All posts tagged "Rugby Union"
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Letters
/ 4 weeks agoLet’s send Baa-Baas to Paraguay
I AM a long time Rugby League fan who has, in recent years, become a convert to Union too. I am...
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Features
/ 1 month agoTrailblazer Sara Cox on smashing barriers and redefining diversity in Rugby
Sara Cox has forged a remarkable path in rugby union – rising from player to trail-blazer as the world’s first professional...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoWelsh regions to be cut to three, announces WRU
The number of professional men’s teams in Wales is to be cut from four to three within three years.
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoFylde’s new recruit Cassidy sets sights on improvements
■ By BEN JAYCOCK FYLDE’S new cross-code recruit Danny Cassidy feels there’s “room for improvement” despite a strong opening to their...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoJeremy Guscott: Problem laws are just not ‘helpful’
When it comes to a commentary on the laws of the game, it’s important to acknowledge first that the referee has...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRadford accepts chance to coach Scotland
Quality: Lee Radford NORTHAMPTON defence coach Lee Radford will be seconded to Scotland for this season’s international windows and then take...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBravery and modesty of the ultimate team player
LEWIS Moody’s courage in talking publicly on television this week about being diagnosed with MND was typical of a man who...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoThis promotion stand-off will have no winners
AS a new season dawns, with the rebranded Prem launched on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and the new-format Champ starting on...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoRing fence just brings stagnation
THERE is no surprise in the RFU administration’s latest attempt to push rugby union in England further towards the cliff-edge by...
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Letters
/ 3 months agoFrench rugby deserves praise regarding scrum laws
French rugby deserves high praise for its brave decision to expose World Rugby’s woeful mismanagement of a key rugby union law....
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoBritish and Irish Lions cash may tempt Mark Nawaqanitawase back to rugby union
The £60m windfall to Rugby Australia from the Lions tour has started the wheel turning for the return to rugby union...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoRFU still not doing enough for state schools despite ACE Boys League remodelling
One of the stranger emails in the inbox this week was an RFU press release heralding 22 state schools and colleges...
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Features
/ 3 months agoOnly award kicks at goal inside the 22
If we were designing the rules of rugby from scratch today it’s hard to imagine we would award kicks at goal...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 months agoVive La France! At last some scrum sense
THERE is at last a sign of sanity in the otherwise befuddled global administration of rugby union in the shape of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 months agoDemise of Miami Sharks still not headline news
ANOTHER working week gone and still the Miami Sharks website had nothing to say about what they told their squad almost...
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Features
/ 3 months agoWe’re buzzing, says Wilkinson
Feature Ben Jaycock talks to Scunthorpe’s DoR about the demands his squad will face back in National Two Top dogs: Scunthorpe...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: NFL a tough nut to crack for Louis Rees-Zammit and co
Hot on the heels of Louis Rees-Zammit’s return to rugby union with Bristol after his 18 month tilt at getting on...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoThorburn backs a two team solution
AS tournament director of the 1999 World Cup, commercial manager of the Ospreys and still the only man to put his...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoWelsh CEO Abi Tierney takes break to deal with cancer
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Abi Tierney will step away from her role after being diagnosed with cancer. Tierney will take...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: No return to Australia for the Lions without legal guarantees
Should Australia get the Lions back in 12 years? The answer is that Rugby Australia would have to commit to a...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoLouis Rees-Zammit is on his way home
Wales and Lions wing Louis Rees-Zammit is returning to rugby union 18 months after he sensationally quit the game to pursue...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoAussies hoping to fall in love with Rugby Union once again ahead of 2027 World Cup
The 2027 World Cup ticketing programme was launched at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art situated on The Rocks, on a rooftop...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoNick Cain: Without a deal, R360’s credibility is on the line
The R360 phantom is up-and-running again with Louis Rees-Zammit rumoured to be involved following his exit from the Jacksonville Jaguars and...
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International Rugby
/ 4 months agoRees-Zammit’s US dream a bridge too far
NOW that Louis Rees-Zammit has abandoned his American dream, Jordan Mailata stands alone at 6ft 8in and 25 stone as the...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoFormer Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit announces return to rugby after leaving NFL
Former Wales winger Louis Rees-Zammit is returning to rugby after spending 18 months in the NFL. Rees-Zammit signed an active roster...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 months agoJoseph Sua’ali’i enjoying the attention during British and Irish Lions Tour
Joseph Suaalii is used to playing in big games, he has been involved in Stage of Origin, but even he was...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoDon’t price the young hearts out of the game
Here's a tale of two codes based on ticket prices for the first Lions Test against Australia at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoLeading the British and Irish Lions: Will Carling Reflects on Pressure, Pride & Performance
Will Carling OBE is one of the most iconic figures in English rugby history. Appointed England captain at just 22, he...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoNick Cain: Let’s hope the Whole Game Union wins the day
The attempts by some within the Twickenham administration to characterise the Whole Game Union’s campaign to bring about democratic change at...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoHiggins looking to scale heights
Division 2 final preview E Counties v Durham Today 5pm EASTERN Counties are hoping to harness the momentum of their dramatic...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoAnother 520 join lawsuit over head injuries
More than 520 additional former rugby players have joined a concussion lawsuit against the sport’s authorities, according to the law firm...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 months agoChris Collyer: Leinster need to reset and restart from the ground up
By Chris Collyer For exclusive stories and all the detailed rugby news you need, subscribe to The Rugby Paper website, digital edition, or...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 months agoNick Cain: At last! Welcome words reinforce value of jeopardy
One of the few signs of clear-thinking rugby union sanity this week came from Simon Gillham, the chairman of the Tier...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoWigan tempt Wade to leave Gloucester
■By SAM JACKSON GLOUCESTER wing Christian Wade will leave the club at the end of the season for a fresh challenge...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoCardiff Rugby deal costs Welsh Rugby Union £780,000
The WRU revealed the acquisition of Cardiff Rugby last week cost about £780,000. The Cardiff Arms Park team were placed into...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoHow Claude Saurel helped put some beef into Georgia
One of modern-day rugby’s most travelled and unheralded coaches – Claude Saurel – has died in the small French port of...
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Columnists
/ 8 months agoJeff Probyn: Drop the tackle height for everyone
A front row view of the game The University of Edinburgh has discovered through research and by watching and comparing 18,702...
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Chris Hewett
/ 8 months agoOwners should be careful what they wish for
By Chris Hewett The ambition among some Premiership owners to turn the league into rugby’s version of cricket’s T20 is a...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoI like playing open, fast and attractive rugby
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Lieutenant Colonel Tim Osman, below, head coach of senior men’s Army Rugby What is...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 months agoSupport for change at RFU keeps on building
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week As the SGM vote calling for regime change at the RFU...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoNaval officer who was sunk by RFU
IT’S been a tad busy of late with much to discuss but the recent passing of former RFU secretary Tony Hallett...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 10 months agoHarlequins are looking to get back to basics in the PWR
By Dan Robertshaw Harlequins are aiming for a top-two finish in the PWR having bounced back from last season’s disappointing seventh-place...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoMuddy waters getting muddier
The baffling case of Samu Kerevi’s 20-minute red card during Australia’s romp in Cardiff two months ago provides a stark insight...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoReferees are not free from criticism
In a country in which we are lucky to have freedom of opinion and speech as a birthright, Wayne Barnes is...
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Club Rugby
/ 11 months agoNew signing Regan Grace out to seize his chance at Cardiff
Cardiff have revealed how the signing of Regan Grace was made possible by an injury to one of their Wales stars.
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Club Rugby
/ 11 months agoOllie Lawrence’s play-acting was shameful to watch
Ollie Lawrence’s sham injury in the closing minutes of a knife-edge finish between Northampton and Bath at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoWe don’t need platitudes, we need to see change
The RFU’s U-turn on Friday in agreeing to an SGM, just 24-hour’s after rejecting the Thursday’s submission representing 152 clubs across...
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Letters
/ 12 months agoPlease don’t make the game irrelevant
FULL-BACKS and wingers now have to be able to leap in the air, I’ve long ago forgotten what hookers are for...
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Letters
/ 12 months agoPlease don’t make the game irrelevant
FULL-BACKS and wingers now have to be able to leap in the air, I’ve long ago forgotten what hookers are for...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoBill Beaumont needs to show clear thinking
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Bill Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables...
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