All posts tagged "England"
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWhat a mess, all RFU’s own doing
RATHER than act like gentlemen and play by the rules, England seem to think they can manipulate them for their own...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoNo sympathy from me
WHY are so many people coming out in sympathy for Owen Farrell and England. Farrell has been playing Rugby Union for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoAlarming indiscipline
A WIN is a win, but England’s indiscipline is alarming a few weeks out from the start of the Rugby World...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoEngland must get the ball to the wide men
FOR four years, Sir Clive Woodward in his matchday analysis in his newspaper column always states that the coaches pick the...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Scott Rawlings
Scott Rawlings, the long-serving Fylde, Lancashire and former England counties, Manchester and Longton centre, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe cruellest time to suffer an injury
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The agony of these eve of World Cup...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoThis rugby apartheid must stop
Rugby Matters I WAS going to write 1,500 words of incredulous, outraged fury over the Owen Farrell decision but frankly my...
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Features
/ 2 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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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper this Sunday (20/08/23)
As the summer of warm-up games continues, we’ll have all the action as England travel to Ireland and Wales host South Africa in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoCampese: Union and League are swapping sports
Australian legend David Campese is concerned that rugby union is starting to mimic traditional rugby league and is a poorer sport...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoIreland and England name strong teams for crucial warm-up clash
Ireland and England have both named strong sides in what is set to be the best indicator of the progress they...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNew twist in Farrell tackle saga as World Rugby launch appeal
World Rugby have lodged an appeal against Tuesday’s independent judicial committee (IJC) decision to rescind Owen Farrell‘s red card for a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoMajor blow as Farrell set to miss Argentina
By BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham Captain Owen Farrell could miss England’s World Cup opener against Argentina after being sent off in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoEngland & Wales hit by injury concerns
Both England and Wales ended yesterday’s game with injury worries over senior players. Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet was forced off for...
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Features
/ 2 years agoMotorbiking duo riding to raise funds for Doddie
By BEN JAYCOCK Len Bage and Robin Down are fundraising for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation as they embark on a 1,300-mile...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoDowson: Pearson will get another chance
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson has backed Tom Pearson to bounce back after winning his first England cap last week and...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland break cover to glimpse new life
By NICK CAIN England ..............................19pts Tries: Itoje 68 Conversions: Ford 68 Penalties: Farrell 10, 40+2, 42; Ford 76 Wales.................................. 17pts Tries:...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoFord puts England on the front foot
PAUL REES There was a moment six minutes into the second-half which summed up England. Courtney Lawes stole a lineout near...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoAt last! The old hands finally agree to come to the party
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fired up: Jamie George found his second wind when England were on the ropes I THINK it’s the Buddists...
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Features
/ 2 years agoCharity try relay finishes in style at Twickenham
The Longest Try concluded yesterday afternoon at Twickenham to round off the rugby relay in support of the Motor Neurone Disease...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoNo excuses – Wales simply switched off
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND For about 60 minutes of England versus Wales, I wondered why I was watching it...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoIt’s now time for England to reboot
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK There are a number of utility players selected in the England World Cup squad...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoIt will be tough to dethrone Dupont
Brendan Gallagher looks at the players who could light up the tournament So who will emerge as the iconic player and/or...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoA sense of revenge and destiny in the air
RWC 2023 is nearly upon us and it’s difficult to think of a more eagerly anticipated tournament, for all sorts of...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoKey areas England must find answers
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SO England boss Steve...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoBorthwick’s boys stuck in tactical cul-de-sac of old
ONE is left wondering what rugby planet coach Steve Borthwick and his England side inhabit after witnessing the depressing 20-9 defeat...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoBarrington: Losing Mako is huge blow
By BEN JAYCOCK Richard Barrington feels the loss of Mako Vunipola is a huge blow to England but remains upbeat about...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoSo sad to see WRU still living in the past
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IT TOOK both sides at The Battle of the Big Little Horn 50...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoGolden oldies make decent team
PETER JACKSON Johnny Sexton will not be the oldest player on starting grid when the chequered flag goes up on the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRuthless England put France to sword
ENGLAND U18S ENGLAND scored seven unanswered tries to blow France away 41-0 to win their opening match of the U18s International...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDorking look like they are ready to rule
By MO SHER Pre-season round-up DORKING’S summer recruitment has had many neutral observers tipping them for honours this season, and they...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland youngsters hammer France
England U18s 41-0 France U18s England scored seven unanswered tries to blow France away and win their opening match of the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoIn The Rugby Paper this Sunday (13/08/23)
England look to have fielded their strongest team ahead of a crucial World Cup warm-up against Wales, and you can find...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBorthwick decides to see the positives
By BEN JAYCOCK at Principality Stadium Steve Borthwick remained positive after seeing his England team get well beaten by an inexperienced...
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Features
/ 2 years agoBorthwick prepares to make final calls
PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE OPTIONS AS ENGLAND’S HEAD COACH GETS READY TO ANNOUNCE WORLD CUP SQUAD TOMORROW STEVE Borthwick has never...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoSouthgate links with Borthwick
ON THE BLINDSIDE Gareth Southgate is forging close links with his rugby counterpart Steve Borthwick after enjoying a close friendship with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCipriani gets ready for life in the jungle
ON THE BLINDSIDE Danny Cipriani is set to thrust himself back into the spotlight after signing a six-figure deal to join...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBurns has his eye on media
ON THE BLINDSIDE Freddie Burns says he would love to move into the media if he calls time on his career...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Cam Neild
The former Sale Sharks, Worcester & Glasgow flanker chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoThe day Mouritz showed his desire
CHRIS HEWETT Every so often, rugby sheds its hard skin and shows us its soft side. Not that Mouritz Botha was...
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Features
/ 2 years ago‘I’ve given everything I could to the game’
Ben Jaycock sits down with Stuart Hogg to discuss his career and his plans for the future Scotland centurion Stuart Hogg...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe time that Dixon bolted out of the blue
RUGBY MATTERS Bolters seem to be less common in top rugby these days but as teams finalise their World Cup squads...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Gary Pearce: ‘All Blacks victory left me needing plastic surgery’
The former England and Northampton prop talks about his life in the game Knackering Fran Cotton’s knee in a training session...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoTop Cat: charisma, sermons and style
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IF ONLY Mark Twain had been born half a century later, on the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe Rainbow Nation enjoys day of history
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage Rugby World Cup has spawned many iconic moments...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoJapan host great party as Boks snatch the glory
Japan, having been thwarted at the death in their efforts to stage RWC2011, finally achieved their aim in 2019 and made...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 back row Zach Carr
Zach Carr was planning a holiday in Asia with his family this summer but was drafted into the England U20s camp...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCov sign up new talent to fill academy void
Coventry Rugby have stepped in to prevent the career hopes of aspiring teenage rugby players in the West Midlands being dashed...
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Guest Blogs
/ 2 years agoHow the All Blacks can line up for the Rugby Championship
The All Blacks have announced their 36-man squad for The Rugby Championship, which includes seven newcomers to the surprise of the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoJack: I’m ready for furnace
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jack van Poortvliet insists England’s dismal Six Nations will help him cope with the furnace of the upcoming...












