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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

SpongeBob glad of his place in the Oldies XV

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW TWENTY years ago this very week on the banks of the Clyde, New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

When two tribes go to war

PAUL REES SAYS IRELAND’S TWO-TEST SHOWDOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE THE REAL THINGAND NOT A FUND-RAISER THE pick of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Bullish Irish plan to go one better

U20S WORLD CUP POOL B IRELAND By BEN JAYCOCK New Ireland head coach Willie Faloon has continued with Munster’s Evan O’Connell...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Jamison Gibson-Park and Jack Conan to miss Ireland Tests against South Africa

Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and back-rower Jack Conan will miss Ireland’s two-Test series against world champions South Africa, whilst head coach Andy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Battling Glasgow grab final chance

By SAM JACKSON Glasgow stunned champions Munster 17-10 at Thomond Park last night to secure a place in the United Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Bulls hold firm to keep Leinster out

By SIMON THOMAS Bulls ................................... 25pts Tries: Goosen 30, Petersen 42, 67 Conversions: Goosen 31, 43 Penalties: Goosen 40, 61 Leinster..............................20pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Hanekom praises ‘amazing support’

MAN of the match Cameron Hanekom paid tribute to the Bulls supporters following the victory at Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld. “The fans...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Quartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double

Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

After that season, Bath can’t let it slip

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Finn Russell has been a poster boy for Bath this season because of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Saints stars give credit to Vesty

By PAUL REES On the run: Alex Mitchell breaks through against Saracens during the semi-final PICTURES: Getty Images Alex Mitchell and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Leinster get back on track and set up Pretoria trial

By JOHN FALLON Leinster............ 43pts Tries: Lowe 34, 46, Henshaw 21, Larmour 63, Van der Flier 68, Molony 76 Conversions: Byrne...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Let the ‘waterboys’ just get on with it

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED It's the burning question of the moment: what is Jacques Nienaber? Not “who is Jacques Nienaber”, or...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

Quins cashing in on Twickenham factor

Peter Jackson looks at how attendances have changed in the last 20 years and sees good news in the capital cities...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

It’s close but Dupont edges out Edwards

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Your columnist fell in love with rugby watching...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Johann van Graan: Bath exactly where they should be after years of hard graft

Bath will face Northampton at Twickenham on Saturday after being transformed from Gallagher Premiership no-hopers to title contenders in under two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Tommy Freeman: Saints taking lessons from Dublin defeat into Premiership final

Northampton have been reflecting on the harsh lessons of their defeat at Croke Park to steel their bid to claim the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

I want my England shirt back says JVP

By GARY FITZGERALD The sight of the world’s best scrum-half strutting his stuff at the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Letters

/ 2 years ago

Why didn’t ref stop the clock?

The Champions Cup final was as exciting as we expected, but the decision not to stop the clock in extra-time, while...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

England starting to look like Lions

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK A year out from the 2025 Lions tour of Australia it’s still hard to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Sorry, but that’s not all right, Jacques

A great European Cup final last weekend had only one blemish, when the limp attempt to tighten the rules around water-carriers...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Then and now: It’s tough to compare

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Whenever the incomparable Antoine Dupont does the kind of things he did in dragging Toulouse over the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Time to let Borthwick pick from the best

PAUL REES SAYS THE ENGLAND COACH SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO ONLY SELECTING PLAYERS WHO PLAY IN THE PREMIERSHIP England's preliminary...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Leinster get back on right track

By JOHN FALLON Leinster ..........33 Connacht ........ 17 Leinster coach Leo Cullen praised his men for the manner in which they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Podcast

/ 2 years ago

Series 3, Episode 40: Lee Dickson – Premiership semi-finals preview

What a Champions Cup final it was, and Antoine Dupont’s Toulouse ultimately condemned Leinster to a third consecutive final defeat to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Leinster stalwart Rhys Ruddock to retire at end of season

Leinster back rower Rhys Ruddock has confirmed he will retire from rugby at the end of the season after a decorated...

By Cam Stephens

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six

By BEN JAYCOCK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

We can beat anyone now says stoked up Matavesi

By PAUL REES Sam Matavesi knew something had changed when he joined up with Northampton after Fiji’s World Cup quarter-final exit...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

Bath and Saints to win – but only just

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 22pts Tries: van der Flier 93 Conversions: Frawley 94 Penalties: Byrne 18, 43, 46, 65; Frawley 77...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Once again, the French wizard calls the shots

PAUL REES Is there anything Antoine Dupont cannot do? Drop a goal with his left foot from his own half, perhaps?...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Try tsunami sends a mixed message

Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Premiership....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

Diamond Dupont is surrounded by stars

Match-winning moments, men, and money is what sets Toulouse apart. Foremost among those men is Antoine Dupont, whose brilliance earned him...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Fantastic four face final tests

PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

IRFU changing funding model

THE Irish Rugby Football Union has announced a change to its funding model which will see the four provinces contribute “up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

The time Tony did plenty of learning

RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It might surprise some to learn that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 26/05/24

This weekend sees one of the biggest fixtures in the domestic calendar take place as European heavyweights Toulouse and Leinster square...

By Cam Stephens

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Champions Cup Final Preview – Europe’s best set to provide fireworks

European rugby’s two most successful sides battle it out for Champions Cup glory as Leinster face Toulouse in the final on...

By Cam Stephens

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Series 3, Episode 39: Gordon D’Arcy – Champions Cup Final Preview

The highly-anticipated Champions Cup final takes place on Saturday afternoon with two European heavyweights, Leinster and Toulouse, set to provide a...

By Cam Stephens

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Hendy: We want special send off for top Saints

By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton flyer George Hendy has enjoyed a breakthrough year with the table toppers and while the likes of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Ex-Wasps buzzing for European glory

By BEN JAYCOCK Thibaud Flament has risen from Loughborough University’s fifth team to become a French international with the intention of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

Sarries’ star exits generate extra fuel

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Saracens are the defending Premiership champions, and Mark McCall’s side are looking more and...

By The Rugby Paper Team