All posts tagged "England"
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBears swept aside as Gloucester power on
By BEN JAYCOCK Gloucester-Hartpury.....21pts Tries: Beckett 4, Jones 30, Lund 67 Conversions: Sing 5, 31, 68 Bristol Bears ....................12pts Tries: Davies...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHunt so happy with her support
NATASHA Hunt was in tears after full time as she paid tribute to her Gloucester-Hartpury side for helping her to bounce...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 years agoWaterman: Time to hit fifth gear
By NICK POWELL Former England star Danielle Waterman was moved by seeing a record crowd at Twickenham for the Red Roses...
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Top 14
/ 2 years agoAbendanon: French rugby is far more fun
By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen Kirk took the All Blacks right to the top of the world
Brendan Gallagher begins a series on the star man at each global gathering Being the first in anything often confers iconic...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoHow a boat trip on the Seine swung the vote
The IRB took the momentous decision to stage a first World Cup in March 1985 in strange circumstances. Prior to their...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Wayne Kilford: ‘Moore told me – The work starts now’
The former Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Midlands full-back talks about his life in the game My first captain in senior rugby...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGame is spending above its means
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just as we all thought it couldn’t get any worse now the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘England are dark horses for big prize’
By GARY FITZGERALD England can be World Cup dark horses who “sneak up” on the rail and gallop off with rugby’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJones can fire up Aussies, says Cooper
By GARY FITZGERALD Quade Cooper is bubbling about Australia’s World Cup chances, now they have Eddie Jones back holding the reins....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders
By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHow Ellie fell back in love with the game
By BEN JAYCOCK HAVING turned away from the sport as a teenager, Sevens flyer Ellie Boatman is now revelling in the...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Dan Barnes
The Jersey and former London Scottish, Rosslyn Park, Henley and Wasps academy centre, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoHard to see who can catch Saracens
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to predict whether this will be the start of a period of...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGraham struggling to land a new deal
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Homeless, a second child on the way and no job. That is the brutal reality confronting Gary...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime to call up X-factor reserves
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Where can Steve Borthwick find the X-factor players to take England back to...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo many young players rejected too soon
Georgia's U20 victory over England is an example of one country making the most of their resources, while the other is...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWarriors laugh off Farrell switch
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wigan Warriors have moved to put distance between themselves and a reported big-money cross-code move...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoArundell and Pearson on Bath’s radar
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath will waste no time this week to cherry-pick the best talent if, as expected,...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSleeping giant that is struggling to wake up
Peter Jackson consults his stats book to see which teams are the best-supported in Europe’s big leagues Crowd pleasers: Leicester Tigers...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBurnfield quits Quins to join newcomers
ENGLAND second row Rowena Burnfield will leave Harlequins to join Premier 15s newcomers Ealing next season. Ealing director of rugby Giselle...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWR has made mess of how game is played
JEFF PROBYN With the season over and the Premiership finally decided, it would be good to look back and see what...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBarbarian test will give me a chance
By GARY FITZGERALD Adam Radwan aims to use the warm sun and “iconic” Barbarians jersey on his back to give Steve...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoss: Ben good enough to lead England
By JON NEWCOMBE Jono Ross believes Ben Curry has the ability to develop into a top-class captain for both club and...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKvesic: I want to get my teeth stuck into Cov
By JON NEWCOMBE Matt Kvesic gets constant reminders of what went wrong at Worcester but rather than looking back on events...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoDoughty and Fox are on the Doncaster radar
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster are thought to be well down the line in their player recruitment for next season with...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoBob right to break barriers
THAT was an excellent letter/article by Bob Reeves in last Sunday’s TRP. I have heard from friends involved in grassroots rugby...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Barry Everitt
Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half, chooses the best XV he's played with or against... 1....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoBorthwick must pull off a minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Steve Hansen isn’t wrong when he says that the 2023 World Cup draw is...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFarrell in command as Sharks cut down by incisive Saracens
By NICK CAIN Saracens .......................... 35pts Tries: Penalty 20, Malins 34, Daly 67, van Zyl 71 Conversions: Farrell 35, 72 Penalties:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFarrell shows who’s the master
BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was billed as a titanic head-to-head between Owen Farrell and George Ford but in truth rugby, a game...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoSanderson will know that better times are ahead
PAUL REES As Alex Sanderson reflected on what could have been after a Premiership final that yielded 60 points, Sale’s director...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoStrewth, mate! Fast Eddie’s cash jackpot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Eddie Jones returned to Twickenham this week as an RFU-made millionaire coach. Jones,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoDavid Emery honoured at rugby awards
David Emery is the reason that The Rugby Paper exists, and since its inception in September 2008 I have had the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoTop two get ready for county showdown
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Lancashire v Kent Today. Kick-off 4pm, Twickenham Stadium THE Bill Beaumont County Cup has been overlooked and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClark out to do double in Twickenham finale
Gill Burns Cup Final Preview By BEN JAYCOCK Delight: Rocky Clark Buckinghamshire v Lancashire Today. Kick-off 10.30am, Twickenham Stadium ENGLAND legend...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago26-man squad for S Africa
Leader: England U20 captain Lewis Chessam Inset, new head coach Mark Mapletoft PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND U18 head coach Jonathan Pendlebury...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMapletoft gets set for Georgia
By BEN JAYCOCK NEW England U20s head coach Mark Mapletoft named his first squad since taking over from Alan Dickens earlier...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCarter and Kata sign for Tigers
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER have signed Ulster second row Sam Carter and Tonga centre Solomone Kata, following his release by Exeter. Both...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoQuartet heading out of Newcastle
NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND back row Gary Graham, scrum-half Micky Young, lock Greg Peterson and prop Logovi’i Mulipola are among 15 players...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoBurns delight as Aitchison blooms
By BEN JAYCOCK Holly Aitchison was nominated for Women’s Six Nations player of the tournament and her former teacher Gill Burns...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoVernier voted best in women’s Six Nations
France centre Gabrielle Vernier was named the Women’s Six Nations player of the championship. The 25-year-old received almost half of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIreland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 wing Cassius Cleaves
With effervescent characters like Joe Marler and Danny Care, Harlequins from the outside is seen as a fun environment but academy...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds should have had a shot at the Prem – Allen
By JON NEWCOMBE Double-winning coach Anthony Allen admits he feels for Jersey after his Cambridge side were allowed to go up...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoClock is ticking as Irish eye takeover
By PAUL REES London Irish have a week to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWork to do but Bill can meet the challenge
DESPITE efforts to improve the league structures, there are clearly problems that have not been resolved. In restructuring the leagues, the...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Mike Schmid
Mike Schmid, the former Canada and Rotherham No.8 and coach, and Esher DOR, who is the current director of sport at...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEligibility rules have failed the Pacific Islands
THE decision of former England tighthead Henry Thomas to become a Welshman is a relatively minor example of the Test rugby...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoColombe try leaves the Aviva stunned
By PAUL REES Leinster............................. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49...












