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/ 5 years ago

Harlequins 54-26 Newcastle: Eight-try Quins tune up for their Bear hunt

NICK Evans is confident Quins can cause a major upset when they enter the Bears’ backyard next weekend after seeing them...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Influencer Craig White’s got Sale in rhythm

SALE SHARKS are enjoying a ‘drum roll’ end to the season, with a first Premiership title in 16 years in their...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Dombrandt: Bristol victories ‘count for nothing’

ALEX Dombrandt denies Bristol will have either a psychological or physical advantage over Quins when the teams do playoff battle on...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Tabai Matson emerges as the man for The Stoop

HARLEQUINS are looking to complete a deal for Kiwi Tabai Matson to move to the Twickenham Stoop this summer amid late...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Simon McIntyre’s on his way back to the Sharks

SALE Sharks have agreed a deal that will see Wasps prop Simon McIntyre, 30, return to the club he...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Newcastle Falcons swoop for Harlequins winger Nathan Earle

NATHAN Earle is poised to follow teammate Mike Brown out of Harlequins and up to Premiership rivals Newcastle Falcons. Quins last...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Leicester’s Zack Henry is off to Pau

ZACK Henry is set to make a quick return to France next season after being released from the final year of...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

One more signing expected by Rob Baxter

EXETER Chiefs boss Rob Baxter is after one more player for next season. He has recently signed Highlanders prop Josh Iosefa-Scott...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Tom Wood expects reaction after disappointing Saints season

VETERAN flanker Tom Wood says tough times at Northampton can get the Saints marching in again like they did in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Chris Pennell deserved send-off | Peter Jackson

SET against the Covid cruelty suffered by untold millions on a global scale, Gloucester’s inability to fulfill their fixture at Worcester...

By Peter Jackson
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Eddie calls back as Josh Bassett hits 150 for Wasps

JOSH BASSETT is set to become the oldest England winger to make his Test debut for 70 years after getting a...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Whirlwind year for ex-Quin Harry Barlow, now starting anew with the Free Jacks

HARRY Barlow thought his rugby career was over last season following his release from Harlequins, with the country in lockdown. So...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 5 years ago

Richards: Players need fully pro Championship

DEAN Richards says he is “staggered” by the number of Premiership players who have not secured contracts for next season. And...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Harry Wells is the epitome of Borthwick’s new Tigers

HARRY Wells has enjoyed his breakthrough season at the age of 27, an almost ever-present in an improving Leicester side the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 5 years ago

Wasps 31-38 Leicester: Wasps pay for their spirit of adventure

LEICESTER outstayed Wasps in an all-action finale to clinch a European Champions Cup place next season and reward Steve Borthwick’s squad...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Cuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season

ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

We learned a lot from Ricoh thrashing says Borthwick

BOSS Lee Blackett praised Wasps for how they had “scrapped and worked” to salvage their season. After reaching the Premiership final...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Worcester legend Chris Pennell to depart after 14 seasons

The 34-year-old will be 'exploring other opportunities' once his contract expires at the end of the month at Sixways

By A Wood
English Championship
/ 5 years ago

James Stokes driven by imposter syndrome at London Irish

The ex-Nottingham and Coventry back didn't feel worthy of being in the Premiership when he first joined the Exiles, but that...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Pat Lam ‘welcomes’ inquiry into fiery Leicester-Bristol climax

The RFU have not yet confirmed details of an inquiry but Lam has said he is 'over the moon' there will...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Harlequins list players who will be leaving this summer

Nathan Earle, Ben Tapuai and Tex Cavubati among the names who will leave the Stoop at the end of June

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Matt Banahan posts farewell to rugby after Gloucester’s final game is cancelled

The Gloucester and ex-Bath wing announced back in November that this season would be his last in rugby as a player

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Saints wing Ollie Sleightholme leads charge for Vesty’s young guns

OLLIE Sleightholme has the mental strength as well as the blistering speed to thrive on the top international stage. Northampton may...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Season finale between Gloucester and Worcester cancelled due to Covid-19

This weekend's match at Sixways has been called off

By A Wood
English Championship
/ 5 years ago

Ex-Saints flanker Ben Nutley announces retirement at Coventry

The Coventry back row explains his feelings around making his retirement call at the age of 29

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

RFU will get backing for 14-club Premiership

The Premiership looks set to have a three-year moratorium on relegation to the Championship

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Steve Diamond in range of Gloucester and Bath

The former Sale director of rugby is planning a move down south

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Lions duo Dan Biggar and Courtney Lawes wanted by Toulouse

EUROPEAN champions Toulouse are looking to make a double swoop on Northampton Saints to take Lions pair Dan Biggar and Courtney...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Rugby league ace Kevin Sinfield may join Leicester Tigers

Could the Leeds Rhinos director of rugby join Steve Borthwick's staff at Welford Road?

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 5 years ago

Preview: Sam Matavesi lies in wait for his Lion pal Luke

Sam Matavesi will go head-to-head with Luke Cowan-Dickie at Franklin's Gardens on Sunday

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

High-tempo Quins’ better fit for Luke Wallace than Tigers

LUKE Wallace rejoined Harlequins from Leicester last week and reckons the mood at the Stoop hints at a return to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Eddie wants extra Currys to keep England on the boil

EDDIE Jones has already marked the card of his young guns telling them to gain inspiration from Tom Curry as their...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Leicester 23-26 Bristol: Tempers fray as Bears thwart Tigers’ big finish

A late sin-bin to prop Nahuel Chaparro leads to controversy around contested scrums and allowing John Afoa back onto the field...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Newcastle 24-14 Worcester: Groundhog day goes on for the Warriors

Worcester still await their first proper win since the start of the Premiership season

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Move on, says ‘liar’ Lam after fracas

What was said to the media after Leicester's dramatic defeat to Bristol Bears at Welford Road

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Richards: Now you know why I played a weak team at Exeter

NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards said: “That first 35 minutes was probably the best rugby we’ve played all season,” as he justified...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Sale 45-12 Harlequins: Depleted Quins torn to shreds by Sharks

Reaching Twickenham final won't be enough in of itself, says confident Sanderson

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

London Irish 36-39 Wasps: Willis’ hat-trick seals vital win at the death

Wasps overturn 33-10 half-time deficit to produce miracles in Brentford

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Manu Tuilagi will be back for Sale’s run-in

MANU TUILAGI will return in Sale’s final-day trip to champions Exeter after being forced to self-isolate during Friday’s demolition of Quins....

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Willis: Fightback sets up ‘Cup final’ at Tigers

HAVING snatched one ‘Cup final’ game at the death yesterday MOM Tom Willis insists Wasps will be approaching their key match...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Facundo Cordero honoured to continue Santi’s Chiefs legacy

Facundo Cordero reveals his desire to play alongside brother Santi, whether that be at Exeter Chiefs or not

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Ospreys keen to help Elvis Taione rock on in Wales

The Exeter Chiefs hooker could be on his way to the Liberty Stadium this summer

By The Rugby Paper Team
Features
/ 5 years ago

My only regret is not hitting the 200 club, says Ross Batty

PAUL REES talks to Bath’s Ross Batty who announced his retirement this week Ross Batty will on Saturday bid an emotional...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Tom Wood commits to Northampton Saints

The 50-cap England flanker agrees extension to remain at Franklin's Gardens beyond the current Premiership season

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Where Henry Thomas will be playing next season after Bath confirm prop’s exit

The tighthead will be leaving his boyhood club this summer to move to France, TRP understands

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Manu Tuilagi withdrawn from Sale Sharks squad due to Covid-19 protocols

Manu Tuilagi will not be featuring for Sale Sharks against Harlequins this evening after he was deemed to be close contact...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Alex Sanderson fans the flames ahead of clash with ‘ungracious’ Harlequins

Sale Sharks boss harbours some ill-feeling over Harlequins' celebrations from 24-12 win at the Stoop back in February

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Exeter Chiefs confirm signing of Connacht centre Sean O’Brien

As revealed in The Rugby Paper last weekend, the reigning Premiership champions have signed the former Ireland U20 international

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Lam: Big names aren’t guaranteed their place

No guarantees await the squad who have taken Bristol to the top of the Premiership, says Pat Lam

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Paolo Odogwu out of England’s summer with serious knee injury

'Heart-breaking' news for the Wasps centre, who follows Joe Launchbury and Jack Willis in suffering a knee ligament injury this year

By A Wood