club and country says Leicester’s Thompson
The future of Wales' back row? Guy Thompson think so after being impressed with the young flanker's displays at Leicester
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSchmidt: ‘We aren’t going to sneak up on the All Blacks’
Can Ireland reach a first-ever World Cup semi-final by beating New Zealand?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland change George Ford’s role for Australia showdown
Eddie Jones makes bold selection call ahead of World Cup quarter-final with the Wallabies
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoPolice called to disturbance involving Uruguay players at restaurant
Members of the Uruguay squad accused of assault by restaurant staff and punching mirrors
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDragons tie six academy prospects to extensions
Last week's tryscorer against Connacht Taine Basham pens new deal
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCancelled France match negates Eddie’s shot at experimenting with Farrell
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo in find Eddie Jones lacking room to manoeuvre if Farrell or Vunipola suffer mishap
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/ 6 years agoHagibis was a shock but Eddie did warn us says Jamie George
England hooker Jamie George on the team's move north away from Tokyo to avoid the effects of Typhoon Hagibis
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoI can’t call All Blacks versus England, says Zinzan Brooke
The New Zealand great doesn't see Ireland as a problem for Steve Hansen and co.
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/ 6 years agoBack-to-back shutouts set Scots up for grand finale
From TOM BRADSHAW AFTER a 27-3 drubbing by Ireland and a steadying bonus-point win over Samoa, Gregor Townsend’s side delivered a...
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/ 6 years agoScotland bench skipper McInally for Pool decider
PREVIEW… Scotland v Japan Today. Kick-off 11.45pm Dropped: Stuart McInally SCOTLAND are focused on ruining the Japanese “fairytale” ahead of a...
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/ 6 years agoScotland’s law threat is wrong says former star
By TOM BRADSHAW SCOTTISH Rugby are “completely wrong” to have raised the threat of legal action over World Rugby’s handling of...
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/ 6 years agoReffell will star for club and country says Thompson
High hopes: Leicester flanker Guy Thompson By NEALE HARVEY TOMMY Reffell is the future of Welsh rugby – and will prove...
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/ 6 years agoSports lawyer: Sadly, Scots will have to accept it
BEN Ticehurst, a senior associate at Howard Kennedy solicitors in London and part of the firm’s Sports Law group, told The...
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/ 6 years agoKeeping George at 10 is the key for England
EDDIEJones must resist any temptation to tinker with the George Ford/Owen Farrell combination ahead of England’s World Cup quarter-final says Guy...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPick and go rugby leaves me cold!
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PLEASE can we get...
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/ 6 years agoRed-hot Cooney has Ulster on a high
ULSTER recovered from last week’s heavy defeat with a six-try triumph to end their South African PRO14 tour on a high....
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/ 6 years agoSchmidt: We can cover for Bundee
JOE Schmidt says he has a fully-fit squad to pick from for Ireland’s quarter final – unlike in 2015. “We’ve got...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAvoiding England could give French a shot in the arm
SO England top the Pool and escape an attritional game and potential injuries by avoiding France, who can rest up ahead...
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/ 6 years agoFast start, but Warriors made to fight for first win
By GARY HEATLY GLASGOW Warriors held on for a crucial first PRO14 win of the season last night. The home side...
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/ 6 years agoDavies’ plucky Welwitschias give All Blacks first half scare
By SAM JACKSON NEW Zealand recovered from a sticky start and two yellow cards to demolish Namibia, who had battled to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPlight of Carnegie players is absorbing
The RFU and Yorkshire Carnegie club owners aside, it was good to see them score their first try of the season...
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/ 6 years agoEight-try Scarlets ‘playing with smile’
By ROGER PANTING AFTER three games, Scarlets remain the only undefeated side in PRO 14’s Conference B, as they inflicted an...
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/ 6 years agoRecord for Reinach in Canucks carnage
By GEORGE LAWRENCE COBUS Reinach equalled the fastest hat-trick in Rugby World Cup history as the Springboks booked their place in...
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/ 6 years agoParry makes history with Ospreys try treble
By ROB COLE THE Ospreys finally kickstarted their season after two drubbings away from home as they took full advantage of...
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/ 6 years agoGive us more top level games, plead Uruguay
By ALEX BYWATER URUGUAY captain Juan Gaminara has told World Rugby the South Americans must take on the game’s best sides...
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/ 6 years agoLet’s all get physical now Ryan tells his tame Dragons
By STEFFAN THOMAS DEAN Ryan has told his Dragons side they need to be more physical after they were thrashed at...
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/ 6 years agoMunster given a Cheetahs mauling
By DAVID SMITH TYLER Bleyendaal was on song with the boot but Munster were blown away by try-hungry Cheetahs in Bloemfontein....
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoZinzan: I can’t call All Blacks v England
By GARY FITZGERALD NEW Zealand great Zinzan Brooke admits he ‘fears’ a World Cup semi-final showdown with England. The former All...
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/ 6 years agoCockerill: We didn’t cash in on yellows
By JOHN FALLON EDINBURGH coach Richard Cockerill said their failure to make Leinster pay when they had two men in the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRed card likely to end Aki’s World Cup
From TOM BRADSHAW IRELAND guaranteed their place in a quarter- final against either the All Blacks or South Africa, but it...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s a shock but Eddie did warn us says Jamie
From ADAM HATHAWAY ENGLAND hooker Jamie George has backed head coach Eddie Jones’ inside knowledge of the Japanese way of life...
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/ 6 years agoWe must make our tackles – Edwards
SHAUN Edwards has told Wales to buck up their defensive approach or risk a World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands...
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/ 6 years agoAussies are dangerous – I know says Robshaw!
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones may feel the ‘typhoon gods’ have smiled on England by gifting them more quarter-final preparation time...
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/ 6 years agoSmith’s back for swansong at Headingley
Last hurrah: Lee Smith By JON NEWCOMBE THREE-TIME Super League Grand Final winner Lee Smith admits he didn’t need too much...
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/ 6 years agoFour-year drug ban
LINCOLNRFC player Leigh Dearden has been banned from all sport for four years following a failed drug test on March 23....
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/ 6 years agoWatson sidelined
SARACENS centre Charlie Watson has been given a four-week suspension for kicking Northampton’s Saints’ Andrew Symons last Sunday. Watson was sent...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie Jones really doesn’t care if Scotland miss out on World Cup quarter-finals
England head coach Eddie Jones has said only Scotland will be to blame if they fail to progress out of their...
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