All posts tagged "RFU"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoConsign this shameful class system to history
Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000 PICTURE: Getty Images BRENDAN...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPerhaps it’s time to boycott the top tier
COULD this season get any worse? The whole salary cap saga proved just how poor the administration of the professional game...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRFU CEO Bill Sweeney responds to outcry from Championship clubs
Sweeney justifies cuts to Championship funding in reply to clubs' letter voicing grave concerns
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Harry Williams anticipates damaging impact on second two
The Exeter Chiefs prop speaks out about how cuts to the second tier 'are not ideal'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChampionship cuts: Concerned chairmen issue open letter to Bill Sweeney
The Championship Clubs Committee (CCC) write to RFU CEO Bill Sweeney in The Rugby Paper
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEddie’s insults may have lost the players
It may not have been pretty, but at last England have kickstarted the journey to France 2023 with a much-needed win...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup man Mark Wilson back on track with Sale Sharks
Wilson knows there's plenty of work to be done to add to his 18 England caps
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJersey Reds typify Championship disbelief with damning condemnation of RFU
Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan criticises Bill Sweeney for ill-thought actions and lack of clarity given to Championship clubs by RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU and PRL slash funding to the Championship by 50%
Championship clubs hang on a cliff edge as funding from central power is cut from £8.1 to £4.3m
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoComplacency began after All Blacks victory
Struggling: England concede a try to French captain Charles Ollivon PICTURE: Getty Images I just can’t understand why Eddie Jones told...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPRL must hand over control of salary cap
COLIN BOAG Under scrutiny: Saracens in better times. Lord Myners I have questioned whether Premiership Rugby would include supporters in their...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSharks join fight for Premier 15s licence as RFU audit looms
SALE Sharks have launched a bid to enter the Premier 15s next season. The RFU will award four licences in March...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’m banking on Myners to end this Sarries saga
BEING both a proud Cornishman – and therefore surely a rugby man – and a razor sharp former Financial Services Minister,...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFight for survival will bring best out of Titans
By JON NEWCOMBE CARETAKER head coach Steve Salvin thinks Rotherham’s desperate situation at the foot of the National One table could...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoWho would open their books for scrutiny?
Academy boys: Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje PICTURE: Getty Images Saracens, Saracens, Saracens, it seems that’s all this season has been...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoShanahan says cut league size
Rising star: Teenager Jack Musk showed his quality against Clermont Auvergne PICTURE: Getty Images By NEALE HARVEY BLACKHEATH head coach James...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDivert Tier Two funds to national leagues
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk PICKING up the thread...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMatt Proudfoot: How England’s new forwards coach left a mark on Pieter-Steph du Toit and Schalk Brits
The two Springboks reveal the inner teachings of Proudfoot who worked under Rassie Erasmus in the World Cup triumph
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Vindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Saracens
Nick Cain believes the punishment served to Saracens bears no relation to their crimes
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars
What will this mean for their England careers?
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFylde flyer Hadfield banned for doping violation
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON FYLDE’S Henry Hadfield has been banned from all sport for two years after failing a drug...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens salary cap judge says: PRL should lift cloak of privacy
“PRL will probably disagree strongly with my remarks” - Lord Dyson lifts the lid on his thoughts about the Saracens salary...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoCockerill left chasing bonus point at Agen
By GARY HEATLY POOL 3 Bordeaux …….32 Edinburgh…….17 BORDEAUX-Begles progressed to the knock-out stages with victory over Edinburgh Rugby. And the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoFarrell got away with another cheap shot
It seems that Saracens just cannot keep out of the headlines for all the wrong reasons, no matter what they do....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoHill was right – there are too many games
YOUR interview with Steve Hill, latterly of Sidcup, Oxford Univ and now Richmond, was a well-reasoned plea to keep our great...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Wray leaving could see salary cap storm linger
Nick Cain shares his views on what the retirement of Nigel Wray as chairman means for Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChampionship chairman fears funding cuts to Tier Two
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow on the state of play between Championship clubs and the RFU, with the central funding agreement soon...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBow fears funding cut could hit Tier Two
By NEALE HARVEY Concern: Alistair Bow NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow says hard-up Championship sides are being forced to put recruitment plans...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSalary cap storm cloud could hang all season
NICK CAIN NIGEL Wray’s decision to resign as Saracens chairman on Thursday was a clear signal that the salary cap fiasco...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoQuestions remain if‘rental’ system is best way forward
IF ONL0Y things were as black and white as Colin Boag suggests, and making the unions of Tier One countries “primarily...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoHill: Grind of club rugby is killing player numbers
By NEALE HARVEY RICHMONDdirector of rugby Steve Hill claims player numbers will “fall off a cliff” unless the amount of rugby...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBig worry that no English coach wants the top job
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There are times when I think that nobody really cares or listens...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop this chatter, just ref the game!
AT LAST, someone agrees with me. Colin Boag is 100 per cent right – referees are taking away the advantage by...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Cutting the format could...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs agree new contracts with Rob Baxter and coaching staff
New long-term contracts for key figureheads in the Exeter Chiefs coaching department
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoVarsity match: Light Blues’ mighty duo may be godsend or curse
Cambridge have a Test-experience second row ready to take on rivals Oxford in the 138th Varsity match
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoCardiff ticket hike will raise extra £3m
No stopping him: Jonny May powers through to score his second try for Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images WALES stand to make...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Light Blues’ mighty duo may be a godsend or a curse!
Brendan Gallagher looks at the 138th Varsity match, kicking off at Twickenham on Thursday Line-out strength: James Horwill was a stalwart...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFiona and Jenni are Cambridge’s Curry twins in back row
ColCaptain: Fiona Shuttleworth A NEW-LOOK Cambridge Women’s side will be seeking their fourth win in five Varsity matches at Twickenham in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWillis and Carling brewed up a storm
THE great and the good have paid due tribute to Bob Willis, the England fast bowler who terrorised the Australians at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFunding changes see cuts in RFU’s assessors
NEWS EXTRA ■By LUKE JARMYN RFU cut backs have seen travel expenses for match official reviewers and assessors nearly halved this...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLetters
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Can the relegated team...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTwickenham victory thrilled Duckham
Captain: Bob Hiller The Sixth Springboks will always be known as the Protest Tour but there was some rugby played –...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWill RFU scrap rules if Sarries go down?
So it’s back to the real business of club rugby this week as we return to the Premiership and the serious...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoO’Shea takes over at RFU as Melville moves on
CONOR O’SHEA will join the RFU as director of performance to replace Nigel Melville, who leaves his position as director of...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoConor O’Shea replaces Nigel Melville in senior RFU post
The former Harlequins DoR left Italy last month after almost four years in charge of the Azzurri
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoHanrahan drop-goal goes wide so it’s a tie
By RONAN O’BRIEN MUNSTER full-back Mike Haley insisted they were thrilled to secure a draw even though his side should have...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEnd this secrecy over Saracens
NICK CAIN COMMENT Fallen giants: Ben Earl and his Saracens team mates can’t hide their disappointment during their heavy defeat against...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland head coach Gregor Townsend considers backroom reshuffle
The Ospreys coach tempting Gregor Townsend with a post-World Cup shake-up
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