Following Sunday’s twitter poll that saw 2,081 people vote for their favourite Premiership stadium, the Rugby Paper will this week conduct a “World Cup” to […]
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Premiership squads are shaping up for the new season What with pandemic considerations – not least the financial implications […]
GEORGE ORAM, DONCASTER’S NEW SIGNING AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, BLACKHEATH, ROTHERHAM, BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY & COVENTRY LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT What a strange if memorable game down in Cape Town. Nothing quite panned out as we might have expected although despite all […]
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk THERE can be no doubt that if the […]
MR ROWE’S comments in last week’s TRP regarding funding for the Championship almost indicated a slight change of heart from a Premiership owner. I say […]
Jon Newcombe looks ahead to the men’s rugby Sevens competition at the Olympic Games which gets underway in Tokyo on Monday, July 26-28 WALES winning […]
Leader: Ealing’s Craig Hampson THE prospect of at least two years battling the big boys in the Premiership adds more spice to the Championship next […]
DANIEL GALLAN VERDICT Destroyer: Pieter-Steph du Toit The Springboks have tasted defeat before. Despite a widespread perception among many fans and pundits, the indomitability of […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Fast tempo: Scrum-half Ali Price OK, it was ‘only’ a seriously under-strength Stormers, shorn of all their South Africa squad players, but […]
HEADING into first Test week, the big question remains: Can the Lions pack get parity at the set-piece. Warren Gatland has flown out Ireland hooker […]
IT’S fascinating how small margins make such a difference at the very highest level. Take Adam Radwan for example. The Newcastle flyer looked electric for […]
By SAM JACKSON Scotland ……….24pts Tries: Harrison 10, Gray 18, Muncaster 49 Conversions: Scott 11, 19, 50 Penalties: Scott 3 Wales …………….32pts Tries: Tshiunza 5, […]
Ireland …………28 France…………..34 FRANCE recorded their fourth-straight win against Ireland to secure second place in the table, with a well-executed try for Louis Bielle-Barrey proving […]
By NICK CAIN South Africa A..17pts Tries: Nkosi 12, Am 31 Conversions: Steyn 13, 33 Penalties: Steyn 5 Lions ………………13pts Tries: Jones 43 Conversions: Farrell […]
By CORMAC ROONEY Italy ……………………23 Ireland………………..30 IRELAND U20 head coach Richie Murphy heaped praise on captain Alex Kendellen for inspiring a second-half resurgence against Italy. […]
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools RUGBY School often take most of the plaudits for spreading the game, and in many […]
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Dazzling: Anthony Watson SOMETIMES you just have to keep the faith. I defer to nobody in my abiding love of Lions rugby – […]
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk YOUR recent ‘Baron Files’ with Nick Cain should […]
CHRIS WOLFE-ELDER, THE FORMER WASPS ACADEMY, PLYMOUTH ALBION, LONDON WELSH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, CHINNOR & RICHMOND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST…. […]
By CARL LEE France ………………..45 Scotland …………….21 SCOTLAND failed to take advantage of playing against 14 men for more than an hour, as France recorded […]