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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: It’s time to be realistic about Lions tours
Jeff Probyn ponders how quickly the Lions will adapt to playing at altitude in their 2021 tour of South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks
Taulupe Faletau's seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Gatland is waiting for any All Blacks implosion under Foster
Ian Foster must navigate his two-year contract without some of the key names associated with the All Blacks
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Stuart Hogg can be the missing link for Exeter in chase for Champions Cup success
Four wins out of four for Exeter Chiefs in Europe - Jeremy Guscott looks into how Stuart Hogg is part of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: A real blow to Scarlets if Brad Mooar heads home
Shane Williams feels the Scarlets have an exceptional coach on their hands, so it's no wonder the All Blacks are calling
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Mike Ruddock can revive ailing Ospreys
Shane Williams believes the addition of Mike Ruddock is just one of the key changes needed at his old club Ospreys
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGallagher column: Root of Israel Folau case grew from shame of apartheid
Brendan Gallagher examines the vitriol espoused by sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau and how it correlates with attitudes during the apartheid...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNick Abendanon drawing interest from home as Clermont stay nears end
Nick Abendanon is keen on a return to the UK after five years in France
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: PRL secrecy is an insult to club rugby fans
Nick Cain explains why the drip-drip of information issued by Premiership Rugby on Saracens' salary cap breach is riling fans up
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Dan Cole will carry the can just like Paul Rendall
Jeff Probyn sympathises with Dan Cole for being made a scapegoat for England's capitulation at the scrum in the World Cup...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions
Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: It beggars belief that the Lions are treated so badly
Jeremy Guscott believes it is as important as ever for the Lions to win in South Africa to not fall to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSeeds of Springboks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’
Brendan Gallagher recalls the 'Protest Tour' of 1969, fifty years on
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore
Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Magical Radradra can cast spell on the Premiership
Jeremy Guscott reflects on what Bristol's signing of the Bordeaux Begles and Fiji star Radradra means for the rest of the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Wayne Pivac hasn’t done bad after one week’s work
Shane Williams saw plenty of positives in Wales' win over the Barbarians
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Mourad Boudjellal ready to pack his bags at Toulon
Is one of rugby's most eccentric owners set to leave the Top 14?
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoThree years of refining Italy, Conor O’Shea got the selection wrong for Azzurri
A look at Conor O'Shea's time in charge of Italy which yielded a 23 per cent win rate in Tests
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Saracens embodied the old pioneering spirit
The Premiership has become safe and conservative, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years ago100 years of Loughborough: Yes, history truly is made inside these walls
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable 100 year history of Loughborough University and the institution's contribution to British sport
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Pathfinder Bedford lay ground for Siya Kolisi
The Springboks captain during the Apartheid era who was the first to recognise change was needed in South Africa
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: End this secrecy over Saracens
Nick Cain examines the questions that remain as Saracens accept salary cap punishment
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Support new lads, don’t give them flak
Shane Williams urges Wales fans to get behind overseas-born new call-ups Johnny McNicholl and Willis Halaholo
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBeat the All Blacks or you’ll be toast!
Matt McIlraith, former All Blacks, Crusaders and Wallabies media manager, writes an open letter to new Australia boss Dave Rennie Dear...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoHarrington column: Heyneke Meyer leaves, now Stade Francais look to Quesada
Stade Francais are comfortably the basement boys of the Top 14, with Meyer gone they are now chasing Gonzalo Quesada
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Welsh regions pay dearly for loss of their stars
Wayne Pivac isn't the only one reeling from injuries to key members of Wales' World Cup squad, writes Peter Jackson
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: French clubs can cash in on Saracens’ current turmoil
Jeremy Guscott says it's advantage French clubs in Europe, but that Northampton Saints could spring a surprise this season
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: How can Tom Curry miss out on Breakthrough Player award?
Curry wasn't considered for a second award category at the World Rugby awards ceremony
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Get Callum Sheedy capped while you can, Wales
Shane Williams calls on Wayne Pivac to get England and Ireland eligible Callum Sheedy committed to Wales
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoMcIlraith column: Will the All Blacks break the paradigm of promoting assistants to top job?
Jamie Joseph is among the favourites to succeed Steve Hansen, with a decision to come next month by the NZRU
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Ospreys would be a move tailor-made for Liam Williams
Shane Williams believes it is paramount that the Wales full-back returns to a region, and Ospreys would be the best fit
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoEllis Genge set to snub Bristol and stay a Leicester Tiger
The England loosehead prop will sign a three-year extension at Welford Road despite the advances of Bristol Bears
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Johnny McNicholl will give North some competition
George North has now been in the Test arena for a decade - could his use on the wing for Wales...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Trim the bench and enforce the laws to improve the game
Jeremy Guscott argues defence has become easier with a lax approach from referees marshalling the scrum
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tuilagi stays a Tiger insists boss Murphy ENGLANDcentre Manu Tuilagi will not be leaving Leicester Tigers ‘anytime soon’ despite cross-code interest...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoPriestland aim: Free up those Bath wide men
NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD RHYS Priestland believes Bath can finally gate crash the play-offs by utilising their ‘dangerous guys’ and...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBaa-baas call up Mitchell and Brits for tour
ENGLAND defence coach John Mitchell and South Africa hooker Schalk Brits will join the Barbarians ahead of November’s tour. Mitchell will...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoOrie hopes Alun Wyn can make him better
By STEFFAN THOMAS OSPREYS loan signing Marvin Orie hopes linking up with Alun Wyn Jones can help him add to his...
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Shane Williams
/ 7 years agoOspreys would be so magical with Liam
Mighty talent: Liam Williams is attracting offers from the biggest clubs PICTURE: Getty Images WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The Saracens salary...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWord Cup men make their way back (someof them!)
Gone missing: Leone Nakarawa is facing disciplinary action at Racing There was an eagerly awaited change in the look and the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoMcNicholl will give North some competition
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoUbiquitous All Blacks!
ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoThe Beast has become a beauty for Springboks
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points FEW players get to announce their retirement off the back...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoBonus for conceding 95 points?
THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoResurrect the Saxons to keep the poachers away
Eligible: Callum Sheedy WHAT’S happening with England Saxons who haven’t mustered since June 2016 when, rather impressively, they won a two-match...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoWelsh give England a vocal send-off
JUDGING by the way some acclaimed the result from Yokohama last Saturday, the biggest cheer from within Wales during the World...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCheating has aways been a part of the game
THE Saracens salary cap ‘scandal’ is discussed in great detail elsewhere in The Rugby Paper but some brief observations from this...
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Peter Jackson
/ 7 years agoNice one Bill, but not for me
AT THE end of every World Cup, it’s almost de riguer for every World Rugby chairman to applaud the home nation...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoAssistant coaches could hold key to All Blacks job
SOUTH HEMISPHERE EXPERT Candidates: (from left) Jamie Joseph, Scott Robertson and Ian Foster are all in the frame for the New...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWe saw The Beast use same tactics on Phil Vickery
Power: The Springbok scrum drives England backwards PICTURE: Getty Images A WEEK of reflection is a long time in rugby but...
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