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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Bears step up hunt for new tighthead

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol Bears have stepped up their search for a tighthead as they face up to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

Don’t confuse hatred on social media with responsible debate

NO-ONE in their right mind wanted to see Owen Farrell exit the international stage after announcing this week that he wants...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Exodus of talent isn’t always a disaster

Sabbaticals are all the rage. Sam Cane, the New Zealand captain who chased gold at the recent World Cup but ended...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

John was the first to sidestep celebrity

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OWEN Farrell‘s maternal grandfather had only just begun creating the ultimate Anglo-Irish dynasty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Heartbreak for Ospreys as Benetton snatch it

By ROB COLE Benetton ........... 18pts Tries: Bernasconi 16, Da Re 76 Conversions: Umaga 17 Penalties: Umaga 65, 69 Ospreys ................

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

14-man Lions too good for Dragons

By HAMISH Lions.................. 49pts Tries: van Wyck 11, Horn 28, 70; van der Merwe 43, 77; van der Berg 57 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Georgia happy to be joining the party

The Challenge Cup is being used to widen boundaries. A Georgian side, Black Lion which will play its home matches in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 years ago

In-form Chinnor show why they are riding high

By RHYS PAUL Leicester L ...... 15 Chinnor.............40 CHINNOR maintained their top-of-the-table challenge with a comprehensive victory. The Lions started strongly...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Twenty years on and still looking good…

Brendan Gallagher looked on as England’s World Cup winners from 2003 got together recently WAISTLINES have expanded and hairlines receded while...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

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Luke: I’ve got a new lease of life

By MARK STEVENS Luke Cowan-Dickie insists his summer switch to Sale Sharks has given him a ‘new lease of life’ in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Saracens keen for Vunipola to stay

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are believed to have offered Billy Vunipola a deal to remain in north London...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

Day Wales played a game of four halves

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW It’s built beneath the mountain, beneath the coal and clay, It’s where we...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Simon Shaw playing for the Lions in 2009

Peter Jackson

/ 2 years ago

Shaw stood the test of time

When they come to rank the all-time great individual performances by British and Irish Lions, Simon Shaw’s in the forbidding temple...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

A game in desperate need of some answers

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IF THERE is one thing I have learned...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Lively Lions on the prowl

By SAM JACKSON Lions ................ 61 Zebre................. 19 HENCO van Wyk and Edwill van der Merwe claimed two tries apiece as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 years ago

Rogers at double as Bishop’s get better of Lions

■By JAMES JOHNSON Leicester L ......29 Bishop’s S........36 BISHOP’S Stortford deservedly won an entertaining contest against Leicester Lions at Westleigh Park....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 2 years ago

All Eyes on the Six Nations 2024

We’ve seen the Six Nations teams in action in France in the concluded Rugby World Cup, and based on form, it...

By Sam Emery

Rugby World Cup

/ 2 years ago

World Cup winner Strydom dies in car crash

South African 1995 World Cup winner Hannes Strydom has died in a car accident at the age of 58. The former...

By Nick Powell

Guest Blogs

/ 2 years ago

British Rugby Legends: Unveiling the Titans Who Shaped the Game

Rugby, a sport steeped in tradition and raw physicality, has a rich history in Britain. Over the years, countless individuals have...

By Sam Emery

British and Irish Lions

/ 2 years ago

2025 Lions will be available for the whole tour

All players selected for the 2025 British and Irish Lions to Australia will be available for the whole tour thanks to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

We can’t afford a weak Six Nations

There was a ray of sunshine for the Lions this week when their preparations for the 2025 tour of Australia were...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Lyon put marker down for Itoje

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Lyon have emerged as a potential shock destination for England and Lions lock Maro Itoje,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

North to decide on Provence move

ON THE BLINDSIDE Wales and Lions ace George North could this week tell ambitious ProD2 outfit Aix-en-Provence if he will join...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

French pair to battle for Rees-Zammit

ON THE BLINDSIDE Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit is being lined up for a money-spinning move to France at the end of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Hogg: Now is the time for young guns to shine

By BEN JAYCOCK EXETER Chiefs’ young talent have had to bide their time but are now the focus of Rob Baxter’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Launchbury can make Borthwick think again

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED SIMON Shaw mastered a wide range of rugby’s arts and sciences, but not even he could find...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Floodgates open as Leinster go to top

By ROB COLE Leinster............. 54pts Tries: Prendergast 3, O’Brien 8, Deegan 15, 79; Ringrose 50, Osborne 61, 74; Doyle 67 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Dogged Ulster grind out victory

By SAM JACKSON Ulster .............. 24 Lions ................ 17 ULSTER came from behind to beat the Lions at a windswept Kingspan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Scottish genie turning on the magic at Bath

Paul Rees looks at Finn Russell, the big-money signing who is making a name for himself in the West Country Big-name...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Unassuming Charlie, the water carrier

One of the attractions of rugby union is that it is a game which provides a refuge for the likes of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Young guns who fired the triumph of 2003

RUGBY MATTERS While we rightly ruminate on the 20th anniversary of England’s World Cup triumph we should also doff a 30th...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League One

/ 2 years ago

Titans brought down to earth

By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans..... 17 Leicester Lions.....27 LEICESTER Lions came away with a win from a real arm wrestle at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 2 years ago

‘Back then, there were a lot of quality fly-halves’

My Life in Rugby with Tony Clement: The former Wales and Swansea back talks about his life in the game Taking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Welsh warrior bows out in style

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Rugby – even thoroughly modern professional rugby – sometimes proves it still has at least a little...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Moody Jnr wins first cap… in soccer

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER DYLAN Moody has followed in the footsteps of his famous father, former Leicester, England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Howley ready for new challenge

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER ROB Howley is set to leave his job as senior assistant coach with Canada...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 2 years ago

Heartbreak for Scarlets as Van Wyk try steals it

By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............23pts Tries: Rogers 17, Elias 68 Conversions: Lloyd 18, 69 Penalties: Lloyd 3, 48, 54 Lions.................. 24pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team