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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWe can become regulars in the top two, says Northampton Saints No.8 Teimana Harrison
The Northampton Saints No.8 tells Neale Harvey how he is revelling his role as co-captain
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby’s finest rushed to the battlefront and died heroes with VCs
FOR three decades or more before 1914 the young men of Britain and its extended Empire had been fighting generally good...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJohn Wells to leave Newcastle Falcons for role in Italy
Defence coach John Wells will take up a new challenge with Rugby Colorno
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC £300m investment into Six Nations put on ice
Deal between CVC and Six Nations put on hold until Test calendar becomes clear
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoAgustin Pichot wants to see British & Irish Lions tour Americas
Standing to be elected chairman of World Rugby, Pichot has spoken about his thoughts on how Lions tours could expand
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWedding killer set for power
WORLD Rugby’s influential executive committee could be about to break unwanted new ground with the election of Francis Kean, who was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSalary cuts could be here to stay for players
IT is an unpalatable truth for most Premiership clubs that rampant wage inflation has played a big part in the perilous...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK
The hustings buzz with Pichot’s promises AGUSTIN Pichot and Bernard Laporte are peas out of the same pod, and not just...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSet-piece has gone skewiff
NIGEL Owens asks for referees and players to join forces to sort law breaking regarding the scrum put-in but it is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Six Nations to generate extra income
THE recommendation from Bernard Laporte for a Club World Cup is a non starter, especially if it’s only to be played...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDeans was short, my Gee told me
BRENDAN Gallagher’s recent article about the 1905 All Blacks invoked a memory. My grandfather Morgan only went to one rugby game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEconomic reality check is required
JEFF Probyn’s article is last week’s Rugby Paper had it just about right as to where Premiership/National League rugby will set...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoJEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK
May-day for opponents as Jonny just gets better JONNY May’s move back to Kingsholm is great news for Gloucester fans because...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSlash salary cap and ditch marquee men
COLIN BORGCOL Million pound man: Semi Radradra will be at Bristol next season, exempt from the salary cap With at least another...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSTEVE GRAINGER RFU SUPPORTING COMMUNITY GAME NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
We’re here to help and will do all we can Following the outbreak of COVID-19 the RFU was one of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoYoung close to agreeing terms at Wasps
By NEALE HARVEY NEW Wasps supremo Lee Blackett is confident star flanker Thomas Young will put club before country by pledging...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAshton blames blinkered players for sin-bin failure
By JON NEWCOMBE THE SIN-BIN, rugby’s equivalent of the naughty step, has been around since 1997, to act as a deterrent...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAmbitious Pichot aims to gain confidence of Six Nations
From ALEJO MIRANDA in Buenos Aires SHOULD Agustín Pichot become chairman of World Rugby he intends to lead a revolution against...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKpoku bros pose Maro twin threat at Sarries
By NEALE HARVEY RISING Saracens star Joel Kpoku has boldly laid out his manifesto for usurping Maro Itoje and forcing his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPrem may resume as late as end of August
By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP bosses are prepared to wait until the end of August to restart the season. They have prepared...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCaptain to Trustee, Lockyer’s been a Chief for 50 years
Colin Boag continues his series on Super Fans, this week Exeter player turned supporter John Lockyer John Lockyer’s association with Exeter...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPasty-shop apprentice Luke’s living the dream
Rising star: Luke Northmore HARLEQUINS No.13 Luke Northmore aims to follow teammate Alex Dombrandt in proving why university rugby is becoming...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWhitelock inspired by hero big bro Sam
By NEALE HARVEY Test swansong: Luke Whitelock on the charge for New Zealand against Japan in 2018 PICTURE: Getty Images FRANCE-BASED...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFlyer O’Flaherty extends his stay at Exeter
Rapid: Tom O’Flaherty EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter believes winger Tom O’Flaherty has a big future after tying the 25-year-old...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBorthwick promises to end the pain at Tigers
NEW Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick says he will work tirelessly to ease the ‘pain’ caused by the club’s recent demise....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHow Stuart Hogged the headlines aged 16
By GARY HEATLY Prodigy: Hogg aged 16 ONE minute his cousin was looking to borrow his boots, the next he was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWarrior Will targets role as defence commander
By NEALE HARVEY STROKE victim Will Hurrell aims to forge a new career in coaching after revealing how his life might...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoUSA are shock star turn at two Olympics
IN THE early 1920s the USA proved the unlikely winners of two Olympic rugby titles, beating France on both occasions. In...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoQUINS DOMINATE THE NEW MIDDLESEX SEVENS COMPETITION
A MAJOR development in the 1920s was the establishment of the end-of-season Middlesex Sevens which were organised by a London Scot...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWakefield leads charge as England claim four Grand Slams in the 20s
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union In the immediate aftermath of World War...
