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Club Rugby

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Insight into Heol-y-Cyw – An incredible Welsh grassroots club

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyan Sports From cities to the valleys, rugby is a way of life; it is the heartbeat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Steve Borthwick confident in his England approach despite exit of key coaches

Steve Borthwick has defended his England coaching regime by insisting the sudden departure of Felix Jones and Aled Walters is not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

England omit Alex Mitchell from Autumn Internationals squad due to neck injury

Alex Mitchell has been left out of England’s squad for the autumn with a neck problem that places his involvement in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

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Richard Wigglesworth named Steve Borthwick’s number two ahead of Autumn Internationals

Richard Wigglesworth has been installed as Steve Borthwick’s number two in England’s finalised coaching team for the upcoming autumn series. Wigglesworth’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

George Furbank: I can’t wait to take on All Blacks

By Adam Hathaway George Furbank missed a chance to get one over the All Blacks in July – now he has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Sam Graham injury a blow for Phil Dowson

Northampton boss Phil Dowson described Sam Graham’s first-half knee injury as “pretty nasty” on a tough night for the champions. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Worldwide Springboks still get it together

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Assuming those with their ears to the ground haven’t gone deaf, Handre Pollard, the Springbok...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Mark Ella & Co were the true pass masters

Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Nineteen eighty four might have been...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

Playing out in France was brutal -it really was

MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Ponty take time to get into gear

Premiership round-up PONTYPRIDD maintained their 100 per cent winning start to the season as they got the better of Narberth 52-23....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 1 year ago

Manu Tuilagi makes mark for Bayonne

French Column, by James Harrington While the focus of French rugby attention is on Stade Ernest Wallon and the return to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Antoine Dupont & Co need to take on the very best

Rugby Matters By Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game's other talking points I think we established long ago...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Fiji deserve to play with best in world

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Every underdog has its day, as Daniel Dubois reminded us in knocking an entire cathedral’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Jordie Barrett a doubt for England re-match in Autumn Internationals

New Zealand centre Jordie Barrett has injured the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is a doubt for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Next generation of All Blacks looks special – Sam Cane

By Ben Jaycock New Zealand ................... 33pts Tries: Reece 16, Jordan 22, Clarke 41, 64; Williams 55 Conversions: Barrett 23, 42,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

When every story always seems to lead back to that lineout…

WHILE his native Ulster were in Johannesburg for their fixture against the Lions, one of the province’s old players was otherwise...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Merthyr make it four in a row

Premiership round-up MERTHYR continued their relentless start in the Welsh Premiership with a thumping 61-10 defeat of Ystrad Rhondda at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Wallabies push All Blacks to the limit in thriller

By Ben Jaycock Australia....................................................... 28pts Tries: McReight 18, Faessler 36, Paisami 65, Wright 79 Conversions: Lolesio 19, 37, 66, 79 New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Fiji make it two in a row as they see off Japan

By James Orpin Fiji ..................... 41 Japan...............17 Fiji won the Pacific Nations Cup for the seventh time – and second year...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 1 year ago

Quite right, Brendan, don’t indulge All Blacks

I couldn't agree more with Brendan Gallagher’s suggestion that we must stop indulging the All Blacks and their haka. He missed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 1 year ago

12-try Ironmen top of the table

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD MERTHYR ran in 12 tries as they dismantled Cross Keys 80-15 at the Wern to make...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Series 4, Episode 2: Juandré Kruger on unstoppable Springboks and woeful Wallabies

The Rugby Paper Podcast’s microscope moves south of the equator for today’s episode, as in the latest round of the Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 1 year ago

Intense rivalry which never loses its edge

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa and New Zealand are never far away from being the top one...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Too much of a good thing can be overkill

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED "People might think it’s arrogant,” said Rian Oberholzer, the chief executive of the Springbok domain, just the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Marx on parade to make it four in a row

By Paul Rees South Africa ………………… 18pts Tries: Kolisi 48, Marx 73 Conversions: Pollard 49 Penalties: Pollard 31, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 54 New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

When it really matters, Pollard gets the vote

Brendan Gallagher So in the week that we learnt a proper All Blacks tour of South Africa is likely in 2026,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Time we stopped indulging the haka

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE is so much disingenuous hypocritical twaddle surrounding...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Tommy Freeman: England will be ready for All Blacks

Tommy Freeman has November 2 circled in his diary and has urged England to make home advantage count against the All...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Round 1 to Boks in battle of the big beasts

By ADAM HATHAWAY South Africa ..................... 31pts Tries: Mbonambi 16, Smith 68, Williams 75 Conversions: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 69, 76 Penalties: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 29,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Gopperth leads the way for old boys

YOU can’t keep a good man down. Or an old one, for that matter. Jimmy Gopperth, a couple of months into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Ringer was the fall guy on a day of carnage

RUGBY REVISITED BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE TWICKENHAM BLOODBATH AND PAUL RINGER’S DISMISSAL IN 1980 PICTURES: Alamy Grudge match: Bill Beaumont competing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Contepomi shouldn’t have changed his winning pack

ARGENTINA are full of surprises when it comes to the Test arena, and nothing changed in the week between their epic...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Marler to miss start of the season

HARLEQUINS prop Joe Marler will miss the start of the Premiership season because of a broken foot sustained during England’s summer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Robertson needs to redress the balance

Chris Hewett Thinking allowed It was a cheap shot, admittedly, but only a pacifist or a fool would spurn the opportunity...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

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Joe Marler faces race to be fit for England’s autumn internationals

Joe Marler will miss the start of Harlequins’ season with the broken foot sustained during England’s summer tour to place doubt...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

All Blacks gear up for Springbok showdown

NEW Zealand inflicted revenge on Argentina after last week’s disappointing show in Wellington to set up a massive clash against South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Ewers: I’m thrilled to be joining Stormers

AS the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain, Dave Ewers stepped off...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Classy Jordan shows the way as All Blacks get back in old routine

By ADAM HATHAWAY New Zealand................... 42pts Tries: McKenzie 6, Savea 17, Clarke 24, Jordan 30, 42; B Barrett 36 Conversions: McKenzie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Savea: We need to produce the goods everywhere

NEW Zealand captain Ardie Savea warned his side they should not need a painful defeat to spur them into action. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Once again, Pumas fail to back it up

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Running riot: All Blacks No.8 Ardie Savea ONE of the most question able truisms in rugby is that wet...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Etzebeth glad to see the depth in squad

EBEN Etzebeth was delighted to secure back-toback victories and is eagerly anticipating their New Zealand showdown in a fortnight. Etzebeth, who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Boks put on the burners to deck Aussies

By BEN JAYCOCK Australia............................ 12pts Penalties: Lolesio 3, 21, 36, 47 South Africa .....................30pts Tries: Fassi 17, van Staden 43, Marx...

By The Rugby Paper Team