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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup winners will bring box office appeal
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Star quality: South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is one of eight World Cup winners...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
OLLY ROBINSON, THE CARDIFF BLUES AND FORMER LOUGHBOROUGH, MOSELEY AND BRISTOL FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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/ 5 years agoRing-fence and cut wage bills to attract state aid
COLIN BOAG Devastating: If Gloucester’s famous Shed is silent for six more months During the week, Premiership Rugby, issued a statement...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo crowds spells trouble for Lions
WITH no crowds permitted for the forseeable future and Championship clubs saying that without them they cannot return to action, where...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStop the excuses, Saracens cheated plain and simple
COLIN Boag is again trying to make excuses for Saracens. Regarding salary cap breaches he wrote, “Not because they failed on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoYoung refs must be shown more respect
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk MY daughter, Harriet, decided...
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/ 5 years agoTrailfinders can compete with the best says Reid
By NEALE HARVEY EALING Trailfinders would be more than capable of filling a top-flight spot in the event of a Premiership...
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/ 5 years agoVunipola: Vincent is world’s best No.3
By JON NEWCOMBE World’s best: Vincent Koch in dominant mood against Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images MAKO Vunipola has hailed front row...
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/ 5 years agoBears dynamo Harry hopes to take his game to the next level
By NEALE HARVEY Mobile: Harry Thacker BRISTOL hooker Harry Thacker hopes a successful end to a thrilling campaign will put him...
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/ 5 years agoStick with Undercurry and Billy says Moody
By ADAM ELLIS Impressed: Lewis Moody FORMER England captain Lewis Moody believes Eddie Jones should stick with his tried and tested...
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/ 5 years agoWasps aim to crash the Robshaw party
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS supremo Lee Blackett has called for a huge physical effort at Harlequins tomorrow to lay the ground...
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/ 5 years agoCattle eager to get the plates spinning
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS GAVIN Cattle is relieved to have kept his Cornish Pirates squad largely intact as Championship clubs...
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/ 5 years agoLaporte claims it’s all a plot to oust him
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Even French rugby –which is used to metaphorical blood staining symbolic carpets in allegorical boardrooms by the...
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/ 5 years agoCareer ended just as it was taking off
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MORGAN STODDART THE FORMER WALES, SCARLETS, PONTYPRIDD AND TREORCHY FULL-BACK/WINGER AN injury to Lee Byrne opened the door...
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/ 5 years agoFans rule is bizarre says Ross
SALE captain Jono Ross hopes sense prevails and spectators will be allowed back into rugby grounds before too long. Last weekend’s...
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/ 5 years agoStooke: Spencer deserves shot with England
Spencer fan: Elliott Stooke BENSpencer’s astonishing impact for Bath must surely have done enough to earn a proper shot with England,...
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/ 5 years agoTom gives Tens a go to get fit for Tokyo
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND Sevens star Tom Mitchell aims to grab a rugby lifeline next month as part of a trailblazing...
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/ 5 years agoLatest crackdown is grave threat to the elite game
As the Government prepare a new round of restrictions, it looks as if rugby as we know it is being put...
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/ 5 years agoFrench had a rule: ‘When at home you never lose.’ They did!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The picture of Serge Blanco and Jon Webb at the end of...
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/ 5 years agoEddie’s long running love affair on the south coast
Centre of excellence: England train at Brighton College IN recent years Brighton College has emerged as a training centre for the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBrighton’s become a force under Buoy
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SUSSEX is not normally considered a hotbed of rugby in England...
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/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ALEX MORGAN GLOUCESTER WING/FULL-BACK The road to rugby stardom is often long and arduous but Alex Morgan has already demonstrated he...
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/ 5 years agoCoffee empire can wait, I want to give my all to coaching now
RYAN LAMB ON THE RECORD Q&A Newly appointed Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb, 34, tells NEALE HARVEY how he landed his...
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/ 5 years agoPhantom of the All Blacks dies
DAVEHalligan ought to have been initiated into the hallowed ranks of Test All Blacks almost 40 years ago. At 21, he...
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/ 5 years agoFit and proper persons in charge?
POLICE arrested Georgian rugby vice-president Merab Beselia nine days ago after the shooting of the country’s former Sevens coach, Ramaz Kharazishili....
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/ 5 years agoClive’s on way back, fighting spirit intact
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW None the worse for a heart attack...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRory’s delight after epic win in All Black country
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 agoUlstermen outclassed by Kolbe and Co
ULSTER were swept aside by Toulouse to compound the misery of losing to Leinster in the PRO14 final. Wing Cheslin Kolbe...
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/ 5 years agoBaxter’s boys reach first semi-final in style
EXETER brushed aside a battling Northampton side to book their first Champions Cup semi-final place. Jack Maunder and Jacques Vermeulen’s tries...
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/ 5 years agoDunn’s double turns tide for Bath deluge
By SAM JACKSON BATH underlined their credentials as serious title contenders with a late four-try salvo to claim a bonus point...














