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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher charts the career of Jonny Wilkinson, the player who has transcended the game
Talk about synchronicity. When confirmation of Jonny Wilkinson’s much-touted retirement was filtering through this week I was actually rummaging around my...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: A moment of brilliance from George North could swing it
There is a certain kind of justice that the top two teams from the nine month league campaign have made it...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoExeter Chiefs sign Bath lock Ryan Caldwell
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Ryan Caldwell will leave Bath and join Exeter on a one-year deal next...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoBath chief Bruce Craig will be director of new Champions Cup
An Irish soccer convert, the mayor of a village in Provence and an English multi-millionaire are to play roles in Rugby’s...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoBanned Owen Williams to miss Wales tour
Owen Williams will not tour South Africa with Wales after the he picked up a six-week ban. The Leicester fly-half was...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoSouth Africa send for Richie Gray to get ready for Welsh collision
Richie Gray is the not-so-secret weapon South Africa have just re-employed to help them overcome Wales this summer on the way...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoOwen Farrell fit for Premiership final
Owen Farrell has been passed fit to play in the Premiership final on Saturday. The Saracens fly-half suffered a slight ankle...
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/ 12 years agoNathan Catt to join NZ party
Nathan Catt will fly out with the England tour party to New Zealand this evening. The Bath loose head will serve...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Stephen Jones – former Wales and Lions fly-half
The 2009 Lions tour was the most intensive period of my career. Some of the games were brutal and that second...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSteve Borthwick to take up Japan role
Steve Borthwick will link up with former Saracens boos Eddie Jones after being named Japan‘s forwards coach. The Sarries captain, who will retire after...
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/ 12 years agoBarbarians squad for England match
Juan Martin Hernandez and Donncha O’Callaghan have been added to the Barbarians squad ahead of their match against England at Twickenham...
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/ 12 years agoGK IPA Championship final preview: London Welsh v Bristol
London Welsh have made four changes for tomorrow’s Greene King IPA Championship Final 1st leg against Bristol at the Kassam Stadium....
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/ 12 years agoSteffon Armitage wins ERC Player of the Year award
Steffon Armitage has been named 2014 ERC European Player of the Year. The Toulon flanker, who was Saturday’s final man of...
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/ 12 years agoDanny Cipriani set for All Blacks Test
Danny Cipriani’s quest to earn his first Test cap since 2008 has moved one step closer after he was named in...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Mathew Tait – Leicester and former England, Sale and Newcastle full-back
1. Carl Hayman – He is a quality scrummager who came to Newcastle at his peak. His understanding of being a...
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/ 12 years agoDan Bowden joins the Auckland Blues
Dan Bowden will be playing for the Aucklnd Blues next season after agreeing a two-year deal with the New Zealand franchise....
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/ 12 years agoSouth Africa lose captain Jean de Villiers for Wales Tests
South Africa have suffered a huge blow with the news that Jean de Villiers is out of the June Tests against...
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/ 12 years agoJapan qualify for World Cup
Japan will play in the 2015 World Cup after claiming the Asian Five Nations title beating Hong Kong 49-8 in Tokyo....
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/ 12 years agoFarrell and Vunipola doubtful for Premiership Final and England tour
Saracens could be without Owen Farrell and Mako Vunipola for the Premiership final against Northampton on Saturday at Twickenham. Farrell, who...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Dixon – Dragons and Wales U20s centre
If it wasn’t for an untimely foot injury, Jack Dixon, 19, could have been preparing for a trip to South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWIN TICKETS TO PREMIERSHIP FINAL WITH GATORADE
The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Gatorade, Official Performance Partner of Premiership Rugby, to offer a pair of tickets for...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Less use of the TMO? Then stop these ref witch-hunts
Hard to believe that it is just a week since Leicester’s Richard Cockerill called for referees to be less reliant on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law takes a mauling from WRU!
Warren Gatland made a strange announcement last Tuesday over the resurrection of the Welsh trial match, buried long ago with other...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoIt’ll be a whole new ball game if Bath’s supremo has his way
The battle over Europe has been won but Bath chairman Bruce Craig believes the war over global season structure and how...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Barry Davies – Coventry and former Welsh international full-back
1. Poor service I eat out a lot. To be fair I don’t think I’ve cooked a meal for myself in...
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Latest News
/ 12 years ago“There won’t be many chips in Toulon’s armour” – Richard Wigglesworth
Saracens take on Toulon in the Heineken Cup final in Cardiff of Saturday and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth is fully aware of...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Rob Baxter about the Heineken Cup final
Rob Baxter is in the unique position for an English coach of having done the surgery on the victims-in-common of Heineken...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: So, it’s farewell Heineken, you were already just champion!
Rather in the way journalism is often considered the first draft of history, the Heineken Cup was effectively European Rugby‘s first...
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/ 12 years agoAmlin Challenge Cup final – Northampton v Bath preview
Northampton have made five changes to their starting line-up for tomorrow’s Amlin Challenge Cup final against Bath in Cardiff. With two finals in...
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/ 12 years agoLeicester confirm arrival of Freddie Burns
Leicester Tigers have confirmed the arrival Freddie Burns as well as four other international players. It was the worst kept secret...















