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No space for Rugby Champs THE Rugby Championship will be mothballed in 2026 to create space for New Zealand to tour...

Perpignan fighting for life at the basement

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tough times: Perpignan skipper Jamie Ritchie and, inset, fly-half Tristan Tedder PICTURES: Getty Images IN HIS fifth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

England stars Natasha Hunt and Zoe Aldcroft celebrate as Gloucester-Hartpury’s Sisilia Tuipulotu lifts the trophy last season

Premiership Women’s Rugby preview: Matt Banahan – It’s going to be highly competitive

Ben Jaycock talks to the new coach at Gloucester-Hartpury about what he expects of the coming season

By Ben Jaycock

Unions make stand against R360

EIGHT of rugby’s leading unions released a shared statement insisting any player who joins rebel circuit R360 will be banned from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain: Absurd rule banning Jack Willis from England

The high esteem in which Jack Willis is held at his club Toulouse, in French rugby circles in general, and regularly...

By Nick Cain

O’Connor will need to get act together

JAMES O’Connor will have to make some important adjustments to his recent performances at fly-half for the Wallabies if he wants...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Poor start by Scarlets is no crisis, insists Peel

■By ROGER PANTING Scarlets .............. 0pts Stormers .......... 34pts Tries: Roos 11, de Villiers 39, van Heerden 56, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 65, Khan...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Ospreys in charge as they break their duck

■By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys .............................24pts Tries: Cokanasiga 15, Morse 18, Ratti 74 Conversions: Edwards 16, 19, 75 Penalty: Edwards 59 Zebre......................................0pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

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Leinster enjoy Lions boost

■By KEVIN FALLON Leinster............31 Sharks................ 5 LEO Cullen said this was like starting the season all over again as the champions...

By The Rugby Paper Team

South Africa’s Siya Kolisi raises the Rugby Championship trophy

Features

/ 1 year ago

Paul Rees: Springboks now the ones to beat

Paul Rees looks back on South Africa’s Rugby Championship triumph and ahead to the Autumn Series.

By Paul Rees

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Scarlets keen on hooker

DWAYNE Peel says Scarlets are fighting to keep hooker Marnus van der Merwe after his club exploits made him a Springbok....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Galthie gets set to brief his troops

JAMES HARRINGTON FABIEN Galthie and the France staff met up in person for the first time since the July tour of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Rugby’s international heavyweights join forces to deliver big blow to R360

Rugby’s international heavyweights have joined forces to deliver a significant blow to the proposed breakaway league R360 by declaring any player...

By The Rugby Paper Team

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

England close to deal for Byron McGuigan

Byron McGuigan is in talks to become the newest member of Steve Borthwick’s England coaching set-up.

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Daniel Kasende: I’m the postman and will deliver for Ospreys

Daniel Kasende is certainly living up to his nickname as ‘The Postman’.

By Simon Thomas

International Rugby

/ 1 year ago

No-nonsense Steve Tandy will do well for Wales – Shane Williams

Shane Williams goes back a long way with Steve Tandy and insists he has complete faith in him as the new...

By Simon Thomas

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu goes on the attack for South Africa

Columnists

/ 1 year ago

Jeremy Guscott: It won’t surprise me if Springboks land a threepeat

South Africa have got people talking about the revolution in their back play in the Rugby Championship after their huge victories...

By Jeremy Guscott

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

We let it slip again, moans Lake

■By SIMON THOMAS Stormers ...........26pts Tries: Roos 10, Simelane 58, De Villiers 70 Conversion: Matthee 59 Penalties: Matthee 40, 44, 57...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Cullen: We’re on the right track

■ By JOHN FALLON Bulls ...................39pts Tries: Kriel 15, 78; de Klerk 5, Gumede 40, le Roux 58, Jacons 69 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Captain Siya Kolisi leads the celebrations for South Africa

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Argentina 27-29 South Africa: Double joy for Springboks as they deny Pumas

Two tries apiece from Cobus Reinach and Malcolm Marx clinched back-to-back Rugby Championship titles for the first time in South Africa’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Australia 14-28 New Zealand: Wallabies show some spark but All Blacks march on

New Zealand extended their dominance over Australia to a record 11 consecutive victories in wet conditions at a sold-out Optus Stadium...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Brendan Gallagher: The legacy of Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s grandfather

Sensational fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is going to be a household name in South Africa – if not already – but we...

By Brendan Gallagher

Featured

/ 1 year ago

Rugby’s Moments of the Week: Red Roses take headlines with World Cup win

It was a weekend to remember in the world of rugby—one that reminded us why the sport stirs such deep emotion....

By Charlie Elliott

Womens Rugby World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Team of the Tournament: Ben Jaycock’s Women’s World Cup picks

Ben Jaycock selects five from England, four from Canada, three from SA, two from NZ and one from France for his...

By Ben Jaycock

Cam Roigard runs through to score for New Zealand

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

New Zealand 33-24 Australia: Cam Roigard steps up to lead All Blacks home

New Zealand made it 24 wins in a row over Australia at Eden Park to regain the Bledisloe Cup for yet...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

South Africa 67-30 Argentina: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu ignites Springbok rampage

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a hat-trick on his way to breaking the record for the most points scored by a South African...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Gordon’s new role sparks Titans’ early scoring surge

■By BEN JAYCOCK Confident: Rotherham centre Travis Gordon TRAVIS Gordon believes the standard of National League rugby in England is far...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Alvar Gimeno scores in Spain’s win over USA this summer in North Carolina

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Brendan Gallagher: World Cup 2035 has to be held in Europe

World Rugby fires the starting gun next week for those with dreams of hosting RWC2035, which seems an eternity away but...

By Brendan Gallagher

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Gethyn Cannon’s ambitions of one day playing for Wales

By Peter Ryan “I am so blissfully unaware of everything.” This line from Sam Fender’s hit single Hypersonic Missiles really stands...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 1 year ago

Rugby’s Moments of the Week: Ellie Kildunne takes Red Roses to World Cup final

This week in rugby has been nothing short of thrilling, with big moments unfolding around the world. From intense World Cup...

By Charlie Elliott

Filipo Daugunu scoring his second try for Australia against Argentina

Columnists

/ 1 year ago

Nick Cain: Game facing fight to retain its integrity

The Filipo Daugunu try which gave Australia two losing bonus points against Argentina in Sydney last weekend crossed a red line...

By Nick Cain

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

South are showing the north how it’s done

DECISIVE? Indisputable? Unequivocal? South Africa’s triumph over New Zealand last weekend was all these things with knobs on, but it still...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Rassie’s new show: Beauty and the beast

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NINE TESTS OF TWO HALVES Sep 2025: Rugby Championship, Wellington: New Zealand 10...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Prem preview: Owen Farrell back home at Saracens and ready to roar

Saracens started this month in the heat of Durban, training with and playing against the Sharks.

By Paul Rees

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Ioane aims to light up Leinster

Ben Jaycock looks ahead to the 16-team URC season and highlights the players who will be out to make a difference...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

Twickenham finale will be a rare treat

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NARRATIVES can move very quickly in sport, and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 1 year ago

Tensions are building as workloads increase

ANYONE paying even the slightest attention to news from France will know that things seem a little tense right now. On...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 1 year ago

Weekend Talking Points: Women’s World Cup semi-finals set to bring drama

It’s a blockbuster weekend across the global rugby landscape, with major storylines unfolding in both the international and domestic arenas. From...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Rugby Championship

Record breaker: Siya Kolisi lifts the Freedom Cup after South Africa beat New Zealand 43-10 in Wellington yesterday – the All...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Wafer is back as Ireland aim to take down French power

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Ireland v France Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park, Exeter IRELAND are boosted by the return of rising...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Slick Black Ferns go through the gears

■By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand .................46pts Tries: Setefano 25, Sorensen-McGee 29, 44; Holmes 41, 65; Olsen-Baker 47, 54; Vaha’akolo 80 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team