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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: LNR chief warns Top 14 may need state aid
James Harrington reports on the situation facing French clubs, with COVID cases propping up in the player pool and TV rights...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBill Sweeney urged to take the axe to untouched RFU-Premiership fund
Is the RFU chief executive keeping Premiership clubs happy so they release England players this autumn?
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby announce £1.86m lifeline for sevens as more tournaments canned
Support for unions that have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWilliams column: Steff Evans has the talent to back up the mullet hair choice
Steff Evans has hit the ground running for the Scarlets after the return of the PRO14
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNo let-up… increasing momentum key for Sam
■ By NEALE HARVEY EXETER No.9 Sam Hidalgo- Clyne says there will be no complacency against Worcester as the leagueleaders seek...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoScott’s excited to develop his all-court game under Flannery
■ By JON NWCOMBE Evolving: Harlequins hooker Scott Baldwin WALES hooker Scott Baldwin is embracing the all-court game he is being...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDe Klerk: We’ve got few more gears to go
SALE scrum-half and manof- the-match Faf de Klerk said after showing his world-class credentials by scoring a try and helping to...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex committed to helping Sarries return to conquer
■ By NEALE HARVEY Faithful: Alex Lewington ACE finisher Alex Lewington aims to be part of a Saracens rebirth having turned...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNo contest as Bristol 2nds are thrashed
■ By NICK CAIN Rout: Sam James scores Sharks’ fifth try THIS may have begun as third versus second in the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTurnover king Willis wants a response after Sharks mauling
■ By NEALE HARVEY Hard edge: Jack Willis wants gainline dominance WASPS back rower Jack Willis cites improved discipline and increased...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTitle race is done, no-one will get near the Chiefs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK EXETER have blown me away since the restart, because it appears already that the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNo complaints from me about rotation – I love it
COLIN BOAG Fierce rivals: Leicester Tigers and Bath Chris Foy wrote a piece in the Daily Mail lamenting what he perceived...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBored to tears by 5m lineout mauls
AM I the only rugby fan bored to tears with the 5 metre lineout drive? It has become a weapon so...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoYes support has reduced, but it’s not all RFU’s fault
TONY Dunkerley rightly flags the issue of falling senior men’s playing numbers in his letter last week, but I fear that...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPlease keep quiet and apply the laws
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk HOW disappointing to see...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoConlon’s back with an eye on coaching
■ By NEALE HARVEY Excited: Joel Conlon FORMER Saracens and Exeter flanker Joel Conlon has his eyes on a professional coaching...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales suspend Sevens team
WALES’ Sevens men’s team has been suspended for the ‘foreseeable future’ because of Covid-19’s impact. Former Wales captain Ryan Jones, now...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRadradra? I tackled big Billy at Sarries!
■ By ROB COLE NICK Tompkins will be using the old pals act with his Saracens team-mates in the next few...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBears bring in front row reinforcements
BRISTOL have signed former Connacht pair Peter McCabe and Niyi Adeolokun until the end of the season and Cardiff Blues prop...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoParling Zooms in to help Stockton
■ By JON NEWCOMBE AMBITIOUS Stockton RFC have announced a new-look coaching team that includes former England lock Geoff Parling. Parling,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEnever aims to make Tigers stay ‘awesome’
■ By NEALE HARVEY DETERMINED Aussie lock Blake Enever cites financial security and the challenge of making Leicester great again as...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoQuins honoured to pilot fans-return scheme
■ By JON NEWCOMBE THE return of fans to the Twickenham Stoop cannot come soon enough for Quins attack coach Nick...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGoze: Clubs will need State help to survive winter
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tension is understandably mounting in French rugby circles as the start of the new season gets so...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSo special playing for Wales alongside Scott
THE FORMER WALES, LLANELLI, RICHMOND, SARACENS, CARDIFF BLUES AND WORCESTER FORWARD MY LIFEIN RUGBY CRAIG QUINNELL Magic moment: Craig Quinnell celebrates...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPenny drops back into Falcons set-up
DEAN Richards has resigned centre Tom Penny for Newcastle’s return to the Premiership, following his spell at Harlequins earlier this season....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBurgess goes back to school
■ By SAM JACKSON OLYMPIC silver medallist Phil Burgess will join Cranleigh School – 2019 winners of the Daily Mail Trophy...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBen’s happy to shout the odds at the Rec
■ By JON NEWCOMBE BEN SPENCER is happy to have made a big noise in the short time he has been...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGrassroots players don’t want no-contact
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Catch me if you can: Touch rugby The restarted professional game is...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWonderful Warwick have made a home at Twickers
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT would be stretching a point to claim that Warwick have...














