Champions Cup

Northampton Saints’ Alex Mitchell has signed to stay at Franklin’s Gardens

Club Rugby

/ 10 months ago

Prem: Alex Mitchell’s happy to stick with Northampton Saints

Alex Mitchell had little hesitation in signing a new contract with Northampton, confident the Saints will add to the league title...

By Paul Rees

Club Rugby

/ 10 months ago

Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins Prem preview: Kieran Treadwell keen to make an impact second time around

Kieran Treadwell ignored the saying never go back and is relishing his second stint at Harlequins having returned from Ulster in...

By Paul Rees

United Rugby Championship

/ 10 months ago

Scarlets stuck at the bottom after Lions take revenge

By SIMON THOMAS Lions..................29pts Tries: Q Horn 25, Marais 58, Brandon 70, 75 Penalties: Smith 46, Lombard 53, 81 Scarlets ...........18pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Radford accepts chance to coach Scotland

Quality: Lee Radford NORTHAMPTON defence coach Lee Radford will be seconded to Scotland for this season’s international windows and then take...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 10 months ago

Harlequins v Saracens preview: Will Evans happy to make his mark at Quins

Will Evans would be high on the list of contenders in a poll on the unluckiest player to miss out on...

By Paul Rees

Latest News

/ 10 months ago

Pellow to leave after 16 years at Exeter

LONG-SERVING Exeter coach Ricky Pellow is to leave the club next month. The former Bath, Worcester and Cornish Pirates scrum-half has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Saracens celebrate winning the Champions Cup in 2019

Columnists

/ 11 months ago

Nick Cain: Sorry, Saracens, but you weren’t the first

The attempts by Saracens to rebrand themselves this week as “The Original Club of North London” extends poetic licence beyond the...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Toulon’s Herve on his way to Castres

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TOULON fly-half Enzo Herve is on the move, a few months after he rejected a proposed swap...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 11 months ago

Warriors are back and looking good

CHARLES RYLANDS AMPTHILL BACK ROW IT HAD been 1,091 days since Worcester Warriors last played a game of rugby. Over those...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Ali Hepher is back on board at Exeter Chiefs in performance coach role

Ali Hepher is back at Exeter less than four months after leaving the club. Hepher, 50, was head coach from 2017...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

It’s great to have Owen Farrell back at Saracens – Ivan van Zyl

Owen Farrell’s return to his rugby home can help Saracens rise back to the top of the domestic and European tree....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Ex-Northampton Saints coach Matt Ferguson moves to Harlequins

Former Northampton scrum coach Matt Ferguson has joined Danny Wilson’s coaching team at Harlequins. Saints won the Premiership title and reached...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Paul Rees: Red Bull move could transform the club game after Newcastle takeover

Will the takeover of Newcastle by Red Bull spark a stampede that will change the ownership model in the loss-making Premiership?...

By Paul Rees

Features

/ 1 year ago

I’m so proud of what we achieved at Northampton Saints – Matt Ferguson

After seven years building one of the most respected packs in English rugby, Matt Ferguson parted ways with Northampton Saints this...

By Ben Jaycock

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

British and Irish Lions: Ellis Genge is a great guy, says Andrew Porter

Ireland prop Andrew Porter has seen a different side of long-time rival Ellis Genge on this Lions tour – and it...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Jamie Osborne: Jordie Barrett was a great help for me

Jamie Osborne hit the ground running on his first Lions tour after a season spent with Jordie Barrett at Leinster prepared...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Joseph Dweba enjoying warm welcome from Exeter Chiefs

Springbok hooker Joseph Dweba has touched down in Devon and is wasting no time getting stuck into life with Exeter Chiefs....

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 1 year ago

Lions 48-0 AUNZ Invitational: It’s time to get serious as British and Irish Lions step up

Invitational AU & NZ ........ 0pts British & Irish Lions ..... 48pts Tries: van der Merwe 7, 21, 64; White 10;...

By Adam Hathaway

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Ireland 34-5 Georgia: Tommy O’Brien is quick to take charge for Ireland

Georgia ................ 5pts Try: Jalagonia 45 Ireland.............. 34pts Tries: T O’Brien 2, 8; Casey 41, Timoney 70 Conversions: Prendergast 3, 9,...

By Ben Jaycock

Columnists

/ 1 year ago

French Column: Mystery surronds Uzair Cassiem’s future

One-time Scarlets and Springbok back row Uzair Cassiem is at the centre of a transfer storm in France. The 35-year-old knew...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Top 14: Toulouse vs Bordeaux – The best French final of all time?

Toulouse beat Bordeaux-Begles in the Top 14 final over the weekend, in what was one of the greatest finals France’s top league has...

By Charlie Elliott

Columnists

/ 1 year ago

Peter Jackson: Dazzling French duo, Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrye are creating history

Peter Jackson looks at the figures and reports that Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey are rewriting the record books Now that...

By Peter Jackson

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Tom Willis can’t wait for Argentina challenge

It has been three years since Tom Willis had his rugby career and life turned upside down, but the England No.8...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Chris Hewett: Can Bath outdo the team that Jack Rowell built?

The dear departed Jack Rowell rather fancied himself as a master of the caustic punchline and remained particularly proud of one...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Alex Coles has his sights fixed on Argentina

Many rugby players finish the season just desperate for some sun and a chance to rest their weary bodies, but Alex...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Leinster make sure as they crush Bulls to win URC title

By Ben Jaycock Leinster ............................. 32pts Tries: Conan 6, Barrett 14, van der Flier 23, Gunne 73 Conversions: Prendergast 7, 14;...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Jaco Pienaar to coach the Northampton Saints scrum

Northampton have appointed Jaco Pienaar as their new scrum coach. The 42-year-old will arrive at Franklin’s Gardens this summer, replacing Matt Ferguson,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Dan Sheehan – “There is absolutely no way the Bulls will be hungrier than Leinster”

Leinster and Ireland star Hooker Dan Sheehan insists that there is absolutely no way a team will be hungrier than Leinster...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

One of the Ravens: Luke Price’s Rugby Career

“Rugby has obviously been massive for me, even from an early age. I used to go out and watch my brother...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

I’ve enjoyed so many incredible moments, says Dave Ewers

After 16 years of bone-rattling collisions and relentless intensity, Dave Ewers has announced his retirement from rugby – and opposition players...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Dwayne Peel confident Scarlets are on right track

Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel insists reaching the URC playoffs was just the start of the journey for the west Wales...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Premiership Awards: Tomos Williams is named as Player of the Season

Gloucester scrum-half Tomos Williams has been named Premiership Player of the Season. The 30-year-old, capped 65 times for Wales, joined from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Lancaster to take charge at Connacht

CONNACHT have appointed former England boss Stuart Lancaster as their new head coach on a two-year deal. Lancaster, who has been...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Leinster vs Glasgow Warriors Preview – Leo Cullen delivers rallying call

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen is rallying the troops and calling out to all fans to come down to the Aviva...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Wade pulls the curtain down in fine style

■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........................41pts Tries: Cotgreave 4, 24, 50; Wade 30, 79; Williams 32, Atkinson 53 Conversions: Carreras 4, 50,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 1 year ago

Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey: A pair of aces who fill our hearts with joy

If the level of mastery is unusually high, the depth of mystery is unfathomable.

By Chris Hewett

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Sharks 24-24 Munster (6-4 AET): Heartbreak for Munster after penalty shoot-out

Sharks .............. 24pts Tries: Hooker 45, Fassi 67, Mbatha 73 Conversions: Jordan Hendrikse 46, 68 74, Penalty: Hendrikse 55 Munster ..............

By Gary Fitzgerald