Owen Farrell - Page 12 of 30 - News, interviews, analysis and opinion

Dream Team

/ 4 years ago

Dream Team with Nick Auterac

Nick Auterac, the Edinburgh prop and former Saracens, Bath, Harlequins and Northampton player, chooses the best XV he has played with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Saracens

Director of Rugby: Mark McCall Captain: Owen Farrell Ground: StoneX Stadium Capacity: 10,500 PREDICTED FINISH: 1ST Saracens returned to the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 4 years ago

Take time to polish leaders, Eddie

RUGBY MATTERS I HAVE absolutely no problem with Eddie Jones having his less than complementary say on the influence of our...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Eddie has to decide what style he wants

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now the tours are over, there is a time to rest and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Back tells ‘fickle’ England fans to give Eddie a break

By GARY FITZGERALD Eddie Jones may have been targeted by an irate compatriot in Sydney but Neil Back has called for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Lawes the enforcer as England take series

By NICK CAIN Australia............17pts Tries: Wright 25, Fainga’a 66 Conversions: Lolesio 26, 67 England ..............21pts Penalties: Lolesio 31 Tries: Steward 40+1,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

Brilliant to win series but far from perfect

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK England are clearly in a better place now than they were when they started...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Courtney’s calm head steers England home

PAUL REES Men of the series: Courtney Lawes, left, and Wallaby danger man Marika Koroibete PICTURES: Getty Images When Marika Koroibete...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 4 years ago

A veil of secrecy which keeps us all in the dark

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is a complete contradiction at the heart of the English Premiership having...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Jones will make Farrell his captain again, says Cueto

■By GARY FITZGERALD MARK Cueto believes Eddie Jones will reinstall Owen Farrell as captain in the runup to the World Cup....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Farrell’s boot sets up Sydney decider

From Adam Hathaway in Brisbane Eddie Jones labelled Owen Farrell the best competitor he has ever seen after the inside-centre booted...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

All square as England bring down Wallabies

By NICK CAIN Australia............17pts Tries: Tupou 37, Kerevi 48 Conversions: Lolesio 39, 50 Penalties: Lolesio 54 England ............25pts Tries: B Vunipola...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

Great to see England find another level – Guscott

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHAT a fantastic turnaround it was by England in Brisbane, and I love the...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

England’s big names stand up and deliver

PAUL REES Leading the charge: Ellis Genge Billy Vunipola PICTURES: Getty Images It was a night when all that mattered for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

England undone by childish behaviour

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Despite the fact that they were the first games of the tours,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Summer Tours

/ 4 years ago

England hand out two debuts as Underhill returns

Eddie Jones has handed England debuts to Guy Porter and Tommy Freeman, as Sam Underhill comes in for concussed Tom Curry...

By Nick Powell

Jeremy Guscott

/ 4 years ago

England must play smarter if they are to turn things around – Guscott

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK A big part of playing the game at the highest level is rugby intelligence,...

By Jeremy Guscott

Letters

/ 4 years ago

How to ensure fans respect the kicker

WATCHING the first Australia v England Test yesterday, the crowd were being very disrespectful to Owen Farrell when he was taking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Jones admits Owen Farrell ‘very unhappy’ about losing captaincy

Eddie Jones has admitted that Owen Farrell was "very unhappy" when the coach informed him he would lose the England captaincy...

By Nick Powell

International Rugby

/ 4 years ago

Lawes captains England for Australia opener

Courtney Lawes has been named England captain ahead of Owen Farrell, with the latter starting for the first time since November....

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Joy for Burns as Tigers grab title

By GARY FITZGERALD FREDDIE Burns revealed he had “an outer-body experience” of ecstasy and joy after nailing the drop-goal which made...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Beauden, Finn and Marcus are keeping Bennett’s spirit alive

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Spike Milligan, comedy goldsmith and undisputed grandmaster of nonsense verse, counted rugby among the great loves of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Maro Itoje departure ‘never in the question’ despite Saracens’ relegation

Maro Itoje has said that leaving Saracens was "never in the question" despite the club's enforced relegation from the Premiership over...

By Ben Redwood

Sale Sharks centre Manu Tuilagi has pulled out of the England squad

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Plan for life without Manu

NICK CAIN MANU Tuilagi’s latest knee operation, which rules him out of England’s summer tour to Australia, shows just how precarious...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

I’ll always remember Dai’s helping hand

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER LEICESTER, WASPS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND CURRENT WASPS ATTACK COACH MATT EVERARD Breakthrough: Matt Everard in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Toulon too strong as Saracens crash out

By SAM JACKSON Toulon ................25pts Tries: Villiere 2, 39; Wainiqolo 60 Conversions: Carbonel 4, 61 Penalties: Carbonel 33, 52 Saracens ..........16pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Big guns starting to fire for Saracens

By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester ........15pts Tries: Singleton 31, Rees-Zammitt 74 Conversions: Twelvetrees 74 Penalties: Hastings 43 Saracens ..........44pts Tries: Davies 8,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Top gun Ashton still has so much to give

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER History maker: Chris Ashton dives over to break...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Malins the master as Saracens march on

By ROGER PANTING Worcester ........16pts Tries: Howe 78 Conversions: Searle 78 Penalties: Smith 13, 26, 38 Saracens ..........38pts Tries: Malins 4,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 4 years ago

Saracens 38 – 22 Exeter Chiefs: Saracens secure play-off place with strong second-half display against Exeter

Saracens secured a Premiership play-off place after a powerful second-half display secured a bonus-point victory over Exeter at the StoneX Stadium....

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Furbank’s fortified by new-found resilience

By PAUL REES GEORGE Furbank is a different player to the 23-year-old who won his first England cap at a noisy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 4 years ago

Inconsistency from refs hard to fathom

CAN someone explain why in a game last Saturday, that a deliberate knock-on, a no-arms tackle and a player entering from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Time we all got with the program on head shots

COLIN BOAG There was an incident in a recent Super Rugby match between the Brumbies and the Western Force that illustrates...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Salary cap cuts have left Burrell in limbo

By PAUL REES LUTHER Burrell is one of a number of players who are unsure whether they will be looking for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Eddie Jones has full support of RFU despite disappointing Six Nations campaign

Eddie Jones has been given the full backing of the RFU despite another disappointing Guinness Six Nations campaign. England won just...

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Switching Steward to centre isn’t the answer

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK COME in No.12, your time is now! That is the call that Eddie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 years ago

Borthwick’s only duty is to his team, get over it!

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Steve Borthwick had enough on his plate during Leicester’s defeat at Saracens in North London last weekend...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 4 years ago

Both of these late blooming skippers are now national treasures

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT THERE was plenty to absorb and digest at Twickenham, not least the sight of a packed HQ enjoying...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Mark Wilson: Newcastle Falcons and England forward retires with immediate effect

Newcastle Falcons and England international Mark Wilson has retired from rugby with immediate effect. The 32-year-old Newcastle skipper and back-row forward...

By Ben Redwood