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Features

/ 9 years ago

Robshaw and Ford will shepherd youngsters against the Baa-baas

CHRIS ROBSHAW and George Ford will co-captain an England squad featuring eight uncapped players against the Barbarians at Twickenham today. It...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

SQUADS for Twickenham, kick off 3pm

ENGLAND: * new cap Mike Brown (Harlequins, 60 caps), *Nathan Earle (Saracens), *Sam James (Sale Sharks), *Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Jonny May...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

What next for Yorkshire project?

JON NEWCOMBE talks to ex-hooker Rob Rawlinson about the dilemma of his former club Yorkshire Carnegie JON NEWCOMBE THREE years ago,...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Value of try currency on the rise in Europe

PETER JACKSON reveals how two clubs have pushed try-scoring rates to new heights PETER JACKSON There was a time not that...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER ENGLAND, SARACENS AND LONDON WELSH CENTRE STEVE RAVENSCROFT LOOKING back on my playing days I feel incredibly fortunate to...

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National League 2N

/ 9 years ago

TRANSFER WRAP

SCOTLAND wing Sean Maitland has signed a contract extension with Saracens until at least 2020. Sarries will have to do without...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Greenwood: Owen is key man, not Sexton

Opinion: Will Greenwood PERMUTATIONS for the Lions back line are pretty extensive but Owen Farrell must be given a jersey regardless...

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Bill Beaumont Cup

/ 9 years ago

Cockerill faces his old rivals in the final

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Richard Cockerill, Nick Abendanon and David Strettle, rivals for so long in different colours in their homeland,...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Eddie’s in need of a big rethink says Lamb

By NEALE HARVEY FRANCE-BOUND fly-half Ryan Lamb says Eddie Jones’ decision to exclude Freddie Burns, Danny Cipriani and Christian Wade from...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Cowan-Dickie eyes Test spot

By NEALE HARVEY EXETER hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie has vowed to turn up the heat on England skipper Dylan Hartley during next...

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Miscellaneous

/ 9 years ago

Champions! Now Chiefs boss demands Euro glory

By NEALE HARVEY Best in the land: Jack Yeandle and Gareth Steenson hold the trophy aloft for Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Slade has new spring in his step thanks to mentor Wilkinson

HENRY Slade has revealed how confidence gained from working with boyhood hero Jonny Wilkinson helped him deliver the kick that killed...

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Miscellaneous

/ 9 years ago

Follow our lead, Pivac tells Welsh rugby

By PETER JACKSON THEScarlets marked their coronation as PRO12 champions last night by challenging Wales to follow the dazzling brand of...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Exeter prove patience can be greatest virtue

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT It was Leo Tolstoy – who doesn’t offer appear on the sports pages – who once remarked that...

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Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

How Wasps have fared since the club moved to Coventry

In 1999, professional rugby union outfit Wasps RFC changed their name to London Wasps to differentiate themselves from amateur side Wasps...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Saracens are great but can they keep going?

Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in last week’s Champions Cup final. They have made history and written the...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

England name side for Barbarians clash

Eddie Jones has named his England squad to face the Barbarians on Sunday at Twickenham . The starting XV will be...

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Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain’s Premiership of the Year

Saracens’ exceptional European Cup double explains why they have almost half the starting line-up in my 2016-17 Team of the Season....

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Blackadder takes swipe at below-par Bath stars

Bath rugby director Todd Blackadder has put his star players on notice after admitting standards of professionalism had fallen below his...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Premiership final promises to be an absolute cracker

So after 22 rounds and two pulsating skin-of-your- teeth semis Wasps will play Exeter in the Aviva Premiership Final in a...

By Brendan Gallagher

Dream Team

/ 9 years ago

Dream Team: Brendan McKibbin – London Irish scrum-half

1. Tom Court – Nothing to do with his rugby abilities really, it’s just that he’s so old he can be...

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Miscellaneous

/ 9 years ago

Chiefs rock champs to land final with Wasps

By SAM JACKSON Clincher: Josh Bassett breaks clear to score the decisive try for Wasps IT’S Exeter Chiefs versus Wasps in...

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Miscellaneous

/ 9 years ago

Southern stars rush to beat deadline

By PETER JACKSON MORE than 30 Southern Hemisphere players will qualify for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales before the longer residency...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Next week’s final promises to be an absolute cracker

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Go forward: Thomas Waldrom and Guy Thompson, celebrating with Thomas Young, got their teams on the front foot...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

ALI CROSSDALE ENGLAND U20s FULL-BACK Ali Cossdale is living the dream by training with the best team in Europe every day...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Bath figures swell with move to HQ

PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to reveal a big climb in Europe’s attendance numbers PETER JACKSON Thriller: Bath’s Anthony Watson...

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Columnists

/ 9 years ago

Saracens are great but can they keep going?

Triumph: Saracens lift the Champions Cup after beating Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Billy can take No.8 play to a new level!

Lawrence Dallaglio tells NEALE HARVEY how Billy Vunipola can usurp Kieran Read as world leading No.8 Lawrence Dallaglio Blockbuster: Billy Vunipola...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Chiefs to beat Saracens but Wasps for title

There’s no guarantee a cracking regular season will produce two semi-final play-offs to remember next weekend but, frankly, it will be...

By Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: We’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace

No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it was slightly...

By Brendan Gallagher

Featured

/ 9 years ago

Francis out to prove his versatility in Argentina

Gobsmacked Auckland Blues fly-half Piers Francis has revealed how he thought a 5am phone call from Eddie Jones advising him of...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Steenson hoping for some Clermont pointers

By NICK VERDIER EXETER find Saracens on their path to Premiership glory once more but talisman Gareth Steenson reckons they could...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Old Elthamians targeting top-flight says boss Lach

By NEALE HARVEY OLD Elthamians have set their sights on capturing the hearts and minds of rugby fans in Kent after...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Blues bolter out to prove his versatility in Argentina

By NEALE HARVEY GOBSMACKED Auckland Blues fly-half Piers Francis has revealed how he thought a 5am phone call from Eddie Jones...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

DREAM TEAM

BRENDAN McKIBBIN, THE LONDON IRISH & FORMER WARATAHS SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Tom...

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Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

Ref Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes

Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...

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Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

NICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…

CLERMONT 1. RAPHAEL CHAUME Did his duty at the scrum, and did not stint at close quarters Rating: 6 out of...

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Miscellaneous

/ 9 years ago

King Billy of Europe!

Vunipola inspires Saracens to superb double Champions Cup triumph By NEALE HARVEY Mac-nificent: Owen Farrell and Brad Barritt lift the Champions...

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Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

Goode: We just want to get better and better

SARACENS full-back Alex Goode praised the composure of his teammates after scoring another late matchwinning try to seal victory over Clermont....

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Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

We’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace

BRENDAN GALLAGHER No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 9 years ago

Abendanon: It’s not a nice feeling but we’ll be back again

NICK Abendanon was left gutted by Saracens’ stunning finale after his side had fought their way back into the match. He...

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Features

/ 9 years ago

Saracens – 3rd

STORY OF THE SEASON: Hugely impressive when at full strength and then hanging tough when short handed. Saracens know they are...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Gopperth: Ending drought will prove selectors wrong

By NEALE HARVEY WASPS will head into the play-offs fuelled by a burning sense of injustice over their international exclusions, according...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Kitchener confident Tigers can spring a surprise

Defiant: Leicester lock Graham Kitchener GRAHAM Kitchener reckons Leicester’s durability in adversity will enable them to ruin Wasps’ party and reach...

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