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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIt’s snore fest
WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIs Farrell still untouchable?
I’M starting to question Owen Farrell’s place in the team. What does he bring that others do not? At flyhalf he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEnd yellow bib brigade
I PLAYED rugby in the era that celebrated a player scoring by waiting until he reached the halfway line and then...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWas Eileen first Lady President?
WHILE reading England’s Hall of Fame listing on World Rugby’s website I came across the entry for Gillian Burns. Among the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPredictably same old Scots story
I SHALL now predict the Six Nations for Scotland 2021, perhaps best to imagine it in Eddie Butler’s voice... Opening weekend...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoShow some humility and stop playing on defensive
WHY are our rugby correspondents so restrained when interviewing Eddie Jones? He shows no respect to them and it is their...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDeacon takes reins but Nelson wants Sharks to pursue Lancaster
■By JON NEWCOMBE Developing: Paul Deacon INTERIM Sale Sharks head coach Paul Deacon says Steve Diamond’s “legacy at the club will...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDavies demands fair share of funding to save game
■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDavies demands fair share of funding to save game
■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMatera must face punishment insists horrified Hewitt
■By ALEX BYWATER ASHTON Hewitt has slammed World Rugby and the game in general for paying lip service to the issue...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Blues bring Peel back to Wales FORMER Wales scrumhalf Dwayne Peel will join the Cardiff Blues coaching staff next summer. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAmazon ‘relaxed about terrestrial coverage’
>continued from Front “You’ve got to balance that commercial value – and pay TV can pay more – against the game...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBlues fly-half Jarrod wanted at Kingsholm
■By STEFFAN THOMAS GLOUCESTER are weighing up a move for Wales and Cardiff Blues playmaker Jarrod Evans. The Cherry & Whites...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWonderful to sign off as a winner at Twickenham
MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHARLIE AMESBURY THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, NEWCASTLE, SALE, BRISTOL AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY WINGER Charlie Amesbury scores a try for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBig guns heading to Twickenham
ENGLAND will host Australia and South Africa at Twickenham during November next year. The Autumn International series will start with England...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoVerden parachutes in to aid Warriors crisis
WORCESTER have signed Bath tighthead prop Kieran Verden on a short-term loan deal. Verden, 22, was included in the squad to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStokes signs for Irish until summer
FULL-BACK James Stokes has agreed to rejoin London Irish on a deal until the end of the season. Stokes, 29, who...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEsterhuizen, Townsend banned until new year
HARLEQUINS centre Andre Esterhuizen and Exeter scrum-half Stuart Townsend have both been banned until early 2021 after admitting acts of foul...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoQuins sign Sevens ace De Carpentier
HARLEQUINS have signed flanker Richard de Carpentier on a three-month deal after a successful trial. The 30-year-old has spent the past...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGregor extends deal until 2023 World Cup
HEAD coach Gregor Townsend is “honoured” to sign a two-year contract extension that will see him lead Scotland at the 2023...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoResult
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoBaa-Baas bad boys banned for breaching protocol
NEWS EXTRA THIRTEEN Barbarians players have been given bans by the RFU for their part in October’s game against England having to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIce-cool Nicholas condemns Bears to defeat
Bristol Bears ..12 Worcester ......15 By NATHAN ROCHE SARAH NICHOLAS’ penalty five minutes from time rescued victory for Worcester Warriors to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoMacDonald puts her Wasps on right track
Sale Sharks..............8pts Wasps ......................30pts By ADAM ELLIS WASPS moved to within a point of Saracens with a third successive victory in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCrunch-tackling Katoh sets the defensive tone
Loughboro’ L ..14 Exeter Chiefs ..7 By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO LOUGHBOROUGH edged past a determined Exeter Chiefs in a physical and highly...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoWales ace Davies backs call to kill the caterpillar
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER GARETH Davies has thrown his support behind the idea of rugby quickening the tempo and banning the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ETHAN STADDON BATH BACK ROW Ethan Staddon could not have wished for a finer moment than last weekend when, at 18 years...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoReigate’s renowned 56 club were unbeatable with 15 on the pitch
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools UNLIKE some of their opponents these days, Reigate GS cannot claim...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoLipman’s concussion diary shows the problem
JACKSON PETER THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW By his own admission, Michael Lipman estimates to have been knocked out 30 times...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI’d love to play for Tonga with my brother Charlie
Daniel Gallan talks to Bristol Bears star Siale Piutau about passion and punch-ups There are few professions where a punch-up between...














