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Premiership
/ 7 years agoReid wants to keep Ford waiting for the No10 shirt
Change: Noel Reid By JON NEWCOMBE FLY-HALF Noel Reid is focused on building on a promising start to his Tigers career...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRivals are laughing at the rain in slick show
■By JOHN UTLEY Wharfedale ....24 Hinckley ..........19 PLAYING conditions remained good considering the rainfall on Thursday. Wharfedale got off to the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoMcNicholl will give North some competition
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCheating has aways been a part of the game
THE Saracens salary cap ‘scandal’ is discussed in great detail elsewhere in The Rugby Paper but some brief observations from this...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe used the boos as motivation say Sarries
By ROGER PANTING Stern stuff: Nick Tompkins dives over for the first Saracens try as fans protest, inset PICTURES: Getty Images...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPall hangs over sad Scunthorpe
■By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ......7 Caldy ................68 IT HAS been a difficult week, as the Scunthorpe players and supporters had to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoUbiquitous All Blacks!
ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoAssistant coaches could hold key to All Blacks job
SOUTH HEMISPHERE EXPERT Candidates: (from left) Jamie Joseph, Scott Robertson and Ian Foster are all in the frame for the New...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMcLean shines as Worthing edge Esher
■By WILL JENNINGS Worthing ........20 Esher ................15 MATHEW McLean helped himself to 15 points to engineer a close-fought victory for Worthing...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago’We have to plan to avoid the drop’
AFTER failing to turn up to the launch of the European Champions Cup, Saracens fulfilled their media duties with director of...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOtley made to sweat by Hull
TEAMS ■By NICK DOYLE Otley ................27 Hull....................23 OTLEY saw off a determined Hull side to secure a third straight win. Brett...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoBonus for conceding 95 points?
THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWe saw The Beast use same tactics on Phil Vickery
Power: The Springbok scrum drives England backwards PICTURE: Getty Images A WEEK of reflection is a long time in rugby but...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJuddians’ tale of two halves
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J.....42 Westcliff............5 WESTCLIFF arrived at the Slade in perilous league form and were not able to affect...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens second row Jonathan Kpoku
A player who helped take Ampthill into the Championship while on loan from Allianz Park last season
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoHarrington column: All change for France now Fabien Galthie in charge
James Harrington on how France head coach Fabien Galthie now has carte blanche to fix Les Bleus with Jacques Brunel out...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: No rest for Exeter Chiefs’ World Cup trio
Team news for Round 4 of the Premiership, with Exeter Chiefs hosting Sale Sharks at Sandy Park
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Featured
/ 7 years agoSaints legend and former England captain Dylan Hartley retires
Hartley has been sidelined for all of 2019 by a serious knee injury
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNow Japan gets ready to make Sevens sing at Tokyo Olympics
Brendan Gallagher's thoughts on how Japan can extend rugby's legacy far beyond the World Cup
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: Stuart Lancaster predicted success at 2019 Rugby World Cup
Jeff Probyn charts the difference between England four years ago under Stuart Lancaster and where they are now with Eddie Jones
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoRugby Paper Reader Offer
WOODEN SPOON RUGBY YEARBOOK 2020 & HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP (1975-2015) BOOK OFFERS: Now in it’s 24th year, the Wooden...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup in review: Beauty and the Beast in equal parts
The Rugby World held its breath ten years ago when the blazers took a punt and asked Japan to stage RWC2019,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoVerdict: Siya Kolisi brings fresh hope to a troubled land
Brendan Gallagher on the significance of Springboks no.6s to the modern history of South Africa
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Team of the World Cup
Nick Cain finds room for only one All Black in his starting XV
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Eddie Jones has to stay for four more years or go
Jeremy Guscott feels England were magnificent in Japan but warns Eddie Jones' future must become clear beyond 2021
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNorthampton in talks with Dylan Hartley about calling time on his career
Neil Fissler reports that Saints are more concerned by Hartley's concussion history than his long-term recovery from knee surgery
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: So just why did you lose then, Warren?
After celebrating Gatland's tenure, Peter Jackson cuts through indulgence to ask what went wrong for Wales in Japan
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoSaracens seek to slash budget by moving on from Liam Williams
Saracens were interested in bringing in a star of the NRL
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNigel Wray confirms Saracens will appeal salary cap sanctions
"Together we have created something incredibly special" - Nigel Wray to fight to defend Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSalary cap investigation: Saracens struck down by 35-point deduction and £5.4m fine
Saracens have been handed the maximum penalty possible of a whopping 35-point deduction and £5.4m fine following an inquiry into their...
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Guest columnists
/ 7 years agoTips for quitting smoking with LYFT Nicotine Pouches
Smoking has serious negative health effects. These effects are dire especially if you are a professional athlete. This is because the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond: We only deserved one point
BRISTOL director of rugby, Pat Lam, said his side had to play in a different way to secure the win. He...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAccuracy of Olver’s boot gets Knights back on track
■By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER fly-half Sam Olver secured a vital win for the Knights with five penalties and a conversion to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFull-back Williams ruled out for three months
■By SAM JACKSON WALES full-back Liam Williams faces a lengthy lay-off after having surgery on an ankle injury suffered at the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoClub cope with filthy conditions
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….19 Bishop’s Sto ..14 A MATCH, the pattern of which was very much dictated by the filthy...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoSo just why did you lose then, Warren?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW More like it: Hallam Amos scores against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images Amid...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEagles ace Taufete’e prepared for ferocious backlash from chastened Chiefs
■By NEALE HARVEY WORLD player-of-the-year nominee Joe Taufete’e says Worcester must prepare to make 300 tackles if they are to prevail...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWonder try by Radwan as Falcons hit turbos
■By LUKE JARMYN Diving in: Tom Arscott scores for Newcastle Falcons PICTURE: OMH Rugby Pics NEWCASTLE continued their unbeaten run with...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoMcCaw is within the grasp of Alun Wyn
IF HE stays in one piece for the rest of the season, Alun Wyn Jones has every chance of finishing it...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNaiyaravoro creates havoc for Harlequins
■By GARY FITZGERALD Power surge: Taqele Naiyaravoro bursts through to score for Saints PICTURES: Getty Images Bench star: Cadan Murley scores...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoZebras zip to glory in second-half demolition
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians……15 Otley …………….20 A GAME of two halves saw Otley claim the win after a second half barrage...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoResilient Amps hold off late onslaught
■By WARREN KAY AMPTHILL held out for their second win of the league campaign in a tight game where defences dominated....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoThey’re simpy the best, better than all the rest
Nick Cain picks his team of the tournament from the World Cup Tenacous: Damien de Allende scores for South Africa against...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDowson: Mr T is a big, fast freak!
PHIL Dowson heaped praise on ‘freak’ wing Taqele Naiyaravoro after his two tries helped Saints build on an impressive start to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoThe luck of the Irish for Tigers
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T’s ..12 Hull ………………….9 MARK Ireland’s penalty after the clock turned red was the difference between the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoClinical Exiles show ruthless streak to earn bonus win
■By STEWART McCULLOUGH LONDON Scottish head coach Graham Steadman was pleased with his side’s second half display as the Exiles ran...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoShoulder problem forces Burgess to retire
THE man who divided opinion during the last World Cup in England, Sam Burgess, has announced his immediate retirement from the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoClinical Waters waltzes to joy
■By RYAN STEVENS Loughb’gh ……23 Sedgley Park..18 THE stellar kicking performance of Owen Waters proved the difference as Loughborough Students edged...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates take the spoils with double for Duncan
■By ROB WILDMAN CORNISH Pirates completed a double at Lady Bay this season in a vastly different style to the one...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoLancaster predicted success at 2019 RWC
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Too soon: Stuart Lancaster faces up to defeat in 2015 PICTURE: Getty...
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