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/ 7 years agoWell done to Martyn Phillips and the Union for bringing in £97m
IT WOULDN’T be Welsh rugby if there wasn’t someone out there beating the Welsh Rugby Union with a stick over some...
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/ 7 years agoLewington hooked on Saracens’ ‘winning mentality’
HOT-SHOTwing Alex Lewington believes the ‘scary’ Saracens pack can underpin another glory march towards silverware. Lewington, who has notched five tries...
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/ 7 years agoMercer upping power to match footwork
BEEFED-UP Bath back rower Zach Mercer is determined to show why Eddie Jones must pick him this season rather than keep...
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/ 7 years agoScene set for Watkin to state his claim in midfield
INJURIES are an unfortunate, but now inevitable, part of modern-day rugby. No-one wants to see the best players fall lame, but...
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/ 7 years agoTwo Jakes in dreamland on Bristol journey
Jon Newcombe talks to new Bristol prop Jake Woolmore about stepping up a level FOR Bristol’s two Jakes, Armstrong and Woolmore,...
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/ 7 years agoPools for European Shield revealed
CLUBS from Italy, Georgia and Belgium will kick off the Continental Shield on October 13 with a place in next season’s...
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/ 7 years agoSleeping Warriors stunned by early onslaught
By SAM JACKSON S Kings …38 Glasgow…28 THE Kings registered their first win of the season in commanding fashion in Port...
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/ 7 years agoUren leading the charge of home-grown contingent
By NEALE HARVEY BRISTOL scrum-half Andy Uren is ready to buck the trend by proving the ambitious club can hang on...
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/ 7 years agoLangkilde withdrawn for a year
SAMOA rugby player Gordon Langkilde has pleaded guilty to assault charges after the altercation involving members of the Wales Sevens team....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHook: George North is showing he can smash Shane’s Wales try record with form for Ospreys
North's Ospreys debut was certainly a perfect welcome home
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStephen Jones urged to stay at Scarlets rather than join Pivac at Wales
A former Scarlets and Wales coach says Llanelli is the place to be for Jones
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones names England training squad as countdown to World Cup hits 12 months
Danny Cipriani overlooked by Eddie Jones as World Cup looms
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/ 7 years agoWhere will you be this time next year?
See yourself in a stadium? Us too. Fortunately, it’s not too late to secure a spot at the world’s most important...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHenry Trinder says Cipriani has got Kingsholm rocking and can ignite his own England career
The Gloucester fan favourite talks about the Cherry and Whites' playmaker
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s law can make Manu Tuilagi lethal for Leicester, says George Ford
"We are looking a bit more threatening" – Geordan Murphy can put right the 'disservice' done to Tuilagi
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers Will Spencer handed four-week ban for red card against Wasps
Spencer was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Tommy Taylor
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoI’m not concerned about my job security, says Dragons coach Bernard Jackman
Coming off a heavy loss to Leinster last weekend
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRFU and Bulls agree deal to make John Mitchell England’s new defence coach
Just in time for the Autumn internationals
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/ 7 years agoRassie Erasmus to take charge of Barbarians at Twickenham
Plotting victory with the BaaBaas after beating the All Blacks with the Springboks
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/ 7 years agoSarries centre Taylor ruled out for season
SARACENS centre Duncan Taylor will miss the rest of the season but could return in time for Scotland’s 2019 World Cup...
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/ 7 years agoHard work undone by Fabiani’s try at the death
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHN Mulvihill must wait for his first competitive Blues victory after Zebre overturned a 21- point deficit to...
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/ 7 years agoGriffiths on road to full recovery
DONCASTER Knights director of rugby Clive Griffiths is undergoing tests after suffering a heart attack. Griffiths, 64, is expected to make...
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/ 7 years agoWinning all that matters says Cave
ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland makes three changes to the side that defeated Edinburgh last weekend. Second row Alan O’Connor, prop...
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/ 7 years agoFrench killer Cecillon back behind bars
MARC Cecillon, the former French captain who served seven years in prison for murdering his wife while drunk in 2004, has...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoYes, those All Blacks are beatable England
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH AFRICA yesterday sent a message of hope to England and their other World Cup rivals – the...
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/ 7 years agoFoden exit paves way for Tuala to be the star
By NEALE HARVEY SWASHBUCKLING fullback Ahsee Tuala aims to play a lead role in Northampton’s revolution after filling the boots of...
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/ 7 years agoJones is better off staying at Scarlets – Davies
By STEFFAN THOMAS STEPHEN Jones has been urged to resist the temptation of joining Wayne Pivac’s Wales revolution and become the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWales in hunt for Oz League star Frizell
By PETER JACKSON WALES will consider a move for Australian Rugby League superstar Tyson Frizell as part of their longterm planning...
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/ 7 years agoVan Velze predicts big things under Solomons
By JON NEWCOMBE Power play: GJ van Velze avoids a tackle from Ben Botica to touch down for Worcester against Quins...
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/ 7 years agoTrinder on target in maverick’s slipstream
By NEALE HARVEY Injury-hit: Henry Trinder has starred for Gloucester since his return to action PICTURES: Getty Images New man at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoResistance to the ring-fence fading
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THERE’S talk of the...
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/ 7 years agoForgotten man Maunder’s back on the starting grid
AFTER having last season written-off by injury, forgotten England scrum-half Jack Maunder is ready to fire his way back into Test...
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/ 7 years agoHurrell in full flow now after his Bath sojourn
By NEALE HARVEY RE-ENERGISED Bristol centre Will Hurrell has warned those writing off his side’s chances of a top six Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoInvest in lower tiers rather than waste it on Championship
CHAMPIONSHIP clubs receive up to £650,000 a season from the RFU. Clubs below this level get nothing but a contribution towards...
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/ 7 years agoEddie must pick a backline and stick with it to Japan
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Most dangerous back in Europe: Elliot Daly PICTURE: Getty Images World Cup countdown: 1 year to...
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/ 7 years agoTyro Green stamping his mark at the Rec
By NEALE HARVEY Taking his chance: Max Green in action for England U20 MAX Green is intent on following fellow Tyke...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNot just Newcastle on receiving end
TOTALLY agree with H. Johnson’s sentiments in his letter “All Clubs are Equal? Not on this Showing” regarding Newcastle’s unfair refereeing...
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/ 7 years agoFord gearing up for huge challenge with Germany
By JON NEWCOMBE In the blood: Mike Ford, centre, with sons George, left and Joe MIKE FORD says he is relishing...
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/ 7 years ago‘Happy’ George can smash Shane’s try record says Hook
GEORGE North’s scintillating start to life at the Ospreys has James Hook in no doubt he will break Shane Williams’ Wales...
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/ 7 years agoThomas is forced to bale out his Blues again
THE Welsh Rugby Union’s new regional agreement can’t come soon enough for Cardiff Blues after they were forced to take a...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoMuprhy’s law will make Manu even more lethal
By JAMES LLOYD Getting game time: Manu Tuilagi dives to score against Newcastle PICTURES: Getty Images MANU Tuilagi can take his...
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/ 7 years agoJackson proves point to the extreme
By NEALE HARVEY AFTER defying medical opinion to complete his second mountain walk, miracle man Ed Jackson is aiming to scale...
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/ 7 years agoFurious Cockerill lets rip at ‘cheating’ Connacht
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh………17 Connacht ………10 EDINBURGH coach Richard Cockerill could find himself in hot water with PRO14 chiefs after lashing...
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/ 7 years agoRing-fencing would lead to player exodus warns Boden
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Steve Boden YORKSHIRECarnegie forwards coach Steve Boden believes ring-fencing the Premiership would leave the Championship ‘dead’. He...
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/ 7 years agoCarbery is top class in record win for Munster
By BARRY MURPHY OSPREYS paid dearly for leaving out many of their big names as Munster devoured them in a record...
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/ 7 years agoAshley-Cooper eyes fourth World Cup
ADAMAshley-Cooper is in talks with the NSW Waratahs over a domestic comeback next season. The veteran utility back, 34, played the...
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/ 7 years agoWilliams’ wonder try counts for nothing
By RONAN O’NEILL JORDAN Williams scored one of the tries of the season so far but Dragons still came close to...
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/ 7 years agoKirchner signs on for spell at Bristol
DRAGONS utility back Zane Kirchner has joined Bristol on loan as injury cover for Charles Piutau shoulder Luke Daniels hamstring and...
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/ 7 years agoPivac demands more from his Scarlets
By ROB COLE SCARLETS were forced to twice come from behind to beat 14-man Benetton, leaving head coach Wayne Pivac far...
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