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/ 6 years agoLoyalty to Waterloo runs deep for Dick
MY CLUB WATERLOO WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TUI URU NORTHAMPTON No.8 Tui Uru’s name will not be on many lists of ‘England stars of the future’ right now...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTop quality coaching will be priceless
WILL CROKER FORMER BOURNEMOUTH COACH Rugby is going bust, slowly but surely. We have already seen the likes of Leeds approaching...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten season champions Caldy
The Rugby Paper’s National 2 North correspondents pick a Team of the Season Key man: Rhys Hayes shone at full-back for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tigers chop CEO Cohen SIMON Cohen’s eight-year stint as Leicester Tigers chief executive has come to an end, with chief operating...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSavea flies home – minus his reputation
AND SO another All Black leaves France, his bank balance all the healthier, his reputation all the poorer. On the all-...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDibble and Joyce were stars that rugby lost
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Hero: Andy Dibble wears the 1988 Littlewoods Cup on his head after Luton...
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Features
/ 6 years agoColtish O’Driscoll oozed class right from the start
Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 9 Brian O’Driscoll makes his World Cup debut October 2 1999 Brendan Gallagher delves into some of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBig challenge now is for our young lads to be consistent
Q&A CHRIS BOYD ON THE RECORD Standard bearer: Northampton lock Courtney Lawes PICTURES: Getty Images Enthusiast: Saints DoR Chris Boyd Saints...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoLife bans for salary cap cheats says Lord Myners
■By SAM JACKSON Report: Lord Myners SALARY cap breaches in future could see clubs being stripped of their titles and suspended...
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/ 6 years agoRugby Paper readers ahead of the game
Last week’s Blindside and The Telegraph’s claim to our ‘exclusive’ GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann is leaving to take charge of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Brendan Gallagher’s Top 20: Drop-goals Lions contenders: Nick Cain picks his No.9 History of Rugby: The 60s - Jekyll and Hyde...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks saved by mystery of JPR ‘try’
WHAT constitutes a rugby scandal or controversy can be very random as I discovered the other week when I watched a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDay the crowd turned out to CHEER the ref
Acclaim: Domercq GEORGES Domercq, who died this week aged 89, must be one of the few referees to be mobbed by...
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Features
/ 6 years agoOdd-ball George was a true rugby visionary
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Big stage: Fiji face mercurial France full-back Serge...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFaletau has shown he can make Lions roar
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… No.8s Pole position: Wales’ Taulupe...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJACK WILLIS ON…
…CHIRPING AT REFEREES? I’ve been warned once this season for asking the ref for a yellow card when we were playing...
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/ 6 years agoJack hopes the Day of the Jackal will bring a new England call
NICK CAIN TALKS TO THE WASPS FLANKER WHO IS SETTING A FURIOUS PACE AT BREAKDOWNS Big help: Wasps coach Matt Everard...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLaporte at odds with World view
INTRIGUING bloke, Bernard Laporte. The most powerful individual in the French game and the new vice-chairman of World Rugby - an...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKvesic completes Warriors sad circle
SO Matt Kvesic is on his way back to Worcester, his rugby alma mater. The flanker’s ramblings took him down the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEven Lomu and Pocock can’t get in this team
CHRIS HEWETT Bucket list miss: Wayne Shelford never faced the Lions PICTURE: Getty Images Assuming you have a little time at...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKearney is king of Europe’s try scorers
Peter Jackson gets out his stats book to reveal this seaon’s leading scorers in Europe’s top leagues French flyer: Teddy Thomas...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRitchie is a Lion in waiting for Townsend
NEWS EXTRA ■By BRYN PALMER GREGOR Townsend has backed emerging flanker Jamie Ritchie to force his way into the British and...
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/ 6 years agoSpine-tinglers that fortify fans are the game’s greatest hits
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best songs and anthems Opening number: Bryn Terfel and Shirley Bassey...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo tours, so Tests will now come thick and fast
WORLD Rugby finally announced there will be no summer tours and now everyone is wondering what will happen over the next...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHadleigh’s earnt his pay-days in Japan
Leaving: Parkes THE worst kept secret in Welsh rugby was finally laid to rest last week when the Scarlets officially confirmed...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWow! What a thrill to see Ospreys’ new chance
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Top talent: Gareth Anscombe can make his Ospreys debut PICTURE: Getty Images I nearly choked...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaracens keen on Socino to strengthen midfield
Ex-Falcon: Socino SARACENS are weighing up making a move for former Newcastle Falcons fly-half Juan Pablo Socino, who is playing in...
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/ 6 years agoQuins move for tyro Lion Green
Flyer: Tyrone Green HARLEQUINS are poised to swoop for exciting young Lions winger Tyrone Green after he cancelled his contract with...
