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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Teimana Harrison – Northampton flanker
1. Mako Vunipola – The guy is a ridiculous carrier. He is good at the scrum like any prop should but...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor: No-one wants to play us
MATT O’Connor was in upbeat mood after Leicester’s five try victory and insisted no-one would be relishing tangling with the Tigers...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBurns hits 19 points but how Tigers miss Ayerza grunt
By NICK CAIN FREDDIE Burns is headed for Bath this summer, but he probably put paid to his new club’s chances...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig guns back for Saints’ Euro bid
NORTHAMPTON boss Jim Mallinder is hoping to have big guns George North, Louis Piccamoles and Courtney Lawes fit for Saturday’s winner-takes-all...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNowell’s spirit lights way for the Chiefs
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER coach Ali Hepher believes Jack Nowell’s selection for the Lions tour has given the England winger and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMallinder must make sure he is not this year’s Devoto
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has gone left field by announcing a next-generation squad to tour Argentina. In...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
SHAUN KNIGHT, THE BATH AND FORMER GLOUCESTER TIGHTHEAD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Marcos Ayerza...
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Features
/ 9 years agoVaughan: Altrad veto was so short-sighted
COLIN BOAG Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan this week broke his silence over the aborted takeover bid of the club by...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoEddie’s driving his men ever forwards
WARREN Gatland could not have asked or a better motivational speech for the Lions from Eddie Jones. To tell his England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGive A game players a proper platform to show their skills
I WAS delighted to see so many youngsters included in the England squad to tour Argentina but it might be worth...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoWhat more does Wade have to do?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk CHRISTIAN Wade…if you are...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDickson mystified over Eddie’s decision to dump Robson
By NEALE HARVEY DAN ROBSON must show England boss Eddie Jones why he was wrong to leave him out of the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoPlay-off contenders dominate Dream XV
Flier: Yorkshire Carnegie wing Jonah Holmes CHAMPIONSHIP play-off semi-finalists London Irish, Yorkshire Carnegie and Doncaster Knights are all well represented in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoReds regain Babcock trophy
By MATT DAVIDSON Army 29 Navy 20 IT WAS a 100th Army vs Navy match to savour for the boys in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDusautoir will end his career at Twickenham
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Thierry Dusautoir will bring the curtain down on a phenomenal career with his first-ever match for the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStudents rally to condemn Dunvant drop outs
By ROB COLE SWALEC round-up CARDIFF Metgave Dunvanta humiliating goodbye from the National Championship with a thumping 80-14 victory at Cyncoed....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowley’s leveller is crucial in fight for play-offs
By JAMES LLOYD Swansea 32 Neath 32 NEATH remain on course for a Tier Two play-off place after Ed Howley’s last-gasp...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBlack & Ambers downed to suffer a rare defeat
By SEBASTIAN CLAYTON Newport 9 Llanelli 26 NEWPORT lost for the first time since the Premiership split as Llanelli dented their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDouble trouble as Tomlinson scores a timely pair of tries
By BEN JAMES Cross Keys 10 Cardiff 33 A BRACE of tries for hooker Joe Tomlinson helped Cardiff notch up their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRavens dominate and give play-off hopes a boost
By ELGAN ALDERMAN Bargoed 26 Bridgend 42 BRIDGEND gave their play-off hopes a boost as they left Bargoed with a four-try...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHughes is the star of the show as the Quins are flattened
RGC 1404 38 Carmarthen Q20 By ROB COLE RGC 1404 38 Carmarthen Q20 RGC 1404 stayed on course for a possible...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIronmen forced to dig deep but secure their spot
By JAMES CANDY Merthyr 34 Aberavon 23 MERTHYR secured their place in the play-offs with a bonus-point victory. A Gary Powell...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSteelmen suffer a real blow in quest for Premiership title
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery 21 Ebbw Vale 15 EBBW VALE’S defence of their Principality Premiership title took a hammer blow. Llandovery...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedwas cement position with key victory
By JOE THOMAS Bedwas 30 Pontypridd 27 BEDWAS turned the tables on Pontypridd to claim a 30-27 triumph and cement their...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOnly way to beat the All Blacks is all out attack
By NICK VERDIER Targets: Robbie Fruean insists Fruean AS A proud Kiwi, Robbie Fruean would never bet against the All Blacks,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExperienced core is vital for success says Youngs
By NEALE HARVEY WARREN Gatland’s decision to retain a battle-hardened core of seasoned campaigners from the victorious tour of Australia in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDavies: Lions can win if we learn from last year
JONATHAN Davies believes the British & Irish Lions can win in New Zealand – as long as they learn from Wales’...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoKaino will be fit for Lions despite surgery
By SAM JACKSON JEROMEKaino will undergo knee surgery this week but All Blacks fans have been reassured he should be fit...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoRead suffers thumb injury and is doubt to face Lions
By LUKE JARMYN ALL BLACKS captain Kieran Read was in hospital last night after suffering a susprected broken thumb in the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoProtheroe magic sets up Randall for winner
Gloucester…40 Wasps…29 FLY-HALF Lloyd Evans was instrumental as Gloucester United overturned a 21-10 deficit against Wasps to book their place in...














