News By The Rugby Paper Team
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoKeep improving to be world champs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Great ball carrier: Maro Itoje Quick feet: Anthony Watson LEADING into the World Cup England...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFarrell’s the gaffer and he’s behaving like it now
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Natural warrior: Owen Farrell defied his dead leg Leadership comes in many shapes and forms and sometimes it’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWoodman expects big things from tyro prop stars
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTERscrum guru Trevor Woodman has challenged his front row brat pack to beat a path into...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoKirwan content building future for himself
NEWS EXTRA By JACK JOHNSON EIGHT months ago, Carl Kirwan stepped out at Sixways for a Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final against...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Brussow calls time NORTHAMPTON flanker Heinrich Brüssow has announced his retirement. The 33-year-old, who won 23 caps for South Africa flanker...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoRoaring Bears go on four-try rampage
Bristol ……………26 Richmond ………18 By NADINE KENWORTH BRISTOL Bears secured their third win of the campaign with a bonus-point victory against...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWasps reduce Wood to kindling
Firwood……………0 Wasps ……………62 By CHRISTINA HUGHES THE sun may have made a surprise appearance for kick-off but there was little to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSharks home and hosed on wet day
DMP Sharks ….32 Worcester ……21 By TOM BULMER DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks made it backto- back wins with a bonus-point victory...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoLightning struck by Quins revival
Loughboro’……27 Harlequins……36 By BETHAN ZEIDLER IT WAS a game of two halves for Loughborough Lightning as, after a dominant first half,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoJoy of six for Sarries but no try bonus
Saracens ………15 Glos-Hartpury …7 By WILL PICKWORTH SARACENS made it six wins out of six as they beat Gloucester-Hartpury in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTough as Met face stiff tests on two fronts
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD CARDIFF Met director of rugby Danny Milton was delighted to see his side get back...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBlacker takes aim as Llanelli celebrate first win
?Ebbw Vale ……10 Llanelli…………29 Premiership By ROB COLE FORMER Wales U20 and Cardiff Blues scrum-half Dane Blacker struck twice for Llanelli...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBird digs out dramatic last-minute victory
Bridgend ………21 Pontypridd ….23 By GUTO DAVIES ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSwansea leave empty-handed as Quins shade i
Carmarthen….21 Swansea ………12 By PAUL HOPKINS QUINS secured a wellearned victory over Swansea in a cagey affair. They struck first against...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFish joins the push to plunder Cardiff try
RGC 1404 ………22 Cardiff …………29 By ROB COLE ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBlack & Ambers looking for sweet home return
PREVIEW… Newport v Merthyr Today (Sunday). Kick-off 2.30pm By ROB COLE NEWPORT have had to wait a long time for their...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI’m delighted for England says ex-captain Robshaw
CHRIS Robshaw denied he endured bitter-sweet emotions watching England smash the All Blacks without him …and then tipped Owen Farrell and...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFelinfoel dodge showers as Emlyn sit it out
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD FELINFOELstole a march on Newcastle Emlyn at the top of One West after edging...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGiles, Allen ruled out for entire season
OSPREYS wing Keelan Giles has been ruled out for the rest of the 2019-20 season. Centre Cory Allen is also out...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoOspreys in hunt to bring Wales ace back home
Wanted man: Liam Williams By STEFFAN THOMAS LIAM Williams has emerged as the number one transfer target for the Ospreys as...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWing ace Mikalcius relishing chance at Scottish
NEWS EXTRA By STEWART McCULLOUGH JONAS Mikalcius is flying the flag for Lithuanian rugby, the 25-year-old wing keen to put his...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBordeaux face battle to retain Radradra
World class talent: Semi Radradra PICTURE: Getty Images Semi Radradra’s stock has never been higher than it is right now. After...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRogerson ready now for big leap with Irish
By NEALE HARVEY Stepping up: Matt Rogerson PICTURES: Getty Images New man: Sean O’Brien BARNSTORMING London Irish back row Matt Rogerson...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMissing the final cut hurt my pride says Woodburn
By NEIL FISSLER OLLY WOODBURN admits he has got a chip on his shoulder after missing out on a place in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWe can do it this time, North tells the Welsh
GEORGE North’s battle cry sent Wales into their World Cup semi-final with South Africa as he insisted this will be a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThat’s what you call a thirst!
BEER hawkers, who walk around serving drinks to fans at the stadia, are hoping to break the million beer barrier. More...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoO’Driscoll catches eye of the Tiger
High fives: Tiger Woods, left, and Brian O’Driscoll BRIAN O’Driscoll had the moment of his golfing life when he got a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoDarren gets a half at least
DARRENBooker, a New Zealand fan who works as a chef in London and was a fellow pod resident of TRP, was...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoConrad gives Wales chat-line
Winner: Conrad Smith DOUBLE World Cup winner Conrad Smith dropped in to meet Wales’ players and told Warren Gatland’s boys what...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoNice to see you, Ian
WALES have been welcomed by a familiar face at Yokohama Stadium this week. WRU security manager Ian Peploe is working at...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks’ rugby empire was destroyed by a white tornado
PETER JACKSON COMMENT Deft off-loads: Kyle Sinckler, left, and Mako Vunipola made a mockery of the grunt ‘n’ groan prop stereotype...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFair play, Scots were the cleanest
Elbowed out: Jaco Peyper brings out the red card for Frances’s Sebastien Vahaamahina ENGLANDhead into the World Cup final armed with...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoShaun uses an umbrella to put wind up mighty Boks
Nick Cain visits a highly motivated Welsh camp ahead of the semi-final with South Africa Dynamic duo: Warren Gatland with defence...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMoriarty try swings it Wales’ way after Vahaamahina red
From NICK CAIN at Oita Stadium Late winner: Ross Moriarty scores the crucial try ROSS Moriarty’s late try clinched a see-saw...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints are keen on move for Quins’ Alex Dombrandt
Chris Boyd is plotting a way for Saints to get back on the map as a European club by stepping up...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Sheffield Tigers player-coach Jamie Broadley
Sheffield Tigers centre Jamie Broadley offers three pet hates awaiting entry to Room 101
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Rosslyn Park and ex-Exeter and Gloucester no.9 Dave Lewis
This is some team picked by the scrum-half who made the move to Rosslyn Park from Harlequins in the summer
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Featured
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens tighthead prop Sam Wainwright
From the north Wales coast to Saracens, meet a youthful addition to the Premiership club's front row
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRyan Lamb relishing mentor role under Brad Mooar at Scarlets
The former Worcester Warriors and Leicester Tigers man talks coming out of retirement to answer Mooar's call
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Featured
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Momentous days for Japanese rugby but place in Six Nations is a non-starter
Reaching the quarter-finals at the World Cup shouldn't immediately open the door for Japan
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCornell du Preez aiming high at Worcester after horror throat injury
The Worcester Warriors back row tells TRP he is back fully fit after having urgent surgery on a fractured larynx
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rebirth of Hiroshima ignored by Rugby World Cup
Peter Jackson's view on Hiroshima being an ample setting for a Rugby World Cup match 74 years on from the devastation...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: It helps having Lions in the squad, says Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones and Steve Hansen have both announced their squads for the World Cup semi-final
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winner Hill taught me says England star Tom Curry
Tom Curry reflects on the influence of Richard Hill dating back well before England's quarter-final win over Australia in Japan.
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
Nick Cain fixes the spotlight on Japan's diminutive flyers after helping the Brave Blossoms to achieve a team first
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago600 kids turn out for 2019 Oakman Cup at Allianz Park
Last Sunday over 600 children from 13 Rugby Clubs across seven counties played in one of the UK’s largest independent Minis...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton flanker Heinrich Brussow forced to call time on rugby career
"I have been battling injuries for some time now" - Brussow
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Warburton red card still haunts me to this day
The semi-final loss at the 2011 Rugby World Cup was the worst moment in the career of Shane Williams and other...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThe greatest rugby union fly halves of all-time
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup well into the knockout phase, fans are fortunate to be watching some of the best...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens up their offer to in-demand Max Malins amid interest from rivals
The fly-half/full-back is out of contract at Allianz Park at the end of the season and TRP reported earlier this month...











