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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWe must go down,reprieve would cause bitterness
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SARACENS COACH ALEX SAN DERSON ABOUT THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ALEX Sanderson says Saracens are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMoon extends stay at Chiefs
THE LIST of Exeter’s Championship originals is slowly dwindling, but at least one name will continue for a few years yet,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU chief Sweeney predicts losses of £45-50m
THE RFU will provide a £7m relief package to community clubs in England during the coronavirus pandemic – £5m of which...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFree-kicks would speed up the game
AT PRESENT referees will automatically award a scrum for minor indiscretions such as a forward pass, knock on, etc. I would...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoI wanted to make French proud. I hope I’ve done that
NEALE HARVEY talks to France defence coach Shaun Edwards about his role across the Channel and life under lockdown Calling the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStirling on sabbatical
Cornish Pirates director of rugby Chris Stirling has taken a sabbatical and returned to New Zealand following the RFU’s decision to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHeinz knows variety will be key to future
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER No.9 Willi Heinz says topflight players must brace themselves for a “new normality” as the game battles...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThese RFU pay-cuts should be permanent
THE decision by Eddie Jones to follow Bill Sweeney and the rest of the RFU’s top tier executives in taking a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDomestic leagues can make rugby healthyagain
The new age of the nation state is finally dawning – headmaster Nigel Farage and his senior prefect, the Prime Minister,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLawson: I never had a day off ill
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Scotland captain Rory Lawson says he has “been through the mill” dealing with coronavirus symptoms over the past eight...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEddie should stay until next World Cup says Tindall
MIKE Tindall compares Eddie Jones to “marmite” but believes the RFU have left themselves with little choice but to keep him...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths certain Boks will head west
THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDon’t agree with early season end
I UNDERSTAND why the RFU have now cancelled the rest of this season – sadly, I didn't originally agree with the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFoul play warrants the highest sanctions
AS A solicitor representing people in the Magistrates Court, I know how much fairer it is having guideline sentences for particular...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUse law of averages to settle it
SURELY the fairest way to extrapolate results for the rest of the season is to calculate the average return each team...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHelping hands
SWING low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. Swing low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home. If...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCould Champions escape relegation?
THEREare suggestions that there may be no relegation from football’s Premier League this spring, in the wake of coronavirus. With the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoReplace Saracens with Newcastle then draw a line
THEperiod of ‘wait and see’ has passed and the RFU has made a decision regarding the future of their competitions. Now...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCommunity clubs must speak up to instigate change
AS the concerted campaign against funding cuts for Championship clubs has shown, the RFU are sensitive to outside pressures. There are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoReferee Tempest is setting a great example
MARLON ZOGLOWEK TO THE letter published last week from junior referee Nick Loone, highlighting discrepancies in law enforcement, can I add...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt deserved a red but where’s consistency?
High tackle: Hadleigh Parkes stops Manu Tuilagi by any means necessary PICTURE: Getty Images THE very high tackle on Manu Tuilagi...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLam takes my fancy
ENGLANDhave shown no reason in the Six Nations to believe they are making progress to become the greatest rugby team ever....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKeep your thug rules, thanks
I’VE watched a lot of Six Nations and have come to the conclusion that international rugby is now played between 30...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby has to give way if BBC face budget cut
I LIKE the BBC. I think it is one of our nation’s assets. This, unfortunately, is not the unanimous opinion of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRival clubs cashing in
AN ill wind always blows somebody some good! The very clubs that decided the fate of Saracens appear to be very...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTuilagi ban is a traversty and an insult to courage
NICK CAIN Impact: Manu Tuilagi crashes into George North as the Wales winger is tackled by Henry Slade PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGriffiths could be the man to save Tier 2
ED Griffiths could be making a comeback as a troubleshooter for the Championship, with the aim of securing finance for the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoItoje shows RFU should lift the ban
THE idea that Maro Itoje should be allowed to play on loan for Racing 92 in France’s Top 14 next season,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTuilagi gameplan is like Warrenball
THE English mercilessly criticised Warren Gatland for his ‘Warrenball’ tactics of having a big, strong centre (Jamie Roberts) powering his way...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFrustrating refs don’t follow laws
I’M a junior referee (L9) and while I’m moving towards my dotage still referee Seniors, Age Grade and University teams. My...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGatland is my choice
KYRAN Bracken is spot on with his views on replacing Eddie Jones. None of the English coaches seem to be interested...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMako out of favour
NOT so long ago Mako Vunipola was an intergral cog in England’s pack. Now, with new scrum coach Matt Proudfoot on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoQuins on a winner
I CANNOT believe that Sale have let their most dangerous player leave – especially to a rival Premiership club. Steve Diamond...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFor sake of fans please give 8pm kick-off the boot
READING the articles regarding the pending potential TV deals and the England Autumn series schedule, the opportunities for the travelling fans,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExcuse me Colin, but Pirates are certainly ambitious
I READ with much interest two articles in last week’s Rugby Paper. The first was brilliantly written by your Nick Cain,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Prem and bring in playoffs
THE age old problem of to ring fence or not keeps rearing its ugly head. The fact Newcastle look likely to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFunds aren’t available to follow French route
Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRude welcome awaits
IN THE wake of RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney’s announcement to slash funding to the Championship and across the 2000+ clubs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBetter, England
LAST Sunday against Ireland was the best England have played for a while. First half was good, but second half we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBiggar’s behaviour sets a bad example
LAST Sunday we read in TRP about a subject which has been getting worse for several seasons in an article where...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards bedevils old employers
THE stupidity of the WRU in not giving Shaun Edwards a four-year extension came back to haunt them last week. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoConsign this shameful class system to history
Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000 PICTURE: Getty Images BRENDAN...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPerhaps it’s time to boycott the top tier
COULD this season get any worse? The whole salary cap saga proved just how poor the administration of the professional game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPremature relegation devalues competition
THE Saracens debacle and the cut in Championship funding are significant, but are these the main issues to ensure the future...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt’s become too money orientated
THE women’s Six Nations is becoming more exciting than the men’s to these eyes and I see it having a thriving...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpare a thought for National League clubs
DID the Championship clubs really not see the RFU funding cuts coming, as all the “shock, horror” reactions would suggest? The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU executives should take pay cut
THE outrageous decision by the RFU to cut funding of the Championship by 50 per cent from next season is a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow many fans can fly to South Africa?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SOUTH Africa in Six...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIntruders keep out
ONEmust congratulate the RFU with their latest attempt to destroy this completely under valued second level and ensure the Premiership becomes...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoErratic Eddie now holding us back
NICKCain got it right in his article on Eddie Jones. Despite the scrambled win over a poor Scottish side, England clearly...
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