Premiership

English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Cambridge give it their best shot but there’s no stopping Saints

By STEVE JACKSON Northampton...55pts Tries: Seabrook 4 Pollock 8, 59 Thame 31, 33, McParland 37, Glister 47, Hendy 53 Conversions: Grayson...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Pollard has the class to keep Tigers on course

By LUKE JARMYN Sale Sharks .....14pts Tries: Caine 51, Onasanya 78 Conversions: Curtis 52, 79 Leicester T....... 18pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 54,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Fit-again Richards is setting his sights high

By JON NEWCOMBE Bath's Ewan Richards is hoping that he can put last season’s injury troubles behind him and keep pushing...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

High-flying Codling is perfect fit for Falcons

By PAUL REES Alex Codling has taken a roundabout route to land a top coaching job in the Premiership – and...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Coventry boss Rae reacts to landmark Saracens win

By Paul Smith In the week after Coventry Rugby pulled off a landmark 28-14 win over English champions Saracens the scale...

By Nick Powell
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

We must promote game – Skivington

By PAUL REES George Skivington has called for the game in England to put its best face, and voice, forward and...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Baxter admits Exeter will need to change

By JON NEWCOMBE ROB Baxter admits Exeter’s keep-ball tactics are a thing of the past as they look to remodel their...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Randall out to get Bristol motoring

By PAUL REES Harry Randall is using his disappointment at missing out on the World Cup to ensure Bristol make a...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Samoa in good shape to do well, says Lam

By PAUL REES Pat Lam believes Samoa will pose the same threat in this year’s World Cup as they did in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Dolly calls the shots as Knights take over

By STEVE JACKSON Doncaster.........38pts Tries: Simpson 8, Holden 38, 73; Tait 40, Cant 44, 48 Conversions: Dolly 38, 40, 48 Holden...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hassell-Collins has flying start

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester .......................50pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 2, Whiteley 35, Ilione 46, 71; van Wyk 48, Atkinson 58, Cokanasiga 73, Shillcock...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Cleaves on song as Quins run riot

By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ......................54pts Tries: Cleaves 2, 36, 38; Trenholm 7, 12; Bradley 17, Slevin 63, Zheng 80 Conversions: Slevin...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Falcons take time to get their show on the road

By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............ 17pts Tries: Skelcey 10, Bacon 72 Conversions: Parks 11, 73 Penalties: Parks 42 Newcastle........40pts Tries: Stevenson...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Gloucester too strong for battling Nottingham

By CONOR O'HARA Gloucester ...... 42pts Tries: Clement 5, 55; Dunn 11, Hathaway 22, Morris 32, Penalty 44 Conversions: Barton 6,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Two scores for Thomas helps Sale coast home

By DAVID PRICE Sale ................... 47pts Tries: Thomas 5, 52; Caine 14, 34; Ene 25, Reed 40, Birch 70 Conversions: Curtis...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Saracens left stunned as Coventry grab the glory

By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ............................28pts Tries: Ma’asi 16, Wand 39, Hutler 44, Pellegrini 80 Conversions: Pellegrini 16, 39, 44, 80 Saracens...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Slade in starring role as Chiefs too hot for young Bears

■By DAN ANJOS IN the last throws of summer, the Exeter sizzled as they blew away a vastly less experienced Bristol...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Jersey go for three new faces to take on Scottish

■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... L Scots v Jersey CHAMPIONSHIP winners Jersey Reds have named three new signings in their starting XV...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Graham in charge as Saints take on Ealing

■By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing v Northampton PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 1pm, Vallis Way SAM Graham will captain Northampton Saints for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Pirates make Bath battle all the way

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ........... 23pts Tries: Grubb 27, Trewin 64, Moyle 76 Conversions: Jenkins 65 Penalties: Pittman 8, 23...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Bristol set to revive big match

Bristol are looking to revive plans to play a ‘big match’ across the Severn Bridge in Cardiff ’s Principality Stadium next...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Baxter: I’d have stuck by Luke

Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter admits that he was ready to step in and offer Luke Cowan-Dickie the chance of staying...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Moore agrees Saints deal

Northampton Saints have handed former London Irish back row Izzy Moore a short-term contract after he joined the club on trial....

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Sale take a lesson in Finnish resolution

By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson spent the summer mugging up on Finnish philosophy to ensure Sale finish matches and the coming...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Halliday welcomes new-look Prem Cup

By NICK CAIN The latest incarnation of the Premiership Cup, and the most positive because it includes Championship clubs competing against...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Dowson: Things are going to get better

By PAUL REES Premiership clubs get their season underway this weekend with Northampton’s director of rugby Phil Dowson looking confident that...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Van Rensburg ready to rumble for Bristol

By PAUL REES When Benhard Janse van Rensburg became available after London Irish folded in June, Pat Lam wasted no time...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Suitors line up for Sarries star Isiekwe

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England international Nick Isiekwe is being lined up by a trio of clubs interested in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Saints trial for Moore

Back row Izzy Moore, who has been looking for a new club since the demise of London Irish, has joined Northampton...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Burgess makes Bath switch

Former agent and England team manager Rob Burgess, who was head of recruitment at the Dragons, is leaving to take up...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Features
/ 2 years ago

I was rescued by trip to Sri Lanka

Jon Newcombe talks to Bath flanker Chris Cloete on how he saved his rugby career ROCKED by a badly broken leg,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

22 teams raring to go in new-look Cup

By BEN JAYCOCK THE Premiership Cup returns on Friday in the new-look format involving Championship clubs for the first time. Exeter...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Bassett gets ready to roar for Tigers

By JON NEWCOMBE Chris Ashton will take some replacing but Josh Bassett has come to Leicester hoping to make a splash of...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 2 years ago

Rowe confident Chiefs will be back in the black soon

By PAUL REES TONY Rowe is confident Exeter will move back into the black by the end of the season after...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Sarries fight to keep hold of big stars

BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are looking to head off potential interest in some of their big-name stars out of contract at...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Codling needs more money

Newcastle boss Alex Codling is weighing up asking for an increase in his budget to bring in at least another player...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

RFU will honour Watson contract

The RFU are set to continue picking up the tab for Anthony Watson despite the winger being ruled out of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Features
/ 2 years ago

Robinson’s delight to be back at Bath

Jon Newcombe finds the club’s former captain in fine form as he returns to join coaching team Twenty five years after...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Volavola chosen ahead of Grayson

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Northampton Saints fly-half James Grayson was a target for French ProD2...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Blake out to make No.2 slot his own

By BEN JAYCOCK A hooker crisis at Kingsholm last season saw tyro Seb Blake chucked in at the deep end but...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Hoyland out to shine on Barbarians duty

Scotland winger Damien Hoyland will be looking to put himself in the shop window for a move to the Premiership when...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Pumas include 11 players from English top flight

Squad Watch: ARGENTINA Nicolás Sánchez and Sale’s Agustín Creevy will play in their fourth Rugby World Cup after coach Michael Cheika...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Sanderson looking for an extra 12%

By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson believes Sale will need to improve by at least 12 per cent if they are going...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Quins form partnership with Honda Heat

Harlequins and top tier Japanese side Mie Honda Heat have entered into a long-term strategic partnership designed to help support the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Carcassonne the next stop for Graham

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Gary Graham is linking up with his former Newcastle Falcons...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Codling can’t wait to take on ‘fantastic challenge’

By JON NEWCOMBE Having coached in multiple leagues in Wales, Northern Ireland, England and France, it is fair to say Alex...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Treat players well and they will stay here, says RPA’s Day

By JON NEWCOMBE RPA chairman Christian Day believes making English players the best-looked after in the world will help to combat...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Fed-up Falcons angry over limited telly time

By JON NEWCOMBE Newcastle Falcons are said to be seething after what they perceive to be another snub in the 2023/24...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Sale Sharks part company with chief exec Sutton

Sale Sharks CEO Sid Sutton has left the club after almost three years in the role. Sutton, who joined the club...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 2 years ago

Hill keen for a new adventure Stateside

By JON NEWCOMBE Bored with the Premiership rugby landscape, former Exeter and Sale Sharks centre Sam Hill is hoping for a...

By The Rugby Paper Team