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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSix Nations signs extension with French public service broadcaster France Télévisions
Six Nations Rugby has signed an extension of its partnership with French public service broadcaster France Télévisions. According to Rugbyrama, the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoThe Sharks strengthen with signing of powerful prop Carlu Sadie
Lately, the Sharks have been actively signing contracts. They announced on social media pages that Janse van Rensburg has joined them,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoWelsh rugby ‘laughing stock’ and should reduce to three teams – says former WRU chief David Moffett
Former Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett feels that Wales‘ four professional teams should be replaced by three teams. Last...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWasps boss Lee Blackett in dark about potential return for Christian Wade
Wasps boss Lee Blackett is unaware of Christian Wade‘s possible return to rugby union after revealing there has been no contact...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester to seek compensation from Worcester over cancelled fixture
Gloucester will seek compensation from their Gallagher Premiership rivals Worcester following the cancellation of a league game between the clubs in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWorcester Warriors forward Matt Garvey retires
Worcester Warriors forward Matt Garvey has retired from rugby as a player. The 34-year-old former London Irish, Bath and Gloucester joined...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoAlex Sanderson: Reduction of Premiership salary cap making it harder for English teams to compete in Europe
Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson feels the reduction of the Premiership salary cap is making it harder for English...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFinn Russell stars as Racing 92 overcome Sale Sharks to reach Champions Cup semis
Racing 92 (6) 41 Tries: Thomas, Russell, Imhoff, Spring Cons: Le Garrec 2, Machenaud Pens: Le Garrec 5 Sale Sharks (10) 22 Tries: Tuilagi, Van der Merwe,...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s men will be hoping for minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN Sale Sharks face Racing 92 at their 30,000 capacity La Defense Arena superdome...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeartbreak for Munster as Toulouse keep their nerve in shootout
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............ 24pts Tries: Kendellen 10, Earls 39, Haley 44 Conversions: Carbery 11, 40, 45 Penalties: Carbery 57...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBucketloads of tries not a winning formula
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK AT the same time as Bath collapsed to a record 64-0 defeat against...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOverseas players leave little room at 12
NICK CAIN IF you are perplexed by England’s lack of choice when it comes to big inside centres as potential replacements...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoPoints do not always deliver the top prizes
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby followers who decided long ago that the sport’s various governing bodies shared a factory setting of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoCueto was Ashton but without all the fanfare
CHRIS HEWETT CLOSE members of Chris Ashton’s own family would hesitate to describe him as “the complete wing”, but his attacking...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWRU must mirror the success of Connacht
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND As Oliver Hardy used to say to his comic partner Stan Laurel, "That's another fine...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMerging of giants is the only option to lift Welsh
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When the organisers finalise their 24 qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup, they...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWily Myler has many more miles still left on the clock
PETER JACKSON Longevity: Myler STEPHEN Myler will complete 20 years as a goalkicking stand-off next season, adding to a points total...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoPhillip’s brace seals Warriors revival
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Double: Carys Phillips Worcester ......34 Loughborough 24 WORCESTER Warriors came from 24-17 down at the break to seal...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBears into the play-offs despite heavy defeat
By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............26 Harlequins ......43 A PHYSICALLY imposing Harlequins used the power of their pack to propel them to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens humbled by ruthless Chiefs
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................54pts Saracens ..........12pts EXETER Chiefs secured their place in the semi-finals in the most comprehensive way possible,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoCherry and Whites end Wasps’ play-off hope
By ED HAYWARD Gloucester-H ..36 Wasps ................7 IN THEIR last home game of the season, Gloucester-Hartpury put their opponents play-off hopes...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSilky Sale come out on top in battle of Sharks
By TOM BULMER Brace: Leah Lyons Sale Sharks ..57 DMP Sharks ......5 SALE Sharks secured their second win of the campaign...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoComeback king Sergio aims to bow out in style
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS YOU can’t keep a good man down. Sergio Parisse has not been on our radar for a...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoResilient Reds battle through adversity to reach last four
Jersey won 49 -33 on aggregate By TOM INNES Jersey ..............30pts Tries: Clarke 9, Grey 21, Barnes 46, Harris 78 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling find their feet to cruise into semis
Ealing won 87 -45 on aggregate By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing ................56pts Tries: Terry 17, 22; White 29, Walker 52, 70; Porter...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPirates hold nerve to steal it in a thriller
By TOM CARR Bedford ..............32pts Tries: Worley 24, 29, Stedman 62, Adamson 96 Conversions: Maisey 24, 30, 62 Penalties: Maisey 6,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRae: Great opportunity to lift rare silverwear
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Coventry v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Butts Park Arena Driven: Alex Rae Changes: Steve Boden ALEX Rae...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTykes fight back to secure the draw
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ..32 Cinderford ......32 LEEDS Tykes showed some true Yorkshire grit to mount a monumental fightback to...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoQuigley finishes career on a high
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ......36pts Tries: Dunne 31, 39, 50, Tucker 45, Taylor 53 Conversions: Hayes 31, 39, 45, 53 Penalties:...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTigers confirm runners-up spot
By MICK PALMER Bournville ............26 Sedgley Park ........52 THE curtain came down on the season as Park secured runners up spot...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoHelliwell double seals win for Lions
By MICHAEL HAWKINS Leicester L ....47 Guernsey ........14 LEICESTER Lions made amends for their 17-5 defeat in Guernsey in the reverse...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoOne-sided contests will drive fans away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It seems that not a week goes by without some sort of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoFeel lucky to have played in the era I did
JEFF PROBYN I HAD the chance last week to help Upper Clapton Rugby club celebrate 140 years since the club was...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoCharlie has all the Bunting out
By SAQIB SAGIR Cumbria...................24 Staffordshire......... 31 STAFFORDSHIRE took the honours with victory at Cumbria in their opening Division Two clash. There...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoMidlands ease their way home
By NATHAN EDWARDS East Midlands....... 41 Warwickshire........24 EAST Midland battled past Warwickshire to pick up an opening day victory in division...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoReynolds’ late points seal top encounter
By MUHAMMED SHER Hampshire...... 43 Kent................... 44 A PULSATING affair in Havant went the way of Kent. The home side came...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoSturgess inspires opening triumph
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Lancashire........52pts Leicestershire... 14pts PAUL Arnold was happy with the performance of his Lancashire side as they beat Leicestershire...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoYorkshire savour double delight over Northumberland
By STEVE SMITH Northumberland ..40 Yorkshire.................52 TRADITIONAL northern rivals Northumberland and Yorkshire went head-to-head at the double as both their men’s...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoAll Hale a special try from from Dan
By CIERAN EDWARDS Dorset & Wilts........ 34 Eastern Counties..... 8 DORSET and Wilts thrashed East Counties, in the Royal Wootton Bassett,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoSomerset make intentions clear
By IVOR SMITH Essex........................ 15 Somerset.................69 AN EMPHATIC final score of 69-15 has sent out a clear message to Somerset’s rivals...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoBill Beaumont County Championship
Berkshire..........37 Middlesex........ 21 SIX unanswered second-half tries from Berkshire saw a remarkable comeback. Middlesex had stretched away in the first period,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoThomas puts boot in to spoil Dale’s party
Premiership By JARRED EVITTS Merthyr ................43 Aberavon..............44 THERE was to be no fairytale farewell for Merthyr head coach Dale McIntosh, who’s...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed leapfrog Neath with six-try salvo
Welsh round-up BARGOED made up for the heartache of losing the WRU Championship final to Neath by winning the Championship with...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoProD2 call for system reset to aid recruitment
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Biarritz’s long-inevitable relegation from the Top 14 was finally confirmed last weekend when they lost 48-13 at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSarah Hunter: ‘England not daunted by World Cup favourites tag’
Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter outlined to The Rugby Paper that her England side is not daunted by the favourites tag...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoStephen Myler signs Ospreys contract extension to take him into his twentieth professional season
Ospreys fly-half Stephen Myler has signed a one-year contract extension at Ospreys. Myler was Head coach Toby Booth’s first player signing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarlequins sign South African second row Irné Herbst from Benetton
Harlequins have signed South African second row Irné Herbst from United Rugby Championship outfit Benetton. After spending five-years in Italy at...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAngus O’Brien to return to Dragons
Scarlets back Angus O’Brien will return home to Dragons Rugby at the end of the season. Caerleon-born O’Brien came through the...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoVan Rensburg trades Sharks
Springbok centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg will be heading back to South Africa as he signs for URC side the Sharks....












