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Anthony Watson reaps benefit of some elementary advice from his father

07/08/2019 23:01 - The England wing Anthony Watson said ‘a kick up the backside’ from his father was crucial in his battle back from long-term injury in time for the World Cup...

SPACE: RUGBY’s FINAL FRONTIER

06/08/2019 15:08 - The size of a rugby pitch has remained fairly constant since the game’s inception. The size of players on the other hand …. a study of NZ players showed that between 1947 and 2015 the average height and weight of players increased by 4% and 20% respectively. While the 4% height increase sounds suspiciously modest, it’s still the equivalent of reducing the size of the pitch by 4 ...

RICHES OR RUIN?

24/07/2019 10:18 - Is Rugby following the route to riches already taken by English Football? Readers of more advanced years will recall some thirty years ago when in the English professional football world the only difference between a Division 1 Club (Premiership) and a Division 2 Club (Championship) was the greater scale of trading losses in the higher division.  Yet today these clubs are making very large p...

Overseeing the development of Delon Armitage and Charlie Ewels has been one of my proudest achievements, says Toby Booth

05/07/2019 19:06 - Coach Toby Booth talks working with Gary Gold and nurturing Delon Armitage. News and opinion from The Rugby Paper - the UK's no.1 selling rugby title....

Anthony Watson to the fore in England's training ground social media footage

25/06/2019 19:46 - England's countdown towards the World Cup in Japan began this week at Pennyhill and RFU's social media footage has shown some previously injured players in fine fettle. ...

Q&A: Todd Blackadder goes on the record about his time at Bath

12/06/2019 17:10 - Todd Blackadder says he has no regrets about the lack of silverware. News and opinion from The Rugby Paper - the UK's no.1 selling rugby title....

Brumbies seal 24-35 win over Waratahs to maintain winning streak England U20's Alfie Barbeary suspended for five weeks Warren Gatland to take in charg

08/06/2019 19:54 - Brumbies remained at the top of the Australian Conference as they went on to defeat Waratahs 24-35 in their Super Rugby encounter at Bankwest Stadium on Saturday....

England U20's Alfie Barbeary suspended for five weeks Warren Gatland to take in charge of Barbarians against Wales Scotland international Chris Harris

07/06/2019 16:10 - England U20 hooker Alfie Barbeary has been suspended for five weeks following his red-card incident during the recently concluded World Rugby U20 Championship encounter against Ireland at Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada....