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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSmith has unfinished business at Quins
By BEN JAYCOCK Marcus Smith wants to repeat Harlequins 2021 Premiership triumph next season insisting he has unfinished business at the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKolisi in line to face Wales
By SAM JACKSON South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is set to feature in the World Cup warm-up match against Wales on...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoFarrell’s favourite to lead the Lions
By PAUL REES There has been little cheer for rugby in Australia in recent years, but the prospect of a Lions...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoO’Brien: Sexton ban won’t affect World Cup prep
By SAM JACKSON Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been given a three-match ban that will see him miss his country’s three...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoDynamic No.9 is a must for England
I HAVEN’T been able to find out why Ben Spencer was sent home from the England camp a couple of weeks...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoByrne the go-to man
WITH Johnny Sexton’s absence I can think of nobody better to fill the Ireland number 10 shirt than Ross Byrne. A...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoGovernance to blame
I HAVE read numerous articles, listened to many podcasts, TV pundits and debated with friends, and one thing that is a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHansen’s hungry for another ‘first’
Mack Hansen has loved linking up with his Irish team-mates for this year’s World Cup preparations, and is eager to play...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoEdinburgh appoint ex-Sharks supremo Everitt
Edinburgh have appointed experienced South African Sean Everitt as their senior coach for the 2023-24 season. The former Sharks head coach...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Mark Nelson
The Fylde chairman and former Lancashire winger & coach chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Sammy...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoLibbok deserves a chance at No.10
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF HAVING beaten the Springboks in Auckland, the All Blacks certainly have one hand...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSeason’s starter for 10! Champions travel to Exeter for the big kick off
By BEN JAYCOCK Premiership Rugby is hoping that less will turn out to be more next season. A year ago, the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoUnderhill and Rodd cut by Borthwick
England head coach Steve Borthwick has cut two more from his training squad. Bath openside Sam Underhill and Sale Sharks prop...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFiji too strong for Tonga
FIJI scored five tries to three to beat Tonga 36-20 yesterday. Tonga, who beat Australia A last week, were missing some...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBears keeping an eye on Gonzalez
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol are believed to be showing an interest in former London Irish back Juan Martin...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPostlethwaite waits
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs are set to offer former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite a contract for next season after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTigers in line to keep Watson
ON THE BLINDSIDE Leicester Tigers have emerged as the favourites to re-sign Anthony Watson following the World Cup later this year...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoEx-Saracens prop on way to Waratahs
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former Saracens loosehead Hayden Thompson-Stringer is joining the ever-growing list of former Premiership players who will be plying...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSlade testing the (housing) market
ON THE BLINDSIDE Henry Slade, out of contract at the end of the forthcoming season, has just put his five-bedroom house...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSteward in name mix-up
ON THE BLINDSIDE RFU media bosses were left with egg on their faces after an embarrassing blunder when they announced England’s...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoUnder-20s proved the future is bright
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DID you hear the one about the trainee fortune teller who gave up because he couldn’t see...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoEddie’s a head honcho in a hurry
CHRIS HEWETT Eddie Jones is not a man to let the grass grow under his feet, even if his most trenchant...
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Q&A
/ 3 years agoNew faces can turn Quins into contenders
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to 54-time England No.8 Nick Easter about his optimism for former side Harlequins following their coaching changes...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPooley’s paddlers rise to the challenge
By SAM JACKSON Crowborough rugby veteran Nigel Pooley has completed an extraordinary journey of paddling 68 miles along Scotland’s Great Glen...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCambridge confident they can match Caldy
By BEN JAYCOCK Championship newcomers Cambridge are using Caldy’s performance last season as inspiration ahead of their debut campaign in tier...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs To add your club’s fixtures please email newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THURSDAY,...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoAttention! Get ready for the phoney war
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE phoney war is about to start next weekend when the northern hemisphere sides get...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa know right recipe
Paul Rees makes his case for why Springboks will be a very different animal come the World Cup In this instant...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIkitau may miss World Cup with shoulder injury
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA centre Len Ikitau faces a race to be fit for the World Cup after fracturing a shoulder blade...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJoseph bows out of Bath after a decade
NEWS EXTRA FORMER England centre Jonathan Joseph’s departure from Bath has been confirmed. After ten years at The Rec, Joseph has...
