All posts tagged "Premium"
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland are class above at Budapest Sevens
ENGLAND women made it two tournament wins from two in Budapest last weekend as they followed their Zagreb triumph with another...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDavies in the dock
SARACENS' Wales scrumhalf Aled Davies is facing a ban after admitting a charge of dangerous tackling in Saturday's Premiership final loss...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTop pair clash on opening weekend
■By BEN JAYCOCK Champions: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the league last season PICTURE: PRiME Media Images THE top two in last...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHull ace Humberstone bows out as a winner
■By BEN JAYCOCK Hot shot: Simon Humberstone kicks a penalty for Hull Inset, winning the league title Having played the sport...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMcCarthy ‘really happy I told my team-mates I was gay’
LEINSTER scrum-half Nick McCarthy revealed he had considered quitting the sport as he did not think he could come out as...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘Turnover king’ Will looking for a new challenge
FRUSTARTED by a lack of gametime at Cardiff, turnover specialist Will Boyde decided to leave the club and become a free...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoA rugby tale: From the sublime to the ridiculous
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, what an end to the season with two games of stark...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFrench penchant for ill discipline strikes again
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 3 years agoAll eyes on Mercer as he rules in Paris
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There’s no doubt the better side won Friday’s Top 14 final. Montpellier’s 29-10 win over Castres at...
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Features
/ 3 years agoNew York crowned champions of America
RUGBY United New York won their first ever Major League Rugby title as they beat the Seattle Seawolves 30-15 at the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBest leaving Knights in search of a new home
■By BEN JAYCOCK In the hope of setting himself up for life after rugby, Mark Best has decided to find a...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBiljon excited by strong Jersey squad
HARVEY Biljon believes his Jersey squad for next season is one of the best he has assembled. The Reds finished fourth...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoWales prepared for anything on tour in South Africa – Kieran Hardy
Kieran Hardy has said that Wales preparation has left them “ready for everything” as they face the world champions this Summer....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMoroni joins Falcons from Tigers
Leicester Tigers’ Premiership winning centre Matias Moroni has signed for Newcastle Falcons, agreeing a two-year deal to move to Kingston Park....
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoThompson hoping Scottish summer can re-ignite form after Warriors woes
Glasgow Warriors fly-half Ross Thompson is hoping that Scotland’s tour to South America can re-ignite his early season form, after a...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoJones urges England to ‘go after’ Aussies on tour
Eddie Jones has called for England to match the ‘aggressive’ environment the Australians will provide for his players as they prepare...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean draws set for 28 June
The pool draws for the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup tournaments will be held at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEllis Genge receives vile racist abuse on Instagram after final
Ellis Genge took to Twitter to share vile racist abuse he received in a message on Instagram following Leicester Tigers' Premiership...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoEddie Jones: Billy Vunipola’s final display clinched spot in squad
Eddie Jones credited Billy Vunipola's performance in the Premiership Final as earning his place in England's squad for their tour of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoProud Burns ticks off second childhood dream
Freddie Burns delighted in achieving another childhood goal by winning the Premiership after he drop-kicked Leicester Tigers to glory on Saturday....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJoy for Burns as Tigers grab title
By GARY FITZGERALD FREDDIE Burns revealed he had “an outer-body experience” of ecstasy and joy after nailing the drop-goal which made...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHill eager to seize the day for England
By GARY FITZGERALD JONNY Hill’s “dark nights” are behind him and now he aims to make up for lost time and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBoks will show Wales no mercy says Wiese
By PETER JACKSON A GIGANTIC old South African foe is warning Wales that the Springboks will show no mercy during next...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBurns out to claim a Tigers shirt of his own
By PAUL REES FREDDIE Burns, who kicked Leicester to victory in yesterday’s Premiership final with a last-gasp drop-goal, has been a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThree teams to be promoted from National Two
By JON NEWCOMBE RFU COUNCIL voted through proposals for automatic one up, three down promotion and relegation from National League One...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRed Roses ace Muir departs Wasps for Prem rivals
ENGLAND prop Maud Muir has joined Gloucester-Hartpury from Premier XVs rivals Wasps. Muir, 20, began playing rugby in Oxford and made...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoQuins will not dispense with expansive way says Matson
By GARY FITZGERALD TABAI Matson vows Harlequins will not be ditching their swashbuckling style for a more resolute and conservative one...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaddened Nick is singing the Blues
By STEFFAN THOMAS Glory days: Cardiff celebrate winning the European Challenge Cup in 2018 PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Cardiff No.8 Nick...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPremiership pair ruled out of Scotland tour
ADAM Hastings and Huw Jones will miss Scotland’s summer tour to South America because of injury. Gloucester fly-half Hastings has withdrawn...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCoaching is not for me, says Swinson
By GARY FITZGERALD TIM Swinson has opted not to take up the coaching route because he does not enjoy “the negativity...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoRemember, football has ‘fan’ issues too
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoDiminishing value of tightheads is telling
FLY-HALVES have long been the ‘stars’ of the team so it’s not surprising they are top earners in the Premiership –...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoShocked by Jamie’s dig at McGuigan
I’VE never known such a spiteful proclamation from an England forward. Jamie George should hang his head for decrying the try...
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Features
/ 3 years agoAll-South African final is a turn-off for Celtic fans
COLIN BOAG When the PRO14 organisers, desperately trying to breathe some life into things, decided to change its name to the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIALL ANNETT, THE NEW BATH SIGNING & FORMER ULSTER AND WORCESTER HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFrench Baa-Baas perfect warm-up for Wallabies
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK PICKING an England side to play the Barbarians is never an easy business. This...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBurns keeps his cool to put Tigers back on top
By NICK CAIN Leicester ..........15pts Tries: Liebenberg 15, Wiese 35 Conversions: Burns 28 Drop-goals: Burns 80 Saracens ..........12pts Penalties: Farrell 5,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoBurns has final word in tale of two celebrations
BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE was almost too much to absorb in one gulp at Twickenham on Sunday but ultimately it was about...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaracens left clinging to the wreckage as the game drifted away
PAUL REES VERDICT Pressure: Richard Wigglesworth charges down Owen Farrell’s clearance to set up the second try Owen Farrell reflected last...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRichards a wanted man in Glasgow
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Talks: Dean Richards DEAN Richards has emerged as the front runner...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs pair fit for new season
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER are confident that Henry Slade and Sam Simmonds will be fit for the start...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBurns set for an offer to finish his career in Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FREDDIE Burns, who has one more year left to run on...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoJones may opt for Paris move instead
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HUW Jones’ second spell with Glasgow could end without him playing...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCipriani’s Dallas deal in jeopardy
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler A CLUB from the Japanese Top League could be about to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCardiff Met help put Rigg on his way to Coventry
By BEN JAYCOCK Explosive: Will Rigg playing for Cardiff Met COMING straight out of university, Will Rigg has earned a Championship...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoThis merry-go-round is fraught with danger
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BY the time Eddie Jones selected his England team to take on a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCollier can help turn scrum into a weapon
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THIS is a testing time at tighthead, an England problem position which must...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSarries stuck together in tough times
Paul Rees pinpoints the key to Saracens’ rapid resurgence following their enforced relegation in 2020 What brought Saracens down hauled them...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Junior Bok joins Chiefs EXETER have signed former South Africa U20 lock Ruben van Heerden from URC side the Sharks. The...
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Features
/ 3 years agoEuro Cup schedule confirmed
NEWS EXTRA EPCR has confirmed the formats and qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup. The Champions Cup will be competed for...











