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/ 7 years agoSimpson off to Gloucester
WASPS scrum-half Joe Simpson will join fellow Premiership side Gloucester at the end of the season in a straight swap for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNFL conferences are the way to go
REGARDING the debate about ring-fencing proposals, I believe they should go the NFL route and increase the Premiership to 16 clubs...
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/ 7 years ago‘Systems error’ costs Harlequins
QUINS have been fined £6, 239.50 after exceeding the salary cap last season. They were £12, 479 over the £7m limit,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBeware unintended results of tinkering with the tackle laws
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE rule of unintended...
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/ 7 years agoFarewell to England’s Webster and Gittings
TWO former England scrum-halves have passed away. Jan Webster, 72, earned 11 caps from 1972 to 75 and was instrumental in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMullins is the UK’s standard bearer
COLIN Boag is right about the awful standard of commentary as a whole (especially the BBC). Aussie commentary of Super Rugby...
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/ 7 years agoHartpury bailed out by Bristol loanees
BRISTOL have come to the aid of their injury hit Championship neighbours Hartpury by making five players available on loan with...
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/ 7 years agoSharks flyer Jennings takes break to recover
SALE Sharks centre Mark Jennings is to take a sabbatical from professional rugby for the “foreseeable future”. Jennings has spent his...
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/ 7 years agoKitchener heading home to Sixways
WORCESTER have re-signed Leicester lock forward Graham Kitchener after eight years away from Sixways. Kitchener, 29, left to join Leicester in...
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/ 7 years agoAttwood jumps on Bristol bandwagon
BRISTOL confirmed they have done a deal to re-sign England lock Dave Attwood from Bath at the end of the season,...
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/ 7 years agoRobshaw will react, he likes to be written off – Easter
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S performance against Ireland will have sent shock waves through their World Cup rivals, says former Red Rose...
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/ 7 years agoRingfencing expected to take at least another year
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby plans to prevent relegation this season look doomed. At a summit meeting last week, Premiership Rugby’s...
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/ 7 years agoFarell studies the way to deliver killer punch in style of Tom Brady
By GARY FITZGERLAD Learning curve: Owen Farrell is taking lessons from Super Bowl OWEN Farrell is using NFL legend Tom Brady...
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/ 7 years agoChallenge is to improve for England says Davies
By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies vowed to continue Wales’ winning run but told his team to wise up for England as...
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/ 7 years agoEngland hopeful raring for a ruck with Tigers
GIN-LOVING England hopeful Michael Rhodes aims for the perfect tonic after injury as he plots a return for Saracens this Saturday...
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/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd
[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory...
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European Rugby
/ 7 years agoCompetition: WIN tickets to Champions Cup & Challenge Cup finals!
To mark the end of this year’s Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup pool stages, we have teamed up with European...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFatialofa: More All Blacks are eyeing a move to England
The former Hurricanes lock made the move to Worcester Warriors last summer
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDynamic England dare to dream
ENGLAND fans left Dublin last night dreaming of Six Nation success – and even World Cup glory – as Eddie Jones’...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoQuality of soccer’s second tier is streets ahead
HAVINGread Nick Cain’s piece picking at Steve Lansdown last Sunday, I can’t help but object to his ridiculous argument about why...
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/ 7 years agoCarl fighting for chance to keep battling world’s best
■By NEALE HARVEY Support: Alan Solomons WORCESTER back rower Carl Kirwan has lifted the lid on the mental anguish of his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoA-Team Six Nations needs resurrecting
Getting up to speed: Dan Robson in Saxons action WITH the Six Nations just kicking off I have a question: Just...
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/ 7 years agoUnderdog status suits me just fine
Jon Newcombe talks to Graham Rowntree as work begins for his World Cup return Passionate: Graham Rowntree takes a Georgia training...
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/ 7 years agoReds won’t block Biljon if top-flight come calling
JERSEY chairman Mark Morgan says he would not stand in the way of rugby director Harvey Biljon taking a top job...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDismayed at these reasons to ring-fence
AMI alone at being dismayed at some of the arguments being used to support ring-fencing (Stephen Rodgers, Jan 27). His reasoning...
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/ 7 years agoItaly’s Six Nations place safe despite desperate run
RELEGATION will not be introduced to the Six Nations, according to tournament chief Ben Morel, who also says there is no...
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/ 7 years agoYachvili: The players did ‘sack’ Lievremont
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Star turn: Dimitri Yachvili kicks the conversion for France during the 2011 World Cup final PICTURE: Getty...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReferees must simply stop ignoring the laws
I WAS RFU President in 2013/14 and spent a few weeks with England U20s as they went on to win the...
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/ 7 years agoGustard chasing Scarlets ace Boyce
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Wanted: Will Boyde HARLEQUINS want Scarlets flanker Will Boyde to help continue Paul Gustard’s revolution. Boyde’s contract in...
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/ 7 years agoTroubled Guildford ends time in France
KIWI winger Zac Guildford, who was part of the All Blacks World Cup-winning squad in 2011, has left French division two...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWhy should we bail out SANZAAR? It’s their own fault
COLIN BOAG Twitter spat: Brian Moore commentating In crisis: Warratahs’ Jed Holloway on the attack during the Super Rugby semi-final in...
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/ 7 years agoBike ride to Japan!
THE 2019 Rugby World Cup kicked off at Canterbury yesterday – on two wheels. Ron Rutland and James Owens are making...
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/ 7 years agoKingspan get Carter
ULSTER have signed Australia international second row Sam Carter from the ACT Brumbies for next season. Carter, 29, made his Test...
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/ 7 years agoSix-try Cheetahs make it four on the spin
■By SAM JACKSON Cheetahs …40 Kings …36 CHEETAHS pulled off a bonus point derby victory as Reinach Venter’s late try secured...
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/ 7 years agoHarcourt reacts to Haskell’s ‘negative’ comments
■By NEALE HARVEY BROADSTREET secretary Richard Harcourt has hit back at James Haskell over critical comments he made in last week’s...
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/ 7 years agoQuins banish away day blues for crack at title
■By NEALE HARVEY Getting a grip on Saracens: James Horwill grapples with Billy Vunipola PICTURES: Getty Images Potential: Alex Dombrandt Class...
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/ 7 years agoNeath heading for the drop but Bramwell won’t let them wither
■By ALEX BYWATER Captain fantastic: Neath’s Aaron Bramwell THEY are doomed to Principality Premiership relegation and are enduring their worst season...
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/ 7 years agoCare staying at Stoop
ENGLAND scrum-half Danny Care has signed a new two-year deal with Harlequins, who have resigned a handful of stars for next...
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/ 7 years agoShaunagh swaps her fire drill for scrum practice
■By SAM PARKHOUSE Part of the team: Shaunagh Brown with Kent firefighters FIREFIGHTER Shaunagh Brown has put country before career after...
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/ 7 years agoDollman extends ten-year stretch
EXETER Chiefs pair Ollie Devoto and Olly Woodburn have signed new two-year contracts, while long-serving full-back Phil Dollman has penned a...
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/ 7 years agoSharks on target for 70 per cent English
TEENAGE Sale centre Luke James has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with the club, tying him to the Sharks until 2024....
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/ 7 years agoGlory days come with a big price for Dafydd
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Streaking into the corner: Dafydd James scoring for the British Lions in Brisbane...
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/ 7 years agoPivac predicts big future for Macleod
WAYNE Pivac believes tyro Scarlets back rower Josh Macleod can follow him into international rugby. A foot injury has hampered the...
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/ 7 years agoDevastating England dare to dream again
■By SAM JACKSON Got it licked: Henry Slade crosses to score England’s fourth try against Ireland to the delight of his...
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/ 7 years ago‘Brothers from other mothers’ dominate Six Nations
THEopening Six Nations weekend featured a cast of 138 players as, of course, will each ensuing round. Almost exactly a quarter...
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/ 7 years agoImportant players can aspire for Premiership says Morris
■By NEALE HARVEY WASPS flanker Ben Morris claims Premiership ringfencing would be a disaster for tier two rugby. Morris, 27, joined...
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/ 7 years agoGats was hard on me says hero North
GEORGE North warned Wales’ Six Nations rivals that Warren Gatland’s men will only get better after the giant wing crowned the...
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/ 7 years agoJudge targets top-three finish to repay his debt to Paver
Excelled at Sarries: Christian Judge Master: Alan Paver BATH-BOUNDprop Christian Judge says he owes Cornish Pirates scrum guru Alan Paver a...
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/ 7 years agoRevenge mission kicks off Cooper’s Rebel life
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE QUADECooper steered the Melbourne Rebels to a hard-fought 29-26 win over his former side Queensland Reds as they...
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/ 7 years agoVaughan: Close the league but prepare for expansion
■By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER chief executive Stephen Vaughan says Premiership Rugby must get their head around an expansion system if they...
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