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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAxed star Larter still doesn’t know why
Even now after all these years Peter Larter still stands alone, the one English Lion who took a stand against terrorism...
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Iconic Pictures
/ 6 years agoShy schoolboys whose talent shook the world
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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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWasps must play without fear to get the fans behind us
Q&A LEE BLACKETT ON THE RECORD New head coach Lee Blackett tells NEALE HARVEY how he intends rising to the challenge...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNational One in conflict over salary cap reduction
By NEALE HARVEY BATTLE lines are being drawn among National League One clubs after Chinnor chairman Simon Vickers demanded a swingeing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Lock stars in contention for Lions 2021 Gallagher’s Top 20: World’s best rugby gounds History of Rugby: Tumultuous Thirties ... Continue...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby must speak with one voice -like Apollo 13
For the space buffs among you rugby aficionados, this last week has been an extraordinary trip down memory lane as we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPichot has visions of changing the world
I’VE always looked at Gus Pichot, especially when he was in his hirsute phase a few years back, below, as something...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTigers’ Cup winners produced a brains trust of talent
THERE was more retro heaven recently with BT Sport replaying Leicester’s 34-30 Heineken Cup final win over Stade Francais in 2001....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEllis is living proof of the old 80-minute rule
By PETER JACKS0N Going the distance: Ellis Genge played the full 80 for England against Wales during the World Cup warm-up...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPoles call for more ranking events
By ADAM ELLIS POLAND head coach Duaine Lindsay has called on World Rugby to increase the number of fixtures Europe’s emerging...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSo how do you fix this mess called the scrum?
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SCRUM GURU PHIL KEITH-ROACH ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE GAME’S GREATEST SET-PIECE THE scrum has collapsed. That...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoVideo nasty for the Scots
ACCORDING to Agustin Pichot, candidate for the World Rugby chairmanship, the sport is in dire need of…wait for it…a video game....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby’s hustings are flannel
AND they’re off, predictable as night following day. The runners and riders chasing high office at World Rugby are suddenly saying...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGUEST COLUMNIST
Cooch not on toughie list? It may get nasty! Jacques Burger? No arguments there. Colin Meads? Wayne Shelford? Bang on. In...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCoaches/Managers ‘lost’ to the game
MARTIN JOHNSON Vowed never to become involved in rugby management again following the 2011 World Cup campaign blighted by off-field misdemeanours....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHaag hankers for return to pro game
JON NEWCOMBE talks to Martin Haag, one of rugby’s very best ‘lost’ coaches DEAN RYAN’s tenure at the RFU was a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSteyn in PRO14 at Cheetahs
SPRINGBOK utility back Frans Steyn is thrilled to be back in Bloemfontein having signed from the Cheetahs from French outfit Montpellier....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNarraway to boss Dragons forwards
FORMER England No.8 Luke Narraway and ex-Edinburgh captain Simon Cross have been appointed to Dean Ryan’s Dragons coaching team on a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDay the Old Boys’ drinking club beat the mighty Sarries
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s biggest upsets 1= Old Reigatians 12 Saracens 10 (John Player Cup, 1987)...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTakeaway driver Gav epitomises the spirit we all need
I’VE been amazed by the collective spirit shown by Welsh rugby in the midst of coronavirus – so much so I’ve...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGareth’s right to call a halt to brown envelopes in grassroots
I WAS pleased to see Welsh Rugby Union chairman Gareth Davies urge grassroots clubs in Wales to stop paying their players....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWALES AND LIONS LEGEND
Riches on offer in Far East spell big trouble THE growing emergence of Japanese rugby at both Test and club level...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAdendorff is almost a Saint
Talks: Adendorff NORTHAMPTON Saints are closing in on a deal to land South African flanker Shaun Adendorff who has been playing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBrutality in Argentina
A GANG of young rugby players have been found guilty of murder in Buenos Aires. Law student Fernando Baez, 19, was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSharks snare Daley-Mclean
WORLD Cup-winning captain Katy Daley-Mclean has signed for Premier 15s newcomers Sale Sharks Women as a player-coach. The 34-year-old fly-half, who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoProp Heffernan keen to stay in England
NOTTINGHAM prop Oisin Heffernan, right, is back on the market after the Championship side hit financial problems. The former Ireland U20...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTigers must repel raiders for Jonah
Wanted: Jonah Holmes THE DRAGONS are keen on making a cross border raid on Leicester Tigers to sign Wales international winger...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHooley on his way to new-look Saracens
SARACENS have been busys napping up Championship players ahead of spending next season in the second tier. Blind side understands they...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDenman and Burrows hit the trail to Ealing
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler EALING TRAILFINDERS have snapped up former Yorkshire Carnegie, Rotherham Titans, Northampton...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoROOM 101
THE ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND RICHARD DE CARPENTIER 1. Poor...














