Dream Team: Simon Keogh – former Leinster, Harlequins and Ireland winger

1. Cian Healy – Absolute powerhouse. It feels like he has been around for years but is still just 25. Equally...

Mike Friday joins London Scottish as backs coach

As revealed in The Rugby Paper on Sunday by Neale Harvey, Mike Friday has joined London Scottish as backs coach for an...

London Wasps beef up backline options

London Wasps have beefed up their backline options with the arrival of USA international Andrew Suniula this week. Suniula’s arrival coincides...

Room 101: Aaron Liffchak – Rosslyn Park prop

1. Rubbish barber chat From childhood I have used the same barbers, but two years ago I moved to East London...

Aviva Premiership round 4: teams

Bath v London Irish Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James,...

VIDEO: Rob Buchanan and Schalk Brits preview Harlequins v Saracens

Harlequins hooker Rob Buchanan reckons it is going to be a massive occasion at The Stoop against the in-form team in...

Jeff Probyn: Money is not the root of all success in Europe

There’s an old saying which seems to be more and more fashionable in our game and that is, ‘money talks’. As...

Peter Jackson: Ignore all that ghostly talk, Phillips is a fixture

At the end of the Lions tour, Mike Phillips used his newspaper column to suggest that he might soon be calling...

RaboDirect Pro12 round 4: teams

Connacht v Ospreys Connacht: Gavin Duffy; Danie Poolman, Robbie Henshaw, Eoin Griffin, Matt Healy; Craig Ronaldson, Kieran Marmion; Brett Wilkinson, Sean...

Greene King IPA Championship round 3: teams

Bedford v Leeds Carnegie Bedford: Mark Atkinson; Corey Hircock, Brendan Burke, Ollie Dodgem Neville Edwards; Mike Le Bourgeois, Luke Baldwin; Nico...

Faith of Saints puts Luther Burrell on fast-track to Twickenham

Saints centre Luther Burrell believes the faith being shown in him by Northampton’s coaching staff is benefitting his game massively.

Young Gun: George Catchpole – Leicester back

North Walsham is a famed breeding ground for Leicester Tigers but it was two of their Lions that inspired centre George...

Tom Mitchell: Welcome behind the scenes of England Sevens

For a lucky few of us an endless summer is about to start. The HSBC World Sevens Series commences in three...

Brendan Gallagher: At last, John Dawes gets his rightful recognition

Why is ‘legendary’ status conferred on some outstanding rugby personalities but denied others? Who decides these things and how? Does the...

Nick Cain talks to Bath’s Dave Attwood about his second coming for England

Dave Attwood has that combination of brains as well as brawn that is a treasured commodity in most sports, but in...

Manu Tuilagi avoids surgery on torn pectoral muscle

Manu Tuilagi will miss England‘s Autumn Tests in November after suffering a torn pectoral muscle. The Leicester and England centre, who sustained...

Alain Rolland to hang up the whistle

Irish international referee Alain Rolland will retire from refereeing at the end of the 2013/2014 season. Rolland, 47, who also played...

Rugby Championship round 5: preview

Argentina v New Zealand Argentina have made six changes for their clash against  New Zealand in La Plata on Saturday. After...

Worcester sign Argentine lock Mariano Galarza

Worcester have bolstered their pack with the signing of Argentina international Mariano Galarza. The lock, who has been capped 18 times...

“I’d say No to England if they called,” says James Simpson-Daniel

James Simpson-Daniel believes he would turn England down if Stuart Lancaster came calling, even if the national side was ravaged by...

Nick Cain: Heineken war could harm World Cup 2015

The battle lines have been drawn around the Heineken Cup – or the territory it once occupied – and there is...

Jeremy Guscott: Billy’s the boy for England No.12 spot inside Tuilagi

With Brad Barritt picking up an injury early in the season it looks as though the England No.12 shirt will be...

New coffee-shop owner Chris Robshaw determined not to become a has-bean

For Chris Robshaw, the coffee entrepreneur, it’s a case of better latte than never.

Free Season Guide to the Greene King IPA Championship

The Rugby Paper, the UK’s leading Rugby publication have produced a FREE guide for the current season covering the Green King IPA...

20 Questions: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish flanker

Had an interesting summer? It’s been busy. I played six games for Canada, helping us qualify for the World Cup against...

My Life in Rugby: Andy Long – former Bath, Munster, Northampton & England hooker

I am very, very proud of my England debut in 1997 and what it meant to me and my family, but...

Welsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway

Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive...

England and Canterbury unveil new alternate kit

Canterbury and the RFU have revealed the brand new red and white striped ‘1871’ collection, featured alongside the alternate kit for...

Dream Team: Craig Newby – former Leicester, Blues, Highlanders & New Zealand flanker

1. Tony Woodcock – He has played 100 tests for the All Blacks and is my best mate. We played in...

iOS7 troubleshooting

Some apps that were installed before a device was upgraded to iOS7 are having trouble picking up the subscription information the...

Saracens beat Bath to remain unbeaten

Saracens produced a stunning first-half display to beat Bath 31-17 at the Allianz Park and remain at the top of the...

New European Cup named as Champions Cup

Premiership Rugby and the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) have confirmed the new European Cup will be called the Champions Cup. The...

England Sevens win in Bucharest

England Sevens will go into the HSBC World Series as the reigning European champions after a strong display in Bucharest. For...

Young Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half

Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...

Ben Ryan appointed Fiji Sevens coach

Ben Ryan has been named as Fiji Sevens head coach, it was announced today. The 42-year-old stepped down from the England...

Peter Jackson: Ah You Irish? Well, that’s complicated, Rodney!

Rodney Ah You arrived in Belfast as a hefty member of the baby All Blacks in 2007 and duly went home...

Nick Cain: Self-interested coaches should not scrutinise refs

While I have sympathy for Premiership Rugby’s bid to secure a more meritocratic Heineken Cup, the initiative by PRL, the administrative...

Aviva Premiership round 3: teams

Leicester v Newcastle Leicester: Blaine Scully; Vereniki Goneva, Manusamoa Tuilagi, Dan Bowden, Adam Thompstone; Toby Flood (Capt.), Ben Youngs; Boris Stankovich,...

RadoDirect Pro12 round 3: teams

Cardiff Blues v Zebre Cardiff Blues: Leigh Halfpenny; Alex Cuthbert, Owen Williams, Dafydd Hewitt, Chris Czekaj; Rhys Patchell, Lewis Jones; Taufa’ao...

GK IPA Championship round 2: teams

Bristol v London Scottish Bristol: Adam D’Arcy; Charlie Amesbury, Andy Short, Luke Eves, Ryan Edwards; Adrian Jarvis, James Grindal (Capt.); Kyle...

James Haskell: I’ll never give up fight to play for England

James Haskell was quick to brush off his latest England snub and with Tom Croft now ruled out for the season,...

Room 101: Ruairi Cushion – Plymouth Albion captain

1. Facebook These days it seems that every time I scroll down my news feed on Facebook all that comes up...

VIDEO: Matt Garvey – “Bath can achieve big things”

Bath flanker Matt Garvey talks exclusively to The Rugby Paper about the West Country team’s great start to the season and...

Jeff Probyn: Biting, refs row, Euro battle…yes, the season’s back!

The season is off and running and once again it’s not the rugby on the field that grabs the headlines. As...

Brendan Gallagher: Will tickets be banana skin that upsets RWC 2015?

Two years out from the 1987 World Cup the competition didn’t exist, it was just a concept being kicked around by...

VIDEO: Ian Humphreys – “I don’t bother reading the pundits’ predictions”

In an exclusive production by The Rugby Paper, London Irish fly-half Ian Humphreys analyses the 20-18 win at Worcester and what...

Andy Gomarsall: Freddie Burns can give England vital spark

Now is the time for England to let Freddie Burns off the leash, according to World Cup winner Andy Gomarsall, who...

Gloucester to face Japan in November

There will be a battle of the cherries at Kingsholm in November as Gloucester announced today they will face Japan on...

Nick Wood hit by eight-week ban for stamping

Nick Wood was tonight suspended for eight weeks by a RFU Disciplinary Panel. The Gloucester prop was found guilty stamping on Saracens...

20 Questions: Russell Earnshaw – former England Sevens coach

You left England 7s last month. Why? A family decision. Last year I was away 140 days and in my last...