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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 5 years ago

New book explains how Rob Baxter’s ascension at Exeter Chiefs wasn’t without detractors

How Tony Rowe offset those doubtful of Baxter to absorb the former lock in his plan for Chiefs glory

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 5 years ago

Highlights: Six-minute recaps for Round 1 of the Premiership and coach reactions

Video highlights of the opening weekend of the 2020-21 Premiership season

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Afoa’s out to ease the memory of semi

By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW... Wasps v Bristol Today. Kick-off 1pm, Ricoh Arena JOHN AFOA insists Bristol are ready for a seasonal...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

I’ve got a say at Wasps so I’m happy to stay – Gleeson

By NEALE HARVEY Signed: Martin Gleeson WASPS attack coach Martin Gleeson says he was delighted to sign his new contract after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Boyd signs until 2022

NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Chris Boyd, has signed a contract extension until at least the end of the 2021/22 season. Kiwi...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Botham puts his beef into giving Pivac hope of a better future

By PETER JACKSON Wales........................18pts Tries: Rees-Zammit 25, Webb 76 Conversions: Sheedy 26 Penalties: Sheedy 9, 51 Georgia........................0pts WITHIN half an hour...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 5 years ago

Squad lists and opening fixtures for all 12 Premiership clubs ahead of new 2020-21 season

An overview of each club ahead of the start of a new Premiership season on Friday night

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Premier 15's

/ 5 years ago

Bonar grabs bonus with Bears stuck in the mud

Bristol Bears ….3 Glo-Hartpury …28 By BETH WRIGHT GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY handled the dreary conditions better than their hosts at Shaftesbury Park to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Play-off blues drive Bath hunger

NEALE HARVEY TALKS TO STUART HOOPER ABOUT BATH’S MISSION TO END THE TROPHY DROUGHT Driving standards: Ben Spencer inspired Bath’s post-lockdown...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Kirsten: Missing stars won’t stop Chiefs

By NEALE HARVEY JANNES Kirsten insists denuded Exeter will not allow Test call-ups, retirements or injuries to stand in the way...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

CAM JORDAN GLOUCESTER LOCK Gloucester pulled off quite a coup over the summer when they managed to lure impressive second row...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Protheroe has belief in new-look Ospreys

By ROB COLE Honest: Toby Booth Ospreys fan: Mat Protheroe is back home PICTURE: Getty Images THE all-conquering Leinster machine will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 5 years ago

He’s Dunn waiting for now but will he return?

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Cameo: Tom Dunn takes a break in his 64 seconds of action PICTURE: Getty Images Tom Dunn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

We must earn place in top-flight says Ward

EALING Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward denies having any knowledge of Premiership plans to expand the top-flight and invite his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Premier 15's

/ 5 years ago

Ruthless Wasps hit Sharks for the big century

By NATHAN ROCHE FOR the second time this season DMP Sharks shipped over 100 points, this time at the hands of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Premier 15's

/ 5 years ago

Bears maul Sharks as Neilson lands a double

By CARL LEE BRISTOL BEARS overcame Sale Sharks to extend their winless start to the Premier 15s season, but it was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter

Featured

/ 5 years ago

10 key moments in Exeter’s double-winning season in eyes of Rob Baxter

Rob Baxter talks to Neale Harvey on the events which showcased to him Exeter's capabilities to win the domestic-European double

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 years ago

Rugby Matters: Cosmopolitan Harlequins had serious wheels

Black History Month may have ended, but Brendan Gallagher sees no reason to not highlight the speed merchants to don the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Morgan aims to get one over his old mate Dwayne

■By ALEX BYWATER MATTHEW Morgan knows exactly what to expect from an Ulster back-line fired by his former Bristol teammate Dwayne...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Cosmopolitan Quins had serious wheels

RUGBY MATTERS Quins favourites: Andrew Harriman, left, and Peter Mensah PICTURE: Getty Images Black History month officially ended yesterday, along with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Omar has credentials to be Lions’ inside man

By JON NEWCOMBE BRISTOL Bears defence coach Omar Mouneimne would love to be a wildcard pick for next year’s Lions defence...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 5 years ago

No room for Simmonds brothers in England squad for Six Nations finale

Eddie Jones has named seven players who competed in the Premiership final in his 36-man squad

By The Rugby Paper Team

Exeter Chiefs celebrate winning the Premiership final 2019-20

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 5 years ago

All hail to the Chiefs as Exeter lift Premiership trophy in Twickenham final

Nick Cain reports from Twickenham on Exeter Chiefs' 19-13 triumph over Wasps in the Premiership final

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Muddle-headed England selectors missed so many

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Entertainers: Bob Demming, left, and Ralph Knibbs OCTOBER...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Exeter’s steady climb shows there is hope for all of us

Q&A STEVE BODEN ON THE RECORD Former Leeds, Doncaster and Jersey hooker and recently appointed Doncaster head coach Steve Boden talks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Baabaas become part of rugby’s omnishambles

COLIN BOAG Frailties: Wallabies v All Blacks matches just keep coming The madness that plagues our game continues to deepen: after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

DREAM TEAM

WILL HURRELL, PLYMOUTH ALBION COACH AND FORMER LEICESTER, LONDON WELSH, COVENTRY, DONCASTER AND BRISTOL CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 5 years ago

It’s a glorious grind in the rain for heroic Baxter boys

By NICK CAIN All over: Captain Joe Simmonds celebrates Destroyer: Henry Slade explodes over the line for Exeter’s only try PICTURES:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 5 years ago

Double Devon cream for magnificent Chiefs

By GARY FITZGERALD Encore: Captain Joe Simmonds holds his second major trophy aloft inside seven days as Chiefs celebrate PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Don’t ring-fence,wewant more fairytales – Bracken

By GARY FITZGERALD Plea: Kyran Bracken KYRAN Bracken hopes football’s latest moves to set up a lucrative new European Super League...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Ryan challenges fledglings to silence Coetzee

■By ROB COLE THE DRAGONS may not have Welsh internationals Ross Moriarty or Aaron Wainwright with which to try to blunt...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 years ago

Gareth’s golden boot sets Exeter on their way

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

YOUNGGUNS

BRISTOL HOOKER GEORGEKLOSKA Basketball-mad George Kloska has revealed how Michael Jordan’s starring role in hit TV series The Last Dance helped...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 5 years ago

TEAMS: Four senior Wasps players to miss Premiership final

Read what Lee Blackett and Rob Baxter had to say after announcing their teams to play at Twickenham

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Guscott column: Jimmy Gopperth is key to Wasps springing a surprise

Jeremy Guscott lists the 37-year-old Kiwi central to Wasps' Premiership final hopes

By Jeremy Guscott

Features

/ 5 years ago

Turnover king Willis wins RPA crown

WASPS flanker Jack Willis has been voted players’ player of the year at the Rugby Players’ Association awards. The 23-year-old, right,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Lee’s restored Wasps sting

TOM VALE TALKS TO LEE BLACKETT, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR WASPS’ DRAMATIC CHANGE IN FORTUNES Lee Blackett remembers the morning after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Shields: It’s time to bring the trophy home

By JON NEWCOMBE WASPS will need to rein in the excitement of playing in the Premiership Final if they are to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Launchbury fuelled by pain of 2017 final defeat

By TOM VALE Leader: Joe Launchbury wants to end Wasps fans’ long wait for silverware PICTURES: Getty Images CLUB captain Joe...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Gibson: Blooding kids didn’t devalue league

By NEALE HARVEY Invaluable eperience: Gareth Steenson guides Chiefs’ young guns to victory over Bristol Tyro fly-half: Harvey Skinner Livewire No.9:...

By The Rugby Paper Team