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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWinter rules
I CAN’T believe Jerry Guscott does not like watching rugby in the winter because it’s too wet and cold. As a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSuspend WR funding to force reform in Pacific
Fighting for change: PRPW CEO Dan Leo, second from left middle row, is leading the battle against corruption in Pacific Islands...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEssential to feed the roots to grow game
WORLD Rugby have a vision of ‘Rugby as a sport for all’ and a mission to ‘Grow the global rugby family’,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks fired blanks
THE account of Munster’s historic win against the All Blacks in 1978 suggests it was one of those ‘I was there’...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGwilliam also skipper for two Grand Slams
I READ with interest Lloyd D. Parry’s letter last week regarding Mefin Davies and in particular the last time Wales beat...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoClear out flankers to improve flow of game
Turnover kings: England flankers Tom Curry and Sam Underhill suffocated New Zealand at RWC2019 PICTURE: Getty Images THE CALLS for law...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGlobal calendar may increase workload
WORLD Rugby are keen to produce a coordinated international calendar, and have managed to make the discussion centre on North/South amendments....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoInsulting to offer Tier 2 teams their stars back
IN THE lead up to the vote for the election of the head of World Rugby it was announced that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoShort change for centres
A CORRECTION to Nick Cain’s inside-centre analysis in last week’s paper. Robbie Henshaw is not 6’1. He’s 1.91m or just over...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup draw cannot be held amid the chaos
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK This was the week in which the lockdown looked as if it was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKiwis give the crowds what they want
NOW for the good news. While PRL’s beleaguered chief executive Darren Childs broadcast that he wanted the Premiership to lead the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBurgess can’t play the blame game forever
I QUITE enjoyed the Sam Burgess interview last week. I found him to be a very honest and frank speaking individual....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow can clubs keep fans safe at lower levels?
I MISSmy live rugby and the time I typically spend at my club as much as anyone, but suggestions in last...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoJarrett was in Cardiff!
CONGRATULATIONS on your continued excellence with TRP – certainly one of the high spots of my week during lockdown. Terrific columnists...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMefin ends wait
Honour: Mefin Davies RE BRENDAN Gallagher’s article about the last time Wales beat New Zealand back in 1953. I note that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring South Africa into the Champions Cup
World champions: South Africa should host the Rugby Championship every other year PICTURE: Getty Images I’VE spent plenty of time time...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoYes, play Six Nations in April and May
I HAVEread many suggestions in recent weeks about a global calendar and franchising in the Premiership. The global calendar is a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEveryone needs to have a fair chance
CHRIS Hewett’s article last week on Steve Lansdown’s ‘Money-Bags Monopoly Quest’ captured perfectly the issues in English club rugby with some...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFix kicking position of conversions
IT WAS suggested last week that a seven point try in certain circumstances would speed up the game. In his letter,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBurgess gets his own back in the end
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SAM Burgess kept his counsel after the 2015 World Cup meltdown. He did...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAmbition? Lansdown should ask Ealing!
STEVE Lansdown wants to ring fence the Premier League so that the clubs can get their finances in order. Well, we’ve...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoI was there for Jarrett
JUST been reading Brendan Gallagher’s article on Keith Jarrett’s try in 1967. I was at that match, standing on the south...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSimpkin was from Northland
JUST some corrections to Brendan Gallagher’s story about George Simpkin. He died in Hamilton, New Zealand not Hong Kong. He was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow to stop cheats
CHRIS Hewett’s article in which he stated that limiting substitutions to injured players only would not work because players would be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLessons our game can learn from America
JERRY Guscott’s piece in last week’s issue highlighted the NFL’s salary cap as a reason for the league’s financial stability. It...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEddie on touchline is recipe for a riot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ONE of Eddie Jones’ strengths as a coach is that he has always...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for rugby to make some good TV
WHEN it comes to promoting itself on screens, either big or small, Rugby Union trails behind most sports. Nowhere is this...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMarquee players inside the cap would be honest
THE fiction that the PRL salary cap is designed to create a level playing field is clearly exposed by the battle...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNFL show how to keep it competitive
ONE thing that Jeremy Guscott could have mentioned in his article about the continuing financial success of the NFL is the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime to do the right thing
COLIN Boag writes that “the success of each Premiership club is inextricably linked to the survival of its rivals”. Dr Robert...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring back rucking
WITH the game held in abeyance, now is a good time for World Rugby to give the game back to the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBig changes needed
IN THIS current climate, rugby has as much chance of picking up where it left off as Donald Trump being awarded...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago7pt try will speed it up
HERE’S an idea to have the ball in play, longer. Paint two white lines, from behind the posts to the dead-ball...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUnlucky Otley, but glad it was not a void season
FOLLOWING the lament from the man from Otley rugby club about their relegation I suspect this has much to do with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHewett’s wit helping me in lockdown
I AGREE with your correspondent Brian Tregunna that TRP has become an even better read since the Covid-19 lockdown. I’m particularly...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStuart gets my vote
What about London Irish or Newcastle AFTER reading the Blindside story regarding Johan Ackermann’s departure, and the temporary promotion of Rory...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo shock Bristol want to keep marquee men
Star signing: Semi Radradra has a three-year mega bucks deal at Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images STEPHEN Lansdown’s recent announcement of supporting...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSarries will be exhausted
WITH the Premiership season set to run and run, what happens to Saracens’ remaining fixtures? Will they be expected to play...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMyners is right, raise players culbability
I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBoks brute Friks broke my father’s big toes
YOUR recent excellent article about the Stalag IV-B Springboks rugby squad reminded me of my father, Llewellyn’s account of having played...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMissionary work is done Down Under
THE Lions were missionaries spreading Rugby Union to the southern hemisphere and they were so successful that only one northern hemisphere...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNot so smart versus the Boks were you Mitch?
IT IS undeniable that Eddie Jones deserves all the plaudits for the way England outplayed New Zealand in the World Cup...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDiamond starts the blame game
STEVE Diamond, who must have splashed out a fair few quid on the legion of South Africans in the Sale Sharks...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU cash to improve facilities will boost numbers
COMMUNITY clubs are necessarily at the forefront of the battle to try and maintain senior men’s playing numbers but need more...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNot only Tigers who have slipped
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk AS A Bath supporter...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSouthern hemisphere can align with Europe
After seeing the picture of Walkerburn RFC’s new lawn mowers (TRP May 10) I’ve dug this picture out of Welford Road...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNonsense to drop Sarries
THERE seems little point in Saracens playing in the Championship next season. It means that they will be unable to play...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop whining Steve, All Blacks no saints
ONE instance in their history where New Zealand feel aggrieved and Steve Hansen feels hard done by and wants a public...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpot on, we owe SANZAAR nothing
I AGREE with the sentiment expressed in Nick Cain’s column. The Six Nations owe SANZAAR nothing. New Zealand, for example, should...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTravel ban in Europe?
NICK Cain may be right in saying that the Six Nations shouldn’t be responsible for SANZAAR and the Pacific Islands, nor...
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