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Features
/ 7 years agoCanuks complete mission in Marseilles mud bath
CANADA’S journey to maintain their record of qualifying for all nine World Cup finals has been a long and trying one...
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Features
/ 7 years agoShaky stats but Pichot’s point is solid
Outspoken: Gus Pichot BRAVO Gus Pichot for having the cajones to mention the elephant in the room that shames the biggest...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoStreet-smart Ireland top of the world
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS WORLD XV BASED ON No.7 specialist: Sam Underhill PICTURES: Getty Images 15. Damian McKenzie 14. Teddy Thomas...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoMorgan has best answer to Pichot’s foreign rant
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Once upon a time long ago when players could switch allegiance almost as...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoMantle holds his place alongside St Helens’ mightiest
AS a teenaged all-rounder of prodigious ability growing up in the Fifties, John Mantle excelled as a track-and-field athlete, captained the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCanada rediscover their ‘brand’ under Kingsley
By JON NEWCOMBE CANADA’S all-time record points scorer James Pritchard says qualification for World Cup 2019 “means everything” for rugby back...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGosper calls for tougher sanctions
REFEREES should show more red and yellow cards in an effort to eradicate dangerous tackles in the game, says World Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSpencer: Eddie’s told me what he wants
DISCARDEDEngland No.9 Ben Spencer admits improved decision-making holds the key to him having a realistic shot at making next year’s World...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHow beasting from Robson on road to O’Connell put Academic life
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sits down with ex-Quins ace George Robson ahead of his Varsity challenge NEVER underestimate George Robson, on or off...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYoung Gun: Harlequins lock George Hammond
GEORGE HAMMOND HARLEQUINS LOCK As one of the youngest members of Harlequins’ senior academy, George Hammond has plenty of developing to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBordeaux give Joe the big job – for now!
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Joe Worsley does not talk a lot in public. In fact, you don’t see him for dust...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEngland delivered, now they must do it consistently
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Excellent: Kyle Sinckler For many – possibly most – the jury was on whether England had enjoyed a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoIt’s nine in a row for the assassins and with England next up in Cardiff!
from PETER JACKSON at The Principality Stadium Wales 20pts Tries: Francis 10, L Williams 14 Conversions: Anscombe 10, 14 Penalties: Biggar...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoJoltin’ Joe gets Eddie World Cup approval
By GARY FITZGERALD Doing damage: Joe Cokanasiga scores England’s third try EDDIE Jones opened the World Cup door to Joe Cokanasiga...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEllis blow spoils big day for Wales
WARREN Gatland told Wales they can improve even further for the Six Nations after watching his team seal a first Autumn...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoIt’s strongest Welsh squad I’ve ever seen
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IT’S THE end of Wales’ most successful Autumn ever. Now bring on the Six Nations!...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWales team to wear rainbow laces in show of support to Gareth Thomas
Wales make act of solidarity to LGBT community following attack on 100-cap Thomas
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: England must beat Wallabies in convincing fashion
Jeremy Guscott questions whether the players who were given a chance against Japan will be trusted against the Aussies
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoNow for the clean sweep says Liam
LIAM WILLIAMS challenged Wales to complete a first Autumn clean sweep by overcoming South Africa on Saturday after he marked his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWe must be more clinical in attack – Anscombe
By STEFFAN THOMAS GARETH ANSCOMBE has warned Wales not to rest on their laurels and insists they must sharpen up their...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoLiam should face Boks – but who’d be a selector?
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND How do you solve a problem like Liam Williams? I’m guessing you’ll all be thinking...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoPollard is on points duty to steer Boks to narrow victory
By GARY HEATLY SOUTH Africa edged out Scotland in a thrilling Test at Murrayfield last night but the Scots will rue...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoHong Kong and Canada in decider
REPECHAGE CANADA are one point away from a place at next year’s World Cup in Japan after beating Germany 29-10 in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTwiggy’s Rapid Rugby may be fashionable in Oz
COLIN BOAG Ducking the issue: Jerome Garces let TMO Marius Jonker take control Super Rugby, the Southern Hemisphere’s troubled and unloved...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWhy not call for Spencer?
RICHARD Wigglesworth did not play badly when he came on for Danny Care in the second half of yesterday’s win over...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWyles leaves the bar long enough to star
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Wyles thoroughly enjoyed his surprise return to Allianz Park as Saracens scrapped and battled their way passed...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTMO Jonker made himself look a right plonker
REFEREES of yesteryear were divided on the Courtney Lawes call last week. England’s Ed Morrison thought he was offside, South Africa’s...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWales must find more to beat these Boks
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Real Test: Jonathan Davies expects to win PICTURE: Getty Images Wales had beaten...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWallabies for the high jump!
NICK CAIN TALKS TO AUSTRALIA’S WORLD CUP WINNING COACH BOB DWYER ABOUT NEXT WEEK’S TWICKENHAM CLASH Signs of life: Australia beat...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBoks will be beastly warns Cassiem
UZAIR Cassiem has warned Wales they will face “a different beast” when South Africa arrive in Cardiff on Saturday. Warren Gatland’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie needs reminding of rugby’s core value: Respect
JEFF PROBYN First game: Mike Harrison on the charge as England beat Japan 60-7 at the 1987 World Cup Respect, a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEngland find form to erase their first half horror show
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham THE Wallabies have their difficulties but they will not be wobbling after seeing this England display....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSale sign du Preez MkII
SALE Sharks have signed South Africa back row Jean-Luc du Pree z from Super Rugby side Sharks on a three-month deal....
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoOlympian Joyce sets tone with blistering solo effort
By RACHEL EVANS Wales …65 Hong Kong …0 WALES ran in 10 tries in a clinical display to make it two...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEngland must beat Wallabies in real style
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Outstanding: Anthony Watson should be England’s World Cup full-back It was important to give some...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoJapan got what they prayed for in the first half against woeful opponents
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Brilliant leader: Japan captain Michael Leitch Eddie Jones was joking in midweek that Japan needed to find a...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoIs technology improving or spoiling the game?
Love it or hate it, there has been no escaping the technology in England’s autumn series so far. Both of their...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: England are finding their courage again
Tenacious performance against the All Blacks is building hope again
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Don’t sacrifice Lions Tour for a duff cup competition
Killing off the Lions Tour is criminal, writes Nick Cain
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoJapan head coach reveals players are paid £14-a-day ahead of match with England
England players receive £28,000 for each international they play in
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Features
/ 7 years agoQuins making moves for another Kiwi 10
HARLEQUINS are trying to bring New Zealand U20 vice captain Harry Plummer to the Twickenham Stoop for next season. Fly-half Plummer,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWhat if Farrell had been a Springbok?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WAS rather surprised...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTime for a reboot
HAS the time come to review rugby’s points scoring system? The object of the game is to score tries. Last Saturday,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGet over it Rassie, slo-mo shows the ref was spot on
COLIN BOAG Slo-mo is a strange beast: sometimes it can make an incident seem to be more serious than it is,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLet battle commence for the final place in Japan
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE RWC2019 repechage tournament – the first of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDu Preez fine tuning his attack at Sharks
By JON NEWCOMBE Shark attack: South African fly-half Robert du Preez PICTURE: Getty Images ROBERT du Preez wants to reinvent himself...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MIKE UMAGA FORMER SAMOA AND ROTHERHAM BACK AND DoR AT BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE BEING booed by 60- odd thousand South Africans...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFarrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAnswering the call…
Brendan Gallagher looks at some of the extraordinary rugby players - individuals from all backgrounds, nations and clubs and of differing...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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