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International Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Can England take the Six Nations for a third consecutive year?

After a bruising and sometimes scrappy victory over Wales at Twickenham, the Six Nations title – and the Grand Slam –...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Six epic encounters on Irish soil

Nerveless: Leigh Halfpenny celebrates after kicking the winner in the 2012 thriller 1914 Ireland 3 Wales 11 Wales were gathering a...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Nathan has powerpower, what about puff?

NICK CAIN says Nathan Hughes can frighten the Scots if he has enough fitness in the tank NICK CAIN Warrior: Scotland...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Advantage laws have become a hindrance

THE mania for keeping an already frantic and attack friendly game fluid in the name of entertainment has reached epidemic proportions...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

RUGBY MATTERS

French break the mould with move to Marseilles BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Formidable...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Drop Italy to bring back the level playing field

COLIN BOAG Snarling: Ross Moriarty, No.6, went over the top With the Six Nations taking a break this weekend it gives...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

DREAM TEAM

JON CALLARD, FORMER BATH AND ENGLAND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Jason Leonard –...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

Farrell is just stratospheric, a class apart from others

JEREMY GUSCOTT Cut above: Owen Farrell slices through the Welsh defence PICTURE: Getty Images THIS Six Nations hasn’t overwhelmed us with...

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Premiership

/ 8 years ago

We’re close to letting rip now warns Deano

By ALAN HEDLEY Fast start: Sinoti Sinoti goes over for Falcons’ first try after four minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Acrobatic finish:...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Thomas dropped

FRANCE head coach Jacques Brunel has dropped a number of players who went out in Edinburgh after defeat by Scotland on...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Gatland saga has taken the old hostilities to a new level

BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next weekend’s often spikey encounter at the Aviva BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bragging rights: George North scores...

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Featured

/ 8 years ago

Eight players axed by Brunel after headline-grabbing night out in Edinburgh

Despite police ruling no crime had been committed by France players on Edinburgh night out, Brunel dishes out the punishment

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Welcome to Boyd – now let NZ take one of ours

CHRIS Boyd’s track-record is impressive enough to suggest that a Northampton resurgence will be on the cards when the New Zealander...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

No laughing matter, Finn – get it right!

IT’s not going to be the game either coach, or indeed set of fans, dreamed of – but this afternoon’s ‘auld...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

In comes Laidlaw as Townsend decides to take a more pragmatic approach

Recall: Greig Laidlaw SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has made six changes from the side that lost so badly to Wales...

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Features

/ 8 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER BEDFORD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND ENGLAND LOCK BOB WILKINSON Iwent to Wales versus Scotland with a friend last Saturday –...

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Rugby World Cup

/ 8 years ago

Brunel rap for putting Jalibert in harm’s way

Mega-boot: Lionel Beauxis is back at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images It didn’t take long for the club v country rows that...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Alun Wyn: We can bounce back against Ireland

Defiant: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN WYN Jones vowed Wales will bounce back from their Six Nations defeat to England when they...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Pacific is washing in waves of talent

WHILE many T1 nations continue to plunder the South Pacific, it might be timely to highlight France’s increasingly fruitful rugby relationship...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

RUGBY MATTERS

Trailfinders are on long trek towards Premiership BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points COULD Ealing...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Project players may be thing of the past for new-look French

IT’S going to be a rocky, controversial, ride for France one suspects with Bernard Laporte heading up the Federation, but at...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Gatland: Don’t pick a Welshman

WARREN Gatland says it will be hard for a Welshman to follow him as Wales national coach after the 2019 World...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

France find it difficult to feel love for Altrad

DAVID BARNES Montpellier chairman Mohed Altrad, born to a Bedouin tribe in the desert, has built a global empire that turns...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Halfpenny is class on another red-letter day for Scarlets

PETER JACKSON VERDICT Marksman: Leigh Halfpenny kicks more points One day soon the scoreline will be enshrined in clubhouses all over...

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Six Nations

/ 8 years ago

Sexton sets Irish eyes smiling with one of the great drop goals

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER JOHNNY Sexton broke French hearts in Paris last night with a match winning 45 metre dropped goal with...

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Featured

/ 8 years ago

Stockdale and Aki named in Ireland team to play France

Ireland's last trip to Paris in the Six Nations ended in a 10-9 defeat

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Featured

/ 8 years ago

Jacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs

Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He's certainly making changes in selection

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Featured

/ 8 years ago

Deano: Eddie Jones can do the Slam and win the World Cup if Farrell and Vunipola stay fit

Newcastle Falcons head coach Dean Richards talks England's prospects in Six Nations and beyond

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Columnists

/ 8 years ago

Guscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby

Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland's hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones

By Jeremy Guscott

International Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Six Nations spotlight – Ireland: Joe Schmidt must unleash his terrifying dogs of war

Ireland head coach spoilt by riches of big-name players and new dynamics brought to the table by young up-and-comers

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Featured

/ 8 years ago

Halfpenny’s kicking can win it for Wales, says Sir Gareth Edwards

Wales legend gives his backing to the Scarlets full-back to kick Wales to victory against Scotland

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Trailblazer Brown aiming to hammer down on Italy

SAM PARKHOUSE talks to the England flanker who’s no stranger to international competition FRANCE Lise Arricastre, Cyrielle Banet, Camille Boudaud, Caroline...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Briggs is back to guide Irish

Ireland NIAMH Briggs returns to the Ireland set-up after missing last year’s tournament because of injury. The full-back made her comeback...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

■FRANCE are desperate to get their hands on the title again after a disappointing third-place finish last season. They improved steadily...

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National League 2N

/ 8 years ago

Strange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill

Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the...

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Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Ashton’s alive and kicking at full-back

Showman: Chris Ashton showed some fancy footwork for Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images Chris Ashton hasn’t always shown the fancy kicking that...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Brits battling to reach milestone in Dublin

ALL-ACTION Saracens hooker Schalk Brits is targeting an earlier than expected return from the serious injury that threatened his hopes of...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 8 years ago

Cut squad bugets… invest in grass roots

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk DUSTY Hare’s comments last...

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