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Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Slammin’ Sam will deliver – I’d start him against Wales

The lack of big match international experience showed on Friday night and England cannot afford another performance like that in this...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

HIGHLIGHTS: SBW helps New Zealand beat Argentina

New Zealand pulled away in the last 25 minutes to beat Argentina 26-16 in front of a record crowd at Wembley....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Nick Evans – Canny old All Blacks won’t be caught cold like in 2007

The only team capable of beating New Zealand are the All Blacks themselves according to Nick Evans, who knows better than...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Dan Cole Can help get nudge on up front

As preparation for a World Cup begins, every coach will be ascertaining they have the basic fundamentals of the game correct...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s Rugby World Cup Dream XV

Picking this team of World Cup winners from the seven tournaments that have been played was not an easy task, simply...

By Jeremy Guscott

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Serge Betsen backs Chris Robshaw and England to make it to the final

England’s back-row is not in the same class as Australia and Wales but the legendary French flanker is still tipping Stuart...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Rugby World Cup teams

South Africa v Japan South Africa: Zane Kirchner ; Lwazi Mvovo, Jesse Kriel, Jean de Villiers (Capt.), Bryan Habana; Pat Lambie, Ruan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher – Watch out England, Leone Nakarawa has it all

Leone Nakarawa is the Fijian rugby player of everybody’s dreams and most opponents’ nightmares. Long legged, lean and mean he can...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 10 years ago

Shane Williams’ column: Sam Burgess is a beast, but is he really ready yet?

Sam Burgess is a beast but he could also be the chink in England‘s armour that Wales can exploit. England have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Relaxed, Fiji are the Brazil of rugby – so watch out if you see them smiling

Fiji‘s most-capped player Nicky Little has warned his former colleagues not to go into their shells when they tackle England in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 10 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Dennis Hickie – former Leinster and Ireland wing

Overall I have to be very thankful for what I was able to achieve in rugby with the help of great...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s RWC absent friends XV

15 Israel Dagg (NZ) Arguably the star of the tournament four years ago, certainly a key player with five tries and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 10 years ago

20 Questions: Adam Kwasnicki – London Scottish hooker

Did you get a chance to switch-off this summer? Knowing when to switch off is an important part of being a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 10 years ago

My life in Rugby: Bleddyn Bowen – former Wales captain and Swansea centre

Captaining Wales to the 1988 Triple Crown was a huge honour. Not only was it Wales’ first for nearly a decade...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher pays tribute to Bakkies Botha

It’s all a bit rock’n’roll for Bakkies Botha at present. Farewell gigs in Cape Town, Tokyo and, most recently, at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Wallabies can exploit Red Rose uncertainty says Matt Burke

Wallabies legend believes Australia can make it a hat-trick of World Cup wins on UK soil.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain’s verdict on England’s World Cup squad

Apart from Stuart Lancaster saying that he had to make choices that brought tears to his eyes, it was business as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain’s column: James Horwill axe shows how the mighty can fall, fast

James Horwill’s arrival at The Stoop to join his new Harlequins team-mates will probably come sooner than he expected following his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Fortune will favour the brave in Ireland

The England-Ireland World Cup warm-up game on September 5 has huge significance for both sides. The managements can spin this however...

By Jeremy Guscott

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain takes stock of how the England pack rates against the world’s best

Forwards, and how many of them he needs, will be at the top of Stuart Lancaster’s agenda as he contemplates cutting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn: How those cunning Aussies threw World Cup wide open

That’s it! All bets are off after last week’s results in the Rugby Championship as the favourites for both games failed...

By Jeff Probyn

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: Record-breaker Richie McCaw was on a different level from the start

It was a dirty Dublin night in November 2001 when our shambles of a taxi driver eventually located the Killiney Castle...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 10 years ago

Three debutantes in Scotland XV for Italy clash

Scotland have named three uncapped players in their starting XV to face Italy in Turin on Saturday. Glasgow‘s Rory Hughes will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Sonny Bill Williams goes for Olympics Sevens gold

All Black cross-code superstar Sonny Bill Williams has been named in New Zealand‘s Sevens squad for next season which will culminate at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Size, skill and speed, the Wallaby backs have it all

Despite the heavy defeat the Wallabies just got from New Zealand, when it comes to backline talent, I believe the 14...

By Jeremy Guscott

Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson’s column: Mike Phillips axe gives Gareth Davies a glimpse of redemption

Gareth Davies changed the course of history in Rome on Super Saturday, albeit not in the way he would have wanted...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Pool of Death holds no fear for Nikola Matawalu’s classy Islanders

“Fiji mean business at this World Cup”

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Outsiders Fiji will take a big scalp warns Bob Dwyer

1991 winning coach adamant Fiji will be England or Wales at World Cup.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 10 years ago

Dream Team: Joe Gray – Harlequins and former Northampton hooker

1. Tom Smith – He was awesome at the set piece but he was also able to step in at fly-half...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 10 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Jonny May must keep improving to make himself invaluable

There is always a dilemma for international coaches such as Stuart Lancaster when it comes to cutting players, because it is...

By Jeremy Guscott

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain talks to England’s world class lock Courtney Lawes about his vital role in RWC 2015

Courtney Lawes hits twice as hard in the tackle as most of his Red Rose team-mates, and it has earned him...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Rugby Championship ‘unofficial round’ teams

Argentina v South Africa Argentina: Joaquín Tuculet; Santiago Cordero, Matías Moroni, Juan Martín Hernández, Juan Imhoff; Nicolás Sánchez, Martín Landajo; Marcos Ayerza, Agustín Creevy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne Is the man for Scotland – Scott Hastings

Scott Hastings says it is time Scotland ditched skipper Greig Laidlaw to give Sam Hidalgo-Clyne his chance at scrum-half. Hidalgo-Clyne, 21,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson’s column: Winning is same in any language for Michael Cheika

Michael Cheika speaks French, Italian and Arabic. He is also known to be fluent in coarse Anglo-Saxon and looks forward to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Jamie George is England’s form hooker, says Alistair Hargreaves

Alistair Hargreaves has backed Jamie George’s World Cup bid, claiming boss Stuart Lancaster would “make a huge mistake” if he omits...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

England in need of big Semesa Rokoduguni’s physicality says Matt Banahan

Semesa Rokoduguni deserves a shot at World Cup glory according to Matt Banahan, who insists his Bath colleague would offer England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s Rugby World Cup bolters

Danny Barrett (USA): One of the great hopes surrounding the US Eagles Sevens programme is that some of the talent identified...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s column: Scandalous delay that haunts the World Cup

One of the biggest drawbacks of Rugby Union’s obsession with amateurism was that the Rugby World Cup was belatedly dragged kicking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Rugby Championship round 3 teams

Australia v New Zealand Australia: Israel Folau; Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani, Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell; Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps; Scott Sio;...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher previews the Bledisloe Cup

This year’s quick-fire Rugby Championship seems to be hurtling to a conclusion almost before it began but the organisers couldn’t have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Dean Mumm opens up about World Cup dream

Dean Mumm is nothing if not determined. Having packed away his boots after leading Exeter Chiefs to a resounding victory over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Leigh Halfpenny told: Play for Toulon or face axe

European Champions threatening to sack full-bakc over the club-or-country clash looming at the end of the new season.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 10 years ago

Jeff Probyn’s column: You’re right Steve, new maul is ‘bloody boring’

How unusual, a New Zealand coach bemoaning the opposition’s tactics despite winning the game. Steve Hansen’s complaint about the Argentinian driving...

By Jeff Probyn