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Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Lions beware those slips before lift-off

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Was it Homer or Robbie Burns – it’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 6 years ago

Could fan power stop Super League in rugby? | Chris Hewett

After a bitter week in football fuelled by greed, Chris Hewett considers whether fan power in rugby bears any weight against...

By Chris Hewett

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 years ago

Stringer’s cheek gets Munster home at last

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Day BBC bosses made Inverdale rage | Brendan Gallagher

SO farewell then to John Inverdale, the BBC’s main rugby anchor for much of the last 30 turbulent years during which...

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Andy Uren making waves in Harry’s absence at Bristol Bears

Uren has eased the void of England scrum-half Harry Randall to keep Bristol Bears firmly in charge at the top of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 years ago

Text-book Worsley, the tackle machine

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 years ago

Adrian can’t believe the Wales’ Euro wait goes on | Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson meets the fly-half who was key to Cardiff's Heineken Cup push in 1996, the only Welsh region to reach...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 6 years ago

Joe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage

Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Covid can’t keep Tuala down long

By DANIEL GALLAN Eventful season: Ahsee Tuala on the ball for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images DESPITE having played just seven games,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Bod was so humble, unlike Prem ‘stars’

MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM DENTON Driving on: Tom Denton powers through the challenge of Fernandez Lobbe during the Premiership match between...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Returning Dai eager to move Blues forward

DAI Young will return to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby following head coach John Mulvihill leaving the Welsh region....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick

Premiership

/ 6 years ago

Exclusive: Steve Borthwick can help Leicester rediscover their mojo

Pat Howard reflects on the departure of old friend Geordan Murphy at Leicester and shares his view on the work Steve...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 years ago

Rugby Great Schools: ‘Professional’ Colston’s set the bar sky high

Colston's conveyor belt of talent in modern rugby is quite something...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 years ago

Festive fun as Henson overcomes Fearns KO | Chris Hewett

Chris Hewett offers a digest of Christmas stories to warm the cockles

By Chris Hewett

Premiership

/ 6 years ago

Wasps’ Academy gems get another chance to shine

By NEALE HARVEY Top prospect: Wasps forward Alfie Barbeary WASPS will again unleash their youthful No.8-9-10 axis of Alfie Barbeary, Will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Harlequins No.8 Alex Dombrandt sheds the pounds to cash in with Eddie

Quins talisman Dombrandt, yet to be capped by England, tells Neale Harvey how he has grafted to get into Test condition

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 6 years ago

Kay: Tough ask but Quins can do it

BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

Lipman’s concussion diary shows the problem

JACKSON PETER THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW By his own admission, Michael Lipman estimates to have been knocked out 30 times...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 years ago

Preview: London Irish must up tempo to sap Sharks power

Exiles full-back Tom Homer talks to Neale Harvey ahead of the visit of Sale Sharks to the Brentford Community Stadium on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

My Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator

ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 years ago

High Wycombe use talent to trump cash

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT can be tough work competing against the great private, fee-paying...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

My switch to prop made me a Puma

MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALEX MORENO THE FORMER ITALY, ARGENTINA, LEICESTER, LEEDS, AGEN, BRIVE AND PERPIGNAN PROP IWAS fortune to have some very good...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

Afoa’s out to ease the memory of semi

By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW... Wasps v Bristol Today. Kick-off 1pm, Ricoh Arena JOHN AFOA insists Bristol are ready for a seasonal...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 6 years ago

Rob Baxter sets out his stall as Exeter embark on defence of their double

Rob Baxter opens up on how he is driven by those who doubted his appointment at Exeter Chiefs more than a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Kirsten: Missing stars won’t stop Chiefs

By NEALE HARVEY JANNES Kirsten insists denuded Exeter will not allow Test call-ups, retirements or injuries to stand in the way...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Championship resumption crucial for maturing Saints

By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Eddie’s England lack control and leadership Scrum doctor: Matt Ferguson coaching Saints NORTHAMPTON scrum coach Matt Ferguson...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 6 years ago

10 key moments in Exeter’s double-winning season in eyes of Rob Baxter

Rob Baxter talks to Neale Harvey on the events which showcased to him Exeter's capabilities to win the domestic-European double

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 6 years ago

Steve Borthwick’s unrelenting energy to win could hinder Leicester in tough times, says Healey

BT Sport's Austin Healey talks to Adam Ellis about Leicester Tigers' new dawn under head coach Steve Borthwick

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Features

/ 6 years ago

I regret not fighting for future at Exeter

FORMER PONTYPRIDD, SCARLETS, EXETER AND CARDIFF BLUES FLANKER/LOCK AND CURRENT PLYMOUTH ALBION HEAD COACH DAMIAN WELCH MY LIFEIN RUGBY Safe hands:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Uren: We know Toulon’s history, but we are the team with world-class players now

Bristol Bears No.9 Andy Uren previews the Challenge Cup final and reminisces on his memories of his boyhood club

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 6 years ago

Parling: There are so many good qualities in this Wallabies pack

Wallabies forwards coach Geoff Parling discusses the most senior coaching move of his career and early impressions of Dave Rennie

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Parling helps develop Wallabies’ dark side

By NEALE HARVEY Wearing the coach’s hat: Geoff Parling Right: Wallaby bolter Trevor Hosea AFTER establishing his top-flight coaching credentials with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Glorious party amid a sea of red and white

SIMON MASON FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, ORRELL, RICHMOND, TREVISO & STADE FRANCAIS FLY-HALF MY LIFEIN RUGBY Getting the party started: Simon Mason...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 years ago

Rugby Matters: Humble beginning but Heineken Cup dreamt big

Brendan Gallagher at how the Champions Cup, or Heineken Cup, has always drawn big crowds far beyond club rugby's norm

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Coffee empire can wait, I want to give my all to coaching now

RYAN LAMB ON THE RECORD Q&A Newly appointed Hartpury backs coach Ryan Lamb, 34, tells NEALE HARVEY how he landed his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Humble beginning but Heineken dreamt big

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

DREAMTEAM

ALUN WALKER, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER EDINBURGH, NOTTINGHAM AND SCOTLAND U20s HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

Don’t forget Elton’s greatest hit, Peter

AN addition to Peter Jackson’s article regarding Scarlets European record since the 1996-97 season, in reaching seven quarter-finals and four semi-finals,...

By The Rugby Paper Team