Premiership

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Brecon can’t catch Merthyr

Premiership round-up MERTHYR got the better of Brecon 47-37 at the Wern as the sides served up a pre-Christmas cracker in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Thorley is ruled out for rest of season

Blow: Ollie Thorley faces a long time on the sidelines PICTURE: Alamy GLOUCESTER winger Ollie Thorley will miss the rest of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Thorley is ruled out for rest of season

Blow: Ollie Thorley faces a long time on the sidelines PICTURE: Alamy GLOUCESTER winger Ollie Thorley will miss the rest of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Thorley is ruled out for rest of season

Blow: Ollie Thorley faces a long time on the sidelines PICTURE: Alamy GLOUCESTER winger Ollie Thorley will miss the rest of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Bath & Bristol still have faith

■By PAUL REES BATH and Bristol headed the Premiership going into this weekend’s round of matches but lost their opening two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Bath & Bristol still have faith

■By PAUL REES BATH and Bristol headed the Premiership going into this weekend’s round of matches but lost their opening two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Bath & Bristol still have faith

■By PAUL REES BATH and Bristol headed the Premiership going into this weekend’s round of matches but lost their opening two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 12 months ago

Gloucester vs Harlequins – Betting Preview

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Christmas is less than a week away, so we are treated to some great rugby matchups...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 12 months ago

Cornish Pirates remove break clauses

By Sam Jackson Cornish Pirates have lifted the break clauses in player contracts which had been inserted in the summer amid...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Steve Borthwick leads tributes to Tom Voyce

English rugby is mourning the death of 43-year-old former winger Tom Voyce. He went missing last Saturday night during Storm Darragh...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

England-born Junior Kpoku rules out playing for France

By Sam Jackson Hard-hitting: Racing 92 lock Junior Kpoku Junior Kpoku, ineligible for Steve Borthwick’s England team while playing for Racing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Gareth Anscombe glad to be back to his best after a year out

By Paul Rees Gloucester believe Gareth Anscombe is back to his best after the Wales outside-half spent almost a year out...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

My main priority is to help Bath win a trophy, says Miles Reid

By Jon Newcombe An in-house club quiz hit home to Bath’s players just how long it has been since the club...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

New-boy Jordie Barrett quick to show his worth for Leinster

By Mark Stevens Leinster had a good inkling of what they were getting when they confirmed the signing of Jordie Barrett...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 12 months ago

Promotion still needs too much hoop-jumping

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I’m very pleased to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 12 months ago

It’s time for Bath to take control

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... Bath need to make a statement against Benetton at the Stadio Monigo...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Alex Mitchell is taking Northampton Saints to next level

By Brendan Gallagher Bulls...................................21pts Tries: Coetzee 34, Hanekom 61, 69 Conversions: Goosen 35, 62, 70 Northampton Saints.... 30pts Tries: Hendy 31,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Phil Dowson relieved Northampton Saints are in the swing of things

Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson believes the win will provide huge relief for his squad following an underwhelming start to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Duncan Weir’s set for Toulon tester

By Ben Jaycock Match Preview Toulon vs Glasgow Today. 3.15pm Duncan Weir feels his Glasgow side must get to grips with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Rob Baxter staying positive ahead of daunting test against Toulouse

Henry Slade returns to steer Exeter from fly-half as one of five changes after being rested for their opening Pool 1...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Slade: We have to be all in this together

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Toulouse Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Sandy Park THE importance of playing what’s in front of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Ring fence has made English rugby go soft

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The most positive aspect to come out of the opening round...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

The global travellers who light up game

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed There is nothing especially funny about short-term memory loss, but it may just have an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

We were a bit Keystone Kops against Pau – Diamond

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Kingston Park NEWCASTLE are aiming for their fifth straight home victory...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 12 months ago

Dream Team – Peter Altham

PETER ALTHAM, THE FYLDE, LANCASHIRE AND FORMER WHARFEDALE AND PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Georgia just want a fair chance – Richard Cockerill

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know One day soon, Josef Tkemaladze will renew his presidential invitation to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Luc Jones talks up National League One as ‘one of the best in UK’

By Ben Jaycock Richmond scrum-half Luc Jones believes the entertainment value of National One reflects what used to make the Championship...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 months ago

I can’t believe the RFU chiefs will walk away

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I CANNOT believe that anyone would expect that Bill Sweeney or Tom...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Leaders keep up the pace

Premiership round-up IT’S AS you were at the top of the Welsh Premiership after the top three all won with a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

England XV to host France

An England XV will host a France XV in an uncapped match at Twickenham on Saturday June 21 as a warm-up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

I’m getting there, says Jack Kenningham

By Cameron Stephens - From the Rugby Paper Podcast Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham is grateful to be fit and firing this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Police searching for missing ex-England rugby star Tom Voyce find body in river

Specialist officers searching for missing former England rugby player Tom Voyce have found a body close to where he was swept...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Searches continue for missing former England wing Tom Voyce

Searches are continuing for the missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died while driving across a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Lawrence Dallaglio says search for Tom Voyce echoes his own family tragedy

Lawrence Dallaglio has expressed his sorrow after his former England teammate Tom Voyce was apparently swept away while crossing a flooded...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Calls for RFU chiefs to quit at fever pitch

Mounting calls for RFU chiefs to quit By Nick Cain Calls for Bill Sweeney, the RFU chief executive, and Tom Ilube,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Saints enjoy a six-try romp

At the double: Juarno Augustus scores for Saints PICTURE: Alamy PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton kicked off their quest for European glory with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 12 months ago

England were not too far off – Henry Slade

By Mark Stevens Henry Slade believes England deserved more credit for their performances this autumn, insisting it was ‘small margins’ that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Hot-shot Ilona Maher set to light up the league

Bristol Bears coach Dave Ward says superstar signing Ilona Maher will be a major asset to Premiership Women’s Rugby and will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 12 months ago

Tommy Freeman is happy to have a crack at centre

By Paul Rees Tommy Freeman has started all of England’s internationals this year on the wing but fancies having a crack...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Jack Nowell: I’m loving life on and off the pitch at La Rochelle

By Brendan McGilligan As Jack Nowell stepped off the plane to start his La Rochelle career, he was stepping into the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 months ago

We’re not afraid to get into a dog-fight, says van Graan

By MARK STEVENS WHEN Johann van Graan took charge of Bath in the summer of 2022, the South African made no...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Time for Bristol Bears to step up to the plate

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... English clubs like Saracens, Leicester, Bath, Northampton and, to a lesser extent,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Fin Smith and Alex Mitchell get back in the old routine

By Adam Hathaway Northampton Saints...... 38pt Tries: Dingwall 3, Mayanavanua 8, Augustus 43 62; Langdon 49, Pollock 74 Conversions: Smith 4,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Henry Pollock wins Phil Dowson’s backing

Northampton boss Phil Dowson has tipped Henry Pollock to thrive in Pretoria against the Bulls in next week’s Champions Cup clash....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 12 months ago

Saracens bounce back in fine style

By Brendan Gallagher Saracens........................... 27pts Tries: Carre 22, George 48, Willis 56, Earl 64 Conversions: Burke 49, 57 Penalty: Burke 35...

By The Rugby Paper Team