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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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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDismayed at these reasons to ring-fence
AMI alone at being dismayed at some of the arguments being used to support ring-fencing (Stephen Rodgers, Jan 27). His reasoning...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReferees must simply stop ignoring the laws
I WAS RFU President in 2013/14 and spent a few weeks with England U20s as they went on to win the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWhy should we bail out SANZAAR? It’s their own fault
COLIN BOAG Twitter spat: Brian Moore commentating In crisis: Warratahs’ Jed Holloway on the attack during the Super Rugby semi-final in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership self-interest set to repeat
JEFF GAGE Europe’s second tier: Saints skipper Dylan Hartley “It’s time the rest of English rugby woke up to the fact...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGap getting wider between the tiers
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk WELL done to Colin...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMaybe we should copy Scots’ lead
I DON’T think Colin Boag has taken his ring-fencing argument far enough. Surely, Scotland, with its two Champions Cup qualifying teams...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEngland will be up for battle this time
ALL the talk is of Ireland and how close they will get to another Grand Slam. I don’t see them doing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoMoney talks louder than common sense
IN response to Richard Abbott’s letter last week, in a perfect world all kick off times would be the same and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership’s war of attrition has led to failure in Europe
AS the Champions Cup reaches the conclusion of its pool stage we have again, with the exception of Saracens, seen teams...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoExeter deserve to sit on top of table
I THINK Gareth Pitt (letters Jan 6) is missing the point with his comments regarding the bonus point system having big...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBonus pts bring big incentives
GARETH Pitt (TRP letters January 6) either has a very short memory or has not been following rugby for long. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoYellow cards made game a mockery
RUGBY is meant to be a contest between 15 players on each side. The red card given to Bath’s Ross Batty...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPivac has made errors at Scarlets
I HAVE a season ticket at the Scarlets and I ask what next from our coach Wayne Pivac, the next Welsh...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoYou can’t compare amateur golfers with rugby players
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk COLIN Boag’s com parison...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet’s have earlier kick-offs in winter
IS it really necessary in winter months to start as late as 3pm when invariably the lights have to be switched...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIf Cips saw red why not de Klerk?
WOULDanyone be able to explain to me why Faf de Klerk was not sent off for his tackle on Billy Twelvetrees...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSir Beaumont must sort out scrum farce
I WAS pleased to see Bill Beaumont (Sir) in the New Year’s Honours list. His playing recordcertainly deserves recognition as has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWard incident will do no good to the game’s reputation
IT’S never a good sign when the major talking point from a rugby match has nothing to do with rugby but...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNtamack on fast track
WHAT an absolute barnstormer of a try Toulouse scored through Cheslin Kolbe in their thrashing of Toulon – it’s great to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBonus point system has big faults
I FEEL that it’s time to radically change the ‘Bonus Point’ issue – I don’t think you should be rewarded for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoManu’s not the answer
IT strikes me that England have not really taken any big strides in the last few years when I read in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProvinces no ‘blight on the game’
COLIN BOAG says the CVC deal is great news for the clubs. For Premiership clubs, he may be right; for the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership should pay for itself
ON FACEBOOK there is a group that put up photos of days of yore which had an England team with nine...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTinkering at scrum put me off League
I’M relatively new to Rugby Union being born and bred in St Helens, a staunch Rugby League town. My father, who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSorry Colin, I’ll not raise a glass to the leaches of rugby
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WILL not be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoClassy Lancaster was treated like criminal
JEFF Probyn posed some good questions as to why no English coach seemingly wants to reach the pinnacle (Why does no...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCVC deal could spell big trouble
NEWS that Premiership clubs have now completed a £220m deal with the private equity firm CVC represents the biggest con job...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCrying out for festive derbies
RUGBYwatchers of the Midlands and the North are being short changed this festive season This year those fans north of Newport...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNumbers stack up if you do the maths
I WAS bemused by Trefor Jones’ rant last week about Sarries’ squad size, payment structure and financial behaviour. Sarries’ squad numbers...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRFU must help the grassroots clubs, not punish them
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE letter from John...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProfessional game is getting boring
JUST watched the last batch of European Cup games and I’m so, so depressed about the state of rugby. With the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGrassroots need you!
GREAT letter from Chris Taylor last week, proposing a “Community Game Arrangement” to provide central funding to clubs according to what...
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