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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoJohn Eales, the quiet man who became an inspiring skipper
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time focusing on John Eales' leadership in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLamaison brought the house down
The 1999 World Cup was a curate’s egg of a tournament, combining the crass with the truly historic. This was the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Ian Whitten: ‘I think I took more good options than bad ones’
The former Ireland, Exeter and Ulster centre talks about his life in the game PULLING on the Ulster jersey for the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoRFU needs to strike the right financial balance
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Loughborough centre Chris Preen
Loughborough Students’ Chris Preen has been on a rollercoaster journey so far in his career that has seen him change sports,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoJones: We must be multi-dimensional
By PAUL REES The last peak scaled by England under Jones was in Australia last summer when they came from one...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFive Falcons are chosen in Argentina squad
Named: Mateo Carreras FIVE Newcastle Falcons have been named in Argentina’s training squad as they prepare for the upcoming Rugby Championship...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoCrusaders to the fore in Team of the Season
Ben Jaycock selects his best XV from this season’s Super Rugby Pacific championship The Crusaders’ incredible dynasty continued as they lifted...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBiarritz are left sweating on future
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN By the time you read this, ProD2 side Biarritz were supposed to be under new management after...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoO’Kelly’s backing his boys to triumph
By NICK POWELL Grand Slammers: Malcolm O’Kelly believes Ireland will win the World Cup PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Ireland lock Malcolm...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoGB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics
By SAM JACKSON GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPremiership Women’s Rugby rebrand
THE women’s Premier 15s will be rebranded as Premiership Women’s Rugby next season. The change is part of a 10-year plan...
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Latest News
/ 2 years ago“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007
Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland
A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 2, Episode 25: Mal O’Kelly on Ireland’s World Cup prospects and Leinster’s end to the season
This week on The Rugby Paper Podcast, joining host Ollie Little, columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher and Digital Editor Nick...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWomen’s top tier re-branded as Premiership Women’s Rugby
The RFU hailed a new era for women’s rugby on Tuesday as it re-branded the Women’s Premier 15s as Premiership Women’s...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoKremer blow for Argentina
Los Pumas are set to be without banned backrower Marcos Kremer for the entire Rugby Championship campaign. Kremer has been banned...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 2 years agoChampion show!
By CAMERON STEPHENS Co-captain Mo Hunt credited the belief and togetherness of her Gloucester-Hartpury squad as they outclassed Exeter to be...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoWe are not going anywhere, say Ospreys
By PETER JACKSON Ospreys are adamant they will be open for business as usual in Swansea next season despite talks about...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoAgen on the trail of top Welsh trio
By NEIL FISSLER French ProD2 outfit Agen, who are in the middle of a takeover battle, are courting a trio of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoChampions Cup draw suits Bears
By PAUL REES Bristol Bears sneaked into the Champions Cup through the cat flap rather than the back door, but they...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling add Collins to list of star recruits
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Big-spending Ealing Trailfinders have come to the rescue of Tom Collins who had been left high and...
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Top 14
/ 2 years agoToulouse duo use trophy to ride the waves
Toulouse playmakers Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack took their Top 14 title celebrations to the beach this week, attempting to use...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCohen: Mental strength is the key ingredient
By GARY FITZGERALD Ben Cohen insists England have the physical talent and power to be true World Cup contenders but he...
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U20 World Cup
/ 2 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoBar takings are key for clubs to make money
RUGBY clubs’ biggest source of income is bar sales, which are dependent on matches being played. So why over the years...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoDirectors are to blame
email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I AM fed up with old former players from the three Gallagher Premiership clubs that have been disbanded blaming...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTime to offer fair treatment to grassroots
LAST week’s Rugby Paper lists next season’s National League fixtures. Among the titbits served up by the RFU’s Competitions Committee for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoI identified the problem in 2018
LOSSES of £21.1m, dependency on benefactors, excessively high wages for players in the Premiership and a Championship unloved – these are...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHassell-Collins out of England training squad
WING Ollie Hassell-Collins was dropped from England’s World Cup training squad last week when players from the Premiership’s losing semi-finalists, Northampton...
