All posts tagged "Premium"
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Features
/ 5 years agoBaabaas players charged for breaching protocol
THE RFU have charged 13 Barbarians players for breaching coronavirus protocol which caused the cancellation of last Sunday’s game against England...
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/ 5 years agoI was called a traitor for switching allegiance!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MOURITZ BOTHA THE FORMER ENGLAND, SARACENS, NEWCASTLE, SHARKS AND BEDFORD LOCK Athletic: Mouritz Botha on the charge for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBilly back in England with Irish
LONDON Irish have confirmed Australian centre Billy Meakes will be joining the club on a short-term deal until the end of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWe still don’t know why CEO Bill says Cain was wrong
THE £91m “sinkhole” deficit article by Nick Cain and the subsequent RFU denials has created much interest. First up, RFU CEO...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWhy would Baxter want the hassle of England?
CHRIS HEWETT People person: Rob Baxter with his players. Jack Rowell Rob Baxter, everyone’s furnace-hot favourite to succeed Eddie Jones as...
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/ 5 years agoCosmopolitan Quins had serious wheels
RUGBY MATTERS Quins favourites: Andrew Harriman, left, and Peter Mensah PICTURE: Getty Images Black History month officially ended yesterday, along with...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoEddie’s smile arrives but it takes a long time coming
By NICK CAIN ENGLAND eventually responded to the Eddie Jones mantra of putting a smile on the faces of their supporters...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAutomatic reward for tries under posts
I KNOW we have had our fair share of law changes to concentrate on and learn recently but this suggestion takes...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTiers of despair in Champions Cup draw
NEXT year’s Nobel prize for mathematics will automatically be awarded to the person who solves the impenetrable equation known as the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTirkey rules the roost for international appearances
SO Alun Wyn Jones is now the most capped rugby player in history on 149 with power to add but how...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoBen Youngs’ story has plenty more years to run
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT There have been some rum old sights and sounds during this Covid-infested rugby year but none stranger than...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSorry, world no longer revolves around Lions
COLIN BOAG Emotional attachment: Sam Warburton leads out 2017 British and Irish Lions During the week we saw just how huge...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHansen reverts to his norm
STEVE Hansen’s switch of codes with Canterbury Bulldogs has raised some eyebrows in New Zealand, but judging by his last match...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSpain will be craving more magic from Melee
BY hook or by crook international rugby is continuing around the world and among those matches expected to go ahead today...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoFrench flair can’t quite get them over the line
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SUPER Saturday might have lacked a certain frisson in Llanelli and Rome earlier in the day but with...
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/ 5 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 5 years agoWe’re fit, fresh and ready for the challenge of Premiership
Q&A TOBY FLOOD ON THE RECORD Battle ready: Mark Wilson will be leading the Falcons’ fight up front after a year...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoScots refuse to be the fall guys for
By PETER JACKSON FOR the best part of 20 years, Scotland could always be relied upon to find a way of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJJ snubbed a fortune for Wales
PETER JACKSON pays tribute to JJ Williams who died on Thursday at the age of 72. An all-time great, record-breaking try...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoClubs’ dismay as RFU cancel lower leagues
By SAM JACKSON BLACKHEATH coach James Shanahan was one of many lower league coaches who reacted with dismay to the RFU’s...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GEORGEHEAD HARLEQUINS HOOKER As a loosehead prop during his formative years at Tonbridge School, Old Reigatians RFC, Surrey and the Harlequins...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoBen double as England are crowned champions
By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Youngs celebrated his century of caps with a sizzling, inspirational performance in Rome that saw England secure...
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/ 5 years agoChiefs face tough Pool in Euro defence
NEWS EXTRA HOLDERS Exeter will begin their Champions Cup defence with challenging group-stage matches against Toulouse and Glasgow in December. Chiefs...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRennie: We’re five weeks into a four-year campaign
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie believes he will turn Wallaby fortunes around after their 43-5 drubbing by the All Blacks in Syndey....
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Features
/ 5 years agoSt Joseph’s now testing ground for the very best
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Driving force: Lewis Ludlam on the break during St Joseph’s festival...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoPivac: We must win any how now
By ALEX BYWATER WAYNE Pivac and Alun Wyn Jones admitted Wales have to start winning now, beginning with their Autumn Nations...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRob’s key to trophy cabinet
NEALE HARVEY TALKS TO ROB BAXTER AND NIC WHITE ABOUT EXETER’S FABULOUS DOUBLE Captain’s role: Joe Simmonds has proved a natural...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 5 years agoAcademies boost the ‘parasitic’ Prem clubs
JEFF PROBYN Double act: Exeter chairman Tony Rowe with director of rugby Rob Baxter PICTURE: Getty Images With the last season...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoWayne’s still the man for me but this was so poor
THAT was not good enough from a Welsh rugby team. It’s now five defeats in a row for Wayne Pivac’s side...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWhite: The emotion came down phone
Nic White has spoken of the pride he felt watching his old side achieve their league and European Cup double. Scrum-half...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarris hungry for another final – in front of the family
■By NEIL FISSLER Targeting trophies: Wasps prop Ben Harris BEN HARRIS admits it will take Wasps some time to get over...
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/ 5 years agoDennis off to chase new dream in America
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER’S Aussie star Dave Dennis is set for pastures new after revealing he has accepted the offer of...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoVeteran Peat lays foundation for victory
Ireland Women.21 Italy Women …….7 IRELAND moved up to second in the women’s Six Nations table with a hardfought win in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSorry Ben, life with the Lions is not what it was
BEN Calveley, the managing director of the British and Irish Lions, believes rugby’s greatest touring side is “going from strength to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI regret not fighting for future at Exeter
FORMER PONTYPRIDD, SCARLETS, EXETER AND CARDIFF BLUES FLANKER/LOCK AND CURRENT PLYMOUTH ALBION HEAD COACH DAMIAN WELCH MY LIFEIN RUGBY Safe hands:...
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/ 5 years agoHumphreys relishing his crack on the Test stage
By JON NEWCOMBE HAVING recharged his batteries following his departure from Gloucester in June, David Humphreys is enjoying his first experience...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTV times no fun in the night
TELEVISION rules the sporting world, but that world is a better place when big rugby games are played in daylight. Who...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMuddle-headed England selectors missed so many
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Entertainers: Bob Demming, left, and Ralph Knibbs OCTOBER...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTruth-seeker Joe finds jungle solace
By DANIEL GALLAN Ego boost: Joe van Niekerk and Jonny Wilkinson lift the Heineken Cup in 2013 PICTURES: Getty Images RUGBY...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNo Baabaas repeat for pampered England
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler RFU partner Red Bull have installed a state of the...
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/ 5 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
Follow us at: @TheRugbyPaper like us at: therugbypaper Follow us at: @therugbypaper Keep in touch with The Rugby Paper wherever you...
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/ 5 years agoExeter’s steady climb shows there is hope for all of us
Q&A STEVE BODEN ON THE RECORD Former Leeds, Doncaster and Jersey hooker and recently appointed Doncaster head coach Steve Boden talks...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFearns: French sides lost the fitness battle
By NEALE HARVEY POWER allied to the ability to run French sides off their feet underpinned Exeter and Bristol’s domination of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTigers court fight doomed says lawyer
SPORTS lawyer Richard Cramer believes it will be difficult for Leicester Tigers to win their court case against a group of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDon’t ring-fence,wewant more fairytales – Bracken
By GARY FITZGERALD Plea: Kyran Bracken KYRAN Bracken hopes football’s latest moves to set up a lucrative new European Super League...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNew dad Corey inspired by family heritage
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA COREY Domachowski is the form prop at Cardiff Blues, taking inspiration from his great grandfather’s remarkable...
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/ 5 years ago‘Undersized’ Tompkins beefs up for Wales duty
By ALEX BHYWATER NICK Tompkins is ready to tear into Scotland on Saturday after using lockdown to increase his bulk and...














