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English Gallagher Premiership

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Clubs face meltdown in spite of cash boom

Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan fears Premiership clubs face financial meltdown unless steps are taken to curb rampant wage inflation. Vaughan’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

RFU & Premiership Rugby sign new Professional Game agreement

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby Limited (PRL) have agreed a progressive new partnership for the next eight years...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Spare a thought for those on the treadmill of normal life

As the players finally get to take a break, no matter how short, given the clubs have already started pre-season training,...

By Jeff Probyn

English Gallagher Premiership

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Bath boss Bruce Craig NOT selling up at the Rec

Bruce Craig has categorically denied he is selling Bath after rumours emerged he was on the verge of offloading his controlling...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

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Top agent calls for RFU to address Tier Two welfare

The supply line of Championship players to the Premiership will dry up unless England’s second tier undergoes a major overhaul.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

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Brendan Gallagher verdict: Eddie’s made England box-office again

There was a moment early in the game yesterday – the 12th minute to be precise – when you knew for...

By Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher

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Brendan Gallagher column: For first Lions, cash not glory was top of bill

Whisper it quietly but the first Lions tour to New Zealand in 1888, which took in Australia as well, was all...

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

England statement: Joe Marler

The RFU can confirm Joe Marler has been issued with a formal warning following his comments made on social media about...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

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My Life in Rugby: Andrew Small – former RFU elite panel referee

Refereeing the Army-Navy game in front of a full house at Twickenham, with my wife and kids in the crowd, was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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We’re backing England insist Wasps, despite foreign legion

Wasps insist they remain committed to developing England-qualified players despite falling well short of RFU targets for season 2015-16. The Coventry-based...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 10 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Championship playoffs set to be scrapped

By NEALE HARVEY The controversial Championship play-offs are set to be discarded as part of a new £220m, eight-year agreement between...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 10 years ago

SRU pulls out of London Scottish partnership

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) Board has ended the Development Partnership they had been operating with London Scottish since January. However,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: England’s colourful history of touring Australia

Compared with New Zealand and South Africa, an England trip to Australia is sometimes seen as a ‘softer’ tour but the...

By Brendan Gallagher

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Modern pros would do well to remember the old days

With the season over for all but the chosen few in the Premiership playoffs or the various tours in the next...

By Jeff Probyn

Featured

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Martin Corry: Sam Underhill must come home to prove himself

Sam Underhill must put aside his loyalty to the Ospreys and join a Premiership club if he is to fulfil his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn column: Quotas undermine teams rather than build them

Oil and water, vinegar and milk…there are certain things that just don’t mix and should always be kept separate. Another is...

By Jeff Probyn

Brendan Gallagher

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Brendan Gallagher laments the passing of rugby’s great occasion – the Middlesex Sevens

For decades the last weekend of April/first weekend of May always meant the Middlesex Sevens and although time moves on I’m...

By Brendan Gallagher

Nick Cain

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Nick Cain column: Andrew Cosslett’s new broom sweeps out Rob Andrew

Rob Andrew’s departure from the RFU as their professional rugby director may have been presented as a long-planned exit, but his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Neal Hatley named England scrum coach

England head coach Eddie Jones has added scrum coach Neal Hatley to his backroom staff. The 46-year-old will join the England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Sorry Jerry Guscott, but I disagree with your Pro12 prognosis

I read with interest last week’s article by Jerry Guscott and his thoughts on why he thinks the Pro12 has failed...

By Jeff Probyn

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain Column: Refs must crackdown to prevent this abuse

The growing unease in English Rugby Union’s refereeing ranks about the rise in football-style abuse of officials, as well as a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Referee abuse is on rise and ‘must be curbed’

A leading English match official claims referee abuse is rising sharply and has urged the RFU and Premiership Rugby to act...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: I see Italy becoming a real powerhouse of the North

Brendan Gallagher‘s feature on the future of Italian rugby last week got me thinking – and not just about the Azzurri...

By Jeff Probyn

English Championship

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Kevin Maggs urges RFU to make Tier Two level playing field

Moseley boss Kevin Maggs has urged the RFU to have another look at Championship funding to ensure a more level competition....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Argentina to take on the Wallabies at Twickenham

History will be made at Twickenham on October 8 when Argentina take on Australia in the Rugby Championship. The match marks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

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England and Wales in £10m match deal

England and Wales have struck a deal worth up to £10m to play two more matches immediately before the next World...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn column: Treating players like men helped win Grand Slam

Reflecting on last week’s Grand Slam I can’t help thinking how much the team has changed from the latter days of...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Onfield revival is just one of many battles facing England

What a week for English rugby! Congratulations to Eddie Jones and his coaching team for completing England’s first Six Nations title...

By Jeff Probyn

Peter Jackson

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Peter Jackson: Phew, a Grand Slam at last and not yet another grand shambles

And so ‘Fast Eddie’ has lived up to his name. A Six Nations Grand Slam at the first attempt made all...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

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George Smith cited for kneeing James Hook

George Smith will appear before an RFU Disciplinary panel tomorrow after being charged with striking James Hook to the head with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

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Corbisiero and Perry join RFU coaching staff

Former England prop Alex Corbisiero and international scrum-half Shaun Perry have joined the RFU as part-time positional coaches. The pair will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Dusty Hare calls for Eddie Jones to help kids get game time

Dusty Hare has urged England boss Eddie Jones to lend his support for a radical overhaul of the playing programme for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

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VIDEO: What’s being done to stop doping in rugby?

Healthspan Elite, the UK’s leading supplier of high-quality vitamins and supplements for professional sport, recently hosted a roundtable discussion in London,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

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Nigel Wray: Saracens ‘punished’ for producing England stars

Chairman Nigel Wray has described the compensation system for producing England players as “a complete nonsense” after revealing Saracens are set...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Sorry Eddie Jones, but just how honest a player is Dylan Hartley?

I suppose it was always on the cards and, the more people objected, the more likely it became: England‘s first foreign...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn: London Scottish link with Scotland raises plenty of problems

What a week we’ve had. First an announcement that could create some interesting changes for the outcome of the Six Nations...

By Jeff Probyn

My Life in Rugby

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My Life in Rugby: Nigel Horton – former England, Moseley and Toulouse lock

Being the first England player to play for their country across three decades, I once found myself the subject of a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

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Peter Jackson column: Friday fun and games is strictly for Wales

Friday night fever of the virulent Six Nations kind will break out again in Cardiff next month. France in Round Three...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn column: Lack of quality tightheads is major concern for Eddie Jones

Last Sunday I was the guest on Talksport’s Full Contact show with Brian Moore where we discussed the latest round of...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Silence is not golden when it involves a PRL cover-up

Starting a New Year always brings a sense of hope and anticipation for sports fans as we put the failures of...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeff Probyn

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Jeff Probyn column: Dylan Hartley’s no Johnno and, for me, he’s no captain

As we sit back trying to digest our Christmas excesses while also enjoying the success of the England clubs in the...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Premiership Rugby making player welfare the priority

Premiership Rugby will continue to prioritise player welfare in 2016 and head of rugby operations Corin Palmer believes a new link-up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

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Peter Jackson column: BBC snub lets bigots back into the game

On their biennial visit to Cardiff over three decades from the early Sixties, England played the role of the compliant guest...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

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RFU ‘should fund welfare’ for Championship players

Nottingham legend Dave Jackson reckons it is high time Championship professionals were properly represented by the Rugby Players’ Association. While Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team