British and Irish Lions

Chris Hewett

/ 1 week ago

Multi-taskers who are pushing out specialists on the World Rugby stage

Contrary to popular belief, hybrid players – those who can play in the pack, as well as the backs – are...

By Chris Hewett

Club Rugby

/ 2 weeks ago

Sale Sharks boss Alex Sanderson tips Courtney Lawes to make 2027 Rugby World Cup for England

Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson is confident Courtney Lawes can force his way back into the England squad and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 weeks ago

Daly worry for England

ENGLAND full-back Elliot Daly has fractured his arm and will miss the rest of the 2025-26 campaign for Saracens. Daly, 33,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 4 weeks ago

Former England international Mako Vunipola ‘honoured’ to be joining Leicester Tigers

Former England loosehead Mako Vunipola will join Leicester Tigers in the summer.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 1 month ago

Newcastle Red Bulls’ Liam Williams confirms retirement due to knee injury

Newcastle Red Bulls full-back Liam Williams has announced his retirement.

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 month ago

Jac Morgan: Wales are starting to look good

Jac Morgan says he was encouraged by the way Wales finished their Six Nations campaign and was thrilled for his teammates...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Six Nations analysis: Can Scotland finally end their Dublin hoodoo? Or will Ireland prevail?

The general expectation amongst most Irish rugby fans before the first kick-off of the 2026 Six Nations was to see improvements...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Six Nations 2026 news: England make nine changes to team for clash against Italy in Rome

Steve Borthwick has reacted to England’s Six Nations slump by completing a radical overhaul of his team to face Italy, including...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Ryan made life tough for 1953 All Blacks

ENGLAND in the mid-1950s, not unlike now, had an abundance of back row talent which probably explains why former Cambridge University...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Ulster skipper Iain Henderson is left out of Ireland squad but Andy Farrell remains confident

Ulster captain Iain Henderson has been left out of Ireland’s squad for the Six Nations. The second row, 33, made his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Lions NZ tour dates confirmed

THE British and Irish Lions will play three Tests in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on their landmark first women’s tour to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Mr Angry: All Black Grant Batty PICTURE: Getty Images

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: Small in stature but big on talent

Back in the day it became almost a cliché that All Blacks forwards were all rugged frontiersmen and farmers – world...

By Brendan Gallagher

International Rugby

/ 4 months ago

Chris Robshaw: England are ready to take Six Nations title

Chris Robshaw only has eyes for a triumphant Six Nations for England as they prepare to throw their World Cup cards...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Club Rugby

/ 4 months ago

Charlie Bracken: I want to help Saracens back to the top

Scrum-half Charlie Bracken believes his ‘X-factor’ can help Saracens surge back up the Prem rugby table.

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 4 months ago

British and Irish Lions set to play France in first meeting for nearly 40 years

France have been touted to host a warm-up game against the British and Irish Lions ahead of their New Zealand tour,...

By Will Judd

Club Rugby

/ 4 months ago

Saracens confirm signing of Wales’ Tomos Williams from Gloucester

Saracens have confirmed the signing of Wales scrum-half Tomos Williams for next season from Gloucester.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Leo Cullen reflects on Leinster’s seven-try win over Harlequins, urging perspective on expectations of perfection

Champions Cup

/ 5 months ago

Leo Cullen on why perfection isn’t realistic after Leinster’s seven-try Champions Cup win over Harlequins

For many in the Leinster camp, it feels like the start of the season with the return of the international players...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 5 months ago

Chris Hewett: Key pieces might yet emerge for England chief Steve Borthwick

The World Cup is all that matters, right? Everything else is 50 shades of beige. If England’s second-string success in Argentina...

By Chris Hewett

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Eden Park not on Lions Tour itinerary in 2027

THE British and Irish Lions will not play at Eden Park, New Zealand rugby’s largest stadium, on their landmark first women’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Former England captain Lewis Moody receiving a warm welcome at Allianz Stadium

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Lewis Moody pays tribute to Doddie Weir & Rob Burrow for championing MND awareness

Former England captain Lewis Moody has paid tribute to the work of Doddie Weir and Rob Burrow in helping raise awareness...

By The Rugby Paper Team

England’s Max Ojomoh during a training session

Autumn Internationals

/ 5 months ago

Max Ojomoh to start England’s clash with Argentina in Fraser Dingwall’s absence

Max Ojomoh will start England’s climax to the autumn against Argentina on Sunday after Fraser Dingwall was withdrawn from the team...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Elliot Daly during a training session in Bagshot

Autumn Internationals

/ 5 months ago

Steve Borthwick insists Elliot Daly will be key for England at 2027 World Cup

Elliot Daly will make his first appearance since the British and Irish Lions tour with backing from Steve Borthwick to remain...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Wales’ Louis Rees-Zammit during a training session

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

‘Fast and explosive’ Louis Rees-Zammit back in ‘happy place’ after Wales return

Louis Rees-Zammit is determined to bring star quality to rugby after returning from his 18-month spell in the NFL “heavier, faster...

By The Rugby Paper Team

George Ford has been restored at fly-half for England's clash with New Zealand

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

George Ford returns at fly-half for England to face New Zealand

George Ford will direct England’s quest for a first victory over New Zealand in six years after being named in a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Composite image of Tommy Freeman and Ollie Chessum (PA)

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

England sweating on fitness of Tommy Freeman and Ollie Chessum ahead of All Blacks test

England are sweating on the fitness of Tommy Freeman and Ollie Chessum after the British and Irish Lions duo emerged as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

England play their second match of the autumn against Fiji at Twickenham

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

England-Fiji talking points: Ellis Genge leads the way and time to unleash Immanuel Feyi-Waboso

England will be targeting a ninth successive victory when they host Fiji at Allianz Stadium on Saturday in the second of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Former England captain Lewis Moody before he presents the match ball at the Allianz Stadium

International Rugby

/ 6 months ago

Lewis Moody overwhelmed by ‘outpouring of love’ since MND diagnosis

Former England captain Lewis Moody has been touched by the “outpouring of love and support” which followed his motor neurone disease...

By The Rugby Paper Team

England launch their autumn campaign against Australia

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

England v Australia talking points: Steve Borthwick’s statement and marked man Henry Pollock

England and Australia will contest the Ella-Mobbs Trophy currently held by the Wallabies when their 116-year rivalry is renewed on Saturday.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Caelan Doris in ‘great nick’ to return from the bench for Ireland – Andy Farrell

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says captain Caelan Doris is in “great nick” following a six-month injury absence and will be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Luke Cowan-Dickie is set to win his 50th England cap at Twickenham on Saturday

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Luke Cowan-Dickie admits he feared he would never join England’s 50-cap club

Luke Cowan-Dickie is poised to join England’s 50-cap club, admitting injury and an encounter with rugby’s judiciary left him fearing the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Tommy Freeman during an England training session

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Alex Mitchell backs Tommy Freeman to make seamless transition to outside centre for England

Alex Mitchell is backing Tommy Freeman to make a seamless transition to outside centre if his Northampton Saints team-mate is repositioned...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

McGeechan prostate cancer ‘all gone’

Delighted: Ian McGeechan FORMER Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian Mc-Geechan has revealed his prostate cancer is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 months ago

Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury wins Scotland recall for autumn internationals

Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury has been recalled to the Scotland squad for the upcoming autumn internationals more than three years after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James O’Connor in Leicester Tigers training this week

Club Rugby

/ 7 months ago

James O’Connor: I’m out to reinvent myself again at Leicester Tigers

James O’Connor is eager to show Prem fans the best version of himself after failing to hit peak form in two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 months ago

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody diagnosed with motor neurone disease

Former England captain and 2003 World Cup winner Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Leinster left with nothing

■By NEIL EDWARDS Stormers..........35 Leinster.............. 0 CHAMPIONS Leinster crashed to a heavy defeat in Cape Town on Friday without their British...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

British and Irish Lions cash may tempt Mark Nawaqanitawase back to rugby union

The £60m windfall to Rugby Australia from the Lions tour has started the wheel turning for the return to rugby union...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 months ago

Joe Santamaria: Kiwi Kendrick Lynn giving Los Pumas a sharper attack

Joe Santamaria talks to Kendrick Lynn about how he is helping Argentina develop a cutting edge When Kendrick Lynn returned to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 8 months ago

Chris Hewett: Rassie Erasmus is in search of a brave new world with the Springboks

There is something unashamedly Old Testament about South Africa’s first-choice pack, possibly because its most accomplished components are more ancient than...

By Chris Hewett