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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

Dan Robson: I must get past Greig Laidlaw to earn Test call

Youngster ready to fight for Cherry and Whites No.9 jersey in Test bid.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 11 years ago

Young Gun: Auguy Slowik – Bristol full-back

Auguy Slowik is not the most famous name in Bristol’s glittering squad but with four tries in the space of seven...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to James Haskell about his world tour of self discovery

James Haskell doesn’t do run-of-the-mill. If the guinea-pig generation of Academy pro-players are among the most pampered but least colourful that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Injuries mount – the way fitness guru Rex warned

A cracking start to the season has seen some high scoring games and some unexpected results, including big losses for Leicester...

By Jeff Probyn

Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Discovering the secrets of those great schools XVs

What makes a great schools rugby team? And which were the best ever school XVs? Two perennial questions that always enliven...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 11 years ago

20 Questions: Richard Barrington – Saracens prop

Fine start to the season? Yes. It’s great to have been on the right side of a couple of tight results...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Kyle Eastmond is central to Bath’s new look

No-one should get carried away with Bath‘s 45-0 win over Leicester because you would rather win a game like that in...

By Jeremy Guscott

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain: Martin Johnson’s out and firing – at wrong targets!

Martin Johnson broke cover for the first time in the three years since he resigned as England manager when he gave...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 11 years ago

Mitch Lees backs strongman Dave Ewers for England

Exeter back row must be promoted to England’s EPS, according to pack-mate.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Referees appointed for November internationals

Welsh referee Nigel Owens will take charge of England v New Zealand on November 8 it was announced today. The fixture...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

Guy Mercer’s rise from Rec super-fan to star man

Home-grown open side talks to Jon Newcombe about his brilliant start to the season.

By Jon Newcombe

Dream Team

/ 11 years ago

Dream Team: Tom Varndell – Wasps and former Leicester wing

1. Matt Mullan – One of the fittest players I’ve ever played with. The ultimate professional on and off the pitch...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 11 years ago

David’s back on the Paice as hunt starts to replace injured hooker Tom Youngs

London Irish man is the man to solve England’s hooking dilemma, according to forwards coach Glenn Delaney.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 11 years ago

Chiefs’ new Brat pack have eyes on England

Time is running out but buccaneering back rower vows to bust a gut to attract the attention of Stuart Lancaster.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Burgess captains England Sevens on Gold Coast

Former Cornish Pirates flanker Phil Burgess will captain England Sevens in the opening leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Welcome back Danny Cipriani, you can be the boy again

What we’ve all got to be pleased about as rugby fans is when a player with undoubted talent lets that talent...

By Jeremy Guscott

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Sadly, loyalty seems to be a one-way street for IRB

What price loyalty in rugby? That’s a question that is not as easy to answer as you may think. Back in...

By Jeff Probyn

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain: VCs are for our military heroes not rugby lads

An essential part of the well-being of any professional (or amateur) sport is having strong and profitable relationships with commercial and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to World Cup winner Neil Back about England’s back-row

Neil Back wants to accentuate the positives for England in the week that the 2015 World Cup countdown began in earnest....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 11 years ago

Charlie Hodgson: Stephen Myler can put the pressure on Owen Farrell

Farrell could become “one of the greats of the game" but ex-England maestro is tipping Myler to pose the biggest threat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Corbisiero and Parling out of England internationals

Northampton Saints prop Alex Corbisiero and Leicester Tigers lock Geoff Parling have been rulled out of England‘s internationals next month because...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

England coaches sign new deal

Stuart Lancaster and his assistants has signed a new contract with the RFU that will keep him in them in charge...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Ben Kay joins Leicester Tigers board of directors

Leicester Tigers today announced the addition of World Cup winner Ben Kay MBE to the club’s board of directors. After joining...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

Versatile Henry Slade can take Toby Flood path to top

Exeter backs coach Ali Hepher believes Slade's ability to play anywhere in the backline can only enhance his Test prospects.

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

New-found grit puts Wasps in contention

Chris Bell insists his side are no longer push-overs with squad capable of slugging it out against the best.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to Stephen Myler – the fly-half driving Northampton’s challenge to retain their Championship

Stephen Myler is the Stuart Lancaster‘s most experienced fly-half and, on the evidence of the last six months, offers a mix...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 11 years ago

Aussie Kieran Longbottom pledges his allegiance to England

Playing for England would be an “absolute honour” for Australian prop.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 11 years ago

Peter Jackson: Imports are making a mockery of IRB rule

During his time in charge of Wales, Graham Henry took what could be politely described as a cavalier attitude to capping...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Tom Youngs out of Autumn internationals

Tom Youngs will miss England‘s autumn international with a shoulder injury. The Leicester hooker suffered a dislocated A/C joint against Bath...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 11 years ago

“Step down won’t stop me getting to the top,” insists Worcester Warrior Sam Smith

Winger believes his England ambitions will be helped rather than hindered by playing in the Championship.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 11 years ago

Young Gun: George Wacokecoke – Bath wing

As the biggest player on the field, it was hard to understand why rugby was not just about running through people...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to Exeter’s Henry Slade about his outside hopes for the World Cup

How could Henry Slade give up on the dream of winning the 2015 World Cup final for England when the last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Expect Saracens to cash in on the World Cup wobbles

It’s great when the season restarts and the politics takes second place and we can get on to actually playing and...

By Jeff Probyn

Autumn Internationals

/ 11 years ago

Forgotten man Brad Barritt sends out a reminder

Saracens centre determined to win back his England place and after Billy Twelvetrees and Luther Burrell's shirts.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 11 years ago

Peter Jackson: So sad that Sinbad’s voyage never sailed fair despite its wonderful beginning

On paper it looked like the worst mismatch of all, Jonah Lomu against James Simpson-Daniel. A global superstar of gigantic proportion...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain: Magician who turned invisible for England

James Simpson-Daniel was one of those players, who, like David Campese and Gerald Davies before him, was touched by the rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

Chrysander Botha’s hoping for home advantage at Exeter

Namibian flyer reveals why he turned down offers from France to try his hand in the Premiership.

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 11 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Eddie Saunders – former Coventry and Rugby winger

I’m very proud to be a member of the ‘100 Club’ – players who have scored a century or more league...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 11 years ago

Dream Team: Charlie Sharples – Gloucester and England wing

1. Soane Tonga’uhia – He was just awesome in 2011 when Northampton reached the Heineken Cup final. Huge in the scrum...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Geoff Parling frustrated by World Cup talk

As England launched their new kit for the upcoming season, lock Geoff Parling revealed he gets frustrated when asked about the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 11 years ago

Championship clubs can cash in during World Cup

Championship clubs hoping for a World Cup bonanza.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Steffon Armitage has applied for a French passport

France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre has revealed Steffon Armitage has applied for a French passport in a bid to represent France...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Exiles bolster back row options

London Scottish have reinforced their back-row options by signing former England U20s flanker Gregor Gillanders on a one-year contract. The 27-year-old,...

By The Rugby Paper Team