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/ 7 years agoShoulder problem could force Blues ace Rhun to retire
By ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues full-back Rhun Williams is fighting to save his career following a serious shoulder injury sustained in...
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/ 7 years agoChudley confident he’ll get Bath’s attack firing
By NEALE HARVEY Winner: Will Chudley ACE scrum-half Will Chudley is refreshed and ready to bring his Premiership-winning nous to Bath...
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/ 7 years agoSlater: Johan’s expanded my rugby brain
By TOM BRADSHAW Eyes open: Gloucester lock Ed Slater ED SLATER has hailed Gloucester head coach Johan Ackermann as a kindred...
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/ 7 years agoI’m far from finished Ken warns rivals
Warrior: Ken Owens is still fighting for Wales place Young gun: Elliot Dee KEN Owens has warned his Wales hooker rivals...
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/ 7 years agoBlackadder throttles back Bath training schedule
By TOM BRADSHAW BATH have overhauled their training programme in a bid to avoid the string of injuries that decimated their...
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/ 7 years agoLuatua’s top-flight delay finally over
By ROB COLE All Black class: Steven Luatua finally gets his chance to play in the Premiership PICTURE: Getty Images STEVEN...
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/ 7 years agoMercer moving on
BATH flanker and former captain Guy Mercer has been released from his contract. Mercer, 28, played 123 games after arriving at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoUp the intensity by reducing schedule
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk COLIN Boag rightly states...
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/ 7 years agoGive Danny a chance like Stokes says Vickery
By GARY FITZGERALD PHIL Vickery has sent a heartfelt message to Eddie Jones “not to kick Danny Cipriani out of the...
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/ 7 years agoDickinson calls time
EDINBURGH prop Alasdair Dickinson has ended his playing career to take up a coaching position with the Scottish Rugby Academy. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIcebergs lie ahead if the RFU continue on this course
IN last Sunday’s Rugby Paper, Jeff Probyn refers to how the ‘nuclear option’ button may need to be pressed with regard...
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/ 7 years agoHenson aims to play until he’s 40!
By PETER JACKSON GAVIN Henson looks ‘a million dollars’ according to Dragons’ head coach Bernard Jackman as the 36-year-old prepares for...
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/ 7 years agoSarries lock jam sends Cutmore down to Pirates
By NEALE HARVERY IMPOSING Cornish Pirates second row Danny Cutmore is drawing inspiration from erstwhile Saracens colleague Nick Isiekwe as he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPumas need a leg up, not the Kiwis
YET again the Rugby Championship fixture draw is skewed towards the All Blacks. They are the only team to get three...
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/ 7 years agoCutbacks cause fear over future of Welsh club game
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Wales coach Nigel Davies fears some of rugby’s most historic clubs could fall out of existence with...
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/ 7 years agoMullen joins Falcons
NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed United States prop Paul Mullen for the first four months of the season. The 26-year-old was part...
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/ 7 years agoSteep learning curve for English lads in South Africa
ENGLAND U18s lost their third and final match of the International Series, going down 41-22 to hosts South Africa. It completes...
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/ 7 years agoIn reality, the pro game owes everything to the grassroots
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN East End hero: Jason Leonard playing for England PICTURE: Getty Images Isometimes...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoWasps kick off with a doozy in Dublin
By SAM JACKSON LEINSTER will begin the defence of their Champions Cup title at home to Wasps on Friday October 12...
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/ 7 years agoEarle bets big on Quins to bring him Test debut
By NEALE HARVEY HOT-SHOTHarlequins wing Nathan Earle insists he had to quit Saracens to avoid his career “going down the drain”...
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/ 7 years agoNamibia grab Japan spot by battering Kenya
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER We’re through: Namibia celebrate their RWC spot NAMIBIA, for the sixth time in succession, booked their place at...
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/ 7 years agoMcNicholl poised for new deal at Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHNNY McNicholl is set to sign a new deal with the Scarlets. The New Zealand-born wing’s contract in...
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/ 7 years agoEaster back in the coaching swim with Natal Sharks
By NEALE HARVEY NICKEaster insists the disappointment of being axed by Harlequins has failed to dent his confidence or desire to...
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/ 7 years agoIsiekwe stronger for his Boks humiliation
By GARY FITZGERALD Glum: Nick Isiekwe looks on after his early substitution in the first Test PICTURE: Getty Images NICK Isiekwe...
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: All Blacks looking for fifth title in six years
New Zealand take on the Wallabies tomorrow morning in Sydney
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMark Flanagan adds steel to Bedford Blues’ pack
It's been a summer of impressive recruitment by Mike Rayer at Goldington Road
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: Australia seek to shore up scrum while blooding in new caps
Continuing our team profiles ahead of the 2018 Rugby Championship, we look at the Wallabies
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/ 7 years agoRead and Retallick back for the All Blacks, as Australia turn to Hodge to fill midfield problem
Sam Whitelock will earn his 100th Test cap for New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup clash
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJustin Tipuric named as Ospreys captain, as Alun Wyn Jones heads into World Cup year with Wales
Alun Wyn Jones' record of 115 appearances as captain is more than double of any other Ospreys player
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Cipriani attends Jersey court and is fined following arrest outside nightclub
Gloucester signing Cipriani pleads guilty to two charges
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath confirm Guy Mercer will leave before the start of the season
Francois Louw is back fit, but it's another fans' favourite leaving the Rec
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins can reap the rewards of England resting Danny Care this summer, says coach Alex Codling
The Quins forwards coach also talks making the pack a force to be reckoned with
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTyler Morgan has his mojo back after battle with injury and diabetes
The Dragons centre unloads on missing large parts of last season after being a part of Warren Gatland's plans
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShaun Edwards to work with Ospreys
"Shaun is a world class coach" - Allen Clarke
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: Argentina team profile
Who else is on the Ledesma hype train?
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/ 7 years agoJohn Mitchell waits in the wings for RFU and Bulls to agree compensation fee
The former All Blacks coach is wanted by Eddie Jones to be England's defence coach
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/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson column: RFU miss the boat again for Shaun Edwards
England miss another chance to join forces with a coach who has won everything there is to win in Union bar...
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/ 7 years agoChiefs wing armoury has Pellow purring
By NEALE HARVEY Gem: Alex Cuthbert in action for Wales PICTURE: Getty Images Santiago Cordero Olly Woodburn Tom O’Flaherty James Short...
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/ 7 years agoSam pins his Scotland hope on Scarlets move
SAM Hidalgo-Clyne believes he has taken his career to the next level by swapping Edinburgh for last season’s PRO14 finalists Scarlets....
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/ 7 years agoHenson’s still hungry for perfection at Dragons
GAVIN Henson missed much of last season with a hamstring injury and is determined to make sure this isn’t his last...
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/ 7 years agoUnearth the root causes to end off-field violence
EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS DAN LEO Players of Pacific Island heritage have a long and rich association with the physical...
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/ 7 years agoFlanagan adds steal to Blues’ pack
By NEALE HARVEY Premiership experience: Mark Flanagan RETURNING lock Mark Flanagan is convinced Bedford will be a “force to be reckoned...
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/ 7 years agoSam’s the man to lead Ealing’s bid for top flight
By NEALE HARVEY New captain at Ealing: Sam Dickinson EALING hooker Alun Walker believes newly anointed skipper Sam Dickinson can lead...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHow can Mitchell be defence coach?
I’M totally at a loss as to why England would look to bring in John Mitchell to replace Paul Gustard when...
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/ 7 years agoBristol’s pocket rocket ready for explosive start
Desperate to play: Harry Thacker HOOKER Harry Thacker is hungry for a big role in Bristol Bear’s Premiership return after being...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoOld guard let you down Eddie, now leave them out!
I READ with total dismay that Eddie Jones is going to recall the old guard. Surely the old guard crashed and...
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/ 7 years agoRebels aim to call for RFU board to resign
By DAVID EMERY THE RFU are under threat of rebellion from a group of former grandees dismayed by the current bout...
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/ 7 years agoExiled Davies closing in on fourth World Cup
By ROB COLE PHIL Davies admits there is not much chance of a return to Welsh rugby despite leading Namibia to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLack of pool stage spoilt World Sevens
MOST people seem to agree the recent Sevens World Cup was a great success, but there was one element that caused...
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