The Rugby Paper Team
News By The Rugby Paper Team
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoHarlequins fight back to take the Academy crown
HARLEQUINS were crowned Premiership U18s Academy champions after they scored 20 unanswered points to beat Sale 20-8 in the final at...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoOtley on rise after Luffman dismissal
■ By JON NEWCOMBE OTLEY chairman Nick Girling says the National Two North club will wait until the summer to find...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoTest moved from Tonga
WALES’ summer Test against Tonga will be staged in another country after Welsh Rugby Union concerns over the suitability of the...
-
Rugby World Cup
/ 10 years agoOaks revert to old style power game
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Match-winner: Florin Vlaicu in action against Spain FLORIN VLAICU scored all his side’s points as Romania beat...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoNarberth humbled as Quins cup run continues
By JOHN ARKLESS Narberth 19 Carmarthen 52 CARMARTHEN Quins remain on course to go one better than last season’s runners up...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoPonty scrape through despite a spirited Newport display
By TIM LEWIS Pontypridd 34 Newport 29 PONTYPRIDD resisted a red-hot Newport comeback to secure a battling victory and advance to...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoImpressive RGC march on as Ravens fall short
By JAMES CANDY Bridgend R 20 RGC 1404 31 RGC1404 have added a WRU National Cup quarter- final to their list...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoBattling Beddau edged out by Ebbw in gritty
By ELGAN ALDERMAN Beddau 3 Ebbw Vale 7 EBBW Vale had to dig deep to hold off a spirited Beddau side...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoJarvis keeps double hopes alive for the Ironmen
By RICH JONES Bedwas 14 Merthyr 25 MERTHYR remain in reach of an historic league and cup double after they outshone...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoProsser unlocks Neath as Keys progress to next round
By ROB COLE Cross Keys 29 Neath 10 JOSH Prosser booted Cross Keys into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Cup...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoLlandovery bounce back as cup defence continues
By ALEX BYWATER Llandovery 27 Bargoed 5 LLANDOVERY’S impressive season continued at Church Bank as the defending WRU National Cup champions...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoPontypool add sorry Cardiff to their Cup collection
By ROB COLE Cardiff 32 Pontypool 43 PONTYPOOL beat Llanelli in the last round and the Championship leaders added the scalp...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoRhydyfelin go top in East with rivals on plate duty
SWALEC round-up NEWBRIDGE celebrated their first home league win since December 3 as they ran out 15-13 victors over Glynneath in...
-
Columnists
/ 10 years agoIt’s seven heaven for Armitage with Pau
FRENCH COLUMN Life has been somewhat eventful for Steffon Armitage, the back row forward voted the finest player in Europe not...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoCracknell battling to avoid the scrapheap
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Fiji 7s coach Chris Cracknell fears he may have to quit rugby after failing to find work...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoMontpellier boss must wait for Gloucester ruling
MOHEDAltrad faces a further wait to find out if his proposed takeover of Gloucester will be allowed to go ahead. The...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 1. Racing Metro lock given his France debut v Argentina last year (4) 3. Bath’s ex-London Irish prop with experience...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoTrophy success is priority for one-club man Myler
By NEALE HARVEY STEPHENMyler insists personal milestones are way down his priority list as he battles to lift Northampton back to...
-
The Rugby Paper
/ 10 years agoEnglish backs must pay more attention
HAVINGread many extensive Wales v England match reports, I am astonished to see no analysis of Liam Williams’ try for Wales....
-
The Rugby Paper
/ 10 years agoCain’s right, sort scrum mess or risk league-style farce
NICK Cain was 100 per cent correct in his column about raising the issue of crooked feeds in the scrum and...
-
The Rugby Paper
/ 10 years agoAnyone else had enough of Butler?
YET another year goes by with the BBC continuing to regard biased Eddie Butler as the best commentator for the big...
-
Features
/ 10 years agoPainful truth is Italy are just getting left behind
COLIN BOAG With two rounds gone, what have we learned so far from this year’s Six Nations? First, that the standard...
-
-
Features
/ 10 years agoStart Te’o against Italy and utilise Daly from full-back
In n ideal world Eddie Jones would love to arrive at the 2019 World Cup in Japan with 38 players that...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoQuins suffer mauling as Bath begin to flow
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER BATH maintained their push for a playoff place by pulling away from a dogged and resilient Harlequins side...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoKingston: One little mistake was costly
HARLEQUINS coach John Kingston is still mystified how his side managed to leave the Rec empty handed last night. “I am...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoEnforcer Latu raring to be let off the leash
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park Newcastle v Northampton HAVING fought back from a career-threatening knee injury, Newcastle’s...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoJP sentences Bristol to an eight-try lashing
Going over: Pat Cilliers scores Leicester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Well done, pal: Owen Williams congratulates Brendon O’Connor, left, after...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoafter seven-month injury lay-off
Until making his seasonal bow off the bench against Bath in the Anglo- Welsh Cup a fortnight ago, followed by another...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoTainton’s rap after collapse to Tigers
BRISTOL head coach Mark Tainton ordered his strugglers to have “hard look at ourselves” after this thumping. Bristol have not won...
-
Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Nick Isiekwe – England U20s lock
Nick Isiekwe wants to play at the highest level and he only needs to look at Saracens teammate Maro Itoje to...
-
Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Crooked feeds are making a mockery of our game
These days TV commentators are clearly under orders from broadcasters not to mention them, but our readers say that crooked scrum...
-
Room 101
/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Jimmy Rea – Bishop’s Stortford wing
1. People who leave gates open I’ve got an organic arable and non-organic beef farm on the Essex/Herts border and it...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoCONFIRMED: Newcastle bring in Maxime Mermoz
As revealed in the Fissler Files on January 22, Newcastle have added title-winning credentials and proven international experience with the signing...
-
Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: Why I worry for Wales in Edinburgh showpiece
Wales usually expect to win in Scotland, but I think this month’s trip to Murrayfield could be the toughest game of...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Eddie Jones finds redemption in Welsh Colditz
Eddie Jones had taken a long time to reacquaint himself with Cardiff since the Wallabies gave him the last rites for...
-
English Championship
/ 10 years agoBryan Redpath: Coaches are now under soccer-style pressure
Yorkshire Carnegie head coach Bryan Redpath has revealed why a combination of declining job security and doubts over the future structure...
-
Young Gun
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Laurence May – Cornish Pirates fly-half
Big game against London Scottish? It is but we’re preparing it like any other game really. The weather forecast is giving...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoScotland captain Laidlaw out of Six Nations
Scotland have been dealt a huge blow to their Six Nations hopes with the news that captain Greig Laidlaw will miss...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoCuthbert released from Wales squad
Wing Alex Cuthbert was the only starting player from Wales defeat to England to be released back to his club for...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoGlasgow sign Stormers loosehead
Glasgow have signed Stormers prop and Huw Jones’ housemate Oliver Kebble ahead of the 2017/18 season. The move is subject to...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoSorenson to call it a day at Bristol
Bristol stalwart Mark Sorenson has announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. The 37-year-old...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoDwayne Peel to join Ulster as assistant coach
Ulster have added to their backroom staff for next season by acquiring Bristol backs coach Dwayne Peel. Peel’s arrival as an...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoChiefs pick up Bristol half-back on loan
Exeter have brought in Bristol and former Wales scrum-half Martin Roberts on a loan deal to provide urgent injury cover. The...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoBristol to bring in All Black Luatua
Bristol have pulled off a massive coup by signing All Blacks flanker Steven Luatua ahead of next season. The 25-year-old will...
-
Featured
/ 10 years agoLet George prove he’s a starting Lion says Chuter
Jamie George is this summer’s first choice British Lions hooker-in-waiting and must be given the chance to prove it by starting...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoCardiff Blues secure Leicester centre
Leicester’s Welsh centre Jack Roberts will join the Cardiff Blues next season after agreeing a long-term deal with the Pro12 outfit....
-
Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: This farewell to a Bok hero was fit for a king
They carried his oak coffin out of Loftus Versveld a few minutes before three o’clock on Friday afternoon at the end...
-
Latest News
/ 10 years agoBennett, Strauss and Reid to leave Glasgow
Glasgow have announced that Mark Bennett will join Edinburgh and Gordon Reid and Josh Strauss will leave the Warriors at the...
-
My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Scott Morgan – former Wales forward
Each and every time I pulled on a club jersey was special to me irrespective of who I played for, but...
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
The best betting sites
