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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRing-fence would sap vitality
IN contrast to Colin Boag’s assertions that the English game can only be saved by the end of promotion and relegation,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRFU has ‘modest reserves’ says President Blackett
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Nick Cain’s excellent...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPuzzled by Eddie’s choice at scrum-half
I HOPE Eddie Jones picks Ben Spencer and Dan Robson when they become available – I don’t understand him sticking with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPicking Saracens sends bad message
SARACENSthoroughly deserved their victory over Leinster and showed tremendous determination and courage both individually and collectively in their battle against Racing....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCancel 8 Nations and divert funds to the grassroots
UNDER the headline ‘Top flight rugby may not return until 2021’, Sale supremo Steve Diamond says “rugby could cease to exist...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWell done Harriet, keep up good work
I READ with pleasure that Adrian Crump’s daughter Harriett had successfully undertaken a YMO course and was enjoying refereeing. It was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoYoung refs must be shown more respect
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk MY daughter, Harriet, decided...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStop the excuses, Saracens cheated plain and simple
COLIN Boag is again trying to make excuses for Saracens. Regarding salary cap breaches he wrote, “Not because they failed on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo crowds spells trouble for Lions
WITH no crowds permitted for the forseeable future and Championship clubs saying that without them they cannot return to action, where...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDon’t forget Elton’s greatest hit, Peter
AN addition to Peter Jackson’s article regarding Scarlets European record since the 1996-97 season, in reaching seven quarter-finals and four semi-finals,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStop clock and speed up game
I SUGGEST two simple law changes to give the paying fans more rugby to watch. Stop the clock immediately a scrum...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFuture stars giving us great show, Chris
CHRIS Hewett’s column last week was more than disappointing. He likens the young stars, future internationals mostly, to ‘polished t**ds’! Does...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoExplain the action but don’t rabbit on
I TOTALLY agree with last week’s letter from Derek Penhaligon regarding commentators speaking too much. As a rugby follower and administrator...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGive RFU a break, they have been hit hardest
AS a long-time public advocate for community rugby, I have often been critical of the RFU’s inability to lend greater support...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBears criticism unfair
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk ALTHOUGH a Bears’ supporter,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPremiership must learn from folly of English football
WHICH Premiership club will follow Arsenal and be the first to field a team 100 per cent nonqualified for England. I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoInconsistencies are ruining spectacle
EXETER are a great side and I enjoy watching them, even when they give my own side Worcester a thrashing. However,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPlease keep quiet and apply the laws
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk HOW disappointing to see...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoYes support has reduced, but it’s not all RFU’s fault
TONY Dunkerley rightly flags the issue of falling senior men’s playing numbers in his letter last week, but I fear that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBored to tears by 5m lineout mauls
AM I the only rugby fan bored to tears with the 5 metre lineout drive? It has become a weapon so...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGrassroots need more matches to kick-start interest
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SURELY the lower leagues,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNurture English lads or it may be trouble
This law is an ass! THE ruck law needs to change now. This picture shows it’s currently just a joke. Dick...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFull-contact rugby carries significant risk of Covid
Steve Grainger of the RFU replies to last week’s letter, above. The community game remains a priority for the RFU and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRugby used to be for all sizes
THEgame has changed… if I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that, rich I might be. But has the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCommunity game is sadly bottom of list
THIS week we saw the excruciating decision by the game to make every community rugby coach and regional development officer redundant....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoUse this dire situation to better our great game
TWELVE months ago we were poised to enjoy a groundbreaking World Cup being played in Japan away from the home of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoExpand Premiership to 14 teams
ON the discussion of ringfencing the Premiership I would prefer to keep relegation but, for one season only, have no relegation...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWorkload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
NICK CAIN SUPER Rugby Aetearoa has been a high quality, high intensity tournament – which is exactly what the doctor ordered...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFaz in a tizz didn’t help his World Cup cause
OWEN Farrell’s captaincy of England has come under scrutiny from his South African counterpart, Siya Kolisi, with the world champion Springbok...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years ago‘Heartland’ has chance of success but boost to 14 teams
AS Jeff Probyn wrote last week, if Ed Griffiths' comprehensive proposals for the future of England’s second tier are to have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo issue with Chiefs identity
I’M A Sandy Park regular and would be a season ticket holder if I didn’t spent five months of each normal...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPrem needs stars on show
I CAN’T wait for the Premiership to return - I just hope the league is competitive throughout. I wouldn’t blame Saracens...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGriffiths’ plan is step towards ring-fencing
Welcome home! Dan Carter in action for Southbridge PICTURE: Getty Images EDWARD Griffiths’ ‘Heartland’ proposals for the Championship, as reported in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years ago‘Cheating’ All Blacks consumed staff room
READING about the infamous Andy Haden ‘dive’ in Peter Jackson’s column took me back in time to when I really learnt...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRugby’s radio silence is deafening
I HAVE been looking at what rugby coverage is on the radio during the regular season - and there is not...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGriffiths must bin four-year moritorium
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN THE English Championship Proposal put forward by Ed Griffiths is an intriguing 76-page...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTime to ‘cuffo’ time wasters
IF you think the game is being stuffed up by constant stoppages, with muscle-bound forwards constantly taking a knee before a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBan American imports
I AGREE with Chris Hewett’s plea (TRP, July 19) to do away with the inane and superfluous ‘entertainment’ surrounding matches (although...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEaster is perfect pick to plug gaps at Falcons
Tim Fleming Proven: Falcons defence coach Nick Easter PICTURE: Getty Images DEAN Richards has done well to lure Nick Easter back...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoClaim of racism against Chiefs step too far
T G Turner FOLLOWING last week’s letter regarding Exeter Chiefs and their branding using the North American Indian - there will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRing-fence and I’ll give my cash to grassroots
William Bolger ANOTHERexcellent report from Neale Harvey - the Q&A with Gary Reynolds in TRP July 5 covered a wide range...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBrendan got me through lockdown!
Ken Howe Teddington RFC THANK heavens for Brendan Gallagher during the period of this horrendous lockdown. His dips into our past...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHeads out of the bunker chaps and point the way!
Lady Godiva’s dress-down ride through Coventry; Sir Thomas Fairfax’s rout of the Royalist forces south of Bristol; the first stirrings of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFitzy back at Stradey… will he be forgiven?
THE wind was so strong, you could see the stands swaying from side to side. The rain was so incessant, it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEasy riders at Newcastle
NICK EASTER working at Newcastle under Dean Richards? It can only be good news for the No.8s at Kingston Park, all...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo crowds is disgrace blasts Sale boss Simon
By NEALE HARVEY SALE Sharks owner Simon Orange has launched a stinging attack on government officials for dragging their heels over...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFitzpatrick: Scarlets CAN be world best
By PETER JACKSON Goode deal for Saracens Alex Goode will return to Saracens to end his career after his stint in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoROOM101
SAUL NELSON THE FORMER BRISTOL, CARDIFF AND LONDON WELSH HOOKER AND CURRENT HEAD OF RUGBY AT FILTON COLLEGE TAKES US THROUGH...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSimmons set to join Australian exodus to Irish
Goode pens deal to stay with Saracens BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Etzebeth now the highest paid forward EBEN...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEastmond struggling to find a new club
Jobless: Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND is considering his options after being left without a club when he was shown the door by...
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