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/ 5 years ago

‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan

The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Evergreen Mark Bright, 42, swaps London Scottish for Richmond

The future still burns bright for the veteran Championship back row

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

League great Steadman takes reins at Ionians

Boss: Graham Steadman GRAHAM Steadman is relishing his return to rugby after taking up a key role at Hull Ionians. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Matt Challinor joins the Knights exodus to Titans

ROTHERHAM’S rapidly expanding group of ex-Doncaster players will include Knights legend Matt Challinor next season. Challinor has retired from full-time rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

RFU cuts move Jersey Reds to consider switch to French rugby

How much more funding do clubs in the second tier of French rugby receive from the LNR?

By A Wood

Features

/ 5 years ago

My Life in Rugby – Alex Davies: My first year at Leeds was the fondest of all

SOMEONE pointed out to me that winning silverware doesn’t happen very often so I can count myself as one of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Gleave on board for Rainbow Cup

RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER hooker Todd Gleave has joined Ospreys on loan for the rest of the season. The 25-year-old has made...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

DREAM TEAM

ANDY REAY, THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, MOSELEY, BRISTOL, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING & ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

DREAM TEAM

WILL CARRICK SMITH, BEDFORD AND FORMER NEWTON ABBOTT, EXETER, RANDWICK, CORNISH PIRATES AND LONDON SCOTTISH LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Ealing Trailfinders beat Richmond 33-24 in pre-season match

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Gordon will swap Edinburgh for Ealing

EALING Trailfinders have agreed a deal that will see Edinburgh centre Matt Gordon move to west London. The crash ball Australian,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 years ago

Clatter of trains couldn’t derail mighty Emanuel

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Learning from the master: The great Mervyn Thomas, second left front...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

London Scottish withdrawal delays Tuilagi return

A new arrival at the Exiles last summer, Brian Tuilagi will have to wait to mark his return to English rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Tier Two clubs set to pull out of season

Neale Harvey reports on the perilous state facing some of the Championship's 12 clubs

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Tizard: My time training with England has made me want to emulate Joe Launchbury

LESSONS learned from England’s finest are underpinning Hugh Tizard’s push to mix it with the best. Harlequins lock Tizard, 20, right,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Tomas Francis will leave Exeter for Ospreys to keep his Wales place

Ospreys wrap up deal for Wales tighthead, who will depart Sandy Park at the end of the season, TRP can reveal

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

St Joseph’s now testing ground for the very best

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Driving force: Lewis Ludlam on the break during St Joseph’s festival...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 6 years ago

Lovejoy Chawatama is at home among London Exiles

Zimbabwe-born Chawatama has played for London Scottish, London Welsh and London Irish in his route to playing at the top level

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

ON THE BLINDSIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Packman chasing a Prem return DONCASTER Knights winger Howard Packman is keen to secure...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Brilliant Logie was the forerunner of modern Sevens

Top talent: Laughland FIJI might be the Sevens kings but it’s worth remembering that Scotland invented the game and, it is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Warriors recruit Bain to help plug the Gray gap

TRANSFERWRAP GLASGOW have bolstered their lock options to ease the loss of Jonny Gray joining Exeter. Former Scotland U20s lock Hamish...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Scottish to be exiled from Athletic Ground

LONDON Scottish will move away from the home they have shared with Richmond since 1894 at the end of the coming...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Thorpe targets top grade at Chinnor

By ADAM ELLIS Blank canvas: Richard Thorpe during his time as a player at Chinnor NEW Chinnor director of rugby Richard...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Diversity sounds good – but are the people there?

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On the climb: Bill Beaumont was elected as one of the first...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

London Scottish’s Mark Bright in no hurry to hang up boots at 41

The ex-England 7s forward may have his touring days behind him, but his desire to play rugby still burns

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Itoje pledges his future to Saracens

Committed: Maro Itoje. Inset, Will Skelton MARO ITOJE is set to confirm he is staying with Premiership and European champions Saracens...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Fred Tuilagi has signed for London Scottish

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Tuilagi brothers agree Championship moves to London Scottish

The Tuilagi family's influence to English rugby grows further as Brian and Fred agree deals with Exiles

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Robshaw agrees to stay until season end

TRANSFER WRAP CHRIS Robshaw will finish the remainder of the postponed Premiership season with Harlequins after agreeing a contract extension. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Young Guns: Worcester Warriors prop Lewis Holsey

A player familiar to those in the Championship at London Scottish last season

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

YOUNGGUNS

LEWISHOLSEY WORCESTER PROP When Lewis Holsey had a tap on the shoulder from Worcester supremo Alan Solomons during training one Tuesday...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Northampton Saints centre Fraser Dingwall

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Faith shown by Chris Boyd has seen Fraser Dingwall grow at Saints

The Northampton Saints centre talks to Jeremy Blackmore about his breakthrough season at Franklin's Gardens

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Boyd’s trust has seen Fraser grow

By JEREMY BLACKMORE Promise of more to come: Fraser Dingwall scores for Saints against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images SAINTS centre Fraser...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Burrows muscles in for hat-trick but super Falcons take top billing

Jon Newcombe picks The Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season Hot-stepper: Newcastle’s Adam Radwan scores against Jersey PICTURE: Simom Hall...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Wasps openside flanker Paul Volley

The No.7 talks Jon Newcombe through his time at Wasps, Castres, Harlequins and London Scottish

By Jon Newcombe

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Leicester Tigers fend off interest for another international in their backline

After losing Jonny May to Gloucester, Tigers face another fight to keep hold of winger

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

QUINS DOMINATE THE NEW MIDDLESEX SEVENS COMPETITION

A MAJOR development in the 1920s was the establishment of the end-of-season Middlesex Sevens which were organised by a London Scot...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Mike Te'o signed a short-term deal with London Scottish

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Mike Te’o’s season ends at London Scottish before it starts

The unfortunate story of the USA international who landed in London to play in the Championship in the week the shutdown...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 6 years ago

Could Champions escape relegation?

THEREare suggestions that there may be no relegation from football’s Premier League this spring, in the wake of coronavirus. With the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 6 years ago

Pools panel may decide final league positions

By NEALE HARVEY Huge cost: Alistair Bow SOCCER-STYLE ‘pools panels’ could be convened to determine National League promotion and relegation issues...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 years ago

Deuce for Williams as Exiles flop again

By GEORGE LAWRENCE L Scottish ………… 17 Nottingham ……30 LONDON SCOTTISH suffered a fifth straight defeat as Nottingham recorded back-to-back victories...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 years ago

Deadeye Olver has howitzer at ready for Pirates

By JON NEWCOMBE HE’S been involved in picking that many opponents’ pockets, Oliver not Olver would be more of an apt...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 years ago

Carnegie battle to the end with late Humfrey try

By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds stretched their legs and brushed aside Yorkshire Carnegie in a predictably onesided encounter. Enjoying a firm...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 years ago

Purple patch after half-time turns game Ealing’s way

By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders ground out an impressive victory against local rivals London Scottish after a much improved second-half performance...

By The Rugby Paper Team