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/ 10 years ago

Serge Betsen backs Chris Robshaw and England to make it to the final

England’s back-row is not in the same class as Australia and Wales but the legendary French flanker is still tipping Stuart...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Wales won’t be weakened with Liam Williams and Mike Phillips

Injuries are a fact of Rugby Union life, and it’s always been a case of, ‘the King is dead, long live...

By Jeremy Guscott

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/ 10 years ago

Hallam Amos has pedigree to be the new Shane Williams says Lyn Jones

Wales will decide this week whether to give their youngest wing the earliest chance to be ‘the surprise package’ of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 10 years ago

Shane Williams’ column: Sam Burgess is a beast, but is he really ready yet?

Sam Burgess is a beast but he could also be the chink in England‘s armour that Wales can exploit. England have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Relaxed, Fiji are the Brazil of rugby – so watch out if you see them smiling

Fiji’s most-capped player Nicky Little has warned his former colleagues not to go into their shells when they tackle England in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Legend Jason Robinson backs Anthony Watson to win it for England

World Cup winner reckons Bath flyer is England’s best winger.

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 10 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Dennis Hickie – former Leinster and Ireland wing

Overall I have to be very thankful for what I was able to achieve in rugby with the help of great...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn’s column: Hopefully England will go one better than us in ‘91 and win it

With the phoney war over, now is the time for the squad to focus on the challenges that lie ahead. The...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s verdict: Muscleman Jonny May sums up England’s transformation

What a difference a fortnight makes. England were ten times better than the side that meekly went down to France and...

By Jeremy Guscott

My Life in Rugby

/ 10 years ago

My life in Rugby: Bleddyn Bowen – former Wales captain and Swansea centre

Captaining Wales to the 1988 Triple Crown was a huge honour. Not only was it Wales’ first for nearly a decade...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher pays tribute to Bakkies Botha

It’s all a bit rock’n’roll for Bakkies Botha at present. Farewell gigs in Cape Town, Tokyo and, most recently, at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Wallabies can exploit Red Rose uncertainty says Matt Burke

Wallabies legend believes Australia can make it a hat-trick of World Cup wins on UK soil.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain on why Brad Barritt is England’s go-to centre

Brad Barritt has a reputation for being England‘s midfield rock. We are talking about a centre who is not just teak-tough...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn’s column: We’re running out of time to get the scrum working

As Stuart Lancaster tears up the selectors’ hand book and does what was expected, the whole of England’s rugby community will...

By Jeff Probyn

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Nemani Nadolo plans Pool of Death opener shock for England

Fijian juggernaut Nemani Nadolo has England in his sights and intends to blow the World Cup wide open with victory on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain’s column: James Horwill axe shows how the mighty can fall, fast

James Horwill’s arrival at The Stoop to join his new Harlequins team-mates will probably come sooner than he expected following his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Fortune will favour the brave in Ireland

The England-Ireland World Cup warm-up game on September 5 has huge significance for both sides. The managements can spin this however...

By Jeremy Guscott

Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson’s column: Ironman’s meteoric rise stands test of time

The eighth World Cup will generate more money than the previous seven. It may even produce a Six Nations winner but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Openside duo key for Wallabies says George Smith

Breakdown master George Smith has backed Australia to cause England and Wales no end of trouble in the ‘Pool of Death’...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 10 years ago

Shane Williams’ column: Absolute honour to play with a true great like Ryan Jones

Of the hundreds of memories I cherish from playing with Ryan Jones for the Ospreys, Wales and the British & Irish...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain takes stock of how the England pack rates against the world’s best

Forwards, and how many of them he needs, will be at the top of Stuart Lancaster’s agenda as he contemplates cutting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Nalaga fails to make Fiji’s World Cup squad

Head-coach John McKee has omitted experienced backs Napolioni Nalaga and Seremaia Bai in Fiji‘s 31-man World Cup squad which features five...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn: How those cunning Aussies threw World Cup wide open

That’s it! All bets are off after last week’s results in the Rugby Championship as the favourites for both games failed...

By Jeff Probyn

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/ 10 years ago

Horwill and White omitted from Australia’s World Cup squad

James Horwill will arrive at Harlequins earlier than expected as the former Australia captain wasn’t included in Michael Cheika’s World Cup...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: Record-breaker Richie McCaw was on a different level from the start

It was a dirty Dublin night in November 2001 when our shambles of a taxi driver eventually located the Killiney Castle...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Size, skill and speed, the Wallaby backs have it all

Despite the heavy defeat the Wallabies just got from New Zealand, when it comes to backline talent, I believe the 14...

By Jeremy Guscott

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Pool of Death holds no fear for Nikola Matawalu’s classy Islanders

“Fiji mean business at this World Cup”

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Outsiders Fiji will take a big scalp warns Bob Dwyer

1991 winning coach adamant Fiji will be England or Wales at World Cup.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain talks to England’s world class lock Courtney Lawes about his vital role in RWC 2015

Courtney Lawes hits twice as hard in the tackle as most of his Red Rose team-mates, and it has earned him...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Rugby Championship ‘unofficial round’ teams

Argentina v South Africa Argentina: Joaquín Tuculet; Santiago Cordero, Matías Moroni, Juan Martín Hernández, Juan Imhoff; Nicolás Sánchez, Martín Landajo; Marcos Ayerza, Agustín Creevy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Wing king Anthony Watson has hero Quade Cooper in his sights

Anthony Watson could face one of his boyhood heroes when England clash with Australia in their crunch World Cup qualifier at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson’s column: Winning is same in any language for Michael Cheika

Michael Cheika speaks French, Italian and Arabic. He is also known to be fluent in coarse Anglo-Saxon and looks forward to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Jamie George is England’s form hooker, says Alistair Hargreaves

Alistair Hargreaves has backed Jamie George’s World Cup bid, claiming boss Stuart Lancaster would “make a huge mistake” if he omits...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

England in need of big Semesa Rokoduguni’s physicality says Matt Banahan

Semesa Rokoduguni deserves a shot at World Cup glory according to Matt Banahan, who insists his Bath colleague would offer England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s Rugby World Cup bolters

Danny Barrett (USA): One of the great hopes surrounding the US Eagles Sevens programme is that some of the talent identified...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s column: Scandalous delay that haunts the World Cup

One of the biggest drawbacks of Rugby Union’s obsession with amateurism was that the Rugby World Cup was belatedly dragged kicking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Rugby Championship round 3 teams

Australia v New Zealand Australia: Israel Folau; Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell; Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps; Scott Sio;...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher previews the Bledisloe Cup

This year’s quick-fire Rugby Championship seems to be hurtling to a conclusion almost before it began but the organisers couldn’t have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 10 years ago

Shane Williams’ column: I’m proof that bolters can earn a late RWC call

Some people may question the need for warm-up games before a World Cup but I am living proof of how they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Dean Mumm opens up about World Cup dream

Dean Mumm is nothing if not determined. Having packed away his boots after leading Exeter Chiefs to a resounding victory over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn’s column: You’re right Steve, new maul is ‘bloody boring’

How unusual, a New Zealand coach bemoaning the opposition’s tactics despite winning the game. Steve Hansen’s complaint about the Argentinian driving...

By Jeff Probyn