English Gallagher Premiership

• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Fijian Josh Matavesi can lead the Worcester Warriors great offensive

  Worcester boss Richard Hill reckons Josh Matavesi could provide the X-Factor to spark the Warriors’ backline into life. Hill’s men struggled...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Premiership preview (3 days to go): London Irish, Bath, Gloucester

  With the start of the Aviva Premiership only three days away, we take a look at what lays ahead for the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Loyal Matt Smith content to be an unsung hero at Leicester Tigers

  No player better embodies the qualities of the archetypal Leicester player than Matt Smith – Tigers through and through, massively appreciated...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Alex Gray hopes fast start can earn green light at London Irish

  London Irish No.8 Alex Gray is hoping for ‘second season syndrome’ in reverse as he looks to put a disappointing first...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Premiership preview (4 days to go): Worcester, London Wasps, London Welsh

  With the start of the Aviva Premiership only four days away, we take a look at what lays ahead for the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  “I’m more than just a fast mover,” says Wasps winger Christian Wade

  Wasps winger Christian Wade is sick of being labelled simply a speed merchant and is determined to prove he has more...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Saracens Andy Saull working to build same power as Jacques Burger

  English rugby has been crying out for a classic openside who can link play in the loose, turn over the ball...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  New Exeter signing Ian Whitten is out to prove he’s not just a stop-gap

  Ian Whitten spent last season stepping in whenever needed at Ulster – now at Exeter he intends to make himself part...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Prop stars give Worcester’s Matt Mullan best of both worlds

  Mentored by Phil Vickery at Worcester and Graham Rowntree with England – Matt Mullan doesn’t have to look too far for...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  “I’ve come South to toughen myself up,” says Scotland giant Richie Gray

  Richie Gray wants to emulate boyhood hero Martin Johnson and become a master of the dark arts of forward play following...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  ‘Battered’ Sale Shark flanker Hendre Fourie in battle to play again

  England flanker Hendre Fourie has suffered another setback in his comeback from a debilitating shoulder injury. The 32-year-old admits that the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Cipriani and Gray to make Sale debuts

  Danny Cipriani and Richie Gray are set to make their Sale debuts after being selected among the replacements for tomorrow’s friendly...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Waldouck handed first Saints start against Leinster

  New Northampton Saints signing Dominic Waldouck has been selected to make his home debut for his new club in tomorrow’s pre-season...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Gary Gold and Bath look at tie-up with Super Rugby side

  Bath are considering forming an alliance with a Super Rugby side in a groundbreaking move which could involve trans-hemisphere player swaps....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Reformed Shark Andy Powell is the new ‘Sebastien Chabal’

  Sale Sharks are to extend Andy Powell’s contract in recognition of the Welshman’s emergence as ‘the new Sebastian Chabal.’ The Premiership‘s...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Elliot Daly’s rise means Dai Young won’t miss Dominic Waldouck

  The emergence of Elliot Daly as a star for Wasps this year made director of rugby Dai Young‘s decision to let...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Step aside you Brownlees rugby has the Claassens

  The Brownlee brothers have provided no shortage of excitement with their Olympic triathlon exploits but rugby will be able to enjoy...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  London Welsh: “We’ll stick to our principles”

  Ed Jackson believes the culture at London Welsh this season will not change despite the arrival of a host of foreign...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Let me wing it like Alesana says new Tiger Adam Thompstone

  Alesana Tuilagi racked up more than a half-century of tries for Leicester at an average of better than one every three...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  London Welsh capture hard men Kirill Kulemin and Paulica Ion

  London Welsh have plunged into the European transfer market and signed a pair of international forwards born behind the then Iron...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Ben Ryan asks: Can Ashton adapt to Sevens in time?

  Chris Ashton and Alex Goode’s interest in being included in Great Britain’s Sevens squad for the 2016 Olympics Sevens has been...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Saracens talisman Schalk Brits is hooked on helping talented young guns

  Saracens hooker Schalk Brits says he expects to take an occasional     backseat at the club this season to accommodate the development...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Long wait is over for new Gloucester prop Huia Edmonds

  Hedging his bets in trying to reach the Premiership and play for Australia in the World Cup almost scuppered Gloucester hooker...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Rugby League ace Martin Gleeson ready to switch to Rugby Union

  Great Britain Rugby League centre Martin Gleeson is ready to switch codes and follow the Union trail blazed by Jason Robinson...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  George Ford has the attitude to be a truly great No10 says Dave Alred

  In just under 18 months Dave Alred had transformed golfer Luke Donald from world No 32 in the rankings to world...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Bath call in Jason Robinson to mentor Kyle Eastmond

  Cross-code legend Jason Robinson is mentoring Kyle Eastmond in a bid to help the former St Helens and England RL man...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Saracens pair will push for role in Rio 2016 Olympics

  England duo Chris Ashton and Alex Goode are prepared to put their Premiership careers on hold when Sevens makes its inaugural...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  I was fed up facing the same teams all the time says Jersey new boy Richard Haughton

  Richard Haughton has revealed how he turned down offers to remain in the Premiership in favour of a move to Championship...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  New captain Declan Danaher reveals six players will run the London Irish ship

  Declan Danaher, after 13 years at Irish, was the obvious choice to captain the Exiles next term but the flanker has...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Kick-chase will destroy the game warns London Irish new boss Brian Smith

  Brian Smith has blasted South African-style ‘kick-chase’ rugby, insisting it is killing the game and that English teams should instead look...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Champions Cup

  / 13 years ago

  Northampton captain Dylan Hartley urges Saints to shake off that losers’ tag

  Saints captain Dylan Hartley has demanded his side shake off their tag as the nearly men of English rugby. While Northampton...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Exeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”

  When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his  side whom he...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  It’s time for Nathan Catt to sparkle says Bath new boss Gary Gold

  This is the season that loosehead Nathan Catt will stop being talked of as a potential talent and start becoming a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Leicester Jordan Crane looking for Leicester Tigers and England place

  Jordan Crane is itching to put a season-long absence behind him and challenge Thomas Waldrom for his place in the Leicester...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Why those gentlemen of league are on the defensive

  While rugby league’s national standing has waned as union’s has risen since the introduction of professionalism, its influence on the XV...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  England Ben Morgan’s advance no shock to Brad Harrington

  Brad Harrington has not been surprised by the impact Ben Morgan has had in an England shirt. Gloucester‘s new No.8 has...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  I’m now tougher and smarter, says returning golden boy Danny Cipriani

  Danny Cipriani says the defensive frailties which have blighted his career  have been sorted out and that his critics will see...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Champions Cup

  / 13 years ago

  Ryan Walkinshaw: “I aim to make Gloucester a flagship club in Europe”

  Ryan Walkinshaw is a remarkable young man. Thrust into the cut-throat world of global business at the age of 23 following...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Promising London Wasps back row Sam Jones happy to learn from Haskell

  Sam Jones was just a schoolboy apprentice the last time James Haskell was playing in a Wasps shirt – now the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Bath winger Tom Biggs has still got that blond ambition

  Winger Tom Biggs believes his England ambitions will remain on the backburner while Bath are languishing in the lower reaches of...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Dominic Waldouck: I need a new challenge

  Wasps centre Dom Waldouck is leaving to join Northampton Saints. Waldouck, who had a year to run on his contract at...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Charlie Sharples : “Ducking out on England was my best career move”

  Charlie Sharples insists it was a simple decision to miss England‘s summer tour, even if he concedes he admits he has...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  It’s our fairytale and we aim to slay those giants says London Welsh

  London Welsh face the toughest possible start to life in the Premiership with opening games against Leicester and champions Harlequins. But...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Josh Matavesi magic means attack, attack for Worcester Warriors

  After playing alongside Frans Steyn and Juan Martin Hernandez in the Racing Metro midfield, Worcester new boy Josh Matavesi is keen...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Sarecens out to take the JP Morgan’s trophy back says Jackson Wray

  One of the many consequences of London Welsh’s elevation into the top flight is that there will be a new champion...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Promoted London Welsh will take look at Gavin Henson

  London Welsh boss Lyn Jones has been armed with a war-chest to sign eight “headline players” who will underpin the club’s...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Toby Booth’s snub made Guy Armitage turn his back on London Irish

  Guy Armitage has opened the door to one day playing for France after revealing that Toby Booth’s snub at London Irish...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  We’ll get Cipriani settled in – then it’s up to him

  Steve Diamond is not a man for standing still. Since returning to Sale as executive director of sport in January 2011,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  Look out, Leicester Tiger Tom Croft wants his England jersey back

  Tom Croft’s mild manner on the pitch might fool some but several months on the sidelines have brought out the fierce...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  New Gloucester coach Nigel Davies reckons Mike Tindall will help make Gloucester great

  Nigel Davies, Gloucester‘s new director of rugby, is banking on the experience of Mike Tindall to help fire the club towards...

  By The Rugby Paper Team

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