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/ 8 years agoTigers turning Exiles into masters of deception
LONDON Scottish are ready to sink their claws into the Championship after gearing up for the new campaign with the aid...
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/ 8 years agoFranks questions Championship’s long-term future
By NEALE HARVEY Critic: Ben Franks in action against for Irish HAVING twice suffered the agony of being relegated with London...
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/ 8 years agoJohnson ban should set warning light blazing
WASPS flanker Ashley Johnson is the latest rugby player to be banned for doping and although his case is very particular...
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/ 8 years agoIt’s life, but not as you normally know it
Response: Harinordoquy YOU must be careful with the prickly PC brigade these days but it was hilarious at the Tour de...
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/ 8 years agoTen out of ten for those wonderful San Fran Sevens
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Touch of class: England’s rising star Harry Glover...
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/ 8 years agoCan Lee light blue touch paper?
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WASPS ATTACK COACH LEE BLACKETT ABOUT HIS STAR-STUDDED BACK LINE INTERVIEW Right fit: Lima Sopoaga puts the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGreat if Ealing stop this Irish yo-yoing
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WHAT is the problem...
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/ 8 years agoBristol Bears summer arrival Charles Piutau is relishing his derby baptism
Bath travel to Ashton Gate on the opening day of the Premiership season
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/ 8 years agoNavidi, Tipuric, Jenkins, Davies – Who would Martyn Williams like to see fill Warburton’s shoes for Wales?
'He will be a natural leader'
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoHarlequins were let down by poor fitness levels, says Francis Saili
Paul Gustard is already addressing issues at the Stoop
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester and Sale targets stay committed to Lions
The Springboks duo will not be swapping South Africa for England, unlike some of their former team-mates
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTJ Ioane brings Samoan pedigree to London Irish
Declan Kidney has added a prop, a lock, and now the double-barrel guns of a back row
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/ 8 years agoWorld Rugby to deliberate TMO rule changes
World Rugby looking into whether the TMO is used excessively
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/ 8 years agoLamb wants new chance to prove he’s a No1
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Fly-half Ryan Lamb left Worcester last summer for a new life in La Rochelle and a reunion...
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/ 8 years agoGenge out until 2019
LEICESTER loosehead prop Ellis Genge will be out until the New Year after surgery on a knee injury sustained on England’s...
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/ 8 years agoPhillips: I’m at Sale determined to win more silverware
SIGNED primarily for his brute strength and ballast, Sale newcomer James Phillips is also keen to show he can play a...
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/ 8 years agoHorne fund-raiser
NORTHAMPTON will play their Premiership game against Leicester on October 6 at Twickenham to raise money for centre Rob Horne. The...
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/ 8 years agoQuins were let down by poor fitness says Saili
By NEALE HARVEY Exciting game plan: Francis Saili PICTURES: Getty Images High tempo: Paul Gustard KIWI centre Francis Saili claims Harlequins...
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/ 8 years agoRebel rousers fined
SUPER Rugby Melbourne Rebels have handed £8,500 fines to Amanaki Mafi and Lopeti Timani after a fracas in a Dunedin nightclub...
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/ 8 years agoMatthews looking for a new start at Wasps
Partner: Joe Launchbury FRUSTRATED second row Charlie Matthews says the lure of working with Dai Young played a major part in...
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/ 8 years agoI have one rule for my TV work – call it as you see it
ANDY GOODE GUEST COLUMN FROM THE FORMER ENGLAND FLY-HALF Anyone who says they don’t miss a thing about playing rugby once...
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/ 8 years agoWilliams: Jenkins can fill that Warburton void
By ALEX BYWATER Driving force: Ellis Jenkins Choice: Martyn Williams ELLIS Jenkins is the “heir apparent” to Sam Warburton and can...
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/ 8 years agoTigers’ pack must find more teeth
Big loss: Ellis Genge charges upfield against Bath WHERE Leicester have come up short in the last couple of years is...
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/ 8 years agoSuper Rugby goes on ‘for too long’
By STEFFAN THOMAS UZAIR Cassiem believes more of South Africa’s top stars will turn their back on Super Rugby in favour...
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/ 8 years agoMarshall re-joins Hurricanes after stay with Irish
Return: James Marshall HURRICANES have lured James Marshall back to Wellington for the 2019 Super Rugby season. Marshall will rejoin the...
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/ 8 years agoWarriors thrown to the Sharks in new cup opener
By SAM JACKSON Fan of the cup: Exeter supremo Rob Baxter WORCESTER WARRIORS and Sale Sharks kick off the Premiership Rugby...
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/ 8 years agoEvans: Brown is a freak of nature
By STEFFAN THOMAS Big and fast: New prop sensation Leon Brown PICTURE: Getty Images IAN Evans is backing the Dragons’ young...
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/ 8 years agoThomson tipped to be big hit at Scarlets
KIERON Fonotia has no doubts Blade Thomson will take European rugby by storm when he joins him at the Scarlets. The...
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/ 8 years agoKent plan to break into rugby big time
By NEALE HARVEY KENT, the second biggest rugby playing county behind Yorkshire, currently have no top-notch Championship or Premiership club. But...
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/ 8 years agoMerger between Hull clubs hits the buffers
By JON NEWCOMBE NOT for the first time – and probably not the last – talks about a merger between Hull...
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/ 8 years agoShingler: I’ll take my time after Sam shock
By PETER JACKSON On their way: England are through to the quarter-finals of the Sevens World Cup after victory over Samoa...
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/ 8 years agoWeir has a way to go if he’s to be rated alongside rugby’s fast men
BRENDAN GALLAGHER SUGGESTS THAT THE CLOCK MAY MISLEAD WHEN LOOKING FOR SPORTING SPEEDSTERS ANALYSIS Remarkable pace: Carlin Isles makes a break...
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/ 8 years agoDon’t knock us for promoting rugby says Exeter Uni boss
By NEALE HARVEY KEITHFleming, rugby director at Exeter University, has slammed traditionalists who claim college sides should have no place in...
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/ 8 years agoRugby’s all-star athletics line up
100M – CARLIN ISLES: Warren Weir might have the quickest PB on paper but he hasn’t approached that 10.02 for a...
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/ 8 years agoYou did it Sam, you’re a true Lions legend now
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ambition achieved: Sam Warburton with the Lions in NZ PICTURE: Getty Images ■...
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/ 8 years agoTwomey quits Quins for new Irish challenge
Irish-bound: Sam Twomey SAM Twomey has signed for London Irish ahead of the 2018/19 season. Twomey’s arrival represents something of a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoHard job replacing world class talent
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SHOCKED and saddened to...
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/ 8 years agoBut even Warburton has to bend the knee to John Dawes
THE timeless debate as to the identity of the greatest Lions captain has been given a thorough airing these last few...
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/ 8 years agoFeeley drawn back by Wharfedale struggles
By JON NEWCOMBE Returning: Jon Feeley JON FEELEY admits the emotional pull of Wharfedale was too hard to resist as he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCommentators’ use of metaphors for violence must end
ONE of the pleasures of the summer internationals were the calm and informative commentary performances by John Beattie and Chris Patterson...
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/ 8 years agoThis dark side of Pontypool Park must be cleansed
THERE was a time, especially during the early Eighties, when ‘Pooler’ turned Ponty-pool Park into the most forbidding fortress in the...
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/ 8 years agoSevens stint can improve me, says Williams
By STEFFAN THOMAS LLOYD Williams hopes his adventure with Wales Sevens can help him regain his place in Warren Gatland’s 15-a-side...
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/ 8 years agoDanny’s drive can help us find top gear says Heinz
By NEALE HARVEY Box office signing: England No.10 Danny Cipriani PICTURES: Getty Images In: Matt Banahan Out: Billy Burns GLOUCESTER came...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAlternative to the dismissal system
COLIN Boag (July 15) is rightly against replacing the red card system (dismissal) by something like the Rugby League on report...
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/ 8 years agoSuccess of Murrayfield saw Sevens go global
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Reading last week’s paper brought back some good memories of England’s first...
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/ 8 years agoWounded Tigers want payback for playoff pain
By NEALE HARVEY Fit and firing again: Gareth Owen PICTURES: Getty Images Hungry for action: Manu Tuilagi GARETH Owen is desperate...
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/ 8 years agoChange of heart for Mugford
PLYMOUTH Albion flyhalf Dan Mugford has done a U-turn on his move to France. An Achilles injury hindered Mugford’s season run...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOspreys wing Keelan Giles still believing in World Cup dream
The 20-year-old accepts he is behind Steff Evans and Josh Adams in the pecking order... for now
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