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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s column: Megabucks Toulouse give Manu Tuilagi a dilemma
Manu Tuilagi has one year left on his Leicester Tigers contract and Toulouse have sounded out the 24-year-old England centre about...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: The day South Africa was cleared for take-off
It’s 20 years ago today that President Nelson Mandela presented Francois Pienaar with the World Cup at Ellis Park to bring down...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoAnthony Allen announces retirement from playing
Leicester Tigers centre Anthony Allen has announced his retirement from professional rugby due to a knee injury at the age of...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSam Burgess is pure gold to have in the camp says Dave Attwood
Cross-code star is a “live contender” to make England’s final World Cup squad according to Bath teammate.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHarlequins’ Jordan Burns joins Bedford Blues
Harlequins today confirmed that Academy scrum-half Jordan Burns will join Greene King IPA Championship side Bedford Blues. The former sprinter, 21,...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoWales MUST hold onto Alun Wyn Jones warn Ospreys
Wales urged to secure the longer-term future of their ‘most valuable asset’
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoLeicester snap Dom Barrow from Newcastle
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on June 7, Leicester Tigers have secured the services of second-row forward...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni in as David Strettle withdraws from England World Cup training squad
David Strettle has withdrawn from England‘s World Cup training squad and will be replaced by Bath‘s Semesa Rokoduguni. The 31-year-old wing,...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoInside this week’s edition of TRP
Another busy week in the world of rugby, another brilliant issue of The Rugby Paper! TRP will have all the action and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland and Australia announce first ever three-Test series
England will play Australia in a first ever three-Test series between the teams Down Under in June 2016. The opening Test...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland unchanged for World Rugby U20s Championships final
England have named an unchanged squad for tomorrow’s World Rugby U20s Championships final against New Zealand in Italy. Following Monday’s 28-20...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Signing up Kiwis and Boks mocks the rules
Exactly five years ago this coming Wednesday, in a football stadium where a local boy called Messi used to play, New...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: Bionic Jacques Burger is on his last crusade
After the best part of ten months at the coal face on behalf of Premiership champions Saracens, Jacques Burger is taking...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Union right to ride roughshod over Leicester Tigers’ American dream
The question of who is running rugby in America came under the spotlight this week as Leicester Tigers were forced to...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoIain Grieve: RPA must do far more for us in tier two
Former Plymouth Albion captain believes it is imperative Championship players are properly represented by the RPA.
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Featured
/ 11 years agoDo Team GB have the athletes to win gold?
Mike Friday warns Team GB that they need “to get their house in order” if they are to win a medal...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Jason Forster – former Wales flanker
1. The Severn Bridge Toll I live in Newport but work for South Gloucestershire Council and it pains me to have...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s column: Memo to Stuart Lancaster: Avoid the dwarves
The inexorable trend towards spin over substance in the running of the professional game reached new peaks this week. As part...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: Jonathan Davies’ loss more disruptive than Manu Tuilagi’s
With fewer than 100 days until the World Cup, Stuart Lancaster will be far happier than Warren Gatland is right now...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoStuart Lancaster’s got a mess in midfield warns Dean Ryan
England midfield remains the most urgent concern according to Worcester boss.
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Marcus Watson – England Sevens
What a year for England Sevens? It’s been awesome even if it’s been up and down. The Olympic situation made it...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBath and Wasps drawn in Champions Cup pool of death
Bath and Wasps will have to overcome Toulon and Leinster if they are to reach to the Champions Cup quarter-finals after...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExeter sign St Helens star Josh Jones
Exeter Chiefs have switched codes to confirm their latest arrival ahead of next season in the person of St Helens star...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Martin Hynes – former Orrell, Northampton and England prop
When I told Ed Morrison I was retiring from rugby to start my own pest control business his response was that...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland to host 2016 World Rugby U20s Championships
World Rugby and the RFU have today announced that the World Rugby U20 Championship 2016 will be held in Manchester, England....
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland beat South Africa to reach World U20s final
England will defend their title against New Zealand in the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship having overcome South Africa...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Mark Lilley – London Scottish and former Bath and Bristol loosehead
1. Nathan Catt – Best prank caller I’ve ever worked with and a very good friend. Moved from back-row to prop...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoIf Manu Tuilagi needs a bodyguard on a night out he just has to ask, says Billy Vunipola
Manu Tuilagi deserves to be cut some slack, according to his England pal Billy Vunipola, who is backing the errant Leicester...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Bull-dozing Ross Moriarty may be Wales’ missing link
When Wales beat Australia in the World Cup for the first and only time, amid the geothermal geysers of Rotorua, their...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The 69-match journey to the World Cup
Nations Cup The tenth year of this competition and the ninth to be held in Bucharest. Only the inaugural tournament, in...
