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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoHoping a phoenix can rise from the ashes…
The London Irish story has taken a horrible, cruel, turn recently but remains an extraordinary tale worth telling and in the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTupou on track to return for Wallabies
Wallabies star prop Taniela Tupou is on track to make his return from injury against the Springboks in their Rugby Championship...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNienaber keeps faith with World Cup stars
By PAUL REES SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s squad preparing for the Rugby Championship contains 19 players who were involved in the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoFoster mixes it up with experience and youth
New Zealand have named five debutants in a 36-man squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship. The squad is a mixture of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoFamiliar faces find some new identities
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Nine New Zealanders, four Australians, a goalkicking Irishman and an English prop are...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoLimited by a flawed structure
Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSensational Jonah, the game’s first global star
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time he goes back to 1995 and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoMandela inspires rainbow nation
The 1995 World Cup is a multi stranded story we never tire of. Nelson Mandela, elected at South Africa’s first President...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNoot: Blackheath aiming for top six
By BEN JAYCOCK Alex Noot has stressed that his new Blackheath side are not there to merely make up the numbers...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley move for Brough
National 1 side Birmingham Moseley have signed Dan Brough from Cambridge, who won the league to secure promotion to the Championship....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCraig leaving Gloucester for Scarlets
Scotland lock Alex Craig is joining Scarlets from Gloucester. Like their regional rivals, Scarlets are cutting costs and have lost lock...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCharalambous on Scottish mission
By BEN JAYCOCK After aiding the club’s survival bid last term, London Scottish new signing Rhys Charalambous is hoping to use...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBaldwin happy to take chance at Falcons
By SAM JACKSON Wales and Ospreys hooker Scott Baldwin has called time on his playing career to become defence coach at...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoBlackett’s blueprint deserves attention
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Jeff Blackett is not a name that will spring to mind if...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoTeam of the season is packed with brilliance
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The 2022/23 Top 14 season is done. Toulouse are champions for the 22nd time, after pipping ambitious...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoHeavenly finish as Crusaders snatch title
By CAMERON STEPHENS Super Rugby Pacific Final Chiefs .................. 20pts Tries: Stevenson 22, Narawa 42 Conversions: McKenzie 24, 44 Penalties: McKenzie...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGloucester and Exeter prepare for “Queensholm” showdown
A new winner will be crowned as the champions of the Women’s Premier 15s as Gloucester-Hartpury and Exeter meet at the...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 24: European Cup format and reattempting an England XV
This week on the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little is joined by columnists Brendan Gallagher, Nick Cain and Chris Hewett...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoHeineken pull plug on Europe
By SAM JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Global brewing giants Heineken are to step down as title sponsors of rugby’s Champions Cup, leaving tournament...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland squad on £100,000-a-man at World Cup
By PETER JACKSON & JON NEWCOMBE England's World Cup squad will be paid £100,000-a-man at the World Cup in France this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPurdy out to make his name overseas
By BEN JAYCOCK As many professional rugby players are discovering, the financial problems in the Premiership are making it tough to...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBristol swoop to snap up Van Rensburg
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol Bears have leapt upon London Irish’s misfortune by signing South African centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg. The...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoHunter and Cox named in Birthday Honours list
By NEIL HARVEY Former England women’s captain Sarah Hunter has been awarded and CBE and professional referee, Sara Cox an MBE...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe’ll keep on fighting, says Newcastle owner
By PAUL REES Newcastle owner Semore Kurdi has rubbished claims that the club is willing to be relegated to the Championship...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMillard moves up at Quins
Harlequins have appointed Billy Millard as director of rugby, with Tabai Matson switching from head coach to become director of performance...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoChamp clubs refuse to delay new deal
By JON NEWCOMBE Furious Championship clubs have voted against proposals to push back the new Professional Game Agreement (PGA) by another...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSpencer’s the man to fire up England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK STEVE Borthwick’s ability to get the best out of the best scrum-half in England...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrom European Cup honour to Eurotrash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The European Cup is sinking thanks to the tinkering of EPCR and its...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoCrowley’s quick exit was not deserved
NICK CAIN The most discordant note struck in the international game this week was Kieran Crowley’s axing by Italy. Crowley’s contribution...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKingsholm showdown to decide the title
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Gloucester-Hartpury v Exeter Chiefs June 24. Kick-off 3.30pm, Kingsholm The Premier 15s top two sides Gloucester-Hartpury and...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWoollett keen to see repeat performance
By LUKE JARMYN Australian Ben Woollett got a reputation as the joker in Jersey Reds ranks, playing practical jokes and winding...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSnow has his eye on new deal at Chiefs
Exeter Chiefs are set to return to pre-season this week and will see a familiar face trying to earn himself a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTeague keen to be heading home
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former England attack guru Rory Teague, below, is ready to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLoader signs two-year deal with Stormers
Ben Loader is moving to South Africa this summer and will play in the United Rugby Championship after signing for the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNeild back on market
Former Sale Sharks back-row Cameron Neild is looking for his third club in a year after his short-term deal with Glasgow...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSo, who is set to fly in under the radar?
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Remember Jean-Marc Doussain’s international debut for France? Probably not. The poor bloke would happily forget it himself,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWood is just the man to talk sense
It would be stretching a point to suggest that Tom Wood, the brick-hard Northampton flanker who won a half-century of caps...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSirker’s glad he’s moved Down Under
By BEN JAYCOCK Callum Sirker feels Championship players are a victim of Premiership clubs' financial mismanagement, so decided midway through last...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling confirm deal with Williams
Ealing Trailfinders have confirmed their signing of Wales scrumhalf Lloyd Williams from Cardiff. The 33-year-old ends a 13-year career at Cardiff...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoLet’s hope our new big hitter has a big impact
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Among the many social media comments on the appointment of Richard Collier-Keywood as the new...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBorthwick has it all to play for
Paul Rees considers the head coach's options as he prepares to name his World Cup squad on August 7 England may...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWho will be next on the production line?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER The Junior World Cup makes a welcome return after a four-year hiatus next week down in South...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSamoan underdogs and an Australian masterclass stole the show in ’91
The Rugby World Cup really started to hit its stride in 1991, scaling up from the inaugural event in 1987 in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoMullen is so sorry to see his club fall
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW BRIAN Mullen has spent his working life helping a multitude of people keep...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoIreland fears are building for Sexton
Four weeks after the event, European Club Rugby is still investigating Johnny Sexton’s confrontation with all three match officials at the...
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World
/ 3 years agoLaidlaw: We have talented cohort
NEW ZEALAND By SAM JACKSON Record six-time winners New Zealand have selected their players to head to South Africa, following their...
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World
/ 3 years agoJones opts for mixed approach
WALES By BEN JAYCOCK Wales U20s interim head coach Mark Jones has named five uncapped players in his squad. Dragons full...
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World
/ 3 years agoPenny banking on passion
JAPAN Japan come into the tournament with two wins from their last four matches, having defeated New Zealand Universities 52-46 last...
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World
/ 3 years agoKey men missing for the holders
FRANCE By SAM JACKSON Holders France are hunting for a third straight World Championship title but Sebastien Calvet has been forced...
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