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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

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Farrell will cost Racing £500k transfer fee

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens have put a €600,000 (£515,000) price tag on England’s World Cup skipper, Owen Farrell,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

McKellar knows Tigers face massive challenge

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... La Rochelle vLeicester Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Marcel Deflandre LEICESTER face holders La Rochelle at Stade Marcel...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Stade fail to turn up as Leinster go through paces

By JIM SHORT Leinster............... 43pts Tries: Lowe 18, van der Flier 30, Sheehan 40, Doris 47, 61; Larmour 45, 68, Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Williams sees red as Scarlets eliminated

By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont...........xxpts Tries: player name and time Conversions: player name and time Penalties: player name and time Drop goals:...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Willemse power makes difference

Montpellier ..13 Lions .................. 3 UNDEFEATED Montpellier went three from three to top Pool 2 with victory over South African side...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Cheetahs excited for trip to Dam

By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Cheetahs v Pau Today. 1pm THE Cheetahs are gearing up for this historic clash as the South...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Springbok stars step up for error-strewn Sharks

By SAM JACKSON Sharks ............38 Oyonnax ........... 7 URC bottom side the Sharks made life difficult for themselves but in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

With Smith and Mitchell, there should be fireworks

Paul Rees talks to Topsy Ojo and finds the TV pundit in optimistic mood for both club and country Topsy Ojo...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Champions Cup round three Friday and Saturday preview

The 2023/24 Champions Cup resumes with an eagerly anticipated third round of pool-stage matches. English teams have performed exceptionally well up...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

McCall: I wouldn’t blame Farrell

By ROB WILDMAN Saracens boss Mark McCall did little last night to dampen the speculation that England captain Owen Farrell is...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Lyon set to swoop for pair of Sharks

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Lyon are eyeing up a double raid on Sale Sharks to take their England and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Farrell’s future the only talk in town…

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fabien Galthie will have a reduced training squad for the 2024 Six Nations after a player release...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Langdon in right place at Saints

By PAUL REES Curtis Langdon’s world was thrown upside down when Worcester folded last season three matches into his contract with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Sutherland set to return

Glasgow are set to switch their attention to bringing Scotland Rory Sutherland back north of the border at the end of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

RFU has utterly failed to bring the game together

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HERE’S wishing The Rugby Paper’s loyal readers, and fans of the game everywhere,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 2 years ago

It’s time to address selection

WITH only 10 Premiership clubs – nearly all cash strapped with a salary cap to boot – does the England selection...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Launchbury’s impressed by French fitness

TRP Podcast By NICK POWELL Joe Launchbury feels giant Toulouse lock Emmanuel Meafou’s form reflects a growing trend of Top 14...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Simmonds is facing a fight for survival

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE final weekend of 2023 – and we’re almost at the halfway point of the Top 14...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

The French out in front? That’s not how it looks

With 12 victories in 16 games, Paul Rees reflects on a promising start by English clubs in the Champions Cup It...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

O’Gara’s problems keep on coming

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Australian hooker Tolu Latu went straight into La Rochelle’s matchday squad for pre-Christmas trip to Stade Francais,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup Sunday round-up

Narrow victories for Exeter and Leicester ensured English teams came away with more wins than losses on a second-straight weekend of...

By Nick Powell

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

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Quins out to collect another big scalp

■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Toulouse Today, kick-off 3.15pm Twickenham Stoop FULL of confidence after their brilliant 31-28 win away...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Rogerson is aiming to shine in Paris

By LUKE JARMYN FLANKER Matt Rogerson has re-found his love for rugby at Leicester Tigers after going through the turmoil of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Morgan rested as Booth makes changes for Ospreys’ French test

By BEN JAYCOCK THE Ospreys go into today’s trip to Top 14 basement side Montpellier without Wales captain Jac Morgan, who...

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

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Skinner staying at Edinburgh

Scotland lock Sam Skinner has agreed to sign on at Edinburgh for another two years, opting for loyalty rather than a...

By Nick Powell

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

French giants are the ones to beat again, says O’Driscoll

By BEN JAYCOCK Three-time Champions Cup winner Brian O’Driscoll believes English sides will be up against it again in Europe this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

James Harrington

/ 2 years ago

Olympics causing financial headache

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Newcastle need help to survive -Varndell

By NICK POWELL TOM Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle’s form at the start of the season and feels the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Varndell pushes for better governance to support Falcons

Former Premiership top try scorer Tom Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle‘s form at the start of the season and...

By Nick Powell

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Champions Cup round two Friday and Saturday preview

The 2023/24 Champions Cup began with a bang last weekend, showcasing thrilling moments and a remarkable start for English teams, as...

By Nick Powell

European Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Challenge Cup round two Friday and Saturday preview

Having got their campaign underway with victory last week, Gloucester are now back to nearly full strength for a crucial match...

By Nick Powell

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup Sunday round-up

Sunday saw a fourth meeting in as many seasons of La Rochelle and Leinster in the Champions Cup, with their last...

By Nick Powell

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

George set to carry on at Saracens

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions hooker Jamie George is ready to turn don a lucrative move to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Baxter braced for more to leave

ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter, above, is bracing himself for more departures from Sandy Park at...

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

Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Ice-cool Sheedy the hero for Bears

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Lane 5, Luatua 23, Thacker 30, Randall 48, Oghre 53 Conversions: Sheedy 6, 24,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Millard confident Quins are ‘in a good place’ to take on Racing challenge

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Racing 92 v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, La Defense Arena, Paris WITH key players back from injury...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

We’re not the whipping boys Sanderson

■By JON NEWCOMBE Sale v Stade Francais PREVIEW... Today. Kick-off 1pm, AJ Bell Stadium ALEX Sanderson is relishing Sale’s novel status...

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

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Lions set to ring the changes

■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview... Perpignan v Lions Today. 1pm LIONS head coach Ivan van Rooyen will be banking on the strength...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Lloyd blow a problem for Scarlets and Gatland

■By ANDY HOWELL Castres ............. 34pts Tries: Raisuqe 5, Fernandez 32, Papali’i 38, Dumora 43, Le Brun 66 Conversions: Le Brun...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Newcastle are hoping for a cold front in basement battle

By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Montpellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Kingston Park IT will be a case of bottoms up at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 2 years ago

Dyer at the double to seal victory for Dragons

By SIMON THOMAS Dragons............ 24pts Tries: Hewitt 43, Davies 74, Dyer 77, 80 Conversions: Reed 44, 80 Oyonnax.............. 7pts Tries: Treilles...

By The Rugby Paper Team