OEs future secure despite loss of main sponsor

OLD Elthamians DoR Gavin Lach insists it is business as usual for the National One side despite their main sponsor going...

Carnegie facing oblivion after failure to pay debts

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Email: Gary Hetherington THE dwindling band of players at Yorkshire Carnegie have been told the club are...

Fun amid the fanfares

Men and women from the world of rugby across the country were honoured on Wednesday. They gathered at the Twickenham Stoop,...

10-month season hits player welfare for six

THE rugby season used to begin on the first day of September and end on the last day of April, a...

It’s time for Callum to pledge his allegiance

Keeping his options open: Bristol fly-half Callum Sheedy PICTURE: Getty Images Unless he happens to be a student of Barcelona FC,...

England are still failing to maximise on young talent

NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE PROGRESSION RATE OF ENGLAND’S MOST SUCCESSFUL U20 TEAMS Star in 2011: Beauden Barrett Big success story:...

Lake fronts up for the big challenge ahead

SQUAD WALES: Davies, Devine, Lake, Griffifths, Lloyd, Warren, Mathias, English, Price, Jones, Williams, Scragg, Greggains, J Morgan, Reffell, Rees, H Morgan,...

Basham’s back to settle the score

NEWCASTLE back rower Josh Basham is raring to go in what will be his second Junior World Cup after injury ruled...

Boks win gives Bates hope of it being third time lucky

Experienced head: Ted Hill made his full England debut last autumn SQUAD ENGLAND: Adkins (Gloucester), Barbeary (Wasps), Basham (Newcastle), Capon (Bristol),...

Thompson out to set a fast pace for Scots

Scotland FLY-HALF Ross Thompson is ready to write his own chapter into a rich sporting family history as Scotland prepare for...

YOUNG GUNS

TOMMY REFFELL LEICESTER & WALES U20 NO.7 Leicester are plotting a revival and one of the young men they hope will...

Excited to see the next batch take on world

WALES have a great track record of promoting talent from their Under-20 side to the senior set-up and that’s why I’ll...

Women have finally been granted day on big stage

I WAS pleased to read this week of proposed plans for a Wales against Barbarians double header at Principality Stadium later...

Switch will give Sam new shot at Test future

Fresh start: Dragons star signing Sam Davies IREMEMBER the first day Sam Davies came in to train with the Ospreys. He...

Denny’s flying again after beating demons

NEALE HARVEY finds Denny Solomona feels like a new man after mental health battle Ace finisher: Denny Solomona dives in to...

England’s young guns are torn apart in Paris

NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS A LONDON sevens hangover clouded England in Paris as they had little to celebrate on Day...

European big dogs could be bitten by World Cup

THE feelgood factor following the showcase European Cup final between Saracens and Leinster three weeks ago could be in jeopardy because...

Battle of wounded knee is a must-win

DYLAN Hartley is looking increasingly like a gamble in a position in which, at this juncture, England do not want to...

Davies off to Dragons to make room for Anscombe

TRANSFER WRAP DEAN Ryan has landed his No.1 target for the Dragons with fly-half Sam Davies moving to Rodney Parade from...

Red Roses relishing Baa-baas challenge

NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND Women take on the Barbarians today at Twickenham in a historic first match between the sides. With 113...

ON THE BLINDSIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Tigers turn attention on Borthwick STEVE BORTHWICK is the latest name being considered by...

ROOM 101

BEN HENDERSON THE RAMS’ NATIONAL 2 SOUTH DREAM TEAM HOOKER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND...

Saracens stage epic fightback to stay No1

By NEALE HARVEY Top dogs: Jamie George celebrates with Richard Wigglesworth after scoring his second try to clinch victory for Saracens....

Young Gun: Sale Sharks lock Rouban Birch

An up-and-comer at Carrington eager to learn from incoming Springbok star Lood de Jager

No Saracens and no Exeter, how the best Premiership XV would shape up

TRP picks a Best of the Rest on Premiership final day

TEAMS: Brad Barritt a shock inclusion for Premiership final

Saracens and Exeter Chiefs team news ahead of the climax to the Premiership season

Jackson column: Sale’s workhorse Sam James is as durable as Red Rum

Never out of the Sale Sharks team this season

Pat Lam is building England-ready contingent at Bristol Bears

Pat Lam reiterates his desire to turn Bristol in a Champions Cup regular – and says that's the perfect gateway to...

Guscott column: Sorry George Ford, the thought of Cipriani coming off the bench is too good to go to waste

Take three fly-halves if you must, but reality is England can only take two

Fans warned of beer shortage at 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan

The stuff of nightmares

“I have to believe I can get to Japan” says Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley

An under the radar prospect as Eddie Jones' Rugby World Cup plan unfolds?

Ealing Trailfinders back Premiership-Championship play-off plan on one condition

Ealing Trailfinders owner Mike Gooley wants more reward for the likes of Jersey and Cornish Pirates for developing top tier players

Probyn column: Strong words from Dean Ryan on RFU

Jeff Probyn examines Dean Ryan's comments made on the RFU's pathway structure and Eddie Jones

Fiji in pole position to win World Series

Fiji have a two-point lead going into the final round in Paris

Pocock leaves the Brumbies but available for Wallabies

Pocock heads to Japan, but Giteau rule means he can play for Wallabies

Ireland’s Rob Kearney stays for another year

Rob Kearney pens a deal til the end of 2019-20

Super Rugby: Jaguares play-off surge a good omen for Los Pumas

The Jaguares sit at the summit of the South African Conference

Lozowski: We weren’t perfect – we’ll be better against Chiefs

By NEALE HARVEY Hunger to improve: Alex Lozowski ALEX Lozowski says Saracens’ insatiable appetite for silverware will be the driver for...

McCall: Nick will make up for loss of Barritt

SARACENS supremo Mark McCall backed hat-trick hero Nick Tompkins to repeat his heroics in the absence of Brad Barritt. Sarries’ talismanic...

Tompkins in hat-trick blitz as Sarries go storming on

■From NICK CAIN at Allianz Park They’re off: Sean Maitland touches down for Saracens’ first try All over: Nick Tompkins scores...

Cipriani has shown he must go to Japan ahead of Ford

JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Unique ability: Danny Cipriani can make something out of nothing PICTURE: Getty Images IF you judge...

Exodus of Springbok stars bad for rugby

COLIN BOAG Fan’s view Worth watching: Faf de Klerk goes over for Sale against Bristol At one time rival fans poked...

Nonsense to give pro clubs more power

I UNDERTAKE voluntary work in the senior county championship and schools representative rugby. I echo Ian Lewis’ concerns (TRP May 12)...

Tier Two grassroots need a boost, but so do ours in England

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk NICK Cain is right...

Don’t forget tribal nature of the Prem

REGARDING Colin Boag’s incredulity at the apparent ambivalence towards Sarries’ European Cup win over Leinster, does Colin not understand the essentially...

Sorrell’s not alone about Alex

SARACENS’ Kevin Sorrell is not the only one who is “flummoxed” about Alex Goode being ignored by the England set up....

It will be a sporting travesty if Chiefs lose

HEREwe are once again at the Premiership playoffs farce. How many other genuine Rugby Union fans feel the same way? I...

Anthony showed guts, he’s a real fighter insists Blackadder

By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder expects to see Anthony Watson up close in Japan this autumn wearing an England jersey and...

Change is needed to help the North says Dowson

FORMER Newcastle Falcons stalwart Phil Dowson insists the structure of English rugby needs changing, describing his old club’s relegation as “devastating”...

Ollie’s inspired to find the gains Eddie wants for place in Japan

■By NEALE HARVEY Driven to succeed: Gloucester flyer Ollie Thorley PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER wing Ollie Thorley has total belief in...