Series 2 Episode 18 – Mark Cueto on Sale Sharks, Martin Johnson, the England back three and more

In a wonderfully chaotic episode of the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris...

Uneven draw won’t affect World Cup intensity – Organizers

The event will be “great from the outset to the end” for those with and without Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets....

Paea is on his way to Zebre

Premiership clubs are poised to miss out on signing Tonga and Highlanders outside centre Fetuli Paea when his contract with the...

Understanding the Basics of NFL Betting

Are you an NFL fan looking to increase your knowledge of the game and potentially earn some extra money? If so,...

Sharks likely to miss out on Latu

Sale's bid to sign hooker Tolu Latu could fail after they appear to have been gazumped at the last minute by...

Leicester have Wilkinson in view

NEIL FISSLER Leicester are being touted as the most likely destination for Kieran Wilkinson, who was one of the players it...

Thomas defends decision to defect

By PETER JACKSON Henry Thomas will start work on his unprecedented transfer from England to Wales this month – 16 years...

Top flight to be cut down to 10 teams

By PAUL REES The Premiership is set to be reduced to 10 teams as it looks to become more financially viable....

Worcester loan deal means Wasps can play at Sixways next season

Wasps owner Chris Holland has made a loan to new Worcester owners Atlas to help secure a lease to play Championship...

Lawes in the mood to finish on a high

By PAUL REES Courtney Lawes has set his sights on finishing what has been a frustrating season for last year’s England...

Ounsley quitting rugby to be a Gladiator

Exeter winger Jodie Ounsley will leave the Premier 15s side to join the TV series Gladiators. The 22-year-old former England sevens...

Beaumont predicts a physical encounter

By JON NEWCOMBE Josh Beaumont refuses to read too much into statistics as Sale prepare to welcome Leicester to Salford on...

Spencer: Fire to play for England still burns

By TOM BRADSHAW Ben Spencer smiles and says nothing when asked whether the England coaches have been in touch. Sometimes actions...

Gopperth to leave Leicester

Jimmy Gopperth will leave Leicester at the end of the season. The 39-year-old New Zealander is the oldest player in the...

The‘pick and go’is a show of brute force

WHAT on earth is happening to “our game”? It was bad enough when crooked feeds to a scrum were permitted but...

A painful cost to pay

THE story relating to the RFU financial crisis prompts me, once again, to write to TRP – acrisis which seems to...

Chance to promote World Cup missed

I ATTENDED, and thoroughly enjoyed, the England/France game at Twickenham last Saturday. Reference was made in the programme as to how...

RFU is destroying community game

WELL another grassroots season has finally come to a shambolic end all thanks to the RFU. The leagues were changed to...

Referees set on spoiling the game

IT IS the most difficult side of the game, but despite modern technology there are referees out there determined to spoil...

Dream Team with Ben Glynn

Ben Glynn, The Hartpury and former Bristol, Ospreys, Harlequins, Northampton & Chinnor lock, chooses the best XV he has played with......

England look too confused in attack

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It has been difficult to see how England want to attack since Steve Borthwick...

Lawrence pounces to grab Cup place

By PAUL REES Bath ..................................... 61 pts Tries: Reid 2, Dunn 12, 51, 54; Obano 33, 42; Cloete 49, Bailey 73,...

Van Graan praises ‘incredible’ triumph

Johann van Graan hailed his Bath players after Ollie Lawrence’s 83rd-minute try earned a team that has spent most of the...

Bears win but find the honey has gone

By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Naulago 10, Thacker 15, Bradbury 48, Radradra 56, 72 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 15, 56,...

‘I’ve seen a lot of good this season’

Bristol boss Pat Lam said he has seen ‘a lot of good’ this season despite the disappointment of missing out on...

Red for Ashton as Quins hold on

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ...........................17pts Tries: Montoya 15, Reffell 76 Conversions: Pollard 15, Gopperth 76 Penalties: Pollard 45 Harlequins ........................20pts Tries:...

Wigglesworth: Today, Chris wrote the wrong headlines

Leicester boss Richard Wigglesworth said he felt great sympathy for the plight of Chris Ashton. “Decisions are so close these days,”...

Sale get in the mood for Tigers showdown

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale .................................... 54pts Tries: Roebuck 8, James 19, 78; Curry 31, Rodd 43, Quirke 55, Penalty 69, Reed...

Tuilagi: It’s only a flesh wound

Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson says Manu Tuilagi will be fit for the semi-final after the England centre left the...

Eligibility laws that need to be changed

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent international eligibility law that allows Henry Thomas to be selected by...

How a pair of English-born props could foil Red Rose

Tomas Francis, the 71-cap Wales tighthead who has been first choice for Warren Gatland in both his incarnations as Wales coach,...

Joy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it

By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish.....................17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter .................................14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64...

Hepher: We saw plenty of fight

Chiefs coach Ali Hepher felt his side showed plenty of “fight” in their last game of the season without getting the...

Nine Lions of Leinster would be in my team

CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University...

Gatland can get Wales on top again

CHRIS HEWETT Few people on God’s earth know more about professional Welsh rugby than Warren Gatland, who successfully coached the Test...

Irish going in the right direction – Rogerson

By PAUL REES Matt Rogerson is confident that the wage upheaval which last week threatened London Irish’s match against Exeter yesterday...

Chiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster

NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when...

Glynn out, Nowell in at La Rochelle

La Rochelle, who broke Exeter Chiefs’ hearts in the Champions Cup semi-final last weekend, are set for a one-in and one-out...

Saracens close in on England wing Watson

Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The...

Quins set to get more out of Wilson

Harlequins could be looking to reshuffle their coaching team this summer as they want Danny Wilson, below, to have a bigger...

My Team of the Season shows promise for future

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The silverware for the season is set to be handed out without any Welsh involvement....

Last farewell for the Exe Men

Paul Rees talks to Rob Baxter about 'Incredible times' and new challenges to be faced next season in Devon Exeter's players...

Libbok leads way for Champs

By SAM JACKSON Stormers ........33 Bulls .................21 Reigning champions the Stormers secured another home semi-final as their dominant display over the...

Leinster’s double dream is on track

By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster...............35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24,...

Carty kicks Connacht to South Africa

By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................. 10pts Tries: O’Connor 65 Conversions: Cooney 66 Penalties: Cooney 21 Connacht ..........15pts Penalties: Carty 24, 34,...

Jordan’s red halts Glasgow

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow................ 5pts Tries: Steyn 67 Munster ..............14pts Tries: Fekitoa 22, Frisch 27 Conversions: Crowley 23, 28 Glasgow's twin...

Champions Reds keep the double dream alive

By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates .......... 24pts Tries: Crane 10, Relton 40, Parata 54, Schwarz 79 Cons: Robson 40, 54 Jersey...

Ealing on fire to set up Jersey ‘cracker’

By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing........................32pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 8, 33, Holmes 29, 71 Conversions: Daniels 8, 29, 33 Penalties: Daniels 25, 38 Doncaster...................0pts...

Asiedu: Title win would have made great TV

By BEN JAYCOCK Kwaku Asiedu believes Amazon should have filmed an All or Nothing series on Cambridge’s remarkable campaign as the...

The day one smart man showed us how to behave

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The last time Wales selected an English prop, Colin Smart of Newport, they...