The Rugby Paper - August 04, 2024

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August 04, 2024

Bottom two ruled out of Prem Cup

NEWLY-promoted Chinnor and last year's bottom Championship side Cambridge are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.

1 min

Uren: We must learn from Olympic setback

EMMA Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a ground Olympic breaking campaign after they finished seventh at Paris 2024.

2 mins

A bundle of energy - the best around

Simon Thomas talks to Sir Gareth Edwards, rated by many as the greatest rugby player of all time, about the brilliance of Antoine Dupont

4 mins

Care calls for more free-to-air TV games

DANNY Care says free-to-air television coverage is essential if rugby is to grow its audience and avoid other clubs going under.

2 mins

'Sir Dicky' is delighted be knighted by the King

IN terms of Rugby Royalty, Richard Dicky' Evans certainly ranks among the historical greats.

2 mins

Thomas urges U20s to push on to the next level

AS the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and potential.

3 mins

Salvi adding steel to Georgia defence

WHEN it comes to taking on a challenge, Julian Salvi has never been backwards in coming forwards and he's relishing his latest one as Georgia's defence coach.

3 mins

Golden girls put in final flourish

NEW Zealand proved themselves undisputed queens Olympic 7s by beatof ing Canada at the Stade de France to secure their second gold medal in a row.

1 min

Hastings opens up options for Townsend

IF YOU were to ask different Scottwo land fans for their assessment of the tour of the Americas, you would be forgiven if you thought they hadn't seen any of the same matches.

3 mins

Why SVNS makes sense for the future

Rugby sevens-or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in rebranding it used to be known as \"the short game\".

3 mins

Farrell loves it, says Robinson

JASON Robinson always knew that his Wigan Warriors teammate Andy-Farrell would go onto great things as a coach he just did not realise that it would be in a different code.

2 mins

Call me The Stag - but I was stuck with Bambi

IT'S been great watching the Rugby Sevens at the Olympics just now.

6 mins

Good to see women winning more awards

It WAS disappointing that Team GB women's sevens side were unable to get any medals that we all thought they would. With a number of the team from England's World Cup runners-up squad in the 15s game, it was almost unthinkable that they would not get a medal of some sort.

4 mins

Jaminet appeals against long ban

FRANCE international Melvyn Jaminet is to appeal against a 34week suspension and €30,000 fine imposed by the FFR's disciplinary committee for posting a video to social media during the July tour of Argentina and Uruguay in which he made racist comments.

4 mins

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