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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSad to see Thomas go
HENRY Thomas has been blighted by injury during his time at Bath but it is still a shame he is leaving...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
TOM HOLMES, THE FORMER SALE SHARKS, ROTHERHAM TITANS AND NOTTINGHAM LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSharks get a roll on to stifle Lions
Lions ................21 Sharks ............33 THE Sharks will meet the Bulls in next weekend’s Rainbow Cup SA finale after coming away from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoThis would be one of the worst days for our rugby
THE big issue in English rugby in the immediate future will be the RFU Council meeting to sanction, or not to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoWe must heed Baron’s warning over ring-fence
Concern: Francis Baron FAIR play to Francis Baron for speaking out against the proposed ringfencing for the Premiership in Nick Cain's...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoConnacht chance torpedoed by Papali’i red card
By JOHN FALLON Benetton ........20 Connacht ........12 ABRAHAM Papali’i was sent off for the third time since his debut in August...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDragon’s early fire smothered by Glasgow
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dragons..............16pts Tries: Owen 16 Conversions: S Davies 13 Penalties: S Davies 21, 77 Drop goals: D Davies 31...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoKnox grabs late winner to keep Munster in running
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............31pts Tries: N Scannell 30, 37, Wycherley 35, Knox 75 Conversions: Carbery 30, 36, 38, 75 Penalties:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGeorge is pulling up trees
Kyran Bracken reports on his progress of turning Wanstead No.9 George Hardy into a professional inside 12 months It is almost...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoBananas, what can happen with belief
George Hardy says: HOW surreal it felt to be back surrounded by 20 other players in training rather than working with...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoMacKay’s motto uniting Caerau Ely
ALEX BYWATER talks to Liam Mackay, a reformed man looking to make a difference For most of the last year, the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoAussies win one at last to make it 13-1 to the Kiwis
TRANS-TASMAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK SUPER Rugby AU sides won their first match of the Trans-Tasman as the Queensland Reds defeated the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoJapan changing the game to attain top tier status
By PAUL REES RUGBY in Japan is preparing for a shakeup next year designed to make its top league fully professional,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSoft red cards are killing the game
AS WE approach the end of an extremely disappointing season, I am on the brink of ceasing paying any future premium...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGreat to be back, despite the result!
I WAS one of the lucky 1,400 welcomed back to the Butts Park Arena for the first time in 14 months...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoFord can drive new era of Tigers glory
I REMEMBER watching the 2012 Challenge Cup final at The Stoop, cheering Jonny Wilkinson’s Toulon in a losing cause against Biarritz....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoRadical solution to the everlasting scrum problem
SCRUMS currently take too long with too many restarts, but any attempt to alter the laws runs the risk of fundamentally...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoFeel for Ealing, big ask to beat Test XV
WITH Alex Goode and Nick Tompkins bolstering the ranks, Saracens surely cannot be beaten again this season. Only the most romantic...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoKruis looks to get Savage in Japan
TOP LEAGUE FINAL PREVIEW THERE are 5954 miles between London and Tokyo, yet two Englishmen hold the key to today’s Top League...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoOne point ends Bulls hopes of unbeaten season
SOUTH AFRICA RAINBOW CUP By ADAM ELLIS A GUTSY performance from the Lions ended the Bulls’ pursuit of an invincible season, as Jake...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoConnacht complete first-ever away day hat-trick
By JOHN FALLON Munster ..........20 Connacht ........24 CONNACHT coach Andy Friend said his first win over Munster was sweet, not least...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoWarriors make it a derby double
Edinburgh..............24 Glasgow ................31 GLASGOW defeated Edinburgh for the second week in a row led by good showings from fullback Adam Hastings,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoCrowley’s men clear at the top
Benetton................34 Zebre ......................27 BENETTON enhanced their status as the unlikely pace-setters in the Rainbow Cup with victory over Zebre in Treviso....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGas man Dyer fuels his fire with tips from Olympic ace
By ALEX BYWATER PREVIEW... Dragons v Ospreys Today. Kick-off 1pm, Rodney Parade RED-HOT Dragons wing Rio Dyer says speed tips from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoHenshaw at heart of gritty Leinster fightback
By DECLAN ROONEY Leinster ..........21 Connacht ........17 ROBBIE Henshaw survived censure for a possible high tackle to produce a man of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDu Plessis wins it for Stormers
Lions ......................37 Stormers................39 THE Stormers stunned the Lions with a lastgasp penalty sealing a comeback victory for the visitors at Ellis...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoUnbeaten Bulls go on rampage
Bulls........................43 Sharks ......................9 A VINTAGE performance from Bok veteran Morne Steyn helped the Bulls trounce the Sharks and remain the only...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoIt’s a whitewash for rampant Kiwis
TRANS-TASMAN ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK NEW ZEALAND sides dominated the opening round of the Trans-Tasman competition, whitewashing the Aussies by winning five...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoFukuoka repays the faith of Deans
JAPAN TOP LEAGUE THE Panasonic Wild Knights’ crushing 48-21 win over Toyota Verblitz in Osaka yesterday left the star Japanese winger...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGive the game back to genuine people
SO the RFU have decided to drop the Saxons name and replace it with England A – which is fine –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoEnglish rugby must not be hostage to top-flight cartel
PREMIERSHIP clubs have created the perfect scam at the expense of the rest of England’s clubs. Until the early 1990s, players...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoRFU always led the way for diversity
I’VE known RFU Past President John about 25 years, and I know of no one as committed and pro-active to rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT RILEY, THE SEDGLEY PARK AND FORMER SALE & ENGLAND U21S CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoLondon Irish aim to join Premier 15s with new women’s team
The RFU will complete another audit before setting out a new Premier 15s cycle ready for the 2023-24 season
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDavies and Halfpenny spurred by Lions snub
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ............22pts Tries: Jeffries 39 Conversions: Halfpenny 40 Penalties: Halfpenny 18, 26, 35, 44, 76 Ospreys ................6pts Penalties:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGatland prepares for a massive air raid
Nick Cain assesses the Lions squad of 37 selected by Warren Gatland Outstanding in the air: Dan Biggar PICTURES: Getty Images...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSharks beat two yellows and the Lions
RAINBOW CUP ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON THE SHARKS made it two wins from two in the Rainbow Cup SA with a 34-26...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoMo’unga sparks five-in-row Crusaders
NEW ZEALAND ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK SCOTT Robertson’s Crusaders secured a fifth straight title with a hard fought 24-13 victory over Chiefs...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoUgo will be continuing the work we started
John Owen MBE, past president of the RFU, writes about the new call for diversity I WRITE to you in relation...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoCounty Cup would promote diversity
TO aid Ugo Monye in making the game more inclusive and reduce the dependence of the RFU on Premiership academies and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoMistake for Lions to pick so many specialist wingers
VERSATILITY earned Elliot Daly his place on plane to the South Africa, by the skin of his teeth after a mediocre...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoMust address drop in playing numbers
NATURALLY, many articles in these pages are about the Big Beasts in our sport: the RFU’s handling of the PGA and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
JON SLEIGHTHOLME, THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH AND NORTHAMPTON WING CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Gary...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoBowe: Gatland knows what he is leaving behind in Johnny Sexton
Two-time tourist Tommy Bowe considers why Johnny Sexton was omitted from the British & Irish Lions squad
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoFour major broadcasters turn down Lions tour documentary rights
The British & Irish Lions have not been able to reach an agreement to show their 'Living with the Lions' documentary...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoWho is really to blame for player release furore?
I AM always fascinated by the furore that now precedes Lions tours and I always come back to the all-pervading influence...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoRed card puzzler
I’M BEMUSED by punishments handed out for red cards. Rob du Preez gets three weeks for a blatant tip-tackle; Ben Obano...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoNo patch on Bob
I WAS pleased to note that Danny Care and Mike Brown were rightly praised for reaching 300 and 350 games for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoResilient Roses are example for Eddie
WHAT an incredible match between England and France last weekend for the Women’s Six Nations Championship. Nervous starts and failing lineouts...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
ROB HARDWICK, THE FORMER ENGLAND, COVENTRY, LONDON IRISH & LA ROCHELLE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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