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/ 7 years agoWorld Cup success will spell woe for Euro hopes
NICK CAIN says the scheduling of the opening round of Euro action is ridiculous Handicap start: Leinster could supply 25 players...
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/ 7 years agoAshton tipped to force his way back into Eddie’s plans
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Ashton will prove once and for all to Eddie Jones that he deserves to be on that...
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/ 7 years agoEngland bounce back to earn date with Wales
By SAM JACKSON SIMON Amor’s England side face Wales in today’s cup quarter-final of the Moscow Sevens Grand Prix after finishing...
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/ 7 years agoLouw: Loss to All Blacks haunts me, it’s so painful
By NEALE HARVEY BATH flanker Francois Louw is gearing up for a last tilt at World Cup glory with South Africa...
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/ 7 years agoBalding encourages more stars to follow Arr’s path
By NEALE HARVEY National One recruits: Jonny Arr, left, and Carl Kirwan PICTURE: Getty Images NATIONAL One standards will skyrocket as...
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/ 7 years agoPlug pulled on Nations Cup idea
WORLD Rugby have scrapped plans to restructure the international game with a new Nations Championship format. The governing body failed to...
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/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
WILL SPENCER, LEICESTER AND FORMER BATH AND WORCESTER LOCK, PICKS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Ellis...
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/ 7 years agoSam gets new job as the joker
SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has joined Racing 92 to provide cover during the World Cup. The 25-year-old left Scarlets by mutual...
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/ 7 years agoLions give Gatland punch line
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWho is Premiership rugby’s richest club owner?
No one comes close to the wealth of no.1
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSean Long interview: My meeting with Eddie Jones before joining Harlequins
Sean Long talks crossing the divide to become a Harlequins coach – and says there will be more coaches switching league...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoIsrael Folau sets up GoFundMe page asking for £1.6m in donations to aid legal battle against Rugby Australia
Sacked Wallabies star sets up Gofundme page asking for donations so he can 'fight for what is right'
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAlex Dombrandt gets England call, as Robshaw and Hughes miss out
Newcomers and regulars named by Eddie Jones in 29-man squad to meet for training camp
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby abandon plans for Nations Championship
Promotion and relegation proves sticking point in reaching consensus with unions
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish discover Challenge Cup opponents – full draw
Exiles will face Bayonne, who won the French equivalent of the GK IPA Championship last season
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs provide update on England wing Jack Nowell’s fitness
Nowell has undergone surgery on the ankle injury he sustained in the Premiership final
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChampions Cup draw: Exeter’s Stuart Hogg gets Scotstoun return
Full Champions Cup pool draw
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoYou can be sure Eddie Jones has been on the phone to Joe Marler, says Dallaglio
England look to be in dire straits at loosehead with the injury to Mako Vunipola
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGeoff Parling opens up on misery of England dressing room after World Cup defeat to Wales
'I messed up the lineout call' - former England lock Geoff Parling
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRugby League ace Martin Gleeson joins Wasps coaching staff
A two-time winner of the Super League
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMathieu Bastareaud dropped by Jacques Brunel in France’s Rugby World Cup squad
No place for vice-captain Mathieu Bastareaud
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGrand Slammers bid for world domination
■By SAM JACKSON Conquering Europe: Kelly Smith scores England’s fifth try during the Six Nations match against Scotland PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNorth has become a wasteland
INTRP on May 26, Jeff Probyn bemoaned the fact that the pathway which enabled him to reach the top was no...
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/ 7 years agoHuget at the double as Toulouse claim title
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse……24pts Clermont ……18pts Marksman: Greg Laidlaw kept Clermont in the contest with five penalties TEAMS TOULOUSE: Kolbe;...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBring final to Redruth
COLINBoag’s headline last week on the Baa-Baa’s “sideshow to the final” was bang-on; except, the real final was later on that...
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/ 7 years agoInterview with Eddie started Long’s road to Twickenham
■By JON NEWCOMBE SEAN Long has revealed how he could have ended up in Twickenham 18 months before his appointment with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSpare a thought for us poor Wasps f
EXETER are still the true champions, says the headline on Andy Armitage’s letter in last week’s Rugby Paper. Now Chiefs fans...
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/ 7 years agoTyro Smith unfazed by facing the world’s best
■By NEALE HARVEY Ready for the call: Marcus Smith GIFTED fly-half Marcus Smith says he is primed and ready to accept...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s not a bottomless pit so spend wisely to safeguard future
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SO much in this...
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/ 7 years agoWhite: Pressure of a relegation fight taught me so much
■By NEALE HARVEY Steep learning curve: Leicester No.9 Ben White LEICESTER tyro Ben White believes being heavily involved in the muck...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSaracens are on par with the world’s best
IN response to letters regarding the Premiership playoffs, I believe the system is fair and and sensible. The best side doesn’t...
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/ 7 years agoCueto tips Curry to fill Warburton gap at No7
■By GARY FITZGERALD Skipper: Alun Wyn Jones MARK Cueto would love Warren Gatland to serve up a red hot Curry when...
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/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
TRP’s NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BILLY JOHNSON, THE AMPTHILL, ENGLAND COUNTIES AND FORMER HERTFORD, OLD ALBANIANS AND BEDFORD LOCK/FLANKER,...
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/ 7 years agoEQP rate proves our deal is working – Winstanley
By NEALE HARVEY English core: Saracens lead the way in Premiership. Phil Winstanley PREMIERSHIP Rugby has shot down suggestions that its...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 7 years agoWhiffen steps up from U20s to work with Scarlets’ elite
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Opportunity: Richard Whiffen coaching the U2 RICHARD Whiffin will swap the development of Gloucester and England’s best young...
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/ 7 years agoCrusaders coach Ronan returning to France
Move: Ronan O’Gara RONAN O’Gara has confirmed the 2019 season will be his last with the Crusaders having accepted a coaching...
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/ 7 years agoRetallick to take All Black breather ahead of 2023
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Rest: Brodie Retallick BRODIERetallick will take a two-year sabbatical from New Zealand rugby following this autumn’s World Cup...
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/ 7 years agoBlues enter the bidding for star man Beauden
■By SAM JACKSON Tug-of-war: Beauden Barrett is wanted by the Auckland Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THE WELLINGTON Hurricanes face a battle...
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/ 7 years agoFolau junior set for Tongan bow … Israel may follow
Tongan blood: John Folau, left, and brother Israel TONGAcoach Toutai Kefu has been in contact with Israel Folau’s camp about enticing...
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/ 7 years agoCome back Joe, your country needs you!
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Fan: Lawrence Dallaglio JOE Marler must consider doing an England u-turn and make himself available for Japan...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoPremiership finalists at risk for first Lions Test
By NICK CAIN WARREN Gatland has warned that England players will be at a disadvantage from the outset of the 2021...
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/ 7 years agoVersatile Venter to Ospreys
■By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys are set to sign South African scrum-half Shaun Venter from PRO14 rivals Cheetahs. Venter, 32, will...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEngland ‘friendly’ raking in the cash
By PETER JACKSON Double trouble: Wing Yoann Huget scores the first of his two tries as Toulouse beat Clermont to claim...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLeague ace joins Wasps
WASPS are set to bolster their coaching group with the addition of Martin Gleeson from Super League outfit Salford City Reds....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMunster recruit Stephen Larkham to new-look coaching staff
Johann van Graan adds Larkham to coaching staff one week after announcement of Graham Rowntree
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester Warriors DoR Alan Solomons extends stay
Staying at Sixways through to 2021-2022
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones to ditch Dylan Hartley from World Cup plans
Luke Cowan-Dickie and Jack Singleton preferred to England captain
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRonan O’Gara to leave Crusaders for move closer to home
O'Gara said in May that he is always in contact with Munster amid 'two or three other options'
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoNo Sam Warburton, so who does Warren Gatland feel could be Lions captain in 2021?
Warren Gatland responds to question about candidates to lead the Lions in 2021
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