All posts tagged "Premium"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoPremiership should pay for itself
ON FACEBOOK there is a group that put up photos of days of yore which had an England team with nine...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoTigers aim to land all Du Preez brothers
By NEIL FISSLER Big match, big player: Joe Marchant scores the winning try for Harlequins against Wasps at Twickenham PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHere are my fancied five to help win RWC
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS All-court game: James Davies PICTURE: Getty Images World Cup year is upon us and now...
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/ 8 years agoWales’ new belief makes them real World Cup hopes
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Dragons roar: Shane Williams scores Wales’ first try as they beat Ireland 22-10...
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/ 8 years agoDai dealt another injury blow
WASPS have been dealt another injury blow with prop Kieran Brookes set to miss eight to 12 weeks of action following...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFive-try Brecon take charge of East
Welsh Division 1 round-up By JAY BAYFORD BRECON are now in control of the One East title race following their thrilling...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoTinkering at scrum put me off League
I’M relatively new to Rugby Union being born and bred in St Helens, a staunch Rugby League town. My father, who...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGat to lead Baa-baas against the Welsh
By PETER JACKSON WARREN Gatland will be back in Cardiff after the World Cup for one last match – against Wales....
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhat did Leigh do Christmas Day? Practised his kicking
AS YOU – and I – sat back to enjoy our Christmas Day turkey or that extra slice of pudding, I...
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/ 8 years agoLions must pick Schmidt as their 2021 coach now
A FEWwishes for the New Year: That the Lions do not let a blade of grass grow under their feet before...
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/ 8 years agoDu Preez to undergo second op
CORNELL du Preez is unlikely to play again this season as he prepares for a further throat operation. The back rower...
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/ 8 years agoPride has been put back into Finnish rugby
By CHARLIE INGLEFIELD ON the eve of the All Blacks winning the 2011 World Cup, Finland were announced as ‘officially the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSorry Colin, I’ll not raise a glass to the leaches of rugby
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I WILL not be...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWard sweating after stamp and ‘spit’ row
By NEALE HARVEY Dotting down: Alex Dombrandt scores a simple try for Harlequins after two minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Burrowing over:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFighting fit and fresh Faletau is essential for Gatland
TAULUPE Faletau is one of Wales’ most important players and there is a very good argument to say that he’s also...
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/ 8 years agoFarewell to Nick, the prop who changed face of rugby
THE Grim Reaper took his usual toll during the year, a list of the noble and the notorious headed by a...
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/ 8 years agoOlver signs for Knights
EALING have signed Sam Olver from Doncaster on loan for the remainder of the 2018/19 season. The fly-half joined Ealing from...
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/ 8 years agoNo place like home for west country boy Luke
Neale Harvey catches up with Luke Cowan- Dickie after his heroics against Saracens World Cup ambition: Luke Cowan-Dickie takes on Bath’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoClassy Lancaster was treated like criminal
JEFF Probyn posed some good questions as to why no English coach seemingly wants to reach the pinnacle (Why does no...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGustard queries Brown incident
DAVE Ward will face the music from Quins boss Paul Gustard. Gustard denied seeing a spitting incident, but said: “The message...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTHEY SAID WHAT…
Sir Clive Woodward, right, before Ireland’s Grand Slam clincher at Twickenham on March 17: “What with the added expectation of a...
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/ 8 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 8 years agoBetween us, Alex and I are currently on six caps!
ROB LOZOWSKI THE FORMER WASPS AND ENGLAND CENTRE MY LIFEIN RUGBY Like father, like son: Rob Lozowski on the break for...
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/ 8 years agoGreen’s Hundred reach halfway with perfection
ROCHFORD Hundred rugby director Chris Green insists there will be no complacency as his club aims to go through the card...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDanny is Eddie’s World Cup hero!
Maestro: Danny Cipriani kicks the winning goal for England in RWC 2019 COLIN BOAG What will 2019 hold for rugby? Here...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoConfident Cobus sparks Boyd’s new-look Saints
By ROB WILDMAN Clutching thin air: Fraser Dingwall breaks clear to score Saints’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images In the corner:...
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/ 8 years agoMOST INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE:
Doddie Weir’s selfless courage in responding to his Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis by raising funds for research into the cruel illness....
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/ 8 years agoPlan for future or risk mental health problems
Concerns: Matt Symons is urging players to plan PLAYERS must “wake up” and do more to avoid the mental health trap...
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/ 8 years agoPost-WW2 England father/son capped combinations
IVOR & PETER PREECE Coventry fly-half Ivor played 12 times for England and captained the side between 1948-51. He was also...
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/ 8 years agoHumble Beaumont to become Sir Bill
WORLD Rugby chairman and former England and Lions captain Bill Beaumont said it was ‘humbling’ to have been knighted in the...
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/ 8 years agoBig beast Manu can keep England hopes on track
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Huge plus for England: The return of Manu Tuilagi PICTURE: Getty Images England finished 2018 with...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBaxter: Referee wasn’t to blame
EXETER boss Rob Baxter refused to blame referee Ian Tempest for failing to award a first-half try for Ollie Devoto and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMOST DECORATED SUBSTITUTE:
Sean Cronin (Ireland) During the 11 years when Sir Gareth Edwards never missed a match for Wales, a number of very...
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/ 8 years agoPOST-RUGBY – TWO CASE STUDIES
GEORGE KRUIS - ENGLAND AND SARACENS LOCK, AGE 28 Along with club colleague Dom Day, Kruis has started a business called...
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/ 8 years agoGopperth pens new deal as he nears recovery
By ADAM ELLIS WASPS have eased fears over the possible exit of Elliot Daly by having five senior personnel commit their...
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/ 8 years agoAu revoir Varndell
TOM Varndell’s French stay is over after just six PRO D2 games with Soyaux Angoulême. The Premiership’s alltime record try-scorer had...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoVunipola try signals Saracens fightback
By GARY FITZGERALD Making the game safe: David Strettle scores the third try for Saracens PICTURES: Getty Images MARK McCall admitted...
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/ 8 years agoRoberts believes Bath are still in hunt for the title
By NEALE HARVEY Veteran: Jamie Roberts is enjoying a new lease of life at Bath PICTURE: Getty Images JAMIE Roberts demands...
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/ 8 years agoThat was the year that was
Peter Jackson looks back at 2018 and reflects on 2019 Top try: Jacob Stockdale strikes against New Zealand PICTURES: Getty Images...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM SPINK WASPS CENTRE If Elliot Daly decides to quit Wasps next summer, one of the men who will be aiming...
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/ 8 years agoUnbeaten, but Worsley knows axe is coming
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES On his way back home: Joe Worsley is making plans Joe Worsley had seen it all as...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPennell: Lack of control cost us
CHRIS Pennell believes Warriors showed the kind of skill and fight that can help them avoid the dreaded drop despite driving...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFlood out to fire shots, not take them
By JON NEWCOMBE Team man: Toby Flood NOW 33, Toby Flood’s appetite for the game shows no sign of diminishing but...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHIGHEST CLIMBERS:
And the Oscar for the steepest climb up the World Rugby rankings over the course of the year goes to…the United...
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/ 8 years agoHogg’s off injured as Warriors flop at Scotstoun
By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH completed a festive double over Glasgow in the Scottish PRO14 derby at Scotstoun. They followed up their...
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/ 8 years agoCVC’s deal ‘raped’ F1, rugby must hope for better
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Banned from playing: Faf de Klerk had to watch the Springboks play...
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/ 8 years agoMorahan ready to extend his stay at ambitious Bears
Jeff Probyn: CVC deal may not be good for rugby By NEALE HARVEY Smash hit: Luke Morahan scores another try AUSSIE...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSharks find killer instinct to remain in the hunt
By ROGER PANTING Bonus in the bag: Denny Solomona touches down Sale’s fourth try PICTURES: Getty Images Out flanked: Jaco Visagie...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThe north are truly a force to be feared
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN AT a time when ‘Happy New Year’ is the most popular phrase in...
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