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Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: The day South Africa was cleared for take-off

It’s 20 years ago today that President Nelson Mandela presented Francois Pienaar with the World Cup at Ellis Park to bring down...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

Semesa Rokoduguni in as David Strettle withdraws from England World Cup training squad

David Strettle has withdrawn from England‘s World Cup training squad and will be replaced by Bath‘s Semesa Rokoduguni. The 31-year-old wing,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 10 years ago

England unchanged for World Rugby U20s Championships final

England have named an unchanged squad for tomorrow’s World Rugby U20s Championships final against New Zealand in Italy. Following Monday’s 28-20...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson’s column: Signing up Kiwis and Boks mocks the rules

Exactly five years ago this coming Wednesday, in a football stadium where a local boy called Messi used to play, New...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 10 years ago

Peter Jackson: Bull-dozing Ross Moriarty may be Wales’ missing link

When Wales beat Australia in the World Cup for the first and only time, amid the geothermal geysers of Rotorua, their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 10 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: The 69-match journey to the World Cup

Nations Cup The tenth year of this competition and the ninth to be held in Bucharest. Only the inaugural tournament, in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 10 years ago

Nick Cain’ column: George Ford still gets my England vote over Owen Farrell

Ford or Farrell? It was predictable that the meeting of two fly-halves who have been close friends since schooldays, and are...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Shane Williams

/ 10 years ago

Shane Williams’ column: Gentle giant Jerry Collins made Ospreys into true Galacticos

Jerry Collins was a typical south-sea islander – a monster on the pitch but a gentle giant off it. I remember...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 10 years ago

Young Gun: Will Owen – England U20s and Leicester openside

Breaking into the Leicester first team is no mean feat but Will Owen will be attempting just that next season after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 10 years ago

Six Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season

The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

“I’m lucky to have had supportive clubs,” says Samoa star Kahn Fotuali’i

Kahn Fotuali’i admits Polynesian players are under pressure to quit international rugby in order to secure lucrative overseas contracts. But Northampton‘s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 years ago

Jeff Probyn’s column: World Cup wage cap would promote level playing field

With the domestic season more or less over and sights set firmly on the World Cup, we are once again forced...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Burgess and Itoje in England World Cup training squad

Sam Burgess and Maro Itoje have today been named in Stuart Lancaster’s England World Cup training squad. Rugby League superstar Burgess...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 11 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Rob Vickerman – former England Sevens captain, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie centre

I appreciate that having read this feature a fair few times over the years it usually starts with a remarkable memory...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: How the RAF revived spirit of Bader and Cooler King

Through adversity to the stars, as the RAF motto proclaims. Taking on the might of the Army and Navy has always...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to Saracens wing Chris Ashton about England and the Premiership title race

Chris Ashton has spent all season looking-in at the England squad from the outside, and the Saracens wing yearns to be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Marland Yarde and Christian Wade deserve another look by Stuart Lancaster

The England back three is still a work in progress, and with Manu Tuilagi not back from injury until just before...

By Jeremy Guscott

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Sorry, but is all this legislation making the game any safer?

There are times when I worry for the future of our great sport with all the accusations and promises banded about...

By Jeff Probyn

Featured

/ 11 years ago

Richie McCaw will be hungry to end on high warns Neal Back

Former England flanker has warned New Zealand’s World Cup rivals to write off Richie McCaw at their peril.

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 11 years ago

20 Questions: Kane Thompson – Newcastle lock

What do you make of Newcastle’s season? It’s been disappointing. We haven’t been able to close out a few games we...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to Wasps No.8 Nathan Hughes about his international choices

Nathan Hughes is a wanted man. Wanted by England as well as Fiji, the land of his father, and where he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 years ago

Jeremy Guscott’s column: Wallabies were always going to pick star names

New Zealand will not be panicking as much as Australia about the talent drain to Top 14, Premiership and Pro12 clubs...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Newcastle to host Georgia in RWC Warm Up

Newcastle Falcons confirmed they will be playing Georgia on August 28 at Kingston Park Stadium. The international challenge will form part...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 11 years ago

Peter Jackson: Can’t blame Callum Sheedy for keeping his options open

Callum Sheedy is already eligible to play international rugby for Wales and Ireland. Soon the teenaged fly-half will be further spoilt...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Lee Byrne to hang up his boots

British and Irish Lion Lee Byrne will retire from professional rugby on medical grounds. The 34-year-old full-back, who had been at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 11 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: How to beat the French? Capture good kids early

This has been a good season for the English teams in the inaugural European Champions Cup because they got four clubs...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Aaron Cruden to miss World Cup?

New Zealand fly-half Aaron Cruden could miss the Rugby World Cup after suffering a knee ligament injury. The 26-year-old, capped 37...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s column: Clermont reap benefits from hunting cleverly

Money invariably encourages envy and bad-mouthing but money per se has never guaranteed success in any sport. Winning is much more...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

Red-hot Freddie Burns targets World Cup warm-ups

Fly-half believes he could yet earn him a place in England’s World Cup training squad – if he can steer Leicester...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Worcester bring in Sevens ace Heem

Worcester Warriors today announced the signing of All Blacks Sevens flyer Bryce Heem from the Chiefs. The 26-year-old, who spent three...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Ulster capture All Black Charles Piutau

Ulster have today confirmed the signing of New Zealand international, Charles Piutau from 2016. The 23 year-old, who can play at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s feature on Alan Hancock’s try against Scotland in 1965

Everybody is famously allowed 15 minutes of fame, but for Northampton wing Andy Hancock that was abbreviated to 15 seconds. That’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 11 years ago

Runaway train Sinoti Sinoti is not slowing down

Sinoti Sinoti, he’s so good they named him twice. It’s a line used before but has never been more apt. Newcastle‘s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 11 years ago

20 Questions: Ken Pisi – Northampton wing

Enjoyable to see Northampton at the top of the Premiership? Yes it is. There’s a great bunch of boys at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain’s column: We’re on the wrong road to Rio with Joe Lydon

Phil Greening is concerned that Great Britain, and their qualification nominees, England, are taking the wrong road to Rio. The former...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to Dave Attwood about the effect the Bath quartet is having on England

When Dave Attwood grounded the ball over the line at the Millennium Stadium late in the script for what appeared to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 11 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Italy needs time to reach its full potential

Jeff PCan you believe it? After Italy scored three really good tries against the England team and Wales scored just the...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Mark Hammett to leave Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues have confirmed that Mark Hammett is to leave his position as Director of Rugby with immediate effect. The former...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 11 years ago

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: England must take heed of Irish warnings from history!

There is no disgrace losing in Dublin – New Zealand are the only team in the world to have avoided that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 11 years ago

Nick Cain talks to the England forwards coach Graham Rowntree about the exciting new dynamism of his pack

Graham Rowntree wants a pack for all seasons. An England eight that can grind the opposition like a millstone one minute,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 11 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Eric Peters – Former Bath, Harlequins and Scotland No.8

It’s almost 20 years to the day that I scored the Famous Grouse Try of the Year for Scotland against Wales...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 11 years ago

Michael Paterson heading to Northampton

Northampton Saints have today announced the signing of Michael Paterson ahead of the 2015/16 season. The New Zealand-born England international lock...

By The Rugby Paper Team