Premiership
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWill Hurrell harbours dreams of being defence commander after stroke ends playing career
The Bristol Bears centre talks to TRP's Neale Harvey after his retirement announcement last week
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership season may resume as late as end of August
TRP understands Premiership clubs will be given a minimum of five weeks to get squads match-ready
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRevealed: Saracens make first signings for life in the Championship
Bedford Blues and USA fly-half Will Hooley is set to join Saracens, Neil Fissler reports
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales international Thomas Young close to new Wasps deal
Young set to put his Wales dream on hold by committing to Wasps
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers fend off interest for another international in their backline
After losing Jonny May to Gloucester, Tigers face another fight to keep hold of winger
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Gloucester prop Gareth Denman one of two signings set to hit trail to Ealing
Neil Fissler reports on the two players set to switch Championship clubs, plus Exeter Chiefs extend deal for veteran
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe three Premiership clubs who vetoed reducing the salary cap from £7m to £5.5m
Salary cap operating window and player turnover come July had led to vote on lowering limit
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWe can become regulars in the top two, says Northampton Saints No.8 Teimana Harrison
The Northampton Saints No.8 tells Neale Harvey how he is revelling his role as co-captain
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership could bring down £7m salary cap limit to help clubs
The rigidity of the salary cap stands to put Premiership clubs deeper into trouble unless it adapts
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaints sign emerging duo Ollie Sleightholme and Connor Tupai to new deals
England U20 wing Sleightholme has been in prolific form for Northampton since making his debut in 2018
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens ask highest earners to accept partial wage deferrals
Reigning Premiership champions take major measures towards maintaining their sustainability
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘There are some academy players earning £8K’ – RPA’s Christian Day reveals Premiership ‘mess’
Retired lock, now working for the RPA, explains how player cuts are far more complex to impose than they appear
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorcester fly-half Jono Lance set to take the Tartan shilling
Billy Searle's pending arrival at Worcester leaves door open for Lance to make PRO14 move
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs keen to offer Australia aces way out
Recruitment hasn't been shut down for some Premiership clubs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDeal for Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth to join Sale Sharks is off
Not making the switch north to Premiership rivals
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOptions are drying up for Nick Abendanon who seeks homecoming from Clermont
After six years in France with Clermont, ex-Bath full-back Nick Abendanon had been planning on a return to England
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester coaching restructure to take effect in July with arrival of Borthwick
Tigers confirm when Steve Borthwick will be joining the club as head coach
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJonny May leaves Leicester, agrees homecoming at Gloucester
The England wing will be returning to Kingsholm next season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWill Hurrell, 30, announces retirement following stroke playing for Bristol
Find out what Pat Lam did for Hurrell after telling the Bristol DoR he would have to retire
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTRP’s 2019-20 Premiership Team of the Season… so far
Eight Englishmen and seven others from over the border or signed from overseas make up Nick Cain's XV
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps finalise their coaching team following Dai Young’s exit
Lee Blackett given head coach role permanently by Wasps in reshuffle
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago50 South Africans in the Premiership reflects badly, says Snyman
How South African players have surged past Pacific Islanders as the Premiership's foremost import
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJapan set to overtake Top 14 and Premiership to become No.1 destination
The Top League is attracting players from the world over - and that won't stop says ex-Gloucester lock Tom Savage
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership’s best South African XV: Faf de Klerk misses out
TRP picks a line-up of the all-time best South African players to play in the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby suspends season indefinitely but reiterates intent to complete all games
There will be no chance of watching rugby against on April 24 as Premiership extends suspension
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI would have liked to see Rob Baxter take charge of England, says Moody
Baxter's development of Exeter should have been tested on England according to the former flanker
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen months of rehab left Sean O’Brien wanting to prove everything to no-one but himself
The London Irish flanker goes into detail about how risky his hip surgery was to his career
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNick Tompkins’ move away from Saracens hits problems
Negotiations stall over the length of deal for Wales international
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘I wanted to play a big part’ – Ludlam talks of Six Nations frustrations
The England flanker has been remarkably blunt about his need to improve
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter is a good place to be, says flanker Dave Ewers
The Zimbabwean back row talks to Neale Harvey about how he finds motivation from missing out on the 2017 Premiership final
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAt my age I questioned whether I should be in the England squad – Willi Heinz
Gloucester scrum-half Heinz praises the worth of Eddie Jones to English rugby after showing faith in him and the rest of...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoContract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France
Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI don’t want a 73-26 thumping to be the last game of my career – Tom Varndell
The Premiership's record tryscorer talks Yorkshire Carnegie, feeling old, and how important Leicester and Wasps are to him
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It feels like home’ – Api Ratuniyawara agrees Northampton extension
Did you know the Fijian lock named his newborn son Franklin? Ratuniyawara will be staying at Franklin's Gardens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol prop Jake Armstrong stayed motivated through injury by helping homeless
Pat Lam said the best is yet to come from Armstrong on the pitch - but he's made up for it...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTest-capped front row duo set to bid adieu to Saracens
Rhys Carre has signed a deal to return to Cardiff Blues after just one season at Allianz Park
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFive Premiership clubs weighing up move for British & Irish Lion
Wanted by English, Welsh and French clubs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhat the Premiership has to do to evolve according to expert Mark Evans
How can the Premiership reset itself so it doesn't have to rely on rich men to cover their losses?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It was quite traumatising’ – Michael Fatialofa speaks publicly for first time
Fatialofa is on the long road to recovery after sustaining a serious neck injury in Worcester's January clash with Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘There is something in the pipeline’ – Burns admits to frustation at Bath
Time up at Bath for Freddie Burns?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Harlequins eye Wigan Warriors star Jackson Hastings
A cross-code switch to the Stoop for Super League's Man of Steel?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLewis Thiede to leave Bristol Bears who await Sinckler’s arrival
Tighthead prop Thiede will exit Ashton Gate when his contract at Bristol expires
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens vice-captain Jackson Wray commits for season in Championship
Wray explains why leaving Saracens was never really an option for him
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRehab in Austria, texts from Eddie, and an Exeter double – we talk to Jack Nowell
The Pumas try cost me dear but it was a beauty! Jack Nowell is chomping at the bit to be back...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath become 11th Premiership club to announce wage cuts
Bath chief executive Tarquin McDonald has penned an open letter
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago7 players who never made their debuts after signing for Premiership clubs
For one reason or another, some moves just don't work out or don't feel right
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorge Kruis supports 25 per cent pay cut administered by Saracens
Kruis speaks out as the row intensifies between players and Premiership clubs over wage cuts
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers back row star Sione Kalamafoni to leave for PRO14
A player who made a huge impact in his first season at Welford Road
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMarland Yarde and Jonny May to wing it for Sale Sharks next season?
England winger Jonny May has been asked to take a pay cut at Leicester Tigers
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhere Alex Lozowski will be playing next season after leaving Saracens
TRP can reveal Lozowski has turned away interest from other Premiership clubs
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