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Features

/ 4 years ago

Proud I could play my part in green to unite people

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS, IRELAND AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY FULL-BACK HUGO MACNEILL EVEN though I played...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Scotland book their place at World Cup

SCOTLAND claimed the last remaining place at this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup with an emphatic 59-3 victory over Colombia in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Italy desperate for improvement to silence doubters

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Ireland v Italy Today. Kick-off 3pm, Aviva Stadium Bright spark: Monty Ioane offers a threat out wide...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

Catt’s influence has got the Irish attack purring

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MIKE Catt naturally flowed into coaching, as a lot of 10s tend to do,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Quins centre Lasike heading back to US

RUGBY SHORTS HARLEQUINS centre Paul Lasike, 31, will leave the Premiership club next month for “personal reasons”. The New Zealand-born USA...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Leicester is my kind of place says Ashton

RUGBY SHORTS CHRIS Ashton is eager to make the most of his time with Premiership leaders Leicester. The 34-year-old joined on...

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Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

F-bomb was careless but Deano had a case

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some of the things Ron Atkinson said during a long and lavishly rewarded career as a football...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

‘Stadium bans are a bit strong’

By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond will consider putting up one of his coaching team to face the media if he feels...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Acid test awaits to see if Eddie’s still up to the job

NICK CAIN HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY AREAS ENGLAND MUST IMPROVE TO CLOSE GAP ON IRELAND AND FRANCE BY the time England have...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HELENA ROWLAND THIS WEEK… LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND ENGLAND FLY-HALF Helena...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Law aims to inspire Scotland’s next generation

By GARY HEATLY IT would be “absolutely huge” for Scotland Women to qualify for the Rugby World Cup and the squad...

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/ 4 years ago

Super sub Lowe shows he’s ready for Irish recall

By JOHN FALLON Leinster ............29pts Tries: Larmour 21, Healy 29, Lowe 57, Penny 74 Conversions: R Byrne 29, 59, 75 Penalties:...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

The greatest gathering of Ulster rugby royalty

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...

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Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

It’s not who you play, it’s where you play them!

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Auckland and Rome are rugby poles apart: the Arctic and Antarctic of the Union game, its top...

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/ 4 years ago

Ashton backs Six Nations to provide World Cup winners

By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER England coach Brian Ashton insists next year’s Rugby World Cup in France is the best chance a...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

Manu must return to help land knock-out punches

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE were no surprises in England’s win against Italy in Rome, but I guess...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

The WRU have launched their next series of Exiles camps

Designed to engage with young Welsh qualified players and their families who are based outside Wales they’re organised to potentially provide...

By Sam Emery

Guest Blogs

/ 4 years ago

Sport is like a drug

Rugby is a contact sport that came from England where people started playing it in the early 19th century. Lately, rugby...

By Sam Emery

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

After shock and shell France find they are the sole Slam survivors

By NICK CAIN France ................30pts Tries: Dupont 2, Baille 54 Conversions: Jaminet 3 Penalties: Jaminet 7, 17, 36, 41, 44, 79...

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/ 4 years ago

Irish imports pay their way better than Welsh

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ireland showing Wales the way goes beyond what happened in the Six Nations...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

England need to stay calm to land KO punch

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE are moments in games like England were involved in last weekend at Murrayfield...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Chris Ashton joins Leicester Tigers on short-term contract

Leicester Tigers have signed dual-international Chris Ashton on a short-term contract. The 34-year-old joins Tigers from Worcester Warriors having previously...

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Eddie: I’ll copy Rassie and make a ref video

From ADAM HATHAWAY at Murrayfield EDDIE Jones threatened to produce a Rassie Erasmus style video as England crashed and burned at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 4 years ago

Money alone can’t buy success

PAUL REES SPEAKS TO PREMIERSHIP DIRECTORS OF RUGBY ABOUT THE SALARY CAP CUTS As Pat Lam wrestles with the question whether...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 4 years ago

What a stupid time to change the scrum laws!

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Wouldn’t you know it? Just days before the first major tournament with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HOLLY AITCHISON THIS WEEK... SARACENS AND CENTRE Holly Aitchison’s rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 4 years ago

The Main Differences Between Rugby and American Football

Many people generally tend to mix rugby and American football without actually realizing these are two different sports. While at first...

By Sam Emery

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Sarries kids can shine among stars

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Wasps v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, CBS Arena Starts at 8: Billy Vunipola MARK McCall is relishing...

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/ 4 years ago

Moriarty’s physicality will be vital in Dublin

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Momentum is everything in the Six Nations and whoever comes out on top in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 4 years ago

Relief as Dupont returns to action

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Forty-nine days after he last played rugby, scrum-half, Antoine Dupont returned to action last night, alongside international...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Can Crowley revive Italy’s serial losers?

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Kieran Crowley will become the eighth Italy coach...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

All change as Eddie goes with a sense of adventure

PAUL REES LOOKS AT ENGLAND’S SIX NATIONS SQUAD Selection defines coaches. One of the hardest parts of the job is telling...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Chatty men Sexton and Biggar give refs earache

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The most argumentative of fly-halves to be found in Europe, or anywhere else...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Ratti can be a big cheese for Wales – Davies

By STEFFAN THOMAS SEB Davies insists his “awesome” Cardiff teammate James Ratti can make a massive impact on the international stage....

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/ 4 years ago

Wasps to give ticket money to help Tonga

NEWS EXTRA WASPS will donate 20 per cent of the ticket revenue from their Premiership match against Saracens next Sunday to...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 4 years ago

Barnstorming ‘Bill’ put even the Liddells in the shade

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I am indebted to Andrew Beattie, the archivist at Eltham College, for more ‘gen’ on AL ‘Bill’...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Like so many schools, it took a Welshman to spur Plymouth

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEFORE the mid-1970s Plymouth College, although competitive enough locally, had no...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Phil Dowson to succeed Chris Boyd as Northampton Director of Rugby

Northampton Saints forwards coach Phil Dowson has been appointed as Director of Rugby at Franklins Gardens from next year. Current Director...

By Ben Redwood

Features

/ 4 years ago

Aleki Lutui exclusive: Love of the game spurs on Lutui at 43

Ben Jaycock talks to Ampthill’s Tongan legend Aleki Lutui about his longevity Ampthill’s Aleki Lutui grew up in Tofoa, Tonga and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 4 years ago

The genius of Liddell is recognised at last

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS column has long argued there should be...

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Features

/ 4 years ago

Elias eager to shake off the rust after Covid break

By STEFFAN THOMAS RYAN Elias has lived in the shadow of Ken Owens since breaking into the senior Scarlets squad in...

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Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

Dupont nowhere near Gareth – but he’s got time

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE amount of hype surrounding France’s brilliant scrum-half Antoine Dupont raises the question whether...

By The Rugby Paper Team