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Chris Hewett

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years ago

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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

/ 2 years 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

Features

/ 2 years ago

Playing England 7s was an incredible experience

MY LIFEIN RUGBY MARK BRIGHT THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND TASMAN, REDRUTH, LONDON SCOTTISH, RICHMOND & EALING TRAILFINDERS BACK ROW,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Vivre Le Stade! I’m smitten by fabulous stadium

RUGBY MATTERS Stunning: The Stade de France during the Olympics closing ceremony PICTURE: Alamy IT has taken decades to fall in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

The mystery of Keith Murdoch, sent home early only to become a nomad

THE fate of Keith Murdoch has always captivated the rugby world but when he died in 2018 many questions were left...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Don’t put Marcus in a box, warns Mo’unga

By SAM JACKSON RICHIE Mo’unga says England must not put Marcus Smith in a ‘box’ if they are to get the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Savea: We need to get it right next time

NEW Zealand captain Ar-die Savea admitted their performance wasn’t “up to All Black standard” and hopes the pain of just their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Argentina grab their chance to stun New Zealand

■ By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand ………………..30pts Tries: Darry 15, Lienert-Brown 35, Tele’a 52 Conversions: McKenzie 16, 36, 53 Penalties: McKenzie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Creevy & Co show England how it’s done

BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Exeter Chiefs star Henry Slade to miss start of season after surgery

Exeter centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the upcoming Premiership season after having shoulder surgery.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Haydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level

As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor

New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.

By Jeremy Guscott

British and Irish Lions

/ 2 years ago

Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Fearless beach boy who ran with Lions

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER Morgan’s day would begin at the crack of dawn on a Pembrokeshire...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

New leaders for old rivalries

The Rugby Championship preview Paul Rees predicts that New Zealand and South Africa will battle for top spot - but it...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Obolensky, a Russian prince to an English gent

RUGBY REVISITED >> BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER OBOLENSKY, THE WINGER WHO BECAME A RUGBY ICON Brendan Gallagher tells...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Day when the Real McCoys stood up

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED THE governing bodies of the union game are not renowned for their speed off the mark –...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

The Bears blueprint: Go and play without fear

PAUL REES ON HOW BRISTOL HEAD COACH PAT LAM PLANS TO GUIDE THE WEST COUNTRY OUTFIT BACK TO THE TOP Class...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Wales in danger of a Lions wipe out

PETER JACKSON - THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW EVER since the ‘British Isles Rugby Union Team’ became the Lions 100 years...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Sacrifices beyond the call

ANOTHER Matt Dawson, an Australian hockey player not to be confused with his namesake from Question of Sport, made a news...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Paper News

/ 2 years ago

Collecting Rugby Memorabilia

The world is going sports memorabilia crazy with some incredible prices reserved for the rarest items. While many of these originate...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick

By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick admits he faces a race against time to get England up to speed as he turns...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 2 years ago

Freeman: We left with NZ respect

By ADAM HATHAWAY Tommy Freeman flew out of New Zealand on Monday morning beaten but not bowed claiming England had won...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 2 years ago

England going in the right direction

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK If we measure England from the time Steve Borthwick took over as head coach...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Jones facing Italy tester

Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Japan v Italy Today. 6.05am EDDIE Jones will be hoping his horror start in charge of Japan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Summer Tours

/ 2 years ago

All Blacks spreading the word in San Diego

By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand..........................................47 Tries: Clarke 8, Ratima 12, Proctor 26, Savea 34, Reece 44, de Groot 59, Bell 77 Conversions: McKenzie...

By The Rugby Paper Team