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/ 5 years ago

Call up for Young is common sense now

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Heading home: Wasps flanker Thomas Young deserves his call up to Wales squad PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Clubs and Unions must get on better – Halliday

By STEFFAN THOMAS OUTGOING EPCR chairman Simon Halliday insists the relationship between clubs and unions must improve for the sake of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 5 years ago

Priestland keeps the Sharks at bay

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................23pts Tries: Morgan 9, Halaholo 26 Conversions: Priestland 9, 26 Penalties: Priestland 6, 68, 76 Sharks ................17pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Canucks deserve all our sympathy

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Canada’s failure to qualify for the World Cup...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Williams wants to shine with proud dad ringside

By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHNNY Williams hopes to be given the chance to finally wear the red of Wales in front of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Tony Underwood – I carry Jonah scars but it taught me resilience

FACING your Jonah is one of the themes I talk to organisations about when I’ve been invited along to share my...

By Jon Newcombe

Features

/ 5 years ago

Silver fox finishes off the Halloween horror show

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Alun Wyn stays shtum on private matters

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Say Nothing is an awardwinning book on ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, its...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Readers complete Rugby XV name game

THANKS to all those prompted by the Max Wiltshire story last week, the assembly of a Place Name XV can now...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Stockdale: I’m a better player now

By SAM JACKSON ULSTER’S Jacob Stockdale says he is a “much better” rugby player now than he was when he burst...

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Features

/ 5 years ago

England women call up 11 debutants

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Hill’s rigid stance led to ‘great schism’

POSSIBLY the most notable Old Blue is George Rowland Hill, an influential rugby administrator in the game’s formative years and the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Women’s World Cup countdown: Alphonsi hired to inspire

By STELLA MILLS ONE year out from the Women’s World Cup, headline sponsor Mastercard have named England hero Maggie Alphonsi as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Adams up for challenge of ‘world class’ club

By STEFFAN THOMAS JOSH Adams plans on putting himself into the world class category by dominating against the best this autumn....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Ditch World Rugby, put northern pros in charge

COLIN BOAG It’s not unknown for me to be critical of World Rugby, but last week a much more significant voice...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 5 years ago

Ford’s not as sharp as Smith but he’s still class

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK GEORGE Ford is a player I’ve always admired, and I would call him a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Stars look to France as fee row rumbles on

BRISTOL Bears could be facing a fight to hang onto back row Nathan Hughes who has been offered to French clubs...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Collins can boost Wales in midfield

By PETER JACKSON Tigers’ roar: Leicester players celebrate after being awarded a last minute, match-winning penalty try PICTURE: Getty Images WALES...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Time must be called on endless game breaks | Nick Cain

PERPETUAL stoppages have become the scourge of international rugby. The biggest culprits in this regard are South Africa. The world champions...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Wayne Pivac has to nail key combos for World Cup | Shane Williams

I WAS sat down watching Scrum V with a cup of tea last Sunday when Wayne Pivac made a surprise appearance...

By Shane Williams

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Why Clive Griffiths will dodge All Blacks showdown | Peter Jackson

On the last Saturday of this month, Clive Griffiths could have been watching Wales-New Zealand in Cardiff free of charge. He...

By Peter Jackson

Features

/ 5 years ago

‘Rock’ Freddie is the full-back England are looking for

NICK CAIN TALKS TO DUSTY HARE ABOUT THE MAN EDDIE JONES SHOULD PLAY AT N0.15 FREDDIE Steward is in the foothills...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Captain Fran rides atop the sea of happy faces

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 years ago

Rugby Matters: Rugby’s rich Jewish ancestry runs deep

Mention of Jewish rugby players last week, in connection with the forming of the Tel Aviv Heat franchise, centred mainly on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Azzurre continue trend of summer

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE Eatate Italiana – Italian summer – continued with a late burst last week when the Italian...

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Features

/ 5 years ago

Coleraine’s contribution is vast, on and off field

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools Coleraine graduate: Ireland and Ulster wing Andrew Trimble Coleraine’s nine Ulster...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

George is in awe of ‘ridiculous’ Radwan

By PAUL REES IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 5 years ago

Gleeson can bring new dimension to England

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Fresh thinking: Martin Gleeson with the England players at training last week PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Quinnell’s All Black hat-trick is still supreme | Peter Jackson

When it comes to Welshmen performing hat-tricks on the international stage, Tommy Cooper could claim to have outscored John Charles, Ian...

By Peter Jackson

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Nathan, the Panther, defied his broken jaw

PETER JACKSON THE French christened him La Panthere Noire, Waka Nathan simply the supreme openside wing forward of his time. New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 5 years ago

Barrett late kick denies the Boks

By DANIEL GALLAN New Zealand....19pts Tries: Jordan 3 Conversions: J Barrett 4 Penalties: J Barrett 31, 36, 61, 78 South Africa...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

I don’t see Smith-Farrell working as 10-12 combo | Jeremy Guscott

THE names just keep coming when Eddie Jones selects his England training squads, and his latest 45-man selection is full of...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Battle begins for most coveted jersey in Wales

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE hairs are standing up on the back of my neck at the prospect of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Leicester Tigers on the hunt for George Kruis return

BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers are hoping to bring former England and Lions second row George Kruis back to the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Wallabies are threat to Eddie’s RWC future

EDDIE Jones’ autumn agenda took a more challenging turn yesterday when Australia – the team that have been whipping boys for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

Monye can waltz into a whole new world

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Ugo Monye squeezes himself into a sequined toreador’s jacket, spangly tights and a feather boa for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Canucks face Chile in bid for RWC 2023

BRENDAN GALLAGHER CANADIAN rugby is invariably a roller coaster and never more so than during the week of their back-to-back World...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Australia 30-17 South Africa: Wallabies trample on Boks’ crown

THE Springboks‘ claim to be the best side in world rugby was dealt a devastating blow as Australia handed out a...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 5 years ago

All Blacks back on top of world

By BEN JAYCOCK Argentina ..........13pts Tries: Boffelli 52 Conversions: Boffelli 53 Penalties: Boffelli 8, 44 New Zealand ..36pts Tries: Tuipuloti 6,...

By The Rugby Paper Team