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Club Rugby

/ 1 week ago

Mark Mapletoft: Prem players must master defence to succeed with England

The England A head coach believes the ability to limit opponents’ scoring is just as important as attacking ambition, with the...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 2 weeks ago

Bath look to Green as du Preez is ruled out

NEWS EXTRA BATH are set to be without No.8 Dan du Preez for a “considerable amount of time” due to a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 weeks ago

Top clubs slump in European washout

By GARY FITZGERALD ENGLISH clubs endured a miserable European washout as all four teams in action in the Champions Cup yesterday...

By The Rugby Paper Team

No.10 Adam Hastings ran the show for Montpellier

Champions Cup

/ 3 weeks ago

Bath 14-32 Montpellier: Adam Hastings runs rings around Johann van Graan’s side

Adam Hastings punished his former club as Montpellier outclassed a lethargic Bath side, scoring three second-half tries to pull off a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 weeks ago

Northampton Saints vs Cardiff: Callum Chick – We’re aiming to go deep again

Callum Chick is relishing Northampton Saints’ return to Europe as they look to build on recent deep runs in the Champions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 weeks ago

Faletau and Adams are back in action for Cardiff

■By SAM JACKSON WALES veterans Taulupe Faletau and Josh Adams will make their first appearances of the season when Cardiff return...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 3 weeks ago

Scarlets 47-14 Newcastle Red Bulls: Welsh region leave Prem strugglers on the canvas

Ellis Mee starred as Scarlets ran in seven tries to overwhelm Newcastle Red Bulls, with the Welsh region racing into a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 weeks ago

REUBENPARSONS

YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE BACK ROW REUBEN Parsons has gone from watching Newcastle from the stands to captaining the club at just...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 1 month ago

Anthony Watson: Bath can go far in Champions Cup if Finn Russell stays fit

Anthony Watson has backed Bath to challenge for Champions Cup glory this season but believes keeping Finn Russell fit will be...

By Adam Hathaway

Alex Mitchell kicks through to score for Northampton Saints

Club Rugby

/ 1 month ago

Northampton Saints 71-48 Bath: Alex Mitchell shines as Phil Dowson’s men run riot

Northampton Saints produced a statement performance to beat Bath 71-48 in a 119-point thriller, with Alex Mitchell inspiring the hosts and...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Willis is voted the best in France

JACK Willis has retained his award as the best player in France, becoming only the second player to do so after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Minute is not long enough for Ramos

TOULOUSE full-back Thomas Ramos, it’s fair to say, is not a fan of French rugby’s 45-second time limit experiment for penalties...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 2 months ago

Bad start gets even worse for Lorenzetti

A shellacking. That’s the only way to describe Racing 92’s 64-5 defeat at Bordeaux on the opening Saturday of the Top...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Toulouse out to hit

IT SHOULD come as a surprise to precisely no one that Top 14 managers consider Toulouse favourites to lift the Brennus...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Henderson to miss start of season after hip surgery

ULSTER captain Iain Henderson will miss the start of the new season following hip surgery. The 34-year-old missed the end of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Nice will fight for a place in ProD2

THE final knockings of the opening three-match leg of the inaugural Nations Championship and Nations Cup competitions last weekend marked the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Miotti opts to chase Italian chance

ANOTHER club, another fly-half who sprang a surprise this week. Montpellier’s Argentine Domingo Miotti has decided to switch international allegiances and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Toulouse are hit by huge fine

TOULOUSE, who beat Montpellier in last weekend’s Top 14 final to clinch their fourth successive league title, have been fined €2.47...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Galthie is banking on energy

FRANCE HEAD coach Fabien Galthie is without players from the Top 14 finalists, Toulouse and Montpellier, for the opening match against...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Once again, France show how it’s done

SEASON after season after season, the Top 14 has been showing the English Prem how to turn the play-off semi-finals into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Taine Plumtree concedes a penalty try and earns a yellow card for his high tackle on Henry Pollock during the Six Nations

Features

/ 5 months ago

Peter Jackson: Paul Gustard pulls Stade Francais out of the red zone

Peter Jackson names the guilty – and not-so-guilty – when it comes to red, orange and yellow cards dished out this...

By Peter Jackson

Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Robert Graham from the Rosbifs Rugby podcast to break down the extraordinary rise of French rugby – after another weekend of total dominance in Europe.

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

New Rugby Paper Roundup: Why are France dominating Europe? Top 14 boom + Rugby overtaking football

Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Robert Graham from the Rosbifs Rugby podcast to break down the extraordinary rise of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Lenni Nouchi lifts the trophy as Montpellier celebrate

Challenge Cup

/ 6 months ago

Montpellier 59-26 Ulster: Billy Vunipola is enjoying his days in the sun

Billy Vunipola starred as Montpellier ended Ulster’s hopes of a first trophy in 20 years with a ruthless triumph in Bilbao...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Cardiff give us reason to cheer

IT is asking a lot, admittedly, but we should at least try to find a way of rising above the negatives...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Worcester Warriors’ Matt Kvesic celebrates at the final whistle

Club Rugby

/ 6 months ago

Ealing Trailfinders 29-34 Worcester Warriors: Slick Jake Garside grabs the glory to stun Ealing

Jake Garside’s dramatic last-gasp try sent Worcester Warriors into the Champ final with a thrilling victory over Ealing Trailfinders in a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Top 14 roundup: Louis at double as Bordeaux hit back

With two rounds of the Top 14 still to play, the play-off situation is becoming increasingly clear

By James Harrington

Top 14

/ 6 months ago

Bordeaux need to seal deal for Louis

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TO describe Louis Bielle-Biarrey as hot rugby property is an understatement so criminal it would go straight...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been ruled out of England’s match against Wales

Challenge Cup

/ 6 months ago

England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso suffers injury concern as Exeter Chiefs exit Europe

England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso looked to be knocked unconscious following a collision with Ireland international Jacob Stockdale during Exeter Chiefs’ Challenge...

By Ben Jaycock

Challenge Cup

/ 6 months ago

Montpellier vs Dragons: Filo Tiatia’s side will need to be at their best to take down French giants

Dragons are daring to dream of a first European final in over a decade as they head to France to face...

By Ben Jaycock

Argentina’s Santiago Cordero scoring against the Lions last summer

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: Lions really must head to Argentina

Better late than never. After decades of lobbying by some – not least this column – the Lions are reportedly looking...

By Brendan Gallagher

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

David Richards is in the right place to steal the Challenge Cup for Dragons

Zebre:18pts Tries: Di Bartolomeo 43, Locatelli 71 Conversion: Da Re 71 Penalties: Da Re 14, 53 Dragons: 19pts Tries: Rosser 24,...

By Simon Thomas

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

Dominant Vannes still have a lot to do

On target: Louis Carbonel seals victory for Stade Francais with his last-gasp penalty PICTURE: Getty Images Montauban, astonishingly, live – mathematically...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Top 14

/ 7 months ago

Carbonel shows he is still a class act

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN AN 83rd-minute Louis Carbonel penalty handed Stade Francais a 34-32 home win over second-placed Pau at Stade...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 7 months ago

Stormers stunned by feisty Connacht

■By BRIAN KELLY Stormers ........ 24 Connacht .........33 CONNACHT clinched a thriller in Cape Town with three tries in the final...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 7 months ago

Montpellier cash in on Connacht’s error count

■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Penalty: Gilbert 3 CONNACHT’S Challenge Cup campaign came to a disappointing end as they suffered a heavy defeat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dragons No.8 Aaron Wainwright held by Giacomo Da Re and Marco Zanon

Challenge Cup

/ 7 months ago

Zebre 32-35 Dragons: The resolute Welsh region keep cool to push the Italians out of the picture

Dragons edged a dramatic Challenge Cup quarter-final in Parma against Zebre to reach the semi-finals for the first time in their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 7 months ago

Gilbert keeps Sharks at bay

By SAM JACKSON Connacht .......29 Sharks .............12 CONNACHT powered into the Challenge Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable victory over the Sharks,...

By The Rugby Paper Team