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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSam Parry stays on at Ospreys amid strong interest from Cardiff Blues
The hooker has committed to the Ospreys, who will have Toby Booth join them as head coach in the summer
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pandemic ends Brock James chance at fitting farewell
Synonymous with the Top 14, Peter Jackson finds how La Rochelle's Brock James is in esteemed company with other No.10s
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProspect of 100 caps won’t deter Courtney Lawes from interest abroad
The Northampton Saints lock talks to Neale Harvey about his where his focus lies beyond his Lions tour hopes
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Steve Hansen still sucking sour grapes over Lions
Reversal of penalty against Ken Owens in the third Test still rankles with the Kiwis three years on
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Harlequins wing Charlie Walker opts for homecoming after stint with Zebre
Walker had been a target to replace Jonny May for Leicester Tigers
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Bath need a 9-10 combination which gives them quick ball
Jeremy Guscott analyses how Bath can produce a style of rugby to take them to being regular play-off challengers in the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Enforced rest period will boost Wales team
The downtime in rugby will be welcome to players who toured with the Lions in 2017, with rest hard to come...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Mako Vunipola let playing waiting game on Saracens future
The loosehead prop reflects on a 'bizarre' nine months in his life
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby shock wins and upsets
Brendan Gallagher recalls rugby’s biggest ever shocks, at club and internaitonal level, and ranks each for the magnitude of the upset....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Plan for rugby’s global calendar sees Six Nations run into May
Peter Jackson exclusively reports on how the club and international calendar could be about to shift its axis
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeinster’s Joe Tomane to head to Dragons in the summer
The Dragons continue to recruit some impressive players for their squad next season
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU chief Bill Sweeney gives honest account of financial peril game faces
Sweeney spoke to the DCMS committee on Tuesday to discuss the shape of finances
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen of Premiership Rugby’s 13 member clubs consider breakaway
BT Sport's deal with PRL is up next year and has hastened talk of a breakaway to allow club's outright control...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoCanterbury and Adidas lose out to rival as England confirm new kit sponsor deal
England Men's team, Red Roses, Sevens and age grade teams will no longer wear Canterbury
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks name flanker Sam Cane as new captain
Ian Foster has named his successor to Kieran Read as captain of New Zealand
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers go full rebuild to back three department, as 21 set to exit
Will Tigers bring in more firepower to add to Nemani Nadolo's arrival?
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby
You better have your passport ready at airport security...
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Bath and England lock Elliott Stooke
The Bath second row picks a XV based on the best players he has played alongside or faced as an opponent
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Club – Otley: Nigel Melville looks back on where it all started
Nigel Melville recalls watching Roses matches at Cross Green as a boy with his father
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish Lions 2021 tour could be cancelled to preserve home unions finances, report claims
Lions 2021 tour to fall victim to backlogged Test calendar?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIreland and Leinster wing Fergus McFadden to retire at season’s end
"They say the best time to leave a party is when you're still having fun" - McFadden
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo decline in playing numbers? Prove it!
THE anecdotal evidence from community clubs across the length and breadth of England is that the numbers of male adult rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHansen’s still sucking on sour grapes over Lions
NICK CAIN ONE of the more rewarding rugby pastimes during these strange days is digging into the game’s history and finding...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLudicrous to let Marler off
SURELY it is time for suspensions to cover a set number of matches rather weeks (as happens in several other sports)....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop all this pandering to Southern Hemisphere
I FOLLOWED with detached amusement as the election campaigns of Sir Bill Beaumont and Agustin Pichot fizzled out amid a tsunami...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoForgot Fran
ENJOYED last week’s edition however, in the quiz we were asked for two players who beat the All Blacks for four...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSolomons’ schedule makes sense
WORCESTER director of rugby Alan Solomons made a lot of really good points regarding a World Nations League. However I can...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRegionalise National 1 and reduce salary cap
Derby delight: Generate greater local interest with more local derbies such as Darlington v Blaydon PICTURE: Paul Fenwick WHAT a shame...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoClubs welcome support of the RFU
Planning: Peter Wheeler RFU President Peter Wheeler replies to last week’s Rugby Paper exclusive THE RFU Council are meeting virtually at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWRU must regulate the game to benefit all clubs
WRU chairman Gareth Davies says he cannot fathom payment to players by community rugby clubs (CRC). This amounts to a tacit...














