Premiership

Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Flood out to fire shots, not take them

By JON NEWCOMBE Team man: Toby Flood NOW 33, Toby Flood’s appetite for the game shows no sign of diminishing but...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

The north are truly a force to be feared

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN AT a time when ‘Happy New Year’ is the most popular phrase in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Vunipola try signals Saracens fightback

By GARY FITZGERALD Making the game safe: David Strettle scores the third try for Saracens PICTURES: Getty Images MARK McCall admitted...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Pennell: Lack of control cost us

CHRIS Pennell believes Warriors showed the kind of skill and fight that can help them avoid the dreaded drop despite driving...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

National League tax probe to be expanded to Premiership and Championship levels

HMRC have turned their attentions to rugby in recent months

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Steven Luatua pens new deal to stay at Bristol Bears

Contract news concerning the Kiwi flanker

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Execute well or it kills you – Boyd

CHRIS Boyd believes his Northampton side are on the verge of clicking in attack after they blew away a poor Worcester...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Ward: No stress, one win puts us back in Top Six

By JON NEWCOMBE Developing fast: Falcons centre Chris Harris PICTURES: Getty Images NEWCASTLE need to sort out their discipline or run...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Wasps ready to flick attack switch

By NEALE HARVEY Big impact: Ross Neal WING sensation Ross Neal reckons Wasps are ready to hit the heights of old...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Chiefs end record run to storm back on top

By NICK CAIN Charge down: Luke Cowan-Dickie falls over the line for Exeter’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER ended Saracens...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Baxter: We know we can beat them

EXETER boss Rob Baxter said his team had taken a psychological step that was more important than the win over the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Bedridden Tigers show their courage under fire

By GARY FITZGERALD Away: Jonah Holmes breaks clear to score the Tigers’ first try PICTURES: Getty Images Danger man: Manu Tuilagi...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Worst display so far – Gustard

ANGRY Harlequins players locked themselves in the dressing room after this defeat as boss Paul Gustard labelled the performance as the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Boks stars take control to ease relegation fear

By COLIN NEWBOULT Talisman: Faf de Klerk takes on Steve Luatua and Aly Muldowney PICTURES: Getty Images Teak tough defence: Rob...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Diamond hopeful of keeping Du Preez

STEVE Diamond is looking to make a number of announcements on player recruitment in the New Year, including the potential signing...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Cut the subs to take brute force out of modern tackles

NICK CAIN THE death of Nicholas Chauvin, the 19-year-old Stade Francais U21 flanker, has triggered game-changing shockwaves in French rugby. Chauvin,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

International rugby has become the poor man

THE about-change in the commercial fortunes of club rugby and its international counterpart have been highlighted this month by the deals...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Generals step up to get Saints marching again

By ALEX BYWATER Breakaway 1: Saints scrum half Cobus Reinach dives over to score the first try PICTURES: Getty Images Breakaway...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

TEAMS: Gallagher Premiership – Round 10

Worcester Warriors v Northampton Saints (Friday) Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ryan Mills, 11 Josh...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Exeter Chiefs revival starts with beating Saracens, says Tom Lawday

The Exeter number 8 on the top-of-the-table clash with Sarries

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Premiership Rugby sells minority stake to CVC in £200m partnership

'The proceeds from CVC Fund VII’s investment will be re-invested to drive continued growth in the sport' – Premiership Rugby chairman...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Premiership wing turns down move to Wasps

Wasps are on the hunt for Christian Wade's replacement

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Kyle Sinckler is becoming the all-court prop England need, says Quins mentor

Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones on Sinckler establishing himself as England's first-choice tighthead

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Dave Ellis as defence coach candidate

Defence guru of France's 2011 World Cup final run in frame

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Leicester Tigers appoint Geordan Murphy to head coach role

“This club means a lot to me, I’ve been here a long time and we all want to enjoy success with...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Do-or-die time now after Paris improvements

■By NEALE HARVEY HARRY Wells knows it is win or bust for Leicester if they are to keep their Champions Cup...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Takulua tells Falcons to front up

■By JON NEWCOMBE Tongan ace: Sonatane Takulua SONATANE Takulua is confident the return of Newcastle’s big guns can help fire them...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

It’s who they choose, not howthey coach that counts

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE rehabilitation of Stuart Lancaster and Andy Farrell is in full flow, with...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Skelton’s decision may create chaos for rugby

THE pulling power of the north, whether in terms of size of wage packets or more vibrant competitions, is starting to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Hansen’s time over

STEVE Hansen says he’s going. But before he hangs up his earpiece for ‘someone new’, the New Zealand coach with a...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Premiership coach marks Wilson as the must-start no.6 for England

Northampton Saints forwards coach Phil Dowson looks at England's back row

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Bristol Bears flanker George Smith on how long he has left at the top and Pat Lam

The evergreen Australia back row feels he can reach four decades playing the game

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Sale Sharks complete addition of Russian international prop

Valery Morozov has been on the Sharks' radar for the past 12 months

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Paul Gustard as director of rugby

The story from our front page on Sunday

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

James Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints

A deal running until 2021

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Worcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence

"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago

Luke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs

News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes

By The Rugby Paper Team
Champions Cup
/ 7 years ago

Pack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels

England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

The Farrells have always had their own views on tackling

THERE being nothing new under the sun, the furore over the tackling technique of a rugby player by the name of...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

How the once mighty Neath have fallen

THERE was a time at the end of the amateur era when, under Ron Waldron, Neath raised their game to a...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Wasps are trapped by their own tangled web

By NICK CAIN Breaching the line: Jamie George touches down for Saracens despite the efforts of Michele Campagnaro PICTURES: Getty Images...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

McCall: We kept calm and it paid off

SARACENS’ status as the only unbeaten team in the Premiership was due to the composure they showed against Wasps according to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Humiliation for Tigers as Thacker turns screw

By NEALE HARVEY Remember me? Harry Thacker dives over for Bristol’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images Good sight for England: Manu...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Long arm of Wilson drags his Falcons offthe bottom

By GARY FITZGERALD My ball: Falcons’ try-scorer Mark Wilson competes with Saints Teimana Harrison PICTURES: Getty Images Star man: Cobus Reinach...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

No moan over Kyle red from Murphy

KYLE Eastmond’s red card drew no complaint from Tigers boss Geordan Murphy. He said: “Barnsey (Wayne Barnes) is one of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

It’s like a morgue in there – Boyd

CHRIS Boyd admitted the Northampton dressing room resembled “a morgue” after Dylan Hartley’s 250th Saints appearance was ruined by Mark Wilson....

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Difficult aftermath of that Ritchie Prem deal

All smiles: Ian Ritchie with RFU president Jason Leonard and the World Cup in 2015 IAN Ritchie must be looking on...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

’We used money to grow game’

THE RFU are keen to represent the current criticism of their financial affairs as a legitimate divergence of opinion over fiscal...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Speaking up has cost Baron

AT the same time Francis Baron and Graeme Cattermole have been separated from their ‘privileged member’ status by a score-settling RFU...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership
/ 7 years ago

Thorley speeds in to bring Warriors woe

Pre-planned move: James Hanson dives over to score Gloucester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Consolation: Bryce Heem breaks free to score...

By The Rugby Paper Team