United Rugby Championship

Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Rainbow Cup: Hat-trick man Hugo is boss for Sharks

Adam Ellis reports on the first round of the Rainbow Cup for the South African franchises

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Scotland and Glasgow wing Tommy Seymour retires aged 32

The 2017 British & Irish Lions says his decision has been 'made for some time'

By A Wood
British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years ago

‘Heartbroken’ George North learns his Lions dream is over

Ospreys wing George North likely to be out for the rest of 2021 with ruptured ACL injury, ending his British &...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

I’m confident Cardiff Blues will move forwards says Dai Young

Paul Rees meets with Dai Young to discuss how progress has fared since he took over at Cardiff Blues

By The Rugby Paper Team
British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years ago

Anxious wait for Ospreys wing and Lions hopeful George North

Wales wing George North hobbled off in Ospreys win over Cardiff Blues in the Rainbow Cup

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Rainbow Cup in tatters as PRO14 cancel cross-hemisphere matches

Restrictions prohibiting travel between South Africa and the UK & Ireland forces PRO14 to offset Rainbow Cup dates

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

No deal yet between IRFU and Tadhg Furlong

Furlong, 28, is yet to come to an agreement with the IRFU and Leinster

By A Wood
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years ago

Matt Sherratt quits Sixways for Cardiff Blues return

Backs coach Sherratt spent three years at Arms Park before making the short trip to the Principality to join Warren Gatland's...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Former Scotland prop Gordon Reid to walk 500 miles in honour of Dad

FORMER Scotland prop Gordon Reid is taking on a mammoth charity challenge in memory of his father, Gordon, who died last...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Challenge Cup
/ 5 years ago

Jake Ball evades citing for contact with Faf de Klerk

The ball was deemed to be out at the ruck by referee Mathieu Raynal when Ball charged into de Klerk

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Scarlets plan to prosper through New Zealand link

The Scarlets stand to net gains as part of the deal to let Brad Mooar return to New Zealand

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

Northampton Saints go shopping in Italy

Chris Boyd is looking to go talent-searching at Benetton

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Ronan O’Gara rubbishes notion of rescuing Munster as a coach

The La Rochelle head coach states in his column for the Irish Examiner that he won't come to the rescue of...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Rhys Patchell sidelined for eight weeks with hamstring injury

Wales fly-half Patchell to miss most of the Rainbow Cup

By A Wood
Challenge Cup
/ 5 years ago

Jarrod Evans eager for action after ‘frustrating’ Six Nations

The Cardiff Blues fly-half saw Callum Sheedy overtake him in the Wales pecking order for the Six Nations, to the Welshman's...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Ospreys chasing Crusaders star Havili

Havili is not the only Crusaders player the Ospreys are exploring bringing to Wales

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

Cardiff Blues in talks over Dai Young extension

CARDIFF BLUES have offered Dai Young a two-year contract to turn his interim appointment as director of rugby into a...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Leinster 16-6 Munster: All-powerful Leinster seal fourth straight title

Leinster rule the roost to keep Munster waiting for their first taste of silverware in over a decade

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Glasgow 46-25 Benetton: Warriors hit six to secure top four

GEORGE Horne scored a try on his return to action after injury as Glasgow all but secured fourth place in Conference...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Argentina flyer Sebastian Cancelliere wings in without Zoom

Cancelliere is one of two Pumas players heading to Scotstoun in the summer, Gavin Harper meets the ten-cap wing

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Owen Williams waits on Welsh offer for return home from Top League

Wales fly-half/centre Owen Williams says his future remains totally flexible after taking the chance to head to Japan to represent NTT...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Ireland back row CJ Stander counts himself out of Lions tour with retirement call

Munster back row makes shock retirement call after negotiations with IRFU over an extension fall through

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

PRO16 heading Skyward with South African franchises on board

How close could the PRO16 come to reaching the TV sums struck by the Premiership and Top 14 in recent deals?

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Joey Carbery to return from long injury lay-off for Munster

The Ireland fly-half is back to start for the first time since January 2020 after an ankle injury nightmare

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Halaholo: ‘I was involved in heavy drinking and in my last year at high school I had my daughter’

Halaholo opens up on the trials of his youth on the rough side of Auckland, his dark past with the bottle,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Jamie Roberts signs on for another season at the Dragons

The former Harlequins and Bath centre has signed a new deal to stay at Dean Ryan's Dragons

By A Wood
Features
/ 5 years ago

Cardiff Blues want big pay-off for Dwayne Peel

CARDIFF BLUES are holding out for substantial compensation before allowing Dwayne Peel to make an emotional return to the Scarlets. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Exclusive: Danny Cipriani and Alun Wyn Jones eye Japan’s Top League jackpot

Peter Jackson and Neil Fissler report on two more blockbuster moves potentially in the works for Cipriani and Alun Wyn Jones...

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

Gordon will swap Edinburgh for Ealing

EALING Trailfinders have agreed a deal that will see Edinburgh centre Matt Gordon move to west London. The crash ball Australian,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Sione Tuipulotu targets Scotland World Cup squad

Could the current Top League player be Scotland's next centre?

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Injury-stricken Keelan Giles finally reaches 50 for Ospreys

One of the most unfortunate players in Wales when it comes to injuries, but Keelan Giles says that is all in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Mooar: Wales need their star names playing for the regions

Former Scarlets head coach Brad Mooar is still keeping a keen eye on events in Wales, while balancing his role in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Wales hit by Kieran Hardy Six Nations injury blow

Hardy will return to the Scarlets to receive treatment on the hamstring injury which forced him to be replaced late on...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Scarlets plan to hijack Cardiff Blues deal with Dwayne Peel

Cardiff Blues issue hands-off warning to Welsh rivals planning to make room for Peel in their coaching structure with Glenn Delaney

By A Wood
English Championship
/ 5 years ago

Ex-Saracens flanker Kelly Brown to leave Glasgow Warriors this month

The specialist ruck coach will return to London after moving to Glasgow last summer with his family

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Private ownership vital for regions’ future says Jones

Former chief executive of Sport Wales, Huw Jones, tells Steffan Thomas why it is imperative for the Dragons to become privately-owned...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Veteran prop WP Nel re-signs with Edinburgh

Scotland international tighthead prop WP Nel has signed a new two-year contract at PRO14 outfit Edinburgh, the club has announced. The...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Dai Young gets to know ‘talented’ young guns at Cardiff Blues

A little time off has allowed interim director of rugby Dai Young to survey the talent that ranges across all levels...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years ago

Confirmed: Rhys Priestland to depart Bath for Cardiff Blues

As revealed by TRP last month, Cardiff Blues have snapped up Rhys Priestland who will leave Bath at the end of...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Fly-half Sam Davies agrees extension to stay with Dragons

The competition at fly-half for Wales will remain high with Davies' committment to the Dragons leaving Wayne Pivac with Biggar, Anscombe,...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Dan Baker coming back to the Dragons

BY NEILFISSLER THE DRAGONS have agreed a deal with former Wales No.8 Dan Baker who has been playing in France since...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Josh Macleod out for six months with ruptured Achilles

The reason why Macleod was a late withdrawal from Wales' Six Nations squad for their trip to Scotland is now known

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Wales flanker Dan Lydiate to miss the rest of the season

Welsh fears are realised as its confirmed Dan Lydiate has suffered an ACL knee injury, and will undergo additional scans to...

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Josh Adams expects Dai to put sting in Cardiff Blues attack

Dai Young is the lift Blues need to get their attack back firing, says Wales wing Adams

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Fijian No.8 Viliame Mata signs Edinburgh extension

Star back row commits to Edinburgh, joining Scotland stars Jamie Ritchie and Hamish Watson in doing so

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Dai Young must target Blues academy says Ring

Welsh rugby great Mark Ring says Dai Young's main priority in fixing Cardiff Blues lies in a revamping of the region's...

By The Rugby Paper Team
United Rugby Championship
/ 5 years ago

Sam Johnson commits to Glasgow Warriors

The 15-cap Scotland centre has agreed an extension at Scotstoun

By A Wood
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Wasps’ Ben Vellacott ready to relocate to Scotland?

Dan Robson holds the keys to the Wasps backline and that has seen one PRO14 side contact Vellacott

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

It’s better, but more to come from Ospreys says Booth

Toby Booth and Dan Lydiate comment on the Ospreys upturn in fortunes, with a resurgent George North key

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 5 years ago

Glasgow 23-22 Edinburgh: Tyro No.10 Thompson in command for Warriors

Edinburgh pass up on victory at Scotstoun after missed conversion late on by Jaco van der Walt

By The Rugby Paper Team