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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEnglish rugby must not be hostage to top-flight cartel
PREMIERSHIP clubs have created the perfect scam at the expense of the rest of England’s clubs. Until the early 1990s, players...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish aim to join Premier 15s with new women’s team
The RFU will complete another audit before setting out a new Premier 15s cycle ready for the 2023-24 season
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCounty Cup would promote diversity
TO aid Ugo Monye in making the game more inclusive and reduce the dependence of the RFU on Premiership academies and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMistake for Lions to pick so many specialist wingers
VERSATILITY earned Elliot Daly his place on plane to the South Africa, by the skin of his teeth after a mediocre...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMust address drop in playing numbers
NATURALLY, many articles in these pages are about the Big Beasts in our sport: the RFU’s handling of the PGA and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
JON SLEIGHTHOLME, THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH AND NORTHAMPTON WING CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Gary...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDavies and Halfpenny spurred by Lions snub
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ............22pts Tries: Jeffries 39 Conversions: Halfpenny 40 Penalties: Halfpenny 18, 26, 35, 44, 76 Ospreys ................6pts Penalties:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGatland prepares for a massive air raid
Nick Cain assesses the Lions squad of 37 selected by Warren Gatland Outstanding in the air: Dan Biggar PICTURES: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSharks beat two yellows and the Lions
RAINBOW CUP ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON THE SHARKS made it two wins from two in the Rainbow Cup SA with a 34-26...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMo’unga sparks five-in-row Crusaders
NEW ZEALAND ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK SCOTT Robertson’s Crusaders secured a fifth straight title with a hard fought 24-13 victory over Chiefs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoUgo will be continuing the work we started
John Owen MBE, past president of the RFU, writes about the new call for diversity I WRITE to you in relation...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBowe: Gatland knows what he is leaving behind in Johnny Sexton
Two-time tourist Tommy Bowe considers why Johnny Sexton was omitted from the British & Irish Lions squad
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFour major broadcasters turn down Lions tour documentary rights
The British & Irish Lions have not been able to reach an agreement to show their 'Living with the Lions' documentary...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWho is really to blame for player release furore?
I AM always fascinated by the furore that now precedes Lions tours and I always come back to the all-pervading influence...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRed card puzzler
I’M BEMUSED by punishments handed out for red cards. Rob du Preez gets three weeks for a blatant tip-tackle; Ben Obano...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo patch on Bob
I WAS pleased to note that Danny Care and Mike Brown were rightly praised for reaching 300 and 350 games for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoResilient Roses are example for Eddie
WHAT an incredible match between England and France last weekend for the Women’s Six Nations Championship. Nervous starts and failing lineouts...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
ROB HARDWICK, THE FORMER ENGLAND, COVENTRY, LONDON IRISH & LA ROCHELLE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAustin Healey and Ugo Monye detail online abuse #DrawTheLine
Premiership clubs, unions and cup organisers will boycott social media this weekend in a demonstration against online abuse
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOlowofela hat-trick has Reds reeling
AUSTRALIA ROUND-UP By ADAM ELLIS JORDAN Olowofela’s hattrick ended the Reds unbeaten season and propelled the Western Force to their first knockout...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRegional rugby drove me over to the dark side
I HAVE been an avid reader of TRP for some time and, having scanned the results and news articles, my search...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSuntory end Alex’s Far East adventure
JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH ALEX Goode’s Japanese expedition is over. The England man’s season-long loan deal with NEC came to an...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo fun supporting whipping boys
WE CAN all enjoy the drama of a good game of rugby, regardless of whether or not our team comes through...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFiji hero Osea in hunt for DC Glory
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON OSEA KOLINISAU will make his MLR debut for Old Glory DC today five years on from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRFU and millionaires have led us by the nose
LAST month the RFU binned relegation for the foreseeable with the approval of the CBs (the community clubs’ representatives at HQ)...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDid Lansdowne ponder?
AMID the furore concerning football’s European Super League, I wonder how the ambitious owner of Bristol City FC, Steve Lansdowne –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNow ditch the ring-fence
THE money-motivated soccer European Super League plan has been abandoned after an outcry from fans, players and managers. So how about...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTotally disagree with Boag’s view on Lions
COLIN Boag wrote that the new law variation, regarding red-carded players being substituted after 20 minutes, is a spineless capitulation, which...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEddie must lose his obsession with power
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney’s decision to retain Eddie Jones as England coach shows his grasp of the realties facing English...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFalcons are antithesis of flying Chiefs
AFTER a flakey start, Stuart Hogg showed almost super-human stamina when he scored Exeter’s 77th minute try against Wasps, last weekend....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCaptain’s challenge sets up Sullivan’s winner
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..............24 Connacht ........26 CONNACHT coach Andy Friend is not convinced the new laws being trialled are going...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWoeful Warriors smashed for six
Benetton................46 Glasgow ................19 BENETTON began their campaign with a thumping bonus point win over a poor Glasgow outfit. During the regular...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoYoungsters see Edinburgh home
Edinburgh..............24 Zebre ......................18 EDINBURGH head coach Richard Cockerill praised the young players that stepped in on Friday night. With 16 players...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBig win soured by injury blow to North
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ospreys ............36pts Tries: Phillips 8, 49; Williams 31, Aubrey 40, Cross 68, Parry 80 Conversions: Thomas 32, 40,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRyan’s loyalty to Scarlets rewarded by captaincy
By ALEX BYWATER PREVIEW... Dragons v Scarlets Today. Kick-off 1pm, Rodney Parade RYAN Elias admits he thought long and hard about...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMurray’s double ends the wait for Munster
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ............3 Munster ..........27 CONOR Murray crossed for two tries as Munster got their first win in two...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoErasmus: Tough competition will prepare us for Lions challenge
Building excitement: Wandisile Simelane of the Lions on the attack against the Bulls last season SOUTH AFRICA Rugby have released the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDave Ward to leave Ampthill to become Bristol Bears Women head coach
Amps forward coach Ward will take over at Shaftesbury Park at the end of the season
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn Jones signs one-year deal to stay in Welsh rugby
Wales captain Jones taking things one year at a time two years out from the 2023 Rugby World Cup
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRobshaw faces op on injured shoulder
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON CHRIS ROBSHAW’S debut for the San Diego Legion ended in agony as the former England captain...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWeakened Warriors
MICHAEL Reay (TRP letters April 4) may be right that the removal of relegation is improving Premiership matches, but not if...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoScrum improving, now sort out mess of driving maul
NOW that the powers that be have clamped down on scrums – in time taken, re-sets and scrummaging just to win...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPacific franchises can turn the tide
IT feels like a natural fit including Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua in Super Rugby next year, alongside the other best...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo good for anyone
AFTER last weekend’s 45-0 and 67-3 hammerings handed out in the Women’s Six Nations, you have to ask what is the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
STEVIE SCOTT, THE FORMER SCOTLAND AND EDINBURGH HOOKER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Allan ‘Chunk’...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoParkes powers up Panasonic charge
JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH HADLEIGH Parkes took his try tally to seven for the season as Panasonic Wild Knights beat Yamaha Jubilo...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGiteau’s Giltinis blunt the Arrows
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON MLR newcomers LA Giltinis continued their assault on the rest of the league with a 43-16...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Brown is mouth-watering
I DO hope Mike Brown joins Newcastle – what a signing. Brown has been playing out of his skin this season,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSad morph into something ugly
WATCHING the rugby last weekend I was aghast when one particular slide of statistics came on screen. Collision dominance! How sad...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWho’s watching RFU watchmen?
I READ with interest that there will be a review into England’s poor showing in the recent Six Nations. However, who...
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