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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

We can’t compete with the big dogs, admits Steve Diamond

By Paul Rees Steve Diamond will be putting young players on long-term contracts to protect Newcastle from the greater spending power...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Rob Baxter: Time for the talking to stop

By Paul Rees Rob Baxter has told his Exeter players that the time for talking has stopped as they go into...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 1 year ago

Don’t try to keep up with richer leagues

IN response to Neil Edwards’ letter of Sept 29 and further in support of Jeff Gage’s letter of Oct 6, crowds...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 1 year ago

From Beginner to Champion: 5 Essential Tips to get ahead in Fantasy Rugby

The world of fantasy rugby appears simple to those who have never played but dig deeper and it is deceptively complex....

By Cam Stephens

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

There’s no team we’d rather beat, says Rob Baxter

By Jon Newcombe PREVIEW... Saracens v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium Players may have come and gone but the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Newcastle Falcons show spirit but Harlequins do enough

By Brendan Gallagher Harlequins ....................... 28pts Tries: Jibulu 15, Evans 24, Halfpenny 31, Porter 41 Conversions: Smith 16, 25, 32, 42...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Debts pushing game towards cliff-edge

The measure of how much rugby union in England depends on the international game was laid bare this week. It arrived...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 1 year ago

Dual registration likely to distort competitiveness of recipient clubs

SO as the new season starts for the top tiers there is now a route between Championship and Premiership via a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Do nothing and another Prem team will collapse

THE game of rugby football in England hangs by a thread. The Rugby Football Union depends on the Premiership to provide...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

PGP analysis – Borthwick given strong hand

Analysis Paul Rees looks at the new men's Professional Game Partnership Gand says it's a deal which suits the RFU more...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Extra incentive to keep playing

Super Rygbi preview ■ By ROB COLE THE slimmed down Super Rygbi Cymru, comprising 10 of last season’s 13 Indigo Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

RPA says dozens of players still in search of a contract

A squad's worth of Premiership players are still without a contract with just three weeks to go before the start of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Energetic thinking urgently required

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CRITICAL supporters of Bristol in the late amateur era believed their team was being straitjacketed by a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Diamond: We’ll be fit and raring to go

By JON NERWCOMBE STEVE Diamond insists Newcastle Falcons will be fit for purpose when they kick off the new Premiership season...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

McCall out to build new dynasty at Saracens

PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES FACING EX-CHAMPIONS AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE WITHOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO LAST season marked the end of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

The Bears blueprint: Go and play without fear

PAUL REES ON HOW BRISTOL HEAD COACH PAT LAM PLANS TO GUIDE THE WEST COUNTRY OUTFIT BACK TO THE TOP Class...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

World Cup 2031 will be a tough sell in USA

Nick Cain World Cup USA is six and a half years away. Yet, outside the fraught situation World Rugby (IRB) faced...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Flamboyant Harlequins add steel to their spine

HARLEQUINS are following the path trodden by Northampton a year ago, one that took the Saints to Twickenham and the title...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Expect the Chiefs Mk2 to be real contenders

PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHY EXETER’S DOR HAS PUT PLAYER RETENTION AHEAD OF RECRUITMENT AT SANDY PARK The most eye-catching result...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Scotland and Wales facing tough choices

The slow financial recovery from the pandemic showed in recent statements from the Scottish and Welsh unions who are both overseeing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

We can beat anyone now says stoked up Matavesi

By PAUL REES Sam Matavesi knew something had changed when he joined up with Northampton after Fiji’s World Cup quarter-final exit...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Fantastic four face final tests

PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE NORTHAMPTON The Saints finished at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Diamond out to add some steel

By PAUL REES Even someone without Steve Diamond’s coaching experience would have known that taking over at Newcastle was never going...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

Sarries’ star exits generate extra fuel

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Saracens are the defending Premiership champions, and Mark McCall’s side are looking more and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

Time to put an end to marquee players

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARE marquee players, or coaches, worth it, or are they just a Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Power of the four musketeers

A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Leinster’s workload merits little sympathy

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK LEINSTER are worried about the pressure that could prevent them from winning a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Wales on a mission to survive or decline

Paul Rees asks whether the country which has won 12 Grand Slams can still afford to run four regional sides A...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Be quick! McKellar’s lowdown on Leinster

By PAUL REES Northampton had the chance last night to quiz Dan McKellar about their Champions Cup semi-final opponents Leinster but,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Sorrell pleased to see English clubs stand up

By BEN JAYCOCK Despite their fierce London rivalry with Harlequins, Saracens backs coach Kevin Sorrell is pleased two Premiership sides reached...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 years ago

So which is the fairer?

JEFF Page wrote last week a letter headlined ‘easier to spot the fairer competition’ in which he compared Leicester unfavourably with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Outsiders aiming for a place in the final

Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 years ago

Easy to spot the fairer competition

BRENDAN Gallagher reports on Leinster’s convincing win over Leicester Tigers in the European Champions Cup last 16. The Leinster side is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Time to create a new dynasty

Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Salary cap fine for Tigers

Leicester Tigers have again been fined for exceeding the Premiership salary cap. The club have been handed a £47,000 overrun tax...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

Second fine for Tigers is case for concern

The recent announcement of a second salary cap infringement by Leicester indicates that the Premiership’s policing of its own financial regulations...

By The Rugby Paper Team