Premiership

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Baxter: I want to make things better

■By PAUL REES ROB Baxter will not be walking away from Exeter, the only club still looking for a Premiership victory...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

I love it when I’m out in front of The Shed

Jon Newcombe hears from George Barton about his switch from No.10 to 15 and the propects for the Cherry & Whites...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

Griffin’s not stopped by heart issue

WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be fit for the autumn internationals despite being diagnosed with a heart...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Pearce walks in his father’s footsteps

■ By PAUL REES PADDY Pearce is living a dream after emulating his father and great-uncle by playing for the club...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Sylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup

■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Blackheath have promotion in sight

■ By DAN ROBERTSHAW BLACKHEATH prop Will Davis says his side are aiming to secure one of the two promotion places...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

I’d just signed for the dirtiest team in France

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, ROUEN, EL SALVADOR, GRASSE, HARTPURY COLLEGE AND ENGLAND U20 FLY-HALF NOW HEAD COACH AT CLIFTON...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

New England group will cause uncertainty

By Jeff Probyn - A front-row view of game So just when we thought that everything was getting sorted between the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Potter hoping for Aussie debut

FORMER Leicester wing Harry Potter would love the chance to lock horns against his old boss at Twickenham on Saturday. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

It is important to develop core skills

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Andy Davies, below, head coach at Lymm RFC Why did you get into coaching...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

We will see fewer full reds -Pearce

Podcast By CHARLIE ELLIOTT LUKE Pearce believes that with the introduction of the new 20-minute red card law, direct sending-offs will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Davies in fine form as Ponty triumph

Welsh Premiership round-up WING Joe Davies ran in a hat-trick as table toppers Pontypridd defeated Bonymaen 47-7 to make it six...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Gilmore has tightened up our defence – Anderson

By PAUL REES CAMERON Anderson has hailed the impact made by defence coach Jason Gilmore, below, since he arrived at The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Banned for three matches

BATH centre Will Butt and Sale scrum-half Nye Thomas have both been banned for three games following their red cards during...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

England vs All Blacks Preview: Key things to know

England face New Zealand in the first game of their Autumn Nations Series campaign, hosting them at the Allianz Stadium (Twickenham)....

By Charlie Elliott

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Maro Itoje confident there is ‘no divide’ in England squad over enhanced deals

Maro Itoje does not believe England’s decision to award a limited number of enhanced contracts will cause division within the squad....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Paper News

/ 1 year ago

Why In-Depth Rugby Analysis is Crucial for Online Betting Success

Rugby online betting is more than just relying on intuition and educated estimates. In-depth analysis is your best friend if you...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Mike Forshaw urges Wales to be ‘aggressors’ against Fiji

Mike Forshaw says that Wales have “got to be the aggressors” when they target ending a nine-Test losing run in their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Is your rugby club Autumn Nations Series ready?

The biggest and best sides in world rugby are going head-to-head in a series of mouth-watering clashes in this year’s Autumn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

England fears over Ollie Chessum knee injury

By Sam Jackson Leicester forward Ollie Chessum is a doubt for England’s autumn internationals after sustaining a knee injury in training....

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Rob Baxter: Time for the talking to stop

By Paul Rees Rob Baxter has told his Exeter players that the time for talking has stopped as they go into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Newcastle Falcons will take Premiership Cup seriously

By Paul Rees Newcastle will be going hard in the Premiership Cup, which starts on Friday, as they look to ensure...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Tom Pearson enjoys ‘Dragons’ Den’

By Paul Rees Tom Pearson will not let missing out on the England squad for the autumn internationals drag him down...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Pat Lam backing Harry Randall to shine for England

By Mark Stevens Pat Lam is backing Harry Randall to take his sparkling club form with Bristol onto the international stage...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Three of the best battling to play at No.9 for England

◼️ By ADAM HATHAWAY In possession: Marcus Smith in action for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images ◼️ STEVE Borthwick has revealed the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Everything has happened so quickly, says new-boy Josh Hathaway

By Simon Thomas Josh Hathaway is still having to pinch himself to make sure what has happened to him over the...

By Adam Hathaway

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Bath thump Sale Sharks to send them top of the Premiership

By Paul Rees Bath .................................... 40pts Tries: Muir 1, Reid 18, du Toit 26, Hill 45, Carr-Smith 64, van Wyk 78...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Michael Cheika’s delight as Leicester Tigers hold on

By Gary Fitzgerald Saracens .......................... 29pts Tries: Tompkins 18, Swiel 27, Gonzalez 65, Hadfield 70 Conversions: Swiel 18, 28, 71 Penalty:...

By Gary Fitzgerald

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Gloucester don’t let Newcastle Falcons fly again

By Brendan Gallagher Gloucester ....................... 36pts Tries: Clement 2, T Williams 12, Blake 20, Singleton 40+1, Wade 72, Hathaway 75 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Steven Luatua gives Bristol Bears reason to believe

By Roger Panting Bristol Bears .................... 31pts Tries: Ibitoye 29, Ravouvou 32, 55; Batley 70 Conversions: MacGinty 29, 32, 55, 70...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Autumn Internationals

/ 1 year ago

Steve Borthwick needs strength in depth

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The 17 RFU central contracts announced by Steve Borthwick on Friday...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 1 year ago

French exclusion zone is growing

It seems a criminal waste that players of the calibre of flanker Jack Willis and winger Henry Arundell are unavailable for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Rusi Tuima: We’ve tightened up a few screws

By Paul Rees Exeter v Harlequins - Match Preview If Exeter were to pick a team to travel to Sandy Park...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Harlequins determined to break their Sandy Park jinx

By Jon Newcombe Harlequins have faced up to facts this week and admitted that they need to put their dismal record...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Bath’s ‘bomb squad’ needs to be defused

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CLOSE your eyes and imagine batting on a fiery Caribbean track in the 1980s, when West Indian...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

We need to kick on after winning at last

Paul Rees talks to Ethan Grayson who heard from two rugby legends after he helped Newcastle end their 25-match losing run...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

Murray’s on a wing – and a prayer …

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW BLAIR Murray began the week ‘in a state of shock’ at having gone...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Lilli out to shine for Red Roses

■By DAN ROBERTSHAW Ambition: Lilli Ives Campion hopes to become an England regular LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning lock Lilli Ives Campion is relishing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership Women's Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Infante bows out as last season’s top two face off

■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.45pm StoneX FORMER England scrum-half Leanne Infante plays her 100th and final...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Cheika: Ollie has the class to get back to the top

By GARY FITZGERALD a Speed merchant: Ollie Hassell-Collins scoring against Gloucester last weekend MICHAEL Cheika is backing “raw” Ollie Hassell-Collins to...

By Gary Fitzgerald