The Rugby Paper Team
News By The Rugby Paper Team
-
Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoCalling MPs will add to pressure
The decision of Championship clubs to contact their local MPs to ask for Government to mediate in its gridlocked negotiations with...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoGlasgow gunning for top two spot
By BRYN PALMER Bulls ................40 Glasgow......... 34 GLASGOW salvaged two bonus points from a stirring last-quarter comeback to maintain their hopes...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFlanagan can’t believe it as Dragons fall away
By ROGER PANTING Dragons.............21pts Tries: Keddie 14, Wainwright 59 Conversions: O’Brien 59 Penalties: Reed 7, 26, 49 Stormers.......... 44pts Tries: Davids...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMunster make it seven in a row
Munster ......... 47 Connacht......... 12 By JOHN WILKINS MUNSTER made it seven wins on the spin with a seven-try victory over...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster get in the mood for a double triumph
Leinster ........... 61 Ospreys............14 By SAM JACKSON JORDAN Larmour scored a hat-trick as Leinster showcased their credentials of a possible Champions...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoEveritt set for Irish crunch
Edinburgh .......40 Zebre.................14 By BRYN PALMER EDINBURGH head coach Sean Everitt believes another five points will seal a URC play-off place...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoNorthampton swoop to sign England U20s fly-half
By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton have signed England U20s fly-half George Makepeace-Cubitt. Having endured the hardship of London Irish folding, the tyro...
-
Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoTbilisi win was key – Skivington
By JON NEWCOMBE George Skivington has credited the European Challenge Cup win against Black Lion in Tbilisi as the moment Gloucester...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoDavies, 36, open to offers
Wales centre Jonathan Davies is leaving Scarlets at the end of the season and hopes for one final opportunity with another...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoDevoto calls it quits at Exeter
EXETER centre Ollie Devoto will leave the club at the end of the season. The 30-yearold has scored 21 tries in...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoRugby’s holy trinity prove the difference
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED SINCE time immemorial, rugby has been cloaked in its own cliches: Prince Obolensky was always “dashing”; Colin...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoMo’unga likely to be back in black
SO he hasn’t gone for good, after all. Not quite. If the All Blacks have their way, as they invariably do...
-
Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoPower of the four musketeers
A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that...
-
My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMine was very much the road less travelled
My Life in Rugby - Mike Ross, the former Ireland, Harlequins and Leinster prop talks about his life in the game...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoDavies the leading light in Welsh quartet
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Four international fly-halves took flight from Wales last year, understandably so given the...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoWhen Goodall was the bigger man
Ken Goodall shall forever be remembered as one of Ireland‘s greatest back row forwards, a humble man with a freakish talent...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoMorgan has final say to make sure for Hartpury
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Elliott 3, 27; Bracken 24, Jackson 32, 59 Conversions: Parks 4, 25, 28, 33 Penalty:...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoCoventry denied by powerful Pirates
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ............ 22pts Tries: Hocking 69, Johnson 79 Coventry ..........................12pts Penalties: Tries: Houston 15, 18, 22, 51...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster win the battle but Ealing take the title
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster......... 20pts Tries: Fox 25, Margetts 59 Conversions: Bennett 25, 59 Penalties: Bennett 40, 68 Ealing T ................
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoBarker steps up to snatch it for Caldy at the death
■By JOHN LYON Caldy .................. 31pts Tries: Royle 9, 23; Gerrard 19, Booth 75 Conversions: Kilcourse 10, 20, 24; Barker 76...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlues take the honours to land top four finish
By MO SHER L Scottish ......... 31pts Tries: Nutton 3, Ferdinand 14, Musk 40, Osborne 48, Ingall 79 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 4,...
-
Miscellaneous
/ 2 years agoLeaders happy to see stars
Preview L’borough v Glouc-H Today. 3pm REIGNING champions and unbeaten league leaders Gloucester-Hartpury have been bolstered by the return of their...
-
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBrown glad to celebrate her century in fine style
By TOM JEFFREYS Harlequins ...... 47pts Tries: Layzell 9, Brown 12, Powell 30, Cromack 42, Lochner 70, Mayhew 75, Hele 80...
-
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoHarrison leads from front to seal it for Saracens
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens .......... 54pts Tries: Breach 2, 6; Bridger 11, Campbell 14, Gondwe 38, Rose 64, Gregson 78, Evans...
-
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoChiefs dominate from the off to keep Trailfinders quiet
By TOM JOHNSON Trailfinders ..... 10pts Tries: Dow 79, 80 Exeter ................40pts Tries: Moloney 11, 57; Allen 17, Wilkins 45, Sinclair...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoHeath are crowned thanks to first-try rule
by Josh Thomas Regional 1 Championship final Heath ................35 Barnstaple..... 35 HEATH’S late heroics secured the Regional 1 Championship despite sharing...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoLonglevens defy battling Widnes
Counties 1 Championship final Longlevens ....25 Widness..........19 LONGLEVENS held off a fierce second half fightback to win the Counties 1 Championship....
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoBrunel push Old Ruts all the way
Counties 2 Championship final Brunel Uni ....... 31 Old Ruts.......... 43 OLD Rutlishians claimed the Counties 2 Championship but were pushed...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoSouthend go out on a high
Regional 2 Championship final Northampton Old Scouts ...26 Southend Saxons ...35 SOUTHEND showed true grit to twice come from behind and...
-
Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoBlues hold on in battle at the top
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Bluse held on with their backs to their try line as they edged past...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoImbalance of northern sides may push up travel costs
By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE his side being shifted back to National Two North, Chester fourth official Martin Buck said it doesn’t...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years ago50 years ago, the Lions start to sweat
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER At the start of the year, this column...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGB face Monaco battle for Olympic decider
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANY rugby tourist, or indeed anybody who finds themselves in striking distance of Monaco, should consider looking...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans time their run to perfection and finish with the lion’s share
Following Rotherham’s late run to secure the National Two North title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to select...
-
Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 years agoEssex facing tough start to county champs
By BEN JAYCOCK At the end of last season, Essex were promoted to Division 2 but faced a daunting start to...
-
Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoRepaying loyalty is absolutely paramount
Steve Hill puts the questions to Tom Huggins, head coach at Dudley Kingswinford RFC Why did you get into coaching rugby...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoKildunne and Jones join GB Sevens
Red Roses Grand Slam stars Ellie Kildunne and Meg Jones will join Great Britain Sevens women’s squad in preparation for the...
-
Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 years agoOxfordshire in charge
By NATHAN EDWARDS Division 2 round-up IT was the opening weekend of the Bill Beaumont Cup and the return of county...
-
Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 years agoYarrow sparks Durham
Division 3 round-up By MO SHER DURHAM opened up their campaign at Billingham with a hard-fought 43-34 win against Notts, Lincs...
-
Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 2 years agoCall to attract players back into county tournament
By BEN JAYCOCK Surrey director of rugby Marc Bertrand feels the Bill Beaumont County Championship has lost its edge with players...
-
Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoArmy leave it late to regain trophy
By CHRIS WEARMOUTH Moments and minutes change matches in equal measure, and that is exactly what happened at Kingsholm as the...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoBellhouse helps stop the RAF fightback
Army Women............36pts RAF Women...............19pts A DOMINANT second half from the Army Women earned them the Inter Service Championship title at Kingsholm...
-
BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Loughborough prop Eric Nixon
By BEN JAYCOCK Venezuelan-born prop Eric Nixon is hoping to follow in the footsteps of a long list of Millfield School...
-
Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoResults
... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoDon’t only blame RFU for lack of confidence
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS interesting to read last week’s comments by Simon Halliday in...
-
Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlandovery stand firm to take title
By CARL FIELD Llandovery....... 14pts Newport............... 7pts LLANDOVERY made it back-to-back Welsh Premiership titles after edging out Newport in a pulsating...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoParry times it for Bargoed
Championship round-up A LATE Josh Parry try snatched a 50-47 victory for champions Bargoed at Rumney in a 15-try end-ofseason thriller...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoLewis-Hughes deal
WALES forward Shane Lewis-Hughes will join Dragons from Cardiff this summer. Lewis-Hughes, who can play flanker or lock, came through Cardiff’s...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoItaly sign up Hodges
FORMER Cardiff defence coach Richard Hodges has been named Italy defence coach. Hodges left Wales in 2023 to join Zebre and...
-
Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our...
Features
OSCAR WILSON
BUCS Super Rugby
Cardiff Met’s Gus Patterson on becoming Bridgend’s next rugby star
The best betting sites
