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/ 1 year agoCredit Borthwick for changing his approach
ENGLAND’s revival in their inspirational final Six Nations displays v Ireland and France thankfully should end the failed power rugby ethos...
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/ 1 year agoThat’s above expectations
WELL that was an agonising way for England to lose to France! So close! But three wins in this Six Nations,...
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/ 1 year agoWe are heading in the right direction
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk ENGLAND’S win against Ireland...
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/ 1 year agoThis is why you write off England at your peril
FOR any rugby neutral, England-Ireland would have been the game of the tournament. Take away the rivalries/stakes/bragging rights and stripping the...
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/ 1 year agoSo great to watch Cov win a thriller
LAST Saturday Coventry defeated Ealing at Butts Park Arena in an absolutely thrilling and pulsating match 34- 32, taking a bonus...
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/ 1 year agoLet’s drop gang of mercenaries
Sunday, March 10, 2024 SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk...
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/ 1 year agoUnwise for Prem to disappear from our sight
THE English top flight game during Six Nations time has disappeared, gone and is nowhere to be seen. The URC and...
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/ 1 year agoWe need proper England pathway
FOR England to have no regular and widespread stepping stone between club and country is plain mad. The new deal (on...
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/ 1 year agoTime to replace red-carded players
AFTER another international game is potentially ruined at the weekend by non-deliberate head contact it is time for a law change....
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/ 1 year agoNo relegation ‘embarrassing’ for the game
AS A fan of Coventry Rugby Club, I’m finding it increasingly awkward when I meet non-rugby fans or those attending their...
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/ 1 year agoHow can coaches be so optimistic?
I KNOW untimely injuries have not been helpful but what a disappointing showing over all three games (and quite a few...
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/ 1 year agoDump the old brigade, Steve
BRIAN Clough always told us: “Football is a simple game complicated by coaches. Ping the ball to teammates along the ground...
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/ 1 year agoDon’t lose players in France
BANNING players seeking a secure financial future across the Channel is self-defeating. Argentina would not have a competitive team if they...
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/ 1 year agoChamp sides can compete
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk UNLUCKY Ealing! They...
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/ 1 year agoDo players really know the laws?
PETER Jackson correctly says, “a defending team cannot charge from their goal line until the kicker moves in any direction”. Surely...
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/ 1 year agoEaling prop shows way
MANY top players have left England for financial, family or motivational reasons. With bankruptcies of four top clubs, disillusionment with national...
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/ 1 year agoTeams must take advantage quickly
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FURTHER to the comments...
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/ 1 year agoToo many forward passes are not being picked up
SIX games already played in this year’s Six Nations, and in the first five games the winning teams have benefited by...
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/ 1 year agoScotland deprived of a rightful win
SCOTLAND were robbed last weekend by pathetic refereeing from both the ref and the TMO in their game against France. Their...
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/ 1 year agoBarry was always class personified
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I HAD the great...
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/ 1 year agoAll contact areas must be a proper battle for the ball
THE offload is an important and exciting aspect of our game that should be encouraged, but Brendan Gallagher (TRP 28/01/24) is...
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/ 1 year agoPaton Field proving tough place to visit
AS one of the travelling blue and white faithful who witnessed Coventry RFC’s narrow 26-22 reverse up at Caldy last weekend,...
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/ 1 year agoClubs must unite to force real change
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU Email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IT strikes me the...
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/ 1 year agoEngland require clearer pathway to unearth gems
MANY rugby followers want to see the return of a clear player pathway for ambitious players within the community rugby structure....
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/ 1 year agoDon’t forget day job!
THE current phenomenon of wingers ‘looking for work’ in the middle of the pitch – exciting and productive as it can...
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/ 1 year agoBoard cause so many problems
THERE remain many problems in the structure of English rugby, all attributable to the Board of the RFU. To deal with...
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/ 1 year agoTime to rebuild RFU for the good of all
DURING my early 20s I played for an East Midlands club in Level 9. It was a great experience for a...
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/ 1 year agoSorry Chris, but we’re heading up another cul-de-sac
I KNOW it has been the season of goodwill, but Chris Hewett’s comment that the RFU is pointing in the right...
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/ 1 year agoTynedale player dies after fall
RUGBY SHORTS TYNEDALE centre Rory Cramb, below, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 26 following a fall. A statement...
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/ 1 year agoFlanagan gets backing from owners
DRAGONS coach Dai Flanagan has been backed by the club’s owners to fast-track a rebuild of the region after their 55-21...
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/ 1 year agoDuhan signs new deal
SCOTLAND winger Duhan van der Merwe has extended his contract with Edinburgh until June 2025. The 28-yearold South Africa-born player returned...
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/ 1 year agoWe need ‘whole game solution’
IT is significant that the latest statement by the Championship clubs, seeking to protect their position in the English rugby hierarchy,...
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/ 1 year agoCounty champs should return
BEN Coneybeare describes the ‘scintillating atmosphere’ at the recent Redruth versus Camborne Cornish derby in front of over 3,000 fans. Thanks...
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/ 1 year agoTV deal for Tier Two
WITH Coventry attracting a record crowd of 5,047 to Butts Park Arena for the Boxing Day clash with Nottingham, Ampthill RFC...
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/ 1 year agoPlaying against best in the world is good test
NOW we’re into the second year of the expanded Champions Cup, I thought I’d reflect on just how the inclusion of...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s time to address selection
WITH only 10 Premiership clubs – nearly all cash strapped with a salary cap to boot – does the England selection...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoWhen Merlene Ottey’s leotard grew nine sizes
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points NEW Year’s Eve and rugby always brings to...
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/ 1 year agoPointless playing such games
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk @therugbypaper.co.uk LAST Saturday my...
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/ 1 year agoSupport the survivors, not fallen
WHAT would be the point of resurrecting London Irish and Wasps? Wasps were never financially viable at High Wycombe or in...
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/ 1 year agoToxic social media
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THE recent decision by...
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/ 1 year agoToo close for comfort
I AM sure that we are all concerned at this season’s falling attendances at Premiership matches but there is a measure...
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/ 1 year agoQuite right, Jerry Time to cut subs
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk JEREMY Guscott was absolutely...
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/ 1 year agoGame is bigger than RFU Board and Premiership
THE more I learn of the dire situation English rugby finds itself in, the more I worry that our government is...
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/ 1 year agoDon’t give lifelines
IF Wasps, Worcester, and London Irish are gifted lifelines, then it would be an absolute disgrace – surely it can never...
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/ 1 year agoTime to have the same laws across the game
MANY thanks to Paul Rees for turning the spotlight onto the issue of tackle heights in the professional game, containing many...
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/ 1 year agoWe keep pressing self-destruct button
It is high time English rugby with its huge resources, in both player and financial terms, ceased pressing the wretched self-destruct...
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/ 1 year agoMake every head contact a red card
OCCASIONALLY the TMO makes the right decision. In the England v Argentina game (third place play-off), he very nearly cost England...
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/ 1 year agoLet’s learn from Boks
WHEN are we going to learn from the incredible success of South Africa winning the last two World Cups? How many...
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/ 1 year agoWe’d rate fourth, at best
ARE England really the third best in the world? Are they even the third best in the Six Nations? Well, the...
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/ 1 year agoAs Cloughie told us, do what I say or you’re out
ENGLAND supporters should not get too carried away by their much improved performance against South Africa in the World Cup semi-final....
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