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/ 7 years agoIt will be a sporting travesty if Chiefs lose
HEREwe are once again at the Premiership playoffs farce. How many other genuine Rugby Union fans feel the same way? I...
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/ 7 years agoAnthony showed guts, he’s a real fighter insists Blackadder
By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder expects to see Anthony Watson up close in Japan this autumn wearing an England jersey and...
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/ 7 years agoChange is needed to help the North says Dowson
FORMER Newcastle Falcons stalwart Phil Dowson insists the structure of English rugby needs changing, describing his old club’s relegation as “devastating”...
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/ 7 years agoOllie’s inspired to find the gains Eddie wants for place in Japan
■By NEALE HARVEY Driven to succeed: Gloucester flyer Ollie Thorley PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER wing Ollie Thorley has total belief in...
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/ 7 years agoRevitalised Montpellier end up with last laugh
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Vincent Rattez scored three of La Rochelle’s 12 tries against Bordeaux Time stood still for heroic...
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/ 7 years agoSuper Rugby Jaguares play-off surge is an omen for Pumas
■By ADAM ELLIS Test calibre: Jaguares wing Ramiro Moyano goes head-to-head with Waratahs full-back Kurtley Beale PICTURE: Getty Images THE JAGUARES...
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/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Crusaders investigate CRUSADERS head coach Scott Robertson has defended Richie Mo’unga and George Bridge after they were accused by South African...
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/ 7 years agoPowell v Haskell!
FORMER Wales No.8 Andy Powell has challenged James Haskell to a charity boxing match. Powell used Twitter to challenge Haskell to...
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/ 7 years agoCips: Me and Owen
DANNY Cipriani believes there is no reason why he and Owen Farrell cannot operate in the same squad as calls grow...
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/ 7 years agoDombrandt eyes call-up for Baa-Baas clash
ALEX Dombrandt hopes his stellar first season in pro rugby might earn him an England call-up for next Sunday’s Twickenham clash...
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/ 7 years agoZach aims to stamp his brand on Eddie
■By NEALE HARVEY ZACHMercer is ready to prove to England head coach Eddie Jones that Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes are...
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/ 7 years agoRams plan to keep on climbing
NEALE HARVEY picks out some key early battles in next season’s National Leagues On the up: Rams celebrate winning National 2...
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/ 7 years agoSad to see my own rugby pathway is no longer there
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Outspoken: Dean Ryan criticised the RFU following his move to take charge...
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/ 7 years agoWing Walker quits Quins for new start in Italy
By ADAM ELLIS Finisher: Charlie Walker HARLEQUINS winger Charlie Walker will swap the Premiership for the PRO14 and join Zebre this...
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/ 7 years agoI won’t forget that glare off Leonard!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY NICK WALSHE THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH, SALE, SARACENS, HARLEQUINS AND BEDFORD SCRUM-HALF Reaching the top: Nick Walshe in...
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/ 7 years agoKnights charge up Uni system
Stepping up: Will Goodrick-Clarke in ferocious form for Richmond DONCASTER Knights academy will play three divisions higher in the University system...
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/ 7 years agoDelaney in to replace Hayward
THE Scarlets have added another piece to their coaching jigsaw with the appointment of Glenn Delaney as defence coach. Delaney, currently...
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/ 7 years agoRichmond restart earns Will his second chance
By JON NEWCOMBE COMPUTER science degree graduate Will Goodrick-Clarke is relishing another crack at the Premiership after his reboot at Richmond....
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/ 7 years agoMurphy wants Tigers to start playing ‘smarter’ rugby
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy will ask his Tigers to show more versatility in their game next season after narrowly avoiding...
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/ 7 years agoLam’s building Bears a platform to England
By NEALE HARVEY Leading charge for Red Rose honours: Harry Thacker PICTURES: Getty Images Ambitious: Pat Lam BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ROUBAN BIRCH Rouban Birch admits he couldn’t believe his luck when it was announced that South Africa second row superstar Lood...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoEngland beat the Kiwis but fall to Ireland
■By ANDRE THOMAS Hand-off: Phil Burgess of England is challenged by Ireland’s Harry McNulty ENGLAND were dumped out of Cup contention...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTop two take command after thrilling season finale
The Rugby Paper’s reporters have submitted their votes to reveal our National 2 South Team of the Season Lerading by example:...
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/ 7 years agoThis free bar will cost you
THEWorld Cup warm-ups are still almost three months away but the hospitality companies are already selling their wares, like this one:...
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/ 7 years agoDream Team wake up call
THE PRO14 final at Celtic Park last night brought a new twist to the old maxim about there being two teams...
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/ 7 years agoQuins landed a coup with Dombrandt
THEEnglish Premiership Dream Team of the season featured a back row forward from Croydon whom nobody had heard of when he...
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/ 7 years agoDurable? They should call James Red Rum!
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON SAMJames ought to have been centre-stage at the Premiership gala dinner last Wednesday...
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/ 7 years agoDeano disappointed by Hammerlsey flying the nest
By ADAM ELLIS THE lure of European rugby proved too strong for Simon Hammersley to remain at Kingston Park so the...
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/ 7 years agoMiller tells boo boys to cut Lima some slack
By NEALE HARVEY Under fire: Wasps fly-half Lima Sopoaga PICTURES: Getty Images PLAYMAKER Lima Sopoaga should not be made a scapegoat...
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/ 7 years agoJames will leave Blues
CARDIFF Blues wing Tom James will leave the region at the end of the month. The 32-year-old returned to rugby this...
