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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Lawes in dreamland

By BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham Courtney Lawes was delighted to have a fairytale ending to his 17 years of service at his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Northampton’s brilliant trio are leaving the club in the best hands

BRENDAN GALLAGHER You don’t always get what you deserve in sport, not least when it comes to the send-off you dream...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Johann van Graan: Bath exactly where they should be after years of hard graft

Bath will face Northampton at Twickenham on Saturday after being transformed from Gallagher Premiership no-hopers to title contenders in under two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Courtney Lawes proud of Northampton legacy as he prepares for final game

Courtney Lawes is proud of the one-club legacy he leaves behind at Northampton as he stands one victory away from a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

England starting to look like Lions

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK A year out from the 2025 Lions tour of Australia it’s still hard to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Courtney Lawes ready to run ‘blood to water’ one last time at Franklin’s Gardens

Courtney Lawes says he will “treasure forever” his 17 years as a Northampton player as he prepares for an emotional Franklin’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 2 years ago

Lawes still has Lions in his sights

Courtney Lawes was typically modest when he was presented with the Rugby Union Writers Club’s prestigious Pat Marshall Award as the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Lawes is level with England’s greatest

RUGBY MATTERS Members of the Rugby Writers club have recently been voting for the Pat Marshall award which we scribes use...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Dramatic finale puts Brive into play-offs

By JAMES HARRINGTON The ProD2 supplied a final glorious regular-season round for the ages in a perfectly timed reminder to broadcasters...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

New owners provide financial guarantees

BIARRITZ’S new owners this week provided French rugby’s financial watchdog with suitable guarantees of their finances, and revealed an eight-year plan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Storti brings season to an end in style

Portugal wing Raffaele Storti may have made a slow start to the season but he has been making up for it...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Record crowds flock to matches

JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN More people than ever are flocking through the turnstiles of Top 14 and ProD2 matches, according...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Time to create a new dynasty

Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Biarritz’s future is back in its hands

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN To the relief of fans, white smoke was finally seen over the stand tops of Biarritz’s Parc...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Lam: I understand Sinckler decision

By PAUL REES Pat Lam understands Kyle Sinckler’s decision to turn his back on England and join the exodus to France...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

Gatland’s left with mountain to climb

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AN alternative Wales squad, one untainted by the Six Nations whitewash, is to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Oyonnax have to keep on believing

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Oyonnax manager Joe El-Abd promised last week that his side would ‘fight to the end’ following their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Every time my name is called out, I get excited

Jon Newcombe catches up with Northampton’s Sam Graham as the Saints look to keep hold of top spot in the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

End of an era as Lawes commits to Brive

Courtney Lawes will leave Northampton this summer to join ProD2 side Brive after 17 seasons at Franklin’s Gardens. Lawes said Northampton...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Europe Championship

/ 3 years ago

England’s Plan A is to run at Portugal

By PAUL REES PREVIEW...England A vs Portugal (Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road) Steve Borthwick left Edinburgh after England’s clash against Scotland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Lawes can bring some order

Paul Rees says the former England captain who has signed for Brive will have much to offer when he retires Brive...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Dowson hoping Lawes will stay

By JON NEWCOMBE Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson still harbours some hope that Courtney Lawes has a future at Franklin’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Brive line up move for Lawes

Courtney Lawes is set to leave Northampton this summer to join Brive. According to reports in France, the former England back...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 3 years ago

Clouds of confusion hang over Evans

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At the end of a week when the clouds of confusion thickened over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

U20 Six Nations

/ 3 years ago

It’s all to play for as class of ’24 get set

BY BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND As the U20s Six Nations kicks off on Friday, England’s primary focus is to shore up their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Pay me what I’m worth – Lawes

Courtney Lawes has sent a warning to Northampton and told the club, “I’ve got to be paid what I’m worth,” after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 3 years ago

At last we are going in right direction

It is always easier to bury English rugby’s alleged leaders than to praise them, but it would run counter to the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Dungeon of obscurity needs to be shut

CHRIS HEWETT Barely able to buy a round of drinks, let alone a win – the good men and true of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Toulouse’s victory over Quins is top of my list

RUGBY MATTERS THE greatest single performance in the Heineken Cup? That’s a tricky one, there have been so many, but when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Following in fathers’ footsteps

RUGBY MATTERS The tradition of “sons of” playing for France U20 is well and truly established now and seems to know...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Olympics causing financial headache

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Cockerill goes out, Collazo comes in

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TIME was very firmly called on Richard Cockerill’s brief run as Montpellier manager six days ago, after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Vakatawa grateful to Lam for giving him a chance at Bears

By PAUL REES Virimi Vakatawa says he feels blessed to be playing rugby again after being told last year that a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Lam moves quickly to sign up Vakatawa

By PAUL REES Pat Lam has re-established the French connection to the Premiership by signing powerful centre Virimi Vakatawa following a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Webb tests positive for growth hormone

By Ben Jaycock Former Wales international Rhys Webb has tested positive for a growth hormone following an unexpected check by the...

By Nick Powell

Letters

/ 3 years ago

French centre Vakatawa returns for Barbarians

NEWS EXTRA VIRIMI Vakatawa’s premature retirement is over as the former France centre started for the Barbarians against Samoa last night...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

At last! Spain show us what they can do

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S BEEN a bittersweet roller coaster five or...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Williams heading for Japan

WALES and Lions wing Liam Williams has left Cardiff midway through his contract to join Kubota Spears in Japan. The 32-year-old...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 3 years ago

Garbajosa joins list of axed coaches

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It has been a busy week in various corridors of power in French rugby – with, in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Paea is on his way to Zebre

Premiership clubs are poised to miss out on signing Tonga and Highlanders outside centre Fetuli Paea when his contract with the...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Watson goes on tour at Castres

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England winger Anthony Watson has moved a step closer to moving to France next season...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 3 years ago

Scarlets grit it out to set up clash with Clermont

By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ........... 19pts Tries: Fifita 50, Shingler 78 Penalties: Costelow 3, 15, 28 Brive.................... 7pts Tries: Olding 47...

By The Rugby Paper Team