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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCameras don’t lie on forward passes
QUESTION: When is a forward pass not a forward pass? Answer: Almost never, it seems. How many times this season have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWhere’s the justice?
CAN someone tell me how Manu Tuallagi got only ten minutes in the bin and no post match citing for poleaxing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWrong for table toppers to wind up with nothing
WE’RE at the end of the rugby season and once again, the complete travesty of justice that is the Premiership playoffs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBok stars will inject new life into PRO14
WITH the final game of the Rainbow Cup over and Benetton seizing the trophy, it’ fair to say the tourniment and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGrounds will be used to ring-fence
A DAMAGING and potentially divisive suspension of promotion-relegation in the English league structure for up to three or four seasons is...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHigh ball doubt may cost Stuart Hogg Lions slot | Nick Cain
STUART Hogg’s high points this season in leading Scotland to away victories over France and England in the Six Nations, as...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoVerdict: Quins have taught Eddie Jones a lesson in how to attack
SO a season that started with Eddie Jones arguing it was almost impossible to play attractive attacking rugby under the current...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter 38-40 Harlequins: Underdogs? Quins roar like big dogs in a classic
WHEN it comes to long runs from the back there is nothing in the annals of English club rugby to match...
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/ 5 years agoHawkins aims to be like Sonny Bill
TEENAGE Ospreys centre Joe Hawkins is modelling his game on Sonny Bill Williams and Jonathan Davies as he looks to make...
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/ 5 years agoBasham can be best No.7 of lot says his ex-coach Jackman
By STEFFAN THOMAS Fan: Bernard Jackman BERNARD Jackman has tipped Taine Basham to become Wales’ first choice openside by the 2023...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoBryce Hegarty tipped to be a star for Tigers
QUEENSLAND Reds attack coach Jim McKay says Bryce Hegarty’s signing for Leicester is a “win-win” for the player and the club....
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoDouble delight for pragmatic Toulouse | James Harrington
Toulouse were crowned champions of France for the 21st time on Friday night, some 13 months after the players had...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDream stay at Pirates delivered big break
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH AND FORMER BATH, NORTHAMPTON, SALE, CORNISH PIRATES, HARLEQUINS AND AMPTHILL HOOKER/FLANKER DAVE WARD...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCarmichael calls time
SCOTLAND and Edinburgh second row Lewis Carmichael has retired from playing aged 26 after “a number of concussions over a short...
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/ 5 years agoVegas date for Ireland
IRELAND will take on the US Eagles at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 30. The fixture is...
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/ 5 years agoYoungs set for ref duty
TOM Youngs has accepted a charge of disrespecting a match official during Leicester’s game with Bristol. The 34-year-old hooker has been...
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/ 5 years agoFalcons go for Dalton
NEWCASTLE have signed former Ulster forward Matthew Dalton on a twoyear deal. The 22-year-old former Ireland U20 international made ten PRO14...
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/ 5 years agoTiger White joins Exiles
LONDON Irish have signed former Leicester scrum-half Ben White. The 23-year-old left Tigers earlier this month having been around the first...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGarvey to Worcester
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER have signed experienced forward Matt Garvey. The 33-year-old is the club’s 13th signing and joins from Gloucester, where...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCrowds or not, I just focussed on the opposition | Jeff Probyn
I WAS a little puzzled when I read Danny Care and Rob Baxter’s reaction to fans being allowed back into the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSouth Africa are perfect fit for the Six Nations | Jeff Probyn
With more South African teams joining the PRO14 to make it a 16-team Rainbow Cup competition, it can only be a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBrecon was a nursery for pioneering Welsh Lions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CHRIST College Brecon was one of the cradles of Welsh rugby,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDeep diving podcast into ‘97 Lions is a must-hear
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SUDDENLY our cup over-runneth with Lions previews not to mention retrospectives, podcasts, books and specials dealing with...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIrish lively lads can strike gold in Tokyo
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IFI was a betting man, and thank the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLittle Otley is a jewel in crown of the World Cup
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 5 years agoNew dad Robshaw set for shoulder surgery
By SAM JACKSON CHRIS Robshaw’s American adventure is turning into an injury nightmare. The former England and Quins captain, 35, who...
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/ 5 years agoStokes agrees extension at Irish
LONDON Irish full-back James Stokes has signed a contract extension with the Brentford-based club. The 29-year-old, who has also played on...
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/ 5 years agoBanahan aiming for new life as a golf pro
By JON NEWCOMBE HAVING played in his first professional golf tournament, recently retired rugby star Matt Banahan admits turning from lock...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEnglish whitewash as Wales take on the All Blacks | Peter Jackson
UNTIL yesterday, the Lions had not started a Test match without an Englishman since the end of their first tour after...
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/ 5 years agoOllie’s Lions record falls at Murrayfield after 16 years
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW For more than 16 years, Ollie Smith of Leicester and England held a...


















