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/ 8 years agoZimbabwe feeding the world with top talent
THE sight of Don Armand trotting on yesterday to become the latest Zimbabwean to play Six Nations rugby will have aroused...
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/ 8 years agoJenkins shows off his schoolboy skills
By ROGER PANTING He’s over: Olly Robinson scores a first-half try for Cardiff Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans WALES squad flanker Ellis...
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/ 8 years agoEdinburgh continue their charge for playoffs
By LEE JONES RICHARD Cockerill called on his Edinburgh side to kick on into the PRO14 quarter-finals after their 15th win...
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/ 8 years agoDazzling green is the colour of my top 23
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS TEAM FROM THIS SEASON’S SIX NATIONS LINE-UPS Champions: Ireland with Six Nations trophy PICTURE: Getty Images THIS...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMullvihill offered top job at Cardiff Blues
CARDIFF BLUES have offered Australian John Mullvihill the chance to replace Danny Wilson who is moving to Dai Young’s Wasps at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVunipolas start Sarries talks about new deals
Brothers in arms: Mako, left, and Billy Vunipola PICTURE: Getty Images SARACENS have opened talks with England international brothers Billy and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCanada star set for Carnegie
CANADA tight head Jake Ilnicki is set to drop down into the Championship next season for a stint with Yorkshire Carnegie....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEastmond is snubbed by Bath
No go: Kyle Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND has been been left wondering about his future after Bath last week opted to sign...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ FORMER RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie could be on his way back to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEllis feeling lean and mean after injury nightmare
Fit again: Tom Ellis BATH flanker Tom Ellis has drawn inspiration from Exeter’s Sam Simmonds ahead of today’s final, in which...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHorstmann on mission to bow out as a winner
NEALE HARVEY finds two Exeter Chiefs back rowers desperate to finish the season in style Skipper: Kai Horstmann PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDays when Griffiths was an outcast in his own country
Clive Griffiths witnessed the evils of apartheid South Africa during a rugby tour there almost 40 years ago and thought he...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLet’s call time on the drunks
MORE drunken behaviour during Wales-Italy last weekend has strengthened the perception of the world’s finest city-centre stadium as a place fast...
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/ 8 years agoAlun-Wyn gets the ideal deal
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Staying in Wales: Alun-Wyn Jones is mob-handed by England PICTURE: Getty Images A...
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/ 8 years agoRFU’s shameful treatment of North
JEFF GAGE Eddie Jones says lessons will be learnt following England’s abysmal defeat against France. But the big lessons won’t be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToo many poor games in this year’s Six Nations
COLIN BOAG All week there were adverts on television proclaiming that the Six Nations was the best rugby tournament in the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie needs to up his pack speed
EVERYTHING is about pace nowadays in rugby and England’s first eight pack is a little slow. When I saw the back...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoIllegal tactics have shaped game since Otago’s innovators
MATT Everard recently highlighted in TRP the dubious art of clearing out defenders who do not have the ball. This tactic...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoStodgy England need change fast
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I’M very concerned about...
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/ 8 years agoScarlets add Springbok No.8 Cassiem to their hit-list
THE Scarlets have targeted the signing of Springboks No.8 Uzair Cassiem from the Cheetahs. Cassiem, 28, has won eight South Africa...
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/ 8 years agoRomania boss Howells blasts RWC qualification imbalance
By JON NEWCOMBE LYNN HOWELLS has called for European qualification for the Rugby World Cup to be run over one year...
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/ 8 years agoOfficials aren’t pals
IT’S time to bring greater formality to the way officials talk to players. There are times when it sounds like a...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRolland must act to end this mis-use of his refs
HAVING made the crass error of allowing an assistant referee for England- Ireland, Marius van der Westhuizen, to referee an England...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSlow down Eddie and do job you are paid for
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week...
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/ 8 years agoLes Bleues seal Grand Slam with six-try rout of Wales
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Wales Women …3 France Women …38 Grand! France celebrate PICTURE: TRP photographer FRANCE regained the Women’s Six...
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/ 8 years agoScots out to back up Irish win
PREVIEW Italy Women v Scotland Women Today. Kick-off 1.30pm SCOTLAND have made two changes to their lineup for the match in...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland grab second spot as Waterman sets record
■ By SAM JACKSON Take that: Tryscorer Marlie Packer takes on the Irish defence PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND Women ended their...














