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Leicester Tigers criticise RFU following Michael Cheika’s ban for being ‘disrespectful’

Leicester have hit out at the Rugby Football Union after their head coach Michael Cheika was found guilty of disrespecting an...

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Championship crowds are still too low

With all the talk about the RFUs treatment of the Championship there never seems to be any real analysis of the...

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That’s not what I call a good idea ITV

Brilliant idea ITV! Put your freeview Premiership highlights programme on an obscure channel. Schedule it for a Wednesday lunchtime. Replace Flats...

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Minimum standards criteria must apply to all

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Do title-chasing Bath – and other top tier clubs – meet...

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Fiji deserve to play with best in world

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Every underdog has its day, as Daniel Dubois reminded us in knocking an entire cathedral’s...

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Sorry, but it now looks like Eben Etzebeth got away with one

So, for 10 months or more I have been defending Eben Etzebeth, and by implication referee Ben O’Keeffe, for the deliberate...

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Despite bankruptcy, USA Sevens are in good shape

Ben Jaycock talks to Mike Friday about his ten years with USA Sevens – and watching son Lucas Mike Friday recently...

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England aiming for a repeat success

By Ben Jaycock and James Orpin Break: Abby Dow scores against New Zealand and, inset, John Mitchell PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND...

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Outside centre best for Freeman -Burrell

■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER England centre Luther Burrell believes Tommy Freeman is best suited at outside centre and has the attributes...

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Christian Day confident new PGP deal will attract big guns

By Adam Hathaway Players' chief Christian Day predicts the new Professional Game Partnership agreement will help attract more foreign big guns...

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Quite right, Brendan, don’t indulge All Blacks

I couldn't agree more with Brendan Gallagher’s suggestion that we must stop indulging the All Blacks and their haka. He missed...

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Harlequins sign former 7s Player of the Year Rodrigo Isgro

Harlequins have announced the signing of 25-year-old Argentinian winger Rodrigo Isgro ahead of the 2024-25 season.

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Lousy law changes are killing the game

WORLD Rugby’s strategy to attract a new, younger, bigger audience to rugby union rests on a totally bankrupt plan currently being...

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Too much of a good thing can be overkill

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED "People might think it’s arrogant,” said Rian Oberholzer, the chief executive of the Springbok domain, just the...

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Nucifora shows the way forward

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Master: David Nucifora will start work with Scotland in December PICTURE: Getty Images...

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Hard to pin the blame on unions

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby...

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Once again, the world champs find a way to win

BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE scoreline would suggest a classic for the ages, the exuberant commentary team sounded like they were going to...

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Catch this team of nations on camera

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FLY on the wall sporting documentaries seem to...

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It’s going to be a thriller – van Graan

By Jon Newcombe Johann van Graan is predicting a Gallagher Premiership 2024/25 season to set pulses racing. Bath’s head of rugby...

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I’m feeling sorry for the Wallabies

AS an England supporter, I used to revel in Australia being beaten, mainly because it was so rare. However, now I’m...

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Move to Glasgow suits Schickerling

By Mark Stevens It wasn’t all that long ago that Patrick Schickerling was being ear-marked as a potential England bolter, a...

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It’s time to call for three-man scrum

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Uncontested scrums are a blight on the fifteens game, and my solution to...

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Stick or twist? The choice at 10

Paul Rees looks ahead to New Zealand's heavyweight matches against world champions South Africa The Rugby Championship title could be decided...

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Everyone’s on a different journey – so enjoy yours

Steve Hill puts the questions to Fred Pierrepont, below, the head coach at Worthing RFC Why did you get into coaching...

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Throwing the ball in straight at the lineout should be a given

IS there anybody out there who can explain to me, preferably in words of two syllables or less, the rationale behind...

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BBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games

By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes...

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South American sides facing unfair hurdles

AFTER World Rugby confirmed the qualification process for the 2027 World Cup, frustration among South American nations was tempered only by...

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No scrums? No problem for Springboks

BRENDAN GALLAGHER LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a...

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Road to next World Cup lacks jeopardy

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s...

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I can’t remember a thing after I was kicked in head

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE all take a break for the summer and thoughts of...

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LETTER: World Rugby made the game too complicated, attritional

This is a follow on from Raymond Howell’s letter in last weekend’s Rugby Paper about rugby's loss of wide appeal.

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Itoje has chance to captain the Lions

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025...

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Springboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate

By PAUL REES Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa .................... 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24,...

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Creevy & Co show England how it’s done

BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday,...

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Attack is becoming the new defence…

PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE GAME FASTER -AND CREATE MORE SPACE ON THE PITCH Class...

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How the sun keeps shining for Spain

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse PICTURE:...

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Revolution on a river cruise

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE CRUCIAL MEETINGS BEHIND THE BIRTH OF RUGBY’S WORLD CUP Brendan Gallagher tells the story of...

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Haydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level

As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and...

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LETTER: World Rugby allows scrums to be boring, dangerous

Jeff Probyn says that it takes a long time to learn the ‘dark arts’ of the scrum while David Flatman claims...

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Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...

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Why SVNS makes sense for the future

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in...

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Farrell loves it, says Robinson

■By JOE HARVEY JASON Robinson always knew that his Wigan Warriors teammate Andy Farrell would go onto great things as a...

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Build the future on front row brilliance

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE England U20 scrum is the best in the world, and in winning...

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Spain’s coming of age

ANALYSIS >> PAUL REES REPORTS ON THE CHALLENGES FACING EMERGING NATIONS TO REACH THE TOP...WHILE PROBLEMS MOUNT IN WALES Triumph: Spain...

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Richardis goes the distance with pearler of a kick

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Delight: Spain U20 celebrate victory over Fiji PICTURE:...

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Dominguez helped Italy break into rugby’s elite

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER TELLS HOW ITALY PLAYED THEIR WAY INTO THE TOP TIER OF EUROPEAN RUGBY Brendan Gallagher looks at...

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Top of the world

England U20s too strong for France in final showdown By BEN JAYCOCK Head coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as...

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Packer out to defend WXV crown in Canada

By PAUL EDDISON Marlie Packer enjoyed one of the greatest nights of her rugby career in the first edition of WXV...

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By WILLIAM GUPWELL England.................................................21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France...................................................13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10,...

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