COMPETITION: Win tickets for Newcastle v Exeter

The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Official Breakdown and Recovery Supplier to Premiership Rugby, Green Flag, to offer fans the...

England Sevens captain Tom Mitchell nominated for IRB Player of the Year

Tom Mitchell has been nominated for the IRB Sevens Player of the Year. The England Sevens captain, who is the leading...

Jeremy Guscott: These new-look Saracens can lift the Heineken Cup

Saracens have made a massive swing in their playing style, and it has been reflected in their fortunes following their crushing...

Nick Cain: I tell you straight, this refs’ dereliction harms game

The middle line has been crossed. Infringements at the lineout and scrum are now so endemic that it leaves you wondering...

Jacques Burger ‘plays every game like his last’

Saracens flanker Kelly Brown has hailed his back row partner Jacques Burger as ‘simply incredible’ after the Namibian’s display in the...

ITV Sport Try of the Season Shortlist

Aviva Premiership Rugby has been the scene of some stunning tries this season but six have emerged as the cream of...

England recall experienced trio for London Sevens

Chris Cracknell, Mat Turner and Christian Lewis-Pratt return to the England squad for the Marriott London Sevens this weekend where a...

Champions Cup play-off dates confirmed

The dates for the Champions Cup play-off between London Wasps and Stade Francais have been confirmed today. With Wasps failing to...

My Life in Rugby: Rob Sidoli – Former Pontypridd, Cardiff Blues, Wales and current Dragons lock

I was with Pontypridd when I won my first Wales cap in 2002, and it was all the more special because...

Ryan Jones links up with Bristol for playoffs

As revealed first in The Rugby Paper on March 2, Ryan Jones will join Bristol in time to feature in the...

Connacht sign Mils Muliaina

Connacht have signed All Black legend Mils Muliaina ahead of next season. The full-back, who will arrive in Galway at the end of...

Welsh in revolt at League changes

The Welsh Rugby Union are facing a revolt by more than 100 clubs in protest over the restructuring of their National...

Relegation will hurt Worcester Warriors’ egos – Dean Ryan

Dean Ryan says relegated Worcester will continue to make the “drastic change” needed to turn them into a competitive top-flight side.

Dream Team: Paul Doran-Jones – Harlequins and former Leinster, Wasps, Gloucester, Northampton & England prop

1. Fabien Barcella – He was just an unbelievable scrummager. I played against Biarritz in one of my first European matches...

Quins in control to reach play-offs

Harlequins have their destiny in their own hands to reach the Premiership semi-finals after recording a last-gasp 30-29 bonus-point win in Exeter....

England Sevens lift plate in Glasgow

England lifted the plate at the Emirates Airline Glasgow 7s yesterday after beating Kenya 26-5 in the final. There were tries...

Sale sign Luke McLean

Sale have announced the signing of Italian full-back Luke McClean ahead of next season. The 26-year-old, who has been capped 56...

Jeff Probyn: England stance is vital for developing young talent

The increasing call on the RFU to change its stance and pick players who choose to ply their trade in another...

Tom Mitchell: Keep the pathway clear for students to reach very top

We are a few days away from the penultimate tournament of the 2013/14 HSBC World Sevens Series in Glasgow and therefore...

GK IPA Championship play-offs preview – part 2

  Leeds Carnegie Regular season Started with a disappointing defeat to Nottingham but have picked up pace steadily and finishing very...

Peter Jackson: So, have the roaring 40s blown Brad Thorn off course?

Brad Thorn was saying only the other day how he planned to be playing ‘top level footy’ at 40, a long-distance...

Young Gun: Lewis Boyce – Leeds and England U18s prop

Lewis Boyce wants to forge a career as a loosehead against the grizzled old warhorses in the Championship – so it’s...

Aviva Premiership round 21 teams

Bath v Northampton Bath: Nick Abendanon; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Ollie Devoto, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Micky Young; Paul James, Rob...

Saints great entertainers aim to shake up the rugby world

Saints bruise brothers George and Ken Pisi have a dream: to team up with older brother Tusi for Samoa at next...

England Sevens aiming to go one better in Glasgow

Back in the UK after reaching the Hong Kong Sevens final, Dan Norton hopes England can go one better in the...

US growth is reliant upon winning admits Chris Wyles

Chris Wyles knows qualification for the 2015 World Cup has given USA Eagles the best possible chance of breaking America but...

RaboDirect Pro12 round 21 teams

Connacht v Cardiff Blues Connacht: Darragh Leader; Danie Poolman, Robbie Henshaw, Eoin Griffin, Matt Healy; Miah Nikora, Kieran Marmion; Ronan Loughney, Jason...

Room 101: Paul Sampson – former England, Wasps & London Welsh wing

1. Multi-storey car parks Designers of multi-story car parks need a rethink. For the life of me I can’t understand why...

Michael Paterson wins Gatorade Game Changer award

Sale lock Michael Paterson has won April’s Gatorade Game Changer award on the back of his sensational display at Exeter. With...

London Irish sign Auckland fly-half

London Irish have landed the signature of Auckland Blues fly-half Chris Noakes on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old, who made his...

GK IPA Championship play-offs preview – part 1

  Bristol Regular season With a strong squad at his disposal Andy Robinson has simply put the accent on piling up...

Nick Cain: Fizzing George Ford ready for next step with club and country

George Ford has come of age. Finally. It has been a long time coming because Ford has been lumbered with the...

Sale sign Bedford prop

Sale have bolstered their loosehead options ahead of next season with the arrival of Darren Fearn from Bedford. The 25-year-old, who...

Brendan Gallagher and the Championship play-offs

The Championship play-offs have attracted more than their fair share of criticism over the last four years which I find astounding...

How Will Fraser has grown into the job at Saracens

Super-sized Will Fraser has revealed how piling on the pounds during his recent injury lay-off can help boost his England chances.

Lightning Tyson Lewis fires Doncaster Knights to promotion

Carlin Isles may be the world’s quickest rugby winger – but he is not as fast as Tyson Lewis when it...

20 Questions: Daniel Browne – London Welsh back row

Just 35… is happy birthday in order? Thanks. I’ve been getting lots of grief off the boys! Quite a few were...

VIDEO: Danny Care gate crashes a O2 Touch session

England scrum-half Danny Care surprised a group of O2 Touch players after unexpectedly turning up at Old Alleynian RFC, before putting...

Kyle Sinckler is making case for England’s tightheads

England‘s current loosehead crop have been earning the plaudits over the tightheads but it might not be long before it evens...

Dream Team: Jonathan Thomas – Worcester captain & former Ospreys and Wales back row

1. Paul James – I’ve been lucky to play with a lot of good looseheads like Gethin Jenkins but Paul is...

Jeremy Guscott: Why Steffon Armitage must be on the plane to New Zealand

The chat this week has been about Steffon Armitage and English players based outside the Premiership being unable to play for...

Nick Cain: Gareth Anscombe approach proves Warren Gatland’s faith is dwindling

The news that 22-year-old New Zealand fly-half Gareth Anscombe is being lined up to play for Wales by Warren Gatland comes...

I must play like John Afoa to keep place says Joe Marler

Joe Marler admits he still has a way to go before he can aspire to the level of consistency achieved by...

Sale captain Dan Braid to miss rest of season

Sale captain Dan Braid will miss the remainder of the season after having a minor knee surgery. The Kiwi will sit...

My Life in Rugby: Chris Whitehead – former Leicester, Bedford, Coventry, Wasps, London Welsh & Exeter hooker

Joining Wasps in 2009 was one of the worst decisions of my career. I was at Coventry and they wanted me...

England Sevens opportunity for Howard Packman

England U20s flyer Howard Packman will join the England Sevens squad for the first time as they compete in the eighth leg...

London Wasps snap up Alapati Leiua

London Wasps have signed Alapati Leiua from the Hurricanes. The Samoan international wing, who made his Test debut against Scotland in...

VIDEO: Sevens and its costumes

Monster are set to take over at Twickenham next week when the Sevens circus arrive in London for the last leg...

Semesa Rokoduguni is aiming to roll his tank onto England’s lawn

Former tank driver Semesa Rokoduguni has destroyed all-comers this season in the Premiership and the Bath speedster has a new target...

A fight to save Welsh rugby history

A Welsh museum that is facing an uncertain future after receiving cuts to its funding has managed to enlist the help...