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Features

/ 9 years ago

Lions must dethrone the breakdown kings

Sam Warburton Thunderous: No.8 Billy Vunipola Taulupe Faletau CJ Stander NEW Zealand have been kings of the contest for the ball...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 9 years ago

Reds finish on high and focus turns to Munster

By TOM INNES Jersey Reds …28pts Tries: Kolo’ofa’i 19, Argyle 32, Robling 67, Adair 77 Conversions: Cope 19, 32, 67, 77...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Bolter O’Mahony ‘has drive to lead Lions’

By NEALE HARVEY DONNCHA O’Callaghan reckons forceful Irish back rower Peter O’Mahony is a viable contender for the Lions captaincy if...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sevens World Series

/ 9 years ago

England look to complete the clean sweep

NEWS EXTRA JOHN Fletcher’s England U18s take on Scotland today looking to end the international series in Wales unbeaten. John Fletcher’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Willie wasn’t a wonker – he just got it wrong

Don’t blame Willie Le Roux or Danny Cipriani for that matter. Wasps‘ humbling defeat at Leinster went much deeper than an...

By Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Willie wasn’t a wonker – he just got it wrong

Don’t blame Willie Le Roux or Danny Cipriani for that matter. Wasps’ humbling defeat at Leinster went much deeper than an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 3

/ 9 years ago

Wasps’ defeat ends hopes of Lions call-up for Cipriani

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN As if to prove the point I made last week about the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

It’s all bash and carry as Lawes aims to continue improvement

By NICK VERDIER COURTNEY Lawes may have looked back to his best during the Six Nations but the Saints man has...

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Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Fletcher’s lads off to flyer against Canada

ENGLAND U18s scored nine tries as they got their international series off to a winning start at Taffs Well RFC yesterday....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 1993 Lions tour

The last truly amateur tour in Lions history ended up as just about the perfect metaphor of everything that had preceded...

By Brendan Gallagher

Shane Williams

/ 9 years ago

Shane Williams: Warburton still the pick of captaincy candidates

The clock is ticking in the run up to Warren Gatland‘s Lions squad announcement, but for me there’s only one man...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 9 years ago

Dream Team: Jim Evans – former Harlequins lock

1. Ceri Jones – He has to be the hairiest player to play the game. I was never quite sure if...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

Groundhog Day as Lions are ambushed by Aussie ref

Brendan Gallagher looks back on the heroics and heartbreak of the 1993 Lions tour to New Zealand THE last truly amateur...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 9 years ago

Chief exec Casey calls time at Irish

LONDON Irish chief executive Bob Casey will leave the club this summer after resigning. Casey said: “The time is right for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 9 years ago

Classy Conor takes his cue to strangle Ealing

Star turn: Munster’s Conor Oliver scores a try PICTURE: Inpho By JEREMY INSON MUNSTER A reached the British and Irish Cup...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 9 years ago

Theo hungry for lead role in season run-in

By NICK VERDIER YOUNGSTERS usually improve through playing, but London Irish fly-half Theo Brophy Clews is determined to prove the off-field...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 9 years ago

Sheedy could still hold key to Bristol survival

NEWS EXTRA CALLUMSheedy is unlikely to play a single Premiership minute for Bristol this season but the young fly-half could still...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Johnson: Should we fear rise in drugs use? Absolutely

FORMER England World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson believes there are concerns surrounding doping in rugby as he distances himself from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest columnists

/ 9 years ago

Lions watch: scrum-halves

Given the influence that Conor Murray had on the 2013 Lions series victory in Australia, and on Ireland’s progress since then,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: O’Mahony had a hunger England never showed

There are as many questions after the Six Nations as there were before it in terms of selection for the 2017...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 9 years ago

Lions ban clubs from using their branding

The Lions are not making friends among the broader rugby community as their commercial team prevent other clubs from ‘unofficial’ use...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 9 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Scott Hamilton – former All Blacks and Leicetser wing

The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006 was because I was in such a great Crusaders team....

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 3

/ 9 years ago

Lions Test refs named

TWO French referees and a South African will take charge of the British and Irish Lions’ Tests against world champions New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

DREAMTEAM

JIM EVANS, THE FORMER ENGLAND SAXON AND QUINS LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Ceri...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Lions ban clubs from using their branding

By NICK CAIN THE Lions are not making friends among the broader rugby community as their commercial team prevent other clubs...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Rhodes welcomes back heavy brigade

By NEALE HARVEY WITH their England contingent back and showing no ill-effects from last week’s Grand Slam defeat in Ireland, back...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Warren so wrong on Sam’s loss as skipper

PETER JACKSON Confusion: Sam Warburton was given mixed messages PICTURE: Getty Images Warren Gatland has found the oldest scapegoat under the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Now you see them…Six Nations flyers!

PAUL FLAVINmade a late entrance into the Test arena for Ireland against France one day 20 years ago, so late that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

Murray is minted in pole position

LIONS WATCH Certainty for Lions: Ireland’s Conor Murray. Inset: Kieran Marmion Given the influence that Conor Murray had on the 2013...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 9 years ago

ON THE BLIND SIDE

BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissle ROELOF SMIT, the Blue Bulls flanker who is out of contract at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Twickenham rout ‘will cost Scots their Lions places’

By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Scotland lock Jim Hamilton fears his countrymen’s 62-21 Six Nations thrashing by England has dashed any hope...

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Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Haskell’s determined to learn from mistakes in Dublin

JAMES Haskell is not one to dwell on the past but he will be able to have a second bite at...

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Guest columnists

/ 9 years ago

Lions watch: fly-halves

The Six Nations provides Warren Gatland with the most exacting series of trials that any Lions chief selector could wish for....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Eddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen

As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we...

By Jeff Probyn

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s Team of the Six Nations

15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...

By Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Good riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment

It had to happen – and in fact you could argue it might have been better for England if France had...

By Brendan Gallagher

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: So, why did England give Ireland so much ball?

It was always going to be a tough ask to claim a second Grand Slam on the bounce in Dublin but...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

‘It’s taken 5 years for Joseph to get recognition for defence’

By NEALE HARVEY MIDFIELD maestro Jonathan Joseph has “no limits” to what he can achieve in rugby now that people have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

Easterby next on Kingsholm wanted list

Wanted: Ackermann GLOUCESTER have got a list of alternatives for their head coach job if they are turned down by South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 9 years ago

Carpenter: Knights are charged for play-off run

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie Today. Kick-off 3pm DONCASTER’S Canadian star Aaron Carpenter is predicting a titanic...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

SCOTT HAMILTON THE FORMER ALL BLACK, CRUSADERS AND LEICESTER WINGER/FULL-BACK The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Eddie’s lionhearts must now dispel the myth of supermen

As this year’s Six Nations finishes with more of a fizz than a bang, with everything decided last week, have we...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Mitchell: Lions should go with co-captains

By JON NEWCOMBE THE Lions captaincy will be the key debate now the Six Nations has concluded, but John Mitchell believes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Students convene for April double header

ENGLAND Students have announced their 42-man training squad ahead of next month’s internationals against Ireland Universities and French Students. The players,...

By The Rugby Paper Team