Saracens primed to emulate Tigers’ long period of dominance

George Kruis is confident Saracens can create a long-lasting legacy by repeating last season’s heroics to become the first Premiership side...

Introducing the reigning Olympic rugby champions

15. Charles Doe (Stanford University): Basketball was his first love but he quickly took to rugby. Vice-captain in Paris in 1924...

Room 101: Alex Lewington – London Irish wing

1. Early starts This is a controversial one as we’ve just started a new programme at London Irish which means we...

McConnochie replaces Davis in Team GB Sevens squad

Alex Davis has been ruled out of the Rio Olympics following an injury to his right ankle and will be replaced...

Brendan Gallagher catches up with Italy boss Conor O’Shea

Conor O’Shea has been moving house this week and barring ferry delays, French customs getting moody and removal vans getting lost...

Jeff Probyn column: Rugby as a whole won’t benefit from this new deal

With the RFU and the Premiership congratulating themselves on reaching an eye-watering £200 million plus funding agreement, there are some voices...

Wasps confirm signing of Willie Le Roux

As revealed by Neil Fissler last Sunday, Wasps have bolstered their already impressive squad by the addition of Springboks full-back Willie...

Jono Kitto: Watch out, Tigers’ new midfield will be tasty!

Manu Tuilagi‘s line-busting power, allied to the subtle skills of new signing Matt Toomua will give Leicester the cutting edge needed...

20 Questions: Tyson Lewis – Doncaster wing

Enjoyed the off-season? It was nice to go away and unwind a little bit after such a long season. I stayed...

Prop pair pen new Saracens contracts

Props Richard Barrington and Titi Lamositele have signed new deals with Saracens. Loosehead Barrington, 26, who arrived at Saracens from Championship...

England stars agree new deals with Bath

Bath have announced that Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson have both agreed long-term extensions to their contract that will see the...

Worcester sign Bath sacked flanker Faosiliva

Worcester Warriors have confirmed the signing of Samoa international back-row Alafoti Faosiliva. The flanker, who can also play at no.8, moves...

Jeremy Guscott column: Half-back combination is the key to Bristol survival

Running out in front of a big crowd at Twickenham will be a fantastic baptism for Bristol on their welcome back...

Nick Cain column: Stop these TV chiefs from censuring matches

Partisan television coverage in which host broadcasters lose the capacity to be objective is a growing problem for Rugby Union. The...

England coaches in frame for Lions

England will make Grand Slam coaches Steve Borthwick and Paul Gustard available for the Lions in New Zealand next year. Eddie...

Back pair re-sign for Harlequins

Winston Stanley and Charlie Walker have committed their future to Harlequins having signed a new deal with the South London club....

My Life in Rugby: Ben Woods – former Leicester, Newcastle and England Saxons flanker

I grew up in south Yorkshire dreaming of becoming a footballer so I’d never have guessed that the only penalty shootout...

Leicester chief slams new Premiership deal as ‘flawed’

Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen believes Premiership Rugby‘s policy of linking the salary cap to central funding is wrong and...

WATCH: Team GB unified in Olympic rugby bid

CNN World Rugby reports on how English, Scottish and Welsh rugby players are united in the goal of winning sevens gold...

Harlequins sign Pau loosehead

Harlequins have confirmed the signing of 21 year-old loosehead Cameron Holenstein from Pau. Growing up in South Africa, Holenstein began his...

Giles handed first Ospreys professional contract

The Ospreys have handed 18-year old winger Keelan Giles his first professional contract. The teenager has put pen to paper on...

Dream Team: Tom Savage – Gloucester lock

1. Richard Barrington – I played with Baz at Hartpury. He’s now at Saracens and has gone on to win the...

England name provisional EPS

Eddie Jones has announced a provisional 45-man elite player squad (EPS) for England‘s pre-season training camp in August. The squad will...

Q&A with Harlequins head coach Mark Mapletoft

Understand you recently went on a globe-trotting expedition? Correct. I went to Sydney and Auckland and spent time with a number...

I’ll have to earn my place, says Matt Symons

Wasps lock Matt Symons is relieved to have been given a second Premiership chance after the nightmare of relegation at London...

Peter Jackson: Yes-No interlude for Shaun Edwards

Shaun Edwards could have been forgiven for not knowing whether he was coming or going in recent weeks, an observation which...

Jeff Probyn column: Global season would be no aid to player welfare

Am I the only one who doesn’t understand the continual call for a global season and how moving a couple of...

Shane Williams column: Senseless Gatland’s Law should be binned

I wonder how many Rugby Paper readers can give me a definitive explanation of ‘Gatland’s Law’. I know I certainly can’t....

Nick Easter announces retirement

Harlequins’ most professionally capped player Nick Easter has announced he has retired from the game. Easter, who made 281 appearances across...

Tom Youngs in pledge to bring back glory days at Leicester

New Leicester captain Tom Youngs reckons the pain of three successive Premiership semi-final defeats will drive his side towards next season’s...

Brendan Gallagher: Built on sand, but Fiji’s Olympics bid will be rock solid

When it comes to stand-out Olympic performances, David Hemery’s 400m hurdles gold for Great Britain in 1968 is right up there...

Nick Cain column: England’s U20 stars would thrive at Rio Olympics

Here’s hoping that the GB Sevens side for the Rio Olympics which was announced last week come back from Brazil with...

Brendan Gallagher: The All Black tour that left Olympics in chaos

It’s 40 years pretty much to the day that a rugby tour wreaked havoc with the 1976 Montreal Olympics, a financially...

Three more years at Sale for Bryn Evans 

Former All Black lock Bryn Evans has agreed a new three-year deal with Sale Sharks. The 31-year-old from Biarritz before the...

Harlequins sign Connacht No. 8

Harlequins have secured the signing of Connacht No.8 George Naoupu for the forthcoming season. During his two spells at the Sportsground...

Bath reveal new coaching structure

Bath have today confirmed the appointment of Todd Blackadder as director of rugby and Tabai Matson as head coach. A former...

James Haskell: I’d risk my career again to beat the Aussies 3-0!

James Haskell has revealed he needed complicated surgery on his big toe to save his rugby career and now faces up...

Nick Cain talks to Nigel Wray and Simon Halliday about the Club v Country crisis

When the new club-country accord between the RFU and the Premiership is announced on Monday, unless there is a cast-iron clause...

Jeremy Guscott column: Gregor Townsend would make a fine Lions attack coach

As amazing as a 2017 Lions coaching team of Warren Gatland, Joe Schmidt and Vern Cotter sounds they are all bosses ...

Sale sign Chief Byron McGuigan

Sale Sharks have secured the signing of Byron McGuigan from Exeter Chief on a two-year deal. The Namibian-born full-back has previously...

Team GB ‘too small to match big guys’ in Rio

Mike Friday, head coach of USA 7s, believes Team GB’s Olympic medal chances have been damaged by not picking more stars...

Clubs face meltdown in spite of cash boom

Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan fears Premiership clubs face financial meltdown unless steps are taken to curb rampant wage inflation. Vaughan’s...

Harlequins confirm US pre-season tour

Harlequins has today confirmed they will travel to San Francisco later this week for a pre-season training camp to prepare for...

New Sale contract for Mike Haley

Sale Sharks have announced that Mike Haley has signed a new three-year deal with the club. The 22-year-old full-back started playing...

Georgian international joins Bristol Rugby

Bristol have secured the signing of Georgian international Giorgi Nemsadze ahead of the new campaign. The experienced lock has made over...

RFU & Premiership Rugby sign new Professional Game agreement

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership Rugby Limited (PRL) have agreed a progressive new partnership for the next eight years...

Jenkins reminisces about Lions battles

By Matt Lloyd His displays against New Zealand last month suggest evergreen prop Gethin Jenkins could yet make a remarkable fourth British...

Kay: Tigers can roar again with Toomua and Tuilagi

World Cup winner turned BT Sport pundit Ben Kay talks to NEALE HARVEY about how he anticipates the new season unfolding...

Jackson column: Somme hero Williams was the perfect wing

By Peter Jackson Some of the biggest names in the game have given it their best shot at the most elusive...

Guscott: The men key to their team’s fortunes – watch out for Schalk

By Jeremy Guscott SARACENS remain the team to beat next year and while they have not gone crazy in the transfer...