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/ 2 years agoUnwise for Prem to disappear from our sight
THE English top flight game during Six Nations time has disappeared, gone and is nowhere to be seen. The URC and...
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/ 2 years agoWe need proper England pathway
FOR England to have no regular and widespread stepping stone between club and country is plain mad. The new deal (on...
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/ 2 years agoTime to replace red-carded players
AFTER another international game is potentially ruined at the weekend by non-deliberate head contact it is time for a law change....
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/ 2 years agoNo relegation ‘embarrassing’ for the game
AS A fan of Coventry Rugby Club, I’m finding it increasingly awkward when I meet non-rugby fans or those attending their...
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/ 2 years agoHow can coaches be so optimistic?
I KNOW untimely injuries have not been helpful but what a disappointing showing over all three games (and quite a few...
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/ 2 years agoDump the old brigade, Steve
BRIAN Clough always told us: “Football is a simple game complicated by coaches. Ping the ball to teammates along the ground...
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/ 2 years agoDon’t lose players in France
BANNING players seeking a secure financial future across the Channel is self-defeating. Argentina would not have a competitive team if they...
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/ 2 years agoChamp sides can compete
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk UNLUCKY Ealing! They...
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/ 2 years agoDo players really know the laws?
PETER Jackson correctly says, “a defending team cannot charge from their goal line until the kicker moves in any direction”. Surely...
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/ 2 years agoEaling prop shows way
MANY top players have left England for financial, family or motivational reasons. With bankruptcies of four top clubs, disillusionment with national...
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/ 2 years agoTeams must take advantage quickly
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FURTHER to the comments...
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/ 2 years agoToo many forward passes are not being picked up
SIX games already played in this year’s Six Nations, and in the first five games the winning teams have benefited by...
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/ 2 years agoScotland deprived of a rightful win
SCOTLAND were robbed last weekend by pathetic refereeing from both the ref and the TMO in their game against France. Their...
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/ 2 years agoBarry was always class personified
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I HAD the great...
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/ 2 years agoAll contact areas must be a proper battle for the ball
THE offload is an important and exciting aspect of our game that should be encouraged, but Brendan Gallagher (TRP 28/01/24) is...
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/ 2 years agoPaton Field proving tough place to visit
AS one of the travelling blue and white faithful who witnessed Coventry RFC’s narrow 26-22 reverse up at Caldy last weekend,...
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/ 2 years agoClubs must unite to force real change
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU Email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT strikes me the...
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/ 2 years agoEngland require clearer pathway to unearth gems
MANY rugby followers want to see the return of a clear player pathway for ambitious players within the community rugby structure....
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/ 2 years agoDon’t forget day job!
THE current phenomenon of wingers ‘looking for work’ in the middle of the pitch – exciting and productive as it can...
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/ 2 years agoBoard cause so many problems
THERE remain many problems in the structure of English rugby, all attributable to the Board of the RFU. To deal with...
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/ 2 years agoTime to rebuild RFU for the good of all
DURING my early 20s I played for an East Midlands club in Level 9. It was a great experience for a...
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/ 2 years agoSorry Chris, but we’re heading up another cul-de-sac
I KNOW it has been the season of goodwill, but Chris Hewett’s comment that the RFU is pointing in the right...
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/ 2 years agoTynedale player dies after fall
RUGBY SHORTS TYNEDALE centre Rory Cramb, below, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 26 following a fall. A statement...
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/ 2 years agoFlanagan gets backing from owners
DRAGONS coach Dai Flanagan has been backed by the club’s owners to fast-track a rebuild of the region after their 55-21...
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/ 2 years agoDuhan signs new deal
SCOTLAND winger Duhan van der Merwe has extended his contract with Edinburgh until June 2025. The 28-yearold South Africa-born player returned...
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/ 2 years agoWe need ‘whole game solution’
IT is significant that the latest statement by the Championship clubs, seeking to protect their position in the English rugby hierarchy,...
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/ 2 years agoCounty champs should return
BEN Coneybeare describes the ‘scintillating atmosphere’ at the recent Redruth versus Camborne Cornish derby in front of over 3,000 fans. Thanks...
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/ 2 years agoTV deal for Tier Two
WITH Coventry attracting a record crowd of 5,047 to Butts Park Arena for the Boxing Day clash with Nottingham, Ampthill RFC...
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/ 2 years agoPlaying against best in the world is good test
NOW we’re into the second year of the expanded Champions Cup, I thought I’d reflect on just how the inclusion of...
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/ 2 years agoIt’s time to address selection
WITH only 10 Premiership clubs – nearly all cash strapped with a salary cap to boot – does the England selection...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen Merlene Ottey’s leotard grew nine sizes
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points NEW Year’s Eve and rugby always brings to...
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/ 2 years agoPointless playing such games
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk LAST Saturday my...
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/ 2 years agoSupport the survivors, not fallen
WHAT would be the point of resurrecting London Irish and Wasps? Wasps were never financially viable at High Wycombe or in...
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/ 2 years agoToxic social media
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE recent decision by...
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/ 2 years agoToo close for comfort
I AM sure that we are all concerned at this season’s falling attendances at Premiership matches but there is a measure...
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/ 2 years agoQuite right, Jerry Time to cut subs
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk JEREMY Guscott was absolutely...
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/ 2 years agoGame is bigger than RFU Board and Premiership
THE more I learn of the dire situation English rugby finds itself in, the more I worry that our government is...
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/ 2 years agoDon’t give lifelines
IF Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish are gifted lifelines, then it would be an absolute disgrace – surely it can never...
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/ 2 years agoTime to have the same laws across the game
MANY thanks to Paul Rees for turning the spotlight onto the issue of tackle heights in the professional game, containing many...
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/ 2 years agoWe keep pressing self-destruct button
It is high time English rugby with its huge resources, in both player and financial terms, ceased pressing the wretched self-destruct...
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/ 2 years agoMake every head contact a red card
OCCASIONALLY the TMO makes the right decision. In the England v Argentina game (third place play-off), he very nearly cost England...
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/ 2 years agoLet’s learn from Boks
WHEN are we going to learn from the incredible success of South Africa winning the last two World Cups? How many...
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/ 2 years agoWe’d rate fourth, at best
ARE England really the third best in the world? Are they even the third best in the Six Nations? Well, the...
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/ 2 years agoAs Cloughie told us, do what I say or you’re out
ENGLAND supporters should not get too carried away by their much improved performance against South Africa in the World Cup semi-final....
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/ 2 years agoTime for a clearout of the England shambles
AS a rugby supporter for more than 70 years I feel I have a right to a few comments. To clarify...
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/ 2 years agoTrue leaders stay calm
WHEN are the authorities and referees going to stop the increasing dissent by players in games. The latest example was Owen...
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/ 2 years agoFarrell’s time is done
I WISH to take issue with Ben Jaycock’s assessment of Owen Farrell as 9/10 last Saturday. His kicking from hand was...
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/ 2 years agoSA quality counted
I FEEL that all England supporters need to pause, assess, and put things into perspective. Styles and factors make games, and...
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/ 2 years agoI think Smith could be England’s Faf de Klerk
THEY say: ‘hindsight is a wonderful thing’... If only we could go back and NOT change the front row against South...
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/ 2 years agoDon’t panic, Sarries
WITH regards to Nick Cain’s article last week, about Saracens’ poor start to the season, without wishing to sound like too...
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