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• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  George North fit to face Wallabies

  George North has been passed fit to face the Wallabies on Saturday. The Wales winger sustained a hamstring injury last week...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  Justin Tipuric’s the flanker for me, says Jim Telfer

  Warren Gatland has backed himself into a corner by naming Sam Warburton as Lions captain according to Jim Telfer, who believes Justin...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Ellis Jenkins – Cardiff Blues flanker

  A Cardiff Blues flanker proudly leading his country into battle – well, Sam Warburton might have missed the Lions‘ opener against...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: No retaliation? That leaves players open to attack

  I apologise if I sound like angry from Tunbridge Wells but am I the only one a little puzzled by all...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeremy Guscott

  / 13 years ago

  Jeremy Guscott: Our power defence will have worried Wallabies

  There’s a reason why this was billed as the fourth Test and the Reds duly obliged in asking questions of Warren...

  By Jeremy Guscott
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Marlan Yarde handed England Test debut

  Marlan Yarde will win his first England cap as Stuart Lancaster aim to secure a clean sweep against Argentina on Saturday....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Why it may pay to keep faith with Vunipolas

  Before she takes morning service at Avenue Methodist Church in High Wycombe today (last Sunday), the Reverend Singa Vunipola will say...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  Paul O’Connell alongside Richie Gray for me – Simon Shaw

  The lack of a traditional heavyweight lock could see Richie Gray earn a spot in the Lions Test team, according to...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Warren Gatland calls on Billy Twelvetrees

  Billy Twelvetrees will leave England‘s tour of Argentina and travel to Australia to join the British & Irish Lions. The England...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Greenwood: “12-13 Test players will face Tahs”

  Former British & Irish LIons centre Will Greenwood expects to see between 12 and 13 players that will make up the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Wallabies call-up for Luke Morahan

  Robbie Deans has called Queensland Reds winger Luke Morahan to join the Wallabies ahead of Test series against the British &...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Cooper left out of Wallabies squad

  Quade Cooper will not face the British & Irish Lions as he was left out of Robbie Deans’ final Wallabies squad....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Healy cleared of biting but out of tour injured

  Cian Healy has been cleared of biting Brett Sheehan after a hearing in Brisbane this morning but the Irish prop is...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Water boy Jordan Crane just happy to make splash

  Jordan Crane, having gone from water boy to Premiership winner in the space of 12 months, is grateful for what he...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Featured

  / 13 years ago

  Kyle Eastmond has proved me wrong says Martin Offiah

  Cross-code legend Martin Offiah admits Kyle Eastmond has already proved him wrong after his switch to Rugby Union, claiming his former...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Cian Healy cited for biting

  Cian Healy has been cited for allegedly biting Brett Sheehan during this morning’s clash in Perth between the British & Irish...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Will next Warburton stand up now please!

  Every Lions captain has to begin somewhere as an international player but only one began in the middle of nowhere. Four...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  Wallabies have what it takes insists Dean Mumm

  Dean Mumm became the first Australian to take on the Lions in 2013 last Saturday when he ran out for the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Featured

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Walshe: Yes, England U20s have talent to win this year

  England U20s head coach Nick Walshe has backed his side to create history by landing their first IRB Junior World Championship...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  James Horwill: My Wallabies won’t be punchbags

  Australia captain James Horwill issued the Lions a fighting challenge last night, warning that the Wallabies will match them blow for...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Room 101

  / 13 years ago

  Room 101: Matty Mountford – Chinnor full-back

  1. ‘Walter Mitty’ Rugby Club owners Playing for Santa Monica Dolphins in California, living on the beach, living the proverbial dream,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club

  Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• My Life in Rugby

  / 13 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Arwal Thomas – former Wales, Neath and Bristol fly-half

  My punch on Philippe Carbonneau is probably still the rugby moment most people ask me about and it’s even got to...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Ben Alexander’s debt to Bedford Blues production line

  Bedford may have been the finishing school for three front-rowers in the Lions squad, but the Blues also played a key...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Davies to lead Wales in Japan

  As revealed by Matt Lloyd in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Bradley Davies will captain a young Wales side that ncluded...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Late kick-offs can harm the legacy of RWC 2015

  With news about the Lions selection dominating the sports pages, someone at RWC 2015 must have thought no-one would notice. The...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Forgotten Byrne can join select Welsh club

  A new name ought to be added to Europe’s painfully small Welsh roll of honour next weekend, a player long declared...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  One more year for BOD but no Amlin final

  Brian O’Driscoll has signed a new one-year contract with the IRFU which will see him available for Leinster and Ireland until...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain says the tour party to Argentina represents a sea-change for England

  The grass-roots setting of Barnes RFC is an unlikely location for game-changing decisions at the apex of the English elite game....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  Power will be on from first scrum – Richard Hibbard

  Hooker Richard Hibbard says the Lions need to take referees out of the equation by dominating from the first scrum to...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Baa-Baas squad finalised

  Fresh from a monster performance that propelled Northampton to their first Aviva Premiership final, Samu Manoa will become a Barbarian. The...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• James Haskell

  / 13 years ago

  James Haskell: I can’t wait to see new back row in action

  Being injured sucks! Not just because you miss out on all the tours. No it sucks because you end-up working harder...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Wales have been down and laid out Down Under

  The Welsh usually run into trouble in Australia, big trouble. As a sport, trying to tie the Wallaby down in his...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Sorry, but I just can’t see any Englishman starting first Test

  With the horse trading over at last we can now focus on a squad that we all hope will bring home...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Andy Saull: Newcastle Falcons won’t stifle me like Saracens

  Flanker Andy Saull admits he signed for  Newcastle to stop his career stagnating in Saracens‘ regimented environment. Long seen as the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Leicester Tigers and Tom Youngs headline Premiership awards

  Tom Youngs was voted the Aviva Premiership Player of the Year last night. The Leicester hooker has been in superb form...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeremy Guscott

  / 13 years ago

  Jeremy Guscott: No more squabbles, let’s all just get behind our squad

  I like the look of Warren Gatland‘s 2013 Lions squad, which has physicality as well as speed and skill. Like all...

  By Jeremy Guscott
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  Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Kurtley Beale suspended again

  Kurtley Beale’s hopes of winning selection against the British and Irish Lions are in tatters after he was suspended again for...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Dream Team

  / 13 years ago

  Dream Team: Robin Copeland – Blues and former Leinster, Plymouth and Rotherham No.8

  1. Cian Healy – I wouldn’t be surprised if the front row I’ve picked starts the first Test for the Lions...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Featured

  / 13 years ago

  Eleven new faces for England tour of Argentina

  Christian Wade, Marlan Yarde and Jonny May are three of the 11 uncapped players named by Stuart Lancaster in his England squad for...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain: These slabs of meat will be mighty mouthfuls

  Slabs of red meat? More like slabs of gristle. The sort of tough, unpalatable stuff that the Aussies, who like the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• James Haskell

  / 13 years ago

  James Haskell: Power of music puts me in mood for a battle

  Once on tour, the pressure and nervous excitement will start to creep up on the Lions players, building to a crescendo...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  “I’m used to being snubbed,” says James Hook

  James Hook has made a frank admission about his international future after being excluded by the Lions and Wales on successive...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Final curtain for Geordan Murphy

  Leicester Tigers legend Geordan Murphy has announced the next two games will be his last as he will retire at the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
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  Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Baa-baas squad nearing completion

  London Wasps flanker Sam Jones has been selected to play for the Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions and England...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• British and Irish Lions Tour

  / 13 years ago

  Captain Sam Warburton has winning ways with the referees

  Warren Gatland has revealed that a crucial component in his appointment of Sam Warburton as captain of the 2013 Lions was...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Leeds figure it out with two sevens like Wales

  Just as two opensides helped Wales to Six Nations glory against England, Leeds’ own magnificent sevens – Jacob Rowan and Chris...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• 20 Questions

  / 13 years ago

  20 Questions: Ashley Johnson – London Wasps flanker

  Enjoyed the move to Wasps? I really have. The culture is a bit different from South Africa but I’ve been fortunate...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Wigan have winner in Andy Powell, says Scott Quinnell

  Scott Quinnell has tipped Andy Powell to be a big hit in Rugby League following his decision to cross codes and...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain: Give Danny loving care the same as Quade

  Danny Cipriani must be cursing his luck that he wasn’t born an Aussie. Cipriani is a less divisive and outspoken character...

  By The Rugby Paper Team