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Latest News
/ 8 years agoO’Callaghan to call time in summer
WORCESTER lock Donncha O’Callaghan will retire at the end of the season to spend more time with his family. O’Callaghan, 38,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAmazing how well a night on the lash works for Baa-baas!
As the Barbarians-All Blacks fixture resumes on Saturday, BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at its rich history Greatest: Gareth Edwards starts an attack...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAn eloquent silence followed that other miracle try of 1973
Winner: JPR Williams scores late against New Zealand It’s the try that almost nobody talks about these days, even though there...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale downed by early onslaught
Wharfedale 10 Leicester L 24 By ED WILLIAMS THREE tries in the first ten minutes proved to be enough for Leicester...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSpink’s four tries leave Newbold reeling
Midlands Premier FOUR tries from Matt Spink helped Birmingham and Solihull to an eighth consecutive win as they beat Newbold on...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPeacemaker Howleyeyes
job in England By ROB COLE Backs brains’ trust: Rob Howley, left, with Owen Farrell and Johnny Sexton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSet an example with more cash for struggling Samoa
COLIN BOAG Making a fist of it: Samoa should be well rewarded for their Twickenham date The new chief executive of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoDanny Hearn – 50 years on: No regrets for the man of steel who beat the odds to walk again
50 years on from breaking his neck against New Zealand, The Rugby Paper meets the England centre to see how that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoIt’s time the RFU honoured first black international
Brendan Gallagher takes a look at the distinguished moment in history set by Plymouth player Jamie Peters
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: What ever happened to that war on gouging?
By Peter Jackson Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoJulian Savea to play for Barbarians against New Zealand
The Barbarians will take on New Zealand with one of the All Blacks‘ greatest-ever try scorers in their ranks. World Cup...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoGatland names Wales squad for autumn internationals
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Warren Gatland has named his squad for the autumn international and handed a recall to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDonncha O’Callaghan to retire at the end of the season
Veteran Irish lock to bring end to brilliant 20-year career
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSexton sizzles as Leinster front up
By RONAN O’BRIEN Rumbling over: Cian Healy scores his second try of the game for Leinster PICTURE: Getty Images JOHNNY Sexton...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWhy don’t fans flock to watch these great Saracens?
IF anyone needed persuading that Saracens are one of the great club sides of any era, pro or amateur, last weekend’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDead-shot Priestland fires timely reminder to Gatland
By ROGER PANTING RHYS Priestland returned to Parc-y- Scarlets to blast a huge dent in Scarlets’ chances of progressing to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBest back for Ulster’s big French challenge
Preview La Rochelle v Ulster Today, Kick-off 3.15. Std Deflandre ULSTER have brought back the big guns to face La Rochelle...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBordeaux impressed with Quins star Yarde
ENGLAND winger Marland Yarde is attracting interest from Bordeaux but a move to France would mean the end of his chances...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
It’s time the RFU honoured the first black international BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoMiddle-man Moore has ended up out on his own
BEING slap bang in the middle of the Australia front row has been a thankless task at times over the past...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoResurgent Wallabies end the Bledisloe barren spell
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER AUSTRALIA’S steady improvement this season continued apace in Brisbane yesterday with a thoroughly deserved Bledisloe Cup win over...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWhat ever happened to that war on gouging?
Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDeano tells England to follow the Falcons’ bear
MARK Wilson has bear-like strength, the sort of hold that is almost impossible to break once he latches on. What’s more...
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Features
/ 8 years ago@No rugby regrets for the man of steel who beat the odds to walk again
BRENDAN GALLAGHER speaks to England centre Danny Hearn 50 years on from breaking his neck RUGBY can be a game of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoHowley accused of bullying
FORMER Wales full-back Lee Byrne claims he was subjected to “bullying treatment” by attack coach Rob Howley. Byrne, 37, won the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPenalty try drama as Stour go clear at top
By PAUL JOANNOU Leicester Lions 13pts Stourbridge…27pts LEICESTER Lions director of rugby Jack Heald hit out at referee Ben Rayner’s decisionmaking...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoBoro tamed at last by Newport’s surge
Midlands Premier NEWPORT Salop ended Peterborough Lions’ perfect record, a final-quarter surge sealing a 42-21 win. Salop ran in seven tries...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFrustrated Tipuric demands Ospreys switch on
By STEFFAN THOMAS JUSTIN Tipuric says the Ospreys’ shocking start to the season has put him in uncharted territory. But the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMercer determined to state his case in defence
By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS Zach Mercer believes he could have no better role model than Wales and Lions star Toby Faletau...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBlood the kids now George is ruled out
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT’S a shame George...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Let’s play Farrell at 10 with Te’o power outside him
By Jeremy Guscott OWEN Farrell plays fly-half for Saracens – which is where he will be for the big all- English...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBaaBaas coaches reunite for All Blacks encounter
NEWS EXTRA WILL Greenwood has been added to the Barbarians coaching team for the Killik Cup match against New Zealand at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 6. Edinburgh’s BT Premiership club - champions in 2007 and 2010 (6) 7. Ex-Cardiff Blues and Wales prop at Edinburgh...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEztebeth t leads South Africa with Whitely ruled out
■By SAM JACKSON SOUTH Africa captain Warren Whiteley will miss the end-of-year tour of Europe after doctors said his groin injury...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPrem clubs need more RFU backing
IF Stephen Brown, the new man at Twickenham, expects England to rule the world he must start by helping the owners...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLet’s play Farrell at 10 with Te’o power outside him
OWEN Farrell plays fly-half for Saracens – which is where he will be for the big all- English European Cup clash...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoKruis confident he can regain his England place
■By GARY FITZGERALD GEORGE Kruis is convinced his injury nightmares and disappointing Lions tour are firmly behind him, and that he...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCut the bench to reduce the risk of injuries
AS the broken body count in the Premiership rises, with a growing consensus that the greater ball-in-play time under the new...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDavies must spike big guns of Nonu and Bastareaud
■By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies is used to the big occasion. Six consecutive Test starts for the British & Irish Lions...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoOspreys positive despite poor run
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Great challenge: Olly Cracknell OSPREYS back row forward Olly Cracknell is confident his team can put their woeful...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoIs art of post-match interview disappearing, like objectivity?
PLAYERS have been taking umbrage at post-match questions almost ever since Billy Webb Ellis ran off with the football at Rugby...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDylan’s out to derail Jamie’s juggernaut
DYLAN Hartley says he is not taking questions on the England captaincy ahead of his European Cup head-to-head with Jamie George....
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Features
/ 8 years agoStack had his own way of playing the game
STACK Stevens – a Cornish legend who helped England to Test wins in South Africa and New Zealand and toured with...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStop moaning and enjoy game says heroic Ed
Neale Harvey meets a former player who is defying the medics after a cruel accident Today’s fighter: Ed Jackson Former Dragons...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBurger is face of Namibia’s fighting spirit
BRENDAN GALLAGHER traces the rugged history of Nambian rugby as it celebrates 150 years THE Namibian Rugby Union are celebrating their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSchalk head-butted a lion, so
THERE has always been a sniff of the rugged about Namibia with the Namib Desert and Skeleton coast to the West...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMy All-time Namibia XV
Chrysander Botha Tempting to pick Springbok great Percy Montgomery but in truth being born in Walvis Bay was his only real...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoYes, it’s time for Jamie George to become king
Dylan Hartley or Jamie George? Past England hookers have their say
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHat-trick man Jamie George signs new Saracens deal
By Adam Ellis Jamie George has signed a new deal with Saracens to stay at Allianz Park until 2021. The British...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Kyle Sinckler can consider himself lucky as inconsistency in bans perpetuate
By Nick Cain KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton...
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