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Features
/ 7 years agoCanada are already aiming at RWC 2023!
Steffan Thomas meets the Canadian coach Gruff Rees to discuss RWC 2019 IT HAS been eight years since Canada won a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoJoe can star at World Cup then roar as a 2021 Lion!
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler may enjoy his fresh taste of England so much he will decide to also take a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCan Wales go all the way in Japan? Yes, they can!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE question that keeps on coming up is whether Wales, having won a Grand Slam...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks recruit Jake Cooper-Woolley sees club hitting next level
The departing Wasps prop has been impressed by the signings announced by Sale
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLooking back on James Small’s colourful career
Many rugby fans around the world will be carrying around a great sadness upon hearing the news that the former Springbok and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEllis blow as Wales head for the Alps
By PETER JACKSON Second op: Ellis Jenkins WALES head for the Swiss Alps this week amid renewed fears that one of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’m going to help take Sale to next level
Jake Cooper- Woolley, Sale’s new tighthead prop, tells NEALE HARVEY why he believes the club are ready for lift-off Jake Cooper-Woolley...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDeano lands lock De Chaves
NEWCASTLE have signed lock Sebastian de Chaves from London Irish on a oneyear deal. De Chaves, 28, was born in South...
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/ 7 years agoWe’re not underdogs this time, says North
By ROB COLE Big finish: Warren Gatland Learning curve: A teenage George North in action at the 2011 Rugby World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie turns ruthless as he banks on versatility
No sentiment: Eddie Jones Under microscope: Joe Marler, below, is back but Danny Cipriani, right, must still prove himself PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 7 years agoCan Rabbit put Cheika back in the running?
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Early promise: A young James O’Connor playing for the Wallabies PICTURE: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoLealiifano back for Wallabies after cancer
By SAM JACKSON Recall: Brumbies captain Christian Lealiifano Out: James O’Connor CHRISTIANLealiifano is back in the Wallabies set-up for the first...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoBoks take it slow with captain Kolisi
Injured: Siya Kolisi SOUTH Africa will ease Siya Kolisi back into action this summer with the injured team captain likely to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoErasmus’ squad can do serious damage
New star at No.9: Herschel Jantjies For the first time since 2015, there was no South African representation in the Super...
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/ 7 years agoEvans is Ospreys’ homecoming king
ALEX BYWATER talks to Ospreys new boy Gareth Evans after his move from Gloucester Out to impress: Gareth Evans Star transfer:...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarren can conquer the world in stages!
World’s best: Warren Gatland coaching Wales Chiefs: Sam Cane and Anton Lienert-Brown PICTURE: Getty Images ITHOUGHT Warren Gatland was going to...
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/ 7 years agoWarren’s in line for World Cup double
Warren Gatland has put himself in position to win the World Cup with Wales this autumn and again with New Zealand...
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/ 7 years agoLet’s hope O’Brien’s spent penny cost him dear
A FAMOUSrugby player urinates on a man in a Dublin pub, a crude offence to put it mildly and yet it...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCrossroads could point Booth down the Gold path
NEALE HARVEY speaks to Toby Booth, enjoying a summer off before deciding his next move Protégés: Overseeing the development of Delon...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoYou must pick Cips Dallaglio tells Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD Call: Lawrence Dallaglio In place: George Ford and Owen Farrell Stunning season: Danny Cipriani playing for Gloucester PICTURES:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe big two square up in French power battle
Rivals: Bernard Laporte and Florian Gill, inset “Laporte is the man with the reputation of getting things done but his methods...
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/ 7 years agoWales can win it, says Roberts, but there’s more to do
By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Jamie Roberts playing for Wales WALES might be Six Nations Grand Slam champions, 14 games unbeaten...
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/ 7 years agoBraley making his pitch for big prize with Italy
By GARY FITZGERALD Decisions: Conor O’Shea CALLUM Braley feels he can offer a new dimension to Italy’s attacking options as he...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Cipriani set to get England recall for training camp
One last chance for Cipriani to impress prior to 4 July's training squad announcement?
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/ 7 years agoCatt joins the 2015 England old boys coaching in Ireland
MIKE Catt is expected to join Ireland as attack coach after this year’s Rugby World Cup. It is understood the former...
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/ 7 years agoLouw: Loss to All Blacks haunts me, it’s so painful
By NEALE HARVEY BATH flanker Francois Louw is gearing up for a last tilt at World Cup glory with South Africa...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoScrap play-offs and treat the Lions with respect they deserve
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Warren Gatland’s comments...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie must take three scrum-halves to Japan
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones is far more experienced as an international head coach than most, so when he...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoJunior Boks take bronze yet again
THE Junior Springboks hammered Argentina to finish third after the hosts wasted a host of chances. It is the third time...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoOutpowered Scotland left facing the axe
Scotland…19 Italy…26 SCOTLAND slumped to their fourth straight defeat amid the rain and thunder in Rosario. Carl Hogg’s side trailed 14-7...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoClinical Carbonel puts boot into Junior Boks challenge
South Africa …7 France…20 By ADAM ELLIS FRANCE fly-half Louis Carbonel kicked South Africa out of the running with five penalties....
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Features
/ 7 years agoJaguares’ success is big warning for Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARGENTINA are on the march ahead of their 2019 World Cup ‘Pool of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe changing of the old guard
HAS EDDIE JONES LEFT IT TOO CLOSE TO THE WORLD CUP TO SHAKE-UP HIS SQUAD? Call up: Northampton openside Lewis Ludlam...
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/ 7 years agoWorld Cup success will spell woe for Euro hopes
NICK CAIN says the scheduling of the opening round of Euro action is ridiculous Handicap start: Leinster could supply 25 players...
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/ 7 years agoLions give Gatland punch line
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSean Long interview: My meeting with Eddie Jones before joining Harlequins
Sean Long talks crossing the divide to become a Harlequins coach – and says there will be more coaches switching league...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Gloucester, England and Lions prop Phil Blakeway
Phil Blakeway revels he the battles he had with Wales and France
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Premiership final must be brought forward to accomodate 2021 Lions tour
Lion #628 Jeremy Guscott dissects how the planning for the Lions tour holds multiple facets
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoPremiership finalists at risk for first Lions Test
By NICK CAIN WARREN Gatland has warned that England players will be at a disadvantage from the outset of the 2021...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoNohamba puts the boot into Kiwi chances of reaching the semi-final
■ By ADAM ELLIS South Africa .25 New Zealand .17 NEW ZEALAND missed out on the semi-finals for only the second...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoXV of the best set for Test stardom
Big impacts: Left to right, Louis Carbonel, Lalomilo Lalomilo, Will Capon, Jaden Hendrikse and Isaac Lucas England may have to settle...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie’s new contract is a thorn amid the Roses
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THERE have been more U-bends in the Eddie Jones succession saga than then...
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/ 7 years agoCueto tips Curry to fill Warburton gap at No7
■By GARY FITZGERALD Skipper: Alun Wyn Jones MARK Cueto would love Warren Gatland to serve up a red hot Curry when...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGatland will need all his steel to take on the Boks
NICK CAIN ON THE DEBT THE LIONS OWE THEIR NEWLY-APPOINTED 2021 HEAD COACH Pilloried in 2005: Clive Woodward Mission accomplished: Warren...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGATLAND ON….
…Lost 2009 series, Altitude wars…and England “For me it is unfinished business. We have to get the scheduling right. I was...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup is the start of properly taking the game global
I’VE spent the last week or so in Japan as there are now less than 100 days to go until the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHonoured to jog behind the greats
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL BLAKEWAY THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS , ENGLAND AND GLOUCESTER PROP Front row club: England prop...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWin or lose in Japan, RFU have right men at the top
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Second chance: Sir Clive Woodward is the only coach to lead England...
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/ 7 years agoVersatile Venter to Ospreys
■By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys are set to sign South African scrum-half Shaun Venter from PRO14 rivals Cheetahs. Venter, 32, will...
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/ 7 years agoHuget at the double as Toulouse claim title
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse……24pts Clermont ……18pts Marksman: Greg Laidlaw kept Clermont in the contest with five penalties TEAMS TOULOUSE: Kolbe;...















