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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoHard job replacing world class talent
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SHOCKED and saddened to...
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/ 8 years agoSuper Rugby goes on ‘for too long’
By STEFFAN THOMAS UZAIR Cassiem believes more of South Africa’s top stars will turn their back on Super Rugby in favour...
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/ 8 years agoWilliams: Jenkins can fill that Warburton void
By ALEX BYWATER Driving force: Ellis Jenkins Choice: Martyn Williams ELLIS Jenkins is the “heir apparent” to Sam Warburton and can...
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/ 8 years agoMatthews looking for a new start at Wasps
Partner: Joe Launchbury FRUSTRATED second row Charlie Matthews says the lure of working with Dai Young played a major part in...
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/ 8 years agoQuins were let down by poor fitness says Saili
By NEALE HARVEY Exciting game plan: Francis Saili PICTURES: Getty Images High tempo: Paul Gustard KIWI centre Francis Saili claims Harlequins...
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/ 8 years agoPhillips: I’m at Sale determined to win more silverware
SIGNED primarily for his brute strength and ballast, Sale newcomer James Phillips is also keen to show he can play a...
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/ 8 years agoLamb wants new chance to prove he’s a No1
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Fly-half Ryan Lamb left Worcester last summer for a new life in La Rochelle and a reunion...
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/ 8 years agoChange of heart for Mugford
PLYMOUTH Albion flyhalf Dan Mugford has done a U-turn on his move to France. An Achilles injury hindered Mugford’s season run...
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/ 8 years agoDanny’s drive can help us find top gear says Heinz
By NEALE HARVEY Box office signing: England No.10 Danny Cipriani PICTURES: Getty Images In: Matt Banahan Out: Billy Burns GLOUCESTER came...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoSuccess of Murrayfield saw Sevens go global
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Reading last week’s paper brought back some good memories of England’s first...
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/ 8 years agoFeeley drawn back by Wharfedale struggles
By JON NEWCOMBE Returning: Jon Feeley JON FEELEY admits the emotional pull of Wharfedale was too hard to resist as he...
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/ 8 years agoTwomey quits Quins for new Irish challenge
Irish-bound: Sam Twomey SAM Twomey has signed for London Irish ahead of the 2018/19 season. Twomey’s arrival represents something of a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
DAN DAVIS SCARLETS FLANKER In a week in which the estimable Wales and British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton was...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSiam Cup rivalry ‘more intense than any other’
FOR many years the Siam Cup – started in 1920 and thought to be the second oldest Cup competition in the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGuernsey will remain amateur despite step-up
Cup that cheers: Guernsey celebrate last season’s Siam Cup victory You would imagine running a successful rugby club on a small...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhy Jersey is an island of rugby dreams
Brendan Gallagher visits the Channel Islands to find two rugby clubs enjoying fresh success Reds on the rampage: Augustin Slowik scores...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoBoyd sure his ‘Canes can go up a level in last four
By JOHN DANIELS Energised: Brad Shields Hurricanes… 32 Chiefs … 31 THE Hurricanes became the first team to qualify for the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJantjies shows his class to kill off Jaguares
By MARK WILSON Lions … 40 Jaguares … 23 FLY-HALF Elton Jantjies produced his best performance of the season to lead...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAce Foley spearheads Waratahs fightback
By SAM JACKSON Waratahs … 30pts Highlanders… 23pts BERNARD Foley scored a Super Rugby personal best 25-point haul to help Waratahs...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSharks torn to shreds by classy Crusaders
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Composed: Sam Whitelock Crusaders … 40 Sharks … 10 DEFENDING champions Canterbury Crusaders demolished the Shark in Christchurch....
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Features
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks helped me revive career
MATT JESS THE FORMER EXETER, LAUNCESTON, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS AND CORNISH PIRATES WING MY LIFEIN RUGBY Ever-present: Matt Jess celebrates a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNeath stay optimistic
THE Welsh All Blacks are confident the financial troubles of owner Mike Cuddy won’t impact their hopes of improvement on the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFlanagan back to bolster Blues pack after stint with Saracens
By NEALE HARVEY Boost: Alex Rae FORWARDS coach Alex Rae is banking on the return of influential lock Mark Flanagan to...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGive Piutau a reprieve after early capture by All Blacks
DAN LEO EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS The annual Pacific Rugby Players Welfare (PRPW) Board meeting took place in Bristol last...
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/ 8 years agoI’ve no doubt we’d have won a World Cup under Johnno
JOHN WELLS Q&A ON THE RECORD Missed opportunity: Martin Johnson should have stayed on as England coach says John Wells Pictures:...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoDon’t knock us for promoting rugby says Exeter Uni boss
By NEALE HARVEY KEITHFleming, rugby director at Exeter University, has slammed traditionalists who claim college sides should have no place in...
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/ 8 years agoThis dark side of Pontypool Park must be cleansed
THERE was a time, especially during the early Eighties, when ‘Pooler’ turned Ponty-pool Park into the most forbidding fortress in the...
