Premiership

Sale get in the mood for Tigers showdown

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale .................................... 54pts Tries: Roebuck 8, James 19, 78; Curry 31, Rodd 43, Quirke 55, Penalty 69, Reed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Eligibility laws that need to be changed

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent international eligibility law that allows Henry Thomas to be selected by...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Joy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it

By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish.....................17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter .................................14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 3 years ago

Irish going in the right direction – Rogerson

By PAUL REES Matt Rogerson is confident that the wage upheaval which last week threatened London Irish’s match against Exeter yesterday...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Chiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster

NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Saracens close in on England wing Watson

Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

Last farewell for the Exe Men

Paul Rees talks to Rob Baxter about 'Incredible times' and new challenges to be faced next season in Devon Exeter's players...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 3 years ago

Dilemma over who controls the money

We all know people have a different perspectives depending on which side of the fence they are on and how decisions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Young Gun

/ 3 years ago

Young Guns: Ospreys & Wales U20s prop Louis Fletcher

With a rapid rise in experienced Welsh players leaving the country, the URC regions are now more reliant than ever on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Forthcoming fixtures

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, MAY 7 CUP COMPETITIONS Bill Beaumont Division 2...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Cross at the double for table-toppers Cardiff

Welsh Premiership Cardiff......................39 Merthyr...................... 7 By ROB COLE Dewi Cross hoisted his try tally for the season to 19 as he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Wales prop Smith staying at Ospreys

NICKY Smith has signed a contract extension with Ospreys. The 29-year-old Wales loosehead had been touted as a possible recruit for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Paper News

/ 3 years ago

Where could rugby improve its appeal and revenue streams?

Rugby as a sport is not one that commands the attention of major brands outside of the leading international sides. Apart...

By Sam Emery

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

La Rochelle set up Leinster rematch with dominant Exeter win

By Nick Powell, Online Editor La Rochelle………………47 Tries: Rhule 9, 44; Seuteni 23, Aldritt 34, Kerr-Barlow 40, 68 Conversions: Hastoy 10,...

By Nick Powell

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Crisis as RFU hit by £50m bombshell

By NICK CAIN EXCLUSIVE A £50 million bombshell looks destined to sink the current RFU administration headed by chief executive Bill...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 3 years ago

Reynolds: Don’t prop up failures like Wasps

By PAUL REES Wasps' presence in the Championship next season after going bust with debts of more than £100m will send...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Simmonds: We can take down holders

By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Simmonds is adamant Exeter Chiefs’ collective desire and mental steel can help them overcome the individual flair...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Lawes, Tuilagi provide boost for England

Courtney Lawes has rejected offers from abroad to sign a new deal with Northampton. The 34-year-old England forward, who has 97...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Moon enjoying hard work as he aims to help Saints to the title

By PAUL REES Alex Moon is looking to cap what he feels is his best season for Northampton by helping the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 3 years ago

Barnes welcomes Champ clubs in Prem Cup

By BEN JAYCOCK The Premiership Cup will involve Championship teams next season and Hartpury director of rugby John Barnes believes it’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Litterick on way to Wales

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Harlequins are poised to lose 24-year-old prop Rhys Litterick to Cardiff, the club they recently...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Medrano sparking interest

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Pumas tighthead Santiago Medrano could finally move to the Premiership less than a year after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Sharks in the market for Wallaby Latu

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale Sharks could bring bad boy Tolu Latu to the Premiership this summer after he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Blackett in line to link up with Bath

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Wasps boss Lee Blackett could return to the Premiership next season as part of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Neville’s TV firm sets lens on rugby

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER A production company formed by footballer turned pundit Gary Neville, below, has won the contract...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Sanderson annoyed by Ashman’s move north

By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson is unhappy with the departure of Ewan Ashman to Edinburgh next season, adamant the hooker would...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 3 years ago

Jeff’s right, we must support grassroots

JEFF Probyn is absolutely right in stating that the future of rugby in England depends on more resources being made available...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Treviso standing on the edge of history

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points AT the last count, Benetton Treviso had won...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Let’s hope this new-look Cup has meaning

So the Premiership Cup is to remuster in yet another guise this autumn as a joint competition with the Championship sides...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

We need to rebuild in the north

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL A radical move to bring together Sale Sharks with Newcastle Falcons – and potentially Doncaster or Leeds Tykes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 3 years ago

Bedford centre aiming for Wasps revenge

By BEN JAYCOCK Michael Le Bourgeois has enjoyed regular game time at Bedford after being cut by Wasps and is looking...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 3 years ago

Champions Cup semi-final preview

The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...

By Nick Powell

English Championship

/ 3 years ago

Premiership-Championship Cup confirmed

The addition of Championship teams to the Premiership Rugby Cup, first reported in The Rugby Paper on 9th April, has been...

By Nick Powell

English Championship

/ 3 years ago

Williams: Give more to the Championship

By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol centre James Williams believes the Championship is overlooked by Premiership clubs and deserves more funding from the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Atkinson enjoying life at Gloucester

By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

I’m quicker, stronger and better, says Lynagh

By GARY FITZGERALD Louis Lynagh claims he has returned from his injury nightmare “quicker, stronger and better than ever”. And the...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Sanderson backs his ‘squadfather’

By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson says Sale will be a different proposition in the Premiership play-offs than they were two years...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Whitten keen to finish on a high

By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Tuilagi agrees one-year extension

BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions centre Manu Tuilagi will this week sign a contract that will keep him with Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

New deal for Smith

BY NEIL FISSLER Ospreys have seen off competition from the Premiership to keep hold of Wales loosehead Nicky Smith who has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Falcons wing Carreras on French radar

BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle wing sensation Mateo Carreras is on the radar of big-spending French clubs despite having another year left...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 3 years ago

100 reasons why Ashton is one of England’s best

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Chris Ashton first came on the scene after leaving Wigan and rugby league...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Lawrence on fire as Bath find their mojo

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ....................... 35pts Tries: Murley 6, Wallace 23, Smith 35, Gjaitema 55, Dombrandt 70 Conversions: Smith 7, 24,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Simmonds lands late winner to stun Bears

By GARY FITZGERALD Exeter ................................ 22pts Tries: Whitten 25, Ewers 36, Iosefa-Scott 70 Conversions: J Simmonds 26, 71 Penalties: J Simmonds...

By Gary Fitzgerald