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/ 6 years agoGive Paddy chance of redemption
PADDY Jackson was acquitted by a jury of the charge of rape. His text message comments were disgusting and as a...
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/ 6 years agoDombrandt nearly quit over pitch assaults
By PETER JACKSON ENGLANDWorld Cup bolter Alex Dombrandt almost gave the game up because of two ‘dreadful incidents’ during his three-year...
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/ 6 years agoTouring the Americas was eye-opener for Hastings
By GARY HEATLY Chip off the block: Adam Hastings ADAM Hastings feels a different player following last summer’s tour with Scotland...
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/ 6 years agoEQP system is not working, the figures are a fudge
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England qualified: Nathan Hughes came to the Premiership before he was capped...
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/ 6 years agoIrish have the cream of England
MIKE Catt’s impending arrival as Ireland attack coach means it will be a clean sweep of England’s failed 2015 World Cup...
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/ 6 years agoEx-RFU boss raps ‘remote’ Union
By NICK CAIN MARTYN Thomas, former chairman of the RFU, has criticised the Union for a lack of openness and accountability....
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/ 6 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 6 years agoIt was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn’s happy to stay in Wales
AS Warren Gatland said last week, why would Alun Wyn Jones jeapordise the fact that he plays 21 games a season...
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/ 6 years agoNewcastle fightback will begin at London Scottish
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE’S arduous road back to the Premiership will begin on the second weekend of October when they travel...
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/ 6 years agoCatt joins the 2015 England old boys coaching in Ireland
MIKE Catt is expected to join Ireland as attack coach after this year’s Rugby World Cup. It is understood the former...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoScrap play-offs and treat the Lions with respect they deserve
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Warren Gatland’s comments...
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/ 6 years agoPivac faces a tough start warns Byrne
By ALEX BYWATER WAYNE Pivac has been warned it could take two years before he gets the best out of his...
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/ 6 years agoAll Blacks happy to give break to Barrett
BEAUDEN Barrett will make an announcement on his playing future after the end of the Super Rugby season as he weighs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoChampions finish top of their leagues
I COULDN’T agree less with Mr Fleming about the play-offs being fair and sensible. In practically all other sporting league systems,...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoEuropean king Kruis eyes world domination
By MATTHEW EMERY GEORGE Kruis has been resting up in Italy after the rigours of Saracens’ European and Premiership double campaign...
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/ 6 years agoWorld Cup success will spell woe for Euro hopes
NICK CAIN says the scheduling of the opening round of Euro action is ridiculous Handicap start: Leinster could supply 25 players...
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/ 6 years agoAshton tipped to force his way back into Eddie’s plans
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Ashton will prove once and for all to Eddie Jones that he deserves to be on that...
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/ 6 years agoEngland bounce back to earn date with Wales
By SAM JACKSON SIMON Amor’s England side face Wales in today’s cup quarter-final of the Moscow Sevens Grand Prix after finishing...
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/ 6 years agoLouw: Loss to All Blacks haunts me, it’s so painful
By NEALE HARVEY BATH flanker Francois Louw is gearing up for a last tilt at World Cup glory with South Africa...
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/ 6 years agoBalding encourages more stars to follow Arr’s path
By NEALE HARVEY National One recruits: Jonny Arr, left, and Carl Kirwan PICTURE: Getty Images NATIONAL One standards will skyrocket as...
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/ 6 years agoPlug pulled on Nations Cup idea
WORLD Rugby have scrapped plans to restructure the international game with a new Nations Championship format. The governing body failed to...
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/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
WILL SPENCER, LEICESTER AND FORMER BATH AND WORCESTER LOCK, PICKS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Ellis...
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/ 6 years agoSam gets new job as the joker
SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has joined Racing 92 to provide cover during the World Cup. The 25-year-old left Scarlets by mutual...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWho is Premiership rugby’s richest club owner?
No one comes close to the wealth of no.1
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSean Long interview: My meeting with Eddie Jones before joining Harlequins
Sean Long talks crossing the divide to become a Harlequins coach – and says there will be more coaches switching league...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoIsrael Folau sets up GoFundMe page asking for £1.6m in donations to aid legal battle against Rugby Australia
Sacked Wallabies star sets up Gofundme page asking for donations so he can 'fight for what is right'
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAlex Dombrandt gets England call, as Robshaw and Hughes miss out
Newcomers and regulars named by Eddie Jones in 29-man squad to meet for training camp
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby abandon plans for Nations Championship
Promotion and relegation proves sticking point in reaching consensus with unions
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish discover Challenge Cup opponents – full draw
Exiles will face Bayonne, who won the French equivalent of the GK IPA Championship last season
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs provide update on England wing Jack Nowell’s fitness
Nowell has undergone surgery on the ankle injury he sustained in the Premiership final
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/ 7 years agoChampions Cup draw: Exeter’s Stuart Hogg gets Scotstoun return
Full Champions Cup pool draw
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoYou can be sure Eddie Jones has been on the phone to Joe Marler, says Dallaglio
England look to be in dire straits at loosehead with the injury to Mako Vunipola
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGeoff Parling opens up on misery of England dressing room after World Cup defeat to Wales
'I messed up the lineout call' - former England lock Geoff Parling
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRugby League ace Martin Gleeson joins Wasps coaching staff
A two-time winner of the Super League
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/ 7 years agoMathieu Bastareaud dropped by Jacques Brunel in France’s Rugby World Cup squad
No place for vice-captain Mathieu Bastareaud
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/ 7 years agoLeague ace joins Wasps
WASPS are set to bolster their coaching group with the addition of Martin Gleeson from Super League outfit Salford City Reds....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNorth has become a wasteland
INTRP on May 26, Jeff Probyn bemoaned the fact that the pathway which enabled him to reach the top was no...
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/ 7 years agoGrand Slammers bid for world domination
■By SAM JACKSON Conquering Europe: Kelly Smith scores England’s fifth try during the Six Nations match against Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBring final to Redruth
COLINBoag’s headline last week on the Baa-Baa’s “sideshow to the final” was bang-on; except, the real final was later on that...
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/ 7 years agoHuget at the double as Toulouse claim title
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse……24pts Clermont ……18pts Marksman: Greg Laidlaw kept Clermont in the contest with five penalties TEAMS TOULOUSE: Kolbe;...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSpare a thought for us poor Wasps f
EXETER are still the true champions, says the headline on Andy Armitage’s letter in last week’s Rugby Paper. Now Chiefs fans...
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/ 7 years agoInterview with Eddie started Long’s road to Twickenham
■By JON NEWCOMBE SEAN Long has revealed how he could have ended up in Twickenham 18 months before his appointment with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s not a bottomless pit so spend wisely to safeguard future
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SO much in this...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoPremiership finalists at risk for first Lions Test
By NICK CAIN WARREN Gatland has warned that England players will be at a disadvantage from the outset of the 2021...
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/ 7 years agoTyro Smith unfazed by facing the world’s best
■By NEALE HARVEY Ready for the call: Marcus Smith GIFTED fly-half Marcus Smith says he is primed and ready to accept...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSaracens are on par with the world’s best
IN response to letters regarding the Premiership playoffs, I believe the system is fair and and sensible. The best side doesn’t...
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/ 7 years agoEngland ‘friendly’ raking in the cash
By PETER JACKSON Double trouble: Wing Yoann Huget scores the first of his two tries as Toulouse beat Clermont to claim...
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/ 7 years agoCueto tips Curry to fill Warburton gap at No7
■By GARY FITZGERALD Skipper: Alun Wyn Jones MARK Cueto would love Warren Gatland to serve up a red hot Curry when...
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