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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThese RFU pay-cuts should be permanent
THE decision by Eddie Jones to follow Bill Sweeney and the rest of the RFU’s top tier executives in taking a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDomestic leagues can make rugby healthyagain
The new age of the nation state is finally dawning – headmaster Nigel Farage and his senior prefect, the Prime Minister,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLawson: I never had a day off ill
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Scotland captain Rory Lawson says he has “been through the mill” dealing with coronavirus symptoms over the past eight...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEddie should stay until next World Cup says Tindall
MIKE Tindall compares Eddie Jones to “marmite” but believes the RFU have left themselves with little choice but to keep him...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths certain Boks will head west
THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRehab in Austria, texts from Eddie, and an Exeter double – we talk to Jack Nowell
The Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty! Jack Nowell is chomping at the bit to be back...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath become 11th Premiership club to announce wage cuts
Bath chief executive Tarquin McDonald has penned an open letter
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/ 6 years agoWhat is in Sunday’s edition of The Rugby Paper?
A sneak peek at what awaits you inside this week's TRP...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs
For one reason or another, some moves just don't work out or don't feel right
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorge Kruis supports 25 per cent pay cut administered by Saracens
Kruis speaks out as the row intensifies between players and Premiership clubs over wage cuts
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoKurtley Beale set to switch hemispheres and move north
The former Wasps full-back has agreed a deal with Racing 92, according to reports
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers back row star Sione Kalamafoni to leave for PRO14
A player who made a huge impact in his first season at Welford Road
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons place all players and staff on unpaid leave
Championship leaders Newcastle take steps to limit financial impact
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMarland Yarde and Jonny May to wing it for Sale Sharks next season?
England winger Jonny May has been asked to take a pay cut at Leicester Tigers
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoWill Greenwood picks more Scots in Lions 2021 XV than Welsh or Ireland
The shockingly low number of Scotland players to have started a Test for the Lions since 1997
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoMichael Cheika opens up on rollercoaster ride with Wallabies
Michael Cheika has reflected on his five-year tenure with the Wallabies, saying the shortcomings of 2019 still 'hurts'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMike Te’o’s season ends at London Scottish before it starts
The unfortunate story of the USA international who landed in London to play in the Championship in the week the shutdown...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU paint dire picture of its financial security, but pledges rescue package for clubs
The RFU has forecast losses of £45m-50m over the next 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhere Alex Lozowski will be playing next season after leaving Saracens
TRP can reveal Lozowski has turned away interest from other Premiership clubs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEaling Trailfinders skipper Rayn Smid pens extension
The Championship club have agreed new deals with senior figures Rayn Smid and Alun Walker
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoDallaglio errs towards selecting Maro Itoje as Lions captain for 2021 tour
A fans' favourite in New Zealand almost three years ago, Dallaglio backs Itoje to be a hit again against Springboks
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJamie Roberts targets swansong at hometown club Cardiff Blues
The Wales and B&I Lions centre would like to finish his career where it all started
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDoR Steve Diamond to adopt interim CEO role at Sale Sharks
Diamond will combine roles at Sale Sharks after existing CEO Jon Dorsett went into self-isolation
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBen Moon signs new long-term contract to stay at Exeter Chiefs
Ben Moon becomes latest component of Exeter Chiefs front row to agree new contract
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWales face ace tighthead Tomas Francis staying with Exeter
Tomas Francis faces a choice between club and country
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths pledges to save the Championship
Griffiths plots how the Championship can overcome funding cuts imposed by the RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLock Jonny Hill is brewing up a storm for Exeter Chiefs
The lock talks England hopes and how he came to start brewing cider with some Chiefs teammates
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTally of Premiership clubs to introduce wage cuts hits 9
Northampton Saints join Harlequins in announcing wage reductions so far this week
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoTeam GB Sevens made to wait on bettering silver in Rio as Tokyo Olympics postponed
This summer's Tokyo Olympics has been postponed, most likely to 2021
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoChampions Cup and Challenge Cup postponed by EPCR
EPCR will liaise with the Premiership, PRO14 and Top 14 to try and complete the European Cup season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps ace Jimmy Gopperth waiting on new deal
Gopperth was asked by a fan on a Facebook Live session what his plans were for the future
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCornish Pirates director of rugby Chris Stirling to take sabbatical
Chris Stirling will return to Pirates once work begins on the Stadium for Cornwall
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle boss Dean Richards reacts with fury to Ealing’s threat of legal action
"We no longer feel able to keep quiet" - Richards responds to Ealing seeking legal counsel over Championship promotion
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWe may sue if Newcastle are handed Championship title, say Ealing Trailfinders
Ealing Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward says the club will consider pursuing keeping the title fight alive in the Championship
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorcester lock Michael Fatialofa making ‘miracle’ recovery from severe neck injury
Fatialofa's wife has posted a video showing the Warriors player walking unaided
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs confirm new deal for England prop Harry Williams
Rob Baxter spoke to TRP about how significant Harry Williams is to his plans at Exeter
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDon’t agree with early season end
I UNDERSTAND why the RFU have now cancelled the rest of this season – sadly, I didn't originally agree with the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoInvestment? Not Maro!
TALKING of France, the glitzy Parisians of Racing 92 were willing to make a handsome investment in Maro Itoje before being...
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/ 6 years agoPaywall could kill off rugby audience
THE government’s rejection of calls from the cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to give the Six Nations a...
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/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs order 25 per cent pay cuts
PREMIERSHIP sides Gloucester, Wasps and Worcester Warriors have all announced 25 per cent pay cuts because of the financial impact of...
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/ 6 years agoJonny’s try tops lot in Six Nations
THE try of the Six Nations? Unquestionably Jonny May’s stratospheric second in Paris. The England wing looked like a Formula 1...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoRetiring Griffiths must bid farewell from afar
■ By GUY WILLIAMS CLIVE Griffiths, director of rugby at Doncaster Knights, won’t see the club again, or his players, before...
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/ 6 years agoTe’o’s season ends at Exiles before it starts
■ By JON NEWCOMBE New plan: Mike Te’o will go back to the USA. Inset: Paul Lasike HAVING represented his country...
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/ 6 years agoHow do All Blacks pick a team with no form guide?
Troubled times: New All Blacks head coach Ian Foster with his squad PICTURE: Getty Images The period following the 2019 Rugby...
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/ 6 years agoJonny’s brewing up a storm for the Chiefs
■ By NEALE HARVEY Jonny Hill CIDER-making Exeter lock Jonny Hill aims to become the apple of Eddie Jones’ eye just...
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/ 6 years agoNiko gets the gloves on to battle for Rob and Mose
■ By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER Yorkshire Carnegie’s financial problems and the visa difficulties that led to his sudden departure from Ealing...
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/ 6 years agoNewark unite to tackle virus
NEWARK, with 500 players of all ages from minis to their 1st XV, have established a ‘buddy up’ club for all...
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/ 6 years agoGuscott’s right, it’s time to trim benches says Winterbottom
Questions: Winterbottom PETER Winterbottom has added his name to a lengthening list of people demanding drastic cuts in the number of...
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/ 6 years agoImproving Tigers take down ‘For Sale’ sign
LEICESTER are no longer up for sale because of a lack of suitable investors and the financial uncertainty caused by Brexit...
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