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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoStance on recruitment smacks of hypocrisy
SOUNDS like sour grapes to me in Nick Cain’s piece entitled “Schools in moral row” in which he described how a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRugby must rediscover its identity
RUGBY needs to look seriously at its reason for being. We are not soccer (now resembles contactless sport) or American Football...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRemarkable job to stay under the cap
SHOCK horror! UEFA suspect Manchester City FC have been contraventing their rules on the amount they spend on players’ salaries. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReward clubs for efforts
AFTER meeting their agreed commitments to the Premiership and Championship, the RFU appear to believe that the best use of their...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCVC buy-up would hit Premiership in future
I FEEL it is necessary to comment on some of the expectations from the negotiations between PRL and CVC investments. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIf ref didn’t see it, then it didn’t happen
COLIN Boag in his comments about TMOs misses a fundamental aspect of the game – ‘Play to the whistle’, a basic...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIs Meville wavering over ring-fence?
RFU’s interim chief executive, Nigel Melville, confirmed that relegation from the Premiership would remain for this season. For Melville to even...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBaa Baas or Springboks?
ARE the Barbarians even remotely considered to be an English club anymore? There were 13 South Africans in yesterday’s squad to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBacking grassroots will offer best ‘rugby return’
SO, to address their continuing financial issues, the RFU are belatedly setting in place “financial metrics, against which spending and investment...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBut Newport used to be in England!
THE assertion in Peter Jackson’s column that Derek Morgan played for England but was born in Wales was factually inaccurate. As...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoUK passports do not differentiate
PETER Jackson refers to the birth place of players who play for international teams but in the case of the UK...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoShort cut shown up
AGREE in principle with Gus Pichot’s remarks regarding the qualification of foreign players, but I believe all he’s done is “lift”...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPichot’s got a point about qualification
AGUSTIN Pichot, World Rugby’s vicechairman, came in for a lot of criticism this week over his tweet showing the percentage of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoAmateur game pay high price for East Stand overspend
FRANCIS Baron and John Owen are absolutely right to challenge the financial management of the current RFU hierarchy. The RFU’s commitment...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDelight to see game played at high tempo
WHAT a pleasure it was to watch Japan play last weekend. The tempo and ball handling skills they show are a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLineout problems or illegal tactics?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT HAS been suggested...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoEddie should lead by example and show more respect
THAT Try. For heaven’s sake let’s forget it. As Owen Farrell said immediately after the game: ‘That’s not my decision. It’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHaka is just giving All Blacks a leg up
REGARDING Colin Boag’s comment on the Haka – I have waited a decade to see in newsprint someone who agrees with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTime for a reboot
HAS the time come to review rugby’s points scoring system? The object of the game is to score tries. Last Saturday,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhat if Farrell had been a Springbok?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WAS rather surprised...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSurely Premiership fans can see what’s at stake with Lions?
WELL said, John Rowlands, in your letter last week, headed “Lions should play hard ball with PRL”. If a Lions tour...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTribute to Peter
SHAME rugby did not remember one of its own with a minute’s silence at Twickenham last weekend. Former RFU president (2016/17...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoConveyer belt may churn out rubbish
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk HAVING played lip service...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoDevelopment Cup? Not according to Worcester Warriors
HOW ironic that Sale coach Neil Briggs thought the Premiership Cup was “a development competition” after his side were put to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoLions should play hard ball with PRL
REPORTS about the threat to the very existence of the Lions will be viewed with dismay by rugby supporters across the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTier 4 commitment can’t be questioned
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk JEFF Probyn mentioned the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBig fear that season ticket holders may be short-changed
THERE IS no consideration for the fans with these attempts to unify Northern and Southern Hemisphere seasons. With future seasons ending...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoMore clarity please between kit colours
I WATCHED Cardiff Blues v Glasgow last weekend and how on earth can anyone, especially the officials, allow the two teams...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNow Eddie has to prove he’s not a one-trick pony heading for a fall
NICK CAIN HEARS EDDIE JONES’ EXPLANATION ABOUT HIS LATEST SQUAD DECISIONS Questions: Why has Elliott Stooke, left, been preferred to Dave...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones on…
…wrapping Billy Vunipola in cotton wool until the World Cup “I only have him for nine weeks between now and July....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAmateurs were in it purely for the love
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk RUGBY has always been...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie still the man but risk of another RWC flop looms
I ADMIRE the resilience and confidence of RFU CEO Steve Brown, but there is a real risk that 12 months from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPlayers’ back chat not very appealing
NOT possessing satellite TV, I haven’t seen as much rugby over the first European weekend as some, but I’m worried after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoKvesic deserves a shot to prove he’s up to Test standard
I AMat a loss as to why Exeter’s Matt Kvesic is being overlooked to fill the openside roll for England. He...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSuch waste to leave Wade in the cold
SO Wasps wing Christian Wade appears in yet another TRP Dream Team, but Eddie Jones has reportedly said that Wade is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhy cut funds for Mickey Mouse cup?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE WRU announced a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAll Black Pirates? Dicky’s delusional
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk DICKY Evans and the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWallaby wannabe O’Connor owes Sale a huge debt
I WAS interested to see James O’Connor’s comments in last week’s paper regarding his wish to return to Australia in time...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSorry Cips but Faz is out of this world
WHAT is this obsession for Danny Cipriani? It’s crazy and I really don’t get it. You only had to watch the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie believes Invisible Man Ford can trump Superman Dan
THE mood music emanating from Eddie Jones was up-tempo as he announced his first pared-down training squad of the season with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones on…
…breakdown issues “We haven’t (any). In South Africa we did incredibly well, we have improved our breakdown by about 80 per...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoReal shame Eddie sees it differently
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk EDDIE Jones must be...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCorrect decision to letter of the law but still harsh on Tigers
THE RED card shown to Will Spencer, the Leicester Tigers lock, was predictably given prominence in the following morning’s sports pages....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWorld Rugby must realise less is more
COLIN BOAG is correct, there are far too many internationals played each season. The November internationals interrupt the club season and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoResistance to the ring-fence fading
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THERE’S talk of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoInvest in lower tiers rather than waste it on Championship
CHAMPIONSHIP clubs receive up to £650,000 a season from the RFU. Clubs below this level get nothing but a contribution towards...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNot just Newcastle on receiving end
TOTALLY agree with H. Johnson’s sentiments in his letter “All Clubs are Equal? Not on this Showing” regarding Newcastle’s unfair refereeing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoShame on you Tom, and your ‘team’
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email:newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SEEING Leicester ship 40 points...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSurely players are allowed to consider future well-being?
IRRESPECTIVEof any new possible cash input from CVC Capital Partners, Premiership Rugby has to operate a tight financial ship. In that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAll clubs are equal? Not on this showing
IT IS no wonder there are so many complaints about officials after seeing last week’s Falcons v Sarries game. The amount...
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