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Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Reduce top-flight payments and grow grassroots game

The debate by the RFU council this week about the restructuring of lower leagues has opened a can of worms that...

By Jeff Probyn

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Gavin Henson’s coming back to best – and it’s great to see

Gavin Henson proved the other week against Brive what we have all known throughout his career: the guy can really play....

By Jeremy Guscott

Champions Cup

/ 12 years ago

Now the Turks want to get slice of new European Cup

The new European Rugby Champions’ Cup is preparing for take-off with the airline who signed Lionel Messi during their sponsorship of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Unfair, cry clubs over huge loss at Sarries

Questions have been raised over the state of financial fair play in the Aviva Premiership after huge losses were reported by...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Tavis Knoyle and Sila Puafisi facing RFU hearing tomorrow

Gloucester duo Tavis Knoyle and Sila Puafisi will appear before a RFU Disciplinary Panel in London tomorrow following Saturday’s Premiership match...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Competition: Northampton v London Irish tickets

The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Official Breakdown and Recovery Supplier to Premiership Rugby, Green Flag, to offer fans the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

George Chuter retires from rugby

Leicester Tigers hooker George Chuter has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The first man to make 250...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Saracens beat Northampton to stay top

Saracens remained at the top of the table after disposing of Northampton 28-24 at Allianz Park. Sarries are now ten points...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Premiership, Pro12, Championship teams

After a thrilling weekend of European rugby, everyone’s attention returns to the domestic leagues and a thrilling finish is on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Why life’s not so simple in this new European utopia

Delays, debates and rows, just another week of life in the sport we recognise as professional rugby. The delays in the...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

The new face of European Rugby

After months of negotiations, the future of European rugby has finally been sorted with all the European stakeholders agreeing the new...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

Memo to Stuart Lancaster: Michael Paterson’s available

Not many outside of Wales realised quite what an exceptional bit of business Sale supremo Steve Diamond had done last summer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Aviva Premiership round 19 teams

Gloucester v Bath Gloucester: Martyn Thomas; Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder, Mike Tindall, Jonny May; Billy Twelvetrees (Capt.), Jimmy Cowan; Nick Wood, Dan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Premiership statement on European Rugby

Premiership Rugby today commented on the confirmation by all parties that an exciting new set of European club competitions will start...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Danny Cipriani voted Premiership player of the month

Danny Cipriani has been voted the March Premiership player of the month following his recent form with the Sale Sharks. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Anthony Watson will be star for England says Nick Abendanon

Nick Abendanon admits that Anthony Watson’s emergence proved a decisive factor in taking the plunge with European giants Clermont.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 12 years ago

Nick Cain: Here’s how All Blacks Test could have moved

There are times when it is blatantly obvious that the standards of excellence now demanded of England‘s professional rugby players are...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: Steve Diamond has more polish but can still spot a gem

There was a time Sale boss Steve Diamond might have brooded for a week or more after the disappointing Amlin Cup...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Newcastle head coach leaves

Newcastle Falcons head coach Peter Russell will be leaving the club for personal reasons at the end of the current season....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

London Irish sign Dan Leo

London Irish have announced the signing of Samoa International Dan Leo for next season. Making the move from Top 14 side...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

RFU fail in bid to get All Blacks Test switch

Concerted attempts by the RFU to change the Test schedule for England’s summer tour of New Zealand in June have failed.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

WIN tickets for the Stinger!

The Rugby Paper and London Wasps have teamed up to offer our readers the opportunity to win a pair of tickets...

By The Rugby Paper Team

European Challenge Cup

/ 12 years ago

London Wasps and Bath set up all-English Amlin Cup semi-final

London Wasps have set up an all-English Amlin Cup semi-final against Bath after beating Gloucester 36-24 at Adams Park tonight. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 years ago

Richard Wigglesworth: Saracens have to embrace not fear Ravenhill

Mark McCall’s Saracens travel to Ulster tomorrow for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth hopes they can embrace the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

Dan Hipkiss warns England not to put Manu Tuilagi on the wing

One of the few headaches facing Stuart Lancaster after the Six Nations is one he has encountered before – how to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 12 years ago

Dream Team: Dean Schofield – Worcester and former Sale & Toulon lock

1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts – I played with him at Sale Sharks and Toulon. He’s one of the most powerful props I’ve...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Worcester not dead yet after win at Newcastle

Worcester are not dead yet thanks to a late try from Josh Drauniniu which handed them a tense 17-12 win at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Newcastle Falcons seal Ruki Tipuna deal

Ruki Tipuna has signed a two-year deal with Newcastle Falcons ahead of the 2014-15 season. The Bristol scrum-half, 30, who has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: It was the Scotland game that cost England the title

Sometimes in life everything conspires to bring about the right outcome and make dreams come true, even if it takes a...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Aviva Premiership round 18 teams

Bath v Sale Bath: Nick Abendanon; Anthony Watson, Ollie Devoto, Kyle Eastmond, Semesa Rokoduguni; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Ross...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Win Aviva Premiership Rugby tickets

The Rugby Paper has teamed up with Official Breakdown and Recovery Supplier to Premiership Rugby, Green Flag, to offer fans the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: The sevens wonder of the world still going at 75!

Over the years camp followers have suffered from severe sunburn, hypothermia and trench foot watching the HSBC Rosslyn Park School Sevens...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher: 150 years on and rugby’s oldest rivalry just as fierce

They have been knocking lumps out of each other for 150 years now so it was probably fitting that Richmond and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Aviva Premiership round 17 teams

Gloucester v Newcastle Gloucester: Rob Cook; Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder, Mike Tindall (Capt), Martyn Thomas; Ryan Mills, Dan Robson; Nick Wood, Darren...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Saracens look to set new world record at Wembley

Saracens look to set to break their own world record when they host Harlequins at Wembley on Saturday. Sarries currently hold...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 12 years ago

Fight for Dan Cole’s place won’t change Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas is the first to admit that he cannot match Dan Cole’s all-court ability in an England shirt.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

James Short links up with London Irish

London Irish have signed James Short from Saracens on a two-year contract. The 24 year-old winger, who scored the only try...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Jacques Burger: Rugby’s brutal so don’t play if you can’t take the pain

Jacques Burger, arguably Premiership Rugby’s toughest tackler, admits to being concerned over the long-term effects of professional rugby’s relentless brutality.

By The Rugby Paper Team