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/ 11 years agoBath and Northampton on par for Champions Cup quarter-finals
Bath have kept their Champions Cup quarter-finals hopes alive with a sensational 35-18 bonus-point win in Toulouse yesterday. The West Country...
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/ 11 years agoExeter through to Challenge Cup quarter-finals
Exeter have joined Gloucester and the Dragons in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after their 33-24 win at Connacht yesterday. The Chiefs...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Lewis Ludlam – Northampton and Coventry flanker
It definitely did not seem like it at the time, but being released by Northampton at the age of 14 is...
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/ 11 years agoChampions Cup round 5 teams
POOL 1 Saracens v Munster Saracens: Alex Goode; Chris Ashton, Marcelo Bosch, Brad Barritt, David Strettle; Owen Farrell, Richard Wigglesworth; Mako...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Give promoted teams more money to level playing field
Here we are at the start of another year and, as usual, the hopes and aspirations of all rugby players and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Get ready for a crescendo…. just like the Olympics
Suddenly it’s World Cup year and the tournament is hurtling towards us as the pace quickens. No longer can we talk...
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/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 5 teams
Bordeaux-Bègles v London Welsh Bordeaux-Bègles: Romain Lonca; Paulin Riva, Metuisela Talebulamaijaina, Charles Brousse, Lucas Blanc; Pierre Bernard, Baptiste Serin (c); Laurent...
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/ 11 years agoGreene King IPA Championship round 12 teams
Bristol v Yorkshire Carnegie Bristol: Auguy Slowik; Tommaso Benvenuti, Gareth Maule, Ben Mosses, David Lemi (Capt.); Matthew Morgan, Craig Hampson; Kyle...
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/ 11 years agoDickson extend Harlequins contract
Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has extended his contract with the Club until the end of the 2016/17 season. The 32-year-old has...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Jon Brennan – Jersey prop
1. Shopping for Jeans As a prop your legs are either too short or too fat to be able to buy...
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/ 11 years agoCollier and Sinckler extend Harlequins stay
Harlequins today announced that tighthead duo Will Collier and Kyle Sinckler have both signed contract extensions to remain at The Stoop....
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/ 11 years agoFrance name Six Nations squad
Noa Nakaitaci is in line to make his France Test debut after being named in Philippe Saint-André’s 31-man squad ahead of...
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/ 11 years agoMa’afu banned for a week
Salesi Ma’afu has been suspended for one week by an RFU Disciplinary Panel. The Northampton prop had been cited after receiving...
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/ 11 years agoHepburn joins the Chiefs while three agree extensions
Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their front-row options with the signing of Junior World Cup winning prop Alec Hepburn from Australian club...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain meets Jamie Gibson who has left academia to chase his rugby dream
Jamie Gibson is a scholar and a gentleman, a true blue Oxford University-educated boffin who, inspired by the philosophy of Socrates,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Ryan Bevington still has time to climb out of the wreckage
The old year took an unusually savage toll of the toughest, meanest, ugliest breed in the game, the prop. From the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoMatt Banahan’s backing Bath masterplan
Winger is adamant Sam Burgess’s Union integration will not detract from Bath’s charge for silverware.
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Peter Richards – London Scottish backs coach
Enjoying the coaching gig at Scottish? Loving it. It’s a brand new set of fixtures, a different challenge against different teams...
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/ 11 years agoRennie forced to retire
Bristol flanker Ross Rennie has retired from rugby with immediate effect due to persistent injury. The Scotland international, who has won...
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/ 11 years agoMatt Hopper re-signs for Harlequins
Matt Hopper has committed his future to Harlequins having re-signed until at least June 2017. The centre joined Harlequins in 2011...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Bring back rucking and watch the game take off
My New Year’s rugby resolutions start with a return to rucking. To this day I don’t understand why rucking ever changed....
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: C’mon Joel Jutge get a grip of your referees!
Forget New Year wish lists, because where the current crisis in elite refereeing is concerned what we need is a hit...
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/ 11 years agoKruis banned for three weeks
George Kruis has been hit with a three-week suspension last night. The Saracens lock was found guilty of making a dangerous...
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/ 11 years agoLondon Irish appoint Tom Coventry
As revealed exclusively by The Rugby Paper yesterday, London Irish have appointed Tom Coventry as their new Head Coach for the...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoArrogance took over in the autumn admits Billy Vunipola
England No.8 opens his heart over the reasons behind his dramatic slump in form during the autumn internationals.
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ieuan Evans – former Llanelli, Bath, Wales and Lions wing
Of all the tries I scored for club and country the one that won the 3rd Test for the Lions against...
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/ 11 years agoEngland prop Kieran Brookes heading to Northampton
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on December 21, England tighthead Kieran Brookes will join Northampton next season....
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Kieran Hallett – Cornish Pirates fly-half
1. Soane Tonga‘uiha – He could only last 20 minutes when he first turned up at Bedford but his potential was...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Conor Dolan – Wellington and Wasps centre
Taking on the best schools in the country on a weekly basis is no mean feat but that is what Conor...
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/ 11 years agoLuke Wallace commits to Harlequins
Luke Wallace has committed his future to Harlequins until June 2017. The 24 year-old, who is a product of the club’s...














