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Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Williams signs for Scarlets

WALES full-back Liam Williams is set to rejoin Scarlets from Saracens at the end of the season. The British Lions flyer...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 7 years ago

Irish and French squad strengths defy belief

Views COLIN BOAG Galacticos: Leinster at Franklin’s Gardens had 453 caps between them What are we to make of the situation...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Cain column: PRL secrecy is an insult to club rugby fans

Nick Cain explains why the drip-drip of information issued by Premiership Rugby on Saracens' salary cap breach is riling fans up

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Purdy: I’d be lying if I didn’t say I want to play Premiership rugby again

Winger Henry Purdy was squeezed out by Gloucester due to their tight salary cap and now plays for Coventry after a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 7 years ago

PRL secrecy is an insult to all club rugby fans

NICK CAIN IS Premiership Rugby fit for purpose? Is the governing body of the multi-million pound club game in England understaffed,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Purdy plots route back to top in Cov’s shop window

■By NEALE HARVEY Fun factor: Henry Purdy playing for Otago COVENTRY winger Henry Purdy’s four-month spell in New Zealand rekindled his...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Piutau makes his Bears appealing on and off field

■By NEALE HARVEY Expressing himself: Charles Piutau on the attack BRISTOL winger Charles Piutau says earning power was only part of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Letters

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk Can the relegated team...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Harrington column: Mourad Boudjellal ready to pack his bags at Toulon

Is one of rugby's most eccentric owners set to leave the Top 14?

By James Harrington

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Resilient Saracens start their long climb

By TOM BRADSHAW THEY will remain in negative territory on the league ladder for some time, but Saracens delivered a barrel-load...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

McCall feels for stayaway Wray

SARACENS’ owner Nigel Wray did not attend the match due to feeling “uncomfortable” travelling to away grounds in the wake of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Listen to Confucius, Tony, dump lawyers

Wise: Tony Rowe with Rob Baxter EXETER chairman Tony Rowe had the lawyers in earlier this week at Sandy Park and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Salary cap will take toll on Lam

THERE is no sounder rugby man than Pat Lam so it was interesting when he commented that staying within the salary...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Other clubs may be guilty says Moody

By GARY FITZGERALD LEWIS Moody is convinced Saracens’ England stars will not snub the Six Nations when it comes to making...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

RUGBY SHORTS

Sam facing long layoff LEICESTER winger Sam Aspland-Robinson will be out for up to six months after fracturing his leg last...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 7 years ago

I hope we made Nigel Wray proud says Jamie

ENGLAND hooker Jamie George, returning to action after the World Cup, said he hopes Saracens win over Ospreys made under-fire owner...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 7 years ago

Harmony? Eddie has put boys under a bus

CHRIS HEWETT England’s coaching staff do not always sing from the same hymn sheet. Sometimes, they struggle to preach the same...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

End this secrecy over Saracens

NICK CAIN COMMENT Fallen giants: Ben Earl and his Saracens team mates can’t hide their disappointment during their heavy defeat against...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Sarries’ new double bid

IF IT is at all humanly possible, Saracens will be even more highly motivated than usual when they open their defence...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Guscott column: Trim the bench and enforce the laws to improve the game

Jeremy Guscott argues defence has become easier with a lax approach from referees marshalling the scrum

By Jeremy Guscott

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

The Business Links – How Saracens’ salary cap breach became the biggest story since Bloodgate

Nick Cain summarises the events of last week surrounding Saracens salary cap sanctions and the appeal process

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Saracens pay heavy price to England

THE concept that the Premiership titles Saracens won over the last two seasons will be forever tainted by the salary cap...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Big-spending Sharks enjoy Du Preez show

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Stepping inside:Daniel Du Preez breaks through to score for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images Chip chase: Zach Kibirige goes...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Cheating has aways been a part of the game

THE Saracens salary cap ‘scandal’ is discussed in great detail elsewhere in The Rugby Paper but some brief observations from this...

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Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Is jealousy fuelling some of the furore over Saracens?

The news that Saracens have been breaking the wage cap for years really isn’t a surprise to anyone given the size...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Nigel Wray confirms Saracens will appeal salary cap sanctions

"Together we have created something incredibly special" - Nigel Wray to fight to defend Saracens

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Salary cap investigation: Saracens struck down by 35-point deduction and £5.4m fine

Saracens have been handed the maximum penalty possible of a whopping 35-point deduction and £5.4m fine following an inquiry into their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

National League 2N

/ 7 years ago

Williams on move to cut the budget?

SARACENS are searching for a winger suggesting they are not confident of hanging onto Liam Williams. Williams, who helped Saracens complete...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Ospreys in hunt to bring Wales ace Liam Williams back home

The Scarlets are also interested in the full-back with Leigh Halfpenny out of contract next summer

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Results of Saracens’ salary cap inquiry deferred

NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIPRugby have delayed announcing the results of the inquiry into Saracens’ alleged breach of the salary cap due to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Ospreys in hunt to bring Wales ace back home

Wanted man: Liam Williams By STEFFAN THOMAS LIAM Williams has emerged as the number one transfer target for the Ospreys as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

Hooper sending the cavalry to Carnegie

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter:@neilfissler BATH boss Stuart Hooper could be about to come to the aid of former club...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 7 years ago

Cain column: Nigel Wray is being hounded for caring about his players at Saracens

Is the Saracens chairman the victim of vigilantism from other Premiership clubs?

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

We must clear up Sarries salary cap row – Vaughan

By NEALE HARVEY Call for clarity: Vaughan OUTGOING Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan has called on Premiership Rugby to come clean...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Return of Bok greats will help everyone

I BELIEVE the return of JP Pietersen, Morné Steyn and Ruan Pienaar is of benefit to South African rugby. There will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 7 years ago

Top-flight survival takes precedence for Exiles

By NEALE HARVEY NEWLY-promoted London Irish risk missing out on RFU funding worth £750,000 next season unless they significantly increase their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 7 years ago

Square pegs not wanted

ONCE again I open up the pages of TRP and see all doom and gloom, well nearly all. If it’s not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Leicester change tack in recruitment with Jan McGinity appointment

"I see my role as supporting Geordan (Murphy) and all of the coaching staff in constructing the best squad possible" -...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 7 years ago

Saracens stage epic fightback to stay No1

By NEALE HARVEY Top dogs: Jamie George celebrates with Richard Wigglesworth after scoring his second try to clinch victory for Saracens....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 7 years ago

A record £44.4m in losses, Premiership club finances in deeper detail

But Exeter Chiefs, who were the only club to turn a profit, chairman Tony Rowe says CVC money has boosted balance...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Give owners a break says Rowe as clubs lose £44m

■By NEALE HARVEY EXETER chairman Tony Rowe insists Premiership Rugby’s under-pressure owners deserve praise rather than vilification in the face of...

By The Rugby Paper Team