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/ 9 years agoMauger sacked as O’Connor returns
Matt O’Connor is to return to Leicester Tigers as head coach with the Australian set to take over from Aaron Mauger...
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/ 9 years agoNorthampton bring in Francis
Northampton Saints have signed Piers Francis ahead of next season from Super Rugby side the Blues. Francis who is originally from...
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/ 9 years agoDon’t call it a comeback: Four of the best Rugby comebacks
We all love a comeback victory. There is no better pleasure in sport than coming from behind to cause a massive...
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/ 9 years agoBrian Ashton: Daly is a must for regular place on Eddie’s teamsheet
No man is indispensible but one member of the England backline is starting to prove as close to undroppable as any...
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/ 9 years agoDoor ajar for Kruis to play his way into Lions contention
Warren Gatland says it is not too late for George Kruis to force his way into Lions reckoning for this summer’s...
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/ 9 years agoBeale determined to deliver the goods before departing
By NEALE HARVEY KURTLEY Beale reckons the addition of Springbok superstar Willie Le Roux to an already electrifying backline has given...
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/ 9 years agoTop schools peaking for nationals
SCHOOL SEVENS HAMPTON go into this week’s Rosslyn Park national Sevens tournament unbeaten after seeing off Beechen Cliff in the Surrey...
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/ 9 years agoMallinder misses out to Wasps flier Howe
WASPS’ wing Tom Howe has won the Anglo-Welsh Cup breakthrough player award. Howe won a public vote from a ten-strong shortlist...
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/ 9 years agoDefending champions Exeter face Hartpury in BUCS final
UNIVERSITY RUGBY HARTPURY College and Exeter will battle it out for the BUCS Rugby Championship at Twickenham on March 30 after...
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/ 9 years agoWray fights RFU bid to cash in on All Blacks
By NEALE HARVEY Opposed: Nigel Wray RAGING Saracens chairman Nigel Wray insists Premiership bosses must put player welfare ahead of money...
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/ 9 years agoWhite confirms move to join Wallabies in West Country
By STEVE RIGBY EXETER Chiefs confirmed the signing of Australian scrum-half Nic White for next season. As revealed on Blindside last...
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/ 9 years agoIt’s not mind games insist New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND coach Steve Hansen says he is not playing media mind games, after Eddie Jones reacted suspiciously to the Kiwi’s...
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/ 9 years agoDefeated Morley in relegation battle
MORLEYwere unable to make their game in hand count in their battle to avoid relegation as they went down 27-19 at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGrandparents play big role in identity
ALTHOUGHI disagree with the three-year residency qualification, I believe that where you are born should not be the only qualification to...
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/ 9 years agoNZ wing winning battle to be fit for Lions tour
By SAM JACKSON NEHE Milner-Skudder has been ruled for six weeks with a foot injury and faces a race against time...
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/ 9 years agoChief Short named player of the month
EXETER Chiefs wing James Short has been named Premiership player of the month for February. Short, below, was judged to be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoI thought RFU were there to grow the game at all levels
I READwith dismay that the RFU are seriously considering cutting the England Counties side and the County Championship deeming them ‘an...
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/ 9 years agoRowntree reprises Lions role to assist Borthwick
By SAM JACKSON GRAHAM Rowntree and Neil Jenkins have been appointed assistant coaches for this summer’s British & Irish Lions tour...
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/ 9 years agoHome tie for Premiership’s seventh best
A DRAWhas taken place for the play-off matches to determine which club secures the final place in next season’s Champions Cup....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGap between top tiers getting wider
SO this year’s Premiership relegation battle is between Bristol and Worcester – its two most recent recruits. Barring a play-off disaster,...
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/ 9 years agoSafety first? No, it’s now about who dares wins
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER backs coach Ali Hepher believes English players deserve more credit for their skills following a sharp increase...
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/ 9 years agoStridgeon joins WRU
PAUL Stridgeon has joined the WRU on a permanent basis as physical performance manager. Stridgeon, who first linked up with Wales...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, March 19, 2017 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, MARCH 19...
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/ 9 years agoInternational snub powering Chiefs’ charge for title
FLANKER Don Armand reckons Exeter’s players can prove their Test credentials by claiming the Premiership title after using this season’s England...
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/ 9 years agoBroken toe for Bowe
IRELANDwing Tommy Bowe faces a spell on the sidelines after breaking his toe after coming off the bench against Wales. Ireland...
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/ 9 years agoEngland outsider Goode focused on Saracens trophies
ALEX Goode insists he will see out the remaining three years of his contract with Saracens and has rubbished talk he...
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/ 9 years agoIbanez on the move
RAPHAEL Ibanez will step down as director of rugby at Bordeaux-Begles at the end of the season. The 98-cap French hooker...
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/ 9 years agoBow: Premiership must take control of tier two
By NEALE HARVEY Struggle: Nottingham in action against Cornish Pirates NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward...
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/ 9 years agoChanges at Grenoble
GRENOBLE have parted ways with Irish head coach Bernard Jackman. Jackman took over in the summer from Fabrice Landreau but the...
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/ 9 years agoFylde hit out at ‘farcical’ attempts to cap wages
RFU plans to introduce wage caps into the lower leagues have been branded as “farcical” by Fylde board member Mike Brennand....
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/ 9 years agoEddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen
As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we...
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/ 9 years agoWarriors rejuvenated after Gold makeover
By TOM BRADSHAW GARY Gold has revealed he discovered a Worcester squad training poorly and unprepared for the physical intensity of...
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/ 9 years agoMitchell: Lions should go with co-captains
By JON NEWCOMBE THE Lions captaincy will be the key debate now the Six Nations has concluded, but John Mitchell believes...
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/ 9 years agoThe party’s over
Battling Irish end Eddie’s double Grand Slam dream By ADAM HATHAWAY Better to lose in Dublin now than in Japan in...
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/ 9 years agoStudents convene for April double header
ENGLAND Students have announced their 42-man training squad ahead of next month’s internationals against Ireland Universities and French Students. The players,...
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/ 9 years ago‘It’s taken 5 years for Joseph to get recognition for defence’
By NEALE HARVEY MIDFIELD maestro Jonathan Joseph has “no limits” to what he can achieve in rugby now that people have...
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/ 9 years agoUnbeaten England building for Wales
By NICK VERDIER England U18 31pts Scotland U18 17pts Setting the tempo: England skipper Ollie Fox feeds his backs ENGLAND ended...
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/ 9 years agoDoor ajar for Kruis to play his way into contention
By GARY HEATLY Options: Warren Gatland WARREN Gatland says it is not too late for George Kruis to force his way...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGive tier two teams a proper Euro Cup
THE Six Nations could be adapted every four years into a proper European Championship to find a way forward for the...
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/ 9 years agoOut go Aviva, in comes £5m blackhole fear
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP clubs fear they could face a £650,000 black hole in their finances next season if umbrella...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoHow are Wales any less ‘qualified’ than Eddie’s England?
IN response to last week’s letter from Stu Vigus regarding ‘Wonderous England’ failing to cope with Italy’s tactic – the team...
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/ 9 years agoHazell fed up with Gloucester failure
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER legend Andy Hazell reckons whoever fills the head coaching role vacated by Laurie Fisher must make an...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoWhat happens when the money runs out?
I RECENTLY attended the National League 2 South clash between Old Elthamians and Chinnor, a clash between two clubs who have...
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/ 9 years agoAnother Red steps up to Premiership
By JON NEWCOMBE JERSEY’S pack continues to provide rich pickings for Premiership predators with hard-working flanker Gary Graham the latest to...
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/ 9 years agoA forgotten Lion still roars for Gloucester
AWelsh Lion sits on top of the English Premiership class for attendance, a record of ever-presence matched by only other from...
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/ 9 years agoLancaster helps new blood fire Leinster to try record
STUART Lancaster has wasted no time leaving an indelible mark on the PRO12. Leinster, whom the former England coach joined under...
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/ 9 years agoArms Park is shrinking
THE Cardiff Blues no doubt have many sound reasons of an almost exclusively financial nature behind their joint plan with the...
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/ 9 years agoOlding on song as off-key Zebre are humbled
By DECLAN ROONEY Ulster 68 Zebre 21 A KNEE injury for Marcell Coetzee marred Ulster’s ten-try rout of Zebre at Kinsgpan...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWe’re off to a party in Dublin says Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones vowed not to let the Irish “spoil the party” as he licked his lips at the...
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/ 9 years agoDaly a must on Eddie’s teamsheet says Ashton
Neale Harvey finds a former England coach firmly in the corner of Wasps flier Elliot Daly No man is indispensible but...
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