All posts tagged "RFU"
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds take the spoils in clash of the titans
By TOM INNES Jersey ................................ 19pts Tries: McHenry 15, Grahamslaw 29, Brown 65 Conversions: Bennett 15, 65 Ealing.................................. 13pts Try: Farrar...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWhere’s the patriotism?
I THINK the RFU are making a mistake in holding rugby matches on the morning of the King’s Coronation Day. I...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoRed cards must stay for sake of player welfare
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk YOU can’t fail to...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoPrem will keep its eight clubs in Europe
By PAUL REES The Gallagher Premiership will continue to supply eight clubs to the Heineken Champions Cup next season despite two...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoThis ‘mish-mash’ does nothing for the game
LAST week’s TRP lists a bewildering array of cup, shield, bowl and plate competitions for grassroots clubs. Some are Round 1...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoHansen: Weight of expectation could be Ireland’s toughest Rugby World Cup opponent
With unbeaten Six Nations and Autumn Nations campaigns and a series victory in New Zealand under their belts inside the last...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWarriors Women confirm place in Premier 15s
Worcester Warriors Women have confirmed they will be playing in the Premier 15s next season. Warriors were initially left out of...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo much fog to see where we are going
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The English club game has a great opportunity right now for an urgent...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoProp Hislop has red reduced to yellow
NEWS EXTRA THE RFU have rescinded a red card given to Saracens prop Robin Hislop last weekend. Hislop was sent off...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBiljon’s Reds battling hard on both fronts
By BEN JAYCOCK Jersey Reds had a Saturday off last weekend with their game at Doncaster postponed, a welcome rest having...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRelegated Westcliff part company with coach Johnson
WESTCLIFF parted ways with head coach Danny Johnson last week after what has been a miserable campaign for the already relegated...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoAllowing Wasps move reflects badly on RFU
SEVERAL years ago, Wasps relocated to Coventry, thereby sabotaging any hopes which Coventry rugby club may have had about reaching the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBears move for Willis may help England
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol Bears could throw Jack Willis, below, an England lifeline with Premiership clubs ready to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMajor changes set for County Champs
By BEN JAYCOCK THIS season’s County Championships will feature numerous changes which the RFU believe will enhance player experience. Following the...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoRochford look for a big finish to difficult campaign
By BEN JAYCOCK Rochford Hundred secured a prized win last weekend against Canterbury that boosted their survival bid after what has...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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Letters
/ 3 years agoSweeney more of a liability than an asset
SADLY it needs to be realised that the RFU has abandoned its frequently misused historic role as guardian of the game’s...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRFU in line for Chelsea bonanza
The RFU could be set for another massive cash windfall with Twickenham on the short list of potential grounds that Premier...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoThe game is going back, not forward
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME How things change when money is the main target for doing something....
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling hold merger talks with Ospreys
By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE Ospreys are the Welsh region that Ealing Trailfinders have sounded out about a potential merger that would...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWorld Cup winner in search for new talent
Inspiring: Jason Robinson with his World Cup medal Jason Robinson is living proof of the old adage that hard work makes...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHaskell keen to raise health concerns
JAMES Haskell says more must be done to help players’ physical and mental health after his appointment as vice chair of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoPerris-Redding relieved after Sale get league place
By BEN JAYCOCK Sale Sharks flanker Georgie Perris-Redding was relieved to have her side’s place in the Premier 15s next season...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNew maternity deal agreed
ENGLAND women’s players are now entitled to 26 weeks’ fully-paid maternity leave as well as funds for children to travel to...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAnger as new owners close down Warriors
By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester Warriors will rebrand as Sixways Rugby next season and merge with National Two West side Stourbridge after...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHaag joins Scotland set-up with eye on England
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Junior World Cup-winning coach Martin Haag is poised to join the Scotland Women’s team as an assistant...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoClubs are forced to travel too far
THE crowd figure for Old Albanians’ game at Barnes last weekend in Nat 2 East was 169. Yet under the RFU’s...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTransition to hooker paying off for Terry
By BEN JAYCOCK It's almost two years since Cameron Terry made the transition from the back row to hooker at Ealing...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFrance have the drive to stay on track
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Italy v France Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadio Olimpico, Rome THE last time France won back-to-back Six Nations...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoBetter ways to combat concussion problem
THE RFU’s ill-conceived law trial banning tackles above the waist again highlights the failure of rugby’s administrators to end the injuries...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWorld Rugby must now lead by example
IN his column last week, Jeff Probyn presents a very persuasive argument that, whatever steps are to be taken to reduce...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoWith this record, it’s time Sweeney headed to the exit
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Bill Sweeney will be looking over his shoulder as the Six Nations gets...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRFU sets deadline for new owners
The RFU has set the new owners of Wasps and Worcester Warriors a February 14 deadline to have their respective takeovers...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGive Bill a break – he’s the best man for the job
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I really cannot understand why so many people within our game seem...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRugby School launches 200th celebration
SCHOOLS RUGBY RUGBY School will begin celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the creation of the game by launching The Global...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime this autocratic RFU is held to account
NICK CAIN The warning signs that the RFU’s administrative standards have plumbed the depths became a red flashing light on Friday...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRFU creating a big divide in the game says Honey
By BEN JAYCOCK The RFU’s decision to lower the tackle height to ‘waistline and below’ next season for all levels below...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU has no right to deliver this low blow
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU has just introduced one of the biggest changes to the game...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoIn danger of just being touch rugby
SO rugby’s authorities continue their inexorable emasculation of the sport. It must be obvious to all that they will not stop...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoDuckham’s Eden Park win
■ I have no association with Saracens, but it was noticeable to watch them against Lyon. Their attack was much quicker...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoMeadows take reins of Women’s U20s
LOU Meadows has been appointed the new head coach of England women’s U20s team. Meadows re-joins England from Ealing Trailfinders, where...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoFarrell’s Six Nations in jeopardy after citing
Owen Farrell‘s hopes of playing an influential role in this year’s Six Nations are in jeopardy after he was cited for...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNew Year honour for chairman Rowe
Exeter chairman and chief executive Tony Rowe has been awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to...












