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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 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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/ 7 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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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoLions give Gatland punch line
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able...
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/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoDombrandt leap as big as Olympic hero Lynn
This time last year the English rugby public at large had never heard of Alex Dombrandt, let alone seen him in...
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/ 7 years agoDuty free solace for sacked Jenkins
NO international coach can have been subjected to a more brutal sacking than Gareth Jenkins, on the Sunday morning after Fiji...
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/ 7 years agoBig test for Berne
THEcontinuing fall-out caused by the Israel Folau imbroglio tended to obscure yet another change to the Wallaby management team. Shane Berne,...
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/ 7 years agoDelaney forecasts Scarlets resurgence
By STEFFAN THOMAS GLENN Delaney believes the Scarlets’ new coaching team will have no trouble adapting to the rigours of the...
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/ 7 years agoGulliver utilising experience of all his travels
By JON NEWCOMBE BEN GULLIVER intends to build a strong culture and playing identity once he starts his role as Plymouth...
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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 7 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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Miscellaneous
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWho is Premiership rugby’s richest club owner?
No one comes close to the wealth of no.1
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/ 7 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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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 agoSubscriptions…
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/ 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 agoWhiffen steps up from U20s to work with Scarlets’ elite
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Opportunity: Richard Whiffen coaching the U2 RICHARD Whiffin will swap the development of Gloucester and England’s best young...
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/ 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 agoCrusaders coach Ronan returning to France
Move: Ronan O’Gara RONAN O’Gara has confirmed the 2019 season will be his last with the Crusaders having accepted a coaching...
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/ 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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/ 7 years agoRetallick to take All Black breather ahead of 2023
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Rest: Brodie Retallick BRODIERetallick will take a two-year sabbatical from New Zealand rugby following this autumn’s World Cup...
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/ 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 agoBlues enter the bidding for star man Beauden
■By SAM JACKSON Tug-of-war: Beauden Barrett is wanted by the Auckland Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THE WELLINGTON Hurricanes face a battle...
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/ 7 years agoFolau junior set for Tongan bow … Israel may follow
Tongan blood: John Folau, left, and brother Israel TONGAcoach Toutai Kefu has been in contact with Israel Folau’s camp about enticing...
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/ 7 years agoCome back Joe, your country needs you!
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Fan: Lawrence Dallaglio JOE Marler must consider doing an England u-turn and make himself available for Japan...
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/ 7 years agoVersatile Venter to Ospreys
■By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys are set to sign South African scrum-half Shaun Venter from PRO14 rivals Cheetahs. Venter, 32, will...
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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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