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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers put up for sale in hopes to ‘reclaim dominance’
Club statement alludes to interest taken in club following CVC's investment to acquire PRL minority stake
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish add defence coach Brad Davis to their backroom staff
Revered at Wasps and part of the Ospreys set-up last season
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCapuozzo flourish for Italy
Italy …29 Georgia…17 ITALY fought back against a fierce Georgian pack to claim ninth place. The young Azzurri side took an...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFifth straight loss relegates Hogg’s porous Scots
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND were relegated from the Championship after Fiji put eight tries past Carl Hogg’s side. The 59-34 defeat...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoJunior Boks take bronze yet again
THE Junior Springboks hammered Argentina to finish third after the hosts wasted a host of chances. It is the third time...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBaby Blacks run riot to ease that defeat by Wales
By SAM JACKSON IRELAND faced a Baby Blacks team determined to make a statement after their shock defeat to Wales. It...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoDingwall frustrated as England show form
By STEFFAN THOMAS ENGLAND ended a disappointing Championship by thrashing Wales in Rosarioto to claim fifth place. After the opening defeat...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoStylish Carbonel steers France to second title in row
Back-to-back champs: France celebrate after their hard-fought victory By GARY FITZGERALD YOUNG general Louis Carbonel showed class, control and confidence with...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie must take three scrum-halves to Japan
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones is far more experienced as an international head coach than most, so when he...
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Features
/ 6 years agoChinese billionaire behind world plan
China’s richest man: Wang Jianlin, the force behind the Nations Cup COLIN BOAG Last Wednesday was a great day for the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoChampions finish top of their leagues
I COULDN’T agree less with Mr Fleming about the play-offs being fair and sensible. In practically all other sporting league systems,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoScrap play-offs and treat the Lions with respect they deserve
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Warren Gatland’s comments...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn’s happy to stay in Wales
AS Warren Gatland said last week, why would Alun Wyn Jones jeapordise the fact that he plays 21 games a season...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIrish have the cream of England
MIKE Catt’s impending arrival as Ireland attack coach means it will be a clean sweep of England’s failed 2015 World Cup...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGive Paddy chance of redemption
PADDY Jackson was acquitted by a jury of the charge of rape. His text message comments were disgusting and as a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPlug pulled on Nations Cup idea
WORLD Rugby have scrapped plans to restructure the international game with a new Nations Championship format. The governing body failed to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLouw: Loss to All Blacks haunts me, it’s so painful
By NEALE HARVEY BATH flanker Francois Louw is gearing up for a last tilt at World Cup glory with South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAshton tipped to force his way back into Eddie’s plans
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Ashton will prove once and for all to Eddie Jones that he deserves to be on that...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEuropean king Kruis eyes world domination
By MATTHEW EMERY GEORGE Kruis has been resting up in Italy after the rigours of Saracens’ European and Premiership double campaign...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBastareaud is mugged by Brunel – or Galthie!
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Retired from France: Mathieu Bastareaud has been axed from the World Cup squad PICTURE: Getty Images SQUAD:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKickings stamped their mark on me!
ALEX BYWATER discovers what made Wales star Paul James a teak tough prop No backwards step: Paul James in World Cup...
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Features
/ 6 years agoShingler’s key to the Griffiths masterplan at London Welsh
By NEALE HARVEY Brains trust: Cai Griffiths and Stephen Shingler LONDONWelsh director of rugby Cai Griffiths hopes the addition of Ealing...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks happy to give break to Barrett
BEAUDEN Barrett will make an announcement on his playing future after the end of the Super Rugby season as he weighs...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCatt joins the 2015 England old boys coaching in Ireland
MIKE Catt is expected to join Ireland as attack coach after this year’s Rugby World Cup. It is understood the former...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIt was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoWales face All Blacks in 2020
WALES are set to play two Tests in New Zealand in July 2020. The trip to his home country will be...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoFolau asks fans to fund his legal fight
NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Folau has appealed for public donations to help him legally contest his dismissal by Rugby Australia. Folau, 30,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoJaguares show Chiefs who’s boss in Argentina
By SAM JACKSON Comeback: Matias Moroni scores for the Jaguares PICTURE: TRP Photographer THE JAGUARES made history by qualifying for the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoProud record as a one-club man
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOPSY OJO THE FORMER LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND WINGER England bow: Topsy Ojo scores the first of two...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBeaumont joins critics of RFU cuts to student game
By AMELIA JABRY Students graduate: Sale No.8 Josh Beaumont ENGLAND Students are facing an uncertain future after RFU cutbacks, despite offering...
