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Brendan Gallagher

/ 4 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: Remarkable Los Pumas an example to us all

I've always eyed the World Rugby rankings with a little suspicion, possibly because I’ve never fully understood their machinations and how...

By Brendan Gallagher

Miscellaneous

/ 4 months ago

Van Graan worked his magic to turn Bath’s gladiators into champions

Premiership review Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Premiership season, with the focus this week on champions Bath AFTER...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 4 months ago

Rocky road ahead for Welsh regions

United Rugby Championship ins & outs 2025-26 Ben Jaycock looks ahead to the URC season as Cardiff, Dragons, Scarlets and Ospreys...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Is there room for two Welsh sides in the Champ?

CHARLES RYLANDS AMPTHILL BACK ROW AS pre-season shifts into matches and the intensity of fitness work begins to ease slightly, there’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeff Probyn

/ 4 months ago

Don’t blame RFU for selection dilemma

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IAGREE with Nick Cain that England or any other country should not...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 4 months ago

Weekend Talking Points: Red Roses could break World Cup record against Samoa

A busy weekend of international rugby awaits, with storylines unfolding across both hemispheres. From the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England...

By Charlie Elliott

Women's International

/ 4 months ago

Women’s World Cup Team of the Weekend: Red Roses duo headline XV whilst Canada star scores six tries

The opening weekend of the Women’s Rugby World Cup delivered high drama, record-breaking scores, and unforgettable moments. England set the tone...

By Charlie Elliott

The Rugby Championship

/ 4 months ago

Rugby Championship Round Two Team of the Week: Springboks and Los Pumas get first wins of the tournament

Round two of the Rugby Championship delivered high drama and historic milestones. In Buenos Aires, Argentina finally ended their long wait...

By Charlie Elliott

British and Irish Lions

/ 4 months ago

Louis Rees-Zammit – It’s my dream to be a British and Irish Lion again

Louis Rees-Zammit did not take much notice of events in Australia this summer – but has set his sights on rejoining...

By Adam Hathaway

British and Irish Lions

/ 4 months ago

James Hook backing Jac Morgan for a repeat British and Irish Lions impact in New Zealand

Jac Morgan can be an even bigger hit in New Zealand in 2029 after making such an impressive Lions impact down...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Tinus De Beer ready for Dragons challenge

Having travelled some 6,000 miles to come over to Wales from South Africa, Tinus de Beer has now made a much...

By Simon Thomas

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Declan Treacey: I’d love to play with my brothers for England one day

Declan Treacey is hoping he and his brothers have what it takes to become England’s very own version of the Barrett...

By Ben Jaycock

Columnists

/ 4 months ago

Nick Cain: Steve Borthwick must not select this Bristol Bok, Benhard Janse van Rensburg

Benhard Janse van Rensburg is as South African as “boerewors”, and the idea of the Bristol centre being picked by England,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 4 months ago

Nick Cain: Wallabies too slow to make most of Will Skelton

The 2025 Lions gave the Wallabies a long overdue wake-up call on the pitch, as well as doing them a favour...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

South Africa 30-22 Australia: Springboks back in the old routine

South Africa ................30pts Tries: Moodie 11, Smith 35, Etzebeth 74 Conversions: Pollard 12, 36, 75 Penalties: Pollard 2, 6, 57 Australia...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 4 months ago

Peter Jackson: When a drop goal was all you needed to see

Paul Turner dropped his first goal in senior rugby on September 13, 1979, for Newbridge against Newport, and his last on...

By Peter Jackson

Club Rugby

/ 4 months ago

Glory boys for the glory days: Brendan Gallagher’s all-time Saracens XV

What would be the greatest All-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody...

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Paul Rees: Michael Cheika’s 12-month shift builds new hope for Leicester Tigers

Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Premiership season, with the focus this week on Leicester Tigers A prevailing theory...

By Paul Rees

Features

/ 4 months ago

Allan Dell: I was proud of what I achieved in rugby

The former British & Irish Lions, Scotland, Natal Sharks, Edinburgh, London Irish & Glasgow prop reflects on his life in rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 4 months ago

Jeff Probyn: Red Roses boss John Mitchell’s crowd comment unhelpful

Sometimes, I really can’t understand why some coaches feel they have to play to the crowd and make a point that...

By Jeff Probyn

Features

/ 4 months ago

Young Guns – Ethan Surrey

Towering Bristol Bears and England U19s second row Ethan Surrey has had to navigate some tough setbacks already, most notably missing...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Pete Ryan: Is Tom Wright the best fullback in the world?

Australia have just pulled off a monumental upset over the Springboks. Even though the Wallabies aren’t the formidable force of old,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Best Head-to-Head Matchups of the Weekend in the Rugby Championship, Women’s World Cup and Pacific Nations Cup

Rugby fans are spoiled this weekend with the Women’s World Cup kicking off in England, round two of the Rugby Championship...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Biggest Weekend Talking Points: Springboks looking for revenge + Women’s World Cup begins

The stage is set for another exciting weekend of rugby, with the Women’s World Cup beginning, as well as the second...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Biggest Comebacks in International Rugby History: Wallabies join list after overturning 22 point deficit

Rugby has always been a game that can change quickly, and some of its most memorable moments have come when a...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Rugby’s Social Media Moments of the Week: Wallabies epic comeback vs Springboks sends All Blacks to World No.1

In one of the most astonishing comebacks in rugby history, Australia shocked reigning world champions South Africa with a 38-22 victory...

By Charlie Elliott

The Rugby Championship

/ 4 months ago

Rugby Championship Round One Team of the Week: Wallabies dominate XV after all-time comeback against Springboks

The 2025 Rugby Championship kicked off with two thrilling clashes. In Johannesburg, Australia pulled off one of their greatest Test wins,...

By Charlie Elliott

The Rugby Championship

/ 4 months ago

New Zealand 41-24 Argentina: All Blacks climb top of World Rankings with comfortable win in their Rugby Championship opener

New Zealand kicked off their Rugby Championship campaign in style last night, beating Argentina 41–24 in Córdoba in a match that...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 4 months ago

Bristol’s All-Time XV: Bears who can pack a punch

What would be the greatest All-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Raineri out to go one step further this time

POOL D PREVIEW HEAD COACH: Giovanni Raineri CAPTAIN: Elisa Giordano GIOVANNI Raineri’s squad is packed with experience and ambition, as the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Feleu: We have rebuilt for this

FRANCE CO-HEAD COACHES: Gaëlle Mignot, David Ortiz CAPTAIN: Manaé Feleu FRANCE, ranked fourth in the world, will be looking to brush...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Yaras break their duck

BRAZIL HEAD COACH: Emiliano Caffera CAPTAIN: Eshyllen Coimbra BRAZIL are on the brink of writing a new chapter in their rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

De Bruin puts faith in flexibility

SOUTH AFRICA HEAD COACH: Swys de Bruin CAPTAIN: Nolusindiso Booi SOUTH Africa head coach Swys de Bruin has named a squad...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 4 months ago

Chris Hewett: France and England lead charge for 2027 World Cup

The last time the World Cup was played out on Australian soil, a little over two decades and a thousand poison-dart...

By Chris Hewett

Features

/ 4 months ago

Paul Rees: England are looking to expand their reach as World Rugby looking at eligibility of three Prem stars

England can hardly be said to be short of players, but they have persuaded World Rugby to look at the cases...

By Paul Rees

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Australia 38-22 South Africa: Springboks stunned by Wallabies fightback

South Africa ................22pts Australia .................... 38pts Tries: Arendse 4, Esterhuizen 13, Kolisi 18 Conversions: Libbok 5, 19 Penalty: Libbok 9 Tries:...

By Ben Jaycock

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Zimbabwean who tried to broker peace within SA squad

JOY at Zimbabwe’s qualifying for the RWC2027 a couple of weeks back was tempered by the death of Des van Jaarsveldt,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

South Africa turn screw on England

■ By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa.....69pts England............. 24pts A WINLESS England U18s were handed a tough lesson in Paarl as South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 months ago

Treacey steps up but France pull the strings

England....................20 France...................... 51 ENGLAND U18s fell to a second successive defeat in South Africa as a powerful France U18 side ran...

By The Rugby Paper Team