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Rugby Matters: Kenny’s challenge taught me when to fold ’em!

2 April 2020 0 comments

You’re a rugby writer in a Paris hotel room at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and you call Kenny Rogers…

British & Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien scores

Top 20 tries of all time countdown: No.6-10

2 April 2020 0 comments

A British & Irish Lions classic from 2017 features as Brendan Gallagher continues his countdown

Shock and awe as 747 swoops on Ellis Park

29 March 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of Rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures:PART 2 747 fly-past […]

Death of Lions captain saw ‘Drewy’ take role in history

29 March 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recalls the remarkable sporting career of Lions captain Andrew Stoddart ONE of the most flamboyant figures in Victorian sporting circles was Andrew Stoddart, […]

Thanks for reminder of glory days

29 March 2020 1 comment

THE Rugby Paper is so much better now that it doesn’t have to report on the big matches!Professional rugby is so grim these days – an […]

Consign this shameful class system to history

23 February 2020 0 comments

Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000 PICTURE: Getty Images BRENDAN Gallagher’s recent articles on […]

Captain Hogg showshis class on Roman holiday for the Scots

23 February 2020 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER End of a 17-phase siege: Chris Harris goes over for Scotland’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images IT WASN’T pretty but it was […]

Italy plot a new shock victory over Russell-less Scotland

21 February 2020 0 comments

Scotland are a team Italy know they can beat, writes Brendan Gallagher

Rugby Matters: Game in Spain flying high after Rugby World Cup anguish

14 February 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher insists Spain shouldn’t be disappointed by their defeat to Georgia last weekend, as they close the gap in the world rankings

Ruthless Galthie will be out to crush Italy

9 February 2020 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Enforced change: Arthur Vincent BEFORE the 2020 Six Nations began there was widespread speculation that Fabian Galthie would start almost all of […]

Greed sees Red Rose wilt in Murrayfield wild winds

9 February 2020 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Playing rugby on a filthy wet February evening with the wind gusting up to 50mph and swirling around the strangely asymmetric contours […]

Gallagher column: Small, strong – Dupont is ideal for the French way

4 February 2020 0 comments

Morgan Parra, Maxime Machenaud and Jonathan Pelissie have all come and gone – Antoine Dupont represents the real France

Italy lined up Franco Smith for months to replace O’Shea

1 February 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher analyses how Italy are shaping up in the wake of the World Cup with a new head coach

Rugby Matters: New Broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke with France

23 January 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher writes how a new-found desire to nurture homegrown talent in the Top 14 has allowed Fabien Galthie to rewrite the rhetoric

New broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke

19 January 2020 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Golden generation: Frace win the 2019 Junior World Cup The great thing […]

Saracens, Europe and McConnochie: What’s in Sunday’s TRP?

17 January 2020 0 comments

Plenty of news, views, action and reaction in issue #592 of The Rugby Paper – here’s what features… SARACENS: Sarries risk automatic relegation to the […]

Rugby Matters: Macho Makis can make their mark in Sevens

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher marks Madagascar as one of rugby’s growing nations who can utilise the creation of the Challenger Sevens Series

No more false starts, cull the scrum cheats

15 December 2019 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I suspect I’m about to hack off all front rowers past and present but hopefully they will read on because I […]

Gallagher column: Root of Israel Folau case grew from shame of apartheid

12 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher examines the vitriol espoused by sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau and how it correlates with attitudes during the apartheid era

It’s much ado about nothing at Thomond

8 December 2019 1 comment

■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Arm wrestle: Saracens lock Will Skelton is tackled by Tadhg Beirne and Billy Holland PICTURES: Getty Images No way though: Peter O’Mahony […]

Root of Folau case grew from shame of apartheid

8 December 2019 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Controversy: Israel Folau this week reached a settlement with Rugby Australia PICTURE: […]

Seeds of Boks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’

1 December 2019 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE ‘PROTEST TOUR’ OF 1969, FIFTY YEARS ON It’s barely a month since the first truly multi-racial South African rugby side gloriously […]

Festive fun as Pivac signs on and Gat signs off

1 December 2019 2 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Opportunist: Curwin Bosch score for the Baa Baas Expert finisher: Josh Adams goes over for Wales’ fifth try and his second PICTURES: […]

Three years of refining Italy, Conor O’Shea got the selection wrong for Azzurri

30 November 2019 0 comments

A look at Conor O’Shea’s time in charge of Italy which yielded a 23 per cent win rate in Tests

Gallagher column: Saracens embodied the old pioneering spirit

28 November 2019 0 comments

The Premiership has become safe and conservative, writes Brendan Gallagher

The Beast has become a beauty for Springboks

10 November 2019 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points FEW players get to announce their retirement off the back of possibly a career […]

Verdict: Siya Kolisi brings fresh hope to a troubled land

6 November 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher on the significance of Springboks no.6s to the modern history of South Africa

Beauty and the beast in equal parts

3 November 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher’s reminiscences from a truly memorable World Cup in Japan Bowing out: The Japanese team show humility Best ref never to get a final: […]

Typhoon Hagibis put RWC in perspective

20 October 2019 0 comments

AROUND40 people lost their lives due to Typhoon Hagibis; thousands more lost their homes or suffered unbearable disruption. The cancellation of a couple of rugby […]

Rugby Matters: Make Pacific Islands rugby’s West Indies

17 October 2019 0 comments

The West Indies cricket team can be selected from 15 Caribbean island nations. Brendan Gallagher asks if the same can be applied to rugby and the Pacific Islands

Italy’s hope is in speed of the back row

29 September 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks at the challenge facing Italy and fancies they have an outside chance Key men: Italy hopes rest with Jake Polledri, left, and […]

Captain Brits lifts spirits but brave Namibia fall flat

29 September 2019 2 comments

■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star man: Schalk Brits goes over to score South Africa’s ninth try IT’S A LONGway from Ibiza to Toyota City but Schalk […]

Let ‘minnows’ have moment of fame

22 September 2019 1 comment

BRENDAN Gallagher wrote that his two most excruciating sporting experiences were when watching Namibia and Japan being crushed at the World Cup. Admittedly, these are […]

Eastern promise delivered

22 September 2019 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher sees a nation present a stunning face and another display raw grit What it’s all about: Richie McCaw holds aloft the Webb Ellis […]

Chester dazzled despite the racists

8 September 2019 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher recalls the troubled life of Springbok star Chester Williams Poster boy: Chester Williams in action during the 1995 World Cup Good grief the […]

Michael Lynagh has his say on what England-Australia rivalry means to the Wallabies

23 November 2018 0 comments

There’s plenty of history between the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere giants

How English rugby shattered the All Blacks mystique on the same anniversary as their 2003 World Cup triumph

21 November 2018 0 comments

November 22 is a big day for some in the North West Counties…

Stockdale stunner has Dublin delerious

18 November 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, for the first time on home soil, beat New Zealand amid extraordinary scenes at a riotous Avia Stadium in a game […]

Off goes Cipriani as his week gets worse

21 October 2018 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Collision: Danny Cipriani, left, tackles Munster’s Rory Scannell, centre, and gets a red card MUNSTER claimed a bonus point win against Gloucester […]

Tigers suffer a mauling but Tuilagi’s hitting form

14 October 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER He’s through: Manu Tuilagi breaks clear to score a second half consolation try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Alan O’Connor scores for Ulster […]

Canada start as slight favourites, but we’ll be fitter

14 October 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher talks to David Rees about the Welsh connection aiding Hong Kong’s progress Brains trust: David Rees, Leigh Jones and James Scaysbrook David Rees […]

Leinster launch title defence with brutal 8-try rout

14 October 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: James Lowe scores his second try for Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Juan de Jongh is stopped by Jonathan Sexton […]

Boks left stunned by double at the death

7 October 2018 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bear hug: Try scorer Ardie Savea celebrates with Nathan Harris On the run: Damian de Allende of the Springboks SOUTH Africa squandered […]

Sportsman Billy gets his reward against gutsy Quins

7 October 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for Saracens in recent seasons but they dug deep to grind this win out against […]

Boks’ fast start stuns Wallabies

30 September 2018 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Elusive: Try scorer Faf de Klerk makes a break PICTURES: Getty Images SOUTH Africa maintained their unbeaten record at the Nelson Mandela […]

Simmonds sends out a reminder to Eddie

23 September 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs, not for the first time, struggled a little at Kingston Park but in the end ground out a valuable road […]

Pontypool’s past glories will live long in memory

23 September 2018 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the history of Pontypool to celebrate their 150th anniversary BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fearsome: The Pooler front row of 1972 – Graham Price, Bobby […]

Prosser lessons put Faulkner on road to riches

23 September 2018 0 comments

Lyndon J Faulkner tells BRENDAN GALLAGHER about Ray Prosser’s lasting impression BRENDAN GALLAGHER Winner: Lyndon J Faulkner in Pooler colours RAY PROSSER, the guru behind […]

Yes, those All Blacks are beatable England

16 September 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH AFRICA yesterday sent a message of hope to England and their other World Cup rivals – the All Blacks aren’t invincible. […]

Super Boks land World Cup boost

16 September 2018 2 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Doubling up: Aphid Dyantyi scores his second try for the Boks PICTURE: Getty Images SOUTH AFRICA produced their best performance since their […]

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