British and Irish Lions Watch: Ellis Genge misses key Bristol Bears game due to injury 

With less than three weeks to go before the British and Irish Lions play their first warm-up game against Argentina in...

Super Rugby Americas Team of the Season

With Pampas, Peñarol, Selknam and Dogos preparing to contest the playoffs, find out who has made The Rugby Paper‘s Super Rugby...

Super Rugby Americas Round 14 Review: Pampas secure top spot

With six sides still in the hunt for the playoffs heading into the final round, Round Fourteen promised much and delivered...

Premiership Team of the Season: Bath and Sale dominate 2024/25 best XV

The Premiership regular season has finished, and now is the perfect time to reflect on what has been a great season.  Bath, Leicester...

Rugby’s Social Media Moments of the Week: Jaden Hendrikse splits opinion during epic penalty shootout

Another weekend of rugby has passed, with plenty of moments to look back on.  The Premiership and Super Rugby Pacific played out the...

Bristol Bears set for a Bath showdown in Premiership Play-Offs

Fierce rivals Bath and Bristol will play off at The Rec on Friday as the Bears look to become the first...

Owen Farrell in line for a return to Saracens

Owen Farrell could be on his way back to Saracens after director of rugby Mark McCall confirmed the club has held...

Ruaridh McConnochie: GB 7s talent is up for grabs

Ruaridh McConnochie believes there are some rich pickings to be had for clubs following the RFU’s decision to disband the full-time...

Mike Friday: World Rugby’s 7s overhaul is ‘shameful’

Mike Friday, the ex-England, Kenya and USA Sevens, coach has called World Rugby “shameful, unprofessional and Machiavellian” after the global governing...

Alex Dombrandt hoping for Harlequins link

Alex Dombrandt would relish the chance to play alongside his team-mates in an all-Harlequins England back row this summer.

Tobias Elliott aiming to prove his worth for England

Tobias Elliott is delighted to find himself on England’s radar ahead of an action-packed summer. The 21-year-old Saracens wing has enjoyed...

Owen Farrell looks set for a return to the Premiership

Owen Farrell looks set for a return to the Premiership after expressing a wish to leave Racing 92 one year into...

Kevin Sorrell leaves Saracens

Kevin Sorrell is leaving Saracens following a 30-year playing and coaching career at the London club. The 48-year-old defence coach made...

Bath tempt Chris Harris from Gloucester

Gloucester star Chris Harris will make the move to rivals Bath next season as medical dispensation for Ollie Lawrence, who suffered...

George Skivington backing for more one-club players

George Skivington believes the tighter finances in the Premiership will lead to more one-club players having reduced the threat of poaching.

Joe Carpenter’s keen to join his England pals

Joe Carpenter has watched on patiently as his mates have excelled for England – now he wants a piece of the...

Rivalry with Kieran Hardy is pushing Reuben Morgan-Williams on

Reuben Morgan-Williams says the competition with fellow Ospreys scrum-half Kieran Hardy has driven the two of them on – a fact...

George Ford deserves to be a British and Irish Lion, says Alex Sanderson

Alex Sanderson claims it would be a “travesty” if George Ford fails to experience what it feels like to be a...

Lucas Dorrell following in father’s footsteps

Hard-hitting England Students captain Lucas Dorrell is following in the footsteps of his father, Dean, and hopes to break into the...

Dream Team – Rob Saunders

ROB SAUNDERS, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, ULSTER & IRELAND SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST. 1....

Jeremy Guscott: Dynamic duo, Danny Care and Ben Youngs, who thrived on rivalry

It's very rare that two players dominate as international scrum-halves for as long as Ben Youngs and Danny Care have for...

Bristol Bears 52-26 Harlequins: Gabriel Ibitoye makes sure Bears keep control

Bristol Bears ................... 52pts Tries: Kloska 2, Batley 5, Ravouvou 19, Mata 24, Ibitoye 46, 64; Grondona 57, van Rensburg 68...

AJ MacGinty predicts Friday fireworks between Bath and Bristol Bears

AJ MacGinty has predicted there will be fireworks when Bath and Bristol meet in the play off at The Rec. Neither...

Johann van Graan – Bath put on show for the future

Bath director of rugby Johan van Graan saw several reasons to be cheerful after defeat at the StoneX to Saracens. He...

Saracens 36-26 Bath: For once, Sarries miss out on play-off party

Saracens .......................... 36pts Tries: Segun 9, George 19, 47; Daly 30, Dan 53, Burke 59 Conversions: Burke 20, 31, 60 Bath...

Wade pulls the curtain down in fine style

■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........................41pts Tries: Cotgreave 4, 24, 50; Wade 30, 79; Williams 32, Atkinson 53 Conversions: Carreras 4, 50,...

We struggled to replace our big names, says Northampton Saints boss PhilDowson

Northampton boss Phil Dowson was left to reflect on an eighth-placed finish in the Premiership. He said: “We wanted to make...

1989: The Lions Return to Australia

A Tour Years in the Making This article is adapted and extracted from the new edition of The British & Irish...

Exeter Chiefs 26-30 Sale Sharks: Sharks hold on to set up blockbuster finale

Exeter Chiefs .................. 26pts Tries: Brown-Bampoe 19, Hodge 49, Haydon-Wood 57, Capstick 77 Conversions: Hodge 50, 58, 78 Sale Sharks ......................30pts...

Rob Baxter can see shoots of recovery at Exeter Chiefs

Rob Baxter was ‘disappointed’ that his side could not quite overcome Sale in their final game of the season. After a...

Nick Cain: Henry Pollock needs to wise up – old pros will be keen to take him out

Henry Pollock’s upward trajectory has been so stellar that there was always going to be a queue of gnarled old pros...

Nick Cain: This American dream will only end in tears

The Premiership/ RFU’s stampede for money, and the pitfalls that come with it, is reflected in the franchise fix proposed by...

Tigers make sure of home comforts

■ By ROB WILDMAN Leicester Tigers ............ 42pts Tries: Liebenberg 18, Bassett 32, Kata 52, Heyes 60, Rogerson 73, Hassell-Collins 77...

Michael Cheika quick to defend Ollie Hassell-Collins

Leicester boss Michael Cheika defended Ollie Hassell-Collins after his try-scoring wing was yellow-carded for a forearm chop on Alex Hearle. “I’m...

Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey: A pair of aces who fill our hearts with joy

If the level of mastery is unusually high, the depth of mystery is unfathomable.

Chris Hewett: Time to speak with one voice

Back in the age when men were men and Willie John McBride was wearing the red shirt of the British and...

Glasgow Warriors 36-18 Stormers: Champions on course to retain their crown

Glasgow ............36pts Tries: Darge 10, Rowe 15, 45, Venter 28, Horne 51 Conversions: Horne 11, 16, 46, 52 Penalty: Horne 56...

Sharks 24-24 Munster (6-4 AET): Heartbreak for Munster after penalty shoot-out

Sharks .............. 24pts Tries: Hooker 45, Fassi 67, Mbatha 73 Conversions: Jordan Hendrikse 46, 68 74, Penalty: Hendrikse 55 Munster ..............

It wasn’t pretty but we made it, says Keenan

By JOHN FALLON Leinster ..............................33pts Tries: Lowe 5, Gibson-Park 10, Osborne 46, Keenan 60 Conversions: Prendergast 11, 47 Penalties: Prendergast 35,...

Bulls 42-33 Edinburgh: South African’s are too good for Edinburgh’s battlers

Bulls .................. 42pts Tries: Hanekom 18, Kriel 32, Vorster 37, Moodie 43, Johannes 46, Nortje 51 Conversions: Johannes 44, 47, 52...

Best yet to come for Bristol Bears, says captain Fitz Harding

Bristol went into Saturday's match against Harlequins having been in the top four all season, but Fitz Harding believes the best...

Paul Rees: Raising funds for World Club Cup will not be easy

Paul Rees looks at the financial challenges of expanding the global game Given the problems rugby is facing across the globe,...

Paul Rees: End of the road for six of the best

Ten years ago, England finished their World Cup campaign with a 60-3 victory over Uruguay in Manchester. There was no consolation...

Northampton Saints’ Jonny Weimann takes his lead from Alex Mitchell

Northampton's production line shows no sign of slowing down, with Jonny Weimann the latest prospect off the conveyor belt. Henry Pollock,...

Uruguay’s Gonzalez joins the Worcester rebuild

WORCESTER Warriors have signed Uruguay back Juan Gonzalez as they build towards their return next season in the revamped Championship. The...

Penguins RFC are happy to give prisoners a helping hand

The Penguins RFC summer tour saw the men’s team beat Bologna RFC 40-17 while the women’s team heavily defeated Colorno RFC,...

Peter Jackson: Barmy to downgrade the Champions Cup

According to its promoters, the ‘wonderful’ Champions Cup stands on a pinnacle above everything else as ‘the greatest club competition in...

Memories are made of this, says coach Rae

■By DAVID LAWRENCE DELIGHTED Coventry head coach Alex Rae praised his departing players after they turned on the style to run...

Maisey holds his nerve to snatch it for Bedford

■By CHRIS ROGERS Caldy .................26pts Tries: Robinson 6, 70; Wilkinson 17, 45 Conversions: Barker 7, 18, 46 Bedford ............29pts Tries: Jack...

Cattle: We were lucky to hold on to that one

■By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates .............. 35pts Tries: Pritchard 12, Ribbons 26, Hallam 51, Yates 53, Hocking 58 Conversions: Houston 12,...