Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Exeter Chiefs 26-30 Sale Sharks: Sharks hold on to set up blockbuster finale

Exeter Chiefs .................. 26pts Tries: Brown-Bampoe 19, Hodge 49, Haydon-Wood 57, Capstick 77 Conversions: Hodge 50, 58, 78 Sale Sharks ......................30pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Nick Cain: This American dream will only end in tears

The Premiership/ RFU’s stampede for money, and the pitfalls that come with it, is reflected in the franchise fix proposed by...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Best yet to come for Bristol Bears, says captain Fitz Harding

Bristol went into Saturday's match against Harlequins having been in the top four all season, but Fitz Harding believes the best...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Northampton Saints’ Jonny Weimann takes his lead from Alex Mitchell

Northampton's production line shows no sign of slowing down, with Jonny Weimann the latest prospect off the conveyor belt. Henry Pollock,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Mike Brown: I never took a backward step, I never gave up

Paul Rees talks to Mike Brown, the gritty full-back who played 72 times for his country and never let his standards...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: Alex Goode was high class under the high ball

So, almost unbelievably, it’s farewell to Alex Goode, one of the three or four best full-backs I’ve ever seen anywhere, even...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 months ago

Mike Friday: England have plenty of options at No.9

Ben Jaycock talks to Mike Friday about his son’s rise to the top and the choices Steve Borthwick has on offer...

By Ben Jaycock

Features

/ 6 months ago

OSCAR TALBOT

YOUNG GUNS LEICESTER & ENGLAND U18 FLY-HALF Oscar Talbot says it’s a privilege to wear the England 10 shirt at U18...

By Ben Jaycock

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Premiership Round 18: Best head-to-head matchups of the weekend

The Premiership will see a final weekend packed with action, as teams have lots still to play for. Now that the...

By Charlie Elliott

United Rugby Championship

/ 6 months ago

URC Quarter-Finals Talking Points: Duhan van der Merwe misses out for Edinburgh

The URC play-offs are set to begin this weekend, starting off with the last eight battling it out in the quarter-finals. Given...

By Charlie Elliott

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Premiership Round 18 Talking Points: Rugby says goodbye to some legends

The final round of the Premiership regular season is coming up this weekend, with everything still to play for. Bath have...

By Charlie Elliott

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Premiership Final Round Permutations: Play-off spot out of Saracens’ hands

The Premiership‘s last game of the regular season has arrived, with all to play for. Bath may have secured top spot...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Pete Ryan: Bridgend Athletic ready to write their next chapter in Welsh grassroots rugby

“Playing for Bridgend Ath is like being part of a big rugby family. It’s serious when it needs to be, but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 6 months ago

Saracens boss Mark McCall declines to comment as Owen Farrell linked to Premiership return

Saracens boss Mark McCall declined to comment on reports that former club captain and England fly-half Owen Farrell could be eyeing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Sam Underhill handed four-match ban for dangerous tackle in Challenge Cup final

England flanker Sam Underhill is set to miss Bath‘s bid for the Gallagher Premiership title after receiving a four-week ban. Underhill...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Charlie Elliott: My England XV for the Summer Tour to Argentina

England’s summer tour to Argentina will provide a lot of new faces with some experience of Test rugby. A large contingent of England...

By Charlie Elliott

English Championship

/ 6 months ago

Ryan Lamb support for Championship changes

Plymouth Albion boss Ryan Lamb has welcomed the revised Champ Rugby format, which gives ambitious National 1 clubs potentially two opportunities...

By Jon Newcombe

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

I’m happy to stick at No.7 – Sam Underhill

Despite the presence of multiple hybrid back-rowers in the Lions’ squad, England international Sam Underhill is happy to remain one of...

By Jon Newcombe

Great finish: Damian Penaud scores his second try and, PICTURES: Getty Images & Alamy

Champions Cup

/ 6 months ago

Northampton Saints 20-28 Bordeaux Begles: Saints’ warriors battle to the very end

Fraser Dingwall’s Northampton Saints saw their European adventure end in acrimony and heroism in equal measure as they went out on...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Bath pair Finn Russell and Thomas du Toit lead Premiership awards shortlist

Bath duo Finn Russell and Thomas du Toit are among five nominations for this season’s Premiership player of the season award....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Battling Saints: Fin Smith and Henry Pollock PICTURES: Getty Images

Champions Cup

/ 6 months ago

Brave Northampton Saints didn’t have enough in reserve

Injuries have cursed Northampton Saints’ season and there was no relief on their biggest day of the decade.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Nick Cain: Time for Steve Borthwick to ignore the easy options

The main challenge facing Steve Borthwick this summer is to maintain England’s momentum by winning a two-Test tour of Argentina with...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Nick Cain: Ben Spencer steps up to prove his worth for Bath

It's been a long time between drinks for Bath’s faithful fans when it comes to winning worthwhile silverware, so no one...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Finn Russell: We’ve worked hard and we are not finished yet

Bath remain in the running for a treble this season with them favourites to clinch the Premiership title and the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 6 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: The flowering of Johann van Graan’s plan at Bath

Surely the most encouraging, or ominous, aspect of Bath’s commanding win over a lacklustre Lyon on Friday night was that it...

By Brendan Gallagher

Cutting edge: Gabriel Ibitoye scores in Bristol’s recent Premiership win against Bath PICTURE: Getty Images

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Jeremy Guscott: Bath need to ensure they find fifth gear

Since Bath managed to finish in first place early and qualify for the playoffs with a home semi-final, the only nagging...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Max Ojomoh: Bath have the tools for any job

Max Ojomoh compares Bath, who in three seasons have risen from basement battlers to table toppers, to a Swiss Army knife....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Fraser Balmain ‘excited’ to sign for Worcester Warriors

Saracens prop Fraser Balmain will join Worcester at the end of the season. Balmain previously played for Leicester, where he won...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

‘I love it here’ – Chunya Munga extends deal with Northampton Saints

Chunya Munga had no hesitation in signing a new contract to remain at Northampton for another two seasons, even though he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Dan Kelly – ‘I want to enjoy my final weeks at Leicester Tigers’

Paul Rees talks to centre Dan Kelly, who joined Leicester back in 2020 and is now heading off to play for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 6 months ago

Chinnor can’t resist Bedford’s battering

■By JOE STEVENS Bedford .............61pts Tries: Tuilagi 3, Worley 11, James 19, 59, 74; Howard 46, Adamson 52, Lennon 77, Garside...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 months ago

Tom Varndell – Steve Borthwick is spoilt for choice on the wings

Ben Jaycock talks about the state of the game to Tom Varndell, the former England, Wasps, Bristol and Leicester winger What...

By Ben Jaycock

Features

/ 6 months ago

My Life in Rugby: Tommy Taylor – I’ve achieved way more than I thought I would

I know most people probably thought I had already retired, but now it’s official. After years of my body trying to...

By Jon Newcombe

Columnists

/ 6 months ago

Jeff Probyn: An uphill battle for Championship winners

Am I the only person who thinks the idea of the Championship setting up a new idea of multiple play-offs to...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Women added to RPA board

THE Rugby Players Association (RPA) Players’ Board have approved a proposal to add Premiership Women’s Rugby player representatives to its Players’...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 6 months ago

Students aiming to get right to the top

■By BEN JAYCOCK MARTIN Webdale says the proof is in the pudding regarding the usefulness of his England Students side acting...

By Ben Jaycock

Challenge Cup

/ 7 months ago

Charlie Elliott: Best head-to-head matchups in the European Finals

The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals will both take place this weekend in Cardiff, providing an opportunity to determine the European champions. Both will see Premiership...

By Charlie Elliott