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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPriestland aim: Free up those Bath wide men
NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD RHYS Priestland believes Bath can finally gate crash the play-offs by utilising their ‘dangerous guys’ and...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSweet for Bournville with a clean sheet
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE remained top of the table and unbeaten as they cruised to a 34-0 victory away at Nuneaton. They...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoHaywood: Time for the Saints kids to step up
By STEFFAN THOMAS BACK from long-term injury with points to prove, Northampton hooker Mikey Haywood wants the young Saints to rise...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoOtley made to sweat by Hull
TEAMS ■By NICK DOYLE Otley ................27 Hull....................23 OTLEY saw off a determined Hull side to secure a third straight win. Brett...
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago’We have to plan to avoid the drop’
AFTER failing to turn up to the launch of the European Champions Cup, Saracens fulfilled their media duties with director of...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFast start does the trick as Plymouth grab the spoils
■By PATRICK MARSH Pressure: Connor Eastgate of Plymouth Albion touches down PICTURES: Pinnacle IN a classical game of two halves, Plymouth...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRedruth run riot as theyleave Albanians wanting
■By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian ....5 Redruth ............30 HARSH weather was at play as Redruth turned Old Albanian over on home...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBaa-baas call up Mitchell and Brits for tour
ENGLAND defence coach John Mitchell and South Africa hooker Schalk Brits will join the Barbarians ahead of November’s tour. Mitchell will...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCole’s treble keeps Maids in contention
South West Premier A HAT-TRICK of tries from Dave Cole enabled Maidenhead to boost their promotion hopes in the South West...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWarrior Hartley forced to bow out to injury
Triumph: Dylan Hartley holds up the Six Nations trophy as captain after winning the Grand Slam in 2016 PICTURES: Getty Images...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPark keep their nerve as Lucs roar back
■By BEN PARSONS Sedgley Park 40 Luctonians ....34 SEDGLEY Park held off a spirited comeback from Luctonians to secure victory in...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrew red card can’t stop Bath upsetting the Saints
By TOM VICKERS Stale Brew: Bath’s Aled Brew is sent off Touching: Zach Mercer gets a hand in the face for...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRuthless Richmond take no pity on bottom side
■By ANDY WILLIAMS Canterbury .... 0 Richmond ....50 TRY doubles for Thomas Hodgson and Jesse Liston helped league leaders Richmond to...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLions roar in the rain as Sutton keep at bay
■By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Ep ......7 Leicester L......23 LEICESTER Lions secured a deserved victory over Sutton on a rainy afternoon...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoOrie hopes Alun Wyn can make him better
By STEFFAN THOMAS OSPREYS loan signing Marvin Orie hopes linking up with Alun Wyn Jones can help him add to his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBargoed close gap at the top with easy victory
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD BARGOED moved to within three points of leaders Pontypool after beating Ystalyfera 47-3 to make...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTruth behind that email offering Jack his dream job
IT WAS a hoax good enough to grace any April Fool’s Day. But it ended with the Portuguese Rugby Federation threatening...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoTynedale’s title claim underlined by Clarke
■By LUKE JARMYN Tynedale............19pts Sheffield T ........18pts A LAST-DITCH drive over the line scored by 19-year-old No.8 Ethan Clarke and converted...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHatley back to boost Hooper
BATH boss Stuart Hooper says it is ‘amazing’ to have Neal Hatley back at Bath. Having helped to guide England to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHayhow’s hat-trick guns down poor Titans
■By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham ......16 Rams ................28 RAMS centre Connor Hayhow scored a thrilling hat-trick at Clifton Lane as the Berkshire...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWord Cup men make their way back (someof them!)
Gone missing: Leone Nakarawa is facing disciplinary action at Racing There was an eagerly awaited change in the look and the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWelsh Cup
Beddau 3 Carmarthen Q34 Beddau bow out shy of maiden quarter-final By JAMES HUSBAND CARMARTHEN Quins used their powerful driving maul...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoChester stay composed to clinch victory
■By MIKE MITCHELL Preston G h ..10 Chester ..........27 A DOMINANT forward display gave Chester a hard-fought win at Preston. They...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoMcNicholl will give North some competition
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoA tale of two halves at Sale
■By RICHARD BAKER Sale ..................18 Darlington M ....8 A REJUVENATED Sale scored 18 second-half points to overpower Darlington Mowden Park in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership
Newport 22 Bridgend 0 Ravens’ wings clipped as Newport ease home By GARETH JONES BRIDGEND conceded two tries while down to...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFylde quick to put the record straight
■By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde ................33 Loughborough S.....7 FYLDE returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion after a comprehensive bonus-point victory against...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoUbiquitous All Blacks!
ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHodson strikes to salvage draw
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park.27 Chinnor ............27 JOSH HODSON’S 80thminute try gave Chinnor a 27-27 draw against Rosslyn Park. Craig Holland...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeaders Felinfoel toppled as Emlyn shade it
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWCASTLE Emlyn struck an early blow at the top of One West as they...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoField end drought in classic battle
■By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.32 Stourbridge ....31 HUDDERSFIELD ended their losing streak with a fiercely committed performance. Stourbridge snatched two bonus points...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoProud Solomons hails his muddy marvels
By GARY FITZGERALD Made amends: Jamie Shillcock on his way to the line for Worcester Warriors PICTURES: Getty Images Bright start:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoBonus for conceding 95 points?
THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoCarnegie on verge of elusive first win – Bustin
■By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA CALLUM Bustin believes it is only a matter of time before Yorkshire Carnegie get their first...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDon’t blame Schmidt for Cup defeat says Sexton
News Hard to take: Johnny Sexton against All Blacks By SAM JACKSON Legacy: Joe Schmidt JOHNNYSexton has said it will take...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGustard: We got nothing from ref
PAUL Gustard was upset with his players and the officials after Quins slid to a surprise home loss to Worcester. Gustard’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWelsh give England a vocal send-off
JUDGING by the way some acclaimed the result from Yokohama last Saturday, the biggest cheer from within Wales during the World...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWill Eddie boomerang back Down Under now?
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHAT does Fast Eddie do next, that is the question? While it is...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNice one Bill, but not for me
AT THE end of every World Cup, it’s almost de riguer for every World Rugby chairman to applaud the home nation...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens second row Jonathan Kpoku
A player who helped take Ampthill into the Championship while on loan from Allianz Park last season
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: All change for France now Fabien Galthie in charge
James Harrington on how France head coach Fabien Galthie now has carte blanche to fix Les Bleus with Jacques Brunel out...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: No rest for Exeter Chiefs’ World Cup trio
Team news for Round 4 of the Premiership, with Exeter Chiefs hosting Sale Sharks at Sandy Park
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSaints legend and former England captain Dylan Hartley retires
Hartley has been sidelined for all of 2019 by a serious knee injury
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNow Japan gets ready to make Sevens sing at Tokyo Olympics
Brendan Gallagher's thoughts on how Japan can extend rugby's legacy far beyond the World Cup
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Stuart Lancaster predicted success at 2019 Rugby World Cup
Jeff Probyn charts the difference between England four years ago under Stuart Lancaster and where they are now with Eddie Jones
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby Paper Reader Offer
WOODEN SPOON RUGBY YEARBOOK 2020 & HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP (1975-2015) BOOK OFFERS: Now in it’s 24th year, the Wooden...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup in review: Beauty and the Beast in equal parts
The Rugby World held its breath ten years ago when the blazers took a punt and asked Japan to stage RWC2019,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoVerdict: Siya Kolisi brings fresh hope to a troubled land
Brendan Gallagher on the significance of Springboks no.6s to the modern history of South Africa
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Team of the World Cup
Nick Cain finds room for only one All Black in his starting XV
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Eddie Jones has to stay for four more years or go
Jeremy Guscott feels England were magnificent in Japan but warns Eddie Jones' future must become clear beyond 2021
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