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Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Williams out to end his career on a high

> Continued from Page 1 involved in the club and the city.” Williams is proud to have played his part in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

McCarthy is ruled out

Lock: Paddy McCarthy LEINSTER prop Paddy McCarthy has been ruled out for the remainder of their season after sustaining a foot...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Stevens decides to call time

CORNISH Pirates back row John Stevens – the son of former British Lions and England forward Brian ‘Stack’ Stevens – has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Tompkins celebrates after scoring the third try for Saracens

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Saracens 26-12 Harlequins: Sarries get set for an Exeter Chiefs shootout

Saracens secured the all-important five points against Harlequins ahead of their Sandy Park showdown with playoff rivals Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.

By Ben Jaycock

George Furbank scores at the death for Northampton Saints

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Northampton Saints 36-32 Gloucester: George Furbank’s on hand to snatch it for Saints

Phil Dowson heaped praise on George Furbank after the full-back “saved” Northampton Saints with a dramatic last-minute try against Gloucester to...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Amanaki Mafi charges through to score for Newcastle Red Bulls

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Newcastle Red Bulls 45-42 Sale Sharks: Alex Hearle hits the burners in stunning victory

Alex Hearle’s hat-trick of tries secured an almighty comeback for Newcastle Red Bulls over Sale Sharks.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Benhard Janse van Rensburg celebrates after making try-saving tackle for Bristol Bears

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Bristol Bears 21-19 Bath: Benhard Janse van Rensburg leads the fightback for Pat Lam’s side

Benhard Janse van Rensburg celebrated his call-up to the England squad with a stunning second-half performance to spearhead Bears to a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Feel-good factor firing the Champ

THE uplift in the Champ, and the sense the second tier league now has greater command over its own destiny irrespective...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu breaks through for Stormers

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Stormers 44-21 Cardiff: South African giants too good for brave Blue & Blacks

Cardiff were left “gutted” as their historic season came to an end despite a brave effort in this URC quarter-final clash...

By Simon Thomas

Leo Cullen reflects on Leinster’s seven-try win over Harlequins, urging perspective on expectations of perfection

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Leinster 59-10 Lions: Leo Cullen’s side get straight back to winning ways

Defending champions Leinster bounced back from their Champions Cup final thrashing by Bordeaux with a comfortable win in Dublin over Lions.

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 months ago

Bulls book semi-final spot as Munster fade

■By SIMON CASEY MUNSTER’S title challenge came to a bruising end as last season’s finalists Bulls powered to victory in Pretoria....

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 months ago

Steyn grabs try double as Warriors march on

■By SAM JACKSON GLASGOW booked their place in the semi-finals after holding off a spirited Connacht at Scotstoun with Kyke Steyn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 months ago

Semi-finals showed quality of Tier Two

LAST weekend was a fine advert for the Champ and I must say I was thrilled by Worcester’s victory over Ealing....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 months ago

Trailfinders are the real champs after 26-0 season

WHAT a joke that Worcester Warriors, interlopers to Champ Rugby, are just one game away from being champions. Coventry finished above...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 2 months ago

Smith’s play-off hopes on line

Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s play-off hopes will go on the line when they host Saracens in their final PWR...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Powell puts Harlequins into cruise control

■By FRANKIE DRAPER HARLEQUINS secured a bonus-point victory over Leicester Tigers in their final league game of the season to send...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Bedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Alex Day – A win would be pinnacle of my career

Bedford Blues and Worcester Warriors will battle it out for the Champ title today in front of a sold-out Goldington Road.

By Ben Jaycock

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Bedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Josh Bassett – What we’ve done this year has been fantastic

Josh Bassett believes Worcester Warriors are on the verge of completing one of the most remarkable comeback stories English rugby has...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Students prepare to show talents in Celestial 7s

THIS year’s University Celestial Sevens could be the most important edition yet with the tournament able to provide a pathway into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

North Mids take control

Bill Beaumont Division Two round-up ■By CÓILÍN DUFFY NORTH Midlands will face Northumberland in the Division Two final at Twickenham on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 2 months ago

Champ final is too tight to call – it should be a cracker!

IT’S difficult to think of a more satisfying conclusion to a stellar season of Champ Rugby than this afternoon’s clash between...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Crusaders on course for a Blues battle

Super Rugby Pacific round-up CRUSADERS leapfrogged Blues to secure a home quarter-final next week with a 47-14 victory over Hurricanes. At...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round 12 summary: Pampas hit back as playoff race tightens

In Round 12 of the 2026 Super Rugby Americas season, Pampas put their torrid recent run behind them in their clinical...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 months ago

Leinster’s focus turns to the URC after Champions Cup heartbreak

Despite being significantly higher in the attack statistics Leinster once again came out on the wrong side of the Champions Cup...

By Chris Collyer

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Blackheath go up as Scottish relegated

■By ROGER PANTING BLACKHEATH will play in the Champ next season after beating London Scottish in the Accession Final yesterday. It...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Lloyd Williams to enjoy final send-off for Worcester Warriors

Worcester Warriors ensured scrum-half Lloyd Williams will play one more game before he retires after stunning Ealing Trailfinders in yesterday’s Champ...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Will Porter calls on Harlequins to take down the big guys in remaining Prem matches

Will Porter is aiming to rain on a few top four parades following his return to Harlequins colours after sitting on...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Another major award for Ellie

ENGLAND full-back Ellie Kildunne was voted the Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year on Monday, a day after scoring...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 months ago

Bristol’s try bonus point ‘a nonsense’

BRENDAN Gallagher, in his report of the Saints v Bears game, rightly remarked on the nonsense of Bristol earning a bonus...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Ex-Wales centre Lewis dies at 84

FORMER Wales and British and Irish Lions centre Arthur Lewis has died at the age of 84. He made 11 Wales...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Murphy happy to take the positives

DESPITE suffering heartbreak in Bilbao, Ulster boss Richie Murphy reflected on how far his side have come in 12 months. Ulster...

By The Rugby Paper Team

New Zealand celebrate winning the second Test against South Africa in Pretoria, 1996

Chris Hewett

/ 2 months ago

Chris Hewett: When fresh ambition takes on old rivalries

World Rugby moves at a pace best described as geological – in a footrace with continental drift, the non-governing governing body...

By Chris Hewett

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Bedford Blues 58-24 Coventry: Cov cut down as Blues save best until last

Bedford Blues put in a performance for the ages as they overturned a half-time deficit to completely dismantle Coventry at Goldington...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Worcester Warriors’ Matt Kvesic celebrates at the final whistle

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Ealing Trailfinders 29-34 Worcester Warriors: Slick Jake Garside grabs the glory to stun Ealing

Jake Garside’s dramatic last-gasp try sent Worcester Warriors into the Champ final with a thrilling victory over Ealing Trailfinders in a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blackheath celebrate their promotion to the Champ

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

London Scottish 7-27 Blackheath: The Club far too strong for second-rate Scots

Blackheath returned to the second tier of English rugby for the first time since 1999 as they crushed London Scottish in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

England captain Megan Jones lifts the Six Nations trophy

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Women’s Six Nations 2026 review: England acclaimed as ‘best ever team’

John Mitchell feels his Red Roses side can now be ranked among the greatest English sporting teams of all time after...

By Ben Jaycock

Matt Shepherd dives in at the corner to score for Cornwall

Bill Beaumont Cup

/ 2 months ago

Cornwall 73-14 Kent: Trelawny’s Army ready to march on

Roared on by a huge crowd Cornwall took a giant step on the road to another Twickenham final with an 11-try...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Hampshire edge 99-point thriller

By MO SHER Bill Beaumont Division Three round-up IF you were after entertainment yesterday, Havant was the place to be as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Semi-final line-up has three teams yet to lose

Bill Beaumont Division Two round-up By COILIN DUFFY NORTHUMBERLAND, North Midlands, Devon and Staffordshire booked their places in the Bill Beaumont...

By The Rugby Paper Team