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/ 12 years agoIan Evans to join Bristol
Ian Evans will play for Bristol in the Championship next season. The Wales and Lions lock has signed a pre-contract with...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s crowned World Champions!
England's next generation beat South Africa 21-20 in the final.
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoEXCLUSIVE: National League One Dream Team
Rosslyn Park pushed Doncaster Knights all the way to the final day in National One…and now they have equalled their efforts...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s out to set the record straight in JWC final
England U20s are determined to set the record straight when they take on South Africa in the Junior World Championship final...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Yes, it’s time for All Blacks to end their Pacific shame
Guys, it’s not the dark side of the moon. No fewer than four airlines, including the national carrier Air New Zealand,...
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/ 12 years agoNathan Earle nominated for IRB Junior Player of the Year
England U20s wing Nathan Earle has today been nominated by the IRB for the Junior Player of the Year Award. The...
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/ 12 years agoGloucester sign England U20s duo
Gloucester today announced the arrival of England U20s duo Callum Braley and Henry Purdy. Currently in New Zealand at the Junior...
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/ 12 years agoScots pull out of B&I Cup
Scottish Rugby has today confirmed that its top four Premiership clubs will not take part in the 2014-15 British & Irish...
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/ 12 years agoNorthampton bring in Hodgson
Northampton Saints have bolstered their scrum-half options ahead of next season with the signing of Joel Hodgson. The 21-year-old has predominately...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Victor Matfield’s return can help Wales come good
Wales made their first stand in the Southern Hemisphere 50 years ago in the place they used to call the last...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoLondon Welsh confirm four more signings
London Welsh today continued their shopping spree confirming the signings of James Sandford, Cameron Goodhue, Paul Rowley and Jesse Liston. The...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Alan Paver – Cornish Pirates prop
Pirates back in pre-season training? Yes… bizarre, isn’t it? We started last Tuesday and the thinking is they’ll give us intermittent...
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/ 12 years agoLondon Welsh bolster front row options
London Welsh have added to their front row options ahead of next season’s Aviva Premiership campaign with the signings of Taione...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Bravo London Welsh, now give them level playing field
London Welsh‘s against-the-odds victory in the Championship final, beating runaway league leaders Bristol by a healthy 48-28 aggregate margin over two...
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European Rugby
/ 12 years agoEnglish clubs react to European Cups draw
Jim Mallinder – Northampton Director of Rugby “We haven’t played Racing Metro before, and going to Paris will be an exciting...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s through to JWC semi-finals with Argentina win
England U20s have recorded their third win of the Junior World Championship beating Argentina to set up a semi-final clash against...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s ring the changes for Pumas clash
Nick Walshe and Ian Peel have rung the changes for England U20s last group game at the Junior World Championship against...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Regional academies would reduce number of lost players
So that’s the end of European Rugby Cup Ltd’s involvement in Europe – and what an end, as both teams ensured...
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/ 12 years agoPerfect England U20s beat Australia
England U20s have made it two from two at the Junior World Championship after beating Australia 38-24 today. That is Nick...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: We’ve had hell and miracles, so what next for England?
England rugby tours of New Zealand – with some just fleeting visits in these furious fast forward times – are always...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s name team for Wallabies encounter
England U20s are gearing up to take on Australia tomorrow in their second game of the Junior World Championship and winger...
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/ 12 years agoLondon Welsh beat Bristol and will return to Premiership
London Welsh will play in the Premiership again next season after beating Bristol 21-20 in the second leg of the Greene...
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/ 12 years agoEarle hat-trick helps England U20s to JWC opening win
Nathan Earle scored a hat-trick to help England U20s kick off their Junior World Championship campaign in the best fashion thumping...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s name side for JWC opener against Italy
England U20s have named their side to take on Italy in their opening game of the IRB Junior World Championship in...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Alex Lozowski – Leeds full-back
Not many teenagers would choose exams over professional football, but as he prepares for life as a Premiership rugby player, Alex...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why Bruce Craig’s vision for global season will fail to see the light
Last week’s interview encapsulating Bath chairman Bruce Craig’s vision of the future of global rugby showed some interesting, if slightly naive...
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/ 12 years agoLondon Welsh have one foot in Premiership with win over Bristol
London Welsh have a 19-point advantage over Bristol going into next week’s Championship final second leg after winning 27-8 at the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher charts the career of Jonny Wilkinson, the player who has transcended the game
Talk about synchronicity. When confirmation of Jonny Wilkinson’s much-touted retirement was filtering through this week I was actually rummaging around my...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoBath chief Bruce Craig will be director of new Champions Cup
An Irish soccer convert, the mayor of a village in Provence and an English multi-millionaire are to play roles in Rugby’s...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Dixon – Dragons and Wales U20s centre
If it wasn’t for an untimely foot injury, Jack Dixon, 19, could have been preparing for a trip to South Africa...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law takes a mauling from WRU!
Warren Gatland made a strange announcement last Tuesday over the resurrection of the Welsh trial match, buried long ago with other...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoIt’ll be a whole new ball game if Bath’s supremo has his way
The battle over Europe has been won but Bath chairman Bruce Craig believes the war over global season structure and how...
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/ 12 years agoGloucester announce signing of Jacob Rowan
Gloucester today announced the capture of the highly rated back rower Jacob Rowan from Leeds Carnegie. The 24-year-old flanker, who captained...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Chris Pennell would find a place on loan in any Premiership squad
It’s not often that a back stands out in a side that hasn’t performed, but Chris Pennell has done so for...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Worcester and Dean Ryan still have a mountain to climb
The failure of Worcester to survive in this year’s Premiership season was probably the most anticipated relegation since the leagues began....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why I’ve learned to love the Premiership play-offs
How quickly time moves on and blazing rows of yesteryear recede. For many it was the blackest of days midway through...
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/ 12 years agoNewcastle confirm 2014-15 coaching staff
John Wells has been named as Newcastle head coach ahead of next season as the Falcons announced their new coaching set-up...
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/ 12 years agoAll Blacks name training squad for England Series
Steve Hansen has named a 35-man training squad ahead of the three-Test Series against England next month. The All Blacks head...
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/ 12 years agoMunster sign Kiwi Tyler Bleyendall
Munster today confirmed that Tyler Bleyendall will join the province on a three-year contract from November 1st 2014. The 23-year-old Kiwi...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: On the march with Trelawny’s Army, rugby’s great outsiders
So the European legislators, God bless, have finally caught up with the rugby world and officially recognised Cornwall as being very...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoDoncaster Knights’ workhorse may need to lighten his load
Having become the first coach to bounce his side back into the Championship following relegation, Clive Griffiths is now busy with...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Murder on the dancefloor as Harlequins try to get a grip
The Murderball challenge is on. Mike Brown, already proud ambassador for Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, wants to celebrate Harlequins‘ coming on...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRyan Jones links up with Bristol for playoffs
As revealed first in The Rugby Paper on March 2, Ryan Jones will join Bristol in time to feature in the...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Lewis Boyce – Leeds and England U18s prop
Lewis Boyce wants to forge a career as a loosehead against the grizzled old warhorses in the Championship – so it’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Fizzing George Ford ready for next step with club and country
George Ford has come of age. Finally. It has been a long time coming because Ford has been lumbered with the...
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/ 12 years agoSale sign Bedford prop
Sale have bolstered their loosehead options ahead of next season with the arrival of Darren Fearn from Bedford. The 25-year-old, who...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoLightning Tyson Lewis fires Doncaster Knights to promotion
Carlin Isles may be the world’s quickest rugby winger – but he is not as fast as Tyson Lewis when it...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens opportunity for Howard Packman
England U20s flyer Howard Packman will join the England Sevens squad for the first time as they compete in the eighth leg...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Lucas Slowik – Bristol and England U18s centre
Bristol‘s Lucas Slowik is no stranger to setbacks but having already taken his place in the record books, the 18-year-old is...
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/ 12 years agoEngland U20s name squad for Junior World Cup
England U20s have named their squad to head to New Zealand for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in Auckland. Coaches...
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