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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWage inflation not the way forward
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk NEIL Fissler reports that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBudget cuts could be death knell for some local clubs
IT IS devastating to see that the RFU are even considering slashing their Community Rugby budget. I am afraid to say...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSize all that matters in this ‘thug’ rugby
YOUR article on the potential problem with drugs in Rugby Union stressed that players come under pressure to become ‘bigger and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s still ring fencing …by the back door
COLIN Boag reports that ‘the thorny question of promotion and relegation looks likely to be resolved by a twoleg play-off between...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWe ll d one Nick, for your commonse nse
WELL done Nick Cain for talking some sense on the matter of the tweets by Israel Folau and Billy Vunipola. While...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoOne rule for Tige rs, one for the re st…
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IN TRP April 14,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCain misse s the p oint, this is not faith, it’s b igotry
NICK Cain spectacularly misses the fundamental point in his article regarding Israel Folau. This is not an issue about a person’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk We don’t want social...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSwashbuckling Navy in warning to Army
By ADAM ELLIS Trophy pride: Ben Priddey, left, and captain Scott Makepeace lift the Wavell Wakefield Trophy THE Royal Navy ended...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEncourage more refs of all abilities
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I THINK that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWebber’s actions should also have been investigated
WE have finally seen a decision in the citing of Newcastle second row Callum Green for his alleged bite on Sale...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHappy Flatman set the record straight
COLIN Boag said that in the Premiership Cup final “one club observed the spirit of the competition, whereas the other simply...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoStop these cringy try celebrations
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PROFESSIONAL rugby players are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWorrying divide is growing between Wales and Regions
ONE part of Peter Jackson’s excellent article “Regions need to find more Caped Crusaders” struck home in a very big way....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s a joke already
READING your headline last week – World Rugby are ‘turning the game into a joke’ – I wonder if it’s too...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThe ‘DC’ defence
QUINS demonstrated a new tactic for the smart defence coach – the DC. The DC (Danny Care) defence provokes an attacker...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPity Deano changed his tune
LASTweek Newcastle’s Dean Richards is quoted as saying that ring-fencing the Premiership would be the ‘best thing’ not just for the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTop player but he’s not a captain
OWEN Farrell is a player with a huge heart, but in the heat of ‘battle’ good captaincy requires the ability to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBrown still best bet to start World Cup
SO Eddie Jones thinks that a psychologist is needed to sort out England’s mental problems? He should attend these sessions himself...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEddie’s mind games backfired… now sort him out or sack him
NOWthat the euphoria of the Six Nations has subsided certain people in the game should look at themselves in the mirror....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHammer can’t be the only tool in the box
IF your plan does not have the ability to change direction then any unconsidered hazards and associated risk has a high...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMore Tests likely to hit club game
AMI alone in being concerned that a World League and CVC investment will mean more international rugby at the expense of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSolution to not straight
HAVING watched a surfeit of rugby in recent weeks, it has dawned on me how not putting the ball in straight...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoAll Sarries are equal?
I NOTE with great interest that Nigel Wray, the Saracens owner, is taking ‘duty and care’ to another level by engaging...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoJones hits inequality issue on the head
EDDIE Jones was quoted in a national newspaper on March 8: “If you’re a good player in England, you get recruited...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTry-scoring should be rewarded more
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk BONUS points were to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSo just how should we say ‘Tuilagi’?
I GET repeatedly irritated by commentators always appearing to insert an ‘n’ in Pacific Island players’ names where there isn’t one....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet them drink tea
HOT beverages are not available in the ‘gods’ at Twickenham and my friend was directed all the way outside the stadium...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEngland taking the ‘Warrenball’ route
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WALES are lauded for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLam’s right to make voice heard, fans should follow suit
I WAS struck by Nick Cain’s reference, in his well-balanced piece on the World League, to Pat Lam’s statement that the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoJust let bygones be bygones, Eddie
I AGREE with Jeremy Guscott that Joe Cokanasiga deserved a start against Italy but I disagree totally with his half-back selection...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHigh time for fresh blood at scrum-half
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU BEN Youngs has never been considered...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWe were crying out for a Cipriani cameo in Cardiff
AS GOOD a start that England have had in the two opening rounds of the Six Nations it was always apparent...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSad to see injured Tait go out like this
TIME catches up with all of us but it is sad to see Mathew Tait retire with Achilles issues. He’s 33,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s ‘entertainment’ …but is it Rugby?
NOW that referees routinely ignore the laws of the game, the scrum and line-out have just become a mechanism for restarting...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProfessional sport must not have such amateur handicaps
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IN no other sport...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoModern day scrum farce makes me cry
WITH obvious tongue in cheek, I would like to propose the following law change. Watching the Six Nations, the Premiership, PRO14...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIt’s simple, sign fewer foreigners
THE Premiership ringfencers, in pursuing their selfish self-preservation stance, often state that closing off the league would benefit the development of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoStronger together
I READwith interest Kevin Higginson’s letter (17/2) about the combining of the Premiership teams and the PRO14. English clubs will say...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoForgiveness could drive Ford’s game
Benched: George Ford has gone off the boil WILL Jeremy Guscott ever find it within himself to forgive the young George...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet best of Britain & Ireland slug it out
LAST week’s letter about ringfencing the Premiership is exactly what I would suggest. Have a plan to increase the Premiership to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDon’t block our own Bournemouth story
IT was wonderful to read Nick Cain hold up my local soccer club, AFC Bournemouth, as an example to Premiership Rugby....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWhat a production line
I’VE been watching Hartpury College for a few years now on their march to the Championship and seen a fair number...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLong term gains must be priority
PREDICTABLY, the Six Nations establishment is adopting the “I’m alright, Jack, pull up the ladder” response to proposals for some form...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRugby is a winter sport
WELL said Peter Jackson: “Since when did the professional game give a fig for the fans?” In all the coverage of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNFL conferences are the way to go
REGARDING the debate about ring-fencing proposals, I believe they should go the NFL route and increase the Premiership to 16 clubs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBeware unintended results of tinkering with the tackle laws
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE rule of unintended...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMullins is the UK’s standard bearer
COLIN Boag is right about the awful standard of commentary as a whole (especially the BBC). Aussie commentary of Super Rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoQuality of soccer’s second tier is streets ahead
HAVINGread Nick Cain’s piece picking at Steve Lansdown last Sunday, I can’t help but object to his ridiculous argument about why...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoA-Team Six Nations needs resurrecting
Getting up to speed: Dan Robson in Saxons action WITH the Six Nations just kicking off I have a question: Just...
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