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Latest News

/ 4 weeks ago

Toulon make up for their rain delay

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Unhappy: La Rochelle boss Ronan O’Gara PICTURE: Getty Images FOR 85 per cent of the Top 14,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu of South Africa

Autumn Internationals

/ 4 weeks ago

South Africa skipper Siya Kolisi in favour of hybrid players

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is not surprised England are replicating their use of hybrid players and a bomb squad from...

By Ben Jaycock

Luke Cowan-Dickie in action yesterday for England

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 month ago

Luke Cowan-Dickie’s painful journey towards 50th cap for England

Luke Cowan-Dickie raised his bat for his 50th England cap yesterday and admitted he had got there the hard way –...

By Adam Hathaway

Columnists

/ 1 month ago

Jeremy Guscott: Time for France to put down a marker

France, champions of Europe, against South Africa, double World Cup winners and newly crowned Rugby Championship title holders, in Paris on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu runs in the second try for South Africa

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 month ago

Japan 7-61 South Africa: Springbok superiority too much for Brave Blossoms

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is a mouthful, but it’s a name rugby fans will certainly remember as a stellar performance at Wembley allowed...

By Ben Jaycock

Columnists

/ 1 month ago

Nick Cain: Believe it! All Blacks are there for the taking

New Zealand may not be the imperious double World Cup winners they were in 2015, but at the start of the...

By Nick Cain

Club Rugby

/ 1 month ago

Jack Nowell: I love the challenge in France

A wounded animal is when it is at its most dangerous and La Rochelle intend to right some wrongs from last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 month ago

Galthie’s secret squirrel exercise

CHRIS HEWETT FACED with last week’s espionage bulletin from France, the owlish master spy George Smiley would have cleaned his spectacles...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 1 month ago

Peter Jackson: Welsh Rugby’s press charade does the game no favours

When the top brass at Twickenham interviewed Dudley Wood for the vacant position of RFU secretary, they raised a pressing matter...

By Peter Jackson

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Hornets in good place -Mukarati

■ By BEN JAYCOCK HINCKLEY’S title aspirations looked quashed when they lost three of their opening four games but No.8 Nigel...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 month ago

Brendan Gallagher: We need a full-time eligibility supremo

This column grew hoarse a few years back, arguing for World Rugby to loosen their belts just a little and spend...

By Brendan Gallagher

Features

/ 1 month ago

Herrero missed out on the Slam

NOT many players voluntarily give up their hard earned place in the French national team but that’s was Andre Herrero did...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Perpignan expected to move for Labit

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Last 10 standing: Perpignan fly-half Tommaso Allan and, inset, Joe Worsley PICTURES: Getty Images EIGHT. That was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Coen: BUCS is so special

By JOSEPH TERRY JUNIOR World Cup winner Ben Coen insists BUCS Super Rugby still holds a vital place in his rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 1 month ago

Saracens are leading the chase for Jac Morgan

Saracens are heading the race to sign Wales skipper Jac Morgan as he considers a move away from the Ospreys.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 1 month ago

Jeremy Guscott: England are buzzing and ready to have a go

The reboot of the international season starts for England when they face Australia at Twickenham on Saturday, and they go into...

By Jeremy Guscott

Chris Hewett

/ 1 month ago

Chris Hewett: Too much talent can be a problem

We have heard much wailing and gnashing of teeth over Tom Willis, largely from those who assumed the France-bound Saracens forward...

By Chris Hewett

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Aussies hold off Eddie’s Japan

By BEN JAYCOCK Japan ...............15 Australia..........19 AUSTRALIA began their spring tour with a gritty win at the rain-soaked National Stadium in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sam Rodman playing for Ealing Trailfinders

Features

/ 1 month ago

My Life in Rugby: Sam Rodman – I’ll miss the hard graft that made us a team

Sam Rodman, the former Ealing Trailfinders, Jersey Reds, Cornish Pirates, and Hartpury prop, who now plays for Camborne, recalls his life...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Lucu is ready to answer the call

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN SCRUM-HALF Maxime Lucu played his first minutes of the season for Bordeaux last night, after rupturing a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 month ago

Ireland v New Zealand – Can Andy Farrell’s men repeat history in Chicago?

Just under a decade ago, Irish rugby claimed its biggest ever win in its 150-year history by defeating the legendary All...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 2 months ago

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

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

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

Autumn Internationals

/ 2 months ago

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

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

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

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

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

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

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Willis heads to France

rugby Mark McCall praised Willis for his efforts since moving to the London club in 2023. “Whilst we are disappointed that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 2 months ago

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

Billy Searle kicks the winning penalty for Leicester Tigers

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

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

Columnists

/ 2 months ago

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

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

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

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Perpignan fighting for life at the basement

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tough times: Perpignan skipper Jamie Ritchie and, inset, fly-half Tristan Tedder PICTURES: Getty Images IN HIS fifth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

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

Club Rugby

/ 2 months ago

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

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

The whole team were outstanding, says happy Van Graan

BATH boss Johann van Graan was full of praise for his champions, especially Finn Russell. He enthused: “It was a very...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 months ago

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

South Africa’s Siya Kolisi raises the Rugby Championship trophy

Features

/ 2 months ago

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

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: Furious little bull who was as hard as nails

Imagine being a French rugby international in the tumultuous decade between 1971 and 1981.

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Galthie gets set to brief his troops

JAMES HARRINGTON FABIEN Galthie and the France staff met up in person for the first time since the July tour of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Rugby’s international heavyweights join forces to deliver big blow to R360

Rugby’s international heavyweights have joined forces to deliver a significant blow to the proposed breakaway league R360 by declaring any player...

By The Rugby Paper Team

George Ford in England action this summer

International Rugby

/ 2 months ago

George Ford is still the best choice at 10 for England, says Toby Flood

Toby Flood believes England head into the Autumn Nations Series in the strongest position of all the home nations – and...

By Ben Jaycock

Letters

/ 2 months ago

Great to see Chile qualify for 2027

email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk CONGRATULATIONS to Chile from an England fan on their successful qualification for RWC 2027 after winning a two-legged playoff...

By The Rugby Paper Team