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Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury wins Scotland recall for autumn internationals

Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury has been recalled to the Scotland squad for the upcoming autumn internationals more than three years after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Tom Willis left out of England training squad ahead of autumn internationals

Tom Willis has been left out of England’s training squad ahead of the autumn internationals.

By The Rugby Paper Team

England and Steve Borthwick suffer seismic blow as Tom Willis opts for France

England No.8 Tom Willis will leave Saracens for France at the end of the season in a seismic blow to Steve...

By Ben Jaycock

England ready for take-off, says Henry Slade

Henry Slade is confident England will have a successful Autumn Series having seen Steve Borthwick’s squad depth tried and tested over...

By Adam Hathaway

Prem: We’re hungry for more success, insists Bath’s Tom Dunn

Tom Dunn has a message for those who fancy toppling Bath as league champions – we are not done yet.

By Paul Rees

Huw Bevan takes new role at Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers have appointed WRU interim performance director Huw Bevan as head of rugby operations – a newly established role following...

By The Rugby Paper Team

George Ford has started the season in fine form for Sale Sharks

George Ford is hoping pilates will extend his career

George Ford is so fiercely driven for further international honours he has taken to pilates late in his career as he...

By Gary Fitzgerald

England ready for take-off – Slade

people opportunities for minutes and they really stepped up. Now it shows there is a lot of strength in depth across...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Scotland likely to call up Adam Hastings at No.10

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend faces several selection dilemmas before announcing his squad for the Autumn Nations Series on Tuesday with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Northampton Saints’ Alex Mitchell has signed to stay at Franklin’s Gardens

Prem: Alex Mitchell’s happy to stick with Northampton Saints

Alex Mitchell had little hesitation in signing a new contract with Northampton, confident the Saints will add to the league title...

By Paul Rees

Prem: Kieran Marmion grabs his main chance at Bristol Bears

Bristol Bears may be overrun by injuries, but Kieran Marmion is among those who have seized the moment.

By Paul Rees

Referee Hamish Smales looks on as Will Porter prepares for a Quins scrum

Jeremy Guscott: Problem laws are just not ‘helpful’

When it comes to a commentary on the laws of the game, it’s important to acknowledge first that the referee has...

By Jeremy Guscott

Billy Searle kicks the winning penalty for Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers 22-20 Bath: Billy Searle keeps his cool to snatch it for Tigers

A last-gasp penalty from substitute Billy Searle edged Leicester Tigers to a memorable victory against Prem champions Bath on an afternoon...

By The Rugby Paper Team

We could have lost that, says Parling

LEICESTER boss Geoff Parling admitted he would have been proud of his Tigers even if they had lost this close clash....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Noah Caluori celebrates his scoring spree for Saracens

Saracens 65-14 Sale Sharks: Noah Caluori runs riot as Sharks put to the sword

Maro Itoje’s 200th appearance for Saracens ended in a thumping win against Sale Sharks but it could just be the start...

By Adam Hathaway

Alex Coles on his way to the try line for Northampton Saints

Newcastle Red Bulls 19-36 Northampton Saints: Alex Coles puts on a show as Saints get a grip

While England are well stocked in most areas, one position where the shelves are fairly thin is second row, but Alex...

By Ben Jaycock

Nick Cain: Time for Maro Itoje & Co to take on the world

Maro Itoje scaled one of the most significant peaks in rugby union as a winning Lions captain this summer, but he...

By Nick Cain

Putting Fasogbon in the fast lane was the right decision

HAVING said above that too many of the Premiership’s potential England prospects are over-hyped, some might argue that my call for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins Prem preview: Kieran Treadwell keen to make an impact second time around

Kieran Treadwell ignored the saying never go back and is relishing his second stint at Harlequins having returned from Ulster in...

By Paul Rees

Glad that Ford has no time for R360

HATS off to George Ford. Again. It’s reaching the stage where there’s no point putting on the hat in the first...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson: Long march of players from distant lands

The All Blacks are heading this way via Chicago reinforced by another bountiful raft of converts from their treasured trawl of...

By Peter Jackson

Lost art of the drop goal is back in vogue

On target: George Ford scores a drop goal against Argentina in the summer BREAKING news…. dramatic enough to indicate that one...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sam Underhill scoring off the bench for Bath at the end of last season

Paul Rees: Striving for an impact – The bench rules, OK

Paul Rees looks at the evolving role of the eight substitutes and how coaches are using them tactically.

By Paul Rees

Young Guns: Jack Cotgreave – Gloucester wing

Jack Cotgreave enjoyed a remarkable 2024/25 with Gloucester and the free-scoring winger is targeting for more of the same in this...

By Ben Jaycock

A fresh name will be on the trophy for U18s

By JOSEPH TERRY THE latest champion of the St Joseph’s College Rugby Festival will have been crowned by close-of-play today as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

England stars Natasha Hunt and Zoe Aldcroft celebrate as Gloucester-Hartpury’s Sisilia Tuipulotu lifts the trophy last season

Premiership Women’s Rugby preview: Matt Banahan – It’s going to be highly competitive

Ben Jaycock talks to the new coach at Gloucester-Hartpury about what he expects of the coming season

By Ben Jaycock

Sir Clive Woodward reveals his secret to peak performance and winning mindsets

Sir Clive Woodward is widely celebrated as a Peak Performance speaker, whose proven strategies in sport and leadership have influenced teams...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Pat Lam: Bristol Bears’ injury crisis the worst I’ve ever seen

Pat Lam is looking to boost his Bristol squad after suffering more injury problems during yesterday’s victory over Exeter at Ashton...

By Paul Rees

Ed Slater in action during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Gloucester and Leicester Tigers

Ed Slater calls for more research into MND

Ed Slater has urged the government to increase funding for research into motor neurone disease after England 2003 World Cup winner...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Injury problems are mounting out west

■ By PAUL REES BRISTOL’S early season injury crisis meant that they were without 15 backs at a training session last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Unions make stand against R360

EIGHT of rugby’s leading unions released a shared statement insisting any player who joins rebel circuit R360 will be banned from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Northampton Saints’ Tommy Freeman on the attack against Leicester Tigers

Tommy Freeman: I’m going to push to play at 13 with Northampton Saints

Tommy Freeman’s helter-skelter summer with the Lions and then in America on a deserved break may be over. But now he...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Frankie Nowell splits time between Australia and Camborne

When Frankie Nowell decided to head for a new rugby life Down Under, little did he realise the impact the switch...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Gleeson replaces Blackett at Bath

BATH have appointed former Warrington assistant coach Martin Gleeson as their new backs and attack coach to replace Lee Blackett who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Len Ikitau: I’m in search of a new beginning at Exeter Chiefs

Listen to Len Ikitau talk for a few minutes and it’s clear he hasn’t come to England to make up the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Alex Sanderson: Byron McGuigan to stick with Sale Sharks – for now

Alex Sanderson has backed Byron McGuigan to become an international coach – but not just yet.

By Paul Rees

Joe Batley aiming to be on England’s radar

Joe Batley is putting the frustration of last season behind him as he looks to fulfil his ambition of playing for...

By Paul Rees

Du Preez to quit Sale for Bayonne

SALE Sharks back Rob du Preez will leave the club at the end of the 2025-26 campaign to join Top 14...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Bath centre Ollie Lawrence is back and available to Steve Borthwick

Jeremy Guscott: England must unite Ollie Lawrence and Tommy Freeman in midfield

The prospect of England facing Australia at Twickenham in just under three weeks with a backline in which their 2025 Lions...

By Jeremy Guscott

Finn Russell avoids the tackle of Will Joseph to set up a Bath attack

Bath 38-17 Gloucester: Finn Russell conducts the orchestra for Prem champions

Finn Russell claimed Bath are starting from “ground zero” in their bid to secure back-to-back title successes after they crushed Gloucester...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Dowson concern for injured Freeman

NORTHAMPTON boss Phil Dowson reported England wing Tommy Freeman had suffered a bruised hip which forced him off after half-time. Dowson...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Tom Roebuck runs through for his second try for Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks 57-5 Newcastle Red Bulls: Tom Roebuck puts his foot down for Sharks

Sale Sharks’ Tom Roebuck reduced Newcastle Red Bulls to rubble to remind Steve Borthwick of his class ahead of England’s autumn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain: Absurd rule banning Jack Willis from England

The high esteem in which Jack Willis is held at his club Toulouse, in French rugby circles in general, and regularly...

By Nick Cain

Bravery and modesty of the ultimate team player

LEWIS Moody’s courage in talking publicly on television this week about being diagnosed with MND was typical of a man who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Harlequins v Saracens preview: Will Evans happy to make his mark at Quins

Will Evans would be high on the list of contenders in a poll on the unluckiest player to miss out on...

By Paul Rees

Harlequins v Saracens preview: Having Marcus Smith back is huge for us, says Jason Gilmore

Marcus Smith has been charged with sparking Harlequins’ attack as he makes his first appearance of the season against Saracens today...

By Paul Rees

Stuart Hogg; I’ve found peace – I’m living in the now

Mark Stevens talks to Stuart Hogg about how riding a bike to raise money for Doddie Weir’s charity put him on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

BATH, ENGLAND - JUNE 12: Josh McNally of Bath is tackled during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Bath and Northampton Saints at The Recreation Ground on June 12, 2021 in Bath, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Cardiff lock Josh McNally – I’ve still got a lot left in the tank

Josh McNally may be 35 now, but the Wales-based lock who won one England cap in 2021 has no intention of...

By Simon Thomas

Ospreys in charge as they break their duck

■By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys .............................24pts Tries: Cokanasiga 15, Morse 18, Ratti 74 Conversions: Edwards 16, 19, 75 Penalty: Edwards 59 Zebre......................................0pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

South Africa’s Siya Kolisi raises the Rugby Championship trophy

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Paul Rees: Springboks now the ones to beat

Paul Rees looks back on South Africa’s Rugby Championship triumph and ahead to the Autumn Series.

By Paul Rees

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