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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff Blues and Wales flanker Josh Navidi commits to new deal
Josh Navidi has pledged his future to Cardiff Blues by signing a new contract to remain at the Arms Park. The...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations
The story of the year may have just hit the sport
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks sign Rob Webber to contract extension to solidify strong hooker department
Rob Webber and Akker van der Merwe to be Sale's strike force next season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s offer to Manu Tuilagi is ‘fairly stingy’, says ex-Tiger Lewis Moody
Racing 92's megabucks stokes conversation of loyalty towards Leicester and if it works both ways
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSchalk Burger to end Saracens stint and return to South Africa
Springboks legend to leave Allianz Park a 'happy man'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers back Mathew Tait announces immediate retirement from rugby
Full-back/centre has been struggling with an achilles injury all season and brings to an end an outstanding 15-year professional career
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRonan O’Gara plotting route to senior coaching job with Crusaders… or All Blacks
'Everything is possible' says former Ireland fly-half
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWelsh rugby to keep status quo after crisis meeting in Cardiff between WRU and regions
Project Reset changes knocked back by regions in meeteings, but uncertainty remains
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoConsidine double in vain as Italy earn maiden win
Italy Women… 29 Ireland Women… 27 EIMEAR Considine scored twice but Ireland fell to their first ever women’s Six Nations defeat...
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/ 7 years agoDennis enticed by European carrot
Ready to commit: Exeter Chiefs back row bruiser Dave Dennis PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER enforcer Dave Dennis is ready to turn...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s ‘entertainment’ …but is it Rugby?
NOW that referees routinely ignore the laws of the game, the scrum and line-out have just become a mechanism for restarting...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHated losing to Wales, it’s one my lowest moments
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN One to watch: Hannah Bluck can unleash the Welsh flyer Jasmine Joyce England coach Simon Middleton...
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/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
ALEX LEWINGTON, SARACENS, ENGLAND SAXONS AND FORMER LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM AND LONDON IRISH WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProfessional sport must not have such amateur handicaps
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IN no other sport...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCare staying positive that top form will deliver recall
By NEALE HARVEY Upping his game: Quins No.9 Danny Care PICTURES: Getty Images Leading the way: Dan Robson, left, and Ben...
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/ 7 years agoBurrell ‘buzzing’ to go back to League roots
By JON NEWCOMBE In the blood: Luther Burrell is ready to tackle a new challenge in Warrington PICTURES: Getty Images Coach:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoModern day scrum farce makes me cry
WITH obvious tongue in cheek, I would like to propose the following law change. Watching the Six Nations, the Premiership, PRO14...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMarshall: Thorley will be a star, he carries like a Tongan
Brute: Ollie Thorley ENGLAND prospect Ollie Thorley carries as hard as any Pacific islander and is destined to become a worldclass...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOpen season as rivals swoop on troubled Carnegie
RIVAL Championship clubs are poised to raid Yorkshire Carnegie’s squad while budgets at Headingley for the 2019/20 season remain unknown. In...
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/ 7 years agoFrancis on standby for another call from Eddie
FIT-AGAIN centre Piers Francis has vowed not to become one of England’s forgotten men by spearheading Northampton’s charge for the play-offs....
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/ 7 years agoPolitics could keep Cobus from Japan
By NEALE HARVEY Form of his life: Cobus Reinach scores for Saints against Sale PICTURES: Getty Images NORTHAMPTONboss Chris Boyd believes...
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/ 7 years agoJaunty France join the party as Scots get more travel sickness
By PETER JACKSON Taking the plunge: Yoann Huget scores France’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images All over: Gregory Alldritt, centre, is...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoBarden in as England look to build on Sydney
SIMON Amor has named his 12-man squad for the Las Vegas Sevens taking place on March 1-3. Amor has made one...
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/ 7 years agoBrunel: I knew Romain was up to the task
FRANCE head coach Jacques Brunel was full of praise for his teenage flyhalf Romain Ntamack after the impressive victory over Scotland....
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/ 7 years agoEasy win but leaky defence concern for Leo
By RONAN O’NEILL Leinster …59 Kings… 19 LEO Cullen has told his Leinster players to shore up their defence or get...
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/ 7 years agoAt last, an RFU chief executive who has played some rugby
JEFF PROBYN Fresh dawn: Bill Sweeney will take over as the RFU’s new chief executive PICTURE: Getty Images With the third...
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/ 7 years agoSexton out to ensure Irish cogs are aligned
By DECLAN ROONEY Lessons learned: Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton NINETEEN games have come and gone since Italy last won a Six...
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/ 7 years agoHumiliation as Dragons sink to new low in Italy
By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS were crushed In Italy conceding nine tries in what is the biggest ever Italian victory in the...
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/ 7 years agoHot Curry turns cold on one-trick England
From NICK CAIN at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff False dawn: Tom Curry scores England’s first half try PICTURE: Getty Images Crocked:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDon’t rule us out of title chase, says Eddie
By ALEX BYWATER Oneills Early hope: Tom Curry goes over to give England the lead in Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images EDDIE...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMurphy gets big chance to stake his claim
BACK ROWER Jordi Murphy is preparing for his first Six Nations start in four years. The flanker, 27, played in the...
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/ 7 years agoFrustrated Ospreys fall foul of ref’ Berry
By ALEX BYWATER On the charge: Munster’s Arno Botha makes a break PICTURE: Inpho OSPREYS head coach Allen Clarke hit out...
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/ 7 years agoFarrell: We didn’t fire a shot after the break
OWEN Farrell admitted Wales’ strategy to pile the pressure on England’s kickers paid off. The Red Rose half-backs employed the same...
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/ 7 years agoClubs handicapped by helping England
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SOMEHOW, in its first stab at a restructured season, the Premiership has arranged...
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/ 7 years agoNairn’s late double secures the spoils for pacy Warriors
By LUKE JARMYN GLASGOW headed the words of coach Dave Rennie by coming out and delivering a high pace performance that...
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/ 7 years agoEddie Jones and England froze in that second half
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT Master of getting results: Warren Gatland yesterday I’ve said before there is no Plan B...
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/ 7 years agoShut roof is an extra weapon for Gatland
WE had another round of roof wars this week with Warren Gatland canvassing hard for Wales to have the final say...
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/ 7 years agoHerring completes half-hour hat-trick
By STUART MCANDREW Ulster… 54 Zebre… 7 ROB Herring blitzed hapless Zebre with a hat-trick in half an hour as Ulster...
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/ 7 years agoYes, they have proved they are the greatest Welsh team of all time
SHANE WILLIAMS Fist-pumping: Alun-Wyn Jones WHAT a match, what a win, what a team! The question now is whether this is...
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/ 7 years agoIrish charge for a second Grand Slam gathers pace
By DAVE MURPHY Star man: Craig Casey Late try: Marco Butturini ONLY Wales and France stand in the way of a...
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/ 7 years agoEdinburgh stunned by Harries double
By STEFFAN THOMAS Edinburgh… 17 Cardiff Blues… 19 JASON Harries came back to haunt Edinburgh with a brace of tries as...
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/ 7 years agoEngland toppled by penalties and poor kicking
CHARLIE HODGSON Consistent: George North Ican’t help feel a little deflated after that performance. Obviously because I am an England fan...
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/ 7 years agoSmith’s try in stoppage time swings it for Wales
By ROB COLE Jubilation: Wales celebrate at the final whistle PICTURES: Getty Images Over he goes: England’s Ollie Hassell-Collins is tackled...
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/ 7 years agoStill all to play for insists Cassiem
Preview Scarlets v Cheetahs Today, Kick-off 1pm LEIGH Halfpenny will play his first game since November against the Cheetahs with his...
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/ 7 years agoJoseph’s late brace kills off Scotland comeback
By GARY HEATLY FRANCEbossed the second half of this 11-try thriller in Pau after Scotland had forged a fight-back following a...
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/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 7 years agoScott takes charge of new-look England
By SAM JACKSON Captain’s call: Harlequins second row Abbie Scott ENGLAND centre Emily Scarratt will sit out the women’s Six Nations...
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/ 7 years agoManu cash may be too much for us – Murphy
LEICESTER supremo Geordan Murphy is banking on loyalty to trump cash after admitting his club cannot compete with the big money...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s simple, sign fewer foreigners
THE Premiership ringfencers, in pursuing their selfish self-preservation stance, often state that closing off the league would benefit the development of...
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