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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoTV deals may stall Boks arrival in 6 Nations
REPORTS that South Africa are planning to join the Six Nations are nothing new, not least because the size of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorld player of year Du Toit for Quins?
On hold: Pieter-Steph Du Toit is expected to wait for the Lions tour HARLEQUINS are weighing up a move for Pieter-Steph...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCLOSE-UP
ROB DU PREEZ Sale fly-half V ALEX GOODE Saracens fly-half Rob du Preez is a class act and has become a...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoChampion Robshaw adds to attraction across the Pond
THE news that Chris Robshaw has been in New York this week fine-tuning a projected move to the Rugby United francise...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s passion that England need – not brutality!
PHIL Vickery knows what it takes to win World Cup finals – as he did as part of England’s 2003 world...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoDeadeye Olver has howitzer at ready for Pirates
By JON NEWCOMBE HE’S been involved in picking that many opponents’ pockets, Oliver not Olver would be more of an apt...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland head coach Eddie Jones opens up on why he sometimes ‘paints a picture’ to opponents
Eddie Jones has hung out the bait to Warren Gatland and Michael Cheika in the past
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoHow to Bet on Rugby Online All over the World
Rugby is known to be a popular sport globally, including countries like Canada and South Africa. Most people enjoy the game...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWayne Barnes feature: Love of all rugby keeps Wayne in the game
In this long read, Nick Cain talks to the 90-Test veteran referee about the highs and lows of his career
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJacques Vermeulen kicking on at Exeter after brush with Nick Easter
Neale Harvey meets Exeter Chiefs' Jacques Vermeulen and Jannes Kirsten - both already making an impact
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Sean Lineen led the way for Six Nations invasion
How the trickle of Kiwis into the Six Nations started with Scotland centre Sean Lineen
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Furbank’s got a high tackle rate – and needs it in Paris
Jeremy Guscott previews Le Crunch by examining how George Furbank can deputise for Anthony Watson
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWe’ll put France in a box jibes Eddie
By SAM JACKSON EDDIE Jones has told his England team to put France under pressure like “they have never felt before”...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoFast, furious England must overcome the French power
Nick Cain considers the forward battle we can expect today at Stade de France Mobile: Toulouse hooker Julien Marchand Challenge: Mohamed...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoFurbank’s got a high tackle rate – and needs it in Paris!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Not the biggest: Northampton full-back George Furbank PICTURE: Getty Images THE aerial battle in...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoGallagher jumps ship to join Bok stars at Munster
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Cup winning pair Damian de Allende and RG Snyman will join Munster from the start of next season...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoDance of death starts for RWC rankings
WORLD Rugby’s plans for a World League, designed mainly to add spice to the groundhog day summer Tests and the increasingly...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLineen led the way for Six Nations invasion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Trail-blazer: Sean Lineen playing for Scotland in 1990 The entire cast for the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLove of all rugby keeps Wayne in the game
NICK CAIN TALKS TO REFEREE WAYNE BARNES ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER Inner steel: Wayne Barnes sends...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRavaged by war, the heroes return
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Five Nations Championship one hundred years ago Magnificent men: Royal Flying Corps pilots had a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRobshaw: Sarries boys will enjoy challenge
CHRIS ROBSHAW is predicting a buoyant England returning across the Channel today with an opening Six Nations victory in the bag...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoFace-off with Canada for place in the semi-finals
DAY ONE WRAP ENGLAND men won both their games on day one of the Sydney Sevens to sit top of Pool...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGame on to avoid dreaded ‘pool of death’
ENGLAND, currently third in the world rankings, must ensure they stay within the top four over the next ten months to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVermeulen kicking on under Chiefs tutelage
NEALE HARVEY on Exeter’s two unsung South Africans who are more than proving their worth Star signing: Jacques Vermeulen. Nick Easter...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoItaly lined up Franco Smith for months to replace O’Shea
Brendan Gallagher analyses how Italy are shaping up in the wake of the World Cup with a new head coach
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath ready to offer Saracens centre Alex Lozowski a new challenge
Neil Fissler reveals which clubs have marked Saracens players as targets
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe two serious flaws in Eddie Jones’ masterplan to make England the best in the world
Nick Cain points out the two areas clearly holding back Eddie Jones from his endgame
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: No bumps in the road for Wayne Pivac in his first match
As Wales prepare to face Italy in the Six Nations, Peter Jackson looks at how Pivac's predecessors fared in their first...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBracken: Eddie Jones is trying to buy himself a new contract
Kyren Bracken finds it hard to understand Eddie Jones' selections at scrum-half for the Six Nations
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoDallaglio: Big Dom’s No.8 snub ‘curious’
By GARY FITZGERALD Starter: Jimmy Gopperth scores Wasps’ first try in their win at Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images LAWRENCE Dallaglio is...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDiamond savours his rare triumph at Exeter
By MIKE SINCLAIR STEVE Diamond believes his Sharks are in good shape to mount a serious attack on a Premiership play-off...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoYoung tells England to keep an eye on Willis
By GARY FITZGERALD Comeback: Ollie Lawrence goes over for Worcester DAI Young claimed Eddie Jones should have picked Jack Willis after...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBath ready to offer Lozowski a new challenge
Versatile: Alex Lozowski BATH are leading the hunt for Alex Lozowski as the departures from disgraced Premiership champions Saracens pick up...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGeorgia will use the Boks to gatecrash Six Nations
Brendan Gallagher looks at the strength of the countries playing in the European Nations Cup WHILE the clamour for Georgia to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’ts England – if they can escape Paris!
Wise men? From left, Peter Jackson, Nick Cain, Matt Emery and Jerry Guscott The Rugby Paper’s brains trust reconvened for the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFranco was lined up for months to replace O’Shea
Italy Brendan Gallagher charts background of new Italian head coach Franco Smith New broom: Franco Smith with his squad NICK CAIN...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThere are two serious flaws in Eddie’s master plan to be the best in the world
England Nick Cain assesses the strengths and weaknesses of England’s latest squad Who can replace big Billy? Above: Lewis Ludlum Right,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo bumps in the road for Pivac’s first match
Testing time: Wayne Pivac with the Welsh squad PICTURE: Getty Images As international coaching initiations go, Wayne Pivac’s appears to be...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPeel on short-list to be new coach at Ospreys
By ALEX BYWATER AND STEFFAN THOMAS DWAYNE Peel is on the Ospreys’ radar as Welsh rugby’s crisis region search for a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBooze and brawls helped Wyn to top
Steffan Thomas on uncoventional path taken by Wales prop star Farmer’s boy: Wyn Jones has a strong work ethic UNLIKE the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBracken: Eddie’s trying to buy himself a new contract
By GARY FITZGERALD KYREN Bracken has stuck the boot into Eddie Jones over his Six Nations selections, labeling the decision not...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Fatialofa on road to recovery WORCESTER forward Michael Fatialofa has made “good progress” in his recovery from a serious neck injury...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland kick on in Amor’s absence
MEN JAMES RODWELL could not have asked for a better start to his term as acting head coach as England came...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTough lessons will make us all stronger – Gustard
By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard says he has learned a lot about himself during Harlequins’ struggle to ignite their season. He...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorge Ford still has his best years ahead of him, says Eastmond
Kyle Eastmond has watched Ford grow from his time at Bath and Leicester
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMatt Proudfoot: How England’s new forwards coach left a mark on Pieter-Steph du Toit and Schalk Brits
The two Springboks reveal the inner teachings of Proudfoot who worked under Rassie Erasmus in the World Cup triumph
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach
Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move
Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBilly Vunipola ruled out of the Six Nations for England
Who can replace England's talisman with no Sam Simmonds or Alex Dombrandt in the squad?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins sign Andre Esterhuizen after meeting lofty wage demands
Quins win race for Springbok centre's signature after facing competition from rival Premiership club
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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