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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRing: Patchell can plug the Parkes gap in midfield
By ALEX BYWATER Physical fly-half: Rhys Patchell RHYS Patchell is tipped to be the man to get Wales’ backline moving, but...
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/ 6 years agoInverdale’s demand for grassroots shake-up
‘Financial models are broken’ By NEALE HARVEY JOHN Inverdale has called for a root and branch review of how community rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHere’s the best of the all-English Prem brigade…
A BACK row of Jack Willis, Ben Earl, and Alex Dombrandt is one which threatens to be even better on the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExiles aim to build on Welsh legacy
Steffan Thomas finds out London Welsh have gone back to their roots to mount a recovery Ambitious: Cai Griffiths, inset, coaching...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDavies plans for future as Carnegie say call us Leeds
By SAM JACKSON New era: Phil Davies YORKSHIRE Carnegie will revert back to their former name of Leeds following confirmation of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWales’ All Blacks tour faces the axe
NZ virus lockdown In the balance: Nick Tompkins’ move to Cardiff Blues has hit a problem – see Blindside P10 PICTURE:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago…and a team of ‘outsiders’ who could beat them
AT tight-head there are four of the world’s best strongmen to select from – including cap centurians Owen Franks (Northampton and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKingsholm’s poet waxes lyrical about superstar Sinbad
Colin Boag starts his series on Super Fans with Gloucester’s Alfred Lord Tension To support your club for more than 70...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnd the 50:22 sideshow and sort subs and scrum
WHAT is the point of World Rugby considering making a new law change like the proposed 50:22 rule – which has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoROOM 101
RICH LANE THE BEDFORD BLUES WINGER/FULL-BACK TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE WORLD OF RUGBY AND BEYOND 1. Covid-19...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSuper-sub Rhodes gets the 50 up for South Africa
Jon Newcombe talks to Andre Snyman about South Africans’ rising stock in England T his season an unprecedented number of South...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE
RUGBY QUIZ Who’s this Scottish try-scorer from Q4? 1. Name the two outside halves who played for the British and Irish Lions...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIf only we’d followed football’s lead over expenses
AN interesting corollory to your History of Rugby series is that the FA, formed in 1863, allowed expenses and broken time...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTompkins’ move to the Blues hits problems
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Versatile Parkes is wanted in Japan KOBE STEEL are leading a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSo much talent Faf doesn’t make our best XV
NARROWING down an alltime select South African-born Premiership XV is no easy task given the talent that has played in English...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEngland No.1 Joe can also roar for The Lions
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... LOOSE-HEAD Ayear from now the jockeying...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby players are not special cases
GRUMBLING rugby players should not see themselves as a special case when it comes to paycuts during this virus pandemic. Colin...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEwers keen to get buzz of winning the title
By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Dave Ewers DAVE EWERS says his burning desire to win major trophies made his decision to stay...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby’s Marlon Brando was a wild talent alright
The debate as to who was rugby’s quickest ever player is perennial and one of those always mentioned is former Harlequins,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMarquee players could take bigger hit
When the chips are down and the pressure increases, why is it that money is always the topic that exposes what people...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNow is time to change our pyramid structure
AS EVER just read my TRP cover to cover and now with the RFU having announced how teams this season will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSale make their mark on Man Utd facility
SALE SHARKS have started work to bring their new training ground at Carrington up to their required specifications. The Sharks will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBoks v Lions will still do roaring trade
Bok flyer: Cheslin Kolbe THE rearranged Olympic Games – rescheduled for July 23-August 8 2021 – now clash badly with the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExcluding Carling is an insult
THE ten best captains list printed in The Times last week was always going to be controversial with all disagreeing on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop Prem clubs hoarding all our props
I AGREE that squad sizes need to be reduced, as do the number of replacements in the professional game. I’m DoR...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKirsten stays on at Chiefs
EXETER CHIEFS have rewarded South African lock Jannes Kirsten with a new deal after his outstanding season at Sandy Park. Kirsten,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOK you’re right Ken, cricket came first!
AN old mate Ken Turrell – one season we combined to form the smallest second row partnership in history for Reigate...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAdam powers up the Quins program
Colin Boag talks to Britain’s strongest man, Harlequins S&C coach Adam Bishop In most clubs the front row lads will probably...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnforce the laws and No.9s will soon listen
NIGEL Owens must remember that rugby players play to the whistle. This is influenced by the referee’s discussion with the captains...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNow World Rugby has to help out the needy
THE FINANCIAL situation rugby in Wales is facing is bleak – but the Welsh Rugby Union and their players are taking...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Brendan Gallagher picks his Top 20 Hard Men Lions 2021: The leading contenders at hooker History of Rugby:Surviving World War 1...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSale ace De Jager open to 6 Nations switch
By JON NEWCOMBE Lock star: Lood de Jager WORLD CUP-winning lock Lood de Jager is openminded about South Africa moving away...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFar greater issues than scrum feeds
I CANNOT believe that Peter Jackson and Nigel Owens believe that scrum feeds are the game’s most contentious issue. I would...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAlcohol, fickle selectors, bad injuries… all took their toll
Brendan Gallagher continues his fascinating series. This week: Players who promised/deserved more 1 Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Fiji) The magical Fijian wing who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPirates are pumped for sword fight with Sarries
By NEALE HARVEY CORNISH Pirates joint-head coach Alan Paver has warned Saracens to expect a mental and physical battle every week...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKeddie: Dean has got me back on track
By STEFFAN THOMAS Improving: Harrison Keddie with the Dragons HARRISON Keddie’s career has been plagued by injury, but the Dragons No.8...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo, it’s not Sir William
WELL done for continuing to publish. Marvellous stories of yesteryear. Please advise John Berry on last week’s letters page that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoJapan set to become No.1 destination says Savage
By NEALE HARVEY World traveller: Tom Savage in action for Suntory EXILED Englishman Tom Savage believes Japan’s Top League is ready...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBest is yet to come from Exeter…I want to be part of it
Q&A GARETH STEENSON ON THE RECORD As decision time approaches over his Exeter Chiefs future, kicking king Gareth Steenson, 35, tells NEALE HARVEY why...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLucky to learn off master like Jenks
MY LIFEIN RUGBY LEE JARVIS THE FORMER WALES, PONTYPRIDD, CARDIFF, DRAGONS AND CORNISH PIRATES FLY-HALF WHEN I was 15, Just Rentals, a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEarn your wedge, Eddie by enthusing big Joe
EDDIE Jones is laughing all the way to the bank, irrespective of whether the conjecture that his salary has been increased...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPut differences aside to rebuild the Premiership
COLIN BOAG The RFU have announced that for the Championship and below, the final league tables will be decided on a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards would let no-one get in his way
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s going...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTop 14 in turmoil with no option to cut wages
Surviving the current coronavirus crisis is forcing professional rugby in France to take a long, hard look at itself. In an...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for Tier Two to stand its ground
HOW is it in any way good governance that there are two professional club leagues in England, and yet there is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
WILL R OBINSON, TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH, ROTHERHAM AND ENGLAND U18s FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPity the players who can’t say goodbye
He started off a long way down the English pyramid, seven divisions beneath the Premiership with hometown Stafford and worked his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMoody: I would have liked to see Baxter take charge
By GARY FITZGERALD Baxter fan: Lewis Moody LEWIS Moody would have plumped for Rob Baxter to take over the England hot...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLoyalty of Jackson is a beacon for rugby
Jackson Wray has just agreed fresh terms with Saracens – the clearest possible signal that the most criminally under-celebrated forward in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRapid Young rode his own Chariot of Fire
OF ALL England’s postwar speed merchants, none came closer to emulating Eric Liddell as an international rugby player and Olympian than...
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