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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

RadoDirect Pro12 round 3: teams

Cardiff Blues v Zebre Cardiff Blues: Leigh Halfpenny; Alex Cuthbert, Owen Williams, Dafydd Hewitt, Chris Czekaj; Rhys Patchell, Lewis Jones; Taufa’ao...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Ten years on, Coombs is overnight sensation!

When it comes to recurring rejection in pursuit of a professional career, Andrew Coombs deserves to be out on his own...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Let’s hope England use attack at key word

The pulse always quickens at the start of a new season, and with the Lions’ first triumph for 16 years still...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Moment In Time

/ 12 years ago

Moment in Time: Sharks show class to rip chunks out of the Tigers

Leicester and Wasps had dominated English rugby for seven years. The Tigers, under Dean Richards, had claimed four consecutive league titles...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Groundhog Day, and Gav blinks back into the light

During the course of fox-trotting his way into five clubs over 20 months, Gavin Henson has danced to the same old...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Nine or ten? Northampton Saints can count on me, says Kahn Fotuali’i

Northampton new boy Kahn Fotuali’i admits he will not be the fly-half that Saints fans have craved ever since Carlos Spencer’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

French giants can lure Adam Jones with £350k

Toulouse and Clermont will head the queue in response to Adam Jones declaring his interest in moving to France at the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Moment In Time

/ 12 years ago

Moment in Time: Elvis is the hero as Bath battle back to avoid drop

Ten years ago, Bath Rugby stood on the precipice. A hostile takeover bid from Bristol owner Malcolm Pearce had driven supporters...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Remember Finlay Calder and stick with Sam Warburton

Sam Warburton‘s selection as Lions captain was under serious scrutiny before last night’s crushing of the Waratahs, but the Welsh openside...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Richard Hibbard, from dog-house to life with the big cats

Richard Hibbard came home from Australia this time last year fearing the worst, that he would never play for Wales again....

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 12 years ago

Justin Tipuric’s the flanker for me, says Jim Telfer

Warren Gatland has backed himself into a corner by naming Sam Warburton as Lions captain according to Jim Telfer, who believes Justin...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Geordan Murphy’s nerves not calmed by title haul

Geordan Murphy admits he is “scared” by the prospect of coaching Leicester. Despite making more than 300 appearances for the Tigers...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Chiefs to face Heineken Cup champions next season

Exeter will face European Champions Toulon in the Heineken Cup next season. The Chiefs have been drawn with the French giants...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club

Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 13 years ago

Dream Team: Tom Johnson – Exeter and England flanker

1. Brett Sturgess – He would kill me if I didn’t put him! He’s a great scrummager and also very good...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Davies to lead Wales in Japan

As revealed by Matt Lloyd in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Bradley Davies will captain a young Wales side that ncluded...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 13 years ago

Power will be on from first scrum – Richard Hibbard

Hooker Richard Hibbard says the Lions need to take referees out of the equation by dominating from the first scrum to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Baa-baas squad nearing completion

London Wasps flanker Sam Jones has been selected to play for the Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions and England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 13 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Lee Beach – London Welsh and former Ospreys and Wales Sevens captain

We were in Dubai getting ready for the World Cup Sevens quarter-final in 2009 and Aled Thomas asked me how many...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Wales name squad for Japan tour

Interim Wales coach Robin McBryde has named his squad to face Japan in a two-game series next month. There was a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul

Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

RaboDirect Pro12 round 20: teams

Cardiff Blues v Zebre Cardiff Blues: Halfpenny; Williams, Evans (Capt.), Roberts, Robinson; Patchell, Jones; Filise, Breeze, Andrews; Reed, Paulo; Paterson, Copeland,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 13 years ago

Young Gun: Will Graulich – Gloucester lock

As the latest Gloucester lock to serve his apprenticeship at Hartpury, Will Graulich is certainly in good company – and the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Top English clubs would ‘welcome’ Welsh tie-up

A senior Welsh official last night claimed that some English clubs would welcome reviving Anglo-Welsh competition – and even the idea...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 13 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Don’t despair, we will come good

Stuart Lancaster has said he wants his England side to have amassed 600 caps between them before the 2015 World Cup…and...

By Jeremy Guscott

Nick Cain

/ 13 years ago

Nick Cain: Gatland must think French

There are not many Lions coaches who go into a tour on the back of a vintage Six Nations, and Warren...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions Tour

/ 13 years ago

Michael Owen backs Tom Wood for Lions No.8 spot

This time last year Tom Wood feared he would never properly recover from his toe injury – 12 months on and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Shane Williams to carry on in Japan

Shane Williams has revealed he will be returning to Japan to play a second season with the Mitsubishi Dynaboars. Talking to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

RaboDirect Pro12 round 17: teams

Connacht v Zebre Connacht: Henshaw ; Poolman, Griffin, Murphy, Duffy (Capt.); Parks, Marmion; Wilkinson, Harris-Wright, White; Kearney, Browne; Muldoon, Faloon, McKeon. Replacements:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: Ryan aware that Welsh armband fits loosely

Wales have changed their captain so often in recent seasons that Ryan Jones is in his ninth spell in charge. In...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Italy v Wales: teams

Sam Warburton and Alun-Wyn Jones have been named on Wales‘ bench as they take on Italy in the Six Nations in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: Rowlands remains Top Cat of the lineout

The 50th anniversary of perhaps the strangest of all Wales matches has come and gone with scarcely a mention. Admittedly it...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Gatland will pick Lions on form not nationality

British & Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland is adamant he will make his selection for the up-coming tour to Australia purely...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

All-English LV=Cup semi-finals as Harlequins beat Ospreys

Premiership Champions Harlequins claimed a 16-12 win over Pro12 champions Ospreys yesterday meaning there will be no Welsh representative in this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 13 years ago

Nick Cain talks to England and Tigers hooker Tom Youngs about Toulouse and Six Nations

Tom Youngs talks as he plays. Direct, to the point, honest, and over the past year his hard-working, uncomplicated attitude has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

LV=Cup round 3: teams

Bath v Exeter Bath: Cuthbert; Lane, Banahan, Williams, Woodburn; Heathcote, McMillan; Beech, Webber, Perenise; Hooper (Capt.), Attwood; Koster, Gilbert, Skirving. Replacements:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Northampton Saints sign Kahn Fotuali’i

Northampton Saints have secured the services of one of Europe’s hottest property as they announced the arrival of Samoan scrum-half Kahn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Saracens in chase for Europe’s top target

Saracens, fresh from signing Billy Vunipola and James Johnston this week, are among a possee of clubs chasing Ospreys scrum half...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 13 years ago

Nick Cain looks at the current status of the Heineken Cup

If there was ever a time for the English clubs to emphasise that they are the real deal and not the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Heineken Cup round 6 teams

Pool 1 Munster v Racing Metro Munster: Jones; Howlett (capt.), Earls, Downey, Zebo; Keatley, Murray; Kilcoyne, Varley, Botha; O’Callaghan, Ryan; O’Mahony,...

By The Rugby Paper Team