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/ 8 years ago

England v Barbarians: Bristol coach Pat Lam to take charge of Baa-Baas

The Baa-Baas assemble at Twickenham at the end of May

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Days when Griffiths was an outcast in his own country

Clive Griffiths witnessed the evils of apartheid South Africa during a rugby tour there almost 40 years ago and thought he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Ellis feeling lean and mean after injury nightmare

Fit again: Tom Ellis BATH flanker Tom Ellis has drawn inspiration from Exeter’s Sam Simmonds ahead of today’s final, in which...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 8 years ago

Advantage laws have become a hindrance

THE mania for keeping an already frantic and attack friendly game fluid in the name of entertainment has reached epidemic proportions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER BEDFORD, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND ENGLAND LOCK BOB WILKINSON Iwent to Wales versus Scotland with a friend last Saturday –...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Versatile Josh out to prove himself again

By JON NEWCOMBE JOSH Beaumont says he has returned from his latest injury setback stronger than ever as he looks to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

…while Harrison has strength of Troy on his side

By JON NEWCOMBE Durable: Sale loosehead Ross Harrison ROSS HARRISON will not tear his hair out if he is overlooked once...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Mike Haley’s honing basics for next England shot

Jon Newcombe talks to the Sale Sharks full-back who hopes to catch Eddie Jones' eye by impressing in Europe

By Jon Newcombe

Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Cain column: Chatty refs have aided the growth of dissent

By Nick Cain Dissent is an evil genie that was always going to escape from the bottle when Rugby Union referees...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 8 years ago

Jackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity

Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Magnificent Mickey, 93, digs in for another day to cherish

MICKY Steele-Bodger is a name to conjure with, one of those you might find in a ‘Flashman’ novel. What the 93-year-old...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

How Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Has any coach ever had more riches to choose from than All Blacks’ Hansen?

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT The All Blacks might only have prevailed by nine points against a wonderfully spirited and inventive Barbarians but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Teen-star Jalibert lets Toulouse off hook

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Heartache: Matthieu Jalibert missed a winning kick for Bordeaux An 18-year-old making his fly-half debut in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Absent England players missed great chance says Baa-baas coach Deans

BARBARIANS coach Robbie Deans, right,insists England missed an opportunity to test their players against New Zealand by preventing them from representing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Gloucester’s Ruan Ackermann considers playing for England

The Gloucester back row could be eligible for England in 2020 and says it's a possibility if the Springboks don't come...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Savea set for battle against All Blacks

JULIANSavea will play for the Barbarians against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. The winger was left out of New Zealand’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Win tickets to see the Barbarians take on New Zealand!

The latest instalment of one of rugby’s greatest rivalries takes place at Twickenham next Saturday, November 4 when the Barbarians face...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Julian Savea to play for Barbarians against New Zealand

The Barbarians will take on New Zealand with one of the All Blacks‘ greatest-ever try scorers in their ranks. World Cup...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

BRIAN ‘BJ’ JONES FORMER NEWPORT, WALES, BARBARIANS AND COMBINED SERVICES CENTRE Nowadays it is only Test payers who get the opportunity...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Moriarty back in November

WALES will be forced to rule a second Lions flanker out of action until the New Year – Ross Moriarty. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Age won’t wither Wigglesworth bid to play again for England

By NEALE HARVEY Hoorah…the RFU have a chief executive who follows rugby SARACENS scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth is determined to prove that...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Lions star pens new Wasps deal

British and Irish Lions and England international Elliot Daly has extended his contract with Wasps. The 24 year-old, who started every...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 8 years ago

Extra little gem to celebrate Mobbs

I HAVE just read and enjoyed Brendan Gallagher’s article on Edgar Mobbs. Brendan did not mention the long-held belief that Edgar...

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Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Sarries rocket helps Nick hit new heights

By NEALE HARVEY Impressive start: England boss Eddie Jones congratulates Nick Isiekwe after his debut against the Barbarians PICTURES: Getty Images...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 8 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Baa-baas ‘Test’ would solve the Lions tour conundrum

Sometimes you have to ask why people ask questions when something has already been decided upon and accepted by all. I...

By Jeff Probyn

British and Irish Lions

/ 8 years ago

Whitelock fancies another crack at Lions in November

ALL Blacks second row Samuel Whitelock admitted he’d be interested in a possible rematch with the British & Irish Lions after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 8 years ago

Crying shame there’s no fourth Test to show how great Lions could be

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Not enough time: Rhys Webb had more to offer WHAT a whirlpool of emotions it was on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Harlequins rising star pens new contract

Harlequins have received a big boost ahead of next season with the news that highly-rated centre Joe Marchant has extended his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 8 years ago

So what next to save Lions from being an anachronism?

Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Lions could reinvent themselves in the coming seasons THE British and Irish Lions need to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 8 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Mike Worsley – former England prop

I was born in Warrington and my uncle, Ken Gill, played Rugby League for Great Britain but I never played the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 8 years ago

Sloppy Lions must learn their lessons – and quickly

From NICK CAIN in Auckland THE Lions snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in their second outing against an eminently...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Halfpenny and Sexton time out

HADthe French initiative on clocking goalkickers been transferred to New Zealand, the Lions would have been in even more of a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

REPORT: Lions suffer 22-16 defeat against the Blues at Eden Park

The Lions suffered their first defeat of their tour of New Zealand as a late Ihaia West try handed the Blues...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

‘If people can’t put it behind them they never will’ says Umaga on 2005 BOD spear tackle

Twelve years on from the spear tackle which ended Brian O’Driscoll’s Lions tour to New Zealand, Blues head coach Tana Umaga...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 9 years ago

Faletau’s the clear pick of a sub-standard side

Physical: Alun-Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images NICK CAIN’S LIONS RATINGS 1. JOE MARLER Did not seize the initiative in the scrum...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 9 years ago

How come the back row didn’t suffer jet-lag?

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Will and commitment: Ross Moriarty THE post-match interviews from Warren Gatland and his players were just...

By The Rugby Paper Team