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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLucky to learn off master like Jenks
MY LIFEIN RUGBY LEE JARVIS THE FORMER WALES, PONTYPRIDD, CARDIFF, DRAGONS AND CORNISH PIRATES FLY-HALF WHEN I was 15, Just Rentals, a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEarn your wedge, Eddie by enthusing big Joe
EDDIE Jones is laughing all the way to the bank, irrespective of whether the conjecture that his salary has been increased...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPut differences aside to rebuild the Premiership
COLIN BOAG The RFU have announced that for the Championship and below, the final league tables will be decided on a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards would let no-one get in his way
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s going...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTop 14 in turmoil with no option to cut wages
Surviving the current coronavirus crisis is forcing professional rugby in France to take a long, hard look at itself. In an...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for Tier Two to stand its ground
HOW is it in any way good governance that there are two professional club leagues in England, and yet there is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
WILL R OBINSON, TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH, ROTHERHAM AND ENGLAND U18s FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPity the players who can’t say goodbye
He started off a long way down the English pyramid, seven divisions beneath the Premiership with hometown Stafford and worked his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMoody: I would have liked to see Baxter take charge
By GARY FITZGERALD Baxter fan: Lewis Moody LEWIS Moody would have plumped for Rob Baxter to take over the England hot...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLoyalty of Jackson is a beacon for rugby
Jackson Wray has just agreed fresh terms with Saracens – the clearest possible signal that the most criminally under-celebrated forward in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRapid Young rode his own Chariot of Fire
OF ALL England’s postwar speed merchants, none came closer to emulating Eric Liddell as an international rugby player and Olympian than...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFijian Api signs on at Saints
NORTHAMPTON’S Fiji international second row Api Ratuniyarawa has extended his contract with the club. Saints have not disclosed the length of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPrice is right to escape All Blacks
YOU have to hand it to those generous souls in the airline industry. As Covid-19 continued to tighten its grip, it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWales beat All Blacks and the old controversies start to rage
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union AS the rugby world hurtled towards the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMoriarty commits future to Ryan’s Dragons
By ALEX BYWATER and STEFFAN THOMAS ROSS Moriarty has turned down big money offers in England and France to continue his career with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMaxime shows what really counts
UP THERE in the executive class, the Scottish Rugby Union CEO Mark Dodson, who trousered well over £900,000 last year, has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGallaher drilled his touring team like a fighting machine
Brendan Gallagher recalls the early and outstanding All Blacks and Australian tours It’s more than a little ironic that the All...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoA fair decision says bounce back up at
Hill as Richmond their first attempt By NEALE HARVEY Excited: Steve Hill RICHMOND rugby director Steve Hill has praised the strength...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThe 15 who set the pace
Ellis Genge THIS Team of the Premiership so far reflects the homegrown talent in the English top league, as well as the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOSHGILLESPIE NORTHAMPTON WINGER Recently capped by England U20s against Wales, Josh Gillespie is a lightning fast winger whose route into the Northampton...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFalcons have rule of their own says Shingler
EALING Trailfinders flyhalf Steven Shingler believes Newcastle Falcons’ promotion to the Premiership was not inevitable, despite his side trailing the league...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAt my age I questioned whether I should be in the England squad – Willi Heinz
Gloucester scrum-half Heinz praises the worth of Eddie Jones to English rugby after showing faith in him and the rest of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU reveals final outcomes for leagues across England
Details of who is promoted and who is relegation have been released by RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoContract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France
Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI don’t want a 73-26 thumping to be the last game of my career – Tom Varndell
The Premiership's record tryscorer talks Yorkshire Carnegie, feeling old, and how important Leicester and Wasps are to him
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It feels like home’ – Api Ratuniyawara agrees Northampton extension
Did you know the Fijian lock named his newborn son Franklin? Ratuniyawara will be staying at Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMy stint at the Scarlets rekindled my rugby spark, says Ryan Lamb
Lamb made his retirement call last week but hopes to remain in the game
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoSaracens star concedes he will have to leave to keep Lions dream alive
Nick Tompkins doesn't want to leave Saracens but a shot at the Lions tour can't be passed up
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie Jones signs contract extension through to 2023 Rugby World Cup
Eddie Jones now stands to become England's longest-serving head coach in history
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU confirm how promotion and relegation for the Championship and below will work
Outcomes for Championship, Premier 15s, National Leagues and below to be formalised on Friday
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol prop Jake Armstrong stayed motivated through injury by helping homeless
Pat Lam said the best is yet to come from Armstrong on the pitch - but he's made up for it...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Caldy urge RFU to honour their promotion
News that the RFU won't be making the null and voiding the Men's season will be welcomed by unbeaten Caldy
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTest-capped front row duo set to bid adieu to Saracens
Rhys Carre has signed a deal to return to Cardiff Blues after just one season at Allianz Park
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFive Premiership clubs weighing up move for British & Irish Lion
Wanted by English, Welsh and French clubs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhat the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans
How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn't have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoShaun Edwards: I wanted to make the French proud. I hope I’ve done that
Shaun Edwards talks Six Nations, referees, and how the notion that French players are lax in training is complete tosh
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It was quite traumatising’ – Michael Fatialofa speaks publicly for first time
Fatialofa is on the long road to recovery after sustaining a serious neck injury in Worcester's January clash with Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘There is something in the pipeline’ – Burns admits to frustation at Bath
Time up at Bath for Freddie Burns?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Harlequins eye Wigan Warriors star Jackson Hastings
A cross-code switch to the Stoop for Super League's Man of Steel?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEnd these crooked feeds at the scrum, says ref Nigel Owens
No referee is more experienced in Test rugby, so what does Nigel Owens see wrong with the scrum?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoHead coach Gregor Townsend and CEO Mark Dodson to take pay deferrals at SRU
Scottish Rugby has announced a raft of measures taken to ease financial pressure
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNottingham furlough all playing staff in order to avoid redundancies
Nottingham will seek the government's assistance in paying its wage bill
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Featured
/ 6 years agoGloucester wing Ollie Thorley upping his game in search of elusive England cap
What has been the message from Eddie Jones?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFinn Russell wants back in with Scotland and Townsend
The Scotland fly-half has revealed he told Townsend to keep him out of the squad and revisit things later this year
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLewis Thiede to leave Bristol Bears who await Sinckler’s arrival
Tighthead prop Thiede will exit Ashton Gate when his contract at Bristol expires
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens vice-captain Jackson Wray commits for season in Championship
Wray explains why leaving Saracens was never really an option for him
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPay-cuts will hit the academy graduates hardest
TWENTY-FIVE per cent of an awful lot of money is a considerable sum, but the remaining 75 per cent should be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoChallenge for Carty
IRELAND fly-half Jack Carty welcomes Ian Madigan’s return to Irish rugby, but knows it could make his job of adding to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNick: I’ll go to Wales to keep Lions dream alive
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Tompkins says his stunning rise to stardom with Wales has been tempered by sadness at leaving Saracens....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnd these crooked feeds says ref Nigel
By PETER JACKSON NIGEL OWENS is urging World Rugby to make a stand against the crooked feed. Owens, the game’s mostcapped...
International Rugby
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