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Chris Hewett

/ 9 months ago

Robertson needs to redress the balance

Chris Hewett Thinking allowed It was a cheap shot, admittedly, but only a pacifist or a fool would spurn the opportunity...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Boulton’s respect for game he loves

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW COLIN Boulton of Derby County stands astride the Himalayan peaks of Football League...

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Features

/ 9 months ago

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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

When the French were sent packing

BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON WHY FRANCE ENDED UP SPENDING 16 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS Brendan Gallagher looks back on ‘The Rupture’ when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Despite everything, it all worked out pretty well in the end

RUGBY has never been good with the unintended consequences of change and the knock on effects were considerable. Let’s go through...

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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

FRANCE’S LAST STAND

Les Blues played their last Championship game for 16 years on April 6 1931 – Easter Monday – although at the...

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BUCS Super Rugby

/ 9 months ago

Young Guns – Ben Coen

Young Guns - England u20 fly-half Ben Coen, by Ben Jaycock Ben Coen has enjoyed an incredible season that saw him...

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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Rae: Good to see promotion back

By BEN JAYCOCK WITH promotion a realistic possibility for Championship clubs heading into the new season it has created renewed excitement...

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Premiership

/ 9 months ago

Northampton given tough route in cup

PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton have been drawn alongside big rivals Leicester, Coventry and Nottingham in pool two of the 2024/25 Premiership Rugby...

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Features

/ 9 months ago

The culture of playing through pain has got to stop – it is so outdated

Barney Davies, a 24-year-old who retired from the game with concussion issues, is urging a new approach The stigma around toughness...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

La Rochelle hit lucky

It was a while ago, now, but French rugby watchers with longer memories may recall the other Top 14 semi-final between...

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English Championship

/ 9 months ago

Matt Gallagher Foundation: Charity cricket match entertains

Bumper crowds supported a charity all-star cricket match between The Matt Gallagher Foundation and Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club last week.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Exeter Chiefs lose captain Dafydd Jenkins for start of Premiership

Exeter Chiefs have been dealt a second injury blow ahead of the new Premiership season with lock Dafydd Jenkins sidelined.

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 9 months ago

Coventry face rivals Birmingham Moseley in first pre-season game

Coventry are only a week out from their first pre-season game against Birmingham Moseley and the pulse is starting to quicken.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 months ago

Aussies on a long road to recovery

EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Classy Jordan shows the way as All Blacks get back in old routine

By ADAM HATHAWAY New Zealand................... 42pts Tries: McKenzie 6, Savea 17, Clarke 24, Jordan 30, 42; B Barrett 36 Conversions: McKenzie...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Once again, Pumas fail to back it up

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Running riot: All Blacks No.8 Ardie Savea ONE of the most question able truisms in rugby is that wet...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Etzebeth glad to see the depth in squad

EBEN Etzebeth was delighted to secure back-toback victories and is eagerly anticipating their New Zealand showdown in a fortnight. Etzebeth, who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

Boks put on the burners to deck Aussies

By BEN JAYCOCK Australia............................ 12pts Penalties: Lolesio 3, 21, 36, 47 South Africa .....................30pts Tries: Fassi 17, van Staden 43, Marx...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 9 months ago

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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Poor terrestrial coverage is doing the game no favours

NICK CAIN THE NFL has infiltrated free-to-air broadcast channels in the UK, such as the BBC and ITV, using weekly content...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 9 months ago

Age of protectionism must come to an end

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Powered up: Argentina scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou celebrates victory over the All Blacks last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 9 months ago

Glad to see clock ticking on scrum

CHRIS HEWETT THOSE of us who have spent our entire careers writing against deadline know all there is to know about...

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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Prop Tayack returns after horror year

By MIKE SINCLAIR JAY Tayack, grateful to be back fit and healthy, was unveiled to supporters as Cornish Pirates’ latest signing...

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Features

/ 9 months ago

Playing England 7s was an incredible experience

MY LIFEIN RUGBY MARK BRIGHT THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND TASMAN, REDRUTH, LONDON SCOTTISH, RICHMOND & EALING TRAILFINDERS BACK ROW,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 months ago

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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Latest News

/ 9 months ago

The good, bad and the ugly…

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and...

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Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Halliday: I’m proud of united approach

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE SIMON Halliday has left his role as chairman of the Championship Clubs’ board both proud and frustrated...

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Latest News

/ 10 months ago

We must all share the blame -Youngs

By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar...

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Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Easter ‘appalled’ by Prem Cup exclusion

By JON NEWCOMBE NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup...

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Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Matthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes

By BEN JAYCOCK REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy...

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Letters

/ 10 months ago

LETTER: RFU not helping English rugby

Steve Borthwick is doing a great job in charge of the national side as are his players and our recent U20...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 months ago

DREAM TEAM

STUART CORSAR, THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM & DONCASTER PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......

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The Rugby Championship

/ 10 months ago

Erasmus: We didn’t cherish ball and look after it like gold

AFTER easing past Australia with a phenomenal all-court game in Brisbane, South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus is expecting a reaction...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 10 months ago

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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The Rugby Championship

/ 10 months ago

Whisper it, but these Boks may deserve our love

BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many of you out there, often to be found in the noisy corner of X, who don’t...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 months ago

FANTASY RUGBY 2024/25

PRIZE MONEY WINNER £500 SECOND £250 THIRD £125 LAST £250 MANAGER OF THE MONTH £25 SECOND £10 THIRD £5 LAST £10...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Seven-try Pirates put Redruth to the sword

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates....47pts Redruth..................... 5pts THE full-timers of Cornish Pirates proved too strong for their National 2 West neighbours...

By The Rugby Paper Team