The Rugby Paper Team
News By The Rugby Paper Team
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoAussies overtake Blitzboks to clinch series title
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA secured their first-ever men’s Sevens title last weekend after finishing third in the series finale in Los Angeles....
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoSurgery sidelines Isiekwe
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS and England second row Nick Isiekwe will have surgery this week that will keep him out for “several...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoReds host England
ENGLAND will return to Jersey for a training camp ahead of the autumn internationals. For a second year England will be...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoScarlets power up
SCARLETS have secured the signings of former Cardiff Met captain Iwan Shenton and second row Griff Evans ahead of the 2022/23...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoKendra to call time
NEW Zealand’s all-time most-capped women’s player Kendra Cocksedge will retire in November after her home World Cup. The 34-year-old No.9 made...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoEssex Uni investigate head injury effects in grassroots
NEWS EXTRA RESEARCHERS at the University of Essex have launched an investigation into the effects of concussion in grassroots rugby with...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
-
Features
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Simon Hammersley
The former Newcastle and Sale full-back Seeing as I’m starting my first job in ‘the real world’ as an investment banker...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoRavens thumped as Gage turns on the magic
Premiership By LLOYD PHILLIPS Aberavon......... 45 Bridgend........... 14 ABERAVON ran in six tries as they thrashed Bridgend at the Talbot Athletic...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoJones leads by example to fire Llandovery
Premiership By JAMES BEYNON Carmarthen.............. 3 Llandovery............... 9 LLANDOVERY edged out Carmarthen Quins to claim a hard-fought win in a ferocious...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoPrice is right for runaway Llanelli
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli.....................46 Swansea.................26 LLANELLI got their Premiership campaign off to a flying start with a bonus-point victory over...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoKnoyle sparkles to give Phillips ideal start
Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr....................22 RGC............................. 15 ROWLAND Phillips kicked off his tenure as new Merthyr boss with a hard-fought victory...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoLloyd helps Steelmen turn tables
Premiership By LEANNE THOMAS Newport...................22 Ebbw Vale...............25 EBBW Vale caught Newport cold on the opening weekend of the season with a...
-
Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish catches Ponty cold with 13-point tally
Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Pontypridd.............. 12 Cardiff......................26 WILY old Dan Fish proved the difference as Premiership champions Cardiff saw off rivals...
-
Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPrice the pick of Ponty’s star turns Championship round-up
By STEFFAN THOMAS PONTYPOOL underlined why they are favourites for promotion to the Premiership as they ran in seven tries at...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoPremiership expansion confirmed
THE Welsh Premiership will be expanded to 14 teams for 2023-24 with no relegation in 2022-23. Two teams will be promoted...
-
Latest News
/ 3 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...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoFamily affair as Brecon win big
Welsh National One round-up By ROB COLE DALE McIntosh saw his Brecon side got off to a winning start in Admiral...
-
James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse will take title, say coaches
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse will win the Top 14 title at the end of another tight season – according to...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWalder sets his sights on playing entertaining rugby
By PAUL REES Dave Walder spent 10 years working under Dean Richards but is now in charge at Newcastle and determined...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoGlobe-trotter Hanrahan out to put drive back into Dragons
Determined: JJ Hanrahan in action for Clermont last season There have been several false dawns at Rodney Parade over the past...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWounded Warriors won’t be replaced
By JON NEWCOMBE The 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership regular season is likely to remain a 26-round season – even if Worcester are...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland & Wales set for £20m bonanza
By PETER JACKSON England and Wales are planning a pre-World Cup double next summer expected to generate about £20m in ticket...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland’s double blow as Springboks eye title
ENGLAND made a disastrous start to the grand finale of the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 in Los Angeles...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRogerson: Our Henry will need protection
By GARY FITZGERALD Henry Arundell’s stunning rise up the rugby ladder and onto the international stage means the young England flyer...
-
World
/ 3 years agoEngland’s young guns go down to Boks in a thriller
By BEN JAYCOCK Stehan Heymans’ 79th minute penalty broke England U18s hearts as South Africa beat Jonathan Pendlebury’s side 44-41 in...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoChristian wades in with a dream return
By MATT BADCOCK Christian Wade marked his return to rugby after four years away with two tries. The 31-year-old former England...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoMalins can make Eddie think again, says Wyles
By GARY FITZGERALD Max Malins can start the new Premiership campaign on a special World Cup mission and make it impossible...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoMatthews raring to go with Quins
By GARY FITZGERALD Heading home: Charlie Matthews, pictured playing for Wasps, is heading back to The Stoop PICTURES: Getty Images Charlie...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWomen may turn pro with £220m investment
Women's rugby in England is set to transform over the next decade, thanks to a £220 million RFU investment programme to...
-
Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBear’s learnt from the school of hard knocks
By BEN JAYCOCK Having had his ‘world ended’ by being dropped from the Harlequins academy at just 14, Bear Williams says...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoIyogun so proud to be a Saint
EMMANUEL Iyogun says he is desperate to repay the faith in him shown by his Northampton Saints coaches after signing a...
-
Letters
/ 3 years agoTime we ended the nonsense of 46 players on the pitch
IT IS high time rugby union rectified its woeful inability to end the game’s injury crisis threatening the sport’s future. Before...
-
Letters
/ 3 years agoChamp to the rescue
WITH the possible demise of Worcester and Wasps, it's good to know that our ring-fenced Premiership can call upon two oven-ready...
-
Features
/ 3 years agoInternational transfers don’t sit well with me
COLIN BOAG If ever you wanted evidence that under World Rugby’s watch the game is going downhill, you could do worse...
-
Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Billy McBryde
Billy McBryde, The Doncaster Knights fly-half/full-back and former Wales U20s, Scarlets & RGC player chooses the best XV he has played...
-
Columnists
/ 3 years agoLawes gets my nod but Eddie has a tough call – Dean Richards
FORMER ENGLAND No.8 'Big boys don’t cry’ sang Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons (I know it’s girls really but just...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe can yet do more to help our clubs be sustainable
DEAN RICHARDS THE state of the game at the moment is very worrying. It is a tough time with all the...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBath turn sights on du Preez brothers
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Bath are the latest club to run the rule over...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 still keen on flyer Wade
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RACING 92 are set to decide on the future of former England winger Christian Wade,...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBuyers will have to prove they have the money
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Prospective Worcester Warriors buyers could be asked to produce proof of funds for between £30...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens may tempt Kruis out of retirement
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are understood to have sounded out former England and Lions lock George Kruis about...
-
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoReturn to Japan on the list for Goode
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Alex Goode is being lined up for another stint in Japan when his contract with...
-
International Rugby
/ 3 years agoJapan………………….29 Ireland ………………..10
■By MARK DOCHERTY JAPAN stepped up their World Cup preparations with a win over Ireland to tie the series in Tokyo....
-
International Rugby
/ 3 years agoAustralia …………….14 New Zealand ……..22
■By MICK WILSON WALLAROOS coach Jay Tregonning has set his team the goal of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals after...
-
International Rugby
/ 3 years agoScotland …………….17 USA ……………………..21
■By DANNY WARD DESPITE an encouraging display against the fifth ranked side in the world, Chloe Rollie’s last minute try-saving tackle...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoFinancial grief puts sport in a sorry state
CHRIS HEWETT A few days ago, the proposed transfer of the Senegalese footballer Ismaila Sarr from Watford to Aston Villa disappeared...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoMinnows still thrown to sharp shooters
CHRIS HEWETT Many of the most gruesome blood sports have been legislated out of existence. It’s called progress. You don’t see...
Latest News
Superb Sharks demolish Clermont
Features
OSCAR WILSON
BUCS Super Rugby
Cardiff Met’s Gus Patterson on becoming Bridgend’s next rugby star
The best betting sites
