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I’m ambitious. I want to coach as high as I can

24 March 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Alex Rae – The former Northampton Saints, Saracens, Wasps and Bedford Blues lock, now head coach at Coventry, talks about […]

Farrell’s England career is not over – Hartley

11 February 2024 0 comments

Dylan Hartley believes his successor as England captain Owen Farrell will come back from France a better player and does not think his international career […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 11/02/24

9 February 2024 0 comments

England and Wales reignite one of international rugby’s oldest and greatest rivalries on Saturday and they’ll be action, comments and analysis from Twickenham in The […]

England must play with the ‘wow’ factor

21 January 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ONE of the biggest talking points of Steve Borthwick’s 2024 Six Nations squad is the selection of Jamie […]

The talent is there – now let’s be bold

21 January 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Borthwick talked of England “turning a corner” when he announced his preliminary England squad of 36 […]

Barnes calls time on long refereeing career

2 November 2023 0 comments

English veteran referee Wayne Barnes has retired after a distinguished 20-year career with the whistle. Barnes, 44, has refereed 111 test matches and more than […]

Dream Team with Glen Townson

19 February 2023 1 comment

The Bristol academy transition coach and former Sale, Sedgley Park, Bristol, Doncaster, Newcastle and Ealing lock, picks the best XV he’s played with or against… […]

What is Rugby Community Like in 2022?

17 August 2022 1 comment

Rugby is an international sporting event widely played by players from different backgrounds who share differing beliefs and political views. Nevertheless, they can agree on […]

Dream Team with Alex Woolford

7 August 2022 0 comments

Alex Woolford, The Bedford Blues and former Northampton, Moseley, London Welsh & Coventry second row, chooses the best XV he has played with or against […]

Dream Team with Glyn Hughes

31 July 2022 0 comments

The Hong Kong and former Wasps, Northampton, London Welsh, Leeds & Moseley player chooses the best XV he had played with or against. 1. Soane […]

Courtney’s calm head steers England home

17 July 2022 2 comments

PAUL REES Men of the series: Courtney Lawes, left, and Wallaby danger man Marika Koroibete PICTURES: Getty Images When Marika Koroibete heard that he had […]

Jones admits Owen Farrell ‘very unhappy’ about losing captaincy

30 June 2022 0 comments

Eddie Jones has admitted that Owen Farrell was “very unhappy” when the coach informed him he would lose the England captaincy to Courtney Lawes. Lawes […]

George calls on England to repeat the triumph of 2016

26 June 2022 1 comment

From ADAM HATHAWAY in Perth Jamie George has urged England to turn back time and repeat the heroics of 2016 when the Test series against […]

My body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!

12 June 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH AT CHINNOR RFC IT […]

Winter still on gardening leave

27 March 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE COVENTRY director of rugby Rowland Winter remains on gardening leave with the Championship club offering no comment as to why he has […]

Sexton and Biggar aim to break tradition

30 January 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Johnny Sexton sets out on Saturday aiming to be the first flyhalf to skipper a Grand Slam […]

Gym before Guinness now for Cowan-Dickie

23 January 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Montpellier v Exeter Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade de la Mosson LUKE Cowan-Dickie is expecting Exeter to face a fired-up Montpellier today […]

DREAM TEAM

28 November 2021 1 comment

JON CLARKE, THE FORMER BRISTOL, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER & LEEDS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Soane Tonga’uiha – He […]

Rugby Stars Who Enjoy Poker

28 October 2021 1 comment

For a very long time, people have been enjoying poker games and playing them has been a whole lot of fun. But the reality is […]

DREAM TEAM

11 July 2021 0 comments

CHRIS WOLFE-ELDER, THE FORMER WASPS ACADEMY, PLYMOUTH ALBION, LONDON WELSH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, CHINNOR & RICHMOND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST…. […]

Dream stay at Pirates delivered big break

27 June 2021 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBYBRISTOL BEARS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH AND FORMER BATH, NORTHAMPTON, SALE, CORNISH PIRATES, HARLEQUINS AND AMPTHILL HOOKER/FLANKERDAVE WARD IT all began for me at […]

Q&A – Allan Robson: We are home again and want to build our Irish fanbase

4 December 2020 0 comments

London Irish chairman Allan Robson puts into words the significance of the Exiles’ return to the capital

We’re home again and aim to build our Irish fanbase

29 November 2020 0 comments

Q&AALLAN ROBSONON THE RECORDLondon Irish chairman Allan Robson has vast experience in professional club rugby, having previously been involved at Richmond and Northampton Saints. On […]

Haskell broke the oldest rule

4 October 2020 0 comments

Boys on tour: James Haskell, top left, with clockwise Simon Shaw, Nick Easter, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley in 2011. Shaw and Easter were not […]

Brighton’s become a force under Buoy

27 September 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SUSSEX is not normally considered a hotbed of rugby in England – although that hasn’t […]

Q&A – Mark Lavery: If we can’t have a crowd we can’t have a Championship

22 September 2020 0 comments

Neale Harvey gauges the views of Ampthill director of rugy Mark Lavery on the issues facing a league short of income

Champions Cup action between Racing 92 and Munster

Hewett column: Why mess with a format that made the Champions Cup great?

8 September 2020 0 comments

Home and away knockout legs in the Champions Cup? Oh EPCR, what have you done?

Another bashing for battered Dylan

6 September 2020 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST IF, FOR some peculiar reason, you ever wondered how to sound like an irritable magistrate of the “flogging’s too good for […]

Launchbury’s hitting best form when it matters most

6 September 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY WASPS and England lock Joe Launchbury says he has no issues with putting his body on the line despite Dylan Hartley’s warning […]

Probyn column: Dylan Hartley a hard man? Not with his record

26 August 2020 0 comments

The former England captain, set to release his autobiography, is no ‘hard man’ in rugby’s traditional sense

Cain column: Battered Dylan Hartley bitter ode to the dying of the light

20 August 2020 0 comments

Dylan Hartley’s new book will detail the rigours of intense training under England head coach Eddie Jones

Battered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light

16 August 2020 1 comment

DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the opening line of O […]

DREAMTEAM

14 June 2020 0 comments

TOM WOOD, THE ENGLAND, NORTHAMPTON AND FORMER WORCESTER BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Alex ‘Sue’ Waller – […]

We can become regulars in the top two, says Northampton Saints No.8 Teimana Harrison

20 April 2020 0 comments

The Northampton Saints No.8 tells Neale Harvey how he is revelling his role as co-captain

Do England players like Eddie Jones? Dylan Hartley answers

8 April 2020 0 comments

“Does he have to be popular? No” – Dylan Hartley on the England head coach

Cain column: Enigma of Eddie Jones is a problem for England

11 February 2020 0 comments

Is this England team veering from one extreme to the other after the World Cup defeat?

Enigma of Eddie is a problem for England

9 February 2020 0 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLAND have become an enigma under Eddie Jones, and the signs are that the outcome at Murrayfield will not […]

Jackson column: Sean Lineen led the way for Six Nations invasion

5 February 2020 0 comments

How the trickle of Kiwis into the Six Nations started with Scotland centre Sean Lineen

Lineen led the way for Six Nations invasion

2 February 2020 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Trail-blazer: Sean Lineen playing for Scotland in 1990 The entire cast for the 1990 Five Nations, brought […]

Happier times for Northampton’s Haywood after ACL, MCL and PCL injury nightmare

8 January 2020 0 comments

Saints hooker Mikey Haywood talks to Neale Harvey about his comeback from a severe knee injury

Unions should concentrate on amateur side of game

29 December 2019 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Last week’s Rugby Paper gave fuel to those who want to claim that the game is in rude health, and those who believe […]

The Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot – and we mean, a lot – of rugby this decade. So we asked him to pick a team of the decade

New stadium will end talent drain to Exeter says Matavesi

15 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Big chance at Saints: Sam Mataves SAM Matavesi believes the ambition of Cornish Pirates will blow the Premiership’s ringfencing brigade clean out […]

Solomons’ big vision for Sixways now taking shape

8 December 2019 0 comments

Building foundations: Alan Solomons with Ted Hill WORCESTER rugby director Alan Solomons believes tying down outstanding young guns Ted Hill and Andrew Kitchener offers sure-fire […]

Northampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail

3 December 2019 0 comments

Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace him

Sam Matavesi has joined Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints fill Dylan Hartley void with new hooker signing

3 December 2019 0 comments

Sam Matavesi has left Cornish Pirates to move to Franklin’s Gardens

Saints legend and former England captain Dylan Hartley retires

7 November 2019 0 comments

Hartley has been sidelined for all of 2019 by a serious knee injury

Northampton in talks with Dylan Hartley about calling time on his career

5 November 2019 0 comments

Neil Fissler reports that Saints are more concerned by Hartley’s concussion history than his long-term recovery from knee surgery

Lineout accuracy is the big work-on for Dunn

3 November 2019 2 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY CANDID Tom Dunn admits his lineout throwing must improve if he is to make an England breakthrough. Despite being involved in Red […]

Hartley in talks to end his career

3 November 2019 1 comment

NORTHAMPTON Saints are in discussions with former England skipper Dylan Hartley to call time on his career. The Saints hooker hasn’t played since last December […]

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