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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWe all agree, give Sam a run at centre
LIKE all England fans my pals and I were mulling over where England go from here. Seems everyone is a selector...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoThree gripes to put in Room 101
ALWAYS enjoy the Room 101 column, and I would like to share three rants with TRP. What is going on with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTime for RFU to get tough on top flight
COME the review of the PGA (Professional Game Agreement) in mid 2023, the RFU need to grab hold of negotiations with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoClear benefits of removing jeopardy
IS it just me or has Premiership rugby gone up several notches? And is it anything to do with a lack...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
ANDY REAY, THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, MOSELEY, BRISTOL, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING & ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoLeinster v Toulon Champions Cup clash called off
A positive Covid-19 case within the Toulon camp has seen Friday evening's match at the RDS called off
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPaul Hill signs new contract at Northampton Saints
The Northampton Saints prop has signed a new deal after starring against Worcester Warriors in the Premiership last weekend
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoI jumped in lineouts and out of planes!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER ARMY PLAYER AND COACH AND HARLEQUINS, WORCESTER, LONDON SCOTTISH, LAUNCESTON AND CORNISH PIRATES BACK-ROW FORWARD LEE SOPER ITHINK I landed...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
WILL CARRICK SMITH, BEDFORD AND FORMER NEWTON ABBOTT, EXETER, RANDWICK, CORNISH PIRATES AND LONDON SCOTTISH LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFix World Cup ticket fiasco
ALONG with thousands of others I am sure, my excitement levels were through the roof as the countdown to the first...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPick more players from top half of Premiership
IN THE wake of another humiliating defeat for England an examination of the lack of consistency in Eddie Jones’ strategy is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHands off Quins!
PLEA to Quins: Please don’t change your coaching team, the side are playing with their old style and have a smile...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWill’s team looks spot on
WITH the Six Nations complete, attention will now switch to the selection for the forthcoming Lions tour to South Africa. I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGriquas edge it by a single point
SOUTH AFARICA FRANCHISE CUP By GEORGE LAWRENCE GRIQUAS edged past the Pumas 23-22 in an ill-disciplined clash in Kimberley. While they had boasted much...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoVan der Merwe gets show on the road
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON LA GILTINIS’ star-studded line-up tasted victory in their maiden match in Major League Rugby, beating New...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSmith’s Steelers extend their unbeaten run to 18
JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH THE Kobelco Steelers extended their unbeaten run to 18 games after outclassing Yamaha Jubilo 53-22. Wayne Smith’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHat-trick for Mafi as Reds go top
AUSTRALIA ROUND-UP By ADAM ELLIS THE REDS regained top spot in Super Rugby AU with a 46-14 victory that condemned the Waratahs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHow much would behind-closed-doors Lions tour matches cost South Africa?
The Lions will tour South Africa this summer, but will fans be allowed to follow in-tow?
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBiggar certainly did ‘get away with one’
Nigel Coote email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU COMPARE the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOver-reliance on ‘undroppables’ will be damaging
Michael Reay REDEMPTION! Let’s hope this is the end of England’s dithering, because they played brilliantly against an exceptional French side...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBingo calling former pros get my back up
Mike Davies I LOOK forward to expert, almost forensic opinion on the action. Instead I hear mostly former internationals talking of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAccessible to all… Mastercard holders
Dr Ray Jones WHAT a turn off. Having registered to buy World Cup tickets, RWC inform me that for the first...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby recruits from within to find Brett Gosper’s successor
Alan Gilpin has been announced as the new chief executive of World Rugby
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
JACK TOVEY, THE EALING AND FORMER BRISTOL AND HARTPURY CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Mako...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTouchline insult turned Campion into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools LIFE and sport are rarely fair – that’s why we cheer...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRed card shocker amplified by four
SO Ollie Thorley’s red card is compounded with a four-week ban. I can’t see anybody in authority coming out of that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoArrogant Sarries deserved their Cornish pasting
SARACENS’ defeat to Cornish Pirates did not come as a surprise to those of us living in the far south-west and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNegative nines are killing my passion
SCRUM-HALF’S are killing my enthusiasm after a lifetime playing and watching the game. This box-kicking the ball back and forth, saying...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoExiles centre Terrence Hepetema and Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley receive bans
Ollie Thorley contested his charge but will receive a ban longer than London Irish centre Hepetema
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoLawmakers: Take action or you will face new breakaway
AS lifelong rugby players, coaches and supporters it is criminal we’re seeing our great game going into decline. There is obviously...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCrediton deserve huge credit
IT IS always a delight to read your Dream Team articles each week and last week’s with Dan Lee was of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEngland got lesson in winning
MANY negative words have been both spoken and written regarding the two non tries Wales scored against England last weekend, although...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoKeep in perspective please, Haden deliberately cheated
I UNDERSTAND Brendan Gallagher’s frustration at refereeing decisions in Cardiff. But he engaged in petulant hyperbole in saying that: “And if...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWhen is a knock-on not really a knock-on?
IN his report of England v Wales, Nick Cain claims “the law book says that unless the ball hits the ground...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSeparate and adopt some American Football principles
LAST week’s article by Nick Cain and the letter from John Allanson shows why there needs to be complete separation between...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHave laws changed since I was playing?
HAVING had my fill of bad team and referee performances after watching Wales v England, I sulked and didn’t watch any...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGoes back centuries!
I AM reading a book of newspaper reports of Five/Six Nations matches from 1905 to the current day. The headline of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWell done Leicester!
AS a loyal Gloucester supporter, I’d never thought I’d say this! Against Bristol last Saturday at Aston Gate, Leicester played in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
SAM RODMAN, THE CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER WILMSLOW, EALING, MACCLESFIELD, JERSEY AND ENGLAND STUDENTS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoImpressive Amps flick power switch
Bedford ............21 Ampthill ..........36 ■ By RYAN ROBINSON AMPTHILL exacted revenge for last weekend’s defeat with a commanding victory at Bedford...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSaracens hot favourites but Diprose wary of Trailfinders
WHEN Saracens were last relegated in 1993, they lost half their first-team squad and it took two seasons to regain top-flight...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn: We did get rub of the green
Proud: Wayne Pivac WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones admitted his team had the rub of the green in a record win...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoConfirmed: Northampton Saints sign ex-Clermont back row
Saints sign Beziers back row Karl Wilkins, a former academy teammate of Lewis Ludlam
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNational League caps need stricter policing
I TOTALLY agree with the comments from Martin Hothersall last week but I think we need to look at why playing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWhere’s flair gone?
THE England backline (with the exception of the mis-positioned Elliot Daly) were all in Stuart Lancaster’s doomed 2015 World Cup squad....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFive-year first
I HAVEN’T missed a Rugby Paper for five plus years and seeing the team Eddie Jones picked for the Italy game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWhy spend if academy system works so well?
Expensive import: Stormers back row Juarno Augustus is set to join Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images IT SEEMS to me that Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRugby paying high cost for entertaining
A WEEK in which it has been hard to discern which is the bigger disappointment – a faltering England team or...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRefs must remember they’re not top billing
WHY have they stolen our game? That was the headline of a brilliant article by Willie John McBride. When he and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo impact at the top?
CAN someone at the RFU and Premiership Rugby explain how the Covid rules impact relegation but not getting to the playoffs...
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