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U20 World Cup

/ 3 years ago

Baby Blacks set for Aussie clash

Preview: New Zealand v Australia (Today, 1pm) New Zealand have had to settle for a fifth-place semi-final against arch rivals Australia...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Bracken sparks England defiance

POOL B By BEN JAYCOCK England .............. 22pts Tries: Bracken 4, Cleaves 36, Jibulu 43 Conversions: Slevin 5, 37 Penalties: Slevin...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

When Johnno’s Dad’s Army had one last hurrah

There are those, and I would be one, who still consider RWC2003 the best run and most enjoyable tournament to date...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

England edge through despite Australia stalemate

By BEN JAYCOCK Australia……….. 22pts Tries: Talataina 30, Craig 40, McLaughlin-Phillips 79 Conversions: Bowen 31, 40 Penalties: Bowen 19 England ……………………....

By Nick Powell

U20 World Cup

/ 3 years ago

Ruthless McCarthy makes sure for Ireland

By SAM JACKSON Australia........... 10pts Tries: O’Donnell 24 Conversions: Bowen 25 Penalties: Bowen 27 Ireland...............30pts Tries: Nicholson 32, Gleeson 53, McCarthy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

U20 World Cup

/ 3 years ago

England run in eight to leave Fiji in pieces

By BEN JAYCOCK England ......................... 53pts Tries: Cleaves 15, Penalty 27, Jibulu 33, Thomas 47, Thame 50, Michelow 54, Woodman 67,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

We need more diversity at the top

At the time of writing World Rugby boasts 132 members and affiliate nations and at the forthcoming World Cup nine of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

John Eales, the quiet man who became an inspiring skipper

Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time focusing on John Eales' leadership in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Lamaison brought the house down

The 1999 World Cup was a curate’s egg of a tournament, combining the crass with the truly historic. This was the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 3 years ago

My Life in Rugby with Ian Whitten: ‘I think I took more good options than bad ones’

The former Ireland, Exeter and Ulster centre talks about his life in the game PULLING on the Ulster jersey for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

O’Kelly’s backing his boys to triumph

By NICK POWELL Grand Slammers: Malcolm O’Kelly believes Ireland will win the World Cup PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Ireland lock Malcolm...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Olympic & Commonwealth Games

/ 3 years ago

GB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics

By SAM JACKSON GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007

Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

GB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland

A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Series 2, Episode 25: Mal O’Kelly on Ireland’s World Cup prospects and Leinster’s end to the season

This week on The Rugby Paper Podcast, joining host Ollie Little, columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher and Digital Editor Nick...

By Nick Powell

U20 World Cup

/ 3 years ago

‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England

By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...

By The Rugby Paper Team

U20 World Cup

/ 3 years ago

Fijians push Aussies all way

By TOM RILEY Australia ........ 46 Fiji......................37 The Junior Wallabies laboured to an opening victory over Fiji but made life difficult...

By The Rugby Paper Team

U20 World Cup

/ 3 years ago

Battling England go close as Ireland have to hang on

By CAMERON STEPHENS England.............................. 34pts Tries: Opoku-Fordjour 23, Penalty 49, Cusick 52, 70 Conversions: Slevin 24, 53, 71 Penalties: Slevin 4,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Boyle turns down Exeter approach

ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter have failed with their attempts to land young Leinster prop Jack Boyle who has decided that his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Eligibility rules are cause for concern

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER These newish eligibility regulations are still open to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 3 years ago

Tupou on track to return for Wallabies

Wallabies star prop Taniela Tupou is on track to make his return from injury against the Springboks in their Rugby Championship...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Matters

/ 3 years ago

Toulouse play to win…everything!

Toulouse aren’t short of a bob or two and can, if they so wish, buy virtually any player on the planet....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

King Campo was simply the best

World Cup icons...1991 >> Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage All sorts of players...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Samoan underdogs and an Australian masterclass stole the show in ’91

The Rugby World Cup really started to hit its stride in 1991, scaling up from the inaugural event in 1987 in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

England rugby’s ‘annus horribilis’

THIS season has been an “annus horribilis” for English Rugby Union. Three professional clubs have folded because of financial difficulties. In...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

Ireland’s time is now

I’VE followed Ireland for some time now and I have seen a massive growth in technique, skill set and depth like...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 3 years ago

Waterman: 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

When 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Jones 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....

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

We will have to front up, says Laidlaw

By BRYN PALMER Scotland's players need to swiftly “front up” to the reality of their World Cup pool if they are...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

Enforce laws and game will be safer

WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

How 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 3 years ago

Too 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Cardiff facing battle for prop Rae

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Cardiff are keen on signing Bath tighthead prop D’arcy Rae, below, but they are facing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Scarlets make van den Berg forwards coach

FORMER South Africa lock Albert van den Berg, 49, is the Scarlets new forwards coach, replacing Ben Franks who has returned...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 3 years ago

Dream 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....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 3 years ago

Burns 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 3 years ago

Vernier 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 3 years ago

Dream 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Colombe 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Leinster finally pay the price for their cynicism

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Bill Beaumont Cup

/ 3 years ago

Essex set up decider with Oxfordshire

Division 3 round-up ■By MO SHER THE game of the day was in Thurrock, where Essex pipped Sussex 32-31 – the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Doris looking for revenge against La Rochelle

By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 3 years ago

Nine Lions of Leinster would be in my team

CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University...

By The Rugby Paper Team