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MATT ROGERSON THE LONDON IRISH NO.8 TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Untidiness I...

PRL lynch mob make Sarries climb scaffold

HOW can a Premiership Rugby organisation which preaches the moral virtues of a level playing field in salary cap funding –...

Porecki’s the hero as Saints implode

By ROGER PANTING Shock and roar: Dave Porecki dives over in the last minute to seal victory for Irish PICTURE: Getty...

Salary cap fallout pours more fuel on feisty rivalry

By NEALE HARVEY Loyal: Will Collier Eager: Richard Barrington HARLEQUINS prop Will Collier insists his side need no extra motivation as...

We’re kicking ourselves for losing that says disappointed Duncan

Frustrated: Duncan Weir DUNCAN Weir hopes for better luck with Scotland next weekend after failing to sign off from club duty...

Young tells England to keep an eye on Willis

By GARY FITZGERALD Comeback: Ollie Lawrence goes over for Worcester DAI Young claimed Eddie Jones should have picked Jack Willis after...

Sharks go third, ‘doing it right way’

VICTORY took Sale into third place in the Premiership table and rugby director Steve Diamond said: “Our investment – like Exeter’s...

Diamond savours his rare triumph at Exeter

By MIKE SINCLAIR STEVE Diamond believes his Sharks are in good shape to mount a serious attack on a Premiership play-off...

Dallaglio: Big Dom’s No.8 snub ‘curious’

By GARY FITZGERALD Starter: Jimmy Gopperth scores Wasps’ first try in their win at Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images LAWRENCE Dallaglio is...

Eddie’s men are chasing record £6m for a Slam

By PETER JACKSON Grand Slam: Wales earned £5m last year ENGLAND will hit the biggest jackpot in world rugby if they...

What’s in Sunday’s Rugby Paper?

Plenty to get your teeth into in issue #593 of TRP... SIX NATIONS: The Rugby Paper‘s team of columnists and writers...

‘Eddie Jones knows talent when he sees it’ – McConnochie backs Simon Amor

The Bath wing isn't going to lie down after missing out on a place in England's Six Nations squad

George Ford still has his best years ahead of him, says Eastmond

Kyle Eastmond has watched Ford grow from his time at Bath and Leicester

Matt Proudfoot: How England’s new forwards coach left a mark on Pieter-Steph du Toit and Schalk Brits

The two Springboks reveal the inner teachings of Proudfoot who worked under Rassie Erasmus in the World Cup triumph

Rugby Matters: New Broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke with France

Brendan Gallagher writes how a new-found desire to nurture homegrown talent in the Top 14 has allowed Fabien Galthie to rewrite...

Nigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach

Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report

Finn Russell sent home from Scotland camp

Scotland discipline star fly-half as the start of the Six Nations draws closer

“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move

Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup

Jackson column: Mystery of James Hook and the Wales No.10 shirt

Peter Jackson ponders why James Hook was rarely considered to play at outside half for Wales under Warren Gatland

Billy Vunipola ruled out of the Six Nations for England

Who can replace England's talisman with no Sam Simmonds or Alex Dombrandt in the squad?

Player-head coach Joe Ford leaves Yorkshire Carnegie

Carnegie say Ford has left the Championship club to concentrate on his business activities away from rugby

LEAKED: How Saracens breached the salary cap

Saracens co-investments broken down across property, hospitality and image rights

Harlequins sign Andre Esterhuizen after meeting lofty wage demands

Quins win race for Springbok centre's signature after facing competition from rival Premiership club

Williams column: Wayne Pivac has shocked a few and I am glad

Shane Williams praises the shrewd picks of Nick Tompkins and Will Rowlands in the Wales squad for the Six Nations

My Life in Rugby: Former London Irish and Scotland forward Kieran Low

A remarkable story of a player who reached the heights but can't recall some moments due to concussion

Premiership Rugby finally break cover over Saracens farrago

Chief executive Darren Childs says Premiership Rugby acted to protect the integrity of the league

Cain column: Vindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Saracens

Nick Cain believes the punishment served to Saracens bears no relation to their crimes

Guscott column: Simon Amor can get England to be more instinctive

From Wisemantel to Amor, England's fast-paced attack play can become more expressive

Lyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars

What will this mean for their England careers?

Northampton Saints strengthen front row with Nick Auterac signing

The Harlequins prop will leave The Stoop after two seasons in London

Saracens have ‘tainted’ their success and should ‘repent’, says Bristol owner Lansdown

Bristol Bears owner Steve Lansdown lifts the lid on his displeasure at Saracens flouting salary cap rule

Munster out of Champions Cup as Leinster and Ulster progress

In what was a very rare fall from grace for the Munster squad, the door for this year’s Champions Cup closed...

Leicester confirm coaching restructure which will see Steve Borthwick join Tigers

What will Borthwick's arrival mean for Geordan Murphy?

Warriors play waiting game after bonus win keeps dream alive

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Job well done: George Turner scores Glasgow’s final try PICTURE: Getty Images CLINICAL with every chance that came...

Result is just awesome, says Teimana

Criticism: Chris Boyd TEIMANA Harrison saluted the efforts of his Saints teammates after the bonus point put the club within reach...

Furbank and Fish hook the big one in Lyon for super Saints

By NICK CAIN GEORGE Furbank is one of the young tyros putting a spring back in Northampton’s step, and it was...

It’s sweet sixteen for No.1 seeds Leinster

European Champions Cup By JAMES LLOYD LEINSTER battled hard to overcome a resolute Benetton side to claim a valuable home quarter-final...

Amor can get England to become more instinctive

Game-changer: Simon Amor, right, talks to his England Sevens squad in Dubai PICTURE: Getty Images SIMON Amor should start his stint...

DREAM TEAM

LEE BLACKETT, WASPS BACKS COACH AND FORMER ROTHERHAM AND LEEDS CENTRE/WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1....

Law change will simply mean more kicking

Views COLIN BOAG Really? Scotland crash to Japan, but chief exec Mard Dodson, inset, sees pay soar This is the time...

Does Wray really deserve the boos?

DOES the salary cap truly benefit English rugby? Every season more and more players not qualified for England are signed by...

Jamie’s sad death brings local clubs rallying to help

SOMETIMES things happen in life that make you realise that rugby, the game we all love to play, coach and support,...

PRL behaving like an arrogant dictatorship

Letters IN regard to the front page headline in last week’s TRP which covered comments from Lord Dyson – the senior...

Fresh terms for Balmain

GLOUCESTER tighthead prop Fraser Balmain has signed a new undisclosed- length deal with the club. The 28-year-old has made 57 appearances...

Stormers sign up Roberts

FORMER Wales centre Jamie Roberts has left Bath with immediate effect to join Super Rugby side Stormers. Roberts was in his...

Wales lose prop Carre

SARACENS prop Rhys Carre will miss Wales’ Six Nations opener against Italy after being banned for three weeks. Carre, 21, was...

Big Dom will stay with Quins

HARLEQUINS back row Alex Dombrandt has extended his contract by two years.. The 22-year-old graduate of Cardiff Met University has made...

Eastmond: Ford still has best years ahead of him

By NEALE HARVEY KYLE Eastmond believes George Ford’s best form in England’s No.10 shirt is yet to come – and expects...

Search begins for Phillips’ successor

WELSHRugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips is to leave his role this summer after five years in charge. WRU chairman Gareth...

Evans is the future in Wales 10 shirt – Hook

By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMES Hook backs Jarrod Evans to be Wales’ long-term No10 and believes Stephen Jones is the man to...