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Mastermind Boyd ought to be top of the RFU list

10 April 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETTGUEST COLUMNIST Few of the people charged with running English rugby are blessed with a sense of direction. If there is a wrong turning […]

Wonderful 13 years but it’s time to call it a day

10 April 2022 2 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBYSAM BAKER THE FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, STOURBRIDGE, CINDERFORD, COVENTRY, AMPTHILL AND LONDON SCOTTISH WINGER Speed machine: Sam Baker on the attack for […]

How the French are putting RFU to shame

10 April 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I hopped onto the splendid dual language Top 14 website the other […]

Powerful Wizards leave the Steelmen in a spin

3 April 2022 0 comments

PremiershipBy FREDDIE BENNETT Aberavon ……..33Ebbw Vale ……14ABERAVON gained their fifth victory of the Indigo Premiership campaign to keep themselves very much in the hunt for […]

Eddie Jones has full support of RFU despite disappointing Six Nations campaign

21 March 2022 0 comments

Eddie Jones has been given the full backing of the RFU despite another disappointing Guinness Six Nations campaign. England won just two matches this campaign […]

Powerful first half sets up Steelmen

20 March 2022 0 comments

Ebbw Vale …………27 Llandovery ……….15 EBBW Vale made the most of facing a side saving their best for next week’s Cup semi-final and raced into […]

Denying promotion wasn’t RFU decision

13 March 2022 0 comments

JEFF PROBYNA FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I was surprised last week that so many people whom I thought understood more about the structures […]

A right mess entirely of the RFU’s making

6 March 2022 0 comments

NICK CAINREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE minority who support ring-fencing can wail and gnash their teeth as much as they like, but the […]

Griffiths blasts RFU for denying promotion bid

6 March 2022 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE WHEN Doncaster Knights were denied promotion in 2016, it came down to what happened on the pitch, and that’s how it should […]

Brilliant Basham is one reason to be cheerful

6 February 2022 2 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Outstanding: Taine Basham scores PICTURE: Getty Images Must start: Ross Moriarty Let’s face it, that was a tough watch. […]

Powerful Bulls hit stride

30 January 2022 1 comment

Lions …………….10Bulls …………….34THE BULLS got their campaign back on track with a bonus point win at Ellis Park.After coming off secondbest against the Stormers last […]

Silence of the RFU

30 January 2022 0 comments

REGARDING the growing gulf between ‘elite’ and ‘community’ rugby, Jeff Gage felt that Colin Boag’s debatable views meritted a response from the RFU.If the sheer […]

RFU must answer Boag before his idea grows further

23 January 2022 0 comments

COLIN Boag’s article graphically exposes the fault-lines in English rugby.He writes that ‘he has believed for a long time that a schism between the professional […]

Now RFU must find TV deal for ALL clubs

23 January 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN THE new terrestrial broadcast deal struck between the Premiership and ITV is good news, but also long overdue. Disappearing off terrestrial television for […]

RFU bid to help Sharks

16 January 2022 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA THE RFU are working with DMP Durham Sharks, who have won one of their last 29 top-flight matches, to improve performance.The Sharks, who […]

Try-star Howman fires powerful Clifton to victory

12 December 2021 1 comment

By ROGER OPIE Clifton…………………..52 Rochford Hund……… 5CLIFTON cruised to a fifth successive win as they racked up a half-century of points against Rochford Hundred.It was […]

Rightly, long-term future of the game is RFU’s priority

12 December 2021 0 comments

IF THE Championship is such a good product as Martin Stonecliffe suggested last week, why does its ability to develop players missed by Premiership Academies […]

RFU lays bare impact of pandemic

28 November 2021 0 comments

THE RFU announced a revenue shortfall of £120m compared to previous forecasts in its annual report published on Wednesday as a result of the pandemic.The […]

RFU seek answers to alarming ref shortfall

28 November 2021 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE THE RFU has surveyed its community rugby referees for a second time to gauge whether an early season shortfall of numbers is […]

Take a bow, Ellis – that was a wonderful return

7 November 2021 0 comments

SHANEWILLIAMSWALES AND LIONS LEGEND Standout for Wales: Ellis Jenkins Boks super sub Malcolm MarxAsa reaction to the 54- 16 defeat to the All Blacks the […]

RFU set to join France in bidding for 2025 World Cup

24 October 2021 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON THE RFU aims to submit a bid to host the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025. The 2014 winners’ main […]

Ignore lower tiers at your peril, RFU

17 October 2021 0 comments

ANOTHER well informed column by Jeff Probyn in TRP (Oct 10). The Premiership has effectively been ring fenced now it is 13 teams with one […]

Powerful start, then Dragons collapse

17 October 2021 1 comment

By ROGER PANTING Dragons …………..10ptsTries: Lewis 21 Conversions: S Davies 21 Penalties: S Davis 28Stormers ……….24ptsTries: Zas 64, 79 Conversions: Libbok 79 Penalties: Libbok 15, […]

Powerful Park are leaders of the pack

17 October 2021 0 comments

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Pk……..37pts Fylde……………….22ptsSEDGLEY PARK produced an excellent allround performance to take the honours in a battle between two sides who came into […]

Erasmus delay dreadful says RFU president Jeff

17 October 2021 3 comments

Colin Boag talks to RFU president Jeff Blackett about the state of the game RFU president Jeff Blackett says he shares the fans’ frustration over […]

Hat-trick hero Brownlie leads the way in masterful display

3 October 2021 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ………….32 Moseley ……………….. 7CAMBRIDGE delivered an 80-minute masterclass in game management at Grantchester Road to register their first victory of the […]

I agree – it’s not all the RFU’s fault but change is needed

3 October 2021 0 comments

JOHN Allanson, rightly points out (TRP Sep 26) that “the issue of local volunteer succession” is a major concern. He refers to the workers who […]

Wonderful welcome awaits in Barnstaple

3 October 2021 1 comment

ON returning from a holiday in Cornwall, my wife and I stopped in Barnstaple and had the most wonderful time at their National League 2 […]

RFU probe racial abuse of teen star Ollie Monye

26 September 2021 0 comments

PLYMOUTH Albion could find themselves in hot water after Rams Rugby teenage scrum-half Ollie Monye was subjected to sickening racial abuse during a National One […]

Questions the RFU’s new boss ignored

19 September 2021 0 comments

NICK CAINREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and the reference to his kidnapping […]

Effectiveness of RFU incentives needs scrutiny

5 September 2021 0 comments

THANK you, Jeff Probyn for again highlighting the duty on the RFU to support all club rugby by distributing the revenue coming into the game […]

Spreadbury set for RFU exit

5 September 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDEBY NEIL FISSLER THE exodus from the RFU continues with referees’ boss Tony Spreadbury set to leave and join European Professional Club […]

RFU funds needed to maintain leagues

29 August 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYNA FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and Cornish PiratesPICTURE: Lissy Tomlinson/rugbymattersWhen it […]

IRFU put block on move for one of Andy Farrell’s assistants

1 August 2021 0 comments

Dwayne Peel had hoped to bring Ireland forwards coach Simon Easterby back to the Scarlets

John Mitchell departure gives RFU elbow room

25 July 2021 0 comments

Eddie Jones can remould his coaching staff how he would like in biggest overhaul of his tenure

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 […]

Wily Tanner outfoxed RFU for Schoolboy Sevens expansion

11 July 2021 3 comments

MENTION of the Tanner family calls to mind one of the unsung heroes of grassroots rugby, Tony’s father Derek, who was at the heart of […]

RFU silence on Lynagh gets dad tweeting

4 July 2021 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDEBY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Future: Louis LynaghEDDIE Jones has refused to be drawn into a war of words […]

RFU approves 14-team Premiership expansion and voids relegation for further two seasons

29 June 2021 1 comment

Relegation from the Premiership has been suspended for two further seasons after the RFU, in collaboration with Premiership Rugby, approved plans for to aid clubs’ […]

RFU will get backing for 14-club Premiership

6 June 2021 2 comments

The Premiership looks set to have a three-year moratorium on relegation to the Championship

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

RFU cuts move Jersey Reds to consider switch to French rugby

27 May 2021 1 comment

How much more funding do clubs in the second tier of French rugby receive from the LNR?

RFU need to source other players to end this ransom | Jeff Probyn

16 May 2021 0 comments

The past few weeks have provided interesting reading re Francis Baron’s thoughts of how things have got out of hand at the RFU with an […]

RFU always led the way for diversity

16 May 2021 0 comments

I’VE known RFU Past President John about 25 years, and I know of no one as committed and pro-active to rugby in England as he […]

RFU ignore fact the players voted for the name Saxons | Nick Cain

16 May 2021 0 comments

ONE of the dangers with diversity politics, as illustrated by the RFU decision this week to dispense with the name ‘Saxons’, is that it can […]

Tadhg Furlong allays fears of overseas move with new IRFU contract

11 May 2021 0 comments

The Ireland prop has reached a deal with the IRFU to stay with Leinster for the 2021-22 season

RFU must guarantee loans for first time amid debts of more than £250m

9 May 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain reports on the first cracks of the RFU’s financial predicament beginning to show as they lose Triple A rating

How the RFU lost control of the Premiership in 1995

9 May 2021 0 comments

JEFF PROBYNA FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the dust slowly set- tles on the player release for the Lions, an interesting letter from Arthur […]

Clubs must call SGM to hold RFU to account | Nick Cain

9 May 2021 1 comment

THE news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney has had to go bowl in hand like some latterday Oliver to ask the bank for more […]

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