The Rugby Paper - August 11, 2024
The Rugby Paper - August 11, 2024
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August 11, 2024
We must all share the blame -Youngs
BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar who exited as head coach in June.
3 mins
Halliday: I'm proud of united approach
SIMON Halliday has left his role as chairman of the Championship Clubs’ board both proud and frustrated by his 12 months in the role.
6 mins
Easter ‘appalled' by Prem Cup exclusion
NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup as “appalling and astonishing.”
3 mins
Matthews stepping into Pellegrini shoes
REPLACING World Cup star Pat Pellegrini could be perceived as a daunting prospect but Coventry new signing Tommy Matthews is confident he's up to the challenge.
2 mins
I'm at Tigers for the long haul - Cheika
TROUBLE-shooter Michael Cheika has told Leicester fans he is not just a quick fix merchant and is hoping to be in it for the long haul in the Midlands.
3 mins
Summerhill in hunt for a new deal
AS he comes to terms with being unemployed, Aled Summerhill admits he has taken a gamble, but is standing by his decision.
2 mins
Diamond: We'll be fit and raring to go
STEVE Diamond insists Newcastle Falcons will be fit for purpose when they kick off the new Premiership season at home to Bristol on Friday, September 20.
2 mins
RFU must learn from Olympic gold rush
THE Paris Olympics should have rammed home an urgent reminder to the RFU that English rugby has to invest in an equivalent of the World Class Programme that has underpinned the significant increase in the number of Olympic medals – especially gold – at the last five games.
3 mins
What counts is how the money is spent
IT WAS a close-run thing but, after crunching the numbers harder than a caffeine-fuelled psephologist on election night, we can now predict the following with a high degree of confidence: there is more chance of Dan Cole outperforming Simone Biles on the uneven bars than of a badged and blazered rugger chap from some swanky corner of the shires erasing the word \"Twickenham\" from his vocabulary.
3 mins
Berry's briefest of brief encounters...
TEN summer Olympiads have come and all but gone since Marty Berry went off on a sprint which made Noah Lyles' in Paris the other night feel a bit sluggish.
2 mins
The matchday vibe in Bath was awesome
I DIDN’T play rugby until I was 16, I was swimmer for most of my childhood in Pembrokeshire and I played cricket but athletics was the big one for me – I threw the discus.
6 mins
How the sun keeps shining for Spain
IT'S been an outstanding summer for Spain... and the good news keeps coming. Last month Los Leones embarked on a first-ever tour of the Pacific and recorded an historic 29-20 win over Tonga in Nuku'alofa, not to mention a narrow 34-30 defeat against Samoa in Apia the previous week.
2 mins
New owners keen to inspire Bournemouth
BOURNEMOUTH Rugby Club, who currently play in Regional 2 South Central, at the sixth tier of the English rugby union system, are set to take a major leap into the future following a successful acquisition.
1 min
Sponsorship deal will really help grassroots
THE news that the cabbage patch is to get a name change which will ensure increased funds for the grassroots game for at least four years, has to be a really good thing.
2 mins
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Publisher: Greenways Publishing
Category: Sports
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Rugby Paper, the UK's number 1 selling rugby title, brings you exclusive stories, reports and features on your device, published in exceptional clarity. It contains renowned journalists such as Nick Cain and Peter Jackson, and famous former players as columnists including Jeremy Guscott and Jeff Probyn. Published every Sunday, The Rugby Paper covers Rugby Union from national teams and Premiership / Rabo Direct down to grass roots.
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