Premiership

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Rugby Cup: Five key talking points of the weekend

By Charlie Elliott The final round of the Premiership Rugby Cup pool stage took place over the weekend, with teams battling...

By Charlie Elliott

Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Six Nations – Alex Mitchell’s Calcutta Cup revenge mission

By Adam Hathaway Alex Mitchell is on a mission to lay England’s Calcutta Cup bogey to rest after taking lessons from...

By Adam Hathaway

/ 2 years ago

Steve Diamond’s war chest for Premiership relegation play-off

By Paul Rees Steve Diamond has built up a war chest as insurance should Newcastle find themselves in an end-ofseason relegation...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Fin Smith and Ollie Lawrence happy to be back together at the top

By Adam Hathaway Fin Smith and Ollie Lawrence have been through some tough times with club and country but have finally...

By Adam Hathaway

Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Six Nations – Great that we found a way to win, says Ollie Sleightholme

By Adam Hathaway Ollie Sleightholme insists England have finally broken their glass ceiling but urged them to take a leaf out...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Tom James: From the start, Fin Smith was destined to make it to the top

By Paul Rees Tom James realised almost instantly that Fin Smith was destined for the top when the outside-half arrived at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Joe Launchbury’s backing Fin Baxter for a long England Test career

By Gary Fitzgerald English rugby’s new “Babyface” can go from strength to strength on the Test stage following his try-scoring heroics...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Max Malins leaving Bristol Bears to return to Saracens

Max Malins will rejoin Saracens from Bristol at the end of the season. England utility back Malins, who can play flyhalf,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 2 years ago

Matt Sherratt backed to give Wales a boost

By Gary Fitzgerald Matt Sherratt has the coaching powers to help remove some of the doom and gloom hanging over Welsh...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Josh Bassett and Will Wand give Leicester Tigers shot in the arm

By David Lawrence Coventry ...........26pts Tries: Hinkley 16, Morris 45, Warren 61, Barton 70 Conversions: Mathews 16; Mannion 45, 61 Leicester...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Bristol Bears on top but Bath go through

By Roger Panting Bristol .............................. 40pts Tries: Harding 3, Naulago 12, Mata 39, Byrne 57, Rowson 68, Wolstenhome 79 Conversions: Byrne...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Hat-trick man Charlie Savala takes charge as Northampton Saints cruise home

By Luke Jarmyn Nottingham ......33pts Tries: Green 11, Graham 20, Penalty 48, Valentine 56, Threlfall 72 Conversions: Arden 12, 21; Threlfall...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Doncaster Knights in the mood but have to play waiting game

By Guy Williams Doncaster ........ 48pts Tries: Holden 32, 80, Rokoduguni 39, 47, Bunting 5, Smeaton 9, Wadsworth 57, Chapman 68...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Cornish Pirates off to a flier to put Hartpury in their place

By Mike Sinclair C Pirates .......... 43pts Tries: Price-Thomas 2, Jones 5, Moody 15, 42; Trewin 26, McCaig 73 Conversions: Houston...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Francis Moore finds his range to send Ealing Trailfinders out of sight

By Will Gupwell L Scottish ......... 15pts Tries: Scott 2, Homes 73 Conversion: Wilstead 74 Penalty: Lloyd-Seed 28 Ealing .................35pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Alex Dombrandt grabs chance to make his case for England

By Gary Fitzgerald Harlequins ........................29pts Tries: Hammond 10, Lewies 23, Dombrandt 31, Green 54 Conversions: Halfpenny 23, 32, 54 Penalty: J...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Trevor Woodman – Gloucester were just more desperate than the Exeter Chiefs

By Mark Stevens Exeter ................ 14pts Tries: Townsend 10, Hodge 74 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 11, 75 Gloucester .......22pts Tries: Hillman-Cooper 19, Cotgreave...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Premiership Cup: Ampthill huff and puff but can’t blow Bedford Blues’ house down

By Ben White Ampthill .............. 7pts Try: Mitchell 62 Conversion: Barton 63 Bedford ............. 21pts Tries: James 9, Hernan 25, Tuilagi...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Blow for Exeter Chiefs as Rusi Tuima faces two months out

By Mark Stevens Exeter Chiefs have been dealt an untimely blow with the news that powerhouse forward Rusi Tuima could be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Pat Lam’s work ethic drives Bristol Bears – Jake Heenan

By Paul Rees When Pat Lam took charge of Connacht in 2013, one of his first acts was to take Jake...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Josh McNally – Too tall to be a pilot, I found lift-off in rugby

Jon Newcombe talks to Josh McNally who says that, without the RAF, he would not have achieved anything in the game...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

I don’t think I could have asked for a better finale

MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHARLIE HODGSON THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS, ENGLAND, SALE SHARKS & SARACENS FLY-HALF MY playing career wasn’t...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Young Guns – Noah Caluori

YOUNG GUNS SARACENS & ENGLAND U20 WING Noah Caluori’s try for England U18s sent the teenage sensation viral last year and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Confidence and ambition are key

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to London Scottish director of rugby Bryan Redpath, below Why did you get into coaching...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Bath are set for a Saints rematch

ACADEMY RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS BATH secured a rematch of last season’s Premiership Academy U18 final against Northampton with a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 2 years ago

Nine in a row for leaders Ponty

Premiership round-up LEADERS Pontypridd made it nine straight league wins with a 35-19 triumph over Cardiff Met at Sardis Road. Tries...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

It was a ‘no-brainer’ decision to rejoin Turner – Rylands

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Gotcha: Charles Rylands tackling Bath’s Billy Sela PICTURE: Getty Images Happy: Charles Rylands CHARLES Rylands started this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Phil Dowson: Don’t push Premiership salary cap too hard

By Paul Rees Phil Dowson has joined Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton in questioning the Premiership salary cap increasing at a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Rising star Sean Kerr sets his sights on England

By Paul Rees As a consequence of the financial strife Premiership clubs have found themselves in this decade has been a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 2 years ago

Lukhan Salakaia-Loto’s ready to do battle with the British & Irish Lions

By Paul Rees Coach: Joe Schmidt Lukhan Salakaia-Loto has credited Northampton with resurrecting his Test career as he looks forward to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Danny Care: It would be amazing to finish with another trophy

By Ben Jaycock Danny Care still has fire in the belly to win another title with Harlequins. Care, 38, is the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Bedford Blues give Bath’s all-stars a lesson in resilience

Steve Diamond’s observation that Bath have a squad of around 70 players, but still appear to be within the £6.4m Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Bedford Blues on top from start to finish to down Bristol

By Frank Jones Bedford .............23pts Tries: Heffernan 14, Maisey 27, Tuilagi 54 Conversion: Maisey 28 Penalties: Maisey 36, 65 Bristol ................14pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Harlequins take control to leave Ealing trailing in their wake

By George Wellbelove Ealing ................. 10pts Try: Willemse 3 Conversion: Jones 4 Penalty: Jones 34 Harlequins .......32pts Tries: Anderson 1, Waghorn...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Finn Carnduff leads the way to put Leicester Tigers in the driving seat

By Rob Wildman Leicester ...........................57pts Tries: Woodward 6, Volavola 9, Carnduff 13, 72; Theobald-Thomas 15, Tom Manz 22, Whiteley 29, Pearson...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Miserable Gloucester fail to take their chance against Hartpury

By Roger Panting Gloucester ......... 7pts Try: Allport 59 Conversion: Barton 60 Hartpury .............. 7pts Try: Crane 26 Conversion: Chamberlain 26 Gloucester full-back George Barton...

By The Rugby Paper Team