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/ 8 years agoWales edge South Africa in Washington thanks to late Ryan Elias try
A third-straight win over South Africa for Wales, but this Test match left a lot to be desired
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/ 8 years agoEngland know it’s make or break for them in Jo’burg Test
ANALYSIS World class: Mako Vunipola is the best all-round loose head in the game PICTURES: Getty Images NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD...
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/ 8 years agoWoolmore ready for top flight after Jersey blooding
HUNGRY prop Jake Woolmore insists Bristol’s collection of Championship recruits will prove their critics wrong in next season’s Premiership. While Charles...
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/ 8 years agoRFU should make it easier to join the league structure
IT IS hard to disagree with Jeff Gage’s letter in last week’s TRP, when he writes of the alarm bells that...
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/ 8 years agoI lie awake wondering how I’ve played in matches admits Mako
MAKO Vunipola has such a lung-busting lactic acidinducing workrate that you would imagine that after a match he is out as...
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/ 8 years agoThompson told to get some ring time under his belt
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Newcastle hooker Matt Thompson has something in common with Rio Ferdinand – their professional boxing careers have...
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/ 8 years agoTop six playoff just sounds bonkers
I’VE read some tripe over the years, but Todd Blackadder’s call to expand the Premiership playoffs to six as reported by...
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/ 8 years agoNew Zealand left sweating over fitness of Cane
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Injury concern: Sam Cane SAM Cane is in a race against the clock to play in the first...
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/ 8 years agoLoyal Ojo signs up for Irish fightback
By SAM JACKSON Staying: Scott Steele LONDON Irish’s record try-scorer Topsy Ojo has signed a contract extension with the club, and...
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/ 8 years agoTatafa takes summer break to repay Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY World Cup ambition: Tatafa Polot-Nau PICTURES: Getty Images Coach: Michael Cheika AUSTRALIA hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has revealed why...
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/ 8 years agoSonny Bill knee op a success – but he’s out of Test
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA ALL BLACKS centre Sonny Bill Williams has said that the surgery he undertook for a knee...
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/ 8 years agoWallabies to blood kids against Ireland
AUSTRALIA HEAD coach Michael Cheika has named five uncapped players in a 32-man squad for the three- Test series against Ireland....
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/ 8 years agoTank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete
By NEALE HARVEY Off Down Under: Thomas Waldrom is heading back to New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images PREMIERSHIP crowd favourite Thomas...
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/ 8 years agoRassie’s been on a mission to make Boks competitive
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SOUTH AFRICA SCRUM-HALF Outstanding season: Faf de Klerk holds off Jamie Shillcock to score for...
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/ 8 years agoThomson: Brad will take fast route to the top
By ALEX BYWATER BRAD Shields has been tipped to quickly become an England star. The Hurricanes and former New Zealand U20...
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/ 8 years agoOspreys’ coaching panel swung decision for North
By ALEX BYWATER Taken care of: Wales star George North GEORGE North has revealed the coaching combination of Allen Clarke and...
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/ 8 years agoFOUR YOUNG GUNS SET TO FIRE FOR NEW-LOOK SPRINGBOKS
WARRICK GELANT Full-back/wing Age: 23 Team: Bulls The inventive outside back has been in scintillating form this season. He is a...
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/ 8 years agoFoundations in place for long Saracens reign says Wyles
By GARY FIZGERALD AS Chris Wyles heads into rugby retirement, the American flier is convinced the rock-like foundations now in place...
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/ 8 years agoEdwards to help coach the regions
WALES defence coach Shaun Edwards will work with both Ospreys and Dragons next season on a part-time basis. Edwards, who recently...
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/ 8 years agoBarbarians defeat has no bearing – Launchbury
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced head: Joe Launchbury PICTURES: Getty Images JOE Launchbury has ordered England to “come out firing” in Johannesburg...
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/ 8 years agoDebut for Williams as North moves to centre
WING George North was named at centre with Ellis Jenkins captaining Wales for the first time in last night’s Test match...
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/ 8 years agoDallaglio: Eddie must give Cipriani chance at fly-half
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones must start Danny Cipriani in South Africa after giving him his first taste of international rugby...
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/ 8 years agoSaracens job bigger than England says Sanderson
FOUR-TIME Premiershipwinning coach Alex Sanderson says he has no current aspirations to become England’s new defensive guru and would view such...
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/ 8 years agoSpringbok lock Mostert agrees deal with Glos
By ADAM ELLIS Leader: Franco Mostert GLOUCESTER have confirmed the signing of Lions and Springboks lock Franco Mostert ahead of the...
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/ 8 years agoFrancis determined to finish rollercoaster season on high
Injured: Ben Te’o and Cameron Redpath PIERS Francis believes a rollercoaster campaign with Northampton will stand him in good stead for...
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/ 8 years agoNew cap Kinghorn plots route to Japan
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ace: Blair Kinghorn PICTURE: Getty Images BLAIR Kinghorn knows that Gregor Townsend has put a lot of...
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/ 8 years agoBordeaux job just too good to turn down
By NEALE HARVEY Coaching role: Luke Narraway in action for Coventry PICTURE: Nick Meredith FORMER England No.8 Luke Narraway says the...
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/ 8 years agoJackson linked with Perpignan
PADDYJackson is understood to be close to joining Stuart Olding in relocating to France as both bid to kick-start their playing...
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/ 8 years agoKnight has point to prove after joining Rouen
French leave: Shaun Knight Return: Dan Mugford FORMER Bath prop Shaun Knight says the prospect of being third or fourth choice...
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/ 8 years agoIreland without Best
SKIPPER Rory Best has been ruled out of Ireland’s three-Test tour in Australia because of a hamstring injury. Munster hooker Niall...
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/ 8 years agoWhat a joke to call this reserve clash a Test match
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Bill Beaumont knows the definition of a Test match better than most, a...
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/ 8 years agoPenalties will kill our Boks hopes warns Itoje
By NICK CAIN MARO Itoje has warned his England team-mates to cut out the penalties or face defeat on their Springbok...
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/ 8 years agoChallenge Cup hit by double standards
RUGBY does have an incredibly frustrating habit of shooting itself in the foot with its blatant tendency to soft pedal with...
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/ 8 years agoBrock goes on and on as others cry enough
Ageless: Brock James has scored more than 3,000 points IN FRANCE, a whole host of grand old warriors are slowly trying...
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/ 8 years agoRees set for Cup bid at the age of 38
By PETER JACKSON MATTHEW Rees plans to make a Champions’ Cup come-back with Cardiff Blues next season at the age of...
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/ 8 years agoHero pathfinders fought cause of black players
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Ball of energy: Errol Tobias RUGBY MATTERS BACK in 2009...
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/ 8 years agoSexton, driving force of the Irish All Blacks
AS THE bars in Ballsbridge began to thin out in the early hours of Sunday morning, a welloiled, middle-aged Leinster supporter...
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/ 8 years agoAsh splash: Ashton score the opening try
Try of the week: You could choose half a dozen from the England v Barbarians game but my favourite was the...
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/ 8 years agoPontypool wear crest with rightful pride
THE year 1868 marked the debut of the Trades Union Congress, the installation of the first traffic lights in London and...
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/ 8 years agoRemember Adams was cut by regions
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I FIND the comments...
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/ 8 years agoHITZ programme shows rugby kids the power of sport
Sport helped turn John McAvoy's life around - and hand-in-hand with Premiership Rugby he's helping youngsters reach for the stars!
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/ 8 years ago50 tournaments for England captain Tom Mitchell and he says Sevens can only grow
England have been drawn in a pool with Kenya, USA and Russia for the event at Twickenham
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/ 8 years agoEllis Jenkins to skipper Wales against the Boks
All four touring Dragons to play in Washington
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/ 8 years agoJoey Carbery set to end speculation over his future with move to Munster
Joe Schmidt could comment on the move later on Thursday when he faces the media
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/ 8 years agoScottish Rugby reveal plans for new 7,800-capacity stadium for Edinburgh
SRU apply for planning permission for new ground to be built on training pitches
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/ 8 years agoEddie Jones bats away criticism over training regime
The England coach responds to Bath owner Bruce Craig who is furious over Beno Obano's injury on international duty
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/ 8 years agoSouth Africa name seven uncapped players for Wales Test in Washington
Blitzbokke star and Lions openside flanker Kwagga Smith starts
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/ 8 years agoGloucester sign Springboks forward Franco Mostert
Ackermann works his magic again to lure familiar face from his old club Lions
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