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/ 3 months ago

Rugby’s Moments of the Week: Red Roses take headlines with World Cup win

It was a weekend to remember in the world of rugby—one that reminded us why the sport stirs such deep emotion....

By Charlie Elliott

Ollie Lawrence playing against Quins on Friday night

Columnists

/ 3 months ago

Jeremy Guscott: Bath are looking good as the bunfight begins

Bath started the defence of their Prem title with a bang by scoring seven tries against Harlequins at The Stoop on...

By Jeremy Guscott

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers: Centurion Fitz Harding aiming for a big start

Fitz Harding will make his 100th Bristol appearance today and captain the side for the 50th time as the Bears look...

By Ben Jaycock

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers: We’ll all be out to impress the new boss, says Jack van Poortvliet

Jack van Poortvliet is convinced Geoff Parling will make the Tigers roar even louder in their fierce desire to win more...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Cam Roigard runs through to score for New Zealand

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

New Zealand 33-24 Australia: Cam Roigard steps up to lead All Blacks home

New Zealand made it 24 wins in a row over Australia at Eden Park to regain the Bledisloe Cup for yet...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 3 months ago

Champ Preview: Worcester Warriors back in the big time

Worcester Warriors fans have had to wait three long years for competitive rugby. That wait finally ends on Saturday.

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 3 months ago

Plymouth put Lions back in their cage

■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............45 Leicester Lions.....22 PLYMOUTH Albion kept their unbeaten start to the season with a seven try to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2W

/ 3 months ago

Camborne turn on second-half style

■By OLLY MCBRIDE Hinckley..................24 Camborne................34 CAMBORNE produced a clinical second-half performance to secure a victory in a lively contest at Leicester...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

New arrivals in league and at home for busy man Young

■By BEN JAYCOCK Ambitious: Oundle fly-half Ben Young BEN Young has fired a warning shot to National Two East rivals, insisting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 months ago

Jonathan Pendlebury: It’s great to help shape England’s future talent

My life in rugby: Jonathan Pendlebury Former Rotherham, Gloucester and Leeds lock, now England U18s head coach. When my time in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 3 months ago

Ollie Chessum opts for relaxed approach

Ollie Chessum reckons the mayhem of a Lions tour has persuaded him to take a more relaxed attitude with another Prem...

By Adam Hathaway

Autumn Internationals

/ 3 months ago

Ollie Lawrence back in running for England ahead of autumn Tests

Ollie Lawrence returned to the England fold this week for a three-day training camp after six months out with an Achilles...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

NEWS EXTRA

Quins turn to Gilmore JASON Gilmore has been named Harlequins’ senior coach following the departure of Danny Wilson, who joined Wales...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 months ago

Harlequins shot down by Parling’s young guns

■By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins .....17pts Tries: Els 4, Walker 44, 50 Conversion: Evans 50 Leicester ....... 25pts Tries: Pearson 13, Clare...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Johann van Graan knows that Bath need to reset

The champions start the defence of their title at Harlequins but they will be without their Scotland outside-half Finn Russell who,...

By Paul Rees

Louis Rees-Zammit playing for Bristol last week

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Louis Rees-Zammit will take centre-stage for Bristol Bears

Bristol Bears may have one of the smallest squads in the Prem, but they pulled off arguably the signing of the...

By Paul Rees

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Leicester Tigers’ Geoff Parling sets sights on the long term

It will be a strange start to the campaign for Leicester Tigers with the names Dan Cole and Ben Youngs missing...

By Paul Rees

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Newcastle Red Bulls want to be world-beaters

Newcastle have spent the decade looking inwards, cutting costs to remain afloat, but the summer takeover by Red Bull has given...

By Paul Rees

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Northampton Saints aiming to get back in old routine

Northampton's lowly league position last season after winning the title in 2024 was less of a crash landing than an underpowered...

By Paul Rees

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Alex Sanderson on Sale Sharks’ “Dynamic pack”

Sale Sharks have been the Premiership’s nearly men this decade, finishing the top half of the table in all six years,...

By Paul Rees

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Prem preview: Owen Farrell back home at Saracens and ready to roar

Saracens started this month in the heat of Durban, training with and playing against the Sharks.

By Paul Rees

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Pollock and Pepper are at the top of my hit parade

THE Premiership proper is hoving into view and it’s time to check up on my 15 to follow from last season,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 3 months ago

Heath turn up the heat to tame the Lions

■By JEAN BULL Leicester L ........ 5 Blackheath .... 47 BLACKHEATH kept up their unbeaten league record with a dominant demolition...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 3 months ago

Gjaltema feels revitalised by his off-season move to TJs

By BEN JAYCOCK AFTER four years at Harlequins, Lewis Gjaltema has landed at Tonbridge Juddians and the move has reignited his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 months ago

I’m proud of the Tuilagi name – it inspires me

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE BEDFORD BLUES AND FORMER SOUTH LEICESTER, COVENTRY, LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS, LEICESTER TIGERS, COLORNO, LONDON SCOTTISH, CHINNOR AND AS...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

DREAM TEAM

ANDY KEY, THE FORMER LEICESTER, BEDFORD AND NOTTINGHAM FULL-BACK/CENTRE, WHO IS NOW COACH AT OUNDLE IN NATIONAL TWO EAST, CHOOSES THE...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 months ago

Tigers smash Saracens but Parling wants more

By GARY FITZGERALD Leicester ...............20pts Tries: Liebenberg 33, Blamire 55, Ilione 64, Wand 73 Saracens .................7pts Try: Michelow 4 Conversion: Johnson...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Westwood hat-trick gives Dragons fire

■ By SIMON THOMAS Dragons .............33pts Tries: O’Brien, Westwood (3), Beddall Conversions: De Beer (4) Scarlets ............28pts Tries: Plumtree, Mee, Blacker,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 3 months ago

Lions show their teeth in a mauling

B Moseley ..............49 Leicester Lions .... 21 ■By JON MEADOWS THE hosts totally dominated the second half, scoring six tries to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Forthcoming fixtures

Week beginning Sunday, September 14, 2025 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Leicester Tigers: I want players to make decisions, says Geoff Parling

Geoff Parling admits he has “a lot of work to do” as Leicester Tigers’ new boss having seen experienced campaigners Ben...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

This has been Harlequins’ toughest pre-season ever – Tom Lawday

Harlequins have ramped up the pre-season fitness regime to the max in order to rebound from their worst Premiership campaign in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 3 months ago

Dream Team – Josh Bragman

Josh Bragman, the Rosslyn Park and former Ampthill, Hartpury University, Durban Collegians and Durban Crusaders Colts fly-half, chooses the best XV...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Blamire off to a flyer at Tigers

■By BILL HASTINGS Leicester ........76 Nottingham ....26 DEBUTANT Jamie Blamire scored a hat-trick as Leicester began their pre-season action in style...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Connacht give Sale runaround

■By DAN ANJOS Sale Sharks ..... 5 Connacht ........40 A YOUTHFUL Sale Sharks side endured a tough evening at Heywood Road...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Freddie Burns is on a rugby journey we should all admire

Rugby nomads are a tribe unto themselves, pitching up in all manner of out-of-the-way places for reasons best known to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Bath looking to defend Prem Rugby Cup title in Premiership-only contest

The Premiership Rugby Cup kicks off next weekend, with holders Bath aiming to defend their title in a restructured format that...

By Ben Jaycock

Features

/ 3 months ago

Nostalgia isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

IN THE past the future lies, so the saying goes. Yet everything changes, from politics to sport, as time marches remorselessly...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 3 months ago

Day of joy for Juddians as new boys impress

■By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L .......14pts Tries: Britton 17, Burrows 38 Conversions: Bouchier 18, 39 Tonbridge J .... 46pts Tries: Gjaltema...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Saracens begin cup defence with impressive win over Lightning

NEWS EXTRA REIGNING PWR Cup champions Saracens flexed their muscles with a nine-try 59-14 victory over Loughborough Lightning yesterday. Saracens struck...

By The Rugby Paper Team