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Features
/ 7 years agoTeague says No to Exiles job offer
FORMER England skills coach Rory Teague has turned down the chance to work for London Irish next season. Teague, who has...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAlofa sells up ready for France move
Relocating: Alofa Alofa is heading back across the Channel ALOFA ALOFA is set to leave Harlequins at the end of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWasps eye Pirates wing Wedlake
Option: Robin Wedlake WASPS are interested in Cornish Pirates winger Robin Wedlake who has only just agreed a new contract to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
Wilson in new deal NEWCASTLE Falcons have agreed a contract extension with England international Mark Wilson, right, despite him having another...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe north are truly a force to be feared
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN AT a time when ‘Happy New Year’ is the most popular phrase in...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFlood out to fire shots, not take them
By JON NEWCOMBE Team man: Toby Flood NOW 33, Toby Flood’s appetite for the game shows no sign of diminishing but...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRoberts believes Bath are still in hunt for the title
By NEALE HARVEY Veteran: Jamie Roberts is enjoying a new lease of life at Bath PICTURE: Getty Images JAMIE Roberts demands...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter: Referee wasn’t to blame
EXETER boss Rob Baxter refused to blame referee Ian Tempest for failing to award a first-half try for Ollie Devoto and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoConfident Cobus sparks Boyd’s new-look Saints
By ROB WILDMAN Clutching thin air: Fraser Dingwall breaks clear to score Saints’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images In the corner:...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard queries Brown incident
DAVE Ward will face the music from Quins boss Paul Gustard. Gustard denied seeing a spitting incident, but said: “The message...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWard sweating after stamp and ‘spit’ row
By NEALE HARVEY Dotting down: Alex Dombrandt scores a simple try for Harlequins after two minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Burrowing over:...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoGat to lead Baa-baas against the Welsh
By PETER JACKSON WARREN Gatland will be back in Cardiff after the World Cup for one last match – against Wales....
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTigers aim to land all Du Preez brothers
By NEIL FISSLER Big match, big player: Joe Marchant scores the winning try for Harlequins against Wasps at Twickenham PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNational League tax probe to be expanded to Premiership and Championship levels
HMRC have turned their attentions to rugby in recent months
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont honoured with knighthood
Doddie Weir also honoured for his contribution to rugby and the search for a cure to Motor Neurone Disease
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Featured
/ 7 years ago2019 is set to be a big year for new rugby betting sites
This is set to be a seminal year for the sport of Rugby Union, with the latest iteration of the World...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohn Mitchell came in with new ideas, says George Kruis
The England and Saracens lock talks World Cup hopes after an autumn playing in Mitchell's defence system
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBurns: I don’t feel let down by Gloucester
The Ulster fly-half talks about his new life at the Kingspan
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoSecret of how French rugby stars dodged jail time in Wales
Peter Jackson's column details the role of a French reporter in securing the release of three France players in Cardiff
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteven Luatua pens new deal to stay at Bristol Bears
Contract news concerning the Kiwi flanker
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWorst display so far – Gustard
ANGRY Harlequins players locked themselves in the dressing room after this defeat as boss Paul Gustard labelled the performance as the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBedridden Tigers show their courage under fire
By GARY FITZGERALD Away: Jonah Holmes breaks clear to score the Tigers’ first try PICTURES: Getty Images Danger man: Manu Tuilagi...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter: We know we can beat them
EXETER boss Rob Baxter said his team had taken a psychological step that was more important than the win over the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoChiefs end record run to storm back on top
By NICK CAIN Charge down: Luke Cowan-Dickie falls over the line for Exeter’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER ended Saracens...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTake a brave man to call this relegation cliffhanger
JEREMY GUSCOTT Expensive move: Elliott Daly would push up Saracens’ wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images IT promises to be the tensest...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCVC deal is great news for the clubs
COLIN BOAG Banned: Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott was given three weeks for ‘gouge’ on Chris Colete So, the Gallagher Premiership clubs,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoProfessional game is getting boring
JUST watched the last batch of European Cup games and I’m so, so depressed about the state of rugby. With the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRFU must help the grassroots clubs, not punish them
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE letter from John...















