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/ 3 years agoEwels to miss most of season
BATH lock Charlie Ewels is expected to miss most of the new Premiership season after undergoing knee surgery. The 27-year-old suffered...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPirates move in on Chiefs
CORNISH Pirates have signed seven players on dual-registration deals from Premiership side Exeter Chiefs. Centre Tommy Wyatt is returning for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoI want to finish on a high with Bristol, says Joyce
By BEN JAYCOCK As he heads into his farewell season before joining Connacht, Bristol Bears legend Joe Joyce is hoping to...
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Rugby Matters
/ 3 years agoCovering Pooler was a reporter’s nightmare
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Apparently the last Saturday night sports paper closed down in...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Welsh All Blacks never lost ambition
Neath may currently be playing in the third tier of Welsh Rugby - the Championship but they have been big players...
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Features
/ 3 years agoI was like a rabbit in headlights when I dared to cross the loyal Neath faithful
THROUGHOUT their history, Neath have been prone to producing monumental record breaking seasons and 1928-29 was just such a campaign. They...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff back row Mackenzie Martin
Cardiff back row Mackenzie Martin has drawn comparisons to Jonah Lomu throughout his rugby career with his carrying and is hoping...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoPower aims to ramp up Park’s title bid
■By BEN JAYCOCK ROSSLYN Park have been busy in the transfer market as Kieran Power’s side embark on a hunt for...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Olly Morgan: I was so proud to be a king of Kingsholm
The former England and Gloucester full-back talks about his career Kingsholm, particularly the Shed, has a very well-deserved reputation for being...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoWhy does injury tally only affect elite men?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The ugly spectre of head injuries raises it head again with former...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWe had plenty of with none of the success but razzmatazz
Moment In Time: Leicester Tigers Courage National League One Champions 1988 Neil Fissler talks to Malcolm Foulkes-Arnold Fireworks and confetti greeted...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTours gave us an extra weapon to our armour
MALCOLM Foulkes-Arnold believes the foundations for Leicester Tigers' first-ever title success were laid in preseason – not on the training pitch...
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Features
/ 3 years agoA right royal knees-up, from Russia with love
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBroncan: We want to invest in youth
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Pre-season is now underway for all Top 14 sides apart from champions Montpellier, who officially return to...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Twenty-Four with Mick Quinn
Episode 24 of The Rugby Paper Podcast welcomes former Ireland fly-half Mick Quinn, basking in the success of his team’s historic...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Rugby Stadium World Cup
Following Sunday’s twitter poll that saw 2,081 people vote for their favourite Premiership stadium, the Rugby Paper will this week conduct...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘England must opt for Smith or Farrell’ – Winterbottom
By BEN JAYCOCK Peter Winterbottom says England must select either Owen Farrell or Marcus Smith at fly-half as selecting both “limits...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘Jones scare will devastate the game’
By PETER JACKSON Ryan Jones’ admission that he may be suffering from a degenerative brain condition today prompts a medical expert...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClarke expects more stars to head Stateside
By STEFFAN THOMAS Allen Clarke believes cost cutting in the Gallagher Premiership will lead to more English players leaving for America....
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoGloucester lock Slater diagnosed with MND
Gloucester lock Ed Slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) and has retired from rugby union with immediate effect....
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoHassell-Collins keen to strut his stuff like Henry
By GARY FITZGERALD The sight of Henry Arundell strutting his stuff on England’s tour down under and Will Joseph also savouring...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWorsley: Cut season length to safeguard the players
By STEFFAN THOMAS Joe Worsley insists the length of the Top 14 season must be cut and contact sessions in training...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBig Billy is back to his best, says Shaw
By GARY FITZGERALD Billy Vunipola is reaping the rewards of his hard labour off the field and desire to be England’s...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoRFU chief Sweeney challenges Jones to build on Aussie tour
Bill Sweeney has challenged Eddie Jones and his England players to build on their success Down Under and exorcise some Six...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoI’m in no rush to get a club deal – Wade
By BOBBY BRIDGE Free agent Christian Wade wants to avoid being flogged if he returns to rugby union and instead be...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoShow us the money men in Premiership
NICK Cain wrote about ‘the complete contradiction at the heart of the Premiership of having a salary cap at the same...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoFord, Hadley return
LAST week, Peter Jackson wrote an interesting article about Regan Grace returning from Rugby League to play Union once more. In...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoPorter’s high tackle deserved red card
THERE appears to be no reason Wayne Barnes won't find as mitigation not to send someone off for a high tackle....
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Features
/ 3 years agoDon’t get carried away with Ireland series win
COLIN BOAG In last week’s letters page a Mr Ireland (!) accused me of being curmudgeonly about Ireland beating the All...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Luke Cozens
LUKE COZENS, THE CLIFTON PLAYER-COACH AND FORMER BATH, HARTPURY & ROUEN FLY-HALF CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
