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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland U18s win third consecutive FIRA crown
England U18s have won their third consecutive FIRA/AER European Championship beating Ireland 30-14 in Wronki, Poland. Two tries from Taylor Prell...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Reduce top-flight payments and grow grassroots game
The debate by the RFU council this week about the restructuring of lower leagues has opened a can of worms that...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoBristol’s big guns ‘will fire them to promotion’
Bristol’s experience on and off the field will carry them across the Championship promotion line to the Aviva Premiership, according to...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoHarry Mallinder strikes to send England U18s to European final
A late Harry Mallinder penalty put England U18s into their fourth successive European Championship final as they beat Wales 11-9 in...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Maro Itoje – Saracens lock
Until the U20s Six Nations, lock Maro Itoje, 19, didn’t list try-scoring among his strengths but after touchdowns in all five...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Why life’s not so simple in this new European utopia
Delays, debates and rows, just another week of life in the sport we recognise as professional rugby. The delays in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Brive and bloody, the short reign of French mavericks
It is 16 years since Brive clashed with Bath in the 1998 Heineken Cup final in Bordeaux and at the time...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoMallinder to captain England U18s against Portugal
England U18s have named their side to take on Portugal tomorrow as they kick off their defence of the European Championship...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Village that beat the All Blacks is rotting away
Of all the villages in Britain, only one can lay claim to a dual role in a victory over the All...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoExeter sign Mitch Lees from London Welsh
London Welsh forward Mitch Lees will be joining Exeter Chiefs next season after signing a two-year deal with the Devon club....
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: James Shanahan – Plymouth Ablion head coach
Enjoying your first season in charge? Lots of ups and downs but good fun. It’s a new team and a new...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNewcastle head coach leaves
Newcastle Falcons head coach Peter Russell will be leaving the club for personal reasons at the end of the current season....
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoLondon Welsh commits to Oxfordshire
London Welsh confirmed its long-term commitment to play in Oxfordshire, as revealed in The Rugby Paper back in November, with the...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Seb Adeniran-Olule – Harlequins hooker
Young English props moving to hooker are all the rage and in Seb Adeniran-Olule, Harlequins hope they have unearthed yet another....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Penalties are becoming too important in rugby
Some interesting ideas have come from Australia this week as they prepare to launch the new National Rugby Championship which they...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Balm before the storm: England’s 1914 Slam
Exactly 100 years ago the rugby season in England was fast drawing innocently to a close. In those days, with most...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoSir Ian McGeechan urges SRU To nurture talent with London Scottish
Sir Ian McGeechan has called on Scotland Rugby to utilise London Scottish in order to create greater depth in its national...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Jake Cooper-Wooley – Wasps prop
Enjoying your first top-flight season? Loving it. Never expected to play as much but Wasps threw me in the deep end,...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Aaron Morris – Bedford full-back
The England U20s are traditionally packed with Premiership elite academy talent, but Aaron Morris takes great pride in being a Championship...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: It was the Scotland game that cost England the title
Sometimes in life everything conspires to bring about the right outcome and make dreams come true, even if it takes a...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoNot a question of if Bristol are promoted, it’s when, says Sean Holley
Head coach Sean Holley says he feels “no pressure” to get Bristol promoted to the Premiership this campaign.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Yes, BOD was great, but not the greatest
That Brian O’Driscoll is one of the great players is undisputed. However, justice was done when Mike Brown won the 2014...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England lead the way in my team of Six Nations
There was not much separating the four top sides in this year’s Six Nations, as the tournament took us on a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The sevens wonder of the world still going at 75!
Over the years camp followers have suffered from severe sunburn, hypothermia and trench foot watching the HSBC Rosslyn Park School Sevens...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoExeter aim to be Euro champs in five years
Matt Jess insists there are “no limits” to what Exeter Chiefs can achieve.
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tim Taylor – former Gloucester, Saracens & Nottingham fly-half
Winning the LV= Cup with Glouc-ester was a great achievement in my career but the highlight has to be when I...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoLondon Irish sign Geoff Cross
London Irish have bolstered their front row options for next season with the signing of Geoff Cross. The Scottish International tighthead,31,...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Alex Rae – Jersey forward
1. Travelling by plane Unfortunately flying cannot be avoided when you play for an island team like Jersey. I’ve lost count...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoStuttering Bedford to look at full-time option
Long-serving Bedford director of rugby Mike Rayer concedes he may have to review the club’s part-time status after enduring his worst...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Robocops must find new game
Heavy depressions hanging over Wales in between World Cups are not a new phenomenon even if the latest one may take...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Brian O’Driscoll was never a victim again after this act of brutality
The thud and thunder of battles won and lost will never recede entirely, nor will those lightning forks of brilliance that lit...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Even Manu Tuilagi can’t step straight into this ace side
The final weekend may not have gone entirely to script for Stuart Lancaster’s side but the England head coach should be...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoTitan Juan Pablo Socino signs for Newcastle
Newcastle Falcons have signed Argentine centre Juan Pablo Socino on a two-year contract. The 25-year-old, who currently plays for the Rotherham...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Women finish second in Six Nations
A 24-0 victory over Italy at the Stadio Giulio e Silvio Pagani in Rovato on Sunday handed England Women a second...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWales v Scotland preview
Dan Biggar and Mike Phillips will form a new half-back partnership as Warren Gatland makes six changes to his Wales team...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoJim Mallinder staying to finish his Leicester hunt
Jim Mallinder has revealed how the desire to break Leicester Tigers’ hegemony and establish Northampton as domestic rugby’s leading force persuaded...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoDougie Fife to make Scotland debut
Dougie Fife will make his Scotland Test debut in Cardiff on Saturday after being named on the wing to face Wales in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why Barbados against mighty All Blacks will be no rum do
It’s a bleary-eyed Sunday morning on Aldershot Garrison Common where the icy wind knifes you in two and the freezing rain...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoJonny Bentley on board to steer Leeds through playoffs
As the sixth former Pirate to jump on board the good ship Leeds Carnegie, loan signing Jonny Bentley is already feeling...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoRFU face legal action over league restructure
The Rugby Football Union faces court action by lower league clubs unless controversial plans to restructure the National Leagues are dropped.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoWorcester Warriors are right for me says Sam Smith
Sam Smith has denied he was forced out of Harlequins to make room for Marland Yarde, revealing he turned down a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Man-for-man Wales hold the edge over England
There was a time when Wales lorded it over England at Twickenham, an affluent corner of London town which they never...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoKelly Brown recalled by Scotland to face France
Scotland have recalled Kelly Brown to face France at Murrayfield on Sunday in the fourth round of the Six Nations. The...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWorcester sign young trio
Worcester Warriors have today announced the signing of Ulster‘s Niall Annett and Rotherham Titans duo Dan Sanderson and Ben Sowrey ahead...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Neil Best – London Scottish flanker
Enjoyable stint at Scottish? It’s been good. I never envisaged playing here but I’m 35 in April and I’m pleased to...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain’s verdict on Wales: French can’t breach Shaun Edwards’ stone wall
Any sense that Wales were going to go quietly into the Six Nations night, relinquishing their champion status without a fight,...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoStop us if you can, George North tells England
Wales descend on Twickenham next week with a challenging message to England: “Stop us, if you can.”
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: James Hook plays the Invisible Man come hail or shine
The Invisible Man of the Six Nations could be seen down by the Mediterranean the other day, literally warming up for...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWIN tickets for England v Ireland!
The Rugby Paper has teamed up with RBS to offer two lucky winners a pair of tickets to England‘s RBS 6...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: England must beware the day of the jackal
You cannot help but be impressed by the Irish team since Joe Schmidt took over. The game against New Zealand might...
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