Olympic & Commonwealth Games

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Olympic & Commonwealth Games news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

Baloucoune eyes Olympics

Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune is eager for the chance to compete at the Paris Olympics with Ireland. Baloucoune, 26, was previously in the sevens set-up, […]

Canada too strong for Wales

POOL C ROUND-UP Wales might have been confident of emulating Scotland’s achievement of clinching second in their group. Although they sit a place, and a […]

Uganda keep Wallabies in check

POOL D ROUND-UP Australia recorded the biggest win of the entire competition in their very first game, scoring ten tries in a 62-0 pummelling of […]

Aussies set up Fiji showdown

WOMEN’S SEVENS There will be a new Commonwealth Games gold medal winner in the Women’s 7s after Australia and Fiji reached the final of the […]

Big guns cruise into final stages

POOL B ROUND-UP Pool B had two clear favourites and it was ultimately followed a predictable pattern, with Australia and Fiji progressing at the expense […]

Owen on a record

HE MADE his debut for Saracens on Sunday October 5, 2008 and was back at school the next morning. He kicked his first Premiership points […]

Proud Lemi moving on

DAVID Lemi will depart Bristol Rugby at the end of the season, having made 139 appearances. The club’s record tryscorer, who has touched down 70 […]