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/ 1 year agoRacing 92 confirm Le Garrec is leaving
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN On the move: Scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec will be joining La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images YES, it’s...
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/ 1 year agoMehrtens reported to lead group out to buy Beziers
JAMES HARRINGTON LESS than two weeks before the new ProD2 season kicks off, overseas buyers have officially submitted a bid to...
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/ 1 year agoChampions set to take on Leicester in opener
By SAM JACKSON GLOUCESTER-Hartpury will open their title defence at home to Leicester Tigers on the opening weekend of the Premiership...
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/ 1 year agoWomen aiming to hit 100,000 mark by World Cup
By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND women returned to their roots, visiting local clubs across the country with Alex Teas-dale, executive director of...
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/ 1 year agoPotent Rawlins helps England U18s bounce back with victory over Georgia
England overcame a shaky first half to score 17 unanswered second half points to beat an impressive Georgia 27-20 as Jonathan...
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/ 1 year agoHalliday: I’m proud of united approach
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE SIMON Halliday has left his role as chairman of the Championship Clubs’ board both proud and frustrated...
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/ 1 year agoWe must all share the blame -Youngs
By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar...
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/ 1 year agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
Follow us at: @therugbypaper Follow us at: therugbypaper Follow us at: @therugbypaper Keep in touch with The Rugby Paper wherever you...
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/ 1 year agoEaster ‘appalled’ by Prem Cup exclusion
By JON NEWCOMBE NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup...
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/ 1 year agoSweeney defends change
CHIEF executive Bill Sweeney says the RFU has not “sold out” by renaming Twickenham in a sponsorship deal worth more than...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoChapman moves up at Northampton
PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton have appointed Julia Chapman as Mark Darbon’s successor as chief executive. She will begin her new role in...
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/ 1 year agoMatthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes
By BEN JAYCOCK REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy...
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/ 1 year agoDon’t put Marcus in a box, warns Mo’unga
By SAM JACKSON RICHIE Mo’unga says England must not put Marcus Smith in a ‘box’ if they are to get the...
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/ 1 year agoWalters leaves England for Irish challenge
By SAM JACKSON ALED Walters has left his role as England’s head of strength and conditioning to take up a position...
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/ 1 year agoI’m at Tigers for the long haul – Cheika
By ADAM HATHAWAY Hard-nosed: George Martin on the attack for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images TROUBLE-shooter Michael Cheika has told Leicester fans...
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/ 1 year agoSummerhill in hunt for a new deal
By SIMON THOMAS Moving on: Aled Summerhill in action for Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images AS he comes to terms with being...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: Macclesfield shows RFU doesn’t care about players
I strongly feel that the RFU is killing our rugby clubs as they have shown a serious lack of care towards...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: World Rugby made the game too complicated, attritional
This is a follow on from Raymond Howell’s letter in last weekend’s Rugby Paper about rugby's loss of wide appeal.
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: RFU not helping English rugby
Steve Borthwick is doing a great job in charge of the national side as are his players and our recent U20...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoDiamond: We’ll be fit and raring to go
By JON NERWCOMBE STEVE Diamond insists Newcastle Falcons will be fit for purpose when they kick off the new Premiership season...
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/ 1 year agoDREAM TEAM
STUART CORSAR, THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM & DONCASTER PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoItoje has chance to captain the Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoErasmus: We didn’t cherish ball and look after it like gold
AFTER easing past Australia with a phenomenal all-court game in Brisbane, South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus is expecting a reaction...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSpringboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate
By PAUL REES Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa .................... 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoWhisper it, but these Boks may deserve our love
BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many of you out there, often to be found in the noisy corner of X, who don’t...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSavea: We need to get it right next time
NEW Zealand captain Ar-die Savea admitted their performance wasn’t “up to All Black standard” and hopes the pain of just their...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoArgentina grab their chance to stun New Zealand
■ By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand ………………..30pts Tries: Darry 15, Lienert-Brown 35, Tele’a 52 Conversions: McKenzie 16, 36, 53 Penalties: McKenzie...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoCreevy & Co show England how it’s done
BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday,...
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/ 1 year agoA sporting heritage that needs protection
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHAT’S in a name? A huge amount if you consider what Wembley means...
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/ 1 year agoRFU must learn from Olympic gold rush
Triumph: Antoine Dupont with his Olympic gold medal PICTURE: Getty Images THE Paris Olympics should have rammed home an urgent reminder...
