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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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Features
/ 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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Features
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
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Six Nations
/ 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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Six Nations
/ 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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Six Nations
/ 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...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNtamack leads France to Six Nations crown
Wales U20 …3 France U20 …24 WALES finished a lowly fifth in the U20 Six Nations after being out-muscled and out-paced...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIbitoye inspires England’s 5-try second-half romp
■ By SAM JACKSON Six appeal: England congratulate Josh Basham after he crossed for the sixth try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown:...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoItaly blast seven past bottom of pile Scots
Italy U20 …45 Scotland U20…31 ITALY’S attacking prowess proved too much for Scotland in Rome as the hosts won the battle...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGallagher’s Six Nations gongs
Best newcomer: Jacob Stockdale Player of the tournament: Dead heat between Conor Murray and Guilhem Guirado. The former is consumate, calm,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHome advantage key this season as fresh faces light up tournament
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at the defining moments that swung the tournament Ireland’s way Nerveless: Johnny Sexton breaks French hearts Star...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoOur fitness counted in the end says happy Townsend
SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend hailed their great escape and said: “That will put us in good stead, winning away from...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSo cruel for Italy as TMO sides with the Scots
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER A LATE penalty from Greig Laidlaw delivered a much-needed Scotland win on the road but Gregor Townsend’s side...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAt last,there’s loads of talent for Gatland to work with
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND If I was to give Wales a mark for their Six Nations campaign, it would...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoBrunel confident French on upward curve
Frustrated: Brunel FRANCE coach Jacques Brunel was frustrated after his team lost 14-13 to Wales in their last Six Nations game,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGatland: We’ll be ready for World Cup
WALES coach Warren Gatland believes his men will be firing on all cylinders at the Rugby World Cup despite failing to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoSlammed! But Eddie sees team improving
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones tried his best to shrug off the mounting pressure on his shoulders after England slumped to...
