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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Cutting the format could...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
TIM SWIEL, THE NEWCASTLE AND FORMER WESTERN PROVINCE, SHARKS AND HARLEQUINS UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHogg can be the missing link for Exeter in Europe
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Pedigree: Stuart Hogg scores against Sale in last weekend’s European Cup match PICTURE: Getty...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoIf black wall topples on Foster, Warren is waiting
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IAN Foster, New Zealand’s newly appointed head coach, cannot break-dance like his Crusaders...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTipuric top of Lyon’s hit list to replace Fearns
Wanted man: Justin Tipuric Return: Carl Fearns LYON are lining up a surprise move for Wales openside flanker Justin Tipuric to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBalmain wanted as cover for Williams
Off? Fraser Balmain Suitors: England’s Harry Williams EXETER Chiefs are among a clutch of clubs interested in signing Gloucester prop Fraser...
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Features
/ 6 years agoReal blow to Scarlets if Mooar heads home
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Inspirational: Brad Mooar coaching Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans EARLIER this season I headed down to...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoIndestructible Faletau gets bad breaks
Invisible man: Taulupe Faletau has not been seen by club or country PICTURE: Getty Images There was a time when Taulupe...
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English Championship
/ 6 years ago‘Mooloo Man’ Foster joins the club
NO PROVINCIAL team is ever likely to match the grandiose achievements of the one responsible for hammering the Lions to the...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBradley control helps the Hawks prevail
■By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leic Lions ……10 Henley H …….14 A TRY either side of halftime proved enough for Henley Hawks to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBridgnorth close the gap to hot up table
Midlands Premier FOLLOWING the postponement of Sheffield’s match with leaders Bournville, Bridgnorth had an opportunity to close the gap on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSexton a doubt for Ireland
JOHNNY Sexton is in a race to be fit for Ireland’s Six Nations opener against Scotland on February 1. The 34-year-old...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGallagher column: Root of Israel Folau case grew from shame of apartheid
Brendan Gallagher examines the vitriol espoused by sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau and how it correlates with attitudes during the apartheid...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoVarsity match: Light Blues’ mighty duo may be godsend or curse
Cambridge have a Test-experience second row ready to take on rivals Oxford in the 138th Varsity match
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoCards dealt at Raiders as Worthing get trumps
■By LYNDON EDNEY Worthing ……..27 Leics Lions ….23 THE boot of Matt McLean helped Worthing continue their recent home form, as...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRobinson shoots Hawks to amazing win
■By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley H ……..21 Bury St Ed ……18 HENLEYHawks pulled off a miraculous victory from the jaws of defeat...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoKingdom comes to those who wait
■By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Eps ..12 Taunton T’s ….15 TAUNTON arrived at Rugby Lane smarting from their narrow defeat at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville bar gets higher and higher
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE strengthened their place at the top of the table with an impressive 34-10 win at home to Sandbach....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Can the relegated team...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSHANE WILLIAMS
Ruddock can revive the ailing Ospreys WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Winner: Mike Ruddock with the Six Nations trophy after leading Wales...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoot of Folau case grew from shame of apartheid
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Controversy: Israel Folau this week reached a settlement...
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Features
/ 6 years agoClimb for third Test will be the tricky bit
THE confirmed Lions itinerary for their visit to South Africa in 2021 is out and predictably there are two Tests at...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Light Blues’ mighty duo may be a godsend or a curse!
Brendan Gallagher looks at the 138th Varsity match, kicking off at Twickenham on Thursday Line-out strength: James Horwill was a stalwart...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDistilling the cream from Oxford’s 150 historic years
Elegance at No.10: Richard Sharp playing against Wales As Oxford gather for a 150th anniversary dinner at the Hurlingham club on...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSeeds of Springboks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’
Brendan Gallagher recalls the 'Protest Tour' of 1969, fifty years on
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore
Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAdam Jones made a man out of me – Lewis Boyce
Summer arrival at Bath, Lewis Boyce, admits his scrummaging wasn't up to scratch until he met Adam Jones at old club...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFive of the best rugby scrum-halves in history
The rugby scrum-half is perhaps the most influential and important position on the field; the link between the forwards and the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail
Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe Welsh way once ruled world – not now
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW There was a time, believe it or not, when Wales pioneered the science...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSeeds of Boks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE ‘PROTEST TOUR’ OF 1969, FIFTY YEARS ON It’s barely a month since the first truly multi-racial South...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTwickenham victory thrilled Duckham
Captain: Bob Hiller The Sixth Springboks will always be known as the Protest Tour but there was some rugby played –...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAdam made a man out of me – Boyce
By NEALE HARVEY BATH prop Lewis Boyce says he will owe Welsh legend Adam Jones a huge debt of gratitude if...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoREGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES ROUND-UP
BOURNVILLE took top spot in the Midlands Premier after beating Peterborough Lions 50-12. The Lions scored in the opening minute but...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSaints set to move if Youngs talks fail
■By NEIL FISSLER NORTHAMPTON Saints are ready to launch an audacious move for England scrum-half Ben Youngs if he does not...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBotha puts World Cup disappointment behind him
Power: Ruan Botha on the surge for Irish BATTLE-HARDENED lock Ruan Botha has vowed to overcome the frustration of his Springboks...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoI’m proud to call Warren a mate as well as a great coach
Send off: Gatland WHAT a send-off Warren Gatland received from the crowd at Principality Stadium. And didn’t he deserve every clap...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoTipuric: It was time for some fresh ideas at Wales
The Wales flanker tells TRP he felt it was the right time for change after 12 years of success under Warren...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Ireland prop Paul Wallace
One of the Lions' victorious tourists to win in South Africa in 1997
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoGloucester in move for unsettled England star Kyle Sinckler
Sinckler is out of contract next season and extension talks with Harlequins have stalled, Neil Fissler reports
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years ago100 years of Loughborough: Yes, history truly is made inside these walls
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable 100 year history of Loughborough University and the institution's contribution to British sport
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGloucester in move for unsettled Sinckler
By NEIL FISSLER Crucial: Cobus Reinach scores for Saints on half time PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER have emerged as the front...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoJust magic if Kerevi had not been joking
SAMU Kerevi, the most effective Wallaby in a largely ineffective Australian side at the World Cup, now says he was “having...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFriends reunited across Irish Sea
Jon Newcombe talks to Munster’s new recruit, former England coach Graham Rowntree Scrum guru: Graham Rowntree works the Munster pack. Inset,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFond farewell to Thumper, now Martyn will carry the can
Manager: Williams WAYNE Pivac’s Wales revolution continued this week with the appointment of Martyn Williams as team manager – I must...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYes, history truly is made within these wonder walls
Track royalty: Sebastian Coe running for Loughborough University in May 1980, the year of his first Olympic gold PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLoughborough All-Stars XV
Recent graduate: Harry Williams England stars: Andy Robinson and Fran Cotton JEFF BUTTERFIELD: Arrived at Loughborough Colleges from Whitcliff Mount GS...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTipuric: Time for some fresh ideas
By STEFFAN THOMAS Welcome change: Justin Tipuric is excited by the arrival of Wayne Pivac, left JUSTIN Tipuric believes the time...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSheffield close the gap on Bournville
Midlands Premier SHEFFIELD kept up their bid for top spot with a 22-7 victory over Sandbach. At 7-0 to the hosts...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie’s insults only mask his own World Cup failure
JEFF PROBYN High earners: Owen Farrell didn’t grow up in a council house with dad Andy PICTURE: Getty Images Eddie Jones...
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