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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

The Big Interview: A Q&A with Conor O’Shea

Neale Harvey sits down with the Harlequins boss and discusses preparation for the new season.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sevens World Series

/ 12 years ago

Tom Mitchell: The heat is on – we must get it right or go home

The England 7s Captain gives the inside story from the athletes' village.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 12 years ago

Young Gun: Jordan Onojaife – Saints Academy lock

When Jordan Onojaife sat down at home to watch England‘s opening game at the Junior World Championship last month, little did...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: George North and Alex Cuthbert are giants, but Fiji have a monster

Nemani Nadolo has been a rock for Fiji and Crusaders, Peter Jackson warns Australia, England and Wales about the 129kg winger.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

The 2014 Rugby Championship

Formerly known as the Tri Nations, the Rugby Championship is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the Rugby Union calendar....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

England name Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games

England Sevens head coach Simon Amor has gone for tried and tested as he named his squad ahead of the Commonwealth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: it’s time for Stuart Lancaster to decide on his style of forward play

The heat has been turned up following England‘s blackwash in New Zealand with the All Blacks and their cheerleaders in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize

Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Aussie man-mountain can Eclipse England

The Aussies are more inventive than most when it come to nick-names, and the one in the news most Down Under...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Kyle Eastmond will show he’s the right fit for England

Bath head coach back rugby league convert and brands critics “uneducated”.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Coaches must acknowledge their part in Dunedin defeat

Well that’s it, the tour is over but if you are a pessimist it really ended last week when the second...

By Jeff Probyn

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Sorry Wales, but this is becoming inexcusable

And so for all their big-game heroics by the banks of the Crocodile River, somehow it still ended in tears as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Yes, it’s time for All Blacks to end their Pacific shame

Guys, it’s not the dark side of the moon. No fewer than four airlines, including the national carrier Air New Zealand,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Tour from Hell did English rugby the power of good

Isn’t it strange how a perception of history over time can appear to alter what actually happened? Like all the fuss...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Mattfield to captain South Africa against Wales

Victor Mattfield will equal John Smit’s record on Saturday after being named in the South Africa team to face Wales in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 12 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Dave Walder – former Newcastle, Wasps and England fly-half

It took just ten seconds for me to go from total joy to utter despair – I got a call while...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Perfect England U20s beat Australia

England U20s have made it two from two at the Junior World Championship after beating Australia 38-24 today. That is Nick...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Kyle Eastmond must seize this chance to show his skill

Kyle Eastmond can skin players in his sleep with his speed, footwork and swerve, and one of the things I’d most...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Earle hat-trick helps England U20s to JWC opening win

Nathan Earle scored a hat-trick to help England U20s kick off their Junior World Championship campaign in the best fashion thumping...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher charts the career of Jonny Wilkinson, the player who has transcended the game

Talk about synchronicity. When confirmation of Jonny Wilkinson’s much-touted retirement was filtering through this week I was actually rummaging around my...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Barbarians squad for England match

Juan Martin Hernandez and Donncha O’Callaghan have been added to the Barbarians squad ahead of their match against England at Twickenham...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law takes a mauling from WRU!

Warren Gatland made a strange announcement last Tuesday over the resurrection of the Welsh trial match, buried long ago with other...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 12 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Trevor Woodman England, Gloucester & Sale prop

I was talking to Mike Teague one evening after a few beers when I was going to have to retire and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 12 years ago

Young Gun: Louis Grimoldby – Harlequins fly-half

English fly-halves with rugby league backgrounds are all the rage at present and in Louis Grimoldby, Harlequins look to have unearthed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: A couple of England-Wales tickets, sir? That’ll be £630

The last England-Wales match at Twickenham grossed around £5m in ticket money. The next one will top £20m. For the World...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 12 years ago

20 Questions: Niall Morris – Leicester winger

Good to be back after injury? Yes, hopefully I can get a run of games now. I dislocated my thumb and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain talks to three great English Lions to gather their views about the England back-row

Back-row expertise does not come with better credentials than that offered by Roger Uttley, Mike Teague and Peter Winterbottom. The trio...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Murder on the dancefloor as Harlequins try to get a grip

The Murderball challenge is on. Mike Brown, already proud ambassador for Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, wants to celebrate Harlequins‘ coming on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

New-style Danny Cipriani in frame for England

Danny Cipriani admits he is a different player to the one last capped by England in 2008.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

WIN a signed Lions jersey

Win your chance to meet some of your Lions heroes as they prepare for their epic summer cycle ride across the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Big Man’s dynasty is thriving at Tigers

When Frank Whitcombe signed for Broughton Rangers at Belle Vue in Manchester, they gave him £100 and a keeper’s job at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Mike Brown has his heart on sleeve, just like Roy Keane

It is Tuesday afternoon at the Surrey Sports Park and Harlequins‘ training finished 45 minutes ago. While the majority of players...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

Barbarians match bid snubbed by Wales

The Barbarians have been snubbed by Wales after offering them a home match as preparation for their Test series in South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 12 years ago

Dream Team: Paul Burke – Leicester backs coach and former Harlequins & Ireland fly-half

1. Jason Leonard – Played together at Harlequins and he is simply incredible. He is the most capped prop in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Penalties are becoming too important in rugby

Some interesting ideas have come from Australia this week as they prepare to launch the new National Rugby Championship which they...

By Jeff Probyn

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Hanno Dirksen heads the new foreign invasion

France will be free to pick another South African next season and install Rory Kockott as their prospective scrum-half for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 12 years ago

Dream Team: Phil Vickery – former Lions, England and Wasps prop

1. Christian Califano – I watched him as a lad and he took front row play to a new level. His...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Robocops must find new game

Heavy depressions hanging over Wales in between World Cups are not a new phenomenon even if the latest one may take...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Season over for David Pocock

Brumbies and Wallabies superstar David Pocock suffered another season ending injury last week tearing his anterior cruciate ligament against the Force....

By The Rugby Paper Team