After steering Taunton to National One, kicking guru Tony Yapp wants 50:22 law

A believer in the proposed 50:22 law trialled by World Rugby

The seven toughest rugby players of all time

Rugby is one of the world’s toughest games. As you can imagine this means players are hard as nails. This sports...

Georgian rugby icon Mamuka Gorgodze announces retirement

Gorgodze won't get end-of-season farewell after Top 14 season abandoned

Dragons take advantage of rival stalling over move for Saracens’ Nick Tompkins

Dean Ryan wants to add Nick Tompkins to the Dragons backline, scuppering Cardiff Blues' attempt to sign the centre

Q&A – Alan Solomons: Global club season must happen to make rugby recognised the world over

We jump straight into the serious point of whether Worcester are financially sound

Five promotions in six seasons – the Reeds Weybridge RFC blueprint

To the casual observer Reeds Weybridge RFC looks like just another amateur rugby club operating in leafy suburban surroundings, but appearances...

Obscurity of National 1 clubs sees null and voiding of contracts proposed

A bid to curtail expenditure has hit strong opposition in the third tier of English rugby

Make your mind up time for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns

Burns is set for a stint abroad when his contract at the Rec expires

Williams column: Easy does it when we finally get green light

The Welsh rugby icon contemplates rugby's return to training and matchdays

Leicester Tigers release Jonah Holmes to allow Wales return

Holmes will depart Tigers just like Jonny May, but the Premiership club have signed a centre

WRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race

Six votes in the bag for Bill Beaumont as Wales join France agree to add their support to re-election bid

Rugby Matters: Don’t mess up this crucial changeover

Brendan Gallagher points out that no-one from rugby's professional era has chaired World Rugby

Half of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL

Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway

All Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah

The fly-half isn't ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler

Jackson column: WRU hard ball killed Test dreams of Steven Shingler

Peter Jackson sheds lights on the 'injustice' which came the way of fly-half Steven Shingler

World Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning

Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont's bid

Cain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species

Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent

Exclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers

Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak

Rugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row

Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics

Benefits of playing rugby union

Rugby players are passionate about this type of game. They believe that rugby union is the best sport above the rest....

Special report: Question time at Twickenham

The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board

CVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans

Welsh regions are relying on a £40m windfall from CVC's acquisition of a stake in the PRO14

Guscott column: Empty stadiums? You would be surprised by the chatter

How can the remainder of the Six Nations be played in a safe manner?

Ellis Genge’s rare feat in the Six Nations shows how props are changing

Willie John McBride told TRP last week props weren't built like they used to

Matt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership

Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves

Taqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji

Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election

My Life in Rugby: Wasps openside flanker Paul Volley

The No.7 talks Jon Newcombe through his time at Wasps, Castres, Harlequins and London Scottish

Luke Northmore might have as interesting a story as Harlequins teammate Dombrandt

After finishing school, the Quins centre worked in a pasty shop while playing for Tavistock RFC

Northampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France

Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin's Gardens after two years in France

Room 101: England Sevens forward Richard de Carpentier

De Carpentier submits one consideration we don't think we've had offered before...

Analysis: So, how do you fix this mess called the scrum?

TRP's mailbag is teeming with letters regarding the scrum every week. Nick Cain examines what's wrong and how it can be...

Talent of Bristol half-backs is off the charts, says Morgan

Bristol strength and conditioning coach Kevin Morgan has seen first-hand the rise of Sheedy, Randall, Lloyd, and Protheroe

Proud brother Luke Whitelock tips Crusaders flanker to hit the big time

Four brothers raised on a dairy farm who have hit the heights of New Zealand rugby

Five advantages of indoor sports games

While referring to indoor sports games, we usually mean online gaming, which has gained enormous popularity these days. In this kind...

Harrington column: Presidents scrap over playoff principle

The 'hellscape' facing France's Top 14 with TV and player welfare ramifications

Young Guns: Cardiff Blues prop Theo Bevacqua

England-born, loosehead Bevacqua says Wales was always his first choice

Our Golden Goose is an endangered species

RUGBY Union’s golden goose is beginning to look a lot thinner, and as the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic grows,...

Good article wrong date

I WOULD like to point out a small error in Peter Jackson’s interesting article about Peter Larter. The England v Ireland...

Gary Ella won caps in both codes

IN HIS ‘Iconic Picture’ article about the talented Ella brothers, Brendan Gallagher suggested that only Mark and Glen were capped at...

How could Brendan forget us Shedheads?

Teak tough: Mike Teague CHRIS Hewett (TRP 19/4/20) was quite right to rail against the omission of Mike Teague from Brendan...

I disagree Colin, kick tennis is a snorefest

DID Colin Boag write his ‘modern game is better’ comparison with tongue in cheek to get a response? I had to...

RFU must not waste this chance to reset

IN last week’s Rugby Paper Steve Grainger described how the RFU were meeting rugby’s needs during the coronavirus crisis. The Director...

Temper self-interest for big picture

IF EVIDENCE were needed of the self-interest that tends to drive attitudes in rugby, two pieces in last week’s TRP on...

Reform the scrum, fast

WELL done Nigel Owen for speaking out for a straight feed into a scrum. Would Sir Bill Beaumont promise to enforce...

Fair play? I struggle to see it

A COUPLE of weeks ago a reader stated that before a Championship side could be promoted they must be financially sustainable....

Enjoying TRP more than ever

AMI the only reader of The Rugby Paper who thinks the quality of your publication has improved since the start of...

Empty grounds? You’d be surprised by the chatter

Would it be right? Charles Piutau could play for Tonga if World Rugby change the rules PICTURE: Getty Images MY first...

Neither Beaumont nor Pichot are right

Same old: Billy Beaumont and Agustin Pichot COLIN BOAG Everyone knows the problem with elections: candidates come up with good ideas,...

Seilala champions case for reversal

By STEFFAN THOMAS Plea: Seilala Mapusua FORMER Premiership player of the season Seilala Mapusua has backed Sir Bill Beaumont’s bid to...

Tiger Thompson signs for Ealing

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE London calling: Guy Thompson EALING TRAILFINDERS have pulled off the eye-catching signing of Leicester and former Wasps...