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Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Hold Manu back until 2018 says top Tiger

England supremo Eddie Jones should resist selecting Manu Tuilagi until the 2018 Six Nations and allow the troubled centre to recapture...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Please, let’s have an end to this phony war

COLIN BOAG It’s the waiting that’s the hardest part. The long summer break with next to no meaningful rugby is drawing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 8 years ago

Peter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…

Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 8 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Now it’s down to George to pull this show together

George Ford will feel a bit like the street magician ‘Dynamo’ when he looks at his Leicester backline options before selecting...

By Jeremy Guscott

Autumn Internationals

/ 8 years ago

Give Manu new chance – O’Driscoll urges Jones

Brian O’Driscoll reckons “world-beater” Manu Tuilagi is too good to go on England‘s black list just yet. But the Irish legend...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 8 years ago

Clubs vote to close Jonny May contract loophole

PREMIERSHIP clubs have changed a rule involving player contracts due to recent transfer activities. The change comes into effect following the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…

PETER JACKSON Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Eddie should make an example out of Tuilagi

COLIN BOAG Facing a ban: Manu Tuilagi training with England in 2016 It’s been a bad week for English rugby, with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 8 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Freddie’s coming home with a game to boost Bath

Freddie Burns has arrived at Bath as an experienced 10 who has made big improvements in terms of his professionalism during...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

International Sio signs for Nottingham

Nottingham have announced the capture of Samoan international prop Aniseko Sio on a one-year deal. The 24-year old loosehead had been...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Leicester and Gloucester confirm May and Slater switch

Leicester Tigers have confirmed the signing of England international Jonny May from Gloucester for the start of the 2017/18 season. His...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Tuilagi and Solomona kicked out of England camp

Denny Solomona and Manu Tuilagi have been sent home today from England‘s training camp following breaches of the team culture. While...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 8 years ago

Nick Cain: Without doubt, Ford’s found fresh gears since Bath exit

Welcome to the new, improved, Ford. In this case, however, the model is called George rather than describing the latest product...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Premiership season ticket prices: Leicester freeze to launch O’Connor revolution

Leicester Tigers have backed Matt O’Connor’s on-field revolution by freezing season ticket prices at Welford Road in a bid to pack...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Leicester Tigers move for Damian McKenzie and a flanker show signs of gathering pace

LEICESTER TIGERS are believed to in advanced talks with All Blacks full- back Damian McKenzie about a move to Welford Road....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Premiership imports who have been pure Gold …

Jon Newcombe discovers the overseas stars who have impressed Gary Gold most in the Premiership Jon Newcombe Being a World Cupwinning...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Key’s Rotherham will have fear factor

By GUY WILLIAMS THE challenge facing Andy Key, Rotherham Titans’ new head coach, is huge: How to revive the reputation and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

2017-18 Pre-season fixtures

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Friday August 4 Clermont v Exeter Saturday August 5...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

UPDATE: Leicester get closer to build hotel at Welford Road

Leicester’s plans for the development of a new hotel complex at Welford Road are moving closer with club now close to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Rebels confirm signing of Parling

The Melbourne Rebels have confirmed the signing of Geoff Parling for the 2018 Super Rugby season. As revealed in Blindside on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Quartet on their way to Leicester

Leicester have announced the signings of Dominic Ryan, Sione Kalamafoni, Joe Ford and Jonah Holmes. As revealed in TRP back in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Wallaby leaves Leicester for Clermont

Peter Betham has left Leicester Tigers in order to join Clermont next season. Australia international Betham, 28, arrived at Welford Road...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Newcastle sign England Sevens flyer

Newcastle Falcons have signed England Sevens international Cameron Cowell to their senior academy squad. The 21-year-old can play at full-back, wing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 9 years ago

How Wasps have fared since the club moved to Coventry

In 1999, professional rugby union outfit Wasps RFC changed their name to London Wasps to differentiate themselves from amateur side Wasps...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

I can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford

George Ford is focused on another successful summer in white before returning to former club Leicester determined to win some silverware...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 9 years ago

Genge eyes overtime as stars near game limit

Leicester prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile for England in Argentina despite the likelihood of him busting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 9 years ago

Young Gun: Sam Grahamslaw – Leicester prop

Switching from the back row to prop is no easy feat fresh out of school, but Sam Grahamslaw will not have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 9 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Chiefs to beat Saracens but Wasps for title

There’s no guarantee a cracking regular season will produce two semi-final play-offs to remember next weekend but, frankly, it will be...

By Brendan Gallagher

Features

/ 9 years ago

Leicester Tigers – 4th

STORY OF THE SEASON: How long have you got? Horrendous injuries not least the ongoing Manu Tulagi situation and the eventual...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Rhodes now relishing life as colossus of Saracens

NICK VERDIER meets the black sheep who’s turned into a starring wolf for Saracens It can be a daunting prospect for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Freddie Burns determined to leave Tigers with winning roar

Freddie Burns is out to prove Leicester were wrong to ditch him for George Ford by leading the club to an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Toby Flood returns to Newcastle

Toby Flood will be returning to Newcastle this summer after agreeing Toulouse a year early. The 60-times-capped England fly-half spent the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

Yes, time has come to ring-fence Premiership

COLIN BOAG Facts of life: Rob Baxter speaks sense about the state of the game The Championship play-offs illustrated perfectly why...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 9 years ago

Peter Jackson: Whitcombe dynasty now propping up England

When he left Cardiff before the Second World War, Frank Whitcombe could have had no idea he would be creating a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

Tigers No.1 legacy safe with Genge says Ayerza

Leicester prop legend Marcos Ayerza has revealed how the joy of entrusting his beloved No.1 jersey to tyro loosehead Ellis Genge...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Rob Buchanan commits Harlequins

Hooker Rob Buchanan has re-signed for Harlequins. The Harlequins Academy graduate has made 116 appearances for the Club since making his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Ellis Genge agrees new Tigers contract

Genge, 22, arrived at Tigers during the closing months of 2015/16, initially on loan before making the move from Bristol permanent...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 9 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: Wage bills will push clubs to the brink

By NEALE HARVEY Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS LOCK JAMES LASIS James Lasis started the season as a loosehead but it is at lock that he is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Hartley to captain England in Argentina

Dylan Hartley will captain England for their tour to Argentina after being left out of the Lions squad. The Northampton hooker,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 years ago

O’Connor: Lions have to pick Youngs

RETURNING Leicester head coach Matt O’Connor said there is no way the Lions selectors can afford to leave Ben Youngs behind...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 9 years ago

Andy Goode: Ford’s a top 10 in Europe but Tigers need to find a pack

Matt O’Connor returned to these shores this week to resume command of the club he left in 2013, which begs the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 years ago

Injury forces Marcos Ayerza to retire

Leicester Tigers and Argentina prop Marcos Ayerza has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The loosehead, who spent...

By The Rugby Paper Team