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/ 6 years agoWells exits Newcastle to take on Italian job
By JON NEWCOMBE New challenge: John Wells has left the Newcastle back room team PICTURE: Getty Images JOHN WELLS is looking...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHansen’s still sucking on sour grapes over Lions
NICK CAIN ONE of the more rewarding rugby pastimes during these strange days is digging into the game’s history and finding...
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/ 6 years agoScotland centre Scott switches back to Premiership
EDINBURGH centre Matt Scott will join Leicester at the end of the season. The 29-year-old, who has 39 Scotland caps, returned...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo decline in playing numbers? Prove it!
THE anecdotal evidence from community clubs across the length and breadth of England is that the numbers of male adult rugby...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPivac calls for World Rugby to sort global season
■By ROB COLE WAYNE Pivac believes the current crisis has gifted World Rugby chiefs the perfect opportunity to finally solve the...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBill Beaumont re-elected to second term as World Rugby chairman
First round of voting sees Beaumont pass 26 votes required to be elected
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter will be boost for Premier 15s, says Worcester boss Jo Yapp
Jo Yapp shares her view on how Premier 15s can continue to develop after taking the game to new territories
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It’s a match made in heaven’ – Hogg on Exeter Chiefs
The full-back talks Chiefs and Finn Russell's likely return to the Scotland fold after missing the Six Nations
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath fly-half Freddie Burns confirms where he will be playing next season
Leaving the Premiership behind for Japan after a decade in English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAfter steering Taunton to National One, kicking guru Tony Yapp wants 50:22 law
A believer in the proposed 50:22 law trialled by World Rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorgian rugby icon Mamuka Gorgodze announces retirement
Gorgodze won't get end-of-season farewell after Top 14 season abandoned
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDragons take advantage of rival stalling over move for Saracens’ Nick Tompkins
Dean Ryan wants to add Nick Tompkins to the Dragons backline, scuppering Cardiff Blues' attempt to sign the centre
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoObscurity of National 1 clubs sees null and voiding of contracts proposed
A bid to curtail expenditure has hit strong opposition in the third tier of English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMake your mind up time for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns
Burns is set for a stint abroad when his contract at the Rec expires
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers release Jonah Holmes to allow Wales return
Holmes will depart Tigers just like Jonny May, but the Premiership club have signed a centre
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race
Six votes in the bag for Bill Beaumont as Wales join France agree to add their support to re-election bid
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHalf of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL
Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah
The fly-half isn't ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning
Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont's bid
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers
Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row
Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans
Welsh regions are relying on a £40m windfall from CVC's acquisition of a stake in the PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMatt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership
Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji
Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLuke Northmore might have as interesting a story as Harlequins teammate Dombrandt
After finishing school, the Quins centre worked in a pasty shop while playing for Tavistock RFC
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France
Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin's Gardens after two years in France
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTalent of Bristol half-backs is off the charts, says Morgan
Bristol strength and conditioning coach Kevin Morgan has seen first-hand the rise of Sheedy, Randall, Lloyd, and Protheroe
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProud brother Luke Whitelock tips Crusaders flanker to hit the big time
Four brothers raised on a dairy farm who have hit the heights of New Zealand rugby
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTemper self-interest for big picture
IF EVIDENCE were needed of the self-interest that tends to drive attitudes in rugby, two pieces in last week’s TRP on...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSeilala champions case for reversal
By STEFFAN THOMAS Plea: Seilala Mapusua FORMER Premiership player of the season Seilala Mapusua has backed Sir Bill Beaumont’s bid to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoStep up for James at Saints
NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed Doncaster scrum-half Tom James for next season. The 26-year-old was the Knights’ top scorer in 2018- 19...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU must not waste this chance to reset
IN last week’s Rugby Paper Steve Grainger described how the RFU were meeting rugby’s needs during the coronavirus crisis. The Director...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEmpty grounds? You’d be surprised by the chatter
Would it be right? Charles Piutau could play for Tonga if World Rugby change the rules PICTURE: Getty Images MY first...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoI disagree Colin, kick tennis is a snorefest
DID Colin Boag write his ‘modern game is better’ comparison with tongue in cheek to get a response? I had to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoOur Golden Goose is an endangered species
RUGBY Union’s golden goose is beginning to look a lot thinner, and as the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic grows,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow could Brendan forget us Shedheads?
Teak tough: Mike Teague CHRIS Hewett (TRP 19/4/20) was quite right to rail against the omission of Mike Teague from Brendan...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCVC to re-evaluate investment in PRO14
By ROB COLE THE future financial stability of the PRO14 and the four Welsh regions will be on the line this...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGary Ella won caps in both codes
IN HIS ‘Iconic Picture’ article about the talented Ella brothers, Brendan Gallagher suggested that only Mark and Glen were capped at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBargain buys from abroad will stymie English talent
By NEALE HARVEY AN already shrinking jobs market will become even tougher for aspiring young English players as more overseas stars...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoClubs plan breakaway the same as football
By NICK CAIN A GROUP of six English Premiership clubs are planning to breakaway from PRL, the administrative arm which represents...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGood article wrong date
I WOULD like to point out a small error in Peter Jackson’s interesting article about Peter Larter. The England v Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRohan banned for two-timing
CENTRE Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been fined £32,500 and handed a twoweek ban for signing contracts with Sale and Gloucester....
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoToomua may take Bath to dodge cuts
PICTURE: Getty Images FORMER Leicester playmaker Matt Toomua could make a return to the Premiership following pay-cuts to all professional players...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoReward for Knoyle
SCRUM-HALF Tavis Knoyle has become the latest player to commit his future to Dragons. Director of rugby at Dragons, Dean Ryan,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBilly gets backing of Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON THE SIX Nations claim they stand united in their support for Sir Bill Beaumont’s re-election as chairman of...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEasy does it when we finally get green light
I can almost hear the twang of hamstrings as we contemplate the return to action of our professional players. Everyone is...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales cap Will owes so much to Boden
By NEALE HARVEY Reaching the top: Will Rowlands making his debut for Wales against France PICTURES: Getty Images NEWLY-capped Wales and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGood news for Boris, the right is might again
Best wing in the world? Cheslin Kolbe PICTURE: Getty Images The Prime Minister rather enjoys his rugger: indeed, he attended last...
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/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
ELLIOTT STOOKE, ENGLAND, BATH AND FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND U20s LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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