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Autumn Internationals

/ 9 years ago

All Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickenham

The All Blacks will be turning up at Twickenham next year after all for what promises to be the richest match...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

Kruis will keep his foot down in quest to be Borthwick’s man Down Under

British & Lions hopeful George Kruis is adamant there will be no favouritism from Steve Borthwick despite his former Saracens colleague’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 9 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Nick Wood – former Gloucester prop

I arrived at Gloucester as a boy and left 15 years later as a man. The club and the characters and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Eddie’s mind games are aimed at referee Peyper

With the Autumn Internationals finally over, at long last we don’t have to listen to Eddie Jones‘ attempts at witty repartee....

By Jeff Probyn

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

Stuart Hogg’s leading Scottish charge for Lions places

Full-back Stuart Hogg is leading a charge that could see eight top Scots push for places on next summer’s Lions tour...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

‘Tough guy’ Roko will only get stronger – Blackadder

Semesa Rokoduguni called on his Army discipline after the huge disappointment of being dropped by England head coach Eddie Jones last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Intensity is key to beating the Wallabies

The challenge for all rugby sides – and especially for England if they want to finish this autumn series on a...

By Jeremy Guscott

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: England roll on but battle-weary Pumas need rest

A gritty, invaluable win by 14-man England against a Pumas side who finish 2016 punch drunk and dispirited after a year...

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Kruis return as Eddie Jones change four for Pumas Test

George Kruis is fit to make his England return in one of four changes made by Eddie Jones ahead tof the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain: Beware, new-style Pumas have yet to bare their claws

Argentine rugby is a strange beast. It is one with a habit of never quite being what we expect, and it’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Semesa Rokoduguni deserved his chance to shine

Alex Goode has been the most consistent full-back in high-performance terms in the Premiership for some time in the eyes of...

By Jeremy Guscott

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Fish and chips? At times this England performance was a banquet of brilliance

Eddie Jones called for fish and chips rugby to beat Fiji – by which I take it he meant basic wholesome...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 9 years ago

Dream Team: Olly Woodburn – Exeter wing

1. Alec Hepburn – He sits next to me in the Chiefs’ changing room and he’s a great player. He did...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Wales change six for Pumas clash

Rob Howley has made six changes ahead of Wales‘ meeting with Argentina in Cardiff on Saturday, taking the axe to the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Edinburgh bring in Pumas prop

Edinburgh have signed Argentine tighthead Felipe Arregui on a short-term deal from Super Rugby side Jaguares. The 22-year-old was an unused...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Kyle Sinckler ‘destined’ to topple old king Dan Cole

Rough and tumble tighthead prop Kyle Sinckler has the potential to knock Dan Cole from his lofty perch and dominate England’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn: The day I put my stamp on Anglo-Argentine relations

Brendan Gallagher‘s article last week outlining some of the Argentinians’ previous encounters at Twickenham brought back some good, but painful, memories....

By Jeff Probyn

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Manu Tuilagi’s injury means it’s all in the balance in midfield

International rugby is about having options and balance in your squad, and Eddie Jones is the same as any other coach...

By Jeremy Guscott

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Strong-man Scott Sio wants smooth finish to patchy Australia season

Last Autumn Australia‘s powerful prop Scott Sio made no fewer than four Test appearances in a month at Twickenham and as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

David Wilson leaves Bath to join Newcastle

David Wilson has left Bath and joined Newcastle with immediate effect. Capped 44 times by England, the 31-year-old tighthead had done...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher takes a look at the 1930 tour to New Zealand

In many ways the 1930 Lions tour epitomised everything we have grown to love, and occasionally curse, about the trips down...

By Brendan Gallagher

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

Lions set for biggest pay-day in their history

The Lions stand to make as much as £80,000-a-man in New Zealand next year if they beat the All Blacks for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain: Yes, I believe England can rain on New Zealand’s parade

The All Black procession is in full marching order again, with the usual array of tub-thumpers and cheerleaders proclaiming them as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 9 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Sam Smith – former Harlequins and Worcester wing

By rights I should have been a Wasp. My dad played for the club and I had a few training sessions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Late Iglesias penalty help Argentina beat South Africa

Replacement back Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias kicked a penalty two minutes from time to give Argentina a 26-24 Rugby Championship victory over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Wallabies’ walloping shows up Bernard Foley’s frailties in attack

What a difference a year can make in international sport. Michael Cheika’s Wallaby side were riding a crest of a wave...

By Jeremy Guscott

My Life in Rugby

/ 9 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Tony Buckley – former Munster, Sale and Ireland prop

Up to the age of 16 my shoe size correlated with my age, meaning I had to have rugby boots specially...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

All Blacks will have to dig deep to keep that No.1 tag

By the time England are next scheduled to play New Zealand in the autumn of 2017 it will have been three...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Beware the All Blacks ‘in transition’

It seems barely five minutes ago that the Rugby Championship was first mooted and then established and now here we are...

By Brendan Gallagher

Nick Cain

/ 9 years ago

Nick Cain: Fiji were fab but 7s is a glorious sideshow

Congratulations to Fiji for winning their first medal of any sort at the Olympics, and making it gold by dominating the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: All Blacks for the title, but Wallabies will come again

This Rugby Championship is the start of a new cycle for the Southern Hemisphere, which leads to Tokyo and the next...

By Jeremy Guscott

Shane Williams

/ 9 years ago

Shane Williams: James Davies proved he is the man for a big occasion

I’m sure I’m not the only person who has been gripped this week by the Olympic Sevens. Any doubts over whether...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 9 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Martin Cooper – former Moseley and England fly-half

If anyone had told me when I was first starting out at Wolverhampton RFC that I’d get 11 caps for England,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher catches up with Italy boss Conor O’Shea

Conor O’Shea has been moving house this week and barring ferry delays, French customs getting moody and removal vans getting lost...

By Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Built on sand, but Fiji’s Olympics bid will be rock solid

When it comes to stand-out Olympic performances, David Hemery’s 400m hurdles gold for Great Britain in 1968 is right up there...

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Neck injury ends Luke Fitzgerald career

Luke Fitzgerald has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The 28-year-old Leinster, Ireland and British & Irish Lions...

By The Rugby Paper Team