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The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Olowofela hat-trick has Reds reeling

AUSTRALIA ROUND-UP By ADAM ELLIS JORDAN Olowofela’s hattrick ended the Reds unbeaten season and propelled the Western Force to their first knockout...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Joe Ford’s arrival helps Sam Olver keep big dream in focus

The Doncaster Knights fly-half was one of the players brought to Castle Park by head coach Steve Boden after Clive Griffiths'...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Premiership Rugby push back mid-May schedule to allow fans to attend matches

Spectators will be allowed back into sporting stadia as of Monday May 17, making Premiership Rugby move to have fixtures rescheduled

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Sale Sharks confirm two-year deal with England centre Manu Tuilagi

Tuilagi is nearing full fitness for Sharks after injuring his Achilles in November

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Preview: Make or break time in race for play-offs

Leicester Tigers arrive at the Rec on Sunday afternoon in good form, but Cam Redpath is upbeat about Bath's chances

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 5 years ago

George Ford needs roaring finish for shot at Lions tour

The England & Leicester fly-half talks to Paul Rees about his Lions chances resting with his form for Tigers in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Top League: Rocket man Alex Goode burns off Freddie

Matt McIlraith reports on the elimination play-offs in Japan's Top League, as Goode's NEC Green Rockets advance over Freddie Burns' Shokki...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Super Rugby Aotearoa: Hodgman red card helps Highlanders

Ben Jaycock reports on Round 8 of Super Rugby Aotearoa, as the Highlanders clinched victory at the Forsyth Barr Stadium

By Ben Jaycock

Features

/ 5 years ago

Young Guns: London Irish hooker Joe Vajner

The captain of London Irish U18 talks to Adam Ellis about his hopes of representing England at age-grade level this summer

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Underhill back in action

ENGLAND flanker Sam Underhill, fly-half Josh Matavesi and wing Will Muir are recalled as Bath host old rivals Leicester. The trio...

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Sale Sharks & England centre Manu Tuilagi

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Manu Tuilagi England career saved as he signs for Sale Sharks

Tuilagi stays and one more South African import coming in at Sale Sharks

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Versatile Tom Hudson attracting interest at Ampthill

And an update on the future of Mark Atkinson amid interest from Bristol Bears in the Gloucester centre

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Worcester Warriors head coach Jonathan Thomas

Features

/ 5 years ago

Jonathan Thomas interview – I hate losing, but it’s vital part of winning process

Are Worcester already looking to next season after three wins in 16 Premiership games in 2020-21?

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 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...

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Challenge Cup

/ 5 years ago

Leicester 39-15 Newcastle: Tigers’ too powerful for 12-man Falcons

Newcastle fall to the grunt of Tigers' forwards pack, following a chaotic finish that saw Falcons reduced to 12 men

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

Gourdon proves big is not the best policy | Chris Hewett

Rugby's struggles with David and Goliath statures for forwards can often by a headscratcher, writes Chris Hewett

By Chris Hewett

Features

/ 5 years ago

I’m lucky I still get to work in my shorts!

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE NEWCASTLE PROP AND SCRUM COACH MICKY WARD I LIVE about 15 minutes from the rugby club, and have never...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Ribbans keen to march on with Saints and England

By PAUL REES DAVID Ribbans has not been able to see his family in South Africa for 18 months because of...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

PRO16 Boks will be fit and fearsome for Rainbow Cup warns Aled

Benefit: Aled Walters SOUTH Africa’s giant World Cup-winning Springboks will face the best of the Celtic nations in prime physical condition...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Townsend’s experience can spark Lions attack | Jeremy Guscott

Gregor Townsend is on the ticket list for the South Africa tour, a wise choice made by Warren Gatland in the...

By Jeremy Guscott

European Challenge Cup

/ 5 years ago

Leicester 48-32 Connacht: Tigers leave it late to end Connacht’s challenge

An 11-try thriller at Welford Road sees Leicester come through to beat Connacht and advance in the Challenge Cup

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 5 years ago

Ospreys 24-28 Newcastle: Falcons hit quick triple with Tipuric in sin bin

Justin Tipuric pays the price for a no-arms tackle that reduced Ospreys to 14 players and gave Newcastle the edge

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

That Rome weekend puts block on Georgia | Chris Hewett

If Italy are not all washed up as a permanent member of the Six Nations elite –a sporting society so exclusive,...

By Chris Hewett

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Jono Gibbes favourite for Clermont Auvergne job

Richard Cockerill has also been linked with a move away from Edinburgh to the Top 14 giants

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

Oh no, the Beast has made a twit of himself! | Chris Hewett

Rugby has a new law – as if the game needed another one – and the way things are going, it...

By Chris Hewett

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Carnage for England the last time they achieved the Triple Frown | Peter Jackson

THOSE England players bruised by their beatings at the hands and feet of the Celts, the first such triple whammy since...

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Freddie Burns has signed for Leicester Tigers ahead of 2021-22 Premiership season

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Freddie Burns knows what it means to be a Tiger says Neil Back

Neil Back has his say on what the signing of Freddie Burns can do for Steve Borthwick's plans at Leicester Tigers

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Leicester Tigers confirm the return of Freddie Burns

As reported in The Rugby Paper on March 14, Burns will return to Welford Road from his stint in Japan ahead...

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Exeter 47-31 Leicester: Tiger cubs claw back some pride in defeat

Tigers show signs of life to finish strongly against free-scoring Chiefs

By The Rugby Paper Team

Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Goode: Academy kids can wait, it’s all about winning to construct new mentality at Tigers

The Rugby Pod co-host acknowledges the young players in the stable at Leicester, but that it is Richard Wigglesworth and Dan...

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

London Irish v Worcester: Playmaker Theo Brophy Clews eyes long run in the middle

THEO Brophy Clews has banished his injury woe and is ready to deliver on the talent that has long marked him...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

RFU need a French lesson | Nick Cain

NICK CAIN ARGUES THAT THE FOREIGN INVASION IS HARMING HOME-GROWN PLAYERS – UNLIKE IN FRANCE THERE is still a field of...

By Nick Cain

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Red card shocker amplified by four

SO Ollie Thorley’s red card is compounded with a four-week ban. I can’t see anybody in authority coming out of that...

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Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

Stopwatch away! It’s quality time that counts | Chris Hewett

Chris Hewett examines rugby's rugby tape law regulations that could do with being cut to simplify the sport for the masses

By Chris Hewett

Features

/ 5 years ago

Prince Harry granted Springbok Lood de Jager an exclusive interview

The World Cup-winner with South Africa explains what was mentioned after the Boks' win over England, and delves into life at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 5 years ago

Super Rugby Aotearoa: Crusaders pile the misery on Chiefs

SCOTT Robertson’s Crusaders extended their lead at the top of Super Rugby Aotearoa with a bonus point 39-17 thrashing at home...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Thorley hit for four

RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER winger Ollie Thorley has been banned for four weeks after his red card against Wasps for clashing heads with...

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Features

/ 5 years ago

Tigers build pack depth

RUGBY SHORTS NEMANI Nadolo and Dan Cole have re-signed with Leicester, who are adding Scotland prop Darryl Marfo, Northampton prop Francois...

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Features

/ 5 years ago

Miotti signs for Warriors

RUGBY SHORTS ARGENTINIAN fly-half Domingo Miotti will join rivals Glasgow Warrior next season. Miotti, 24, spent two seasons with the Jaguares...

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Premiership

/ 5 years ago

Gloucester 14-20 Leicester: Tigers grit it out as forwards dominate

TWO of England’s historic clubs fought a titanic forward battle as Leicester won at Kingsholm for the first time since September...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

We were out-muscled complains unhappy Gloucester head coach Skivington

GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington was downcast as his side failed to complete a hattrick of wins after morale-boosting victories over...

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Leicester Tigers scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

The secret of youth for Richard Wigglesworth? Luck and excellent player rotation

DURABLE Leicester No.9 Richard Wigglesworth says luck allied to an insatiable appetite for self-improvement are fuelling his desire to keep playing....

By The Rugby Paper Team