News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps finalise their coaching team following Dai Young’s exit
Lee Blackett given head coach role permanently by Wasps in reshuffle
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago50 South Africans in the Premiership reflects badly, says Snyman
How South African players have surged past Pacific Islanders as the Premiership's foremost import
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons Test star to leave despite promotion back to Premiership
Mulling over his options after playing his last game for the Falcons
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJapan set to overtake Top 14 and Premiership to become No.1 destination
The Top League is attracting players from the world over - and that won't stop says ex-Gloucester lock Tom Savage
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLondon Welsh aim to harness their steeped history in rebuild
The Exiles are putting things in place to climb through the leagues
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby’s quickest ever player? Look no further than the man dubbed ‘Marlon Brando’
Brendan Gallagher pieces together rugby's fastest ever players in a 100m heat - speedster John Young features
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Tonbridge Juddians and ex-Wasps and England U18 fly-half Will Robinson
Robinson played a pivotal role in Juddians' promotion from National Two South this season
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Pontypridd, Dragons and Cardiff fly-half Lee Jarvis
Jarvis reveals what it was like for him to practice with Neil Jenkins when he was on the fringe of Pontypridd's...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership’s best South African XV: Faf de Klerk misses out
TRP picks a line-up of the all-time best South African players to play in the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby suspends season indefinitely but reiterates intent to complete all games
There will be no chance of watching rugby against on April 24 as Premiership extends suspension
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoJapan’s Top League comes calling for Wales star Hadleigh Parkes
Could a big payday be coming to the Wales centre?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoDo England players like Eddie Jones? Dylan Hartley answers
"Does he have to be popular? No” - Dylan Hartley on the England head coach
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Now World Rugby has to help out the needy
Shane Williams on the severity of the situation facing Welsh rugby, but believes the WRPA is much-improved from his playing days
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU have reached a fair outcome says Hill, as Richmond bounce back
Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill has his say on how the RFU's formula to decide league outcomes fared
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGatland: ‘I loved beating Eddie Jones’
Warren Gatland has spoken of his time in charge of Wales and the showdowns with Eddie Jones in the media
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.15-11
Featuring Ben Cohen's crucial stop against the All Blacks in 2002
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI would have liked to see Rob Baxter take charge of England, says Moody
Baxter's development of Exeter should have been tested on England according to the former flanker
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen months of rehab left Sean O’Brien wanting to prove everything to no-one but himself
The London Irish flanker goes into detail about how risky his hip surgery was to his career
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Earn your wedge, Eddie by enthusing Joe Marler to carry on
Eddie Jones will have to make it a priority to keep Joe Marler around
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNick Tompkins’ move away from Saracens hits problems
Negotiations stall over the length of deal for Wales international
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘I wanted to play a big part’ – Ludlam talks of Six Nations frustrations
The England flanker has been remarkably blunt about his need to improve
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pity the players who can’t say goodbye to rugby properly
Peter Jackson looks at some of the players who appear unlikely to be able to bring the curtain down on their...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSpringboks ace Lood de Jager open to idea of switch to Six Nations
The Sale Sharks lock has his say on whether South Africa joining the Six Nations would be beneficial
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWales tour to face All Blacks in two Tests set to be axed
The two-Test tour of New Zealand will cost the All Blacks big
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Worcester Warriors back row Morgan Monks
Taking a lot of inspiration from fledgling teammate Ted Hill at Sixways
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Loyalty of Jackson Wray is a beacon for rugby
Chris Hewett looks at three other players who shouldered the game's burdens at clubs and won respect for doing so
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHow to watch rugby on your phone
The world of entertainment has shifted so much thanks to modern technology that it’s strange to think there was a time...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 try saving tackles of all time: No.20-16
One of the great World Cup tackles from Japan's Ayumu Goromaru
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter is a good place to be, says flanker Dave Ewers
The Zimbabwean back row talks to Neale Harvey about how he finds motivation from missing out on the 2017 Premiership final
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby vice-chairman candidate Bernard Laporte proposes axing Champions Cup
Laporte sees a radical improvement on the Champions Cup which would incorporate teams in both hemispheres
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 tries of all time countdown: No.1-5
Our countdown of the greatest tries reaches No.1
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks and Exeter Chiefs confirmed as Premier 15s clubs
Richmond Women and Waterloo Ladies lose place in Premier 15s
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 consider fast-tracking season to one-off Leinster and Edinburgh final
The PRO14 have a big decision to make...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Doncaster Knights hooker George Edgson
The member of the Knights front row talks us through three of his biggest pet hates
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoInverdale’s demand for grassroots shake-up
‘Financial models are broken’ By NEALE HARVEY JOHN Inverdale has called for a root and branch review of how community rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWales’ All Blacks tour faces the axe
NZ virus lockdown In the balance: Nick Tompkins’ move to Cardiff Blues has hit a problem – see Blindside P10 PICTURE:...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoROOM 101
RICH LANE THE BEDFORD BLUES WINGER/FULL-BACK TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE WORLD OF RUGBY AND BEYOND 1. Covid-19...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTompkins’ move to the Blues hits problems
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Versatile Parkes is wanted in Japan KOBE STEEL are leading a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoEwers keen to get buzz of winning the title
By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Dave Ewers DAVE EWERS says his burning desire to win major trophies made his decision to stay...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSale make their mark on Man Utd facility
SALE SHARKS have started work to bring their new training ground at Carrington up to their required specifications. The Sharks will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKirsten stays on at Chiefs
EXETER CHIEFS have rewarded South African lock Jannes Kirsten with a new deal after his outstanding season at Sandy Park. Kirsten,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNow World Rugby has to help out the needy
THE FINANCIAL situation rugby in Wales is facing is bleak – but the Welsh Rugby Union and their players are taking...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAlcohol, fickle selectors, bad injuries… all took their toll
Brendan Gallagher continues his fascinating series. This week: Players who promised/deserved more 1 Rupeni Caucaunibuca (Fiji) The magical Fijian wing who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoJapan set to become No.1 destination says Savage
By NEALE HARVEY World traveller: Tom Savage in action for Suntory EXILED Englishman Tom Savage believes Japan’s Top League is ready...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPut differences aside to rebuild the Premiership
COLIN BOAG The RFU have announced that for the Championship and below, the final league tables will be decided on a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDREAMTEAM
WILL R OBINSON, TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS AND FORMER WASPS, LONDON WELSH, ROTHERHAM AND ENGLAND U18s FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoLoyalty of Jackson is a beacon for rugby
Jackson Wray has just agreed fresh terms with Saracens – the clearest possible signal that the most criminally under-celebrated forward in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPrice is right to escape All Blacks
YOU have to hand it to those generous souls in the airline industry. As Covid-19 continued to tighten its grip, it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMaxime shows what really counts
UP THERE in the executive class, the Scottish Rugby Union CEO Mark Dodson, who trousered well over £900,000 last year, has...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoThe 15 who set the pace
Ellis Genge THIS Team of the Premiership so far reflects the homegrown talent in the English top league, as well as the...











