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Features
/ 5 months agoPlaying rugby was a free passport to travel – Maurie Fa’asavalu
My Life in Rugby - Maurie Fa'asavalu THE FORMER SAMOA RU, GREAT BRITAIN RL, HARLEQUINS, OYONNAX AND ST HELENS PLAYER, WHO...
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Features
/ 5 months agoYoung Guns – Chester Owen, Coventry
Chester Owen, Coventry Back Rower Chester Owen bounced back from his release by boyhood club Leicester Tigers, starring for Coventry this...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 months agoHenry Arundell lines up England return
By Sam Jackson Henry Arundell, one of rugby’s most exciting talents, is poised to join Bath next season from Stuart Lancaster’s...
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Dream Team
/ 5 months agoDream Team – Josh Davies
JOSH DAVIES, THE FORMER WALES U20s, EALING, LONDON WELSH & BARNES SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 5 months agoElite show struggling to fit in
AFTER A GRIM WEEKEND FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SIDES, PAUL REES ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT THE CHAMPIONS CUP...
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Features
/ 5 months agoElite show struggling to fit in
AFTER A GRIM WEEKEND FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SIDES, PAUL REES ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT THE CHAMPIONS CUP...
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Features
/ 5 months agoElite show struggling to fit in
AFTER A GRIM WEEKEND FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SIDES, PAUL REES ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT THE CHAMPIONS CUP...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 months agoAlfie Petch on the move
Gloucester prop Alfie Petch has signed a short-term loan deal at Cornish Pirates. The 24-year-old played for the Pirates during 2022-23...
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Features
/ 5 months agoI always wanted to play an exciting form of rugby
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION...
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Features
/ 5 months agoI always wanted to play an exciting form of rugby
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION...
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Features
/ 5 months agoI always wanted to play an exciting form of rugby
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION...
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Features
/ 5 months agoEngland must find a way to deliver
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for us all to look forward...
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Features
/ 5 months agoEngland must find a way to deliver
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for us all to look forward...
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Features
/ 5 months agoEngland must find a way to deliver
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for us all to look forward...
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Features
/ 5 months agoISRAEL AKINROWO
YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS CENTRE Proud West Countryman Israel Akinrowo fell in love with rugby at Devonport Services where he blossomed...
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Features
/ 5 months agoISRAEL AKINROWO
YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS CENTRE Proud West Countryman Israel Akinrowo fell in love with rugby at Devonport Services where he blossomed...
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Features
/ 5 months agoISRAEL AKINROWO
YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS CENTRE Proud West Countryman Israel Akinrowo fell in love with rugby at Devonport Services where he blossomed...
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Podcast
/ 5 months agoS4, E16: Rugby Paper Podcast 2024 Awards and Champions Cup debate
In our last episode of 2024, the gang is back together in full force. Host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoRonan O’Gara keeps on driving La Rochelle
Mark Stevens talks to the former Ireland No.10 about his plans in France - and what could happen next In the...
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Dream Team
/ 5 months agoDream Team – Peter Altham
PETER ALTHAM, THE FYLDE, LANCASHIRE AND FORMER WHARFEDALE AND PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 5 months agoBeating Dean and the ABC club was a high
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SARACENS & LONDON WELSH FLY-HALF ANDY LEE IT was more through luck than judgement that I...
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Features
/ 5 months agoYOUNG GUNS
KEALAN FREEMAN-PRICE GLOUCESTER HOOKER Kealan Freeman-Price recently made a bold switch from back row to hooker but the Gloucester forward is...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoI’m getting there, says Jack Kenningham
By Cameron Stephens - From the Rugby Paper Podcast Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham is grateful to be fit and firing this...
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Podcast
/ 5 months agoS4, E15: Jack Kenningham talks Champions Cup, Ilona Maher, England prospects and Harlequins Big Game 16
Join us for this week’s episode of the Rugby Paper Podcast as Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham joins host Ollie Little and...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoWinners? It’s hard to look beyond Toulouse – Chris Robshaw
Paul Rees talks to Chris Robshaw about the Champions Cup - and why he rates England’s chances in the Six Nations...
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Dream Team
/ 5 months agoDream Team – Charles Rylands
CHARLES RYLANDS, THE AMPTHILL AND FORMER BEDFORD BLUES AND CARDIFF MET FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 5 months agoAll eyes now set on 2025
Paul Rees looks forward to what happens next in the international arena after a demanding Autumn Series Coming man: Sam Prendergast...
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Features
/ 5 months agoSailing around the Med for a year is next for me – Tyler Ardron
My Life in Rugby TYLER ARDRON THE CANADA FORWARD, CURRENTLY AT CASTRES, WHO PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR OSPREYS AND THE CHIEFS In...
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Features
/ 5 months agoRFU Council must make a stand for whole game
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game Now the Autumn Nation Series is over – with all...
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Features
/ 5 months agoJACKKINDER
YOUNG GUNS LEICESTER TIGERS WINGER Having transitioned from football, Jack Kinder immediately fell in love with the physical nature of rugby,...
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Podcast
/ 5 months agoS4, E14: Autumn Series ends and British & Irish Lions tour taking shape with Sean Maloney
A jam-packed Autumn Series has come to an end, with Australia pushing hosts Ireland right to the limit in Dublin on...
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Features
/ 5 months agoSpringboks going to need a bigger trophy cabinet …
Peter Jackson looks back on a season where, once again, South Africa proved to be the best team on the planet...
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Features
/ 5 months agoTime for big guns to deliver in the Six Nations
PAUL REES ASSESSES THE FORM OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, WALES AND ITALY IN THE BUILDUP TO THE SIX NATIONS ENGLAND Result:...
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Dream Team
/ 5 months agoDream Team – Grant Hughes
GRANT HUGHES, THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND STIRLING COUNTY WING, NOW WITH CHINNOR, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 months agoGood to see the Eagles soaring again
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points - By Brendan Gallagher That's a wrap for the autumn...
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Features
/ 5 months agoAll my energy is the going into Beziers
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JOHNNY HOWARD THE FORMER NORTHAMPTON, BEZIER AND ENGLAND SEVENS SCRUM-HALF IT’S a dream to be a part-share owner...
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Features
/ 5 months agoOSCAR WILSON
YOUNG GUNS SARACENS CENTRE Oscar Wilson hopes to make it onto Mark Mapletoft’s radar this season and then make the transition...
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Podcast
/ 6 months agoS4, E13: England Autumn Series review with Topsy Ojo
England got back to winning ways with a routing of Japan at Twickenham on Sunday. However, after five consecutive defeats prior,...
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Features
/ 6 months agoIf someone thinks I’m an a***, they can switch off
Paul Rees talks to James Haskell, the former England flanker, about being part of The Good, The Bad & The Rugby...
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Features
/ 6 months agoFor England, it’s a mind game
PAUL REES SAYS THE POTENTIAL IS THERE IN BORTHWICK’S TEAM-BUT BOTH PLAYERS AND COACHES NEED TO RELEASE IT BEFORE the start...
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Features
/ 6 months agoBeing a Lion was the highlight of my career
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BOB HILLER THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS, ENGLAND, SURREY AND HARLEQUINS FULL-BACK IPLAYED 19 games and scored...
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Features
/ 6 months agoYOUNG GUNS
FRANKLINMcMILLAN HARLEQUINS CENTRE Franklin McMillan only started taking rugby seriously at 14 but feels his fast development is down to spending...
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Features
/ 6 months agoBenson enjoys some extra expert tuition
TRP By PAUL REES Probyn: England should get the win we have all wanted >> Page 39 JAMIE Benson has returned...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoS4, E12: Nemani Nadolo on England’s struggles, Fiji’s backline and the best wingers in the world
Three weeks into the Autumn internationals and England and Wales both remain winless. Question marks hang over Steve Borthwick and Warren...
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Dream Team
/ 6 months agoDream Team – Jimmy Gopperth
JIMMY GOPPERTH, THE FORMER WELLINGTON, HURRICANES, BLUES, NEWCASTLE, LEINSTER, WASPS AND LEICESTER PLAYMAKER, WHO IS STILL GOING STRONG AT AIX-EN-PROVENCE, CHOOSES...
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Features
/ 6 months agoI am calm and loving my life, says Danny Cipriani
Paul Rees talks to the former England No.10 as he agrees to put his boots on one final time to help...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 months agoChalking off White’s try was a mistake
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER No try: Ben White’s touchdown was ruled out...
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Features
/ 6 months agoCoach who gave Hastings brothers their debuts
THERE was a time when the strength of rugby in the Borders was a weathervane for Scottish rugby generally. That period...
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Features
/ 6 months agoBeziers begin to get act together
THESE are hectic and tumultuous times at once-great Beziers. We recently reported that two charges of domestic abuse by Beziers players...
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Features
/ 6 months agoGatland’s second coming struggles to lift Welsh spirits
PAUL REES HEARS CRITICISM OF THE WALES COACH MOUNT AS HE PREPARES FOR TODAY’S VISIT OF AUSTRALIA TO CARDIFF Under pressure:...