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/ 8 years agoDeegan double helps see off plucky Italians
By BILL KIELY Leinster …41 Zebre …6 LEINSTER No.8 Max Deegan was thrilled with the staying power of the province as...
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/ 8 years agoDeveloping strength in depth key to Wales’ World Cup chances
By STEFFAN THOMAS Optimistic: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN Wyn Jones has urged Wales to keep blooding youngsters on both this summer’s...
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/ 8 years agoDickinson concern over long term effects of ring-fencing
By NEALE HARVEY Worry: Sam Dickinson PREMIERSHIP ringfencing would be a disaster for player development, says Ealing and former Northampton back...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoProbyn is spot on, community clubs need help urgently
HAVING crossed verbal swords with Jeff Probyn back in November on the issue of RFU funding for grassroots rugby, I feel...
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/ 8 years agoWorcester hit by £8m losses for last season
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER Warriors have declined to comment over losses of £8.1m for season 2016-17 amid off-field upheaval that has...
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/ 8 years agoDunn told to lose the jelly belly for England
By NEALE HARVEY Rival: Luke Cowan-Dickie On charge for Test honours: Tom Dunn PICTURE: Getty Images BATH hooker Tom Dunn has...
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/ 8 years agoWhat are laws for?
HAS anyone any idea why rugby referees allow scrum halves to deliberately feed the ball into the scrum directly into the...
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/ 8 years agoBall is in George’s court now say Blues
By PETER JACKSON THE George North transfer saga takes a new twist today with the revelation of an enterprising move from...
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/ 8 years agoEl Magico forced to hang up his boots
JUAN Martin Hernandez has been forced to retire from the game due to a knee injury suffered while playing for the...
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/ 8 years agoLeft field choice to fill problem 12 shirt
EVER since Mike Catt and Will Greenwood retired, England have had a problem at inside centre. They have desperately sought a...
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/ 8 years agoIbitoye aiming to emulate Smith’s rise to first team
By NEALE HARVEY Speed demon: Gabriel Ibitoye JET-HEELED winger Gabriel Ibitoye is taking inspiration from club-mate Marcus Smith as he aims...
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/ 8 years agoBiggar bringing new lucky charm to Saints
By ALEX BYWATER Points machine: Dan Biggar DAN Biggar hopes revolutionary technology can help him kick-start his Northampton Saints career with...
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/ 8 years agoSolomona ruled out of Sale run-in
ENGLAND and Sale wing Denny Solomona has been banned for four weeks for making a homophobic slur in the match against...
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/ 8 years agoPatchell’s packing heat from distance
By STEFFAN THOMAS RHYS Patchell insists he’s ready to step up and fire the Scarlets into a first Champions Cup final....
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/ 8 years agoWatson ruled out of Scotland’s tour
EDINBURGH flanker Hamish Watson has been ruled out for the rest of the season and Scotland’s summer tour of the Americas...
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/ 8 years agoAdams aiming for a big finish to ignite Test bid
By NEALE HARVEY Prolific: Premiership top try scorer Josh Adams PICTURES: Getty Images HOT SHOT Worcester wing Josh Adams has quashed...
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/ 8 years agoWray takes back full control of Saracens
SARACENS chairman Nigel Wray is to reclaim complete control of the twice European champions by buying back shares he sold to...
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/ 8 years agoCounty councillors set to vote on Stadium for Cornwall
By MIKE SINCLAIR “STADIUM for Cornwall COMING HERE” reads the giant poster in a field at the side of the A390,...
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/ 8 years agoGraham boys sign on at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE Falcons flanker Gary Graham has signed a two-year contract extension, while brother Guy has also agreed terms with the club....
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/ 8 years agoRotatation will be key to Scarlets’ double bid
SHANE WILLIAMS Been there, done it: Scarlets triumphed in last year’s PRO12 final at the Aviva Stadium PICTURE: Getty Images WALES...
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/ 8 years agoGroom heads home for shot with Lions
SCRUM-HALF Nic Groom has left Northampton to join Super Rugby side Lions in his native South Africa. The 28-year-old made 51...
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/ 8 years agoUlster still in mix for honours with bonus point win
By RONAN O’NEILL Edinburgh …20 Ulster …32 RICHARD Cockerill blamed a poor first-half showing for the defeat at the hands of...
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/ 8 years agoTrailfinders bring in reinforcements
EALING have signed two more new faces for next season. Fly-half Sam Olver will join from Worcester on a two-year deal....
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/ 8 years agoBiggar signs off in style as Ospreys eye play-off shot
By ROGER PANTING DAN Biggar bade farewell to Liberty Stadium by guiding Ospreys to a convincing victory to keep alive their...
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/ 8 years agoLions front row Grant set to retire in summer
GLASGOW Warriors loose head prop Ryan Grant will retire from rugby at the end of the season following a 13-year career....
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/ 8 years agoNewcastle Falcons flying high again
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle's commercial director Mick Hogan about the change in the club's fortunes
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/ 8 years agoAustralia skipper left ‘heartbroken’ after attack by thug fractures his skull
James Stannard misses the Commonwealth Games after punch by British man led to hospital stay
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/ 8 years agoSimon Zebo out of Munster’s trip to South Africa in the PRO14
Hamstring injury suffered in Champions Cup win over Toulon keeps Zebo grounded
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/ 8 years agoJuan Martin Hernandez calls time on his rugby career
'El Mago' forced into retirement after 15 years as a pro
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/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau sparks controversy on his birthday with comments about gay community
The Wallabies full-back says God will condemn gay people to 'hell'
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/ 8 years agoCooper Vuna eyes big break after working in Australian prison
News of a new deal for the Bath wing
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/ 8 years agoChampions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-final dates and venues confirmed
Times, dates and venues for the final four of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup
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/ 8 years agoNorthampton Saints scrum-half Nic Groom heads back to Super Rugby
'The time has come for me to return to South Africa' says Springbok-jersey chasing Saint
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/ 8 years agoNigel Wray bids to own Saracens outright after Rupert seeks to sell stake
Wray to assume control of Saracens after South African co-owner Johann Rupert turns his attentions to the Stormers
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/ 8 years agoWayne Pivac could bring Scarlets flair to Wales
Peter Jackson brings you the latest in the WRU's search for Warren Gatland's successor after next year's World Cup
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/ 8 years agoMelville rubbishes Championship playoff conjecture
RFU professional rugby director Nigel Melville insists promotion and relegation between the Championship and Premiership will operate as normal in 2019,...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoVuna eyes big break after work in prison
By NEALE HARVEY World Cup chance: Cooper Vuna PICTURES: Getty Images THREE months after he was working in a Melbourne prison,...
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/ 8 years agoCan’t blame tackle laws for injury toll
A FEW thoughts after looking back at THAT Barbarians versus All Blacks match in 1973. Yes the lineouts were not exactly...
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/ 8 years agoWarburton tipping a Saracen to lead Lions
By GARY FITZGERALD ENGLAND may have endured Six Nations humiliation but Sam Warburton is still tipping two of Eddies Jones’ men...
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/ 8 years agoBath need to bring back the enforcer Attwood…and fast
GLAD to see Dave Attood going well at Toulon but I don’t get why Bath are loaning him out when he...
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/ 8 years agoExeter in BUCS semi-final as Trent beaten
By JOE BYRNES EXETER booked their place in the semi-final with a 41-26 win over Nottingham Trent on Wednesday, though the...
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/ 8 years agoNorth v South series should replace Cup
HAVING just read a newspaper column by Austin Healey I’d like to share his fascinating idea with Rugby Paper readers. Mr...
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/ 8 years agoRFU working to put more Englishmen in top jobs
By NEALE HARVEY NIGEL Melville, the RFU’s director of professional rugby, admits the number of overseas coaches occupying top jobs in...
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/ 8 years agoTitans to go down part-time route after relegation
By JON NEWCOMBE ROTHERHAM have vowed to bounce straight back up after their relegation to National One was confirmed. Last Saturday’s...
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/ 8 years agoBeckett get my vote
THANK you for your coverage this season of BUCS Super Rugby. I have watched most of Leeds Beckett home games and...
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/ 8 years agoWales eye Pivac as Gatland successor
By PETER JACKSON WAYNE Pivac is in talks with Wales about succeeding Warren Gatland as head coach after next year’s World...
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/ 8 years agoSlade aims to raise his physicality for England
By NEALE HARVEY Eddie told me to influence games more: Henry Slade PICTURES: Getty Images Rival: Jonathan Joseph HENRY Slade believes...
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/ 8 years agoBassett confident of hitting his peak at Wasps
WASPS wing Josh Bassett is ready to push for England honours after turning down the chance to replace George North at...
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