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/ 3 years ago

Basham back for Dragons

Preview Dragons v Munster Today. Kick-off 3pm WALES flanker Taine Basham starts as Dragons looks to bounce from the 44-6 hammering...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 3 years ago

Steyn steals it for Bulls

By BRYN PALMER Bulls ......................33 Edinburgh ............31 Morne Steyn’s late penalty broke Edinburgh’s hearts as the Scottish side fell agonisingly short...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 3 years ago

In Sunday’s Rugby Paper

It’s a huge weekend of rugby, as the Rugby Championship reaches its conclusion, and there are some big games in the...

By Nick Powell

Nick Cain

/ 3 years ago

Time for England to get Sevens game in order

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is no nation in the Rugby Union family that was not disrupted...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Difficult job to have so many internationals

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Rob Baxter faces a massive dilemma with nearly every England international at Exeter out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 3 years ago

Darcy at the double as Dragons get blown away

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........44pts Tries: Vellacott 27, Young 35, Graham 42, 49; Hoyland 53, Kinghorn 61, Dean 63 Conversions: Bennett...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Forthcoming fixtures

Week beginning Sunday, September 18, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 3 years ago

Dream Team with Nick Auterac

Nick Auterac, the Edinburgh prop and former Saracens, Bath, Harlequins and Northampton player, chooses the best XV he has played with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 3 years ago

Don’t waste golden generation – Watson

By STEFFAN THOMAS Ambition: Hamish Watson in action against England PICTURE: Getty Images Hamish Watson insists Scotland must start delivering results...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Forthcoming fixtures

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL LEAGUES Premiership (3pm kick-off) Gloucester v Wasps Sale v Northampton WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 INTERNATIONALS Women’s England v...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

English Rugby on, Scottish and Welsh games postponed following Queen’s death

All rugby in England can go ahead this weekend following a decision taken by the RFU to play on despite the...

By Nick Powell

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Scottish pounce on early Edinburgh errors

Edinburgh ......26 London S ........34 By PHIL BENNETT A false fire alarm at the DAM Health Stadium meant the game was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Bristol

Director of Rugby: Pat Lam Captain: Steven Luatua Ground: Ashton Gate Capacity: 27,000 PREDICTED FINISH: 8TH Pat Lam’s glass is always...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Exeter

Director of Rugby: Rob Baxter Captains: Jack Yeandle/Joe Simmonds Ground: Sandy Park Capacity: 14,100 PREDICTED FINISH: 6TH The Chiefs missed out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Northampton

Director of Rugby: Phil Dowson Captain: Lewis Ludlam Ground: Franklin’s Gardens Capacity: 15,200 PREDICTED FINISH: 5TH Northampton have tended to yo-yo...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Buyers will have to prove they have the money

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Prospective Worcester Warriors buyers could be asked to produce proof of funds for between £30...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

BRITISH RUGBY FIXTURES

SATURDAY SEP 3 WELSH LEAGUES PREMIERSHIP: Aberavon v Bridgend, Carmarthen v Llandovery, Llanelli v Swansea, Merthyr RFC v RGC, Newport v...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

URC ‘blown away’ by TV figures as SA join the party

By PAUL REES Chief: Martin Anayi The United Rugby Championship enjoyed record television audiences last season thanks to the inclusion of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Le Bourgeois out to keep going at Blues

By JON NEWCOMBE Determined: Michael Le Bourgeois in action for Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images MICHAEL Le Bourgeois hopes to be able...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

PRE-SEASON FIXTURES

August 18 Caldy v Birkenhead Park Biarritz v Ealing Trailfinders (8pm) Cinderford v Matson (7.30pm) August 19 Caldy v Sale Sharks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Talent everywhere you look in URC

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND With the United Rugby Championship season fast approaching I’ve been having a good look at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Big names moving into a new home

Ben Jaycock looks at how the Championship squads are shaping up for the coming season As a consequence of the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

FIXTURES

PRE-SEASON ■ MORE fixtures will be added each week as and when clubs announce their schedules. To any clubs wishing to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

The Rugby Paper’s Rugby Stadium World Cup

Following Sunday’s twitter poll that saw 2,081 people vote for their favourite Premiership stadium, the Rugby Paper will this week conduct...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Ampthill looking to learn from Worsley’s French nous

By JON NEWCOMBE Joe Worsley has already started putting Ampthill’s players through their paces as the latest member of an impressive...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Rock ‘n’ roll rugby as Wales fly north

Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 119 - Wales board plane for epic Five Nations match against Scotland, February 4, 1971 Brendan Gallagher...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

DREAM TEAM

PERRY-JOHN PARKER, THE TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS AND FORMER ESHER, EDINBURGH, OSPREYS, ROTHERHAM, ROVIGO, DIJON & OLD ELTHAMIANS LOCK CHOOSES THE BEST XV...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Crosbie handed maiden start as Watson misses out on first test for Argentina

Edinburgh‘s Luke Crosbie will make his first start for Scotland in the first test against Argentina on Saturday evening. Crosbie, 25,...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Warriors sweat on Deano amid American interest

GLASGOW are sweating to see if former Newcastle boss Dean Richards, their first choice to replace Danny Wilson at Scotstoun, will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Summer Tours Week 1 Preview: Emerging nations and ‘A’ teams prepare to raise the curtain

For the first time since 2018, a full summer of rugby tours is back on the calendar, and though some of...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Townsend ‘rests’ Hogg and Russell for summer tour

By BEN JAYCOCK SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg and fly-half Finn Russell have been left out of Scotland’s 40-man squad for their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Taking summer off ‘best thing’ for Scotland pair Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell

Gregor Townsend has revealed that talisman Finn Russell and captain Stuart Hogg have been excused from Scotland‘s summer tour in order...

By Ben Redwood

Challenge Cup

/ 4 years ago

Europe’s elite clubs are facing trip into unknown

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE European Cup final in Marseille was not billed as a watershed moment,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Fixtures

FRIDAY, JUNE 3 URC Play-off Ulster v Munster (7.35pm) Women’s Premier 15s Final Saracens v Exeter (3pm) SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 4 years ago

World Cup will be won and lost in the run-up

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fifteen months out from the 2023 World Cup, the rugby debate in host nation France is getting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Hosts breeze to 1872 Cup win

By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ......28 Glasgow ..........11 DOMINANT Edinburgh took the honours in a winner-takes-all derby against Glasgow Warriors in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

DREAM TEAM

CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER NEWCASTLE & SCOTLAND U20s SCRUM-HALF RUARIDH DAWSON CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Barbeary score swings it for Wasp as Blair laments ‘brain-farts’

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........30pts Tries: Vellacott 12, McBurney 26, Bradbury 66 Conversions: Boffelli 13, 26, 66 Penalties: Boffelli 9, 43,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

We’ll have to be at our very best, says Blackett

Coach: Lee Blackett LEE Blackett says every match for the rest of the season is a knock-out one for Wasps who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Ulster put end to Edinburgh’s home run

By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ..............10 Ulster ......................16 ULSTER bounced back from their defeat to Munster with a battling victory over Edinburgh...

By The Rugby Paper Team