All posts tagged "RFU"
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWage bill is cutting the clubs to the bone
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME My fellow columnist Colin Boag wrote last week that the salary cap...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoDanielle Waterman launches women’s players union
Former England full-back Danielle Waterman has launched a players union for women in the Premier 15’s. The Women’s Rugby Association (WRA)...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoDupont ends resistance of plucky Cardiff all-sorts
By ROGER PANTING Touchdown: Pita Ahki dives in for Toulouse’s second try despite being held by James Botham PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 4 years agoFormer England ace Hull oversees referees
NEWS EXTRA THE RFU has appointed former England full-back Paul Hull as head of professional game match officials to replace Tony...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBok Rohan looks set to exit Sale
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SOUTH African Rohan Janse van Rensburg is eying up activating a clause that allows...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoExiles on course to hit first target
By TOM SANSOM FIVE years on from their plummet through the leagues, London Welsh are on course to complete their initial...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in...
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/ 4 years agoRFU seek answers to alarming ref shortfall
By JON NEWCOMBE THE RFU has surveyed its community rugby referees for a second time to gauge whether an early season...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoYes to proper cup, with cap on seniors
I AGREE with Jose Mourinho, it’s time to bring back the real RFU Club Knockout Cup competition for all clubs in...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s World Cup is coming home in 2025
ENGLAND is set to host the women’s World Cup in 2025, when it increases from 12 to 16 teams. England, which...
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/ 4 years agoRFU lays bare impact of pandemic
THE RFU announced a revenue shortfall of £120m compared to previous forecasts in its annual report published on Wednesday as a...
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/ 4 years agoDitch this miserable Cup for a real one
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLISH football has the FA Cup, a gem of a tournament that connects...
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/ 4 years agoStokes wants tier two teams in Prem Cup
By PAUL REES LONDON Irish fullback James Stokes believes the Premiership Cup should be expanded to include clubs from the second...
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/ 4 years agoAlarming increase of walk-overs in grassroots game
I AM an avid reader of your weekly paper which is the only way that rugby enthusiasts can keep abreast of...
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/ 4 years agoGlouc pull men out
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTERSHIRE will not be entering this season’s men’s or U20’s County Championship but will be participating in the women’s...
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/ 4 years agoIreland end turbulent week with gutsy win
Ireland ............20 USA ....................10 IRELAND battled to a hard-fought win in Dublin after a week dominated by comments made by IRFU...
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/ 4 years agoLondon Scottish set to head north for Super 8
By SAM JACKSON LONDON Scottish hope to join an expanded Super 6 tournament in Scotland next season while remaining at their...
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/ 4 years agoEducation key in bid to diversify coaching says Khan
NEWS EXTRA By TOM SANSOM LONDON Scottish backs coach Ricky Khan has called for better education, and creating young leaders in...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoENGLAND AND SCOTLAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to England v Tonga or Scotland v South Africa courtesy of Dove Men + Care! Dove...
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/ 4 years agoShow your hand, Eddie – no more time for bluffing
NICK Cain was spot on last week when challenging what Eddie Jones has been doing and achieving since becoming the rugby...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoBest Injury Prevention Ploys for Rugby Players
Injuries are just part and parcel of the game of rugby, with there being no way to eradicate the dangers and...
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/ 4 years agoBrown on panel to explore women’s Lions tour
By SAM JACKSON Star: Shaunagh Brown ENGLAND international Shaunagh Brown will be part of the 13- strong group set up to...
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/ 4 years agoIgnore lower tiers at your peril, RFU
ANOTHER well informed column by Jeff Probyn in TRP (Oct 10). The Premiership has effectively been ring fenced now it is...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOghre incident proves refs can make mistakes
COLIN BOAG Let off: Wasps’ Gabriel Oghre was given only a yellow card for this high tackle on Northampton’s Alex Mitchell...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ALEX MATTHEWS THIS WEEK... WORCESTER BACK-ROW World Cup winner and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoErasmus delay dreadful says RFU president Jeff
Colin Boag talks to RFU president Jeff Blackett about the state of the game RFU president Jeff Blackett says he shares...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJeeps one of many Rolls Royce players
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoDiversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHill’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...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoExodus of players is real threat for game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME A few weeks ago this paper had an interview with Peter Winterbottom,...
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/ 4 years agoPeace talks go ahead in agents’ fees row
By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP clubs were last night facing massive pressure to back down in their stand-off with players’ agents over...
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/ 4 years agoHow long will this kow-towing go on?
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk REGARDING Nick Cain’s piece...
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/ 4 years agoPlan to re-shape and safegaurd our community game
A LOT has been said about players leaving the game due to travel, and commitments in playing lower leagues rugby. Maybe,...
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/ 4 years agoJersey good enough for Lions but not for Prem
JERSEY Reds are top of the Championship. They have outstanding training facilities, complete with altitude training chambers, at the Strive complex...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk
PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoO’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor
THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoLoss of county pathway has blocked young stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’s interesting to note that there are people out there who profess...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoI agree – it’s not all the RFU’s fault but change is needed
JOHN Allanson, rightly points out (TRP Sep 26) that “the issue of local volunteer succession” is a major concern. He refers...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 4 years agoFirst-ever Cup final was turning point for Wasps
MOMENT IN TIME WASPS 1985-86 JOHN PLAYER CUP FINALISTS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO MARK RIGBY WASPS are one of the most...
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/ 4 years agoSevens U-turn as O’Shea seeks alignment
THE RFU has performed a U-turn and will reinstate its full-time Sevens programme for the start of the 2022 World Series....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoQuestions the RFU’s new boss ignored
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and...
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