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Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Fit-again Josh Hodge keen to kick on with Exeter Chiefs

By Paul Rees Josh Hodge is getting a kick out of life at Exeter as the fullback looks to put himself...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Six Nations: Italy aren’t going to roll over for England, says Ben Kay

By Gary Fitzgerald England will be in for another Six Nations shocker unless they show plenty of “patience” as well as...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

England vs Italy Preview: Fraser Dingwall set to pull the strings as Steve Borthwick puts faith in Saints

By Adam Hathaway Preview - England v Italy Today. Kick-off 3pm, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Steve Borthwick might not come across as a...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

I play at my best when I’m vocal, says centurion Jamie George

By Adam Hathaway Man of the moment Jamie George insists not much has changed despite being stripped of the England captaincy...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Six Nations: Lively Maxime Lucu steps up to guide France home

By Paul Rees It was a tale of two injuries. James Lowe picked up a knock in the warm-up with the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 months ago

Jeremy Guscott – England must put foot on the gas

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken & Unmissable every week... Some of the reasons for the changes Steve Borthwick has made against...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Six Nations: Scotland survive spirited Wales revival

By Brendan Gallagher Scotland ........................... 35pts Tries: Kinghorn 5, 48; Jordan 11, 33; Graham 27 Conversions: Russell 6, 12, 28, 34,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 11 months ago

Matt Sherratt: I can’t wait to take on England

Wales interim boss Matt Sherratt praised his team’s fighting spirit and says they cannot wait to tackle England in Cardiff on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 11 months ago

Six Nations: Wales edge closer to unwanted record

By Peter Jackson At Murrayfield 70 years ago, Wales played the role of polite guests to perfection, enabling their supposedly hopeless...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Tommy Freeman deserves a run in the centres

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The England midfield has been a mishmash of failed partnerships, wishful...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Ben Youngs lifts the lid on Steve Borthwick – but too late

By Nick Cain Ben Youngs lifted the lid last week on Steve Borthwick being a “risk-averse” coach, and stated that the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

U20s Six Nations: Kane James shines to help England keep Grand Slam hopes alive

By George Wellbelove England ........................... 33pts Tries: Timmins 11, Burrow 17, Gulley 20, Hall 57, Bracken 80 Conversions: Bellamy 12, 18,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

U20s Six Nations: Showdown in Cardiff will be huge challenge – Olamide Sodeke

By Olamide Sodeke - England U20s & Saracens Lock Not many people can say they’ve won a Grand Slam, whether that’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Andy Robinson praise for cross-league rivalry

By Jon Newcombe Andy Robinson has spoken about the positive experience of playing Championship clubs in what looks set to be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 11 months ago

Dream Team – Josh McNally

Josh McNally, the Cardiff, RAF and former England, Bath, London Irish, London Welsh & Henley lock, chooses the best XV he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 11 months ago

Howzat! Azzurri are left stumped

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Box office: England’s Elliot Daly scores against Italy in last year’s Six Nations match PICTURE: Alamy AS...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 11 months ago

Lytchett Minster 2s? Now they were decent…

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Anyone seeking to capture the essence of rugby’s transformation over recent decades need not wrestle...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

PWR: Gloucester-Hartpury set sights on making it three in a row

By Ben Jaycock This season’s truncated Women’s Premiership sprint will be rounded off next Sunday as Gloucester-Hartpury bid for an unprecedented...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Newcastle Falcons flyer Elliott Obatoyinbo on the crest of a wave

By Jon Newcombe Elliott Obatoyinbo is hoping he can ride the crest of Newcastle’s wave and return to the sort of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

John Mitchell names England Women’s Six Nations squad

Millie David, Charlotte Fray, Jade Shekells and Sarah Parry have all been called into the England training squad for the first...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Santi Carreras will be fighting for Gloucester until the end, insists Trevor Woodman

By Gary Fitzgerald Santiago Carreras may be about to wave adios to Kingsholm but he will certainly not be “downing tools”....

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Joe Launchbury has helped me cope, says George Hammond

By Gary Fitzgerald George Hammond used “role model” Joe Launchbury as a mental crutch to help him through one of the...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Features

/ 11 months ago

Josh Matavesi: I just loved sport, it was my get-out, my freedom

The former Fiji, Exeter, Racing 92, Worcester, Ospreys, Newcastle, Bath & Toyota Shokki Shuttles centre/fly-half Josh Matavesi For the last season...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Eligibility journey of Benhard Janse van Rensburg

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know At Eden Park on June 20, 2014, the cream of England’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Questions over Garry Ringrose’s ‘lenient’ ban refuse to go away

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know The Rugby Paper’s investigation into the Six Nations giving Romain Ntamack...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Final acts will define England’s season

ANALYSIS >> PAUL REES SAYS THAT, WHILE A FIRST DEFEAT TO ITALY IS UNLIKELY, BORTHWICK’S MEN WILL FACE A STERNER TEST...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Maverick Marcus Smith has role to play

Steve Borthwick explained the dropping of Marcus Smith to the bench today by saying he wanted to unleash the Harlequin when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 months ago

Georgia’s flyer Akaki Tabutsadze on his way to the top

Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, By Brendan Gallagher It's the Rugby Europe Championship final...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Heath takes aim at coach for England’s playing style

nBy CAMERON STEPHENS England attack coach: Richard Wigglesworth RENOWNED rugby commentator Nick Heath believes that England will struggle to develop into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 11 months ago

Young Guns – Jos Gilmore

By Ben Jaycock Jos Gilmore has enjoyed imitating Sale Sharks’ opposition during midweek training but is now desperate for first team...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Knights can take on the best again, says Smith

By CONOR MCLARNON Focus: Doncaster Knights flanker Thom Smith DONCASTER flanker Thom Smith feels he and his fellow players shoulder the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Players must pack their own parachute

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Paul Westgate, below, the head of performance rugby at the University of Nottingham How...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 months ago

England need a true, open pathway

By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game So, Bill Beaumont is calling for a game in unison...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Stade are willing to fight for Gustard

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN STADE Francais’ billionaire owner hinted last week that head coach Paul Gustard’s reported move to Leicester may...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Lynn excited to name his first Wales squad

NEW Wales head coach Sean Lynn has named a 48-player training squad ahead of the 2025 Six Nations. The Gloucester-Hartpury boss...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Spencer agrees new three-year Bath deal

BATH and England scrum-half Ben Spencer has signed a three-year contract extension to stay at The Rec until 2028. The 32-year-old,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

U20 Six Nations

/ 11 months ago

Olamide Sodeke on the ‘brotherhood’ in the England U20s camp

By Charlie Elliott England U20s have been hugely successful in the past few years, having won the Six Nations and the...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 11 months ago

Six Nations: ‘Really smart rugby brain’ – Jamie Osborne backed to shine in unfamiliar role

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby is confident versatile back Jamie Osborne can shine in unfamiliar territory during Saturday’s crunch Guinness Six...

By The Rugby Paper Team