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Features
/ 6 years agoLuke’s hooked on being best
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EXETER’S LUKE COWAN-DICKIE ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE TRY-SCORING RECORD Try-time: The headbanded Luke Cowan-Dickie is buried as he...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTuilagi has the power to trouble De Allende
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... INSIDE-CENTRES Line-breaker: Manu Tuilagi hands...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSo just who WAS in charge at Gloucester?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Reshuffle: David Humphreys, celebrating a win with Ross...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoExclusive: I’ll never be like Beauden but I’m a bloody-minded winner, says Dan Biggar
Wales and Northampton fly-half Dan Biggar hasn't looked back since arriving at Franklin's Gardens. The same applies to his Lions 2021...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Joe Marler commits to Harlequins
“I’m immensely proud to have played for Quins over 200 times so far" - Marler
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Can Emirati riches pump life into fallen giant Beziers?
Glory days of Beziers gave rise to region removed from French rugby's heartland of the south west, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew signing Tyrone Green shares a trait with Mike Brown, says Gustard
"He possesses the kind of desire you see from a Harlequin great in Mike Brown” - Paul Gustard
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens make pitch to Springbok to replace Kruis in second row
Flip van der Merwe announced his retirement last summer to pursue Higher Education interests
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: The Top 14 looks the likeliest route for Maro Itoje now
Jeremy Guscott looks at how the Saracens lock can maintain his financial income and international ambitions with England and the Lions
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Sedgley Park fly-half Steve Collins
Nobody wants brick-sized phones like the 1980s, Collins argues
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Features
/ 6 years agoTRP’s National Two South Team of the Season
We can reveal the National Two North XV voted for their standout individual campaigns in 2019-20
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRob Howley opens up on the gripping darkness which led to his gambling
"When my thoughts went towards my sister, betting on rugby was an escapism" - Howley sheds light on grief
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Features
/ 6 years agoBack three riches will give Pivac a problem
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND There was a time not so long ago when Wales were worried about their back...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBattlefields to playing fields, medics with double lives
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most impressive rugby doctors TOP 20 ...RUGBY PLAYING DOCTORS NEXT WEEK...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’ll never be like Beauden but I aim to be a winner
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WALES AND NORTHAMPTON FLY-HALF DAN BIGGAR, THE SCOURGE OF ENGLAND Injury-hit: Gareth Anscombe DAN Biggar says he...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDAN BIGGAR ON…
...Gareth Anscombe’s arrival spurring him on I made a joke and said I was happy coming off the bench last season,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRUGBYQUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Making an entrance: Erika Roe at Twickenham 1. Who were England’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBaron’s Coronavirus Cup proposal dismissed
FRANCIS Baron’s idea of a major international tournament to be held in England in 2021 to ease the financial impact of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFarrell has the game to replace Sexton
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION 2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO THIS WEEK… FLY-HALVES Ice cool from the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCan life be pumped back into French titan?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Dynasty: Beziers captain Richard Astre shows the Bouclier de Brennus after beating Montferrand 31-9 to win the 1978 French...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBarnard Castle, monument to mystery old and new
Old boy: Underwood ISN’T it great to see Barnard Castle back in the news! Actually there is a long, proud tradition...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWas this the greatest club Seven of all time?
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhere have all the Welsh coaches gone?
NO MATTER how different it may look or when it will start, next season will have a depressingly familiar look about...
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Features
/ 6 years agoANATOMY OF THAT BARBARIANS 1973 TRY
THE 1971 Lions re-mustered in all but name for the Barbarians match against New Zealand in January 1973 with Phil Bennett...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTen more years a Chief then it’s Rob for England
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Leader of men: Rob Baxter trusts his medics EXETER CHIEFS boss Rob Baxter is destined for greatness at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFrance looks the likeliest route for Itoje to take now
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Playing to win: Maro Itoje crashes over to score a try for Saracens during...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoBig changes needed
IN THIS current climate, rugby has as much chance of picking up where it left off as Donald Trump being awarded...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAmbition? Lansdown should ask Ealing!
STEVE Lansdown wants to ring fence the Premier League so that the clubs can get their finances in order. Well, we’ve...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTime for rugby to make some good TV
WHEN it comes to promoting itself on screens, either big or small, Rugby Union trails behind most sports. Nowhere is this...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Reduce the size of the bench? It can’t happen
It's 40 years since Robin Cowling played through a dislocated shoulder against French great Robert Paparemborde
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSam Underhill goes back to his roots during lockdown, but embraces future with Bath, England and as a possible Lion
The England flanker recalls working with his painter/decorator Grandad, and the grind required to bring success to Bath and a Lions...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back
The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoTRP’s National Two North Team of the Season
We can reveal the National Two North XV voted for their standout campaigns in 2019-20
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Premiership can learn financial fair play from NFL
Jeremy Guscott judges how the salary cap is applied in the NFL to maximise financial and regulatory viability
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDavid Humphreys in power struggle, as Gloucester braced to lose two South African stars
The Gloucester director of rugby faces challenges to bring in an outside hire to succeed Johan Ackermann as head coach
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSix Nations WILL move for global season plan
By PETER JACKSON RUGBY’S global powerbrokers have confirmed that the Six Nations is in the process of being moved out of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHumphreys in coaching power battle
GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys is locked in a power struggle with the Cherry and White’s players and board over...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoFind out why King John was so regal
I NEVER saw him play, but I’ve heard all the stories about how good he was. Barry John continues to be...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJonny gets the drop on Joel for his courage and composure
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most important dropped goals TOP 20 …DROP GOALS NEXT WEEK Rugby-playing...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoReduce the bench? It just can’t happen
When the Bristol tight-head prop Paul Guttridge was sent off during a league match with Leicester in front of a big...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSam’s a man for hard graft on and off the pitch
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT IMP ROVING HIS DRIVEWAY…AND HIS GAME SAM Underhill is getting stuck in. There’s nothing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWelsh trio can put pressure on Conor
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… SCRUM-HALVES IF the 2021...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoUnsung hero Pullin deserves a statue at Twickenham
I WAS reading an article on line the other day about the illustrious British and Irish players with the best records...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoApartheid so sickened Tony, he did not go back
Tony Ward has never forgotten his first impression of apartheid South Africa. The images are as clear and every bit as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTitans lead charge with Redruth afterepic four-way title shoot-out
The Rugby Paper’s National 2 South correspondents pick a Team of the Season Nose for the line: Isaac ‘Sniffer’ Dalton scores...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSwinging 60s rugby showed its very good, bad and ugly sides
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union FOR rugby the 60s mirrored the pop...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFrance claim their first Slam despite tinkering selectors
Unbeatable combination: France’s Camberabero brothers, Lilian and Guy THE conventional wisdom is that, having identified your chosen playing group, consistency of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRugby can learn financial fair play from America
From outside the Premiership circle it seems that if you have a group of clever people running these clubs, who, in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMyners is right, raise players culbability
I AGREE with Lord Myners’ recommendation that players should also carry some accountability for breaches of the salary cap and we...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMissionary work is done Down Under
THE Lions were missionaries spreading Rugby Union to the southern hemisphere and they were so successful that only one northern hemisphere...
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