Premiership

British and Irish Lions

/ 5 years ago

Sam Simmonds is on a high with Lions after Twickenham pain

The Exeter Chiefs star has channelled Premiership final defeat into positivity on tour with the British & Irish Lions

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Young Gun: Cornish Pirates flanker Will Gibson

Will Gibson was involved with the academy at Exeter Chiefs before heading to Cardiff Met, signing a one-year deal at Pirates...

By A Wood

Harlequins celebrate their extra-time win over Bristol Bears

Features

/ 5 years ago

Laurie Dalrymple interview – Champions Harlequins aiming for repeat glory

Paul Rees talks to chief executive Laurie Dalrymple about building sustained success at Harlequins

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Three Players Who Could Be Huge Stars In The Future

A number of the major nations are giving the opportunity to some up-and-coming, exciting players to get some experience in senior...

By Sam Emery

/ 5 years ago

World Rugby embolden concussion protocols with new specialist panel

World Rugby confirm new law trials and wider use of independent concussion consultants

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Premiership 2021-22 fixtures: Bristol and Saracens to kick off new season

A mouth-watering start to the new Premiership season as Premiership Rugby release 2021-22 fixtures

By A Wood

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

RFU must take heed of Baron’s warning

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk YOUR recent ‘Baron Files’...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Injury count suggests England are too brutal | Colin Boag

Josh McNally and Ted Hill were forced to pull out of contention to face Canada this week after picking up injuries...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Daly’s lucky Lions number is looking like 13 against Boks

Nick Cain discusses the versatile roles Elliot Daly is able to play with his Saracens attack coach Kevin Sorrell, and whether...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND FLY-HALF Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HELEN NELSON THIS WEEK... Loughborough...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 5 years ago

England 43-29 USA: Underhill leads way for Eddie’s all-sorts

ENGLAND awarded so many new caps, Twickenham seemed like a millinery, but it was hats off to an older hand given...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

National Leagues get online show to shine spotlight on 48 member clubs

NATIONAL League rugby is set for its own weekly highlights show, with part of the proceeds generated going back to its...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

RFU silence on Lynagh gets dad tweeting

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Future: Louis Lynagh EDDIE Jones has refused to be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Saints prepared if Toulon persist in Dan Biggar swoop

NORTHAMPTON Saints have set aside a ‘healthy budget’ as they search fora new fly-half that places question marks over the future...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

Exeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley

EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Grassroots game must get fairer funding | Jeff Probyn

When I sat on the RFU council, no matter what was happening in the rugby world the CEO’s review of the...

By Jeff Probyn

Features

/ 5 years ago

My Life in Rugby – Ashley Johnson: World Cup snub led me to Wasps

LIKE any black player growing up in South Africa, you couldn’t be mediocre, you couldn’t just be another talent, you had...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Can French ‘third string’ spring more surprises? | James Harrington

Against seemingly evermounting coronavirus odds, France’s July tour of Australia is still set for Test takeoff – it may not quite...

By James Harrington

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Heineken Cup tiers revealed ahead of pool draw

NEWS EXTRA THE ROAD to next season’s Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille will begin to be mapped out when the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Sharks role too good to resist for League convert Langley

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL JAMIE LANGLEY has landed a unique job as Sale’s new peak performance coach – and is determined to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Dream stay at Pirates delivered big break

MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH AND FORMER BATH, NORTHAMPTON, SALE, CORNISH PIRATES, HARLEQUINS AND AMPTHILL HOOKER/FLANKER DAVE WARD...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Exeter 38-40 Harlequins: Underdogs? Quins roar like big dogs in a classic

WHEN it comes to long runs from the back there is nothing in the annals of English club rugby to match...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 5 years ago

Verdict: Quins have taught Eddie Jones a lesson in how to attack

SO a season that started with Eddie Jones arguing it was almost impossible to play attractive attacking rugby under the current...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

High ball doubt may cost Stuart Hogg Lions slot | Nick Cain

STUART Hogg’s high points this season in leading Scotland to away victories over France and England in the Six Nations, as...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Grounds will be used to ring-fence

A DAMAGING and potentially divisive suspension of promotion-relegation in the English league structure for up to three or four seasons is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Wrong for table toppers to wind up with nothing

WE’RE at the end of the rugby season and once again, the complete travesty of justice that is the Premiership playoffs...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

No doubt Sarries will get some abuse next season | Colin Boag

The totally unsurprising news that Saracens slaughtered Ealing Trailfinders in the two-leg Championship final doesn’t seem to have provoked the strong...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

DREAM TEAM

RUSSELL EARNSHAW, THE MAGIC ACADEMY COACH AND FORMER ENG- LAND 7S, BATH, WEST HARTLEPOOL, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER & PERTEMPS BEES FLANKER, CHOOSES...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Tigers fan Stewart keen to star in front of mum and dad at Welford Road

By ADAM HATHAWAY Big talent: Freddie Steward LEICESTER’S Freddie Steward spent yesterday afternoon with his feet up watching the player he...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 5 years ago

Gatland’s call: New lock and stand-in skipper

LIONS tour boss Warren Gatland reacted calmly to the devastating loss of his captain Alun Wyn Jones. “We’ve got to make...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Boks are ring rusty and were rocked by Benetton, but Lions have concerns too

Nick Cain sets the scene ahead of Lions lift-off for South Africa THE 2021 Lions tour of South Africa will be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

Is the rash of red cards truly making game safer? | Chris Hewett

"Brave boy,” said Ugo Monye, admiringly, as he watched his beloved Harlequins close in on their famous Premiership semi-final victory over...

By Chris Hewett

Chris Hewett

/ 5 years ago

Crisis time for Boks as their lock stocks dip | Chris Hewett

PITY the poor Springboks. Three years after arming themselves with the most potent quartet of second row forwards ever seen at...

By Chris Hewett

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Crowds or not, I just focussed on the opposition | Jeff Probyn

I WAS a little puzzled when I read Danny Care and Rob Baxter’s reaction to fans being allowed back into the...

By Jeff Probyn

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Harlequins ace Alex Dombrandt steps up defence for Eddie

Dombrandt isn't interested in resting up from Harlequins' play-off run as he goes in search of a first England Test cap

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

George Ford ponders future as Mike leaves Leicester

GEORGE Ford’s long-term future at Leicester Tigers was last week thrown into debut when his father Mike parted company with the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

John eyes U20s springboard

By ALEX BYWATER EXETER Chiefs and Wales tyro Dan John plans on proving a point to Rob Baxter in the U20...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Fans frozen out of final

RUGBY SHORTS THOUSANDS of supporters have had their tickets cancelled for Saturday’s Premiership Rugby final at Twickenham after the government capped the...

By The Rugby Paper Team