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Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Series 2 Episode 11 – Ireland Grand Slam Glory with Willie John McBride

Congratulations to Ireland, who secured a deserved Grand Slam against England at on St Patrick’s day weekend – we can only...

By Nick Powell

Former All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Hansen: Weight of expectation could be Ireland’s toughest Rugby World Cup opponent

With unbeaten Six Nations and Autumn Nations campaigns and a series victory in New Zealand under their belts inside the last...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

‘Steward red was not right’

By ADAM HATHAWAY in Dublin Ellis Genge leapt to the defence of Freddie Steward after the full-back’s red card put England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Pollard helping to put life into Tigers

By PAUL REES Handre Pollard says that his experience in the Premiership with Leicester has made him a more rounded player...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Painter looking forward to ‘exciting’ Exeter challenge

Exeter confirmed the signing of prop Ehren Painter from Northampton Saints, as revealed in last week’s TRP. The 24-year-old tighthead comes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

A party for the ages as Sexton brings Grand Slam joy to Ireland

By NICK CAIN Ireland…………………………. 29pts Tries: Sheehan 33, 68; Robbie Henshaw 62, Herring 77 Conversions: Sexton 35, 63, 70 Penalties: Sexton...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 4 years ago

Better, yes, but there’s still a long way to go…

PAUL REES A red letter day for Ireland who achieved a first Grand Slam victory in Dublin after a red card...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 4 years ago

A small, self-serving elite which bars all others from access

BEFORE the creation of club leagues in 1987, a group of around 24 self-appointed leading clubs played against each other (plus...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 4 years ago

Money problems hit England and Wales

WITNESSING the gulf in abilities between England and France had me thinking of the issues going on in the WRU and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Au revoir! French requiem for old warrior

By PETER JACKSON France……………………………41pts Tries: Penaud 10, 77; Danty 34, Atonio 44, Fickou 49 Conversions: Ramos 12, 35, 45, 50, 78...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 4 years ago

Standing tall as we finish on a high

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND What a brilliant start by Wales at Stade de France and what an encouraging performance...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Gloucester duo set to join Ealing

Championship leaders Ealing are close to pulling off a double swoop on Gloucester for former England international Billy Twelvetrees and former...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Bedford set to land Saints hooker Fish

Northampton hooker James Fish is set to drop down into the Championship next season to join Bedford, and started for them...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Chiefs lead chase for lock star Williams

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Rising star: Cardiff lock Teddy Williams is wanted in Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images Follow me...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Women’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, England: Red Roses are still the team to beat

Once again, we enter a Women’s Six Nations with the same question on everyone’s mind. Can anybody topple the unrelenting England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Women’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, Wales: Jones confident Welsh can start to close the gap

Wales captain Hannah Jones believes her side can close the gap to England and France. Since the introduction of professional contracts,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Women’s Six Nations Team-by-Team previews, France: Forlani eager to prove her worth

France are desperate to shake their runners-up tag but will have to contend with losing a wealth of experience. Les Bleues...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Women’s Six Nations Team-by-Team Previews, Italy: New faces are exciting for Turani

By Cameron Stephens It is the beginning of a new Italian era as Le Azzure must navigate the tournament without some...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Lark sticks with Bears

NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND hooker Lark Davies has signed a new contract with Bristol to stay for the 2023-24 season. The 28-year-old...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

New deal for Thorley

NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER winger Ollie Thorley, 26, has extended his contract. He won his first - and so far only -England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 4 years ago

Cracknell fears for his old friends

By PAUL REES Olly Cracknell fears for the future of former team-mates at the Ospreys as the contract uncertainty in Wales,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 4 years ago

My Life in Rugby with Andy Booth: ‘I’ve got every cap bar the senior one’

The former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University and Wales B scrum-half talks about his life in the game I played back...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 4 years ago

McKinney will donate his brain to science

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Stewart McKinney’s name will forever be enshrined in the Lions pantheon alongside the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 4 years ago

Bob Burrows, the man who opened door for Living with Lions

PETER JACKSON Bob Burrows joined the BBC from Fleet Street via the Yorkshire Post during the heady days of late summer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 4 years ago

Benny’s charity gets off to a flier

PETER JACKSON Phil Bennett would not have believed it possible that a dinner to mark the launch of a charity in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 4 years ago

Plymouth plan statue for Peters

Plymouth Albion RFC have organised a Go-Fund-Me page to raise money in order to erect a statue of James ‘Jimmy’ Peters...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Schools / Universities

/ 4 years ago

Dark Blues set for hard Varsity challenge

By ROB COLE Tom Osborne ended up a winner at Twickenham in last season’s Varsity match, but the Aussie prop who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 4 years ago

Did RFU give job to Borthwick too soon?

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME After watching a record defeat at home against a side that had...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 4 years ago

I’m off to the farm after this, says Jessy

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France have had a quietly dramatic week in the lead-up to the Women’s Six Nations, which kicks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Van Zyl set for spicy clash with Harlequins

By GARY FITZGERALD Ivan van Zyl is bracing himself for another extra “spicy” confrontation with Harlequins in front of a large...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

England’s historic humbling

By GARY FITZGERALD at Twickenham Ellis Genge attempted desperately to rally England‘s battered, bowed and bewildered troops after being taught a...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Carpenter loving life as a predatory Shark

By JON NEWCOMBE Strong running and as game as they come, 21-year-old Joe Carpenter looks certain to challenge Freddie Steward for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Saints set to swoop for Falcon Davison

By JON NEWCOMBE Northampton have lined up former England prop Trevor Davison as a replacement for Exeter-bound Ehren Painter. The Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Magnificent France run riot to destroy dreadful England

By NICK CAIN at Twickenham England .............................. 10pts Tries: Steward 48 Conversions: Smith 49 Penalties: Smith 34 France................................ 53pts Tries: Ramos...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 4 years ago

There’s no quick fix for England’s woes

PAUL REES England picked a team to pull France from one side of the field to the other and so tire...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

Resurgent Scots can give Irish tough test

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK There is no question that Ireland’s visit to Murrayfield today against a resurgent Scotland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

At last! Webb steps up to give Wales something to celebrate

By PETER JACKSON Italy..................................... 17pts Tries: Negri 42, Brex 67 Conversions: Allan 43, 67 Penalties: Allan 15 Wales................................. 29pts Tries: Dyer...

By The Rugby Paper Team