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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNational Two is to be split in to three
THE RFU have confirmed the structural changes to level three for the 2022/23 season with National Two set to be split...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoVan Graan gets top gig
INCOMING Bath boss Johann van Graan will become the head of rugby and take complete responsibility for rugby matters. Stuart Hooper,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBy George! Coach Skiverton has got big plans in place
By PAUL REES GEORGE Skivington marked his new longterm contract with Gloucester by declaring his intent to make the club a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBye weekends have been crucial in easing workload, insists Boyd
By PAUL REES Bonus ball: Tom James scores Northampton’s fourth try against Saracens a fortnight ago CHRIS Boyd believes the bye...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps aim to give legend Jimmy a perfect send-off
LEE Blackett has paid tribute to Jimmy Gopperth who this weekend plays his final game for Wasps – against Leicester, the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPlease promote relegation, Colin
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk LIKE Colin Boag stated...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoLeague ‘pyramid’ now has a flat-top
REGARDING the restructuring of the National Leagues next season, please, please RFU stop using phraseology such as “re-branding, re-booting, re-energising” as...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoI miss final day drama
I NEVER usually watch football but I tuned in last Sunday to see who would be crowned champions – and who...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRugby atmosphere far more engaging
LAST Saturday, I enjoyed a superb day at Twickenham followed by the sight of Gloucester and Harlequins players walking around the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGood start, now put end to flying ruck clear-outs
COLIN BOAG Water boy: Rassie Erasmus goes onto the pitch to deliver instructions to his Bok players against the Lions PICTURE:...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoTop talent Steward must be managed so carefully
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE only surprise with Freddie Steward winning the double of the RPA England Men’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ......24pts Tries: Rhule...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRae eager for Cov to carry Cup form into next season
By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE coming up short in the final, Coventry interim head coach Alex Rae was pleased to give the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoAt last! Long wait is over for elated Lyon
By BEN JAYCOCK Lyon ....................30pts Tries: Couilloud 7, Penalty 45, Barassi 47 Conversions: Berdeu 9, 49 Penalties: Berdeu 20, 59, Ngatai...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoTaufua: We won on our defence
LYON captain Jordan Taufua was delighted with the historic win and credited his side’s resilient defence in matching Toulon’s physicality. He...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoEurope’s elite clubs are facing trip into unknown
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE European Cup final in Marseille was not billed as a watershed moment,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoCouilloud can push Dupont all the way
ON THE evidence of Baptiste Couilloud’s command performance in Lyon’s 30-12 European Challenge Cup victory over Toulon in Marseille, they have...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGriffiths departure will suit top agents
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER THE departure of Bath chairman Eddie Griffiths last week was certainly welcomed by some of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJones and his team enjoy French trip
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER EDDIE Jones and his coaching team cannot pick players who play outside the Premiership, but...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBlindside on the money – again
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER BLINDSIDE continues to deliver the very best in transfer news – and last week brought...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDolphins lining up injury-hit Radradra for Aussie return
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Deal: Semi Radradra joined the Bears in 2020 SEMI Radradra...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTreviso in move for James
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER SALE Sharks outside centre Sam James is locked in talks with Italian outfit Treviso about...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoChinnor to take Marshall from Saints
AMBITIOUS National League One outfit Chinnor have landed Reece Marshall, who last week it was announced was being released by Northampton...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT GARVEY, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, BATH, GLOUCESTER AND WORCESTER LOOSE FORWARD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoFine XV of England selection oversights
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Eddie Jones is hardly the first England coach to take an unusually gifted player to one side...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoHomer’s odyssey was a PR disaster
RUGBY’S authorities, such as they are, should be throwing the book at the seven-a-siders from England and Argentina who dragged their...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSouth Africans have shown they can mix it with the best
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SOUTH AFRICA SCRUM-HALF After 18 rounds of fixtures, the inaugural United Rugby Championship has reached the play-offs....
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Features
/ 4 years agoBoks, and Six Nations, must look at the bigger picture
THE Springboks in the Six Nations is a topic that refuses to go away. Rassie Erasmus recently fanned the flames when...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRoom for football and rugby to thrive in Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The age-old debate of whether Wales is a football nation rather than a rugby nation...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSalary cap alone is not to blame for Euro failure
PAUL REES ASKS SOME EUROPEAN KINGS WHY ENGLISH CLUBS HAVE BEEN OFF THE PACE Every year the Premiership fails to supply...
