Six Nations

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

The future looks bright for versatile players – Danny Care

By Ben Jaycock Super sub Danny Care built a 100-cap England career off the back of impacts from the bench but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 9 months ago

Jeremy Guscott’s British and Irish Lions XV – Maro Itoje has the respect to be captain

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week This Lions selection is based on players who are in form and...

By Jeremy Guscott

Premiership

/ 9 months ago

Saracens 12-23 Harlequins: Jamie Benson keeps nerve to kill off Sarries

By Brendan Gallagher Saracens ........................... 12pts Tries: McFarland 4, Elliott 39 Conversion: Burke 5 Harlequins ....................... 23pts Tries: Waghorn 60, Porter...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 months ago

Harlequins boss Danny Wilson: Resting our stars worked

Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson was delighted his decision to rest three returning England squad members paid dividends. “Last season we...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 months ago

Northampton Saints 0-33 Leicester Tigers: Spirited Tigers too smart

By Rob Wildman Northampton Saints ........ 0pts Leicester Tigers ............ 33pts Tries: Radwan 4, van Poortvliet 10, Cracknell 13, Clare 75...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 months ago

Bath vs Gloucester: Seb Atkinson keen to get it right against Bath

By Jon Newcombe PREVIEW... Bath v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Recreation Ground Seb Atkinson says Gloucester will look to take inspiration...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 9 months ago

Injuries to big names won’t stop Bath, says Johann van Graan

By Jon Newcombe Johann van Graan has batted away suggestions that Premiership leaders Bath will have to adapt their power-based game...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Tom Curry wins my Six Nations True Grit award

By Nick Cain The “True Grit” award for the 2025 Six Nations has to go to Tom Curry. I will...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Christophe Ridley deserves credit for England’s scrum

The data-driven fanfare for England’s scrum after the Six Nations is overblown, especially when you consider much of it is based...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Rob Baxter puts his faith in England U20s stars for Exeter Chiefs

By Paul Rees Rob Baxter expects the seven Exeter players who were involved in England’s recent Under-20 Six Nations campaign to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Ambitious Will Porter keen to show he deserves to start for Harlequins

By Gary Fitzgerald Will Porter is dreaming of following some of his team-mates on the senior international stage. But the scrum-half...

By Gary Fitzgerald

Chris Hewett

/ 9 months ago

Two point tries for rolling mauls? The giants who are spoiling it for all of us

Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Poor old Italy came up with plenty of solutions to the problems posed by Ireland in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Three PWR titles in a row makes fine finale for Sean Lynn at Gloucester-Hartpury

By Ben Jaycock Zoe Aldcroft hailed her trailblazers after Gloucester-Hartpury secured an unprecedented ‘three-peat’ last Sunday to wave legendary head coach...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Michael Cheika determined to leave Leicester Tigers on a high

By Paul Rees Michael Cheika is determined to leave Leicester on a high having decided not to extend his one-year contract...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 9 months ago

Women’s Six Nations: Scotland make it a Wales treble

By Ben Jaycock Scotland ............................ 24pts Tries: Bonar 36, Orr 44, Bartlett 65 Conversions: Nelson 37, 45, 65 Penalty: Nelson 17...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 9 months ago

Red Roses vs Italy Preview – I’m looking to have one team playing as two says John Mitchell

By Ben Jaycock England v Italy– Kick-off 3pm, LNER Community Stadium, York Zoe Aldcroft captains England for the first time today...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Women's Six Nations

/ 9 months ago

Women’s Six Nations: Sharpshooter Bourgeois on target to put France on right track

By Sam JAckson Ireland............... 15pts Tries: Wafer 22, 67; Jones 46 France................27pts Tries: Vernier 7, Menager 18, Boulard 74 Conversions: Bourgeois...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 9 months ago

England’s freedom fighters on the march for British and Irish Lions honours

Paul Rees looks back at the winners and losers in this year's Six Nations and who will make it to be...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Richard Cockerill: Georgia deserve a shot at the Six Nations

By Ben Jaycock Richard Cockerill feels his Georgia side have earned the right to face Wales in a Six Nations play-off...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Young Guns – Isaac Keller

NEWCASTLE FALCONS PROP Isaac Keller has a checklist of achievements he wants to make in the game over the next 12...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 9 months ago

England still need to have a plan B

By Jeff Probn - A front row view of the game Well, what a Six Nations we have just had with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Steven Shingler – I’ve really loved my 15 years as a professional

My Life in Rugby Steven Shingler - The former Scarlets, London Irish, Cardiff, Mont-de-Marsan & Ealing fly-half/centre who is now playing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

Thomas: I’ll work hard

By SIMON THOMAS WALES U20s star Harry Thomas says he and his triumphant team-mates need to be playing rugby week-in, week-out....

By Simon Thomas

International Rugby

/ 9 months ago

Romain Ntamack: I’d love to take on All Blacks

By James Harrington - French Column So, Romain Ntamack wants to go to New Zealand in July. New Zealand have already...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

England to help Ireland celebrate

ENGLAND and Ireland U18s will play a special anniversary fixture on Saturday in Cork to mark the 50th anniversary of Ireland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 9 months ago

PODCAST (S4, E27): Six Nations 2025 Review and picking our British & Irish Lions XV

What a Super Saturday to close what’s been a truly fantastic edition of the Six Nations! Drama, superb tries and headlines...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 9 months ago

Who has improved or decreased their British and Irish Lions tour chances after the Six Nations?

Now that the dust has settled on the Six Nations and club rugby is back, it is time to set our...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations 2025: Each nation’s grade relative to expectations

There are always some surprises in the Six Nations. This year, it was the fact that Ireland didn’t win it again, with France...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations 2025: Team of the Tournament

France have been confirmed as Six Nations champions after their win against Scotland at the Stade de France, but that doesn’t tell the...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations: England’s demolition crew roar like Lions

Adam Hathaway in Cardiff England head coach Steve Borthwick saw Maro Itoje lead from the front in this 68-14 demolition of...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

New free-to-air deal sees England on ITV for Six Nations

By Sam Jackson The BBC and ITV have agreed a new four-year deal for the Men’s Six Nations to remain on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Tom Curry urges George Martin to avoid the phone

By Adam Hathaway Tom Curry has told sidelined George Martin to stay off his phone as the Leicester lock bids to...

By Adam Hathaway

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations: Rampant England find new ways to impress against Wales

By Nick Cain Wales ..................................14pts Tries: B Thomas 31, 77 Conversions: Anscombe 32, J Evans 77 Tries: Itoje 3, Roebuck 10,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

England’s three-card trick comes up trumps in Six Nations finale

Paul Rees England have long been advised to use their heads and how they did as they turned what was expected...

By The Rugby Paper Team

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations: It is no surprise to me but Maro Itoje proves his captaincy credentials

By Brendan Gallagher It was Eddie Jones who insisted that Maro Itoje was not captaincy material, an opinion that seemed plain...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Wales all washed up with nowhere to go…

By Peter Jackson Every living English Grand Slam captain, from Sir Bill Beaumont to Dylan Hartley via Will Carling and Martin...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Six Nations

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations: France in seventh heaven

By Bryn Palmer France................... 35pts Tries: Moefana 18, 62; Bielle-Biarrey 43, Ramos 57 Conversions: Ramos 18, 44, 58 Scotland ............ 16pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

Six Nations: Battling Italy make it tough for Ireland

By Brendan Gallagher Italy ..................................... 17pts Tries: Ioane 12, Varney 63 Conversions: Allan 13, 65 Penalty: Allan 33 Ireland............................... 22pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 9 months ago

Jeremy Guscott: Time to shrug off the straitjacket, England

By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken & unmissable every week... If you put the England backs behind the French pack would they...

By Jeremy Guscott

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

U20s Six Nations: Opening blitz gives Italians vital edge over Ireland

By Ben Jaycock Italy .................... 15pts Tries: Drago 7, Caiolo-Serra 12 Conversion: Celi 13 Penalty: Celi 2 Ireland............... 12pts Tries: Walker...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

U20s Six Nations: Tempers flare as England fail to get better of dogged Wales

By George Wellbelove Wales ............................... 23pts Tries: Emanuel 34, Rees-Weldon 41 Conversions: Wilde 34, 42 Penalties: Wilde 18, 30, 69 England...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 9 months ago

U20s Six Nations: France take title after Scotland push them all the way

By Ethan Bents France.................. 45pts Tries: Daunivucu 1, Akrab 12, Tilloles 19, Cowie 22, Echegaray 33, 45 Cotarmanac’h 58 Conversions: Cotarmanac’h...

By The Rugby Paper Team