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National League 2N

/ 7 years ago

Farrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Answering the call…

Brendan Gallagher looks at some of the extraordinary rugby players - individuals from all backgrounds, nations and clubs and of differing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Canucks get in gear with five-try win over Coventy

By PAUL SMITH CANADA’S attempt to maintain their record of having qualified for every World Cup faces a test of endurance...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

This All Black attack on Shields is just hogwash

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE prospect of Brad Shields lining up to play for England against New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

That Lions’ share of money is enough for All Blacks

THE idea that New Zealand should share the gate takings at Twickenham, and elsewhere in Europe, when they come north is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Solomons calls on academy Warriors to build on impressive start to campaign

By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have named three loan players in a much-changed squad for today’s match at Saracens as they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Penalty try earns Sale rare win over Tigers

By ROB WILDMAN Threat: Matt Postlethwaite makes a break for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images High rise: Tigers’ Graham Kitchener wins a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Eddie must give reserves chance to face Japan

NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK’S BIG MATCH AT TWICKENHAM WITH SOME ADVICE FOR THE ENGLAND BOSS ONE of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Fight Kiwi fire with fire to rekindle Chicago flame

BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to next week’s clash in Dublin between the world’s top two teams Breaking the duck: Conor Murray...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 7 years ago

Time for a reboot

HAS the time come to review rugby’s points scoring system? The object of the game is to score tries. Last Saturday,...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Get over it Rassie, slo-mo shows the ref was spot on

COLIN BOAG Slo-mo is a strange beast: sometimes it can make an incident seem to be more serious than it is,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Let battle commence for the final place in Japan

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points THE RWC2019 repechage tournament – the first of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

England set for reshuffle in the back row for All Blacks Test

Tom Curry 'highly unlikely' to be fit for clash against New Zealand

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

It’s going to get brutal out there for the Pumas

Brendan Gallagher analyses the task ahead of new Pumas head coach Mario Ledesma Barnstorming flanker: Pablo Matera SO which Pumas team...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Currie Cup success has coach Easter dreaming big

By NEALE HARVEY NICK Easter insists there are “no limits” to his coaching ambitions after helping South Africa’s Sharks clinch their...

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Miscellaneous

/ 7 years ago

Losing fear factor key to beating All Blacks

■ By NEALE HARVEY Game changer: Manu Tuilagi beats Dan Carter to score a try PICTURE: Getty Images TOM Youngs believes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Eddie has to reenact role as All Blacks’ myth buster

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the first game over, now is the time to get serious...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Sale draft Sharks fly-half du Preez

SOUTH Africa international fly-half Robert du Preez has joined Sale on a shortterm loan from the Durban Sharks. AJ MacGinty has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

Farrell gets out of jail as England find salvation

■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Catch me if you can: South Africa’s Sibusiso Nkosi and Duane Vermeulen pursue Maro Itoje...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

No limits to how far pioneering ref Cox can climb

TRAILBLAZING referee Sara Cox climbs another step on the ladder to the top today when she becomes the first female to...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Fletcher: England must overcome tactical flaws

■ By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND must overcome their tactical deficit to fully match New Zealand says former Red Rose U18s boss...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Rowntree’s expertise can help the Lelos breakthrough

Brendan Gallagher looks at the testing Autumn series awaiting Georgia’s World Cup squad Expert tuition: Graham Rowntree, below, is working with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Johnny Sexton the lone ranger in World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist dominated by All Blacks and Boks

Sale Sharks scrum-half Faf de Klerk one of five stars shortlisted

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

Eddie Jones turns to Mark Wilson as England’s solution at number 8

The England team named to take on the Springboks

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Danny Cipriani opens up on the frustration of being overlooked by England

'I know my skillset'

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Wales record cap-holder Gethin Jenkins to retire from rugby

The prop has been suffering from a chronic knee injury

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

Rassie Erasmus to test homegrown talent with England match falling outside international window

Only South Africa and Japan based players are available to South Africa

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 7 years ago

Larder fear over Eddie’s coaching turnaround

By JON NEWCOMBE PHIL LARDER is surprised at the wholesale changes to Eddie Jones’ coaching team so soon before a World...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Stooke aims to cap off his resurgence at Bath

By NEALE HARVEY Abrasive: Elliott Stooke aims to bring his hard edge to the England pack PICTURES: Getty Images ELLIOTT Stooke...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Lions being sacrificed on altar of commercialism

The first post-war Lions tour of South Africa lasted for more than three months, from the middle of June until the...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Clubs chief insists there is no threat to future of Lions

■By ADAM HATHAWAY Help: Mark McCafferty PREMIERSHIP chief executive Mark McCafferty has poured cold water on fears that the British &...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Want a holiday from rugby? There’s always August!

THE new-look domestic structure, beginning in 2019-20, will extend the next three English seasons into June but will also offer guaranteed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Injuries take their toll but I’m back says Te’o

By NEALE HARVEY Raring to go: Ben Te’o, right, training for England in Portugal with George Ford PICTURE: Getty Images HARD-hitting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Solomons fears coaches will burn out, too

Plea: Alan Solomons WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons says Premiership coaches are at risk of burnout unless steps are taken to align...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Don’t call us bullies, we play to our strengths …

FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF NEIL DE KOCK Has added game control to his fighting qualities: Cobus Reinach PICTURE: Getty Images...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

THREE KEY ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCH-UPS

MARO ITOJE v EBEN ETZEBETH Both second rowers are relatively young, but already have a wealth of experience under their belts....

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Lozowski ruled out of opener against Boks

SARACENS centre Alex Lozowski, below, will miss England’s first autumn international after having his ban for dangerously entering a ruck extended....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Poor autumn series ‘would deny England momentum’

Saints DoR: Chris Boyd ENGLAND’S failure to nail down key selections is compromising their ability to create World Cup-winning momentum, according...

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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Tuilagi’s power can helpmedo mystuff – Slade

By NEALE HARVEY Hand off: Henry Slade eludes Bath’s Darren Atkins for Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images HENRY Slade believes partnering Manu...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

The call-up for Ted Hill shows the strides Worcester’s academy is making, says fellow England newbie Schonert

The Worcester Warriors tighthead prop reflects on his own career since his move five years ago

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 7 years ago

Young Gun – Sale Sharks fly-half Kieran Wilkinson

... A fly-half named Wilkinson

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

Eddie Jones answers 13 questions on his squad announcement

Why no Attwood, Goode or Armand? Is Farrell going to start at 10 from now on?

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Gain-line busters will give England a new dimension

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Risk worth taking: Joe Cokanasiga is in devastating attacking form but could be a defensive liability...

By The Rugby Paper Team