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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Sorry, but I just can’t see any Englishman starting first Test
With the horse trading over at last we can now focus on a squad that we all hope will bring home...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoRAF Spitfires complete gruelling 500-mile charity cycle
The RAF Spitfires Rugby 7s team will tomorrow cycle through the iconic Lion Gate of Twickenham’s West Stand to mark the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoAndy Saull: Newcastle Falcons won’t stifle me like Saracens
Flanker Andy Saull admits he signed for Newcastle to stop his career stagnating in Saracens‘ regimented environment. Long seen as the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ben Jonhston – former Saracens, Brive and England centre
I’d have loved to get more than two England caps but I was involved in a rare win over the All...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoFree Aviva Premiership for BT customers
BT broadband customers will be able to watch the Aviva Premiership free of charge from next season. The telecommunications giant made...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLeicester Tigers and Tom Youngs headline Premiership awards
Tom Youngs was voted the Aviva Premiership Player of the Year last night. The Leicester hooker has been in superb form...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Football could yet kick RWC 2015 into touch
There were cautionary notes amid the fanfare for England‘s 2015 World Cup when the schedule and venues were announced at Twickenham...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: No more squabbles, let’s all just get behind our squad
I like the look of Warren Gatland‘s 2013 Lions squad, which has physicality as well as speed and skill. Like all...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAnother season for player-coach Tindall
Mike Tindall has signed a new one-year deal with Gloucester as player-coach. Nigel Davies told The Rugby Paper a couple of...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoKurtley Beale suspended again
Kurtley Beale’s hopes of winning selection against the British and Irish Lions are in tatters after he was suspended again for...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoFetu’u Vainikolo joins Exeter Chiefs
As revealed by Neil Fissler if The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Exeter Chiefs have signed Fetu’u Vainikolo from Connacht on a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoThose Semesa Rokodoguni back-flips are helping our heroes
After undergoing a six-month tour of Helmand province, it is no surprise that Fijian flyer Semesa Rokoduguni is un- daunted by...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Robin Copeland – Blues and former Leinster, Plymouth and Rotherham No.8
1. Cian Healy – I wouldn’t be surprised if the front row I’ve picked starts the first Test for the Lions...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoFind Rugby Now announce 2013 venue
This year’s edition of the Find Rugby Now tournament will take place at Blackheath Rugby Club on July 6. The tournament,...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoEleven new faces for England tour of Argentina
Christian Wade, Marlan Yarde and Jonny May are three of the 11 uncapped players named by Stuart Lancaster in his England squad for...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: These slabs of meat will be mighty mouthfuls
Slabs of red meat? More like slabs of gristle. The sort of tough, unpalatable stuff that the Aussies, who like the...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Power of music puts me in mood for a battle
Once on tour, the pressure and nervous excitement will start to creep up on the Lions players, building to a crescendo...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoHQ to host World Club Sevens
A World Club Sevens tournament is to be hosted at Twickenham for the first time this summer. As the growth of...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years ago“I’m used to being snubbed,” says James Hook
James Hook has made a frank admission about his international future after being excluded by the Lions and Wales on successive...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAlain Rolland to referee Heineken Cup final
Alain Rolland will be the man in the middle as Top14 giants Clermont and Toulon face off for the Heineken Cup...
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/ 13 years agoJoin our Lions prediction game
Ahead of the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, The Rugby Paper invites you to join our SuperBru Lions prediction league....
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/ 13 years agoFinal curtain for Geordan Murphy
Leicester Tigers legend Geordan Murphy has announced the next two games will be his last as he will retire at the...
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/ 13 years agoScotland name nine uncapped players
Scotland have included nine uncapped players in a squad of 31 for next month’s quadrangular international tournament in South Africa. The...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoBaa-baas squad nearing completion
London Wasps flanker Sam Jones has been selected to play for the Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions and England...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoCaptain Sam Warburton has winning ways with the referees
Warren Gatland has revealed that a crucial component in his appointment of Sam Warburton as captain of the 2013 Lions was...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoLeeds figure it out with two sevens like Wales
Just as two opensides helped Wales to Six Nations glory against England, Leeds’ own magnificent sevens – Jacob Rowan and Chris...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Tom Voyce – London Welsh winger
1. Scrums This might surprise you but I know from first-hand experience how tough being part of a scrum is. On...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Sean Kennedy – Edinburgh scrum-half
Not many can lay claim to beating Ulster twice in successive matches this season – but then Edinburgh scrum-half Sean Kennedy...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Blame Sarries fan base not ERC for no-show, Edward
As the majority of the Aviva Premiership took a well- earned break this weekend, the expectation was that the only major...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Ashley Johnson – London Wasps flanker
Enjoyed the move to Wasps? I really have. The culture is a bit different from South Africa but I’ve been fortunate...
