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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExpand to 14 with 3-year moratorium
A COMPROMISE on the ring-fencing row would be to expand the top tier to 14 clubs and retain promotion/ relegation using...
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/ 8 years agoItalians earn first win on Irish soil
By JOHN FALLON Connacht 11 Zebre 19 KIERANKeane wants his side to use their tour to Italy and South Africa to...
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/ 8 years agoCockerill to clear decks
SCOTLAND trio Cornell du Preez, Sam Hidalgo- Clyne and Duncan Weir as well as Welshman Jason Tovey will leave Edinburgh in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie needs rapier in back row, not just three bludgeons
EDDIE Jones has transformed England since the last World Cup, but recently scraped wins have papered over emerging fault lines. Jones...
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/ 8 years agoKeddie living the dream at Dragons
Preview Dragons v Benetton Today, Kick-off 3.30pm HARRISON Keddie is relishing his shock appointment as Dragons captain with Bernard Jackman’s regular...
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/ 8 years agoThree more sign NDCs
SCARLETS Jonathan Davies, Jake Ball and Gareth Davies have all signed national dual contracts with the Welsh Rugby Union. National dual...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExpected England to bring in a bonus
I WAS very disappointed with England’s performance against Wales. For a team with aspirations of lifting the Webb Ellis next year,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSale Sharks twins will peak for England, says Dave Seymour
Dave Seymour announced his retirement from rugby last week and says the Sale back row is in good hands with the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTime I pulled my weight admits 22-stone Will Skelton
Australian second row looking to play leadership role for Sarries with stars away on Six Nations duty
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeicester Tigers complete swoop for another Warrior
Tigers confirm signing of Scotland international David Denton, who joins Will Spencer in moving to Welford Road for next season
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWhy women’s rugby is thriving in Australia in light of Sydney 7s victory
Raelene Castle, rugby's first woman CEO of an organisation, speaks to CNN World Rugby about parity in Australia's game
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJudo horror injury will force Sam Jones to quit at 26
The Wasps flanker was injured at an England training camp in 2016 during a Judo session
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVIDEO: Wasps centre Kyle Eastmond banned for six weeks for this hit on Marcus Smith
Citing commissioner deals out punishment to Eastmond after high hit on Marcus Smith and dangerous tackle on Ross Chisholm
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Featured
/ 8 years agoSRU suspend several members of U20 backroom staff after late-night fracas
Investigation launched after team's physio required hospital treatment for incident at Llandudno bar
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNorthampton sign North replacement from Waratahs
Saints add Fijian brawn to next season's squad in the shape of Australian international Taqele Naiyaravoro
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEight players axed by Brunel after headline-grabbing night out in Edinburgh
Despite police ruling no crime had been committed by France players on Edinburgh night out, Brunel dishes out the punishment
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/ 8 years agoAttwood tries the French correction
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND and Bath lock Dave Attwood has spoken candidly about the reasons behind his shock move to Toulon...
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/ 8 years agoHurrell’s looking to be more like Ma’a Nonu
BUSTLINGcentre Will Hurrell believes his loan spell at Bath can aid his bid to emulate the “world-class skills” of his hero...
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/ 8 years agoTwins will peak for England – Seymour
By JON NEWCOMBE Ultra competitive: Ben Curry has impressed Dave Seymour, below PICTURE: Getty Images NEWLY-RETIRED Sale flanker Dave Seymour has...
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/ 8 years agoTime I pulled my weight admits 22-stone Skelton
By NEALE HARVEY GIANT Saracens lock Will Skelton has vowed to turn up the power after admitting his contribution over the...
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/ 8 years agoThorley’s looking to keep on improving
GLOUCESTER flyer Ollie Thorley may well be in the try-scoring groove, but the winger says he needs to sharpen up his...
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/ 8 years agoCheetahs’ coach in at Worcester
PREMIERSHIP strugglers Worcester have appointed South African Rory Duncan to replace Carl Hogg as head coach when he leaves at the...
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/ 8 years agoSanbach are too busy for the Bees
Regional Premier League round-up SANDBACH ended Birmingham & Solihull Bees’ perfect record as they subjected the Midlands Premier leaders to a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGatland raps TMO as ‘no try’ row rages
By GARY FITZGERALD WARREN Gatland hit out at the Twickenham TMO last night after his Welsh team were denied a crucial...
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/ 8 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 8 years agoStill up for grabs who will win this Six Nations title
JEFF PROBYN Rare French flair: Teddy Thomas sparkled for France PICTURE: Getty Images After watching the first two weeks of the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoJudo horror injury will force Sam to quit at 26
By NEIL FISSLER SAM JONES is set to hang up his boots after failing to recover from an horrendous injury he...
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/ 8 years agoRing-fencing is no cure-all says Bath director Hooper
By NEALE HARVEY RING-FENCING the Premiership would not provide a silver bullet for slashing the number of overseas journeymen and improving...
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/ 8 years agoLessons to be learnt as Amor’s England crash again
WORLD 7s SERIES ENGLAND finished joint seventh at the World Sevens Series in Hamilton last Sunday. After finishing second in their...
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/ 8 years agoPisi: We were going through motions at Saints
WINGER Ken Pisi admits Northampton’s players had been “going through the motions” before Jim Mallinder’s pre-Christmas dismissal. An instant revival under...
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/ 8 years agoI’m better now after injury time out insists Taylor
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY WASPS hooker Tommy Taylor is ready to re-launch his bid for further England honours after recovering...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoDavies to sign dual contract in place of Webb
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA GARETH Davies is set to further enhance his position as Wales’ first-choice scrum-half by signing a...
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/ 8 years agoMunster recover poise to swamp Zebre
Munster 33 Zebre 5 By DARAGH SMALL MUNSTER kept up the pressure on runaway leaders Glasgow at the top of Conference...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhat a great start to the Six Nations
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FROMthe feast of tries...
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/ 8 years agoWe won’t take a step back now say Ospreys
By JOHN FALLON OSPREYS displayed the new expansive template they will need to get back to winning ways according to interim...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNeutral doctors will retain HIA integrity
WE ARE all fully supportive of the HIA protocol, but abuse raises significant issues. Nigel Owens, clearly aware from the several...
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/ 8 years agoBlues taken to the limit by dynamic Cheetahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues kept their Champions Cup qualification hopes alive with a narrow victory over the Cheetahs at the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSort out the crooked feeds and backchat
WHY is it beyond the capabilities of most scrum-halves to roll a ball straight for a metre and why are more...
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/ 8 years agoSecond half is pointless as Dragons defend heroically
By ROGER PANTING WONDERFUL defence from Dragons in a scoreless second half prevented a third consecutive league defeat at Rodney Parade....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRFU should build 24-club pro league
LOSSES of £21.1m, dependency on benefactors, excessively high wages for players, at most only 13 clubs capable of continuing in business...
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/ 8 years agoKings crowned by seven-try Ulster
By RONAN O’BRIEN Ulster 59 Kings 10 CRAIG Gilroy’s hat-trick got Jono Gibbes off to a glorious start as Ulster head...
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/ 8 years agoBennett lifts Scots after bench press
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh 29 Leinster 24 MARK Bennett scored a late winner to clinch a thriller at Myreside which puts...
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/ 8 years agoWe can keep our title insist Scarlets
Preview Benetton v Scarlets Today, Kick-off 1pm JONATHAN Evans hasn’t had much game time with the Scarlets this season, but he...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoGregor Townsend names Greig Laidlaw among six changes to Scotland team
Scotland head coach makes three changes to the backs and three to the forwards for clash with France
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/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names England team to play Wales and plays mind games with Rhys Patchell
The England head coach warns Patchell to expect a more robust defence when he sees England players running to tackle him
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDallaglio: Move might help James Haskell find his best form
Lawrence Dallaglio talks of his former Wasps team-mate's next move when his contract at the Ricoh expires at the end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFormer All Blacks great Conrad Smith drops hint on when he will retire
Now 36, the Pau centre has spoken about his future ahead of the Brisbane Tens tournamant
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/ 8 years agoTop international rugby referee has say on football’s VAR teething problems
The Northern Hemisphere's first professional referee, Ed Morrison, talks about the evolution of the TMO in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSale Sharks flanker Dave Seymour retires from rugby
Former Sale captain calls time on career to focus on business interests
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