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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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTwo more four-time English Slammers
IN Peter Jackson’s column about W.J.A. “Dave” Davies beating Alun Wyn Jones as the first Welshman to win four Grand Slams,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
JOE BERCIS, THE AMPTHILL AND FORMER MOSELEY OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Alexi Lutui...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHead to heads all round as Top 14 giants go toe to toe
By SAMUEL JACKSON PREVIEW... Clermont v Toulouse Today. Kick-off 4pm, Stade Marcel-Michelin Ace: Romain Ntamack CLERMONT have lost their last two...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSantiago wings in for Begles shot at history
By GEORGE LAWRENCE PREVIEW... Bordeaux-Begles v Racing 92 Today. Kick-off 1.30pm, Stade Chaban-Delmas Star: Mathieu Jalibert BORDEAUX-BEGLES are in the European Cup...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSkelton: It’s like being at Sarries
WILL Skelton believes La Rochelle have what it takes to be crowned champions of Europe after the giant lock helped his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBenetton denied in the final frantic moments
Montpellier....31 Benetton ........25 A TREMENDOUS defensive effort in the closing minutes saw Montpellier book their place in the semi-finals after back...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoO’Connor puts the boot into Brumbies
AUSTRALIA ROUND-UP By ADAM ELLIS THE Reds booked home advantage in the Super Rugby AU final with a late comeback in the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoImproving Sharks bite back at the death
By KATE RILEY DMP Sharks ....14 Wasps ..............27 WASPS secured a five pointer on the road to make it two victories...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRobshaw gears up for Legion baptism
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON CHRIS Robshaw will finally become eligible to make his San Diego Legion debut next weekend after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMonmouth, hotbed for the multi-talented
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools HISTORY will show that the 2020-21 season is the one that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoJarrett became scourge of English
MONMOUTH’S list of star players is probably topped by Keith Jarrett, the ‘schoolboy prodigy’ who took England to the cleaners on...
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