Nick Cain picks his new Lions team from the evidence of the Six Nations championship

Selecting a 2014 Lions side confirms more than anything just how long a year in rugby can be. If the Lions...

Gloucester sign fifth player

Gloucester have announced their fifth signing of the week with former England lock Tom Palmer joining them from Wasps at the...

Top ten hit Owen Farrell has climbed up to No.3

Owen Farrell can be bracketed among the world’s top three fly-halves alongside Dan Carter and Jonny Sexton, according to Wasps and...

20 Questions: Mark Wilson – Newcastle flanker

Enjoyed a bit of time off? Yes. Four tough league games took their toll so it was good to recharge the...

Greig Laidlaw rested for five weeks ahead of World Cup

Edinburgh Rugby have agreed to rest captain Greig Laidlaw for five weeks following a request from the Scotland national team. The...

Jeremy Guscott: England lead the way in my team of Six Nations

There was not much separating the four top sides in this year’s Six Nations, as the tournament took us on a...

Brendan Gallagher: The sevens wonder of the world still going at 75!

Over the years camp followers have suffered from severe sunburn, hypothermia and trench foot watching the HSBC Rosslyn Park School Sevens...

Exeter aim to be Euro champs in five years

Matt Jess insists there are “no limits” to what Exeter Chiefs can achieve.

Gloucester sign Tom Isaacs

Gloucester carried on their shopping spree today with the arrival of Ospreys centre Tom Isaacs ahead of next season. This is...

My Life in Rugby: Tim Taylor – former Gloucester, Saracens & Nottingham fly-half

Winning the LV= Cup with Glouc-ester was a great achievement in my career but the highlight has to be when I...

London Irish sign Geoff Cross

London Irish have bolstered their front row options for next season with the signing of Geoff Cross. The Scottish International tighthead,31,...

New Euro Cup ‘will be worth £100m’

The new shape of European rugby will finally be confirmed this week with the potential to generate £100m-a-year and revolutionise the...

Dream Team: Phil Vickery – former Lions, England and Wasps prop

1. Christian Califano – I watched him as a lad and he took front row play to a new level. His...

Six-try win for England U18s against Wales

George Perkins scored a first-half hat-trick as England U18s demolished Wales 43-12 in Neath. John Fletcher’s side scored six tries in...

Scarlet Aled Thomas signs for Gloucester

Nigel Davies has added experience to his options at half-back for next season with the signing of playmaker Aled Thomas. The...

Leicester thump Exeter to reamain fourth

Leicester remained in fourth place in the Aviva Premiership table with a 45-15 thumping of Exeter at Welford Road. In what...

England Sevens finish third in Tokyo

England finish third in Tokyo after coming from behind to beat World Champions New Zealand 21-12 in the play-off. Tries from...

Young Gun: Joel Matavesi – Exeter fly-half

Joel Matavesi doesn’t just want to emulate his two older brothers – the dream is to one day play alongside them....

Mike Brown named RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship

Mike Brown has been named RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship to cap a superb tournament. The England full-back secured...

Surgery for Richard Hibbard

Another day and another Wales star is going under the knife for a shoulder surgery, this time hooker Richard Hibbard. The...

Brendan Gallagher: 150 years on and rugby’s oldest rivalry just as fierce

They have been knocking lumps out of each other for 150 years now so it was probably fitting that Richmond and...

Jeff Probyn: Is it coincidence that scrums become messy with Gethin Jenkins?

Well, well, well, what’s going on? The long held view that the front row is made up of men who are...

Courtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury are ‘best in the world’

Former England lock Ben Kay has hailed the Courtney Lawes/Joe Launchbury double act as the perfect second row partnership.

Aviva Premiership round 17 teams

Gloucester v Newcastle Gloucester: Rob Cook; Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder, Mike Tindall (Capt), Martyn Thomas; Ryan Mills, Dan Robson; Nick Wood, Darren...

RaboDirect Pro12 round 17 teams

Edinburgh v Ulster Edinburgh: Jack Cuthbert; Dougie Fife, Sam Beard, Andries Strauss, Tom Brown; Carl Bezuidenhout, Grayson Hart; Alasdair Dickinson, Ross...

Greene King IPA Championship round 19 teams

Cornish Pirates v Nottingham Cornish Pirates: Max Bodilly; Kyle Moyle, Tom Riley, Junior Fatialofa, Craig Holland; Kieran Hallett,  Tom Kessell; Shane Cahill,...

Washed Out Playing Fields Mean Synthetic Pitches Could Be a Natural Choice

10 Things Grassroots Clubs Should Know Before They Follow Elite Lead The damage caused by the wettest winter on record is...

Room 101: Alex Rae – Jersey forward

1. Travelling by plane Unfortunately flying cannot be avoided when you play for an island team like Jersey. I’ve lost count...

London Irish legend Declan Danaher retires from rugby

London Irish stalwart Declan Danaher has announced his retirement from playing rugby. Danaher, who made 275 appearances for the Exiles since...

Tom Mitchell: Konichiwa from Japan’s capital

Konichiwa! That is pretty much the extent of our grasp of the lingo out here. Of all our stops on the...

Saracens look to set new world record at Wembley

Saracens look to set to break their own world record when they host Harlequins at Wembley on Saturday. Sarries currently hold...

Stuttering Bedford to look at full-time option

Long-serving Bedford director of rugby Mike Rayer concedes he may have to review the club’s part-time status after enduring his worst...

Nick Cain: Yes, they’re good – but England are a way off being great

If England can make the same progress over the next 18 months that they have made in the last year then...

Peter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Robocops must find new game

Heavy depressions hanging over Wales in between World Cups are not a new phenomenon even if the latest one may take...

Nick Cain: Moaning Robin McBryde should face all the facts

If Robin McBryde wants to know why Gethin Jenkins was sin-binned against England last weekend he does not need to go...

Fight for Dan Cole’s place won’t change Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas is the first to admit that he cannot match Dan Cole’s all-court ability in an England shirt.

Stuart Hogg banned for three weeks

Stuart Hogg has been handed a three-week ban for the red card he received against Wales last Saturday in Cardiff. The...

20 Questions: Jack Nowell – England wing

Living the dream? Absolutely loving it. Words can’t describe the feelings I’m going through at the moment. But it’s important to...

WIN a pair of England Rugby cufflinks

The Rugby Paper has teamed up with The London Silver Company to giveaway a beautiful set of cufflinks. The London Silver Company.Com...

Brendan Gallagher: Brian O’Driscoll was never a victim again after this act of brutality

The thud and thunder of battles won and lost will never recede entirely, nor will those lightning forks of brilliance that lit...

James Short links up with London Irish

London Irish have signed James Short from Saracens on a two-year contract. The 24 year-old winger, who scored the only try...

Jeremy Guscott’s verdict: Even Manu Tuilagi can’t step straight into this ace side

The final weekend may not have gone entirely to script for Stuart Lancaster’s side but the England head coach should be...

Italy prop Alberto de Marchi joins Sale Sharks

Alberto de Marchi will join Sale Sharks on a two-year contract at the end of the season. The 28-year-old Italian loosehead...

Titan Juan Pablo Socino signs for Newcastle

Newcastle Falcons have signed Argentine centre Juan Pablo Socino on a two-year contract. The 25-year-old, who currently plays for the Rotherham...

Bath want Gavin Henson to fight for his place

Bath head coach Mike Ford has revealed his desire to keep Gavin Henson as he looks to build one of Premiership...

My Life in Rugby: Pete Richards – former England scrum-half

Warren Gatland is famous for polishing rough diamonds. He took a risk on me and I look at that as the...

Peter Stringer extends Bath stay

Peter Stringer has signed a new one-year contract with Bath. The 98-times capped Irish scrum-half, 36, arrived at The Rec in...

Win a Brilliant Monster Marriott London Sevens weekend

Marriott Hotels is calling for rugby fans across the land to design their ultimate London Sevens rugby experience using #Brilliant7s. The...

Dream Team: Micky Young – Bath and former Newcastle & Leicester scrum-half

1. Carl Hayman – The New Zealander’s work rate is huge, he’s a prop but he probably makes the most tackles...

Exeter beat Northampton to win LV=Cup

Exeter Chiefs claimed their first major trophy beating Northampton Saints 15-8 at Sandy Park in the LV=Cup final. Playing in front...