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/ 7 years agoSuper Rugby goes on ‘for too long’
By STEFFAN THOMAS UZAIR Cassiem believes more of South Africa’s top stars will turn their back on Super Rugby in favour...
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/ 7 years agoBut even Warburton has to bend the knee to John Dawes
THE timeless debate as to the identity of the greatest Lions captain has been given a thorough airing these last few...
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/ 7 years agoMarshall re-joins Hurricanes after stay with Irish
Return: James Marshall HURRICANES have lured James Marshall back to Wellington for the 2019 Super Rugby season. Marshall will rejoin the...
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/ 7 years agoWarriors thrown to the Sharks in new cup opener
By SAM JACKSON Fan of the cup: Exeter supremo Rob Baxter WORCESTER WARRIORS and Sale Sharks kick off the Premiership Rugby...
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/ 7 years agoThis dark side of Pontypool Park must be cleansed
THERE was a time, especially during the early Eighties, when ‘Pooler’ turned Ponty-pool Park into the most forbidding fortress in the...
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/ 7 years agoEvans: Brown is a freak of nature
By STEFFAN THOMAS Big and fast: New prop sensation Leon Brown PICTURE: Getty Images IAN Evans is backing the Dragons’ young...
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/ 7 years agoSuccess of Murrayfield saw Sevens go global
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Reading last week’s paper brought back some good memories of England’s first...
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/ 7 years agoThomson tipped to be big hit at Scarlets
KIERON Fonotia has no doubts Blade Thomson will take European rugby by storm when he joins him at the Scarlets. The...
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/ 7 years agoLamb wants new chance to prove he’s a No1
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Fly-half Ryan Lamb left Worcester last summer for a new life in La Rochelle and a reunion...
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/ 7 years agoMerger between Hull clubs hits the buffers
By JON NEWCOMBE NOT for the first time – and probably not the last – talks about a merger between Hull...
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/ 7 years agoDon’t knock us for promoting rugby says Exeter Uni boss
By NEALE HARVEY KEITHFleming, rugby director at Exeter University, has slammed traditionalists who claim college sides should have no place in...
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/ 7 years agoHard job replacing world class talent
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SHOCKED and saddened to...
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/ 7 years agoCommentators’ use of metaphors for violence must end
ONE of the pleasures of the summer internationals were the calm and informative commentary performances by John Beattie and Chris Patterson...
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/ 7 years agoTwomey quits Quins for new Irish challenge
Irish-bound: Sam Twomey SAM Twomey has signed for London Irish ahead of the 2018/19 season. Twomey’s arrival represents something of a...
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/ 7 years agoAlternative to the dismissal system
COLIN Boag (July 15) is rightly against replacing the red card system (dismissal) by something like the Rugby League on report...
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/ 7 years agoFeeley drawn back by Wharfedale struggles
By JON NEWCOMBE Returning: Jon Feeley JON FEELEY admits the emotional pull of Wharfedale was too hard to resist as he...
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/ 7 years agoOspreys wing Keelan Giles still believing in World Cup dream
The 20-year-old accepts he is behind Steff Evans and Josh Adams in the pecking order... for now
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/ 7 years agoTom Mitchell column: Dallaglio’s victory in 1993 gives this tournament so much history
The England Sevens captain looks ahead to the World Cup this weekend in San Francisco
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/ 7 years agoGareth Baber must deliver success for Fiji after Ryan’s golden glory
After missing out on the Sevens World Series, how much pressure is there on Welshman Baber?
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/ 7 years agoWe believe England can win it, says talismanic forward James Rodwell
James Rodwell is not short of confidence aheading to the Sevens Rugby World Cup in San Francisco
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/ 7 years agoBLK Hurricanes seek to go beyond limits known in Super Sevens Series
After five successful years on the UK 7s circuit, The Rugby Agents teamed up with BLK/RU Active Limited and created the...
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/ 7 years agoPremiership clubs set for big TV cash boost
Online retail giants set to influence bidding process for rights
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/ 7 years agoWayne Pivac will get to pick his own panel of coaches
Shaun Edwards or Byron Hayward as Wales defence coach?
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/ 7 years agoKieran Brookes is on his way back to lean and mean best
The Wasps summer arrival has shed just shy of a stone in weight and his back to his optimal size for...
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/ 7 years agoWales & Lions captain Sam Warburton retires from rugby with immediate effect
Legendary flanker calls time on his career before reaching the age of 30
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/ 7 years agoHartpury sign five Gloucester players on dual registration
'He's got a big future in the game' says Hartpury head coach Mark Cornwall of one of the quintet
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/ 7 years agoMatt O’Connor confirms Ellis Genge will miss the start of the season for Leicester Tigers
The front row forward was injured on tour with England last month
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/ 7 years agoMelbourne Rebels come down hard on pair who were involved in nightclub altercation
Forward Amanaki Mafi appeared in court on Monday and his club have taken action
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/ 7 years agoAll Blacks stars commit to the Hurricanes and NZRU
The Hurricanes play the Chiefs in their Super Rugby quarter-final
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/ 7 years agoPivac gets to pick his own panel of coaches
By PETER JACKSON WAYNE Pivac will be given a free hand to pick his own Wales coaching team and decide whether...
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/ 7 years agoGustard optimistic fortunes will change at Quins
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA PAUL Gustard took no time off this summer as Harlequins’ head of rugby seeks to improve...
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/ 7 years agoKeelan still believing in World Cup dream
By STEFFAN THOMAS At full stretch: Keelan Giles has big ambitions for club and country PICTURES: Getty Images KEELAN Giles insists...
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/ 7 years agoTier three stand up to Premiership ‘bullies’
By NEALE HARVEY NATIONAL One clubs have reached a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ limiting the number of Premiership academy players they can use...
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/ 7 years agoKnoyle out to put eight years of pain behind him
By ALEX BYWATER TAVIS Knoyle has felt the pain of injury more than most, but now the former Wales scrum-half is...
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/ 7 years agoMa’afu to join Tigers not Ealing
By JON NEWCOMBE LEICESTER have made a swoop for experienced Fijian loose-head prop Campese Ma’afu, who had only just signed for...
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/ 7 years agoStick with Wayne as Wales No.2 Stephen!
Suited to assistant’s role for now: Stephen Jones PICTURE: Getty Images Stephen Jones has the greatest rugby mind of anyone I’ve...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoWhy I’m certain Rachel will be a success at Colwyn Bay
WOMEN’S RUGBY is getting bigger and bigger in both Wales and across the globe so in that regard I wasn’t that...
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/ 7 years agoBrookes on way back to lean and mean best
By NEALE HARVEY Trim: Kieran Brookes in Wasps pre-season training FORGOTTEN England tight-head Kieran Brookes has revealed the extent to which...
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/ 7 years agoManoa to put Blues on front foot next season
IN MODERN rugby, forwards who can put you on the front foot are worth their weight in gold and that’s why...
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/ 7 years agoMorgan following the Cross way to Ospreys
LUKE Morgan hopes to transfer his record-breaking try-scoring with Wales Sevens to the 15-a-side game as he prepares to go on...
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/ 7 years agoSamoa ensure safe passage to World Cup
By SAM JACKSON Double: Ahsee Tuala SAMOA qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after beating Germany 42-28 for a second...
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/ 7 years agoVunipola urged to use his time off productively
By GARY FITZGERALD Injury prone: Billy Vunipola Faith: Alex Sanderson BILLY Vunipola must “keep the faith” if he wants to win...
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/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby must act to redress this failing system
DAN LEO EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS When images surfaced on social media last week of the Zimbabwean National Rugby team...
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/ 7 years agoSymons excited by link-up with Horwill
By NEALE HARVEY New Quins enforcer: Matt Symons PICTURE: Getty Images MATTSYMONS is certain underachieving Harlequins can become winners again as...
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/ 7 years agoCumbria fighting for cross-county alliance
By JON NEWCOMBE LEADING Cumbrian officials will meet with the RFU next week in a bid to stop competitive rugby in...
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/ 7 years agoKiwi McNicholl on Pivac hit list
By STEFFAN THOMAS Wanted man: Scarlets sensation Johnny McNicholl WAYNE Pivac wants Johnny McNicholl to join him on his Wales journey....
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/ 7 years agoMulvihill signals his intent at Blues
CARDIFF Blues confirmed the signing of USA No.8 Samu Manoa. The Toulon forward leaves the Top 14 outfit after three years,...
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