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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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Featured
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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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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Latest News
/ 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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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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Latest News
/ 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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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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Miscellaneous
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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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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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhat to do about minnows?
The Rugby World Cup has caught the imagination of the spectators in Japan as well as audiences on television across the...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby cancels England’s clash with France as ‘violent’ Typhoon Hagibis stays on course
Tournament organisers cancel two matches with concerns now being raised about Scotland's crunch match against Japan
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNic White to leave Exeter Chiefs and make Brumbies return
White is currently on duty with Australia at the Rugby World Cup
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFast games suit super-fit Wales says training guru
How sports science has Wales ready to be unbroken in the humid conditions of Japan
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBilly Vunipola to have scan on ankle and won’t be risked for France clash
An ankle injury England are acting unconcerned about and a Super Typhoon which people are concerned about
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Featured
/ 6 years agoProblems will exist in the Pacific until we get a professional team, says Fiji coach McKee
John McKee reflects on the issues facing Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, with all three nations set to exit the World Cup...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFed up listening to the referees coaching players
I HAVE been increasingly upset at the constant advice being given to players at the Rugby World Cup. I believe that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGatland: Win well to scare the rest
WARREN Gatland has urged his Wales side to gain a psychological advantage over their World Cup rivals by putting Fiji and...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLeota stays on to help Sharks’ next generation
By ANGUS WILLIAMS Legend: Johnny Leota on the attack for Sale SALE Sharks Johnny Leota is staying with the club as...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRise above the ‘win at all cost’ mentality
WATCHING Alun Wyn Jones over the years, and especially since he has become the captain of Wales, has been a pleasure....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBurger: World Cup would lack romance without T2
By JON NEWCOMBE Bruiser: Jaques Burger JACQUES BURGER insists the Rugby World Cup would be a much poorer spectacle if the...
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