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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPremiership should support home-grown coaches and players
WHAT a mess our game is getting itself into. Huge amounts of money are being thrown at the top tier so...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoFollow NFL stance over poor conduct
I AM pleased that Colin Boag has raised the below issue again as I did several months ago. American football has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoDisgraceful to throw TMO under the bus
I MUST give my few penneth over the controversy surrounding last Saturday’s match. For World Rugby’s Allain Rolland to publicly throw...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExpand to 14 with 3-year moratorium
A COMPROMISE on the ring-fencing row would be to expand the top tier to 14 clubs and retain promotion/ relegation using...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie needs rapier in back row, not just three bludgeons
EDDIE Jones has transformed England since the last World Cup, but recently scraped wins have papered over emerging fault lines. Jones...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExpected England to bring in a bonus
I WAS very disappointed with England’s performance against Wales. For a team with aspirations of lifting the Webb Ellis next year,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWhat a great start to the Six Nations
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FROMthe feast of tries...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNeutral doctors will retain HIA integrity
WE ARE all fully supportive of the HIA protocol, but abuse raises significant issues. Nigel Owens, clearly aware from the several...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSort out the crooked feeds and backchat
WHY is it beyond the capabilities of most scrum-halves to roll a ball straight for a metre and why are more...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRFU should build 24-club pro league
LOSSES of £21.1m, dependency on benefactors, excessively high wages for players, at most only 13 clubs capable of continuing in business...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoHere’s how to boost Anglo-Welsh Cup
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk AM I alone in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoLower league talent will be missed until the RFU take action
NICK CAIN reports (TRP 28/1) that ‘Premiership ring-fencers are mobilising again for another big push aimed at ending promotion and relegation’....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoKennedy speaks out of self-interest
WOULD Nick Kennedy of London Irish have been keen on ring-fencing the Premiership last year? His opinions, given London Irish’s current...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCut squad bugets… invest in grass roots
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk DUSTY Hare’s comments last...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoAwkward questions for Eddie to ponder around World Cup
NICK CAIN’S welljudged assessment of England’s present position in last Sunday’s TRP was welcome. Any judgement of where England are a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPromotion play-off
THE bottom two teams in the Premiership should play each other and likewise the top two in the Championship. The winners...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSaints crying out for drop-goal specialist
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk MANY thanks for Peter...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoMore marketing required to boost national leagues
DURING 2016-17 season the average attendance at an FA Premier League game was 35,822. The same figure for an Aviva Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoFans will stay away with no relegation
I MUST strongly disagree with Mr. Boag’s comments on scrapping relegation in last week’s paper. In recent times crowds have in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTop-flight coaches need to branch out
IAN Davies bemoans the recent ‘farcical’ appointments of Alan Gaffney and Alan Solomons while claiming that coaches in the Championship should...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoIsiekwe’s the latest Haileybury old boy to hit the big time
NICK Isiekwe has enjoyed a meteoric rise since leaving Haileybury at the end of the 2016 summer term. It was a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoScrums costing fans too much game time
I BELIEVE we are being short changed and getting only an average of 60 or so minutes of actual play, due...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGive more authority back to the referees
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I’VE been one of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie’s done a fine job but selection’s become puzzling
EDDIE Jones has turned England into potential World Cup winners in Japan. However, I agree with Brendan Gallagher (31.12.17 edition) that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years ago‘Clanger’ Clancy has done it again
ONCE again George Clancy has endeared himself to the Cardiff crowd with another inept performance. On his last visit he enraged...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoChoke-tackle must get the big Kiss-off
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email:newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk HOWI applauded Colin Boag’s condemnation...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoChampionship still needs work despite Melville promises
HERE we go again about ring fencing the Premiership in December 17 edition of TRP. Nigel Melville came in as RFU...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCoventry residents spoilt for choice
EXCELLENT article on National One leaders Coventry RFC in last week’s edition. The relationship between Cov and Wasps is intriguing, as...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoReferees are just following policy
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE set piece –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoCostly shortage of top-flight action north of Gloucester
I AM chairman of Eccleshall RUFC, a small community rugby club in Staffordshire. I have tried to highlight to the powers...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoChange needed
I READ with interest last week’s article on Northampton Saints and their proposed attempt to lure Warren Gatland from his job...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoToo early for Peel
SHANE Williams extolled the virtues of Welsh coaches Stephen Jones, Phil Davies, Kingsley Jones and Nigel Davies – but none have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoJerry’s right, pick all teams on ability
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk HAVING read Jerry Guscott’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoThe beer swillers will make me an armchair viewer
NICK Cain is spot on with his opinion piece in last week’s TRP but alas, it’s not just internationals that suffer...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoPrem teams can’t live with La Rochelle panache
FRENCH international rugby is the doldrums, but they have a great club side. La Rochelle are a revelation and don’t score...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoAmbitious clubs need a pathway
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email:newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk TRP December 3 gives examples...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoRolling substitutes already work well at grassroots level
I HAVE to disagree with Nick Cain’s view on rolling subtitutes, as the practice has been used successfully in the grassroots...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGame needs the odd giant killing
TOTALLY agree with Jake Smith’s letter last week. The Championship clubs deserve more exposure and must be given regular games against...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoNorth deserves big finale at Saints
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PETER Jackson got his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoHave a Cup for Championship teams as well
REGARDING recent discussions on the Anglo-Welsh Cup, I would agree with Colin Boag that the competition certainly needs a re-vamp. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoNow let’s see Daly in that No.13 shirt
IT’S been another successful Autumn series for England and well done Eddie Jones for picking up the World Rugby’s coach of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoBottle job? Eddie played a blinder
THE outcome to last week ‘s amazing match against Australia shows Jeff Probyn was wrong to suggest Eddie Jones ‘bottled it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoHookers should be pinged for ‘foot up ‘
WE all know by now that referees have been given permission to change laws in the rugby handbook. It is now...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoScrum shenanigans should be punished
WARREN Gatland can protest his innocence but not even the most rabid Welsh supporter I know thinks Gatland and Wales played...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoRugby is thriving in West Country
I WOULD like to agree with Tom Rodwell ‘s letter last week. I was also at the Richmond v Doncaster match...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGive players time to catch breath
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT MUST be because...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoHartley’s not clear favourite at Saints, let alone England
I WOULD like to congratulate Nick Cain for his excellent article on the Dylan Hartley captain saga, never have truer words...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoI chose Richmond over Twickenham
LAST Friday it was my pleasure to be at Richmond against Doncaster in the Championship. It was a close victory for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoDiscipline players Rugby League way
I READPeter Jackson’s piece ‘How do refs miss so much’ on Oct 29 and he’s absolutely right. Surely we chould go...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoCain’s right, South Africa sport needs World Cup boost
NICK Cain made a compelling case for South Africa hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup (“World Cup vote would save Boks...
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