Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Saracens

Director of Rugby: Mark McCall Captain: Owen Farrell Ground: StoneX Stadium Capacity: 10,500 PREDICTED FINISH: 1ST Saracens returned to the Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond

Premiership

/ 3 years ago

Team-by-team Premiership Previews: Worcester Warriors

Director of Rugby: Steve Diamond Captain: Ted Hill Ground: Sixways Stadium Capacity: 11,499 PREDICTED FINISH: 13TH Steve Diamond’s bid to become...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Walder sets his sights on playing entertaining rugby

By PAUL REES Dave Walder spent 10 years working under Dean Richards but is now in charge at Newcastle and determined...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

We can yet do more to help our clubs be sustainable

DEAN RICHARDS THE state of the game at the moment is very worrying. It is a tough time with all the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 3 years ago

Return to Japan on the list for Goode

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Alex Goode is being lined up for another stint in Japan when his contract with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 3 years ago

Financial grief puts sport in a sorry state

CHRIS HEWETT A few days ago, the proposed transfer of the Senegalese footballer Ismaila Sarr from Watford to Aston Villa disappeared...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Connacht in charge to add to Sale’s woe

Connacht ................15 Sale Sharks ............5 ■By DAN JAMES SALE Sharks suffered their second consecutive preseason loss at the hands of Connacht...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Ten-try Harlequins glad to find their rhythm

■By HARRY DAVIES Harlequins claimed an entertaining 66-19 victory over partner club London Scottish this weekend in the club’s first pre-season...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 3 years ago

Fans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

My Life in Rugby with Jonny Hylton

The former Wasps, Worcester, Cornish Pirates and Esher winger One of the things you can’t coach is pace and I was...

By Jon Newcombe

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

France set to rock with the best league in the world

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW French flair: La Rochelle may be champions of Europe but they finished fifth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

The game paying too much for its players

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Top gun: Semi Radradra is a marquee player for Bristol PICTURE: Getty...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

BRITISH RUGBY FIXTURES

SATURDAY SEP 3 WELSH LEAGUES PREMIERSHIP: Aberavon v Bridgend, Carmarthen v Llandovery, Llanelli v Swansea, Merthyr RFC v RGC, Newport v...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Gatecrashers ready to spoil the party again

CLUB 0F THE WEEK BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER ROTHERHAM Founded: 1923 Ground; Clifton Lane (Capacity 3,628) Club honours: North East 1 champions:...

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Features

/ 3 years ago

Young Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley

Having learned off the likes of AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy, ‘triple threat’ fly-half Sam Worsley is looking to make his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Worcester Warriors finally release statement over administration rumours

Worcester Warriors’ owners have released long-awaited a statement, after a day filled with speculation regarding the future of their club. The...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Top clubs face major cash crisis

By NEIL FISSLER The Premiership season kicks off in three weeks with growing fears that almost a quarter of the clubs...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Stronge aims to be the top scrum-half in his division

By BEN JAYCOCK Ambition: Nottingham’s Michael Stronge Michael Stronge has set a clear goal to become the best scrum-half in the...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Ludlow: Three ops and I’m good to go

By PAUL REES Lewis Ludlow feels like a new man. The Gloucester captain had three operations in as many weeks after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Van Zyl has his sights set on the World Cup

By GARY FITZGERALD Seeing Billy and Mako Vunipola battle their way back into Eddie Jones’ good books has encouraged Ivan van...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Painful budget cuts are for greater good

COLIN BOAG Still looking for a club: Former England full-back Mike Brown left Newcastle at the end of last season PICTURE:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Llandovery…………26 Cinderford …………12

By HUW S THOMAS The Forest of Dean side who finished fifth in last year’s National One found the Drovers, who...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Curry stars as ferocious Sharks score a big six

Caldy ………………..5pts Sale Sharks……40pts By BEN JAYCOCK Sale Sharks scored six tries as they eased past north west rivals and Championship...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

URC ‘blown away’ by TV figures as SA join the party

By PAUL REES Chief: Martin Anayi The United Rugby Championship enjoyed record television audiences last season thanks to the inclusion of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Decision makers must put rugby first

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Pick a number, any number – 9, 14, 10, 12. This lottery of Welsh rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

From Moseley to a bar in Buenos Aires

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER MOSELEY & CORNISH PIRATES FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK OLLIE THOMAS MY route to rugby was different from the modern-day...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

We know what went wrong last season, says Lewies

By GARY FITZGERALD Stephan Lewies claims Harlequins “know where we went wrong” last season and is confident they can snatch the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Sanderson’s ready to fire for Caldy

On the up: Caldy skipper Josiah Dickinson lifts the National One trophy last season Caldy are preparing for their first-ever Championship...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Sharks clash as Sarries host Lightning on opening day

DMP Durham Sharks will travel to Sale in the opening game of the season, as champions Saracens travel to Loughborough Lightning...

By Nick Powell

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Tuilagi set for payday in Japan

By NEIL FISSLER Manu Tuilagi is edging towards a move to the Far East to play in the Japan Rugby League...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Stadium for Cornwall will happen – Durkin

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates chairman Paul Durkin has reassured fans that plans for a proposed Stadium for Cornwall – and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

DMP find funding to continue in Premier XVs

DMP Durham Sharks will compete in this season of the Premier 15s after finding the required funding. The club set up...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Herbst out to give Quins some grunt

By GARY FITZGERALD Power house: Irne Herbst is looking forward to playing for Harlequins next season PICTURES: Getty Images Irne Herbst...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Bates looking to get Bears back to the sharp end

By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol born and bred outside back Jack Bates is hoping his ability to play centre and wing will...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Top four finish is the target for White

By PAUL REES London Irish are in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first time in 10 years, but scrum-half Ben...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Nadolo to leave Leicester during season

Leicester winger Nemani Nadolo will leave the Premiership champions midway through the season to join the Waratahs in time for the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 years ago

Flynn deal confirmed

SARACENS confirmed the signing of prop James Flynn from Championship side Jersey, as revealed in last week’s TRP. The 28-year-old loosehead...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Woodward returns to Premiership at Sale

Experienced head: Jason Woodward in action for Gloucester Sale Sharks have signed former Gloucester fullback Jason Woodward ahead of the new...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 years ago

It’s time we introduced brain injury passports

KYRAN BRACKEN FORMER ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Floored: Wales tighthead Tomas Francis, right, is knocked out in Six Nations Rugby Union has been...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Thompson’s late intercept swings it Merthyr’s way

■ By SAMUEL JACOBS Coventry................29 Merthyr ..................36 GARETH Thompson scored a 77th minute interception winner as Welsh Premiership side Merthyr secured...

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Club Rugby

/ 3 years ago

Foster-Smith’s intercept seals cross-border win

■ By PETER RILEY Dings......................33 Newport................40 WELSH Premiership side Newport secured an away victory over National Two West’s Dings Crusaders courtesy...

By The Rugby Paper Team