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James Harrington

/ 4 years ago

New deals depend on Six Nations silverware

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Two years, or 20 matches if you prefer, is how long it has taken Fabien Galthie and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Suddenly, stability is in fashion for coaches

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It would be stretching things just a little to describe rugby’s pre-World Cup era as an age...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

France fancied as 2022 Six Nations favourites, but England Grand Slam odds bring the value

More than a decade removed from their last Six Nations championship, France are once again back in the saddle as early...

By Sam Emery

Guest Blogs

/ 4 years ago

Why is this season considered a failure for All Blacks, and is there a reason to be optimistic?

All-Black’s finished one of the worst seasons with a 15-point defeat to France last month. New Zealand Boss has called the...

By Sam Emery

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Time for Amanda to break silence

PETER JACKSON IN THE Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, Amanda Blanc from Treherbert in the Rhondda ranks...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Schmidt to be selector for All Blacks

NEWS EXTRA FORMER Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt, 56, is to join New Zealand as a selector. The 56-year-old, who led...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Baxter: Players are still chasing big cash

By SAM JACKSON EXETER boss Rob Baxter says players have not lowered their wage expectations in line with the Premiership’s lower...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 4 years ago

Rugby in 2022 – Preview & Predictions

Rugby union fans have plenty to look forward to in 2022, with the calendar packed with a host of top-class events...

By Sam Emery

Autumn Internationals

/ 4 years ago

England men’s 2022 autumn internationals announced

England men will play four home matches at Twickenham Stadium as part of the 2022 Autumn Nations Series. England will first...

By Ben Redwood

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

England’s fledglings still have a point to prove

Eddie Jones was rewarded for placing his faith in the next generation of English talent as his side enjoyed a series...

By Sam Emery

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Why doesn’t Curry cut mustard for best XV?

CHRIS HEWETT THIS column does not make a habit of agreeing with World Rugby, but this being the season of goodwill,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 4 years ago

Injury-hit Wasps aren’t ‘fooled’ by Munster’s Omicron woes

By PAUL REES WASPS announced their arrival in Europe 17 years ago when they defeated Munster in the semifinal at Lansdowne...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Dominant opening paves way for Pirates

By SAM JACKSON Ampthill ............13pts Tries: Cambriani 76 Conversions: Bergin 77 Penalties: Bergin 5, 14 C Pirates............26pts Tries: Kessell 3, Sirker...

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 IZZY MAYHEW THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS CENTRE One of the biggest...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Prop Moody commits to All Blacks

NEWS EXTRA CRUSADERS and All Blacksw prop Joe Moody has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby through to 2024, following Ardie Savea...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Borthwick stonewalls Tigers bid for Pollard

LEICESTER have ramped up their bid to sign South Africa’s World Cup winning fly-half Handre Pollard for the 2022-23 season to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Exiles on course to hit first target

By TOM SANSOM FIVE years on from their plummet through the leagues, London Welsh are on course to complete their initial...

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 DETYSHA HARPER THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND ENGLAND PROP Loughborough...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

USA rout wraps up dominant autumn

By SAM JACKSON Flyer: Lydia Thompson scores England’s third try ENGLAND Women completed their autumn clean sweep with an 89-0, 15-try...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Woki leads new breed of French super locks

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST You always knew where you stood with French second row forwards of a certain vintage, even if...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Fearless French kids inspiring their elders

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Golden boy: Romain Ntamack scores against New Zealand...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Nothing wrong with hitting pause for key moments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’M all for speeding up play when possible but still remain puzzled as to when the TMO...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Thinking prop Ray believed persistence trumped all

Peter Jackson remembers the life of Ireland‘s great British Lion Ray McLoughlin When they laid Ray McLoughlin to rest last Wednesday,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 4 years ago

The smoking priest fired up Crescent

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CRESCENT College in Limerick – now styled Crescent Comprehensive – lies...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Former France ace Ellis on Rec shortlist

BATH have sounded out former France defence coach Dave Ellis about coming to The Rec. Ellis is well known to head...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

It’s confirmed: Italy must leave the Six Nations

COLIN BOAG With the autumn international moneyspinners over for another year, what did we learn? The first is that the gulf...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 4 years ago

Best thing about England’s autumn was their tries

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE last round of the autumn series made everyone’s weekend – it was pretty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Ring-fenced cup with weakened teams is turn off

LAST weekend’s match report on Gloucester v Bath in the Premiership Cup is headed ‘Bath’s second string destroyed in record defeat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Berry has been squashed by Erasmus controversy

COLIN BOAG Watching last weekend’s match between Wales and Fiji I was somewhat bemused by referee Nic Berry’s performance. I can’t...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 4 years ago

Ireland v All Blacks is rugby’s new rivalry

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is defined by its great rivalries: Bath- Leicester and Llanelli-Swansea back in the amateur days; Martyn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Concussion forces All Black Hunt into retirement

NEW Zealand international Dillon Hunt is the latest player to announce his retirement from professional rugby due to concussion related issues....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Lobbe confident Pumas can make history

NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER ARGENTINA legend and current Jaguares head coach Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe believes the Pumas can cause...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Rosslyn Park robbed of Winterbottom class

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ROSSALL, situated in the Lancashire coastal town of Fleetwood, have a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

England must use width to beat Boks – Robshaw

By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones could do worse than copy the Wallabies’ fast action style to stop the Springbok juggernaut in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Fresh faces earn call for Canada challenge

By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v Canada Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Twickenham Stoop TEENAGE flanker Sadia Kabeya and wing Heather Cowell will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

New eligibility rules will turn rugby into a circus

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MALAKAI Fekitoa could have played for Tonga against England yesterday, just four years...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Flankers see world from other angles

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Why send minnows cruising for a bruising?

CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Arms Park debut for Saracens prop Evans

Preview... Wales v Japan Today, Kick-off 5pm SARACENS hooker Kat Evans makes her international debut at Cardiff Arms Park as the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

England hungry for Black Ferns double

By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v New Zealand Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Franklin’s Gardens POPPY Cleall captains England for the first time...

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 CLAUDIA MACDONALD THIS WEEK... WASPS & ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Claudia MacDonald...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Hayman diagnosed with early onset dementia

NEWS EXTRA FORMER New Zealand prop Carl Hayman has been diagnosed with earlyonset dementia at the age of 41. Hayman, who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Watson’s production line is strong as ever

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Colts champions: George Watson’s U16s, winners of the Scottish Schools in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Dallas was not a big hit for Kiwis

GEORGE Watson’s College have produced a host of notable players but one of their rugby alumni also went on to achieve...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

All Blacks’ Halloween show pulls in the cash

By PETER JACKSON Wales..................16 pts Tries: J Williams 60 Conversions: Priestland 60 Penalties: Anscombe 6, 40+2; Priestland 52 New Zealand ..54...

By The Rugby Paper Team