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/ 8 years agoWestern Force show interest in O’Connor
By SAM JACKSON JAMES O’Connor could be offered a potential route back to the Wallabies side with one of his former...
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/ 8 years agoSecond win for Dragons matches last season’s haul
By ROB COLE DRAGONS stood strong, Zebre kept losing the ball and Bernard Jackman was able to get one over his...
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/ 8 years agoBrown: Say what you want, I had a good tour
By NEALE HARVEY MIKE BROWN checks into England’s training camp today determined to prove he should still be one of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie believes Invisible Man Ford can trump Superman Dan
THE mood music emanating from Eddie Jones was up-tempo as he announced his first pared-down training squad of the season with...
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/ 8 years agoDislodging Arhip key to Lewis’ Test future with Wales
By STEFFAN THOMAS DILLON Lewis reckons competing with Moldovan strongman Dmitri Arhip can push him towards the Wales No.3 shirt. The...
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/ 8 years agoBlood Robson before it’s too late urges Dickson
FORMER England scrumhalf Lee Dickson fears England’s reluctance to blood uncapped Dan Robson could come back to haunt them with the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones on…
…breakdown issues “We haven’t (any). In South Africa we did incredibly well, we have improved our breakdown by about 80 per...
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/ 8 years agoSea change at Pirates as Evans builds for top-flight
By NEALE HARVEY CORNISH Pirates supremo Dicky Evans has revealed plans to attract top-class All Blacks like Brodie Retallick and Damian...
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/ 8 years agoEddie: Mitchell always part of my plan
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones says it was always part of his England World Cup master-plan to bring in another big...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoRed card fever could ruin rugby warns Care
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY Care fears red cards could wreck top rugby as a spectacle if officials fail to adopt a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoReal shame Eddie sees it differently
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk EDDIE Jones must be...
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/ 8 years agoHalaholo’s quick feet cut Munster to shreds
By ROGER PANTING WILLIS Halaholo had a night to remember as he spearheaded Blues to their first win of the season....
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/ 8 years agoLaunchbury ruled out by knee knock
JOELaunchbury picked up a knee injury during Wasps’ victory over Leicester and is out for at least two weeks. Director of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years ago‘End HIA to curb brain injuries’
By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby is being urged to eliminate the danger of ‘brain damaged’ players being sent back into action...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCorrect decision to letter of the law but still harsh on Tigers
THE RED card shown to Will Spencer, the Leicester Tigers lock, was predictably given prominence in the following morning’s sports pages....
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/ 8 years agoHot-stepper Jordan crossing size divide
By ALEX BYWATER Pocket rocket: Dragons full-back Jordan Williams JORDAN Williams is the man of Shane Williams’ stature proving size is...
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/ 8 years agoAbendanon requires second operation
NICK Abendanon has been ruled out for three months as the Clermont full-back requires a hernia operation. This will be the...
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/ 8 years agoStuart targets first full cap of 2016 class
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS’ tyro tighthead Will Stuart is determined to win his battle for a starting jersey and stake his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWorld Rugby must realise less is more
COLIN BOAG is correct, there are far too many internationals played each season. The November internationals interrupt the club season and...
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/ 8 years agoBurns’ nerves of steel save Ulster
By JOHN MUNN Cheetahs …39 Ulster …39 HENRYSpeight’s try in the final passage of play earned Ulster a draw in South...
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/ 8 years agoJackson gets nod for World Cup
FORMER Blues head coach Steve Jackson has been named Samoa head coach in place of Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua. Jackson is a...
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/ 8 years agoSaracens call for front row reinforcements
HOOKER Joe Gray has signed for Saracens from Northampton on a deal until the end of the season. The 30-year-old trained...
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/ 8 years agoTrailblazing Bee-Gee who twice broke Welsh hearts
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The merest mention of his name still evokes memories of the lunar landing...
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/ 8 years agoCheek fracture puts Roberts on sidelines
BATH centre Jamie Roberts will miss the next four to six weeks of the Premiership season with a fractured cheekbone. The...
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/ 8 years agoNo excuses, big guys must tackle lower
By NEALE HARVEY Wreckless: Will Spencer sees red against Wapsps last Sunday PICTURES: Getty Images NORTHAMPTONSaints midfield hitman Andy Symons insists...
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/ 8 years agoWe need answers now Gus
THE movers and shakers of World Rugby converge on Sydney this weekend against a back-drop of falling Test match attendances south...
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/ 8 years agoJoseph puts all his focus on Japan
JAPAN head coach Jamie Joseph is set to relinquish control of Super Rugby’s Sunwolves to concentrate on the run-in to the...
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/ 8 years agoMatson: Stick will Todd, he’ll bring Bath success
TABAI Matson has urged Bath to think twice before sacking Todd Blackadder and believes he is the man to end their...
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/ 8 years agoBlade is a shoo-in for Scotland
WITHIN weeks of The Rugby Paper revealing Scotland’s interest in claiming Blade Thomson, below, the Scarlets’ Kiwi flanker has made it...
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/ 8 years agoBoulton suspended for Adamson contact
COVENTRY front rower Phil Boulton has been suspended for seven weeks by an RFU disciplinary hearing. Boulton pleaded not guilty to...
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/ 8 years agoResting top players is vital, but so is winning!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IF you don’t understand players need resting every now and again, then you don’t understand...
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/ 8 years agoNo-contests taking fans to cleaners
TWO weeks into the new season and the Ospreys opted to leave their three biggest hitters behind in Swansea for their...
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/ 8 years agoSam’s fuelled by frustration
By NEALE HARVEY Man on a mission: Sam Simmonds on the charge for the line against Wasps No.9 Dan Robson EXETER...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 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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/ 8 years agoMitchell in to provide Falcons injury cover
NEWCASTLE have signed Wales international Craig Mitchell on a three-month deal. The 32-year-old prop has won 15 caps and has had...
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/ 8 years agoCheetahs crash to another big home defeat
By SAM JACKSON Cheetahs ………24 Glasgow……….52 GLASGOWrecovered from a scrappy first half to score seven tries in all and move top...
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/ 8 years agoNo further sanction for Smith’s red card
BRISTOL flanker George Smith has avoided punishment after being sent off for a dangerous tackle against Saracens. A tackle from the...
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/ 8 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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