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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoWasps’ great entertainers need proper forward clout
NICK CAIN ANALYSES THE WASPS SET-UP AND HIGHLIGHTS KEY AREAS THEY MUST IMPROVE TO BECOME CHAMPIONS AGAIN Key signing: former England...
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Sevens World Series
/ 8 years agoWe can thank the legendary Fry for late great O’Connor
CB FRY had so many claims to fame that it’s impossible to squeeze them all into one paragraph. He captained England...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS Zimbabwean protest was really just a cry for help
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rough treatment: Zimbabwe players sleep on the streets of Beja...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders guarantee home run to the final
■ By SAM JACKSON THE CRUSADERS cemented top spot in the table with a big win over the Highlanders to celebrate...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMaule’s loving life now he’s mentor
ALEX BYWATER talks to centre-turned-agent Gareth Maule about life on the other side Playing prowess: Gareth Maule scores a try for...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWales set to unveil Pivac as new boss
■ By PETER JACKSON WALES are close to putting the future of their national squad in the hands of their dream...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoIrish lifeline rescues Tom from the rugby wilderness
By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS hooker Tom Woolstencroft is ready to fight Lions star Jamie George for his place after being handed...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: England’s pack has gone backwards for 12 months
Jeremy Guscott takes a look at England's problems among the forwards
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoEddie’s pack has just gone backwards for 12 months
EREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK The England pack has shown an incredible drop-off between the intensity when Eddie Jones first came...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOld stagers set to return as England stumble on
NICK CAIN gives his thoughts on where the South African tour has left England preparations THE leading question following England’s twoone...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMay’s electric but Eddie’s in dark
NICK CAIN GIVES HIS ENGLAND MAN-BY-MAN RATINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA THIS was a tour in which only five players – Jonny...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNagusa takes new signings up to ten
FIJI back rower Nemani Nagusa has become Newcastle’s latest signing. The 30-year-old helped Fiji win their fourth consecutive Pacific Nations Cup...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSummer rugby way forward for the minis
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND AS a parent I read with interest the Welsh Rugby Union’s plan to trial mini...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMy all-time US Eagles XV
15. Chris Wyles, below Native of Stamford Connecticut. High quality multiple trophy winner with Saracens where he made 254 first-team appearances....
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER BEDFORD, PLYMOUTH AND DONCASTER FLANKER ADAM KETTLE My parents are fullfledged Scousers and my uncle Brian played a handful...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBoks aside, rugby in Africa has just gone backwards
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points HEAVEN knows it’s a difficult enough job growing...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBoyd raps Hurricanes as they flop yet again
By SAM JACKSON Super Rugby HURRICANES coach Chris Boyd slammed his team’s loss to the Brumbies. The early frontrunners for the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGrassroots pay price for Twickenham overspend
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As England return from a trying summer tour, the celebrations have started...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIn honour of the rugby heroes of WWI
BRENDAN GALLAGHER explores the fascinating history of Scottish rugby players in World War I Paying tribute: HRH Princess Anne, with book...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLondon Scottish 1913-14: The Club 1st XV assembled before the match against the United Services
BACK ROW Private J Ross (London Scottish Regiment): Killed November 1 1914, Messines. Won 5 Scotland caps. A Fettes boy before...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has a plan for life without Billy Vunipola
Any coincidence that England's 2018 losing streak came when Big Billy was out injured?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDan Lydiate is aiming for fresh Test glories
Wales aren't short of depth in the back row
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Guest Blogs
/ 8 years agoRugby betting tips
Rugby is a very popular sport despite the fact that it’s not commercialized as football, basketball or hockey. In fact, many...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoLydiate’s aiming for fresh Test glories
By PETER JACKSON DAN Lydiate has vowed to join the massed ranks of Welsh back row contenders in Test rugby. After...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie has to plan for life without Big Billy
Injury prone: Billy Vunipola has spent months on sideline PICTURE: Getty Images IT is no surprise that England’s five Test crash,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAcid test awaits against All Blacks
NICK CAIN sits down with former Springboks captain Gary Teichmann – a hero in South Africa and Newport… Cornerstone: Tenda Mtawarira...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMulvihill will help Warburton beat off rivals for the Wales No7 shirt
NEWCardiff Blues coach John Mulvihill is a lucky man. Just look at the talent he has available to him in the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCape Town gives Eddie space, but he needs to find more answers
Galvanising force in Cape Town: Joe Launchbury on the ball, supported by Chris Robshaw PICTURES: Getty Images IF you want a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSouth Wales stands as Britain’s best star maker
New international: Owen Watkin PICTURE: Getty Images In their swift climb to the giddy heights of third in the world rankings,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoulvihill: Some big areas for Sam to improve
SAM Warburton has been urged to take a leaf out of Matt Giteau’s book if he wants to overtake David Pocock...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFrench have quality to mimic Irish renaissance
Fresh-faced: Brian O’Driscoll stars at the U19 World Cup AFTER a long dismal period in French Rugby the stunning success of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
PETER ANGLESEA, THE SALE COACH AND FORMER SALE AND ENGLAND ‘A’ BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEdwards is a must for whoever takes over
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Best in the world: Shaun Edwards PICTURE: Getty Images WHILE Wales narrow down their search...
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Features
/ 8 years agoInspirational rise of the ‘Beast’ from Zimbabwe
NICK CAIN looks at the rise of Springbok powerhouse Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira Centurian: Tendai Mtawarira is gunning to make the World...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAckermann working to eliminate Gloucester’s ‘kamikaze’ moments
By TOM BRADSHAW JOHAN Ackermann will use the impending preseason to improve his side’s hit-and-miss decisionmaking. South African Ackermann joined the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks let off the hook again is no Freek
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Double-teamed: Remy Grosso feels the force of Sam Cane and Ofa Tu’ungafasi PICTURE:...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoReferee Owens joins the illustrious list
NO club can have done more to celebrate the achievements of the great and the good than the Welsh Charitables RFC....
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Features
/ 8 years ago2011 JUNIOR WORLD CUP FINAL New Zealand 33 England 22 (Padua June 26)
ENGLAND 1 MAKO VUNIPOLA: A force of nature and nothing much has changed since, except his scrummaging is better. Two Lions...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoIf Saints facilities are so great why are they struggling?
NIC Groom, the former Northampton Saints scrum-half who left the club to join the Johannesburg- based Lions before the end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGraham Rowntree leaves Harlequins after two seasons
The British & Irish Lions coach is stepping down due to personal reasons, Harlequins confirm
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoDe Klerk puts mighty spring into the new South Africa
By Brendan Gallagher I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that Sale‘s Faf De Klerk could well have been the Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks star set for big move to Toulon
Mourad Boudjellal busy in recruitment again...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: David Sisi, former London Irish and Bath back row
The Zebre back row picks the best he has played with and against?
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoCaptain Pocock gets Wallabies over line
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Match-winner: David Pocock celebrates his crucial try for the Wallabies PICTURES: Getty Images AUSTRALIA, mixing rock solid defence...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHe likes a joke but Evans is no clown
ALEX BYWATER sits down in Argentina with jovial Welsh loosehead Rob Evans Coming force: Rob Evans PICTURES: Getty Images ROB Evans...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNorth is a winger, let him do his thing
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Best on the wing: George North PICTURE: Getty Images IT’S going to be vital for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWoodward’s way or the highway after Tour of Hell
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at how the infamous tour in 1998 helped turn England into world beaters Record defeat: Ben Sturnham on...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAltitude fatigue was factor in England’s tour defeat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Under pressure: Kyle Sinckler’s scrum technique needs tuning PICTURE: Getty Images As...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoDe Klerk puts mighty spring into thenew South Africa
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Idon’t think I’m alone in thinking that Sale’s Faf De Klerk could well have been the Premiership player...
International Rugby
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