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Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: O’Driscoll deserved to end his career with dignity

Okay, okay I admit it, I said that I thought the Aussies would win that third Test and the series and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Gatland defies the abuse to hit jackpot

What the 2013 Lions tour revealed is that for all the power inherent in the concept of the four Home Unions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain says Lions’ selection errors would have proved costly in New Zealand

Sam Warburton says that he has no truck with the defeatist claptrap which says that the Lions cannot win in New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Lions success was even greater than ‘97

Big congratulations to everyone concerned with the Lions for a scintilating series and a well-deserved triumph. It should not be underestimated...

By Jeremy Guscott

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain’s tour overview: Do not underestimate this wonderful triumph

The 2013 Lions roared in Sydney, mauling the Wallabies by a record score, but there are some embittered souls for whom...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

Leigh Halfpenny is a £1m target for the French clubs

Leigh Halfpenny’s Welsh future is to be thrashed out in London this week as three French clubs prepare to make him...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain reflects on the highs and lows of the Lions tour leading up to the pivotal Test

The last round of Wallaby jaw-jaw before the battle for the 2013 Test series came to a climax at the ANZ...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: O’Driscoll was lucky even to be on tour

The notion held by some media pundits and fans – not all of them Irish – that Brian O’Driscoll is a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain’s tour verdict: Gatland shows he has Midas touch

After the gunsmoke had cleared at the ANZ Stadium, the massed ranks of Lions fans waited to cheer on the 2013...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Our sixteen years of pain end in 80 minutes

Forward dominance has been fundamental to this series from the off and yesterday the Lions power pack well and truly stuffed...

By Jeremy Guscott

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: The first time ten Welsh stars won it for the Lions

Lewis Jones was playing cricket in Plymouth one Saturday afternoon long ago when he took the first step towards joining the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Ewen McKenzie replaces Robbie Deans

Ewen McKenzie has been named as the new Australia head coach, the Australian Rugby Union announced today. The Queensland Reds boss...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Mako Vunipola will be best prop in world says Saracens coach

Public opinion might suggest Mako Vunipola was taught a lesson in Melbourne, but Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson is adamant that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

British & Irish Lions beat Australia to claim first series in 16 years

The British & Irish Lions have won their first Test Series in 16 years after a 41-16 thumping of Australia in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Don’t be fooled, the Lions are no angels

Every once in a while, the game is brought into more disrepute by the judiciary than by those dragged before them...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Horwill’s escape is latest great stitch-up

The James Horwill incident is the straw that broke the camel’s back. When the Australian captain was exonerated by Kiwi QC...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Cuthbert’s knee-drop was as bad as Horwill’s ‘stamp’

The IRB’s decision to call for a re-trial of Australian captain James Horwill re the stamping charge he was cleared of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Wallabies call on George Smith for decider

Robbie Deans has called on George Smith as he named his Wallabies side to face the British & Irish Lions in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

Lion Leigh Halfpenny ‘could be explosive like Israel Folau’

The man who gave George North his scything sidestep and Israel Folau his kangaroo kick believes Leigh Halfpenny combines the best...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Lions must play Welsh way and look for tries

As much as we Lions supporters didn’t want it to go to the last game we really do have something special...

By Jeremy Guscott

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

Roberts returns but BOD dropped for Lions in Series decider

Warren Gatland has dropped Brian O’Driscoll from his British & Irish Lions matchday squad ahead of the Series decider against Australia...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Horwill cleared to play in decider

Australia captain James Horwill is free to play in Saturday’s decider against the British & Irish Lions after the IRB appeal...

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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Sam Warburton out of Series decider

British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton will miss the Series decider in Sydney on Saturday with a hamstring injury. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

Australia beat British & Irish Lions to set up Sydney decider

Rookie Christian Lealiifano kicked a last-gasp conversion for Australia as they leveled the series against the British & Irish Lions with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

IRB to appeal James Horwill decision

The International Rugby Board has today confirmed it will appeal the James Horwill disciplinary decision following an extensive review of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Now Gatland knows some players aren’t good enough

A disaster, a loss of momentum, overplaying in the conditions and a drop in standards were the words and phrases used...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Lions tour? Aussies couldn’t give S***!

On the eve of the Brumbies game there was a Wallabies v Lions gala dinner held in the great hall of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: North and Folau made this a truly great Test

What a match, what an occasion. So many times these events don’t live up to the hype. But the entrance price...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Players watch: Lions v Rebels

The British and Irish Lions last midweek fixture on tour provided fringe players their final opportunity to put their hands up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

British & Irish Lions keep Melbourne Rebels scoreless

Despite an average performance, The British & Irish Lions have won their last midweek game on tour beating the Melbourne Rebels...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

BOD: “James Horwill is a lucky boy”

Brian O’Driscoll says Australia captain is a “lucky boy” after being cleared of stamping on Alun-Wyn Jones in the first Test...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Fractured arm rules Paul O’Connell out

British & Irish Lions lock Paul O’Connell will miss the rest of the series against Australia with a fractured arm. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

James Horwill cleared of stamping

Wallabies captain James Horwill has been cleared of stamping on British & Irish Lions lock Alun-Wyn Jones in the first Test...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Tom Court answers Lions SOS call

Tom Court has been called up by the British & Irish Lions as injury cover for Alex Corbisiero. The England prop...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

British & Irish Lions win first Test against Wallabies

The British and Irish Lions beat Australia 23-21 in a brutal first Test in Brisbane to take a 1-0 advantage in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Lions must copy All Blacks hatred of complacency

As the Lions continue their winning ways Down Under putting virtual cricket scores on all they meet, there are still some...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain sizes up the task ahead of the Lions in Saturday’s first Test in Brisbane

Mike Phillips versus Will Genia is the one clash which seems to encapsulate better than any the differences between the Lions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

New Lion Billy Twelvetrees was once allowed to escape as a Tiger

Billy Twelvetrees has gone from uncapped England contender to Lions tourist in the space of five months but, remarkably, he was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Haskell

/ 12 years ago

James Haskell: Paul O’Connell could take over from captain Sam Warburton

There have been some stand-out performances by the Lions and perhaps more questions raised than answered. It’s disappointing the opposition haven’t...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Remember Finlay Calder and stick with Sam Warburton

Sam Warburton’s selection as Lions captain was under serious scrutiny before last night’s crushing of the Waratahs, but the Welsh openside...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Wallabies confirm first Test XV

Ben Mowen, Christian Leali’ifano and Israel Folau will all make their international debuts for Ausralia after being named in Robbie Deans’ starting XV to...

By The Rugby Paper Team