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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Referees in quit threat over RFU’s ‘Big Brother’ plan

Premiership Rugby’s desire to exert increasing influence over referees was behind Ed Morrison’s shock decision to quit his post as head...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Moment In Time

/ 12 years ago

Sanderson and his Quins have a day to remember

This was a remarkable cup final victory on so many levels. For starters, Harlequins had endured a shocking Premiership campaign, winning...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 12 years ago

20 Questions: Gavin Cattle – Cornish Pirates scrum-half

Been anywhere nice on holiday? I had a few days on the Scilly Isles and the rest of the time has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Now we must research the true risk of dementia

With all the excitement of the announcement of the new elite player squad some rather bad news almost slipped under the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Richard Cockerill fails to get ban reduced

LEICESTER Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill has failed to reduce his nine-game suspension at a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing. But...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Room 101

/ 12 years ago

Room 101: Mike Aspinall – Harrogate player-coach

1. Essay writing I wouldn’t say that I’m the most academic person by any stretch of the imagination. But, as someone...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: High ticket prices will keep kids away from World Cup

Well that’s it for another four years (12 if you’re Australian), the end of another Lions tour with all the angst...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Newcastle sign Junior World Champion

Newcastle Falcons have completed the signing of England U20s lock Dominic Barrow from Leeds Carnegie on a two-year deal. Standing at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

20 Questions

/ 12 years ago

20 Questions: Katy McLean – England Women 7s

Enjoying your stint in 7s? It’s been a massive learning curve as it’s a completely different game. But it’s a really...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Nine-game ban for Richard Cockerill

Richard Cockerill has been banned for nine games for using ‘obscene and inappropriate’ language towards the fourth official in the last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 12 years ago

RFU announce 2013-2014 Greene King IPA Championship fixtures

The Rugby Football Union today announced the fixtures for the upcoming 2013-2014 Championship season. The regular season has been extended from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: No retaliation? That leaves players open to attack

I apologise if I sound like angry from Tunbridge Wells but am I the only one a little puzzled by all...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 13 years ago

RFU Championship Dream Team 2012-13

The four Championship semi-finalists dominate this year’s Dream XV with Nottingham and Newcastle, the top two sides from the regular season, boasting...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Late kick-offs can harm the legacy of RWC 2015

With news about the Lions selection dominating the sports pages, someone at RWC 2015 must have thought no-one would notice. The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 13 years ago

Greene King to be title sponsors of RFU Championship

Brewing giant Greene King are set to become the first title sponsor of the RFU Championship in a three-year deal believed...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

One more signing at Wasps

London Wasps announced the signing of hooker Neil Cochrane for next season from Bedford. The former Scotland Under-21 international has previously...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 13 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Lee Beach – London Welsh and former Ospreys and Wales Sevens captain

We were in Dubai getting ready for the World Cup Sevens quarter-final in 2009 and Aled Thomas asked me how many...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 13 years ago

BBC win battle to avert Sky monopoly

The BBC has won its fight to keep Wales on network television, averting the threat of Sky seizing almost the entire...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 13 years ago

Second tier expect end to ‘cartel’ of Premiership

The Championship expect a deal to be thrashed out soon that will put promoted clubs on equal central funding with the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 13 years ago

England launch new Canterbury kit for London Sevens

Canterbury and the RFU have unveiled the new England Sevens home and alternate shirts at Twickenham Stadium with the two shirts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 13 years ago

Jeremy Guscott: Ref scrums as laws say and all will be fine again

The scrum statistics from the Six Nations makes grim reading and tell us a great deal about the state of the...

By Jeremy Guscott

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: RFU must step in and end this financial ring-fencing

As the disappointments of the Six Nations fades into memory, club rugby comes back into focus as we approach the business...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Wasps snap up Bedford flyer

London Wasps have signed highly rated young winger Josh Bassett from Bedford Blues. Bassett topped the RFU Championship try-scoring charts last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Top English clubs would ‘welcome’ Welsh tie-up

A senior Welsh official last night claimed that some English clubs would welcome reviving Anglo-Welsh competition – and even the idea...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 13 years ago

Nick Cain: Let Welsh go Scott-free and return their points

Tyson Keats is innocent. Mike Scott is not. That was the only verdict that was clear in the Friday night disciplinary...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

London Welsh can only wait

London Welsh have been heard in their appeal in the Tyson Keats case last night in London but the RFU said...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Trigger-finger refs stamp out cynicism

Greater vigilance by referees at the breakdown and less tolerance of cynical play has led to a sharp rise in yellow...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: Trust me, Cardiff jinx waits for Lancaster!

At a dinner in London some years ago, the English defined their rugby relationship with the Welsh as one based on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: President Jason can use his powers to help grassroots

The action of the RFU Council in overturning their nominations panel’s choice of president for the 2015 World Cup is probably...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Mike Scott banned for life

Mike Scott was today suspended from the management, coaching or playing of rugby union and membership of any club for life...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

London Welsh left bottom with 5-point deduction and £15,000 fine

London Welsh have been deducted five league points and fined £15,000 after being found guilty to have fielded an ineligible player...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Lancaster was always in win-win situation with RFU

It’s just over a year ago that many observers were questioning the decision of the RFU to appoint a ‘nobody’ as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

London Welsh’s fate deferred

London Welsh will have to wait to know their fate after their hearing decision was deferred tonight. The Exiles appeared in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Tyson Keats was eligible to play, London Welsh will tell RFU

London Welsh are preparing to launch a powerful defence against the charge that scrum-half Tyson Keats was ineligible to play in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Saracens go top with bonus-point win over London Welsh

Saracens went top of the Premiership table for the first time in three years following their 35-11 bonus-point win over London...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

London Welsh to appear before RFU hearing

London Welsh RFC will appear before an RFU Competitions Hearing charged with fielding an ineligible player in a number of Aviva...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Gatland will pick Lions on form not nationality

British & Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland is adamant he will make his selection for the up-coming tour to Australia purely...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Memo to Telfer: the Scots are most elitist of them all

So the English are too arrogant, too pretentious and too condescending and the Welsh are lazy, or so says former Scotland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

O2 Inside Line Six Nations preview

In this week’s O2 Inside Line, the weekly behind the scenes show from O2 – proud sponsor of England rugby –...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 13 years ago

Grand Slam worth £100k per player this season

The Six Nations Grand Slam will be worth a record £5m to the winner when the tournament kicks off next weekend....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Time to bin the sin bin and keep the game fair

In a week that should have been all about the new Elite Player Squad the spotlight continues to burn on the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: I didn’t need a letter to know my dad backed me

I think it is fair to say that 2012 was Stuart Lancaster‘s year more than anyone else in rugby, despite no...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 13 years ago

Let us help get the refs up to speed, say top clubs

Premiership Rugby want to play a more active role in the recruitment and training of referees in future. At present the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Opponents confirmed for 2013 QBE internationals

England will play three consecutive Test matches against Australia, Argentina and New Zealand in next year’s QBE Internationals, The Rugby Football...

By The Rugby Paper Team