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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland can pass French test says Bradbury
NEWS EXTRA ■By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND No.8 Magnus Bradbury is confident his side can derail France’s Grand Slam bandwagon when the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoItaly still planning for finale
IRELAND’S Six Nations game against Italy in Dublin on March 8 has been postponed because of coronavirus – but the Italian...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSorrell: All the coaches will stay at Sarries
■By NEALE HARVEY Star turns: Jamie George, Maro Itoje and Owen Farrell, playing against Ireland Loyal: Kevin Sorrell SARACENS backs coach...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
COLIN QUIGLEY, DONCASTER AND FORMER L’AQUILA, BEZIERS, MOSELEY AND ROTHERHAM PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations to go behind Sky paywall for £300m
■ By PETER JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Taking over? Sky THE Six Nations is in ‘very real danger’ of vanishing from free-toair television...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIt’s about time CVC told us what they are up to
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE most visible face of CVC, the private equity firm currently investing huge...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExcuse me Colin, but Pirates are certainly ambitious
I READ with much interest two articles in last week’s Rugby Paper. The first was brilliantly written by your Nick Cain,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExpand Prem and bring in playoffs
THE age old problem of to ring fence or not keeps rearing its ugly head. The fact Newcastle look likely to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFunds aren’t available to follow French route
Decline: Yorkshire Carnegie over-extened to fund huge wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images SO now the answer to English rugby’s problems is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRude welcome awaits
IN THE wake of RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney’s announcement to slash funding to the Championship and across the 2000+ clubs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEdwards bedevils old employers
THE stupidity of the WRU in not giving Shaun Edwards a four-year extension came back to haunt them last week. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPRO14 bid makes Blackett wait on Cov offer
Decision: Blackett COVENTRY look to have late competition in their bid to land Lee Blackett as they look to replace head...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSouth African XV who have adorned the Five/Six Nations
Grand Slams: Pieter de Villiers 1 Pieter de Villiers (France) Native of Malmsbury in the Western Cape. Made 31 appearances for...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSpittle: Late developers may be lost to the game
■By JON NEWCOMBE Record man: Nottingham winger Jack Spittle NOTTINGHAM’s history- making winger Jack Spittle fears more late bloomers like himself...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoJennings gunning for another crack at top-flight
■By NEALE HARVEY Aiming high: Rory Jennings COVENTRY fly-half Rory Jennings says the RFU cutbacks in Championship funding are a “kick...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHolsey in to bolster Scottish front row
Preview Y Carnegie v L Scottish Today, Kick-off 3pm WORCESTER loanee Lewis Holsey goes straight into a London Scottish front row...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFive-try Falcons produce best yet
■By TOM INNES Ruck time: Falcons and Reds contest the ball Star turn: Brett Connon on the attack for Falcons, tackled...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFowkes adds fresh blood for trip down to Pirates
■By ADAM ELLIS Back: Nick De Battista NOTTINGHAMhead coach Neil Fowkes is not underestimating the challenge of facing Cornish Pirates at...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens and England U20 prop Sam Crean
The England U20 prop is learning off Mako Vunipola at Saracens
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Ealing Trailfinders lock James Cannon
A forward who represented Northampton Saints, Wasps and Connacht
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland ought to replicate the French system, says Grimoldby
Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby speaks of the gulf between the Championship and the Pro D2 in France, where he played for...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSpringboks joining the Six Nations isn’t out of the question, says Rob Andrew
Andrew points to the development of T20 in cricket, as reason not to disbelieve the prospect of a 'Seven Nations'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to, says Alex Goode
Alex Goode comes to the defence of ex-Saracens chairman Nigel Wray, and says he wants to finish his career at the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier
Former Bath captain and Worcester DoR, Richard Hill, is currently in charge at Rouen in the second tier of French rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears’ Welsh exile Mat Protheroe signs for Ospreys
A player capable of making the move into Test rugby by playing under Wayne Pivac's nose?
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe English Rugby Leagues’ Long History With Sponsorships
Rugby is a popular sport in the UK and, similarly to football, is at the centre of dozens of sponsorship deals....
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland Sevens captain Tom Mitchell feels change in the wind post-Tokyo Olympics
RFU cuts to the Championship have given rise to questions over the future of the England Sevens programme
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams verdict: Shaun Edwards is the difference between Wales and France
Shane Williams analyses France's first win in Cardiff for a decade
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoStorm Ciara Halts Jonny May’s Try Scoring Surge
As Scotland got their Six Nations Calcutta Cup match underway in testing conditions, it was telling that the first kick of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKnights No.9 James next to make the step up
DONCASTER scrum-half Tom James is primed for a move to Northampton – the latest in a growing list of players making...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPurdy aims to repay Bristol faith
By NEALE HARVEY Dangerman: Henry Purdy is in top form for Bristol HENRY Purdy aims to fire Bristol to Premiership glory...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEngland ought to replicate the French system says Gimoldby
By NEALE HARVEY Sharpshooter: Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby AMPTHILL fly-half Louis Grimoldby urges English rugby to mirror the French system of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHeffernan hopes for Premiership chance
NOTTINGHAM tight-head Oisin Heffernan, right, is attracting interest from the Premiership clubs looking to strengthen their squads for next season. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpare a thought for National League clubs
DID the Championship clubs really not see the RFU funding cuts coming, as all the “shock, horror” reactions would suggest? The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU executives should take pay cut
THE outrageous decision by the RFU to cut funding of the Championship by 50 per cent from next season is a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPerhaps it’s time to boycott the top tier
COULD this season get any worse? The whole salary cap saga proved just how poor the administration of the professional game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPremature relegation devalues competition
THE Saracens debacle and the cut in Championship funding are significant, but are these the main issues to ensure the future...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBracken: England back row will munch them up
EDDIE Jones is preparing to lay a ‘kick and squeeze trap’ for the Irish to fall into at Twickenham today. That’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMitchell concerned over Sevens future
By ADAM ELLIS On the ball: Tom Mitchell in action against Fiji during the semi-final of the Australia Sevens PICTURE: Getty...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU must rethink this Tier Two funding cut
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The despair and desperation that has flooded the game, and not just the Championship,...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe biggest mistake made by Nigel Wray? Loving rugby!
David Norrie, ex-Rugby World editor, in defence of Nigel Wray Let’s start with disclosure. Premiership Rugby is keen on that. I...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGoode: I’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to
By NEALE HARVEY Committed: Alex Goode SARACENS full-back Alex Goode wants to finish his career at Saracens and has mounted a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM CREAN SARACENS PROP Saracens are up to their knees in strife but a positive by-product of their impending demotion to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVolunteers step up to aid clubs caught in the storm
By ROB COLE THE true spirit of Welsh rugby has been revealed in the flood-ravaged community clubs who battled all week...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGriffiths puts the boot in for Otters
Championship & Division One round-up A LAST minute Ianto Griffiths penalty sealed a stunning 20-19 win for Narberth against Cross Keys...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoHeartbreaker Shaun is the difference
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Crunch: George North collides with Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Flashback: Emile Ntamack of France...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years ago‘I wasn’t going to mess up that one’
SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg was delighted to bury the memory of his butchered try against Ireland – and even more pleased...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEx-RFU chief raps Tier Two cash cuts
By NICK CAIN ‘It’s poor’: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has added his criticism to the slashing cuts to Championship...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoChampions keep dream of a second Slam alive
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Threat: Theo Dan tries to break Decisive: Max O’Reilly scores Ireland’s fifth try as England’s George Barton closes...
International Rugby
Heartbreak for England as Thomas Ramos snatches the Six Nations title for France
International Rugby
Toby Flood: Andy Farrell is the kind of leader to inspire England
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