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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoDupont’s in mood to prove he is the best
By JAMES HARRINGTON FRANCE Coach: Fabien Galthie Captain: Antoine Dupont Fly-half Romain Ntamack, loosehead Cyril Baille, centre Jonathan Danty and, now,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoWelwitschias still looking for their first win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NAMIBIA Coach: Allister Coetzee Captain: Johan Deysel INDEPENDENCE from South Africa, in 1990, came a little too late...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks are still the team to beat
By PAUL REES NEW ZEALAND Coach: Ian Foster Captain: Sam Cane This year’s World Cup is unusual in a number of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoMillions set to enjoy all of the razzmatazz
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK RUGBY World Cups are an exciting time because they are the biggest shop-window for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoCotter hopes the Oaks will not be easy to cut down
By BEN JAYCOCK ROMANIA Coach: Eugen Apjok Captain: Christian-Marian Chirica ROMANIA return to the World Cup after missing out four years...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoFarrell’s men on edge of history
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND Coach: Andy Farrell Captain: Johnny Sexton IF not now, when? Not only are Ireland the number one...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoDarge: We’ve got to down the big dogs
By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND Coach: Gregor Townsend Captain: Finn Russell IF Scotland are to cause a sensation on the opening weekend...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoKefu building a side set to battle out of the group
By BEN JAYCOCK TONGA Coach: Toutai Kefu Captain: Sonatane Takulua TONGA are one of the biggest benefactors out of the change...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoHolders looking good for a repeat
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH AFRICA Coach: Jacques Nienaber Captain: Siya Kolisi The bookies may still marginally favour hosts France and Rugby...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoJones is backing his young bucks
By PAUL REES AUSTRALIA Coach: Eddie Jones Captain: Will Skelton EDDIE Jones does not stay down for long. England’s former head...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGatland has another chance to prove his final credentials
By PAUL REES WALES Coach: Warren Gatland Co-captains: Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake One of the more interested spectators at England’s...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoWales must be at their best to take on Fiji
SHANE WILLIAMS THERE will be a few nervous players from the Home Unions getting on planes and heading to France today....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoPumas in prime position to give big guns a run for their money
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER ARGENTINA Coach: Michael Cheika Captain: Julian Montoya Conventional wisdom has it that the Pumas, at least in modern...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoTime to seize the moment and aim high
By PAUL REES ENGLAND Coach: Steve Borthwick Captain: Owen Farrell Never mind swinging low, those steering England’s chariot are aiming low...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoBrave Blossoms are facing a ‘massive challenge’
By BEN JAYCOCK JAPAN Coach: Jamie Joseph Captain: Michael Leitch Japan are appearing at their 11th tournament, with their best ever...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoRacing ramp up interest in Ford
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN In July, The Rugby Paper reported that ‘grand’ Top 14 side Racing 92 had Sale and England...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 03/09/23
The Rugby World Cup is just around the corner, and you can find a team-by-team preview of the highly anticipated competition...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoRugby Championship: Fivе things wе lеarnеd from thе tournamеnt & arе thе All Blacks back?
Evеryonе who madе it to a ground aftеr dеciding to buy rugby tickеts for thе 2023 Rugby Championship witnеssеd a thrilling...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 3 years agoEngland Eased to Sixth Favourite for the World Cup After Warm-Up Woes
It’s almost unheard of in any sporting event that the participant seeded third is the sixth favourite with the bookmakers to...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoSeries 3, Episode 6: Scotland’s World Cup prospects and England crisis deepens with Duncan Hodge
We are just over a week away! England‘s first ever loss to Fiji marked the low point of their World Cup...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoPlayer welfare needs top priority – Hayman
By BEN JAYCOCK Carl Hayman says rugby is in denial about player welfare and insists there must be improved education on...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoShambolic England crash to new lows
By NICK CAIN England.............................. 22pts Tries: May 9, Smith 57, Marchant 68 Conversions: Ford 58, 69 Penalties: Ford 6 Fiji.........................................30pts Tries:...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoHeat ramping up on Borthwick
PAUL REES AS THE start of the World Cup looms, the heat increases. Steve Borthwick has been mopping his brow increasingly...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScotland head to France on a high
By BRYN PALMER Scotland ........................... 33pts Tries: Van der Merwe 46, 77, Darge 50, Dempsey 58, Steyn 68 Conversions: Penalties: Russell...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoBoks have the clout to retain the crown
South Africa’s record 35-7 blitz of New Zealand at Twickenham on Friday night showed that the reigning world champions have the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoI’d put my faith in Mitchell to spark England
KYRAN BRACKEN NO MATTER what Steve Borthwick does he’s just getting lynched by the public. There’s a certain pool of people...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoBig cats likely to dine on minnows
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT MUST be a sobering prospect for the makeweights, travelling to a World Cup with a bunch...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBeer talk: Eddie happy to stay in the headlines
Paul Rees on how the Aussie coach is creating the news - again - by talking to his old mate EDDIE...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCodling needs more money
Newcastle boss Alex Codling is weighing up asking for an increase in his budget to bring in at least another player...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoParkin highlights England pathway
By BEN JAYCOCK Will Parkin says the RFU have moved towards a ‘Club England’ with a clear alignment throughout the pathway...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoBig beasts need to set the right mood
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points SO where did the last four years go?...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘I’d signed for Salford day before RFU called’
My Life in Rugby with Peter Williams - The former England, Lancashire and Orrell fly-half talks about his life in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoTreacherous route for top-ranked team
Before they know it, a pair of sacked England coaches will be back in Paris on World Cup business to oversee...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIn The Rugby Paper this Sunday: 27/08/23
It’s the final weekend of World Cup warm-up matches, and you can find coverage from all of Saturday’s games in The...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSpringboks inflict record loss on All Blacks at HQ
By Nick Powell, Online Editor New Zealand…………………….7 Tries: Roigard 71 Conversions: Mo’unga 72 South Africa……………………..35 Tries: Kolisi 18, Arendse 34, Marx...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoCan the Springboks Win the 2023 Rugby World Cup?
All rugby fans around the world are counting down the days until the beginning of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. All...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGatland: Penalty try verdict was harsh
By ROGER PANTING Wales head coach Warren Gatland said the yellow card issued to Rio Dyer played a large part in...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBorthwick must put trust in players
PAUL REES ENGLAND need someone to shoulder the burden, but they keep sticking their shoulder into the head of an opponent....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGatland’s men get lesson in finishing
By PETER JACKSON Wales.................................. 16pts Tries: Parry 72 Conversions: Evans 72 Penalties: Costelow 9, 21, 25 South Africa .................... 52pts Tries:...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoDyer’s yellow was a flawed decision
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THERE’S no point beating around the bush and waffling on about positives because what we...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for Scotland to spring a surprise
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SCOTLAND have been a decent side for a while now, but they struggle to...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoConfusion rules over high tackle crackdown
Paul Rees says there needs to be clarity over challenges that come after a carrier's late change of direction Rugby's disciplinary...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoNew Scotland cap Healy has point to prove
By BRYN PALMER New Scotland recruit Ben Healy admits he may have “a bit of a chip on his shoulder” as...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoA brief history of tackles which changed a game
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED It has been fiendishly difficult to identify rugby union’s precise place in the constellation of professional sports...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoTigers turn to Du Plessis for World Cup cover
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER Tigers have brought in Petrus du Plessis as their interim scrum coach. The South African will remain in...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoVan Velze signs on for another season at Bath
NEWS EXTRA GJ van Velze has rejoined Bath for the new season. The 35-year-old South African forward made 10 Premiership appearances...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for England to sort out their attack
Q&A Former England flanker Peter Winterbottom talks to Ben Jaycock after a hectic week for the national team and tells us...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘You had to earn the right to wear the shirt’
My Life in Rugby with Jackson Wray The former Saracens and Bedford Blues back row talks about his life in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoHardly the sound of a world in harmony
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE majority of the all-Australian trio responsible for clearing Owen Farrell will be...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks aiming to peak at right time
New Zealand head into Friday’s match against South Africa in top form having won their last 11 Tests and were crowned...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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