New British League is ‘coming in two years’

■By PETER JACKSON A BRITISH League featuring the long overdue revival of Anglo-Welsh competition will be ‘up and running in two...

Dragons wing Ashton Hewitt is keeping his head up after seeing Adams and Evans star for Wales

The 24-year-old has been named in two of Warren Gatland's squads but has been hindered by a severe shoulder injury

Column: Jeremy Guscott gives his prediction for Wales at the Rugby World Cup

Do Wales deserve to be among the favourites?

Bone graft surgery fixes up Taulupe Faletau for Wales’ big push

The Lions no.8 was back in training with Wales earlier this month as he works his way back from a broken...

Why London Irish might be content in spurning £750,000 in order to stay up

Championship winners London Irish are working to long-term goals to ensure their Premiership status, no matter the cost

Q&A: Dean Richards considered his position at Newcastle Falcons

Neale Harvey spoke to the Newcastle Falcons director of rugby on lessons of last season

Lozowski: It’s been difficult to deal with my World Cup snub

After starring for Saracens in their double-winning season, Alex Lozowski says he'll use his World Cup snub as motivation to hold...

Rugby and betting – a quick look

The sport of rugby has certainly taken the whole by storm. People across the world are more into it now than...

Relegation? It was just part of life – we’re coming back

Newcastle rugby director Dean Richards tells NEALE HARVEY why relegation last season has failed to dampen his enthusiasm for rugby in...

Can Wales go all the way in Japan? Yes, they can!

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE question that keeps on coming up is whether Wales, having won a Grand Slam...

Rowe’s so wrong to doubt England

Strong opinions: Tony Rowe celebrates an Exeter win with Jack Yeandle COLIN BOAG It always makes for a great read when...

Bates is a big miss

IT’S a shame to see the RFU lose another top coach as England U20 boss Steve Bates follows Dean Ryan out...

Don’t forget the community clubs need cash, too

IN AN otherwise wellreasoned interview with Neale Harvey in last week’s Rugby Paper, Tony Rowe, chairman of Exeter presents a very...

Let’s have more focus on disability

I THOUGHT it was time to think about how the game can improve for next season. I would like to see...

Square pegs not wanted

ONCE again I open up the pages of TRP and see all doom and gloom, well nearly all. If it’s not...

Your way is highway now, Eddie

THE England rugby coach meets the chief executive of the RFU in the corridors of Twickenham. “How yuh doing, Eddie?” asks...

Joe can star at World Cup then roar as a 2021 Lion!

By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler may enjoy his fresh taste of England so much he will decide to also take a...

Dowson: Ludlum has the attitude that Eddie loves

LEWIS Ludlam’s hardnosed attitude and determination in the face of adversity will give him a vital edge in the battle for...

Itoje and Kruis are my No1 No2s says Bayfield

By NEALE HARVEY INDOMITABLE Saracens duo Maro Itoje and George Kruis offer England their best route to second row domination, according...

Melville: Carnege’s fate is still in the balance

By JON NEWCOMBE RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville says the future of Yorkshire Carnegie as a Championship club is...

Cardiff Uni lose Davies to Bridgend

By ROB COLE CARDIFF University are looking for a new director of rugby following the departure of Alun Wyn Davies to...

Canada are already aiming at RWC 2023!

Steffan Thomas meets the Canadian coach Gruff Rees to discuss RWC 2019 IT HAS been eight years since Canada won a...

Howley’s now one of world’s best – Roberts

By STEFFAN THOMAS ROB Howley has been backed to land a big coaching role at either club or international level when...

Hewitt’s hungry for some action replays

Hit by injury: Ashton Hewitt PICTURES: Getty Images By ALEX BYWATER THE coming season promises to be something of a new...

YOUNG GUNS

RYAN CONBEER SCARLETS WINGER Ryan Conbeer began his sporting life as a footballer but remembers the day he knew he really...

Just watch me play, Venter tells his Ospreys critics

By STEFFAN THOMAS OSPREYS new boy Shaun Venter has vowed to brush off criticism of his arrival in Welsh rugby and...

Lozowski: I’ll use RWC snub as my motivation

By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowski will use the burning resentment of his England World Cup omission to resist any challenge from...

splurge on Purdy

(Wasps) also boost the squad. Bell said: “Ealing’s a club on the up who like to throw the ball around and,...

Aspiring Coventry

JON NEWCOMBE reveals another big signing as Coventry aim to mount challenge Ampthill IN: Kwaku Asiedu (Coventry), Dave Ward (Harlequins), Darryl...

This Super series has been far from super

CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN With the last two games of the tournament taking place this evening, I ask whether...

All Black baptism led me to a Slam

WHEN I was first picked to play for England against the All Blacks in the Autumn of 1979, I could only...

This is why old-fashioned rugby was so much better!

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There is an old saying, if you don’t learn from history you...

O’Connor is a Red

FORMER Australia utility back James O'Connor has signed a long-term deal with Super Rugby side Queensland Reds and will be included...

Calcutta kick ban Jeffrey in top job

FORMER Scotland international John Jeffrey, once banned for six months for kicking the Calcutta Cup along Princes Street, Edinburgh, with England’s...

Nathan couldn’t ask for a better start than playing Bath at home says delighted Lam

By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Nathan Hughes is eager to impress at Bristol HELPING to fire Bristol into the Premiership big time...

Lees quits Chiefs to join Brive

LOCK Mitch Lees has left Exeter Chiefs after five years at Sandy Park, agreeing a move to French Top 14 side...

Mapletoft switches to Quins academy

MARK Mapletoft will transition from his role as Harlequins head coach to take over the academy. Mapletoft will also assist with...

Boks snub will fire up Wallabies

THE Springboks are packing their first XV off to New Zealand this week to prepare for their date with the All...

Morgan is following in Irish footsteps

CONTRARY to popular opinion, Eoin Morgan will not be the first Dubliner to line up in a World Cup final for...

Nadolo puts family first – much to relief of Wales

When Wales roll into Otia for their penultimate World Cup Pool match in October, the largest wing in the game will...

Small was a giant when it came to showing courage

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IN A RADIOinterview last summer, James Small confessed that he had attempted suicide...

Pienaar signs for Cheetahs

RUAN Pienaar will take on his former Ulster teammates next season after joining Pro14 side the Cheetahs. The 35-year-old has agreed...

DREAMTEAM

PHIL BOULTON, COVENTRY AND FORMER ROTHERHAM, LEICESTER AND BEDFORD PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....

Lomu-tamer Small dies at age of 50

SOUTH Africa World Cup winner James Small has died aged 50. The former Springbok winger was taken to hospital on Tuesday...

Japan is such a happy hunting ground for Josh

Alex Bywater talks to Josh Navidi about his roundabout route to international stardom JAPAN has played a crucial role in Josh...

Bates quits as U20 coach after three World Cups

ENGLAND U20s are looking for a new head coach after Steve Bates decided to quit the RFU. Having joined in 2017,...

Top-flight survival takes precedence for Exiles

By NEALE HARVEY NEWLY-promoted London Irish risk missing out on RFU funding worth £750,000 next season unless they significantly increase their...

Champions Jesters fall to Samurai in thriller

EALING Trailfinders’ ground was the venue for the final round of the 2019 Super Sevens Series on the hottest day of...

Championship is world class now says Pirates boss Stirling

NEALE HARVEY talks to a New Zealand coaching guru who believes the value of the Championship is vastly underrated Cornish Pirates...

Armitage joins the talent drain to the USA

By SAM JACKSON FORMER European Player of the Year Steffon Armitage has signed with the San Diego Legion for next season,...