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The Rugby Paper
Ospreys would be so magical with Liam
The Saracens salary cap scandal could have a positive outcome on the game in Wales with Liam Williams out of contract at the end of the season.
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November 10, 2019
The Rugby Paper
McNicholl will give North some competition
Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it must have seemed a mere matter of time before he became one himself.
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November 10, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Lions and Baa-baas lined up for Twickenham
THE Lions are planning to play the Barbarians at Twickenham for the first time since the Gareth Edwards-Phil Bennett era more than 40 years ago.
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November 10, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Assistant coaches could hold key to All Blacks job
As an All Black, Tony Brown played just 18 Tests and lived almost permanently in the shadow of one of the greatest New Zealand fly-halves of the modern era, Andrew Mehrtens.
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November 10, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Hardwick Shows Tigers Have Turned The Corner
It wasn't pretty but Leicester will not care how they achieved their first Premiership win of the season.
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November 3,2019
The Rugby Paper
Kolisi No.6 Shirt Brings Fresh Hope To A Troubled Land
Everybody recognises the power of the shirt, the passion and pride behind a nation’s national colours and jersey that has been handed down through the decades.
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November 3,2019
The Rugby Paper
Eddie Has To Stay For Four Years Or Go
Big matches are tough for a reason – they are so intense and full of pressure and that’s when you have to produce your best performance. England had done that until this final 80 minutes of asking.
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November 3,2019
The Rugby Paper
Sometimes You Never Know Just Why You've Lost, Admits Eddie
FRUSTRATED Eddie Jones predicted four years of pain for his England side after they hardly fired a shot in yesterday’s World Cup final defeat to South Africa.
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November 3,2019
The Rugby Paper
Set-piece Supremacy Has Ravers Rocking On
CALDY head coach Matt Cairns attributed his side’s hard-fought victory over Fylde to their dominance at the scrum and lineout as the hosts reduced the deficit at the top of the National League 2 North table.
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November 3,2019
The Rugby Paper
England Are Crushed By Iron Fist Of Mighty Boks
WELL, it didn’t go to the script and will have left England fans devastated.
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November 3,2019
The Rugby Paper
England Favourites But So Were All Blacks
Well, who would have guessed it was semifinals week with so many childish statements by all the teams involved?
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October 27, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Bordeaux Face Battle To Retain Radradra
Semi Radradra’s stock has never been higher than it is right now. After a slow start to the World Cup, the Fijian – a centre by trade who played on the wing in Japan – showed exactly what he is capable of against Georgia, and had pundits and fans alike purring in appreciation. Some even dubbed him “the world’s best player”.
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October 27, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Like Warren, I Dare To Dream Despite Injuries
FOR the neutral rugby fan it’s a great shame this morning’s World Cup semi-final between Wales and South Africa has been robbed of two big entertainers in Liam Williams and Cheslin Kolbe.
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October 27, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Rugby Gods Reduced To Rubble By Eddie's Heroes
EDDIE Jones called the All Blacks ‘rugby gods’ before yesterday’s semi-final.
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October 27, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Keep Improving To Be World Champs
LEADING into the World Cup England had become renowned as a team who start fast, build a lead but then tail off in the second-half following the Six Nations defeat to Wales and draw with Scotland.
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October 27, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Excellent Ollie Puts Dragons In Control
OLLIE Griffiths played a starring role as the Dragons condemned Glasgow to their third defeat of the PRO14 season with a comfortable victory at Rodney Parade.
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October 27, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Warburton red card still haunts me today
THERE is a picture of me after our 2011 World Cup semi-final defeat by France.
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October 20, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Rebirth of Hiroshima ignored by RWC
They began queuing in the rain at the Peace Memorial Park first thing on Friday morning, global pilgrims to the place where a blinding flash of light turned an entire city into a vast crematorium.
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October 20, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Now let Rhino loose on those All Blacks!
EDDIE JONES hailed Kyle Sinckler’s “rhino charge” of a try as he revelled in England’s thrashing of Australia and looked ahead to the semi-final clash with the All Blacks on Saturday.
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October 20, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Leitch is new hero for man in sumo suit
Nick Cain looks at the impact Japan’s World Cup giant-killing is having on the whole country.
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October 20, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Japan should join the Rugby Championship
Even as a Scot I was applauding Japan by the end of the match, but I do wonder whether people haven’t gone completely over the top in their praise of the Cherry Blossoms.
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October 20, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Owen And Billy Are Eddie Problems
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo to find Eddie Jones confronted by some big selectorial decisions
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Sadness Behind Klim's Big Journey
Alex Bywater talks to Namibia’s Lesley Klim about the problems he faced in his early life.
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Red Card Likely To End Aki's World Cup
IRELAND guaranteed their place in a quarter-final against either the All Blacks or South Africa, but it came at a price as Bundee Aki’s red card poured fresh fuel on the safe tackle debate.
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Radradra Has Been My Player Of The Tournament
Jeremy Guscott Outspoken And Unmissable...Every Week
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
My Hotel Was Swaying Like A Huge Concrete Tree
APART from the spatterings of rain on the glass window of my hotel room on the 29th floor of a city centre hotel in Tokyo yesterday morning, there was little sign of the highest category super typhoon to come.
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
It's A Shock But Eddie Did Warn Us Says Jamie
ENGLAND hooker Jamie George has backed head coach Eddie Jones’ inside knowledge of the Japanese way of life to give them a lift ahead of next week’s World Cup quarter-finals.
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Force Majeure... Life Is A Calculated Risk!
Brendan Gallagher recalls other cases when extreme weather or random events have affected sport
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October 13, 2019
The Rugby Paper
More tackle problems for Cheika's Wally-bies
AUSTRALIA cruised to a comfortable sixtry win over Uruguay but head coach Michael Cheika knows his side must improve if they are to be competitive in the quarter-finals.
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October 06, 2019
The Rugby Paper
Joker Eddie laughs off big Billy's injury scare
BILLY Vunipola gave England a World Cup injury scare when he was taken off at halftime in the 39-10 Pool C win over Argentina at Tokyo Stadium.
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