All posts tagged "RFU"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSetting up for a super centenary
AMERSHAM & Chiltern have just finished one of the best seasons in the club’s history, with the first, seconds, col ts...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoPGP deal is nothing but a waste of time
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I can't help thinking that the new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) is...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoKata banned for three games after Dingwall tackle
Solomone Kata has received a three-match ban for his tackle on Fraser Dingwall that saw him red carded in the East...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCall to give support for Worcester revival
By BEN JAYCOCK Worcester Warriors’ Supporters Trust chairman Marcus Mulcahy is frustrated at the lack of empathy and support shown by...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoEnvious eyes fall on Leinster’s recruits
Leinster's ability to cherry-pick two of the 2023 World Cup final’s biggest stars, signing All Black centre Jordie Barrett to augment...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoJeff’s right, we must protect the grassroots
I COULDN’T agree more with Jeff Probyn highlighting the importance of the RFU being able to ensure a fair slice of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoHow Lomu changed the way we played
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT SEEMS the spectre of size has raised its head again with...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoKirkby survive difficult season
By BEN JAYCOCK Kirkby Lonsdale created headlines for suffering a pointless 2022/23 that included a 190-0 defeat but thanks to the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBrown: Red Roses must “stand up and be counted” at Twickenham
Ex-Red Roses prop and Harlequins legend Shaunagh Brown spoke of her excitement for England’s clash against Ireland at Twickenham this weekend,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoWomen’s Lions sponsors will provide funding to avoid imbalance
A £3 million grant funded by Royal London will attempt to provide more balance among the Home Nations, ensuring the women’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year ago500-day countdown to World Cup kick-off
By MARK STEVENS Excitement is building by the day as the countdown to Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 hit its...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoRFU needs a sense of proportion
The RFU has always maintained that promotion-relegation is sacrosanct, even though the RFU Council agreed in February 2021 to a so-called...
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Red Roses
/ 1 year agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury prop Mackenzie Carson
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: British Columbia, Canada Date of birth: 24/06/98 Community club: Abbotsford RFC Red Roses debut: vs Scotland March...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoDoncaster looking for revenge after Caldy’s December win
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Doncaster v Caldy Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Castle Park DONCASTER Knights are out for revenge after the Merseysiders...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoMore local derbies in the north would help
Former Richmond boss Steve Hill talks to Ben Woods, below, the head coach at Tynedale in National Two North Why did...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoChampions! Chinnor celebrate in fine style
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley .......... 0pts Chinnor..............52pts Tries: Walker 17, Curry 20, Hughes 22, 36, Passman 27, Warboys 38, 50,...
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Q&A
/ 1 year agoI’m really impressed by the ambition on show
Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to England men’s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury following a successful U18 Six Nations festival So, Jonathan three...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoWe need a fairer deal for all levels
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I cannot believe that there is any way an agreement between the...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoAcademy players could miss out after cuts
By TOM JEFFREYS Last week saw another nail pinned into the coffins of Worcester, Wasps and London Irish as the RFU...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBurns impressed by the new generation
By PAUL EDDISON IF those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it, then the future is promising for...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoRFU sorry for sin-bin mistake
The RFU has apologised after Harlequins lock Irne Herbst spent seven minutes in the sin-bin instead of 10 during a win...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoEngland need access to their overseas stars
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND and New Zealand, who meet in a two-Test series this summer, find themselves...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoTime to encourage ambitious clubs
IN a recent issue of The Rugby Paper, Jon Newcombe wrote that the RFU has emphasised its wish to make the...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoCalling all players!
HOW many more England players moving abroad will it take for the RFU to change their selection policy? I feel for...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoHavant so happy to be returning to the National League stage
By BEN JAYCOCK Director of rugby Rob Matthews and head coach Will Knight have witnessed the rise and fall of Havant,...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 1 year agoLondon Irish was just so full of real, good people
David Paice, the former England and London Irish hooker, looks back on his career in the game IT feels like a...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoEaster backing Friday games
By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor director of rugby Nick Easter has called for more Friday night matches to be played in National...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoHalliday: New deal is within our reach
By JON NEWCOMBE Calls for a further relaxation of Premiership ground capacity rules appear to be gathering momentum as the protracted...
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Coach to Coach
/ 1 year agoFree flowing rugby is my prime aim
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Amy Turner, former Red Roses front rower and current head...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoBath fume at Irne’s short time in the bin
By ADAM HATHAWAY Harlequins ....................... 40pts Tries: Estherhuizen 2, 48; Smith 14, Lynagh 23, Dombrandt 29, Evans 38 Conversions: Smith 3,...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoTime for club owners to come clean on plans
NICK CAIN - READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SEETHING financial undercurrents are undermining the main pillars of the game in...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoRed menace? Don’t get sent off in first place
A STRONG contender for the 2024 Quote of the Year award should be The Rugby Paper columnist Chris Hewett for his...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 31/03/24
Time is running out for the RFU‘s new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) to be agreed, and you can find the latest...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoStick with coaches, Dallaglio urges RFU
By GARY FITZGERALD Lawrence Dallaglio hopes the RFU have learned their lesson and will no longer jettison coaches too soon. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoRelegation saga still a shadow over game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is so much that makes so little sense in the English club...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoThe whistleblowers under the spotlight
Matthew Luddington talks to two referees at the lower end of the game about the trials of taking charge of a...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoLewis full of pride for his Titans in bid for promotion
By BEN JAYCOCK Losing just one game all season would usually be more than enough to finish first, but Rotherham Titans...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoRPNS7s – U18 Girls: Cardinal Newman celebrate double
Cardinal Newman beat Peter Symonds’ College in the final for a second year in a row to retain the girl’s cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoWoods to step down as Tynedale coach
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE Ben Woods’ time as head coach of Tynedale is coming to an end because the RFU...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoEngland A need to face ‘real’ Portugal
NICK CAIN Portugal face multiple champions Georgia in the Rugby Europe final at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris today, and...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoWe need to make most of this team
NICK CAIN The England U20s won their first Six Nations title since 2021 with a tremendous second-half effort in which they...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoAll set for a race to the finish
With the Premiership resuming next weekend, Paul Rees looks at how the runners and riders are gearing up The Premiership resumes...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoBeating Ealing proves anything is possible
Matthew Luddington talks to London Scottish flanker Jack Ingall about combining work and play in the Championship ANECDOTES from rugby’s amateur...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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World
/ 1 year agoJoseph third player confirmed by Barbarian F.C. for Killik Cup encounter
Jonathan Joseph will pull on the famous black and white hooped jersey of Barbarian F.C. for the first time in his...
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Nick Cain
/ 1 year agoEn garde, England
World rugby’s absurd international residency qualification of just three years should put the RFU on its guard that England will not...
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Red Roses
/ 1 year agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury back row Sarah Beckett
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Liverpool Date of birth: 14/02/99 Community club: Firwood Waterloo RFC Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2018...
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