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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPRE-SEASON FIXTURES
14 August Sale FC v Sedgley Park (2.30pm) Blackheath v Carmarthen Quins (3pm) Fylde v Preston GH (3pm) Penrith v Preston...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoHeart sinks when I hear Greenwood
I AGREE with Colin Boag, there is too much analysis on television before and after each Lions game. At least we...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoGive Lions tours more time pleads Warren Gatland
WARREN Gatland shrugged off the despair of a heartbreaking series loss to South Africa to demand the Lions be given more...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoALLIANZ PREMIER XVs FIXTURES 2021-22
CHAMPIONS Harlequins start their title defence at home to Loughborough Lightning on September 4. The season will see the introduction of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoWorcester bring in big guns to achieve lift-off
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Premiership squads are shaping up for the new season What with pandemic considerations – not...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoVerdict: Two tries in three Tests don’t win Lions tours
Brendan Gallagher picks apart how the Lions lost the third Test, after leading at half-time
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoOur water breaks were called half-time!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well just as I suggested two weeks ago, we have had a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoStormers lock pairing look for move to Britain
Is a move north for the David Meihuizen and JD Schickerling on the horizon?
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAmbitious Harlequins are a match for Jack Walker
Harlequins hooker Jack Walker discusses his switch from Premiership rivals Bath to the Stoop
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExeter boss Rob Baxter keen on Aussie giant McCauley
Rob Baxter goes hunting for Aussie lock to join Chiefs
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFront rowers compete for Deacon’s job at Cov
■By JON NEWCOMBE TWO former Premiership front rowers are understood to be in the running for the Coventry forwards coach job....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGleeson confirmed as Eddie’s attack general
■By SAM JACKSON MARTIN Gleeson has been confirmed as England’s new attack coach. As revealed in TRP on April 11, Gleeson...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers academy product Tandoh to head to France
The Tigers back row has the option to return to Oval Park after deciding to take a year to play for...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff building a stronger pathway
By ROB COLE CARDIFF RFC were chasing a first league and cup double before lockdown struck and ended the 2019/20 season....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWelsh Premiership: Dead-eye Jones kicks Bargoed to first round win
TWO penalties from Steffan Jones enabled Bargoed to launch their WRU Championship Cup campaign with a 13-7 home win over Bedwas....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFijian ace Lomani off to Saints
Danger man: Frank Lomani on attack for Rebels NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed Fiji international scrum-half Frank Lomani from Australian side Melbourne...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie gets his holidays in before new season
SO Eddie Jones is off on his travels again in the next month although, still a long way out from the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoSouth Africa 19-16 Lions: Lions let their chances slip along with this troubled series
THIS was a series that the 2021 Lions let slip at the last. The spike that they became hooked on was...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoErasmus rant warps rugby’s core values, says top ref
By PAUL REES A TEAM of lawyers is preparing to defend Rassie Erasmus who faces a misconduct hearing after South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew Zealand 33-25 Australia: Wallabies fightback fails in poor opener
The Wallabies drought at Eden Park goes on as they lose the Bledisloe Cup in their Rugby Championship pre-cursor
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Premiership clubs in stand-off over players’ agent fees
Neil Fissler exclusively reports on a new feud developing between Premiership clubs and players' agents
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGB star earns Sarries deal
SARACENS have given winger Ben Harris a new long-term contract. The 21-year-old was part of Great Britain’s Sevens squad at the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoMINUTE-BY-MINUTE THE LIONS ON TOUR
THE Lions used 31 players throughout the series yet only two players went the distance from the first Test to the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAdamson back at Blues from France
WINGER Dean Adamson, 28, has returned to Bedfo rd Blues following a year away at French ProD2 side Rouen, where he...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSevens was thrilling, give us more on TV
THE Olympic Sevens was a wondeful event and I would like to congratulate New Zealand and Fiji for winning the gold...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWorcester Warriors go green for brighter future
The Premiership club have pledged to reduce their climate footprint, director Peter Kelly outlines how the Warriors are overhauling their ways...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoErasmus did a job on everyone, that includes Gatland
I’M incandescent with rage at how easily the referee was influenced by Erasmus’ on-line rant, about how easily the ref ’...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoMaliq Holden feels at home among Doncaster Knights
Jon Newcombe discovers how the former Cornish Pirates winger discovered rugby on Cyprus
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoEddie Jones completes recruitment of Martin Gleeson to succeed Amor
As revealed by TRP back on April 11, Martin Gleeson will leave Wasps to join the England programme as attack coach
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe Flying Fijians: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Men’s Sevens Champions
Profiling the gold medal-winning Fiji Men's team which added to its history in Rio by triumphing in Tokyo
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years ago‘Let’s put World Rugby on trial’ – Sharks owner ready to aid Rassie’s legal fight
One of the heads of MVM Holdings, the US firm that owns the Sharks, has offered legal aid to the Springboks...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWallabies stand down three for drinking session ahead of Bledisloe Cup clash
Head coach Dave Rennie explains the reasons for dropping Marika Koroibete, Pone Fa'amausili and Isi Naisarani from playing the All Blacks
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCVC Capital Partners agrees cash injection in La Liga
Stakeholders in Premiership Rugby and Six Nations agrees £2.7bn investment in Spanish football league
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoDisciplinary panel dismisses biting charge against Lions prop Kyle Sinckler
Sinckler had been alleged to have bitten Springboks lock Franco Mostert in the second half of the second Test
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoTEAM: Spingboks without Faf de Klerk and Pieter-Steph du Toit for decider
South Africa call on Cobus Reinach and Lood de Jager to fill void of losing two of their star players
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoTEAM: Warren Gatland drops seven Lions players for third Test decider
A big shake-up in selection by Lions head coach Warren Gatland
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRed Roses appoint Louis Deacon as forwards coach
Deacon had been forwards coach at Coventry, but will now join Simon Middleton's staff
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoIRFU put block on move for one of Andy Farrell’s assistants
Dwayne Peel had hoped to bring Ireland forwards coach Simon Easterby back to the Scarlets
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoTom de Glanville aims to make Eddie Jones re-consider
Bath full-back Tom de Glanville discusses his England hopes with Adam Ellis after call-ups to two of Eddie Jones' training squads
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRassie Erasmus’ blunderbuss blasts all moving targets | Nick Cain
Rassie Erasmus' video was a clear indication of the effects severe pressure can have on national hero status, writes Nick Cain
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRassie rant is just good fun says Marler
JOE Marler insists he has no problems with Rassie Erasmus’ hour- long video rant at the officiating in the Lions First...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRichard Cockerill ponders England job after talks with Eddie Jones
England's new forwards coach?
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCorey Baldwin coming back to Scarlets
The Exeter Chiefs centre is leaving Sandy Park and returning to the Scarlets
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarry Mallinder set to take Goode’s place in Japan
Where will Harry Mallinder be playing after announcing he will leave Saints for the Top League?
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNow head analyst quits Eddie Jones staff
John Mitchell will be followed out the door by England head analyst Joe Lewis
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoPau-bound Daniel Ikpefan braves the crossover | James Harrington
After falling out of favour at Toulon, Ikpefan gets a shot at starring elsewhere in the Top 14 at Pau
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSevens circuit is lacking top stars | Chris Hewett
After the success of sevens at the Olympics, attention now turns to whether the World Sevens Series circuit to suitable for...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoSouth Africa 27-9 Lions: Lions must break free from tactical straightjacket
Nick Cain's report on the second Test which saw the Springboks bring the series level
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoSuch brilliant rugby deserved the mightiest of crowds to applaud it
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Olympics and 30 minutes of the most intense sevens rugby he's seen
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoPlayer ratings – second Test: Siya Kolisi is the Boks’ captain marvel
Paul Rees rates the performances of the Lions and South Africa in a brutal second Test
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