Young Gun: Leicester Tigers and Wales U20 Tommy Reffell

Do Leicester Tigers have a young Justin Tipuric on their hands?

Julian Savea takes pay cut to remain with Toulon

Savea signed a two-year £870,000-per-year deal with Toulon which has now been slashed

More Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors

Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji

Danny Cipriani set to get England recall for training camp

One last chance for Cipriani to impress prior to 4 July's training squad announcement?

Alex Dombrandt almost quit rugby over two sucker punches

The Harlequins and England World Cup bolter was twice the victim of assault when playing in Wales

Leicester Tigers put up for sale in hopes to ‘reclaim dominance’

Club statement alludes to interest taken in club following CVC's investment to acquire PRL minority stake

London Irish add defence coach Brad Davis to their backroom staff

Revered at Wasps and part of the Ospreys set-up last season

Capuozzo flourish for Italy

Italy …29 Georgia…17 ITALY fought back against a fierce Georgian pack to claim ninth place. The young Azzurri side took an...

Fifth straight loss relegates Hogg’s porous Scots

By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND were relegated from the Championship after Fiji put eight tries past Carl Hogg’s side. The 59-34 defeat...

Junior Boks take bronze yet again

THE Junior Springboks hammered Argentina to finish third after the hosts wasted a host of chances. It is the third time...

Baby Blacks run riot to ease that defeat by Wales

By SAM JACKSON IRELAND faced a Baby Blacks team determined to make a statement after their shock defeat to Wales. It...

Dingwall frustrated as England show form

By STEFFAN THOMAS ENGLAND ended a disappointing Championship by thrashing Wales in Rosarioto to claim fifth place. After the opening defeat...

Stylish Carbonel steers France to second title in row

Back-to-back champs: France celebrate after their hard-fought victory By GARY FITZGERALD YOUNG general Louis Carbonel showed class, control and confidence with...

Eddie must take three scrum-halves to Japan

JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones is far more experienced as an international head coach than most, so when he...

Chinese billionaire behind world plan

China’s richest man: Wang Jianlin, the force behind the Nations Cup COLIN BOAG Last Wednesday was a great day for the...

Champions finish top of their leagues

I COULDN’T agree less with Mr Fleming about the play-offs being fair and sensible. In practically all other sporting league systems,...

Scrap play-offs and treat the Lions with respect they deserve

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk FOLLOWING Warren Gatland’s comments...

Alun Wyn’s happy to stay in Wales

AS Warren Gatland said last week, why would Alun Wyn Jones jeapordise the fact that he plays 21 games a season...

Irish have the cream of England

MIKE Catt’s impending arrival as Ireland attack coach means it will be a clean sweep of England’s failed 2015 World Cup...

Give Paddy chance of redemption

PADDY Jackson was acquitted by a jury of the charge of rape. His text message comments were disgusting and as a...

Plug pulled on Nations Cup idea

WORLD Rugby have scrapped plans to restructure the international game with a new Nations Championship format. The governing body failed to...

Louw: Loss to All Blacks haunts me, it’s so painful

By NEALE HARVEY BATH flanker Francois Louw is gearing up for a last tilt at World Cup glory with South Africa...

Ashton tipped to force his way back into Eddie’s plans

By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Ashton will prove once and for all to Eddie Jones that he deserves to be on that...

European king Kruis eyes world domination

By MATTHEW EMERY GEORGE Kruis has been resting up in Italy after the rigours of Saracens’ European and Premiership double campaign...

Bastareaud is mugged by Brunel – or Galthie!

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Retired from France: Mathieu Bastareaud has been axed from the World Cup squad PICTURE: Getty Images SQUAD:...

Kickings stamped their mark on me!

ALEX BYWATER discovers what made Wales star Paul James a teak tough prop No backwards step: Paul James in World Cup...

Shingler’s key to the Griffiths masterplan at London Welsh

By NEALE HARVEY Brains trust: Cai Griffiths and Stephen Shingler LONDONWelsh director of rugby Cai Griffiths hopes the addition of Ealing...

All Blacks happy to give break to Barrett

BEAUDEN Barrett will make an announcement on his playing future after the end of the Super Rugby season as he weighs...

Catt joins the 2015 England old boys coaching in Ireland

MIKE Catt is expected to join Ireland as attack coach after this year’s Rugby World Cup. It is understood the former...

It was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...

Wales face All Blacks in 2020

WALES are set to play two Tests in New Zealand in July 2020. The trip to his home country will be...

Folau asks fans to fund his legal fight

NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Folau has appealed for public donations to help him legally contest his dismissal by Rugby Australia. Folau, 30,...

Jaguares show Chiefs who’s boss in Argentina

By SAM JACKSON Comeback: Matias Moroni scores for the Jaguares PICTURE: TRP Photographer THE JAGUARES made history by qualifying for the...

Proud record as a one-club man

MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOPSY OJO THE FORMER LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND WINGER England bow: Topsy Ojo scores the first of two...

Beaumont joins critics of RFU cuts to student game

By AMELIA JABRY Students graduate: Sale No.8 Josh Beaumont ENGLAND Students are facing an uncertain future after RFU cutbacks, despite offering...

EQP system is not working, the figures are a fudge

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME England qualified: Nathan Hughes came to the Premiership before he was capped...

Gulliver utilising experience of all his travels

By JON NEWCOMBE BEN GULLIVER intends to build a strong culture and playing identity once he starts his role as Plymouth...

Delaney forecasts Scarlets resurgence

By STEFFAN THOMAS GLENN Delaney believes the Scarlets’ new coaching team will have no trouble adapting to the rigours of the...

YOUNG GUNS

OLLIE HASSELL-COLLINS LONDON IRISH WING Ollie Hassell-Collins insists the impending arrival of All Blacks star Waisake Naholo will serve to inspire...

Yes we want promotion but only when it’s on fairer terms

Q&A ALISTAIR BOW ON THE RECORD With Championship finances precarious and the future structure of top-flight professional rugby under review, Nottingham...

Big test for Berne

THEcontinuing fall-out caused by the Israel Folau imbroglio tended to obscure yet another change to the Wallaby management team. Shane Berne,...

Duty free solace for sacked Jenkins

NO international coach can have been subjected to a more brutal sacking than Gareth Jenkins, on the Sunday morning after Fiji...

Dombrandt leap as big as Olympic hero Lynn

This time last year the English rugby public at large had never heard of Alex Dombrandt, let alone seen him in...

Lions give Gatland punch line

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able...

Sam gets new job as the joker

SCOTLAND scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne has joined Racing 92 to provide cover during the World Cup. The 25-year-old left Scarlets by mutual...

DREAMTEAM

WILL SPENCER, LEICESTER AND FORMER BATH AND WORCESTER LOCK, PICKS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Ellis...

Balding encourages more stars to follow Arr’s path

By NEALE HARVEY National One recruits: Jonny Arr, left, and Carl Kirwan PICTURE: Getty Images NATIONAL One standards will skyrocket as...

England bounce back to earn date with Wales

By SAM JACKSON SIMON Amor’s England side face Wales in today’s cup quarter-final of the Moscow Sevens Grand Prix after finishing...

World Cup success will spell woe for Euro hopes

NICK CAIN says the scheduling of the opening round of Euro action is ridiculous Handicap start: Leinster could supply 25 players...

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