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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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/ 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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/ 3 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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/ 3 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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/ 3 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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/ 3 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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/ 3 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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/ 3 years agoNo problem with draw
I DO wish that rugby correspondents would stop whining about the current World Cup draw! Yes, it was unbalanced so why...
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/ 3 years agoKoch clearly coming in at wrong angle
Out of line: the England/South Africa final scrum I HAVE attached the aerial shot of the last scrum in the SA...
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/ 3 years agoTop teams should expand horizons
ENSURING that Tier 2 teams are more competitive at RWC is a problem that predates the origin of the tournament itself....
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/ 3 years agoNot enough funding
WELL, I enjoyed a few of the RWC pool matches, but the mis-matches have been eye-wateringly embarrassing. Only nine teams of...
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/ 3 years agoCall time on Farrell
IF the past and current England coaches think Owen Farrell is the current and future No 10 they are utterly deluded....
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/ 3 years agoDon’t write off Ireland. They’re phenomenal
Star: Sexton in action against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images LOOKING at the bigger picture, Ireland lost by only four points...
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/ 3 years agoWe need action to halt decline in numbers
THE figures below are from this month. Along with the three attached papers, they help to explain why England fail to...
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/ 3 years agoRFU must not hide behind English success
SO Jersey Reds have ceased trading and may very well go to the wall like the three Premiership teams, but unlike...
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/ 3 years agoSad to see Reds go but it’s no surprise
Letters SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk AS sad as...
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/ 3 years agoPlay flankers in the back three
IF England persist in not using our wingers and fullback to attack the opposition and want to continue playing bland, boring,...
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/ 3 years agoWorld Rugby must tackle injury crisis
THE red card fiasco that has seen England’s waywardly competitive Owen Farrell rightly banned but unjustly demonised by keyboard warriors provides...
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/ 3 years agoWe should rejoice in Fiji victory
WHAT is it that makes losing to Fiji for the first time in England’s rugby history such a dark day? Do...
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/ 3 years agoMy blueprint for the future
SOMETIMES the only logical and sensible thing to do is to panic. England’s performance against Fiji was the worst I have...
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/ 3 years agoFarrell was trying to rip possession
REGARDING Owen Farrell’s red card, I can’t be the only one who noticed him trying to rip the ball from Taine...
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/ 3 years agoGive Tier 2 sides opportunity to take on the best
THE Rugby World Cup is one of the three or four biggest sporting events in the world. As a vehicle for...
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/ 3 years agoWoodward’s right, tear up this script
CLIVE Woodward suggests Steve Borthwick should tear apart the squad and start again. A great idea that I’ve been asking for...
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/ 3 years agoWhat a mess, all RFU’s own doing
RATHER than act like gentlemen and play by the rules, England seem to think they can manipulate them for their own...
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/ 3 years agoSo uplifting to read Pearce’s life story
IN these days of the incompetent 12-strong RFU Board, the English 2nd XV’s dismal showing in Cardiff, ring-fenced Premiership, defunct Premiership...
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/ 3 years agoNo sympathy from me
WHY are so many people coming out in sympathy for Owen Farrell and England. Farrell has been playing Rugby Union for...
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/ 3 years agoAlarming indiscipline
A WIN is a win, but England’s indiscipline is alarming a few weeks out from the start of the Rugby World...
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/ 3 years agoEngland must get the ball to the wide men
FOR four years, Sir Clive Woodward in his matchday analysis in his newspaper column always states that the coaches pick the...
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/ 3 years agoTigers turn to Du Plessis for World Cup cover
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER Tigers have brought in Petrus du Plessis as their interim scrum coach. The South African will remain in...
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/ 3 years agoVan Velze signs on for another season at Bath
NEWS EXTRA GJ van Velze has rejoined Bath for the new season. The 35-year-old South African forward made 10 Premiership appearances...
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/ 3 years agoOspreys put Jones in charge of the defence
NEWS EXTRA MARK Jones is joining the Ospreys as defence coach. The interim Wales U20s head coach has notable experience in...
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/ 3 years agoFrench centre Vakatawa returns for Barbarians
NEWS EXTRA VIRIMI Vakatawa’s premature retirement is over as the former France centre started for the Barbarians against Samoa last night...
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/ 3 years agoKey areas England must find answers
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SO England boss Steve...
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/ 3 years agoBorthwick’s boys stuck in tactical cul-de-sac of old
ONE is left wondering what rugby planet coach Steve Borthwick and his England side inhabit after witnessing the depressing 20-9 defeat...
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/ 3 years agoSmall price to pay for summer Tests
IN RESPONSE to last week’s letter regarding Summer Series TV coverage, anyone can join Amazon Prime for £8.99 on a one...
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/ 3 years agoCut Championship clubs some slack
THE promotion/relegation play-off set to be introduced next season between the Premiership and Championship is a long overdue step in the...
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