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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Lee Dickson – Northampton scrum-half
1. The ‘Choke’ Tackle The ‘catch tackle’, as we call it at Saints, is just so negative and takes all the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHarlequins v Leicester preview
Harlequins have kept faith in the team that beat Stade Francais and Sale to take on Leicester tomorrow. Last week’s win...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Matt Giteau counts his blessings amid sun, sea and rugby stars
There was a fascinating cameo for people watchers at the end of Toulon‘s mighty win over Leinster at Stade Felix Mayol...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Reduce top-flight payments and grow grassroots game
The debate by the RFU council this week about the restructuring of lower leagues has opened a can of worms that...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBristol v London Welsh preview
Bristol have made four changes ahead of their top of the table clash with London Welsh at the Memorial Stadium tomorrow....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoEnglish kids can end Gavin Henson’s Wales dream
Gavin Henson hopes a fresh contract and new found stability at Bath can pave the way for a Wales recall before...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoBristol’s big guns ‘will fire them to promotion’
Bristol’s experience on and off the field will carry them across the Championship promotion line to the Aviva Premiership, according to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSeason and Gloucester career over for Tavis Knoyle
Tavis Knoyle’s season is over after the Gloucester scrum-half was banned for for four weeks for punching Bath No.8 Leroy Houston....
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Dave Ward – Harlequins hooker
Is this your best season? Think so. I played some pretty good stuff at Cornish Pirates but playing regularly for Quins...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNewcastle bolster front row options
American international prop Eric Fry has signed for Newcastle Falcons ahead of next season. The 26-year-old, who has spent two seasons...
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/ 12 years agoMike Brown wins Gatorade Game Changer award
Harlequins and England full-back Mike Brown has added another award to his growing list of recent achievements winning the Gatorade Game Changer...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: John Bull agenda is robbing England of some top talent
There is much to admire about Stuart Lancaster‘s England but I remain unconvinced by this “Little England” attitude which bars prospective...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Gavin Henson’s coming back to best – and it’s great to see
Gavin Henson proved the other week against Brive what we have all known throughout his career: the guy can really play....
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoNow the Turks want to get slice of new European Cup
The new European Rugby Champions’ Cup is preparing for take-off with the airline who signed Lionel Messi during their sponsorship of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHarry Mallinder strikes to send England U18s to European final
A late Harry Mallinder penalty put England U18s into their fourth successive European Championship final as they beat Wales 11-9 in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Brett Deacon – former Leicester and Gloucester back-row
I had never played second row in my career and on my Premiership debut I was thrown in at the deep...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoUnfair, cry clubs over huge loss at Sarries
Questions have been raised over the state of financial fair play in the Aviva Premiership after huge losses were reported by...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoTavis Knoyle and Sila Puafisi facing RFU hearing tomorrow
Gloucester duo Tavis Knoyle and Sila Puafisi will appear before a RFU Disciplinary Panel in London tomorrow following Saturday’s Premiership match...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCompetition: Northampton v London Irish tickets
The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Official Breakdown and Recovery Supplier to Premiership Rugby, Green Flag, to offer fans the...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish and Canada flanker
1. Tendai Mtawarira – The Beast, there’s no way he was not going to be in my team. But it’s not...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSchoolboy threw bottle at West Country derby
Gloucester confirmed a bottle was thrown at referee Tim Wigglesworth and his assistants on Saturday after an ill-tempered West Country derby...
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/ 12 years agoGeorge Chuter retires from rugby
Leicester Tigers hooker George Chuter has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The first man to make 250...
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/ 12 years agoSaracens beat Northampton to stay top
Saracens remained at the top of the table after disposing of Northampton 28-24 at Allianz Park. Sarries are now ten points...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Maro Itoje – Saracens lock
Until the U20s Six Nations, lock Maro Itoje, 19, didn’t list try-scoring among his strengths but after touchdowns in all five...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSale to play home games on Saturdays
Sale Sharks have confirmed that they will play their home games next season at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday afternoons...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoPremiership, Pro12, Championship teams
After a thrilling weekend of European rugby, everyone’s attention returns to the domestic leagues and a thrilling finish is on the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why life’s not so simple in this new European utopia
Delays, debates and rows, just another week of life in the sport we recognise as professional rugby. The delays in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Brive and bloody, the short reign of French mavericks
It is 16 years since Brive clashed with Bath in the 1998 Heineken Cup final in Bordeaux and at the time...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland anthem singer to run (and sing) at the London marathon
England rugby‘s official anthem singer Laura Wright, one of the UK’s leading classical artists, will be running the 2014 Virgin Money...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoThe new face of European Rugby
After months of negotiations, the future of European rugby has finally been sorted with all the European stakeholders agreeing the new...














