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Mistake expanding to 13 clubs says Baxter

27 February 2022 0 comments

By NEIL FISSLER ROB Baxter has taken aim at ring-fencing of the Premiership and has blasted plans to expand it further next season by adding […]

Good on Diamond for telling it like it is

27 February 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT HATS off to the straight-talking Steve Diamond, “lead rugby consultant” – aka “new boss” – at Worcester. In this paper last weekend, Diamond […]

Brendan’s right, it’s ring-fence’s fault

20 February 2022 0 comments

BRENDAN Gallagher’s article last week headed ‘Stress-free Premiership muddles the mind’ should make the RFU sit up and take notice referring to England’s decision to […]

Serendipity enhances Euro Cup’s Round of 16

6 February 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game, whether the governing class is ring-fencing the Premiership or fiddling around with […]

Anglo-Welsh league is way to go – Turner

23 January 2022 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS PAUL Turner believes a development Anglo- Welsh league would be the best way forward for both the English Championship clubs, and the […]

Ring-fenced cup with weakened teams is turn off

21 November 2021 0 comments

LAST weekend’s match report on Gloucester v Bath in the Premiership Cup is headed ‘Bath’s second string destroyed in record defeat to Gloucester’. Score: 71-10. […]

America’s RWC bid is dream for World Rugby

31 October 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Who said that dreams don’t come true? First we had the Premiership’s dream coming to fruition […]

Ealing have one

12 September 2021 2 comments

Jon Newcombe previews the new Championship season, a voyage into the unknown for all, including the RFU Final chance? Ealing lost the play-off to Saracens […]

Rowe: RFU must help clubs bridge gap to Prem

18 July 2021 0 comments

By PAUL REES TONY Rowe believes there should be a route into the Premiership for aspiring Championship clubs when the suspension on relegation from the […]

RFU must take heed of Baron’s warning

11 July 2021 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO:The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EUemail: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.ukYOUR recent ‘Baron Files’ with Nick Cain should cause the RFU […]

Analysis: Marcus Smith must step up and shine the light ahead for Eddie

4 July 2021 0 comments

The last time England played the United States, in sultry Kobe, it was the start of a cycle that saw a relatively young […]

Grounds will be used to ring-fence

27 June 2021 0 comments

A DAMAGING and potentially divisive suspension of promotion-relegation in the English league structure for up to three or four seasons is likely to be approved […]

Expansion plan is best way forward

20 June 2021 0 comments

RECENT TRP issues have contained some good opinions on the ring-fencing question.I liked the idea from Kevin Higginson (June 6) about going to a 16- […]

Stay true to ethos that game is for all

20 June 2021 0 comments

DO WE keep grassroots principles of promoting the game for all, at all levels – therein supporting ambitious clubs to succeed – or support and […]

Players driven by their own motivation

20 June 2021 1 comment

ONE ring-fencing argument put forward was that the Premiership had remained highly competitive despite the jeopardy of relegation being removed by the RFU Council’s dire […]

Ring-fence row is claptrap as the changes will prove

13 June 2021 0 comments

MORE emotive claptrap in the TRP about socalled ring-fencing, with Nick Cain going overboard, talking of the RFU “deliberately scuppering the Championship” and comparing unfavourably […]

Richards: Players need fully pro Championship

13 June 2021 0 comments

DEAN Richards says he is “staggered” by the number of Premiership players who have not secured contracts for next season. And he believes it is […]

Championship final 1st leg preview: Pack must peak for miracle challenge

13 June 2021 0 comments

DANIEL GALLAN talks to Ben Ward ahead of Ealing Trailfinders’ battle with Goliath Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, Trailfinders Sportsground In any other context, Ben Ward’s Ealing […]

Championship is sinking: RFU won’t rescue it! | Nick Cain

6 June 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain’s column focusseses on the apparent lack of resistence to ring-fencing the Premiership

We must heed Baron’s warning over ring-fence

6 June 2021 0 comments

Concern: Francis BaronFAIR play to Francis Baron for speaking out against the proposed ringfencing for the Premiership in Nick Cain’s cover story in the Rugby […]

Sympathy for Ealing? You won’t find any at Saracens

6 June 2021 0 comments

DANIEL GALLAN talks to Sarries centre Dom Morris ahead of the Championship final Spare a thought for Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club.The West London outfit have […]

Ring-fence move must be rejected says Baron

30 May 2021 0 comments

Former RFU chief executive Francis Baron believes ring-fencing would set Premiership Rugby down a negative commercial trend

Francis Baron exclusive – Pt.3: The earthquake that hit football shows fans must be listened to in rugby

9 May 2021 1 comment

NICK CAIN concludes his far-reaching interview with Francis Baron, the man who was the most powerful figure in English rugby FRANCIS Baron concludes his analysis […]

Ealing Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward

Ward: Defeat hasn’t dampened expectations at Trailfinders

2 May 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan talks to Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward about the loss to rivals Saracens last month ending their unbeaten run in the Championship

Rock-bottom, but Jake Farnworth finds silver lining at Green & Whites

25 April 2021 1 comment

Daniel Gallan talks to Nottingham vice-captain Jake Farnworth about life at bottom of Tier Two

RFU heads Bill Sweeney and Andy Cosslett

RFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron

25 April 2021 2 comments

“I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties” – what to expect in the three-part series with Francis Baron

Childs swaps PRL for CVC

25 April 2021 0 comments

PREMIERSHIP Rugby chief executive Darren Childs has stood down after less than two years in charge.Former television boss Childs was hired in August 2019 and […]

Alex Mitchell has that Melville quality | Chris Hewett

25 April 2021 0 comments

BACK in the early 1980s, a time when there were no arguments about ring-fencing in England because there weren’t any leagues to ringfence, Nigel Melville […]

Premiership’s treatment of Lions is a scandal | Nick Cain

18 April 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain aims both barrels at Premiership Rugby for playing innocent of being misinformed over Warren Gatland’s timetable for the Lions tour

Potential stars will quit ‘treadmill’ warns Jones

14 March 2021 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY RICHMOND No.9 Luc Jones predicts potential England players will go part-time or quit the game unless the RFU reverse their decision to […]

RFU need a French lesson | Nick Cain

14 March 2021 1 comment

NICK CAIN ARGUES THAT THE FOREIGN INVASION IS HARMING HOME-GROWN PLAYERS – UNLIKE IN FRANCE THERE is still a field of dreams out there, and […]

Ealing aim to spoil PRL party with unbeaten promotion run

21 February 2021 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Deep thinker: Stephen Shingler STEVEN Shingler wants to take Ealing Trailfinders to the Premiership before moving into coaching. Shingler, who also coaches […]

Clang goes gate on our great game thanks to RFU Council vote | Nick Cain

14 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on the dismantlement of English rugby union by the RFU Council’s vote to approve a moratorium on relegation to the Championship

Confirmed: RFU Council votes to scrap relegation from Premiership

12 February 2021 1 comment

As revealed by TRP last month, the RFU has voted to scrap relegation from the Premiership this season

PRL delay decision on freezing relegation

7 February 2021 0 comments

BT Sport share reservations over ring-fencing, leading to PRL requesting a delay on crucial vote by RFU Council

TV cash puts block on end of drop | Nick Cain

7 February 2021 1 comment

MONEY talks – and when there is a threat of it being withdrawn Premiership clubs and their owners listen. That is the main conclusion to […]

RFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain

5 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a devastating divide in English rugby

Griffiths plan can save our game says Notts’ Smith

31 January 2021 1 comment

NOTTINGHAM operations director Steve Smith has urged Premiership, RFU and Championship officials to shelve self-interest and collaborate for the betterment of English rugby. Smith, one […]

Q&A – Lance Bradley: League place is no concern, George is key to our plans

30 January 2021 1 comment

Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley discusses the exit of Danny Cipriani mid-season and why he has total faith in George Skivington

Unfortunately now it’s all about money

24 January 2021 0 comments

THE game developed very quickly after professionalism and was quoted, “Like being in the Wild West” with new owners coming in and eventually establishing the […]

Coventry managing director Nick Johnston

Fight to save Championship: Nick Cain talks to Coventry director Nick Johnston

22 January 2021 0 comments

The managing director of the Championship club fumes over the lack of collective agreement over the TEC and the absence of RFU directive

French system is set up for success – Adamson

22 January 2021 1 comment

Former Bedford Blues wing Dean Adamson is settling in well to life in the second tier of French rugby at Pro D2 club Rouen

Newcastle show the importance of the Championship, says Pirates’ O’Meara

21 January 2021 0 comments

Alex O’Meara believes Newcastle’s time in the Championship has served them well for their strong return to the Premiership

Ealing 27-26 Saracens: Passionate Trailfinders prove their point again

17 January 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan reports from Vallis Way where Ealing Trailfinders proved their were a match for the three-time champions of Europe

We stuck with the battle as long as we could says Ward

17 January 2021 0 comments

BEN WARD had assured those who would listen that his club were proof that ring-fencing the Premiership was a bad idea. And rather than revel […]

Q&A – Gavin Cattle & Alan Paver : We’ve had top-flight offers but our loyalty is with Dicky

16 January 2021 0 comments

The Cornish Pirates coaching duo of Cattle and Paver discuss their time in Penzance and the coming Championship season

Covid points loss is wrong | Nick Cain

13 January 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain argues why the new Premiership regulations on cancelled matches are jeopardising the integrity of the season

Stream all Championship games live to grow the league says Judge

8 January 2021 2 comments

Ex-Cornish Pirates and Saracens prop Christian Judge expects there to be an adjustment period for Championship newcomers

Q&A – Lyn Jones: World Cup in Russia? That would stir up ‘Old Boys’ club

6 January 2021 0 comments

Russia head coach Lyn Jones discusses the country on the brink of a rugby revolution in Tier 2 circles

It’s snore fest

13 December 2020 1 comment

WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I would be more than […]

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