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Features

/ 1 year ago

I came on against Italy and made a difference – Lee Dickson

My Life in Rugby - Lee Dickson Enjoying life: Lee Dickson playing for Northampton Saints PICTURES: Getty Images Lee Dickson the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Top 14

/ 1 year ago

Galthie’s plans will need a re-think

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FOUR weeks into the Top 14 season and six weeks out from France’s opening Autumn Nations Series...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 1 year ago

Great to see Christian Wade back

It's great to have Christian Wade back in the Premiership, with Gloucester. It’s hard to comprehend how such a prodigious talent...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Stuart Lancaster: Owen Farrell will be key to Racing 92 Success

Racing 92 head coach Stuart Lancaster believes that Owen Farrell’s development over the last decade will be key to the Parisians’...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

James will prove to be a star at Racing

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER HERE’S a little prediction that will either leave...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Mako agrees two-year contract with Vannes

Probyn: Recalls for Marler and Cole is good news for England By SAM JACKSON Legend: Mako Vunipola is on his way...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 1 year ago

25 years on and it’s still a special place

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was the 25th anniversary of the first-ever...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Carpenter looking to make his mark

From ADAM HATHAWAY in Japan Sale's Joe Carpenter is aiming for a cap with Steve Borthwick’s Red Rose touring side but...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Carbonel winner ensures last-gasp Montpellier survival

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE English Football League’s Championship play-off final is sometimes referred to as ‘the richest game in football’,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 1 year ago

Let the ‘waterboys’ just get on with it

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED It's the burning question of the moment: what is Jacques Nienaber? Not “who is Jacques Nienaber”, or...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Cup final is genuine clash of the giants

By PAUL REES Nearly half of the Champions Cup finals have involved Toulouse or Leinster, the two most successful sides in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Record crowds flock to matches

JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN More people than ever are flocking through the turnstiles of Top 14 and ProD2 matches, according...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

JIFF looks likely to play a vital role

JAMES HARRINGTON - FRENCH COLUMN It's logical – as the final stop-start sprint in a hard-fought Top 14 season begins –...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Saracens confirm signing of two fly-halves

Saracens have confirmed the signing of Newcastle Falcons fly-half Louie Johnson on a “long-term deal”. The 20-year-old has made 16 appearances...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Ntamack back for heavyweight clash

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Toulouse vRacing 92 Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Ernest Wallon ROMAIN Ntamack starts his first match since suffering...

By The Rugby Paper Team

My Life in Rugby

/ 2 years ago

London Irish was just so full of real, good people

David Paice, the former England and London Irish hooker, looks back on his career in the game IT feels like a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Stick with coaches, Dallaglio urges RFU

By GARY FITZGERALD Lawrence Dallaglio hopes the RFU have learned their lesson and will no longer jettison coaches too soon. The...

By Gary Fitzgerald

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Toulouse and Stade in line for a race to glory

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The top two tiers of French domestic rugby have been on hiatus this weekend, giving fans a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Oyonnax have to keep on believing

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Oyonnax manager Joe El-Abd promised last week that his side would ‘fight to the end’ following their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Big clubs are hit by ‘doublon’ clashes

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN We always knew the World Cup would play havoc with the Top 14 season – as soon...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Rugby Europe Championship

/ 2 years ago

England’s Plan A is to run at Portugal

By PAUL REES PREVIEW...England A vs Portugal (Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road) Steve Borthwick left Edinburgh after England’s clash against Scotland...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Collazo may risk all to beat the drop

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It is a truth universally accepted in French domestic rugby that the side propping up the Top...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Toulon need to win over the critics

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Sometimes it’s not immediately obvious whether a side is in good shape or not. A simple look...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Coach to Coach

/ 2 years ago

Tykes are on track but job’s far from done

COACH TO COACH Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill talks to Mike Aspinall, below, head coach at Leeds Tykes, who are currently...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

England look ready to throw off the chains

SIX NATIONS 2024 PAUL REES CLOSE yet comfortable summed up a contradictory England performance. Exposed in defence at times, they smothered...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Great to see jeopardy in battle to be champions

Q&A Ben Jaycock talks to former Harlequins and England winger Ugo Monye, below, now a pundit for TNT Sports, about the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Bath produce brilliant comeback to confirm qualification

By TOM JEFFREYS Bath…………………………………………29 Tries: Du Toit 35, Barbeary 60, Cokanasiga 63, Muir 72 Conversions: Spencer 61, 64, 73 Penalties: Spencer...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Saracens have to get it right this time

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Bordeaux v Saracens Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade Chaban-Delmas SARACENS over the years have been a model of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British and Irish Lions

/ 2 years ago

Farrell to take charge of Lions in 2025

Andy Farrell has been named as the British and Irish Lions head coach for the tour to Australia in 2025. Farrell,...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Lawes looks like leaving

Northampton are struggling to hold on to Courtney Lawes. The 34-year-old former England flanker, who retired from international rugby after the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Jeremy Guscott

/ 2 years ago

Henry’s French leave won’t hold him back

JEREMY GUSCOTT IT’S time for the RFU/Premiership to wake up and go, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with us that a young player...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

McCloskey confident Ulster can get back on right track

By KEVIN FALLON Ulster .................31pts Tries: Timoney 3, 46; McCloskey 22, Rea 36 Conversions: Cooney 4, 23, 37, 47 Penalties: Cooney...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Setting the agenda for rugby

Paul Rees looks ahead to the issues that will be addressed in this week's meeting of the Premiership's top men The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

French power will be so tough to overcome

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK English clubs are up against it in the Champions Cup because they are competing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Champions La Rochelle face tough challenge against former finalists Leinster

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Leinster v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Marcel Deflandre Centre: Garry Ringrose THE match of the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Too many are being pushed to the edge

Paul Rees says it's time to ensure players spend less time in the gym and more with the ball in their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

Don’t confuse hatred on social media with responsible debate

NO-ONE in their right mind wanted to see Owen Farrell exit the international stage after announcing this week that he wants...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Big clubs ready to rumble

Paul Rees looks forward to the Champions Cup, kicking off this weekend THE Champions Cup returns this week with a tweaked...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Without any mystery, it’s barely a game at all

Here's a brain-teaser for you: why do so many techno-wizards at the cutting edge of “artificial intelligence” seem to be missing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Chris Hewett

/ 2 years ago

Launchbury can make Borthwick think again

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED SIMON Shaw mastered a wide range of rugby’s arts and sciences, but not even he could find...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Coach to Coach

/ 2 years ago

Coach to Coach with Gareth Lewis

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill, above, talks to Rotherham head coach Gareth Lewis, below. After 10 years of successful...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Clermont claim first away win with Urios

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The smile on Christophe Urios’s face said it all, as his Clermont side ended a year-long losing...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Youngs to retire after Argentina play-off

Ben Youngs will retire after England‘s Rugby World Cup third-place play-off this Friday as his country’s most-capped player. Scrum-half Youngs, 34,...

By Nick Powell