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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoJubilee made it three
IN his column last week Peter Jackson stated that the Lions had broken their unwritten rule about not playing at home...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMake your mind up!
I READ with interest and certain amusement Colin Boag’s piece in last week’s Rugby Paper. In his seventh paragraph he writes:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHomegrown lads are being stymied
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WHEN England won the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPoor selection for Paris came back to bite England
WHEN Eddie Jones began coaching England I thought that he had cured the previous malaise of poor selection, now I think...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago1920 back row duo deserve a mention
I READ with interest Brendan Gallagher’s article on the 1920 Five Nations Championship. The exploits of WJA Davies, Cecil Kershaw and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCan’t allow cheating of any kind
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Colin Boag about drugs in the game but I cannot agree with his overall view of cheating....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRefs have to be free thinkers
REGARDING law change trials, while I understand why Colin Boag welcomes the removal of subjectivity by referees, I take issue over...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSad to see Joe call time at Carnegie
SO Yorkshire Carnegie player-coach Joe Ford has signed off to concentrate on business activities away from rugby, a sad loss and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSorry apologists, but our suspicions were proved right
YOUR columnists are entitled to act as apologists for Saracens but this ignores the fact that part of your readership is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOne rule for all, not just Saracens
ALLrugby players have a right to obtain maximum rewards for their skills but this can only be done within the rules...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt’s a slap in the face for Championship
IN the ongoing Saracens relegation saga, prominent figures such as Tony Rowe have insisted that all clubs in the Premiership must...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDivert Tier Two funds to national leagues
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PICKING up the thread...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow can Eddie ignore the claim of Dombrandt?
WHEN commentators lavish praise upon a young player, talk him up as an England prospect and even worse give him the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWe need details of salary cap breach
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk AS ONE of a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHill was right – there are too many games
YOUR interview with Steve Hill, latterly of Sidcup, Oxford Univ and now Richmond, was a well-reasoned plea to keep our great...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGet that ball in play!
CAN anyone explain why we see a number of try scorers throw the ball away, quite often a long way into...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDo Sarries deserve a bigger budget?
I AM in full favour of the salary cap and I am no fan of Saracens (Gloucester born!). But is there...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTop v bottom but, make no mistake, it’s clash of titans
NICK CAIN MEASURES THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ENGLAND’S TWO BEST TEAMS On form: Nick Tompkins scores as Saracens demolish Bristol last week...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOne Six Nations per year is enough
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk REGARDING Peter Jackson’s article...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGame could die if the roots continue to be neglected
FOLLOWING on from Colin Boag’s comments on the uneven playing field for Premiership sides when compared to the “richer” French clubs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoConference call
FOLLOWING CVC involvement maybe we will see an integrated British League. It could consist of six conferences of four teams split...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoClub fans miss out
IT is becoming increasingly obvious that World Rugby is only interested in international games. Of course the attendances and TV rights...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpread it wide and let backs dazzle
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I THOROUGHLY enjoy reading...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop this chatter, just ref the game!
AT LAST, someone agrees with me. Colin Boag is 100 per cent right – referees are taking away the advantage by...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHuge plaudits for Lam and Boyd
SINCE before the end of last season two subjects have dominated “rugby talk” – the World Cup and the financial affairs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIrish and French squad strengths defy belief
Views COLIN BOAG Galacticos: Leinster at Franklin’s Gardens had 453 caps between them What are we to make of the situation...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
STEVE McCOLL, DONCASTER AND FORMER SCOTLAND U20s, LEEDS & GLOUCESTER FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSeeds of Boks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE ‘PROTEST TOUR’ OF 1969, FIFTY YEARS ON It’s barely a month since the first truly multi-racial South...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTwickenham victory thrilled Duckham
Captain: Bob Hiller The Sixth Springboks will always be known as the Protest Tour but there was some rugby played –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSaracens are lucky to keep Prem titles
I CAN’T understand why Nick Cain and Colin Boag (TRP Nov 10) seem to object to the sanctions imposed on Saracens...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEddie’s biggest failure was lack of long term plan
SO Eddie Jones has announced that he made major mistakes for the RWC Final, which I understand as if he had...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSurely fine should be paid to the RFU
SARACENS have brought English rugby into disrepute by cheating over the salary cap. They are fined over £5m and given a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLiam’s not worth it
I’M not sure I agree with Shane Williams’ piece that Ospreys should be vigorously pursuing the signing of his namesake Liam....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGive Dombrandt a run at No.8 for England, Eddie
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk NICK CAIN’S analysis of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWill Europe seek to kick out Sarries if appeal fails?
AS SARRIES are appealing the disciplinary decision and sanctions, one assumes this will not be quickly resolved. Are we likely to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLucky fine was low!
I WOULD agree with those describing Saracens’ penalty as harsh if the offence did not cover three seasons and they had...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDid Sarries problems hit England?
THE news that something must have been going on at Saracens can’t come as a surprise. They have continued to attract...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSringboks played the simple way
FOR as long as I can remember there has been a saying in boxing ‘Styles Make Fights’. A beats B, but...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDisrespectful to ditch silver medals
LIKE all England supporters I was disap -pointed to lose the RWC final and I fully understand the frustration and disappointment...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDon’t let the RFU’s Adult Competition Review pass by
WHILE most of the rugby world has been distracted by the Rugby World Cup, it may have gone unnoticed that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRassie got it right in just 18 months
Triumph: Rassie Erasmus RASSIE Erasmus built a World Cup winning team in 18 months, so why did Eddie Jones fail after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBring back Saxons to develop Tier 2
TOOmany of the Tier 2 countries playing rugby don’t have exposure to the Tier 1 level of play. A solution might...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEngland fine absurd
WHY allow New Zealand the stage for two minutes to fire up their emotions while the opposition just stand in a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby converts roll in thanks to ITV
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk BAD LUCK, England, you...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNational One refs need intervention
I’VE been most impressed by the teamwork shown in the World Cup by the three onfield officials and TMO. Although I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGood start Bristol but long way to go
Injured: Zach Mercer I THOUGHT the BT Sports pundits were a bit OTT in their predictions of the prospects of Bristol...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCounties are being taken for a ride
In TRP’s letters Oct 20, Cornwall RFU’s Chris Lea describes the absurd timing for this season’s Bill Beaumont Cup, with the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEnforce the put-in law or change it
WEare all aware of the ongoing saga of our officials not adhering to the laws of the game with regard to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand World Cup for a global game
THE first three World Cup competitions had 16 countries entered into the finals. Since then including this one, there have been...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAct now to save us from elitist rulers
IT’S time to get rid of the elitist segregationists approach to international rugby if there is a genuine desire to grow...
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