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/ 2 years agoChamp teams must hold on to players
READING letters, Sunday 14/4, Alec Jones makes a very valid point re Newcastle’s non relegation. Then alongside I see Exeter is...
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/ 2 years agoEasy to spot the fairer competition
BRENDAN Gallagher reports on Leinster’s convincing win over Leicester Tigers in the European Champions Cup last 16. The Leinster side is...
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/ 2 years agoSix minutes wasted
TO increase ball-in-play time I suggest that if a a try is scored under the posts it be an automatic seven...
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/ 2 years agoLosers survive
WITH four games to go it looks like Newcastle might go down but, I forgot there is no relegation for losing...
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/ 2 years agoA one-point ‘try’
I KNOW the ball never goes in straight at scrum or lineout, there are forward passes galore and the jackal is...
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/ 2 years agoBan wholesale replacement of the front row
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...
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/ 2 years agoTime to encourage ambitious clubs
IN a recent issue of The Rugby Paper, Jon Newcombe wrote that the RFU has emphasised its wish to make the...
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/ 2 years agoCalling all players!
HOW many more England players moving abroad will it take for the RFU to change their selection policy? I feel for...
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/ 2 years agoRed menace? Don’t get sent off in first place
A STRONG contender for the 2024 Quote of the Year award should be The Rugby Paper columnist Chris Hewett for his...
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/ 2 years agoYorkshire rugby has been shafted
YORKSHIRE rugby won the 1987 County Championship with England inter nationals such as Peter Winterbotom, Rob Andrew and Rory Underwood. Yet...
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/ 2 years agoPenalty so unfair on Earl
BEN Earl has reason to feel aggrieved with the decision to award a penalty for a no-arms tackle in the last...
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/ 2 years agoFord’s resolve is impressive to see
ALL the top sports players have one standout quality – composure – which George Ford has in abundance, along with his...
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/ 2 years agoMy Lions for 2025
BASED on performances in 2024 Six Nations Championship and potential retirees, how about this as a potential Lions touring squad to...
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/ 2 years agoReferees are too quick to take the easy option
I READ the match report for last week’s Hull Ionians v Tynedale game with interest. The report asked a very pertinent...
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/ 2 years agoTime to ban tactical subs
CHRIS Hewett’s article bemoaning the size of French players offered what I believe to be the correct solution to the future...
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/ 2 years agoCredit Borthwick for changing his approach
ENGLAND’s revival in their inspirational final Six Nations displays v Ireland and France thankfully should end the failed power rugby ethos...
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/ 2 years agoThat’s above expectations
WELL that was an agonising way for England to lose to France! So close! But three wins in this Six Nations,...
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/ 2 years agoWe are heading in the right direction
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk ENGLAND’S win against Ireland...
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/ 2 years agoThis is why you write off England at your peril
FOR any rugby neutral, England-Ireland would have been the game of the tournament. Take away the rivalries/stakes/bragging rights and stripping the...
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/ 2 years agoSo great to watch Cov win a thriller
LAST Saturday Coventry defeated Ealing at Butts Park Arena in an absolutely thrilling and pulsating match 34- 32, taking a bonus...
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/ 2 years agoLet’s drop gang of mercenaries
Sunday, March 10, 2024 SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk...
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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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